Anand beats Radjabov, Karjakin leads 5.5/7
Russian GM Sergey Karjakin lead the strong field with 5.5 points after seven rounds in the Norway Chess 2013 Super GM tournament at Stavanger, Norway here today. World No. 1 and local star Magnus Carlsen is in the second spot at 5 points, with World Champion Vishy Anand and World No. 2 Levon Aronian sharing the third spot at 4 points.

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Sixth Round Results for TN State U-9 Chess Championship for Dolphin Trophies & Sri Krishna Cup
FIDE Master Praggnanandhaa leads the boys section with six points followed by ten players with five points. Ashwin kumar lost a pawn in the sixteenth move and handed over the game to Praggnanandhaa for a win in 35 moves. In the girls section Poornasri won the match against Meena S after a long fight of 51 moves.

Nandhidhaa is National Under 17 Girls Champion
Tamil Nadu's P V Nandhidhaa emerged the National Under 17 Girls Champion scoring a huge 10.5/11 at 24th National Under 17 Open & Girls Chess Championship-2013 (Assam) that concluded yesterday. WIM Norm holder Michelle Catherina finished runner-up with an impressive 10/11 score, giving TN its second medal in the Girls section.

Darsana triumph in National U-7 Girls
Tamil Nadu's M S Darsana lifted the girl's title after signing peace with Delhi's Kaamya Negi in the last round. Darsana, from Erode, finished with 9.5 points while Maharashtra's Tanisha Boramanikar and Sanskruti Wankhade finished second and third respectively.