Manasarun of Silver Oaks International School, Bachupali emerged winner in the tie-break after being tied in first place with Abhinav Gandham with 5.5 points out of 6 rounds, who finished second and Ayaanraj Kottapally got third place with 5 points.
In the open category, Srujan won the event by scoring 5.5 points, while Gade Sharanya and P Satyanarayana with five points each got second and third places respectively.
Bharat Penumetsa and V Nanditha emerged winners in junior and open categories respectively in the 213th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament held at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar on Sunday.
Sravankumar grabbed 5.5 points out of 6 rounds to top the junior category as Maanas Arunsritej and Chaitanya Krishna got second and third places respectively with 5 points each
In Open category, S Chidvilas Sai, Gade Saranya, Krithik Reddy Nandyala, Satyanarayana Murthy have secured 3 points out of 3 rounds to stay in the lead
Aditya Choube scored 10 points out of 12 rounds for the top honours. Suryakumara Sridatta and Arnav Gupta got second and third places with 9.5 points each
Shanmukha Saigh is in lead with three others with three points from as many rounds in the junior category at the 208th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament
