National U-7 chess: Bhavya, Meenakshi in joint lead

Bhavya Joshi of Madhya Pradesh and Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi of Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, have emerged as joint leaders in the girls Under-7 of the 32nd National Standard Chess tournament here on Wednesday.

Both Meenakshi, the Andhra U-7 state champion and Bhavya have four points apiece.

In the boys U-7, Jayavardhan Raj of Maharashtra and Eshan Chowdry of Dlehi share joint lead with four points each.

Satwik Adiga of Karnataka, Rosh Jain of Delhi, Abraneel Bargohani of Assam and Satyajit E M of Kerala are also in the hunt for top honours.