Arjun, Raja remain in top rung at Mayor’s chess

MUMBAI: Another fine performance in sixth round saw Fide Masters Erigaisi Arjun and Raja Ritvik share the top spot with three others in the 11th Mumbai Mayor’s International Chess Tournament on Thursday.

Both Arjun and Raja held GMS Tran Tuan Minh and Kravtsiv Martyn to remain in top spot with 4.5 points respectively. They share the lead with Martyn, Tuan Minh and GM Amanotov Farrukh. The most notable performance of the sixth round saw unseeded Sammed Jaykumar Sethe of Kolhapur hold GM Tukhaev Adam.

NSCI ALL INDIA JUNIOR OPEN SQUASH

Qualifying round: Boys: U-11: Priyaan Thakker bt Agastya Bansal 11-9, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5, Gurveer Singh bt Suren Gupta 11-3, 11-6, 11-2, Vedant Chheda bt Purav Rambhia 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; U-13: Sharan Punjabi bt Saarthak Bhargava 11-2, 11-5, 11-3, Dhairya Shah bt Ekambir Singh 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, Vivaan Shah bt Raghav Parthasarathy 11-2, 11-3, 11-7

Girls: U-11: Anahat Singh bt Diva Shah 11-3, 11-0, 11-2, Akanksha Gupta bt Ananya Reddy Avthu 11-0, 11-0, 11-1, Ipsa Mishra Rudra Singh 11-2, 11-3, 11-5, Diya Yadav bt Nimrit Pasricha 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; U-13: Tiana Parasrampuria bt Tamanna D 11-2, 11-3, 11-5, Nayna Taneja bt Saara Joukani 11-5, 11-8, 11-4, Deepika Vinoth Kumar bt Tisha Jasani 11-5, 11-3, 11-1, Aaryaa Belsare bt Anushka Ahlawat 11-1, 11-0, 11-0

MUMBAI DISTRICT MORRAC C’SHIP.

Results: Junior Girls’ singles (final): Shruti Sonavane bt Amulya Rajula 3634, 44-25; Junior Boys’ singles (final): Ritikesh Walmiki bt Dushyant Gupta 36-34, 38-21