Parikh continues to stay on top of lot

AHMEDABAD, May 30: Second seed and local hero Valay Parikh (Gujarat) continued to be the sole leader with 5.5 points in the under-14 boys se...

AHMEDABAD, May 30: Second seed and local hero Valay Parikh (Gujarat) continued to be the sole leader with 5.5 points in the under-14 boys section.

In the girls’ under-14, N Sandhya (Kerala) continued her upward journey with 5.5 points at the end of the sixth round of the Centurion Bank 11th National Chess Championship for under-12 and under-14 for boys and girls at the Indian Institute of Management hall here.

Parikh is followed by three others with five points — Puneet Jaiswal (WB), Soumya Ranjan Mishra (Orissa) and Homarghya Homroy (GNCA).

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Sandhya is followed by K Preethi (TN), TS Subhashini (TN) and Madhuri Mahadev Patil (Maharashtra) half a point behind.

RESULTS

Boys (U-14): Homarghya Homroy (GN) 5 drew with Valay Parikh (Guj) 5.5, Puneet Jaiswal (WB) 5 drew with C Praveen Kumar (TN) 4, Pranav Ravindra Akolkar 4 lost to Soumya Ranjan Mishra 5, Sagar Sadovarte (Mah) 4.5 drew with Arghyadip Das (GNCA) 4.5, Adway Chowdhuri (WB) 4.5 bt M Harsayan (tn) 4, MR Venkatesh (TN) 4.5 bt Kumar Shah(Guj) 3.5, Pranjal Phukan (Assam) 4 drew with Roop Kumar Das (Orissa) 4, R Siddharth (TN) 4.5 bt C Prathap Mohan 3.5, Sachin Prasad (Guj) drew with SM Dikshit (Kan) 4, Jilesh Gandhi (Guj) 3.5 lost to P Laxmi Narshimhan 4.5.

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