Advik, Irfan pocket 245th Brilliant Trophy Chess titles

Advik Sahasya Ambati and Shaik Md. Irfan won the junior and open categories respectively at the 245th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament held at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar.

In the junior category, Advik Sahasya of Delhi Public School, Nacharam, and K Sai Vignesh tied with 5.5 points from six rounds. Advik won on tie-break, while Sai Vignesh finished second. M Adithya secured third place with five points.

In the open category, Shaik Md. Irfan and Aashish Reddy Akavaram tied at 5.5 points, with Irfan winning on tie-break. Aashish finished second and B Kishan third with five points. The top 10 also included Rishi Pallagani, K. Perumallu, J Saikiran, B Sri Abhinav, R Prakash, Ishanth Kartikeya and Dhanush Reddy.

Age-category boys’ winners were V Akshith (U-15), K Sai Vignesh (U-13), Mayank Alkotie (U-11), Vihaan Tatavarthi (U-9) and Aarush Rao Voora (U-7).

Girls’ winners were Lekhya Sri Sanvi (U-15), Vedashruti Chetla (U-13), Maanya Guttikonda (U-11), Anjana Vedasri (U-9) and Sreenithi Tunki (U-7).

Runners-up included M Balaji, M Adithya, Anish Devalkar, Pratheek Veekshith, Meghan Saikrishna Reddy, Varshini Konduri, Saieesha Konda, Sai Tejase, Advaitha Gadipelli and Dhwani across their respective age groups.

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