Nisha, Varun win Brilliant Trophy chess tournament titles

Nisha Baheti of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Uppal, and V Varun pocketed the junior and open titles in the 136th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament at Brilliant Grammar High School in Dilsukhnagar.

Select results: Final round (Round 6): Junior: Sahasransh A (5) lost to Nisha Baheti (5.5); Anirudh (4.5) lost to Amit Bhargav (5); Pushkar R (5) bt Shashank K (4); Varenya K (5) bt S Ramcharan (4);Sai Rithvik M (5) bt Teja V (4);

Open: S Khan (5) drew with Varun V (5.5); Aditya Varun G (4.5) drew with Suresh DV (5); VSN Murthy (4) lost to Satyanarayana P (5); Sibi (4) lost to Spandan Pati (5); K Viswanath (5) bt Praneeth Vuppala (4).

Final standings-Open: 1.V Varun, 2.S Khan, 3.Satyanarayana P, 4.Spandan Pati, 5.Suresh DV, 6.K Viswanath, 7.Aditya Varun, 8.Tarun K, 9.VSN Murthy, 10.Praneeth. V; U-14: Boys: 1.Chaitanya Kumar, 2.Teja V; Girls: 1.Manogna J, 2.Induja M; U-12: Boys: 1.Sahasransh, 2.Pushkar; Girls: 1.Varenya K, 2.Krishna Amitha; U-10: Boys: 1.Sai Rithvik M, 2.Amit Bhargav;Girls: 1.Abhigna J, 2.Bhilva Nilaya; U-8: Boys: 1.Anirudh, 2.Keertan Reddy; Girls: 1.Akshara, 2.Tanu Sree; U-6: Boys: 1.Abhi Janardhan, 2.Parthiv; Best veteran: N C Ram; Best woman: Advaita Sharma.