Agwan, Kamath excel

Vivektesh Agwan of AK Joshi School, Thane defeated Utkarsh Gupta to end up with 10.5 points, a clear 1.5 points ahead of the field. Akshay Bhor, KP Nimidevand Nitesh Bhat finished behind Viviktesh in that order. All of them finished with nine points but the tie-breaker was applied.

In the under-12 section, Amar Kamath shared the top spot with Vaibhav Saxena but the former had the better progressive score 62.5 when the tie-breaker was applied to Vaibhav who finished with 60.5.

Amar took a short draw with R Chandrashekar while Vaibhav Saxenadefeated Rohil Bhat after 61 moves.

Sayali, the defending girls champion, finished fifth overall but won the under-8 girls title. She defeated Akshat Kundalia today.

Mugdha Variyar inched to the title ahead of Entrants Division Champion, Niharika Thakkar. Mugdha won against Manish Raut today.

Final placings

Under-8: 1. Viviktesh Agwan 10.5 points; 2. Akshay Bhor 9 50 progressive score; 3. K P Nimidev 9 48; 4. Nitesh Bhat 9 44; 5. Sayali Phadke 8.5; 6. Omkar Parab 8 49.5; 7. Anuj Tawri 8 46; 8. Kashi Kishore Shah 8 44; 9. Salim Ali Siddiqi 44; 10. Prasad Patil 8 43.

U-12: 1. Amar Kamath 10 62.5; 2. Vaibhav Saxena 10 60.5; 3. R Chandrashekar 8.5 55.5; 4. Vinay Kumar Mohandas 8.5 55.5; 5. Sameer Thakkar 8.5 54; 6. Gaurav Higne 8.5 52; 7. Aditya Vora 8.5 50; 8. Anirudh Unni 8.5 47.5; 9. Devendra Sathe 8 53.5; 10. Aditya Desai 8 52.5.