Anuj, Parmanyu, Yashika lead

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, July 21

Anuj Bansal grabbed the sole lead by scoring three points in the Open U-16 category on the opening day of the first Open Children's Chess Festival at St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44. Agaaz Bansal claimed the second position, followed by Suvibhu Sharma and Aryan Arora, respectively.

In the Open U-13 category, Yashika Bansal scored three points to claim the lead. Aditya Singla also finished the third round with three points. Viren Gupta claimed the third position. Pratyaksh Goel, Samneet Munde and Hriday Panchal also scored three points each.        

Parmanyu Garg led the Open U-10 category with three points. Tanmay Sharma, Harshit Dhingra, Gunika Jalota, Vayum Goel and Vatsal Singla also scored three points to remain in the title fray.

 A total of 130 players from different schools of the tri-city are participating in the championship. A total of 16 internationally rated players are participating in the championship. The final round of the championship will be played on Sunday. 

Results 

Open U-16: 2 Points: Pratham Puri, Saini Mitali, Vedant Joshi, Divyank Bhatt, Amandeep Chandera, Aditya Sharma, Sajal Guleria, Kemee                

1½ Points: Aryan Zutshi         

1 Point: Ishaan Narang, Aarushi Vats, Vivek Singh, Raaman Verma, Harshvardhan, Khushmita Kapoor, Aanshita Jain, Divyardhansinh, Rishabh Berry        

Open U-13: 2 Points: Armaan Sharma, Harnoor Kaur Sarao, Mihir Relan, Parth Goyal, Harsh Yakhmi, Manobhav Sethi, Rohan Gupta, Aditya Malhotra, Harshul Dhir, Ishan Biyala, Shaunak Chaudhury, Shaurya Chopra , Pranay Gupta, Bhuvi Prabhakar, Pakhii, Kamayak Channa, Nikita Goyal, Pearlish Jain, Raghav Goklaney       

Open U-10: 2½ Points: Madhavansh Mittal, Swastik Singhal

2 Points: Shriya Guleria, Aditya Singla, Naren Gupta, Raghujit Singh Walia, Shaurya Singla, Dushyant Singh, Aaveer Singh Birah, Saanvi Singla, Yugjot Singh, Hridhaan Sikka, Abeer Arora, Sherali Pattnaik, Garvit Verma, Derek Sachdeva, Shirin Bhattacharyya, Precious Bansal          

1½ Points: Ranvijay Singh, Arnav Goyal, Siddhanth Relan, Abhinav Rana