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NT Bureau
Chennai, Jan 13:

        Chennai's M R Sangeetha retained her title, emerging victorious in the Ramco Cements 25th Rachel Paranjothy women's chess tournament which concluded yesterday at the Ethiraj College.

        She won with a score of seven points in an eight-round Swiss tournament to take home Rs 5,000.

        The runner-up was L Iswarya Shobana of MOP Vaishnav College, who tied with K Radhika of Ethiraj College for the second place.

        D V Sundar, secretary of All India Chess Federation, delivered the valedictory address while C Palani, assistant general manager of Canara Bank, distributed prizes to the winners of the Rachel Paranjothy tournament as well as to the winners of the ESPO Inter-Collgiate tournaments.

        Dr M Thavamani, principal, Ethiraj College, welcomed the gathering and Neetah Gunaseelan, the physical directress, traced the 25-year history of the Rachel Paranjothy Women's Chess tournament.

        The prize winners: 1. M R Sangeetha 7 pts; 2-3. Iswarya Shobana, K Radhika 6.5; 4-8. J Mohanapriya (Modern Senior), R Bharathi (Bhakthavachalam School), P Malarselvi (MOP Vaishnav), S Aarthy Sri (SRDK), J Saranya (Velammal) 6; 9-13. R Sneha (Velammal), V Malavigha (Maharshi Vidya Mandir), C Dephin (Stella Maris), K Mrunalini (St Joseph's Engg), G K Monisha (Amrutha Vidyalaya) 5.5; 14-16. M Nivedhitha (Good Earth), A Akshaya (Vellayan Chettiar), S Apoorva (Srimathi Sundaravalli) 5.

        Special prizes for Ethiraj College students went to A Surya, D K Abirami and A Radha.