After finishing second-best for the last two years, Aravindh Chithambaram broke the jinx and emerged as the National chess champion here on Tuesday. Aravindh ended his unbeaten campaign with 10 points in the 13-round contest after a nervous 35-move draw against C. R. G. Krishna. Srijit Paul, who stunned Vaibhav Suri, was third while comeback-man M. R. Venkatesh came fourth after scoring 5.5 points from the last six rounds. C. R. G. Krishna (4 lakh), 3. M. R. Venkatesh (2 lakh), 5.

Source: The Hindu December 18, 2018 16:30 UTC