Devangi on song

PUNE, Sept 29: Devangi Patankar of Pune registered her sixth successive win and closed in for the girls under-7 title defeating citymate Chaitra Wable in the sixth and penultimate round, of the 10th State Mini chess championship at Mangal Manohar Karyalaya here today.

Meanwhile, the race for the top honours in the boys under-9 section hots up as experienced Subodh Lakhe and Ninad Sancheti share the leaderboard with seven points from eight rounds.
Important Results
Boys U-7 Rd 8th: Archit Mokashi 7 lost to Ajinkya Karan Rajas 6.5; Abhishek Kelkar 6.5 bt Abdulla Nadeem 5.5; Parag Kelkar 6 bt Shainesh Aher 5; Dhanvir Metha 6 bt Sudarshan Lamture 5.
Girls U-7 Rd 6th: Chaitra Wable 2.5 lost to Devangi Patankar 6; Siddhali Shetye 5 bt Gauri Chavan 3.5; Madhura Salunke 3.5 bt Anuja Borkas 3.
Boys U-9 Rd 8: Aashish Gandhi 5 lost to Subodh Lakhe 7; Nanad Sancheti 7 bt Gaurav Konde 5; Sameer Mujumdar 5.5 drew with Chinmay Kulkarni 5; Salil Nitsure 5 drew with Akshay Bhor 5.5; Anuj Tiwari 4.5 lost to Meghan Gupte 5.5.
Girls U-9 Rd 6: Shreyasi Parkhi 5 bt Mrunmai Bhagwat 4; Girija Kadlaskar 3.5 lost to Mohita Agarwal 5; Shruti Ratnakar 3 lost to Sayali Phadke 4.