Anirudh Aiyengar, seeded 39th, shocked 11th seed A.L. Muthiah to join Aravind Chithambaram, N.R. Visakh and Harsha Bharathakoti in the lead after the fourth round of the National sub-junior chess championship here on Wednesday. They have four rounds apiece, with seven rounds remaining.
Important results (fourth round): Boys: Aravind Chithambaram 4 bt P. Iniyan 3; Sarbojit Paul 3 lost to N.R. Visakh 4; Harsha Bharathakoti 4 bt Suyog Wagh 3.
A.L. Muthiah 3 lost to Anirudh Aiyengar 4; R. Prakasham 2.5 lost to Pranav Vijay 3.5; A. Abhishek 3.5 bt Ameya Audi 2.5; C. Sai Viswesh bt Rahul Srivatsav 2.5.
S. Aditya 2.5 lost to V. Pranavananda 3.5; Nihal Sarin 3.5 bt Ashirwad Swain 2.5.
Girls: R. Vaishali 4 bt Aakanksha Hagawane 3; A. Harshini 3 lost to Harshita Guddanti 4; Hajra Chandreyee 3 drew with Tejaswini Sagar 3; Riya Savant 3.5 bt Hilmi Parveen 2.5; Tarini Goyal 3.5 bt Rutumbara Bidhar 2.5; C.M.N. Sanyukta 3 drew with Sakshi Chitlange 3; Srishti Pandey 3.5 bt C.H. Meghna 2.5; Ananya Suresh 3.5 A.S. Saughanthika 2.5; Vaibhavi Jadhav 2 lost to Priyanka Nutakki 3; R. Raga Jyothsana 2 lost to V. Toshali 3.
