Humpy, Hari lead in Asian Youth

AHMEDABAD, DECEMBER 21: Koneru Humpy leads in the girls’ under-12 after five rounds of the Asian Youth Chess Championship on Monday. P Harikrishna is leading with 4.5 points in the boys’ under-14 section.

Results
Boys’ under-14: E Moradiabadi (Bangla, 3.5) drew with P Harikrishna (Ind, 4.5), Valay Parikh (Ind, 3) lost to MR Venkatesh (Ind, 4), S Roy (Ind, 3) bt K Vishwanath (Ind, 2.5), I Anour (Kaz, 3) bt R Naveen (Ind, 2.5). Under-12: Omid Norouzi (Iran, 3) lost to K Humpy (Ind, 5), Sayantan Dutta (Ind, 4) bt D Chakrabaorthy (Ind, 3), Wong Zi Chuang (Viet, 3) drew with Kampakyanob (Uzb, 3), R Siddarth (Ind, 3) bt T Damir (Kaz 2.5), S Rangarajan (Ind, 3) bt Jude Ranga (Sri Lanka, 2) Under-10: Vijil Pujara (Ind, 4) bt Son Ngoc Trvo (Viet, 4), G Rohit (Ind, 4) bt K Vijay Keerthi (Ind, 3), Rahul Sagma (Ind, 2.5) lost to A Gupta (Ind, 4) bt Abhay (Ind, 3) bt M Ahmed (Bangla, 2.5)

Girls’ under-14: Giang Nguyen Thu (Viet, 4) bt C Delfin (Ind 4), S Samani (Ind, 3) drew with TSachdev (Ind, 3.5), Jaya Arunamathi (Ind, 3) drew with P Mangal (Ind, 2.5), Zeal Patel (Ind, 1.5) lost to Sadi Paridar (Iran, 3) Under-12: P Priya (Ind, 3.5) drew with Eesha Karwade (Ind, 4) Atousa Pour (Iran, 4.5) bt M Sowani (Ind, 2.5), S Victorya (Kaza, 3) bt R Mahima (Ind 2.5), K Nadig (Ind, 3 bt Khallaeba (Turk, 2). Under-10: Annori Shah (Ind, 3.5) drew with Mary Ann Gomes (Ind, 4.5), Ketki Kulkarni (Ind, 2.5) lost to Pham Bich (Viet, 4), S Swaminathan (Ind, 3.5) bt Haamra Kulova (Uzb, 2.5)