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.
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).
