<p>With this victory, State silver medallist Murali took his overall tally to six points and now leads Maharastra’s Shaikh Nubairshah and Delhi’s Debankan Dhara by 0.5 points.<br /><br />In the girls’ section, Tamil Nadu’s Mahalakshmi M bounced back from a round five loss to move into joint lead at six points along with Goa’s Ivana Maria Furtado and Orissa’s Sunyasakta Satpathy.<br /><br />Palying with black pieces, Bharadwaj opted for the Sicilian defence against Murali but the latter was too good posting victory in 67 moves from a rook ending.<br /><br />Important results (round VII): Boys: Karthikeyan Murali (TN, 6.5) bt Akshay Bharadwaj (Kar, 5); Sidhant Mohapatra (Ori, 5.5) drew with RV Adith (TN, 5.5); Shaikh Nubairshah (Mah, 6) bt Rakesh Kumar Jena (Ori, 5); Debankan Dhara (WB, 6) bt Athul Krishna S (Ker, 5); Naik Rishubh Naresh (Goa, 5.5) drew Anshuman K (TN, 5.5); Aravindh Chithambaram VR (TN, 5) lt to Ghosh Diptayan (WB, 5.5); Badrinath S (Pud, 5) drew Arjun Bharat (Kar, 5); Sai Agni Jeevitesh J (AP, 4.5) lt to Narayanan SL (Ker, 5.5); Sai Vishwesh C (TN, 4) lt to Satvik M (Kar, 5); Jeet Jain (Guj, 4.5) drew Varma Shabdhik (Kar, 4.5).<br /><br />Girls: Sunyasakta Satpathy (Ori, 6) bt Monnisha GK (TN, 5.5); Ivana Maria Furtado (Goa, 6) bt Divya Garg (Mah, 5); Mahalakshmi M (TN, 6) bt Varsha CK (TN, 5); Akankhya Kabi (Ori, 5.5) bt Dhanashree Pandit (Mah, 5); Meghna CH (Ker, 4.5) lt to Shoumi Mukerjee (WB, 5.5); Varshini V (TN, 5.5) drew Megha Gupta (Guj, 5.5); Bakshi Rutuja (Mah, 5) bt Smaraki Mohanty (Ori, 4); Dharani Sree R (TN, 4.5) drew Savant Riya (Goa, 4.5); Gauri Keshav Hadkonkar (Goa, 4) lt to Priyanka S (AP, 5); Ashwini U (TN, 5) bt Adyasha Pattnaik (Ori, 4); Kratica Shekhwat (Raj, 4) lt to Andria L D’souza (Kar, 5); Kesshni Bhasiin (Del, 4) lt to Shiny Das (Tri, 5); Salini R (AP, 5) bt Shubhani Kapoor (Raj, 4); Rakshana K (TN, 5) bt Manasvini Murali (TN, 3.5); Priyamvada Karmcheti (AP, 3.5) lt to Tejaswini Sagar (Mah, 4.5).</p>
<p>With this victory, State silver medallist Murali took his overall tally to six points and now leads Maharastra’s Shaikh Nubairshah and Delhi’s Debankan Dhara by 0.5 points.<br /><br />In the girls’ section, Tamil Nadu’s Mahalakshmi M bounced back from a round five loss to move into joint lead at six points along with Goa’s Ivana Maria Furtado and Orissa’s Sunyasakta Satpathy.<br /><br />Palying with black pieces, Bharadwaj opted for the Sicilian defence against Murali but the latter was too good posting victory in 67 moves from a rook ending.<br /><br />Important results (round VII): Boys: Karthikeyan Murali (TN, 6.5) bt Akshay Bharadwaj (Kar, 5); Sidhant Mohapatra (Ori, 5.5) drew with RV Adith (TN, 5.5); Shaikh Nubairshah (Mah, 6) bt Rakesh Kumar Jena (Ori, 5); Debankan Dhara (WB, 6) bt Athul Krishna S (Ker, 5); Naik Rishubh Naresh (Goa, 5.5) drew Anshuman K (TN, 5.5); Aravindh Chithambaram VR (TN, 5) lt to Ghosh Diptayan (WB, 5.5); Badrinath S (Pud, 5) drew Arjun Bharat (Kar, 5); Sai Agni Jeevitesh J (AP, 4.5) lt to Narayanan SL (Ker, 5.5); Sai Vishwesh C (TN, 4) lt to Satvik M (Kar, 5); Jeet Jain (Guj, 4.5) drew Varma Shabdhik (Kar, 4.5).<br /><br />Girls: Sunyasakta Satpathy (Ori, 6) bt Monnisha GK (TN, 5.5); Ivana Maria Furtado (Goa, 6) bt Divya Garg (Mah, 5); Mahalakshmi M (TN, 6) bt Varsha CK (TN, 5); Akankhya Kabi (Ori, 5.5) bt Dhanashree Pandit (Mah, 5); Meghna CH (Ker, 4.5) lt to Shoumi Mukerjee (WB, 5.5); Varshini V (TN, 5.5) drew Megha Gupta (Guj, 5.5); Bakshi Rutuja (Mah, 5) bt Smaraki Mohanty (Ori, 4); Dharani Sree R (TN, 4.5) drew Savant Riya (Goa, 4.5); Gauri Keshav Hadkonkar (Goa, 4) lt to Priyanka S (AP, 5); Ashwini U (TN, 5) bt Adyasha Pattnaik (Ori, 4); Kratica Shekhwat (Raj, 4) lt to Andria L D’souza (Kar, 5); Kesshni Bhasiin (Del, 4) lt to Shiny Das (Tri, 5); Salini R (AP, 5) bt Shubhani Kapoor (Raj, 4); Rakshana K (TN, 5) bt Manasvini Murali (TN, 3.5); Priyamvada Karmcheti (AP, 3.5) lt to Tejaswini Sagar (Mah, 4.5).</p>
