Grandmaster M R Venkatesh (BPCL) with 8.5 points won the 66th Birthday celebrations of "Thanga Tharagai" Puratchi Thalavi AMMA Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu lightning chess tournament that concluded at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today.
The nine round lightning event attracted 1035 entries including nine Grandmasters, 12 International Masters among 32 FIDE titled players.
Final Placings :
1-3 M R Venkatesh, Krishnan Sasikiran, S P Sethuraman 8.5,
4-13 R Ramnath Bhuvanesh, P Karthikeyan, M Kunal, VAV Rajesh, P Saravana Krishnan, P Lokesh, M Vinoth Kumar, Karthikeyan Murali, Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman, C M N Sunyuktha 8 pts,
(1035 players)
