Vaishali gets the better of Manasa, in joint lead

 R Vaishali of Tamil Nadu defeated HR Manasa of Karnataka to share the lead in the National U-13 chess championship on Monday.

Results (round IV): Open: Aniruddh Aiyengar (TN, 3) lt to Aravindh Chithambaram VR (TN, 4); Visakh NR (TN, 4) bt Elancheralathan P (TN, 3); Chandar Raju (Ker, 3) lt to Ritviz Parab (Goa, 4); Muthaiah AL (TN, 4) bt Audi Ameya (Goa, 3); Akash R (TN, 4) bt Naik Rishubh Naresh (Goa, 3); Grahesh Y (AP, 4) bt Rohit Vassan S (TN, 3). Girls: Manasa H R (Kar, 3) lt to Vaishali R (TN, 4); Bidhar Rutumbara (Ori, 3) lt to Bakshi Rutuja (Mah, 4); Priyanka K (TN, 3) lt to Shiny Das (Tri, 4); Savant Riya (Goa, 3.5) bt Sunyuktha C M N (TN, 2.5); Ananya S (Kar, 2) lt to Annie Gladys A (TN, 3).