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UNITED NEWS OF INDIA
HYDERABAD, December 18: J.Ramakrishna of Andhra Pradesh outwitted International Master P Mithrakanth of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) on a day of upsets in the fourth round of the third Global Trust Bank International Rating Chess Tournament here today.
Playing the white side of an off-beat variation of the Sicilian Defence Ramakrishna closed the queenside by precise play and launched a decisive king side attack with his major pieces. Mithrakanth had to give up the battle as Ramakrishna's rook invaded the seventh rank to win a piece.
The top two seeds of NLC International Masters Lanka Ravi and K Murugan were yet again held to draws by Arindam Mukherji (Railways) and C Natarajan (ICF), respectively.
The day's longest game was fought between IWM Mrunalini Kunte of IDBI and promising Sandipan Chanda of Goodricke National Chess Academy.Mrunalini gave a masterly display and pocketed the full point after 87 moves.
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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