U-13 Chess Championship: Viresh jumps to sole lead

In the girls category, another Maharashtra player Shreya G Hipparagi was in the lead with eight points after as many rounds

Hyderabad: Maharashtra’s Sharnarthi Vinesh defeated Vivaan Vijay to take sole lead with eight points in the boys category at the 36th National Under-13 boys and girls Chess Championship, being conducted under the aegis of Telangana Chess Association, at the Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, South Central Railway Sports Complex, on Friday.

In the girls category, another Maharashtra player Shreya G Hipparagi was in the lead with eight points after as many rounds.

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Results: Round 8: Boys: Sharnarthi Viresh (MH) (8) bt Vivaan Vijay Saraogi (MH) (6.5); Mrinmoy Rajkhowa (ASM) (6.5) drew K Adharsh (7); V Raghav (TN) (7) bt Banik Hrishikesh Kumar (WB) (6); S Mohit (TN) (6.5) drew with Vihaan Dumir (MH) (6.5); Vatsal Singla (DL) (6) lost to Sushanth Vaman Shetty (KTK) (7); Gaikwad Manas (MH) (6.5) bt S Darshan (TN) (6); Sriram Adarsh Uppala (TS) (6.5) bt Aadik Theophane Lenin (KL) (5.5); Vandan Alankar Sawai (DL) (6) drew with Md Reyan (BH) (6.5); Siddhanth Poonja (KTK) (6.5) bt Aarav Saish Amonkar (KTK)(5.5); S Saisarvesh (TN) (6) drew with Kushagra Jain (MH) (6); Mahesh Koli Arnav (MH) (6.5) bt Abheek Bhatt (MH) (5.5); Sherla Prathamesh (MH) (6.5) bt Sagnik Dutta (WB) (5.5); Vivaan Sachdev (KTK) (5.5lost to Challa Saharsha (TS) (6.5); P Vignesh Kannan (TN) (6) drew with S Madhesh Kumar (PON) (6); VX Jackson (TN) (5.5) lost to Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) (6);

Girls: Gorli Nyna (AP) (7) drew with G Shreya Hipparagi (MH) (8); Aamuktha Guntaka (AP) (6.5) drew with B Kirthika (TS) (6½); Nihira Koul (MH) (6.5) Drew Sherali Pattnaik (UK) (6); G Shivamshika (TG) (6) drew with Arshiya Das (TP) (6); Saparya Ghosh (WB) (6) drew with Aadya Gupta (DL) (6); Pratyasha Jena (OS) (6) drew with SK Vaishnavi (TN) (6); Samhita Pungavanam (TS) (5.5) lost to Akshaya Sathi (KTK) (6.5); Vritika Krushna Game (MH) (5.5) lost to Siddhi Rao (KTK) (6.5); Kalyani Sirin (KL) (6) bt Saranya Devi Narahari (TS) (5); Yasaswi Krishna Bommi (AP) (6) bt Anushka Jain (RJ) (5); Shanmathi, Sree (TN) (6) bt Asudani Ruhani Raj (GJ) (5); Goddeti Hima Tejaswini (AP) (6) bt RV Pavithra (TN) (5); Myra Singh (DL) (6) bt Shradha Smaranika Nanda (OS) (5); Modipalli Deekshitha (TS) (6) bt Hanya Shah (GJ) (5); VC Nivedita (TN) (5.5) bt Kashvy Sabharwal (HR) (5).