Hyderabad: Naga Sai Sarthak, Akashkumar and Rajkuma, with 5.5 points after six rounds, are in joint lead on the first day of the 181st Brilliant Trophy Chess tournaments, on Sunday.
Biswajith Krishna, Naannya, Sharishma, Joseph Tom and Keshav Bajaj are in second spot with 5 points each.
Results
Juniors: Naga sai sarthak (5.5) drew with D.Rajkumar (5.5);
Akash kumar (5.5) bt Ashish Chaudhari (4);
Nannya (5) bt Yashvi Jain (4);
Sharishma (5) bt Srikara Darbha (4);
Joseph Tom (5) bt Anil K (4);
Open category: Karthik Sai (4.5) lost to Uma Harsha (5.5);
J Ramakrishna (5) drew with Parth Sehra (4.5);
Vighnesh Advaith (5) bt Niranjan (4);
Mathiazhagan (4.5) beat Kesavan (3.5);
Ayush Jain (4.5) bt P Nihal (3).
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