Nine-way tie at the top in 240th Brilliant trophy

Brilliant Grammar hosted a classic chess tournament on Wednesday that ended in a nine-way tie.

Hyderabad: Nine players, Sri Sai Basvanth, Advik Reddy, Andabatla Satvik, Chidvilas Sai, Ishaan Kandi, Sricharan Sabdipagu, Karthik Sai, Akhil Repalle and Sai Anshita Puvvala are in lead jointly with three points each from three rounds in the 240th Brilliant Trophy classical chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar School (Dilsukhnagar) here on
Wednesday.

Sundar Divij, Challa Saharsha, Sathvik Gulakaram are in second spot with 2.5 points each from three rounds.

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Important results: 3rd round: Garvit Jain (2) lost to Sri Sai Baswant (3); Chidvilas Sai (3) bt Ritesh Maddukuri (2); Sricharan Sandipagu (3) bt RVSS Ramaanjaneyulu (2); Akella Sankalpa Ruthvik (2) lost to Karthik Sai (3); Raghava Srivathsav (2) lost to Sai Anshita (3); Sathvik Gulakaram (2.5) drew with Sundar Divij (2.5).