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Darshan is currently in joint lead with four points to his name in the championship.

Telangana chess players Sriram Adarsh Uppala and Yohan Yadav are sharing lead with others with one point each in the ongoing Telangana Chess Association’s 36th National Under–13 Boys and Girls Chess Championship

In the final round, Natura Bethi defeated Nidhish Shyamal and grabbed top honours with 5.5 points ahead of Bharath Kumar Reddy and Shivamshika in second and third places respectively

Yohan Yadav Tarala, CR Ritwik and Andabatla Satvik in joint lead with three points each in the first day of the Hyderabad Chess Centre’s Chess Tournament

Ehaan Shaikh and Satvik Andabatla are in joint lead with two points each from as many rounds in the Super-16 In-House Classical Chess Tournament

Hailing from Pitlam in Kamareddy, Pratibha is trained in eight different combat sports.

Aadhyan Kukudala and Dhruv Kumar Rachuri emerged winners in under-9 and under-13 divisions respectively at the chess tournament

Niranjan J Warrier was tied for the top spot along with Indrajit Majumdar on 10 points from 12 rounds

Abhishek clinched the title in the tie-breaker after level on points with SK Shoiab with 5.5 points in 6 rounds

Samhita Pungavanam scored 10 points from 11 rounds to bag top honours

Shivamshika recorded 5.5 points out of 6 rounds ahead of Adriel Job and Ritesh Maddukuri who recorded 5 points each to finish in second and third places respectively.

Adarsh secured victory in the tiebreaker ahead of Amitpal and Divith in second and third places respectively, who were all tied with 4.5 points each in the fifth and last round

R Adit Kumar and S Navya clinched boys and girls titles in under-13 division of the children chess tournament organised by Pragathi Chess Foundation

Vedic Tolwala recorded 5 points from as many rounds to clinch the title ahead of Payyavula Nagaraju and Nevaan Carey Meduri, who registered four points each to finish in second and third places respectively

Ivancescu Bodgan secured 10.5 points out of 12 rounds to grab top spot in the competition ahead of J Malleswara Rao and Kartavya Anadkat, who recorded 10 points to finish in second and third places respectively

Ruchit Acharya scored 11 points out of 12 rounds ahead of Yashraj Gajananrathi and Kavya Nirvana in second and third places with 10 points each

Susheela won the event by scoring 6 points out of 6 rounds, while Sharjeel Sk and Sri Samanvith got second and third places 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

The Indian chess body said the decision was taken considering all the aspects of safety and security of our young players

The top-seeded men, boasting of a strong all-Grandmaster line-up, including teenage stars D Gukesh, the Indian No.1, and R Praggnanandhaa, finished behind Iran.