Madhesh Kumar retains lead in National Sub-junior chess championship

Puducherry’s S Madhesh Kumar retained a half-point lead with nine points after drawing with Niladri Banerjee in the penultimate round of the National Sub-junior Chess Championship in Hyderabad. Prishita Gupta extended her lead in the girls’ section.

Hyderabad: S Madhesh Kumar of Puducherry managed to retain his half-point lead with nine points after settling for a draw with Niladri Banerjee of West Bengal in the penultimate round of the 51st National Sub-junior Chess Championship at Subham Convention Centre here on Monday.

Second-seeded Madhvendra Pratap Sharma of Madhya Pradesh, Divith Reddy Adulla of Telangana, Badole Shaunak of Maharashtra and Niladri Banerjee of West Bengal have secured 8.5 points each, keeping themselves in contention for the title.

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Among the girls, Prishita Gupta of Delhi is poised to win the title, widening her lead by a full point. She defeated Sunetra Dey of West Bengal in the 10th round. Saranya Devi Narahari of Andhra Pradesh and VC Nivedita of Tamil Nadu remain in contention, with eight points each.

Important results:

10th round:

Open: S Madhesh Kumar drew with Niladri Banerjee; Christy George lost to Madhvendra Pratap Sharma; B Shaunak beat Advik Amit Agrwal; Parambrata Sarkar lost to A Divith Reddy; Aadik Theophane Lenin beat Vivaan Vijay Saraogi; Rahul Ramakrishnan drew with Jval Saurin Patel; Aarit Kapil beat Laddad Aadhavan Atish; Aahil Patra drew with Adhiraj Mitra; Amartya Saumitra Gupta drew with Advaith Ashokumar; Samarth Sreeni Warrier beat Anagani Sasank; Malvin Joshua drew with K Sai Abhinav.

Girls: Prishita Gupta beat Sunetra Dey; M Sravyasree drew with Maitreyi Mondal; Gorli Nyna lost to Saranya Devi; Sai Vijaysinh Patil lost to VC Nivedita; Aahna Gulati drew with Aaradhya Das; M Pal Vedika beat G Shivamshika; M Hanya Shah lost to Shanmathi Sree; M Aadhya Jain beat Dishita Dey; M Aadya Gowda lost to Mysha Perwez; RV Pavithra drew with Archita Agrawal; M Siddhi Rao beat Bhumika Waghle; AR Ameya drew with Aishani Pathak; S Srinika lost to Pooja Shree; V Tripurambika beat Yati Agarwal.