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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.

India take on South Korea in the 9th and final round on Saturday while China face UAE

Kartavya Anadkat scored 11 points out of 12 rounds for the top honours. Prawin with 10.5 points and Asish Chaudhari with 10 points finished in second and third respectively

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, who studies in Sri Gowthami Smart School, Rajahmundry topped the chart in the juniors category by scoring 6 points in as many rounds

The Indian's four-game unbeaten streak was brought to an end by Abdusattorov in the 13 round that also saw the upset of the day by Erigaisi.

Chiranjeev secured 4.5 points to take top honours ahead of Saidugari Sai Tej and Thota Jovenkataraman who finished second and third respectively

In final round of U-11 event, Sathvik defeated V Srivatsav Sai to become clear winner with 5 points

Saranya scored 6 points, while other Hyderabad girls Modipalli Deekshitha with 5.5 points secured second place selected for Nationals

Both Grandmasters will continue their play where Magnus will have white pieces in the second classical game on Wednesday