Mahesh , Aarthi maintain top position

Following Chandran 5.5 points closely in second place were MR Venktesh TN and former World under-10 champion, P Harikrishna AP, both with five points. In the girls8217; section, IWM Nisha Mohota WB was half a point behind Aarthie 5.5.

Top-seed Swati Ghate 4 of Maharashtra was shocked by Aarthie in another important game of the day.

On the top board, Mahesh Chandran defeated statemate and top-seed Sounderrajan Kidambi in 29 moves of Caro-Kann defence. Asian sub-junior girl8217;s champion Aarthie defeated top-seed and fourth in the recently concluded National A at Mumbai, Swati Ghate in a Paulsen variation of the Sicilian defence after 55moves.Results Sixth Round
Boys: P Mahesh Chandran Tamil Nadu 5.5 bt S Kidambi TN 4, S Roychoudhary West Bengal 4.5 drew with S Satyapragyan TN 4.5, PR Venktesh TN 5 bt Vikas Sharma Punjab 4, P Harikrishna AP 5 bt CJ Arvind TN 4, PS Mokal Mah 4 drew with MS Tej Kumar Kar 4.5, SV Jeet Singh Mani 3.5 lost to TV Karthikeyan TN 4.5, Akashdeep Har 3.5 drew with Manish Kumar Bih 4, RR Lakshman TN 3 lost to Promod N Kar 4, Arjun Mah 3 lost to Binesh Bhatia AP 4, Himanshu Sharma Har 4 bt Bharat Gupta Raj 3, RS Kashelkar Mah 3 lost to VR Kamble Mah 4, Rishipal Singh AP 4 bt R Naveen TN 3, Valay Parikh Guj 3.5 drew with Saurabh Soni MP 3.5, Akash V Thakur Mah 3.5 bt Yashraj Aidasani 2.5, D Ravi Shankar Mah 3.5 bt YG Vijeyandra Kar 2.5, A Shrivastava Raj 3.5 bt Praveen R Menon Ker 2, Praharsh KP Ker 3 bt Nilab Upadhyay WB 2 Jilesh Gandhi Guj 3 bt SS Banerji Mah 2, H Mishra UP 2 bt C Rajakumar AP 2, Amit Dang Raj 2.5 drewwith Abhijit Gupta Raj 2.5, AP Singh Pun 3 bt Nirmal EP Ker 2, Ravi Khanna Raj 2.5 bt Sunil Verma Raj 2, Utsav Shrivastav UP 2.5 bt Vijil M Pujara Guj 1.5, Hardik Jha Guj 2.5 bt Piyush Roy Ori 1.5, AM Gupta HP 1.5, drew with Suneet Singh Har 1.5, DN Modi Guj 2 bt Hemant Mohta Raj 1.

Girls: Aarthie Ramaswamy TN 5.5 bt Swati Ghate Mah 4, Nisha Mohota WB 5 bt Neha Singh Bih 4, Nivedita Sagade Mah 4.5 bt Koneru Humpy AP 4, JE Kavitha TN 4.5 bt BS Keerthi AP 3.5, Ch Kavitha AP 4.5 bt Anuradha Beniwal Har 3.5, Y Prathibha TN 4 bt MR Sangeeta TN 3.5, Manasi Dadarkar Mah 4 bt AS Mokal Mah 3, ES Karavade Mah 4 bt PL Sivakami TN 3, AA Kulkarni Mah 4 bt Pooja Rathore MP 3, K Girija Raj 4 bt Parul Mohta Raj 3, RS Karavade Mah 3.5 bt Vaidehi Dave Guj 2.5, TT Lakshmi Priya TN 3.5 bt Sandhya N Ker 2, Azadeh P Patel Guj 3 bt Preethi K TN 2, Aabha Thakur Mah 3 bt Anjana Jha Del 2, Pajeesha K Ker 3 bt Kanika Har 2, Mugdha Arun Mah3 bt Sonam Shah Guj 2, S Pradhan Ori 3 bt B Shantha TN 2, Srivalli Indrani AP 2.5 bt Jatinder Kaur Chandi 1, Zeal Patel Guj 2.5 bt KM Mohanti Ori 1, M Bhawani AP 2 bt Swetha Chandi 1, Usha Upadhyay Raj 1 bt Dhyani Dave Guj 0.