Seven players are in joint lead at the Brilliant Trophy chess tournament

Shreyan Thipparthi, Sai Anshitha, P. Arunkumar, and Dinesh Reddy share the lead in the Open category, while seven players are tied in the juniors category after three rounds at the 234th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament

Hyderabad: Seven players—Sharika Tunki, Abhijeet Gupta, Abhinandana, Advik Sahasya, Surya Vaibhav, Sri Samanvith, and M Adithya—are in joint lead with three points each from three rounds in the juniors category of the 234th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar High School (Dilsukhnagar) here on Saturday.

In the Open category, four players—Shreyan Thipparthi, Sai Anshitha, P. Arunkumar, and Dinesh Reddy—are in the lead with three points each from three rounds, while D. Sai Pavan is in second spot with 2.5 points from 3 rounds.

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Important results: 3rd round: Juniors:

Ashwath (2) lost to Sharika Tunki (3)

Advik Sahasya (3) beat Khaja (2)

M Divyansh (2) lost to Surya Vaibhav (3)

Kundana Thipparthi (2) lost to Abhijeet Gupta (3)

Rakshan (2) lost to K. Abhinandana (3)

Open category:

D Anish (2) lost to Shreyan Thipparthi (3)

P Sai Anshitha (3) beat Ishanth Karthikeya (2)

P N Arunkumar (3) beat Sri Abhinav (2)

Dinesh Reddy (3) beat Siva Satyanarayana (2)

Sesham Dhanush (1.5) lost to Sai Pavan (2.5)