Rajkumar in sole lead in Brilliant Trophy chess tournament

In the juniors category, three players – Ch Amulya, Biswajithkrishna and Sharishma – are in joint lead with 5.5 points each after six rounds.

Hyderabad: Rajkumar, with 5.5 points from 6 rounds, is in the sole lead in the open category of the 183rd Brilliant Trophy chess tournament, on Sunday.

In the juniors category, three players – Ch Amulya, Biswajithkrishna and Sharishma – are in joint lead with 5.5 points each after six rounds.

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Results:

Round 6:

Juniors: Sharishma (5) drew with Ch Amulya (5.5); Gopalakrishna (4) lost to Biswajith Krishna (5); Kavish Aryan (4) lost to Akash Kumar (5); Darsith (5) beat Ayush Yadav (4); Boda Sai (4) lost to Vamshi (5).

Open category: Rajkumar (5.5) bt Abdallah M Nistar (4.5); Mathiazhagan (4.5) bt Nandasai Vinesh (3.5); KVK Karthik (4.5) drew with Parth Sehra (4); Soumith Akarsh (4) drew with Vasista Ramanarao (4); Shivakumar (4) beat Ehaan Shaik (3).