TN's Vaishnav scores

Tamil Nadu’s Vaishnav M created an upset as he defeated world youth under-16 chess Olympiad member Sai Vishwesh C in the second round of 26th National U-17 Chess Championship here on Sunday.

Meanwhile in the girls’category, Ananya Suresh of Karnataka recorded a victory over Gujarat’s Shah Rutvi.

Results: Round 2: Open category: Elancheralathan P (TN, 1) lt to Muthaiah Al (TN, 2); Sai Vishwesh C (TN, 1) lt to Vaisnav M (TN, 2); Raghav Srivathsav V (Tel, 1) lt to WFM Vaishali R (TN, 2); Grahesh Y (AP, 1.5) drew Kumaran B (TN, 1.5); Karthik V (AP, 2) bt Shet Prajwal P (Kar, 1); Sharma Vibhav (Har, 1) lt to  Shailesh Dravid (Mah, 2); Rajdeep Sarkar (WB, 2) bt Ojas Kulkarni (Kar, 1); Likhit Chilukuri (Kar, 1.5) drew Jayakumar S (TN, 1.5); Dhananjay (Chh, 1) drew Satvik M (Kar, 1); Dhanush Bharadwaj (Kar, 1) lt to Pranavananda V (AP, 2).

Girls: Varsha CR (TN, 1) lt to Varshini V (TN, 2); Priyanka Nutakki (AP, 2) bt Senthamizh Yazhini S (TN, 1); Thamaraselvi P (TN, 1.5) drew Vantika Agarwal (Del, 1.5); Mahalaxmi M (TN, 2) bt Prabhugaonker Aditee Aman (Goa, 1); Shah Rutvi (Guj, 1) lt to Ananya Suresh (Kar, 2); Dhanashree Pandit (Mah, 1.5) drew Sapale Saloni (Mah, 1.5); Bidhar Rutumbara (Odi, 1) lt to Dakshinya TRS (TN, 2); Kavitha PL (TN, 1) lt to Toshali V (AP, 2); Potluri Saye Srezza (Tel, 2) bt Vaibhavi Jadhav (Mah, 1); Jasper Jyothi P (TN, 1) lt to Shah Vishwa (Mah, 2).