Shravan holds second seeded IM Laxman

Chennai, July 31 (UNI) Speeded 44th Shravan Kumar Talwar held second seeded International Master R R Laxman in the second round of the sixth Adyar Times new millennium FIDE rated Chess Tournament, here today.

Shravan, a student of Peters Engineering College, Chennai, played an attacking game against Laxman in the King Indian defence game. Laxman tried to comeback from a setback, but could not find a perfect combination and the game ended in a draw after 64 moves.

In another match, Shashank of Tamil Nadu drew with Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank, playing the Black pieces.

Results(Round two): D.P.Singh -Jharkand (2) beat Lokesh.P -TN (1) Shravan Kumar Talwar (1.5) drew with Laxman.R.R -TN (1.5) Murugan, Krishnamurthy - NLC (2) beat Sathyanarayan.S - TN (1) Rakesh Kumar N.D- TN (1) lost to Ravi.T.S - Indian Oil (2) Sudhakar Babu.N - Indian Bank (1.5) Drew with Shashank.D.S- TN (1.5) Ajay Srikanth - TN(1) lost to Anilkumar D.T - Kerala (2) Shyam Nikhil - TN (2) beat Bavan Kumar.J - Karnataka (1) Arvind- TN (1) lost to Shantharam K.V -Indian Bank (2) Ram S.Krishnan- TN (2) beat Sarath.E - TN (1) Nanthakumar.S TN (1) lost to Vinoth Kumar.M -TN (2) UNI XR VV AY PC1913