Nitesh, Sameer champs

Results of top five boards:

Boys u-8 10th and final round: Kashi Sah 8.5 pts drew with Nitesh Bhat 8.5 pts; Siddharth Kotian 7.5 pts lost to Karan Ajinkya 8.5 pts; Aditya Udeshi 7pts lost to Akshat Pandya 7 pts; Abhishek Ravi 8 pts bt Ashit Pandya 7 pts; Amogh Wajandar 7 pts lost to Dhanvin Mehta 7.5 pts.

U-8 Prize winners progressive score in bracket: 1 Nitesh Bhat of Manjunath Vidyalaya 8.5 pts 50; 2 Kashi Kishore Sah of Fr Agnel 8.5 pts 47.5; 3 Karan Ajinkya of Yashodham 8.5 pts 46; 4 Akshat Kundalia of PG Garodia 8 pts 48.5; 5 Abhishek Ravi of Swami Vivekananda 8 pts 43.

Boys u-12 11th and final round: Ashwin Ganapathy 9 pts drew with Sameer Thakkar 9.5 pts; Nikhil Kamat 8.5 pts drew with Aniruddha Unni 8.5 pts; Ninad Puranik 8.5 pts drew with Sachin Kamat 8.5 pts; R Chandrashekhar 8 pts drew with Nilesh Yevle 8 pts; Prerak Chowdhary 8pts drew with Vinaykumar M 8 pts.

U-12 Prize winners: 1 Sameer Thakkar of Jankidevi Public 9.5 pts; 2 Ashwin Ganapathy of Fr Agnel 9 pts; 3 Aditya Vora of Don Bosco, Matunga 8.5 pts 56.5; 4 Ninad Puranik of St John the Baptist 8.5 pts 54; 5 Nikhil Kamat of IES English, Dadar 8.5 53.5.

Youngest boy participant: Omkar Sanjay Davate of Chandrakant Patkar born on 26-12-95.