Sahithi stays in joint lead

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh’s Sahithi Varshini beat Harshavardhini of Pondicheery to remain in joint lead with Savitha Sri of Tamil Nadu and Prathivya Gupta of Delhi after the ninth round of the 30th National U-9 chess championship in Jalandhar on Sunday.

According to information received here, all the three players have eight points from nine rounds. In the boy’s category, Dev Shah of Maharashtra and Shahil Dey of Assam are in joint lead with eight points. Paraneeth Uppala, Ch Sai Varshith ( bothTelangana State), Patnayak Shreyash (Odissa), Ilamparthy (Tamil Nadu) and Tanmay Jain (Punjab) are joint second with 7 points.

Results(TS wherever not mentioned)-Round-9: Boys: Dev Shah (Maharastra,8) bt Mohanty soaymsree (Odissa, 6.5); Harsh suresh (Tamil Nadu,6.5) lost to Shahil Dey (Assam,8); Ilamparthy (Tamil Nadu,7) drew with Paraneeth Uppala(7); Ch Sai Varshith (7) bt Mullick Raahil

Maharashtra, 6); Sarvesh Hinduja (Tamil Nadu,5.5) drew with JSS Srikar (5.5); Vishwaksen (6) bt Sk Sumer Arsh(5); Pranay Venkatesh (5.5) drew with Sreyas Pappat (Kerala,5.5); Rithwik Gandikota (5)

Krishna kumar saw (Jharkhand,4); Girls: Sindhu Sree (Tamil Nadu,6.5) lost to Savitha sree (Tamil Nadu,8); Tejaswi R (Maharashtra,6) lost to Prathivya Gupta(Delhi,8); Sahithi Varshini (AP,8) bt Harshavardhini (Pondicheery,6);

Sagar siya (Gujarat,6.5) bt Sevitha Viju (5.5); Kheerthi Ghanta (5) lost to Rajanya Datta (WB,6); Manusree Deva (5.5) drew with Tiya Setia (Punjab,5.5); Sreeja S (Tamil Nadu,3.5) lost to Mythri Madisetty (4.5); Naik Sayuri (Goa,5.5) bt Jahnavi Srilalitha(4.5).