Chidvilas Sai leads Brilliant Trophy Rapid Chess Tournament

Chidvilas Sai emerged as the sole leader in the Open category with five points after five rounds of the 240th Brilliant Trophy Rapid Chess Tournament in Hyderabad. In the juniors section, Sanikommu Harshith Reddy and G Rushikesh shared the lead

Hyderabad: Chidvilas Sai emerged as the sole leader with five points from five rounds in the Open category of the 240th Brilliant Trophy Rapid Chess Tournament at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, here on Saturday.

Suresh Duvvala, Sundar Divij and DSSU Sathwik are in second place with 4.5 points each from five rounds.

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In the juniors category, Sanikommu Harshith Reddy and G Rushikesh are in joint lead with five points each from five rounds, while Siddhartha Karthik and Sushanth Ramuni are in second place with 4.5 points each from five rounds.

Important results:

5th round:

Juniors:
Jatin Sai Vuppala (4) lost to Gajji Rushikesh (5); Eshwar Cheekati (4) lost to Sanikommu Harshith Reddy (5); Khadeeja Fatima (4) drew with Penugani Satwik (4); Mohammed Shabbir Ahmed (3.5) lost to Sushanth Ramuni (4.5); Shourya Konduri (3.5) lost to Siddhartha Karthik (4.5).

Open category:
Chidvilas Sai (5) bt Ritesh Maddukuri (4); DSSU Sathwik (4.5) bt Vikramjit Singh (3.5); M Y Aditya (3.5) lost to Sundar Divij (4.5); Suresh Duvvala (4.5) bt J Ramakrishna (3.5); Challa Saharsha (4) bt Srujan Keerthan (3.5).