Six players share lead in Brilliant Trophy chess tournament

Six players, including Sreetej and Akella Sankalpa Ruthvik, shared the lead in the Open category of the 236th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament in Hyderabad. In the juniors section, 10 players jointly lead with three points after three rounds

Hyderabad: Six players – Sreetej, Akella Sankalpa Ruthvik, RVSS Ramanjaneyulu, B Srikanth, B Mallesh and Sri Abhinav – shared the lead at the end of the third round with three points each in the Open category of the 236th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, here on Saturday.

In the juniors category, 10 players – Sathvik Reddy, Harshavardhan, Venkataram Karthikeya, Chetan Maale, Reyansh Chowdhury, Sathya Karthikeya, Abhimaan Despande, Vikyath Thallapally, Ashvik Kumar and Yuvaan Rodda – are jointly in the lead with three points out of three rounds, while Jathin Reddy and Avaneesh are in second spot with 2.5 points out of three rounds.

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Important results:
Junior category, 3rd round:

Rishika Bhaskar (2) lost to Sathvik Reddy (3)

Chetan Maale (3) beat Pratheek Veekshith (2)

Harshavardhan (3) bt Manchi Susaran (2)

Reyansh Chowdhury (3) bt Saieesha Konda (3)

Abdul Raheem (2) lost to Venkataram Karthikeya (3)

Open category:

Sreetej (3) bt Ravindranath (2)

PV Satyanarayana (2) lost to Akella Sankalpa Ruthvik (3)

RVSS Ramanjaneyulu (3) bt Surya Prakash Koundinya (2)

Pramodhkumar Reddy (2.5) drew with Sesham Dhanush (2.5)

Shreyansh Vudayagiri (2) lost to B Srikanth (3)