Koustav Chatterjee, Moksh Amit Doshi and mendonca Leon Luke shared the lead on four points after the fourth round of the 44th National under-15 chess championship here on Thursday.
In the girls’ event, third seed Mrudul Dehankar, L. Jyothsna and Bhagyasree Patil garnered four points apiece from as many rounds to share the top spot.
Important results: Koustav Chatterjee (Ben) 4 bt Naitik Mehta (Guj) 3; Rathneesh R. (TN) 3.5 drew with Aronyak Ghosh (Ben) 3.5; Srihari L. (Pud) 3.5 drew with Raahul V.S. (TN) 3.5; Moksh Amit Doshi (Guj) 4 bt Shyam Kumar M. (TN) 3; Vijay Shreeram P. (TN) 3 lost to Mendonca Leon Luke (Goa) 4; Ajay Karthikeyan (TN) 3.5 drew with Dhanush Ragav (TN) 3.5; Kashish Manoj Jain (Mah) 3.5 drew with Utsab Chatterjee (Ben) 3.5; Aan Sikka (Del) 3.5 drew with Aditya Bikram Paul (Ben) 3.5 .