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Himanshu, Preetham share lead

By Our Special Correspondent

VIJAYAWADA, NOV. 4. T. Purushothaman was sidelined by Himanshu Sharma and Preetham Sharma in the eighth and penultimate round of the National youth (under-25) chess championships at the Chenupati Ramakotaiah Municipal Corporation Kreeda Pranganam here on Thursday. The latter duo moved up with 6.5 points each, while Purushothaman's defeat against Himanshu in a queen's gambit declined game cost the Guntur lad his sole leader status.

The results (eighth round): T. Purushothaman 6 lost to Himanshu Sharma 6.5, Preetham Sharma 6.5 bt V. Somesh 5.5, R.R. Laxman 6 bt G. Balaji 5.5, T.R. Shanmuganathan 5 lost to M. Vinoth Kumar 6, Ram S. Krishnan 4.5 lost to Puneet Jaiswal 6, S.K. Sinha 5 drew with Debashis Das 5, Soham Das 4.5 lost to M.R. Lalith Babu 5.5, Vikas Sharma 4 lost to Ram Mohan Reddy 5, Priya Darshan 4.5 drew with J.K. Raju 4.5, R. Aswath 4.5 drew with Sujatha 4.5, A. Nayak 5 bt Govind Kumar 4, N. Pragna 5 bt Aniket Pawashe 4, Vipal Subhashi 3.5 lost to M. Shyam Sundar 4.5, Mahendra Venkat 3.5 lost to Biswajit Chatterjee 4.5.

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