
AHMEDABAD, DEC 27: Rahul Sangma of Bihar increased his lead in the Under-9 boys category of the 12th National Children8217;s Chess Championship at the end of sixth round here today. Sangma defeated T Abhay of Tamil Nadu in 47 moves to take his tally to six points.
In the girls Under-9 event, A Patnaik Orissa and D Harika TN played a quick draw in 21 moves in a Sicilian Defence closed game to share the lead.J Rajsurya outplayed K Kulkarni of Maharashtra in an irregular opening.
Point position after 6th round
Boys U-9: Rahul Sangma Bihar 6; KV Kirthee 5; T Abhay, YB Pratap, A Khambria MP, V Pujara Guj, UK Dash Orissa, Soumitra M Mah, Varun Dattani Mah, G Rohit AP, A Dash WB, Pratik Bihar, Pushkar Dandekar Mah and Seetharam all 4.5; U-7: NT Ramarao Orissa 5.5; S Kenedy Singh, P Ghosh, N Detha Raj, Y Sandeep, P Patavi and G Luwang all 5.
Girls U-9: A Pattnaik, J Rajsurya, S Soumya and D Harika all 5; U-7: Sriya Bhattacharya, B Kulkarni, SRatnakar and K Phanichandra all 5; Devangi Patnakar 4.5.