Harikrishna, Tania emerge champions

In the girls8217; section, Tania was forced to draw with N Vinthuna of Andhra Pradesh. The draw did not make much difference to Tania8217;s title hunt which she grabbed with 7.5 points. Baishkai Das of West Bengal beat Amruta Makal of Maharashtra and Esha Karvade downed M Kasturi. Anuradha of Haryana swept past M Priyadarshani. Gujarat8217;s Anoori Shah gave a creditable performance to claim the overall seventh position with 6.5 points.

Following are the positions after completion of the under-12section league rounds.

Boys under-12: 1 P Harikrishna AP 7.5 pts, 2. Nilabh Upadhya WB 7.5, 3. K Humpy AP 7.5. 4 Abhijit Gupta Raj 7, 5. Sunil Rangarajan Ktk 7.0, 6. Saptarshi Roy GNCA 7, 7. R Siddharth TN 7, 8. Subham Das WB 6.5, 9. S Biswas GNCA 6.5, 10. B Ramesh AP 6.5.

Girls: 1. Tania Sachdev Del 7.5 pts, 2. Esha Karvade Mah 7, 3. Baishaki Das WB 7, 4. Amruta Makal Mah 6.5, 5. N Vinuthna AP 6.5, 7. Anoori Shah Guj 6.5, 8. M Kasturi TN 6.0. 9. M Priyadarshini TN 6, 10. B Latha TN 6.