Date:01/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/01/stories/2008050156132000.htm

Sport - Chess

17 boys share lead

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Seventeen boys and six girls shared the lead with perfect scores after three rounds of the Parsvnath National (under-9) chess championship here on Wednesday.

Top seed Arjun Bharat of Karnataka, second seed Hetul Shah of Gujarat and local hope Harshal Shahi winning with ease.

In the girls’ section, Tripura’s Shiny Das held third seed Goa’s Riya Savant.

The results (third round):

Open: Arjun Bharat (Kar, 3) bt S. Delta (Man, 2); R. Harikrishnan (TN, 2) lost to Hetul Shah (Guj, 3); M. Karthikeyan (TN, 3) bt Mihir Desai (Mah, 2); Anish Jain (Del, 2) lost to Rishubh Naik (Goa, 3); Harshal Shahi (Del, 3) bt Devang Bisani (MP, 2); Jeet Jain (Guj, 2) lost to M. Jayesh (TN, 3); Poras Kolgane (Mah, 3) bt Devang Goyal (MP, 2); Josiah Rebello (Goa, 2) lost to M. Aadhityaa (TN, 3); Abinash Dutta (Asm, 2.5) drew with Raloue Kapoor (Mah, 2.5); K. Sai Sankalp (AP, 2) lost to Adarsh Shrivastava (UP, 3).

Girls: Kratika Shekhawat (Raj, 2) lost to C. H. Meghna (Ker, 3); Riya Savant (Goa, 2.5) drew with Shiny Das (Tri, 2.5); N. Madhumitha (AP, 3) bt Adyasha Pattnaik (Ori, 2); Akankshya Nayak (Ori, 3) bt Shradha Kucheria (Ben, 2); Bipasa Patra (Ben, 3) bt H. Tejaswini (AP, 2); R. Manjula (TN, 3) bt M.C. Deepika (TN, 2); K. Gayatri (AP, 2) lost to Gauri Hadkonkar (Goa, 3); Sovna Jena (Ori, 2.5) drew with Kesshin Bhasiin (Del, 2.5); Ivana Furtado (Goa, 2.5) bt Sribrinda Rout (Ori, 1.5); Rutuja Bakshi (Mah, 1.5) lost to Abirami Ravi (TN. 2.5).