Mangalore’s Sharan Rao won the boys’ title while Tulsi retained the girls’ title in the State under-7 chess championship at the State Youth Centre here on Sunday.
Sharan, Ankith Mahesh and Ashwin J all had five points but on progressive scores, Sharan pipped the other two. Ankith finished second and he, along with Sharan, will represent Karnataka at the National under-7 chess championship at Lucknow.
 Mysore’s Tulsi tallied six points to emerge undisputed winner.  Nehal Byali of Bangalore finished one spot behind her to grab the second spot.
Results (final round):
Boys: Sharan Rao (5) lt to Ashwin J (4); Harsh Hrishikesh Kulkarni (4) lt to Ankith N Mahesh (4); L S Prabhanjan (3.5) bt Rahul Peter (4); Aaron A Fernandes (3) lt to Raghotham Kulkarni (3.5); Piyush (3) bt Pranav G Reddy (3).
Standings: 1-3: Sharan Rao, Ankith N Mahesh, Ashwin J; 4-5: L S Prabhanjan, Raghotham Kulkarni; 6-10: Rahul Peter M, Piyush, Harsh H K, Varun S K, Pranav N R.
Girls:
Akshatha R (4) lt to Tulsi (6); Nehal Byali (4.5) bt Reesha Shenoy (3); Sharanya V (4.5) bt Prerana M S (3); Hanan Rouf (4) bt Namratha Naidu (2.5).
Standings: 1: Tulsi; 2-3: Neha Byali, Sharanya V. 4-5: Akshatha R, Hanan Rouf, 6: Prerana M S.