S. Rohith Krishna, left, defeated Ritvik Krishnan to maneuver into joint lead after the seventh spherical.
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Top seed Aleksey Grebnev from Russia was joined on the helm by two Indians on Wednesday on the Asian junior chess championship. Third seed S. Rohith Krishna and thirteenth seed S. Aswath moved into the lead place after their wins in opposition to Ritvik Krishnan and Gilbert Tarigan (Indonesia) respectively.
That was after Grebnev was held to a draw by Ayush Sharma on the highest board. With simply two rounds remaining, the leaders are on 5.5 factors and are adopted half some extent behind by Sambit Panda, Manish Cristiano, Ayush and L.R. Srihari.
Bristy Mukherjee and G. Tejaswini share lead
In the women’ part, thirteenth seed Bristy Mukherjee and eleventh seed G. Tejaswini are sharing the lead with six factors every. That was as a result of Tejaswini beat the opposite in a single day chief, Mrittika Mallick, and Bristy overcame Shubhi Gupta. Top seed Nazerke Nurgali of Kazakhstan and third seed Bommini Mounika Akshaya are in second place with 5 factors every.
Important outcomes (seventh spherical, Indians until specified):
Open: Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) 5.5 drew with Ayush Sharma 5; S. Rohith Krishna 5.5 bt Ritvik Krishnan 4.5; S. Aswath 5.5 by Gilbert Tarigan (Ina) 4.5; L.R. Srihari 4.5 misplaced to Sambit Panda 5; M. Mohamed Anees 4 misplaced to Manish Cristiano 5; Avinash Ramesh 4.5 drew with Mayank Chakraborty 4.5; L.R. Srihari 5 bt Reja Neer Manon (Ban) 4; Dilshan Liyanage (SL) 4 drew with Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 4.5; Arun Daakshin 3.5 misplaced to Zhangir Bizhigitov (Kaz) 4.5; Viresh Sharnarthi 3.5 misplaced to Kushagra Mohan 4.5; G.B. Harshavardhan 3.5 misplaced to Ajay Parvathareddy 4.5.
Girls: Mrittika Mallick 5 misplaced to G. Tejaswini 6; Bristy Mukherjee 6 bt Shubhi Gupta 4.5; Keerti Reddy 4.5 misplaced to Nazerke Nurgali (Kaz) 5.5; Bommini Mounika Akshaya 5.5 bt M.K. Poorna Sri 4; Ayaulym Kaldarova (Kaz) 4.5 drew with Saina Salonika 4.5; Mrudul Dehankar 5 bt Kriti Patel 4; Sherali Pattnaik 4.5 drew with Divya Patil 4.5; Dahamadi Sanudula (SL) 4 drew with V. Rindhiya 4; Dhanashree Khairmode 4 drew with Bhagyashree Patil 4; Dakshita Kumawat 3.5 misplaced to Zeinep Sultanbek (Kaz) 4.5; L. Jyothsna 3.5 misplaced to Anastasia Ivanova (FIDE) 4.5.
Source: www.thehindu.com
