R. Raja Rithvik (7.5 points) maintained his lead in the open category after the eighth round of the Dr. N. Mahalingam 28th National under-17 chess championship here on Sunday.
In the girls’ category, Arpita Mukherjee, Sakshi Chitlange and Tarini Goyal shared the lead with 6.5 points each.
Important results (eighth round, TN unless specified):
Open: R. Raja Rithvik (TS) 7.5 bt R. Sibi Visal 6; V.S. Rathanvel 6.5 drew with Nitish Belurkar (Goa) 6; Erigaisi Arjun (TS) 6.5 bt Mitrabha Guha (WB) 5.5; G.B. Harshavardhan 5 lost to Saurabh Anand (Bih) 6; Kumar Gaurav (Bih) 5 lost to M. Shyam Kumar 6; B. Selvamurugan 5.5 drew with N.B. Hari Madhavan 5.5; Nithin Babu (Ker) 5 lost to S. Deota Snehil (Kar) 6; F. Manish Anto Cristiano 5.5 drew with M. Barath Kalyan 5.5; Tarun V. Kanth 5.5 bt Kishore Kumar Jaganathan 5; Patil Harshal (Mah) 4.5 lost to L. Srihari (Pud) 5.5.
Girls: Arpita Mukherjee (WB) 6.5 drew with K. Priyanka (AICF) 6; Harshita Guddanti (AP) 5.5 lost to Sakshi Chitlange (Mah) 6.5; Stuti Bhanot (Har) 5.5 lost to Tarini Goyal (Chd) 6.5; Dhyana Patel (Guj) 5 lost to Tejaswini Sagar (Guj) 6; Kavisha S. Shah (Guj) 5.5 bt V. Toshali (AP) 5; Garima Gaurav (Bih) 5 drew with L. Jyothsna 5; S. Pooja 4.5 lost to Bommini Mounika Akshaya (AP) 5.5; Rajashree Rajeev (Ker) 5 drew with Ch. Niharika (AP) 5; M.K. Poorna Sri 4.5 lost to G. Abirama Srinithi 5.5; Mishra Riya (UP) 4.5 lost to R.B. Mohana Praba 5.5.
