Anirudh among leaders
Anirudh Aiyengar, seeded 39th, shocked 11th seed A.L. Muthiah to join Aravind Chithambaram, N.R. Visakh and Harsha Bharathakoti in the lead after the fourth round of the National sub-junior chess championship here on Wednesday. They have four rounds apiece, with seven rounds remaining.
Important results (fourth round): Boys: Aravind Chithambaram 4 bt P. Iniyan 3; Sarbojit Paul 3 lost to N.R. Visakh 4; Harsha Bharathakoti 4 bt Suyog Wagh 3.
A.L. Muthiah 3 lost to Anirudh Aiyengar 4; R. Prakasham 2.5 lost to Pranav Vijay 3.5; A. Abhishek 3.5 bt Ameya Audi 2.5; C. Sai Viswesh bt Rahul Srivatsav 2.5.
S. Aditya 2.5 lost to V. Pranavananda 3.5; Nihal Sarin 3.5 bt Ashirwad Swain 2.5.
Girls: R. Vaishali 4 bt Aakanksha Hagawane 3; A. Harshini 3 lost to Harshita Guddanti 4; Hajra Chandreyee 3 drew with Tejaswini Sagar 3; Riya Savant 3.5 bt Hilmi Parveen 2.5; Tarini Goyal 3.5 bt Rutumbara Bidhar 2.5; C.M.N. Sanyukta 3 drew with Sakshi Chitlange 3; Srishti Pandey 3.5 bt C.H. Meghna 2.5; Ananya Suresh 3.5 A.S. Saughanthika 2.5; Vaibhavi Jadhav 2 lost to Priyanka Nutakki 3; R. Raga Jyothsana 2 lost to V. Toshali 3.
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