Thejkumar of Mysuru placed fourth

K. Senthil Maran (TN) held at Iman (Kerala) to a draw in the eighth and penultimate round and with 7 points, jointly leads to

the points table with GM Deepan Chakravarthy (7 points) in the Kasavi School 1st International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at Udupi on Sunday.

Mysuru’s Grand Master M.S. Thejkumar is placed fourth after eight rounds with 6.5 points.

Points table after 8th round: 1. K. Senthil Maran (7 pts – 38.75), 2. GM Deepan Chakravarthy (7 pts – 36.50), 3. Shaikh Mohammad (6.5-36.50), 4. GM M.S. Thejkumar (6.5-35.25), 5. IM K. Ratnakaran (6.5-34.50).