13 players share lead in U-9 chess

As many as 13 players shared the lead after round 3 in the boys’ category of the Karnataka State U-9 Chess Championship here on Saturday.

Fancied names sharing the lead on three points are top seed Pranav Anand, who has a rating of 1315 points, and 2012 Under-7 champion Komal Srivatsav Sajja.

In the girls category, 12 players share the lead after two rounds with top seed Ananya Arumbakkam among them.

Results:

Boys (round 3): Shanmukha K Nayak (2) lt to Pranav Anand (3); Komal Srivatsav Sajja (3) bt Shreenath Shenoy (2); Shobith C (2) lt to Karthikay C (3); Shree Krishna Pranama (3) bt Sumukh MG (2); Shreyas V (3) bt Karthik Muruganantham (2); Sumukha K Nayak (3) bt Aathish B Shetty (2); Akash Somasundaram (2) lt to Tanav S (3); Suraj S (2) lt to Amaey Advait (3); Araham Setiya (3) bt Tanmay Karmarkar (2); Mahanth D Hatapaki (3) bt Vishwadeep KV (2); Vishruth U (3) bt Rajath Gururaj GN (2); Vrishva Swaran M (3) bt Samarth Sharan (2); Aaryan LS (1) lt to Vivek Nayak K (3).

Girls (round 2): Ananya Arumbakkam (2) bt Manasa Narayan (1); Madhuvanthi B (2) bt Aarvi Jain (1); Anagha KGR (2) bt Manisihka Srivastav (1); Mridhini MR (2) bt Ankitha R Rao (1); Anvita Shekar (1) lt to Moola Greeshma (2); Bhagyashree G Patil (2) bt Nidhi KN (1); Dhanyatha Corry (2) bt Shreya BV (1); Ruchi A Toshniwal (2) bt Disha TP (1); Hemadri Sathish (2) bt Shreya LU (1); Sanjana Rangunath (2) bt Khushi Kapoor (1); Shraddha Somanath (1) lt to Lavita Sweeny Tauro (1); Sinchana S Rao (0.5) lt to Spandana M Raikar (2).