Sarvani finishes in top five
Rishiraj ends 10th at national U-7 chess tourney after losing tie-breaker
Sarvani Cheedella surprised overnight leader Sneha Halder of West Bengal in the last round to snatch the fourth spot behind Suhaani.
Telangana and Andhra players finished in the top bracket at the National Under 7 chess championship that concluded at Pondicherry. Andhra Pradesh girl Sarvani Cheedella ended fourth while Sai Rishiraj tied for the sixth place with 8 points but was 10th after the tie-breaker.
Sarvani upset overnight leader Sneha Halder of West Bengal in the last round to take her points tally to 8.5 which secured her the fourth position.
Priyansh Das of Odisha won the boys category by defeating overnight leader Ilamparthy of Tamil Nadu in the last round. Both the players scored 9.5 points out of 11 rounds. In the tie-break Priyansh won the event pushing Ilamparthy into the second place with Daaevik Wadhawan of Delhi taking the third spot with 9 points.
The other Telangana boys were a bit too far off the mark. Ganesh Sai Siddarth took the 22nd place with 7.5 points while Adireddy Arjun occupied the 30th spot with 7 points.
The girls event was won by Karnataka’s A. N. Shefali who defeated Ishani Mondal of West Bengal to aggregate 10 points out of 11 rounds as another overnight leader Sneha Halder of West Bengal lost to AP’s Sarvani.
Sneha settled for the runner-up position with 9 points. Suhaani Lohia of Maharashtra was third.
THE RESULTS (ROUND 11) Boys:
Ilamparthi A.R. (Tamil Nadu) (9.5) lost to Priansh Das (Odisha) (9.5); Abhinav Raj (Delhi) (6.5) lost to Sai Rishiraj P (Telangana) (8); Ganesh Sai Siddarth S (Telangana) (7.5) bt Aujsya Mohta (Chattisgarh) (6.5); Adireddy Arjun (Telangana) (7) bt Deoshatwar Ojas (Maharastra) (6); Abhiraaj Arora (Telangana) (7) bt Mrinmoy Rajkhowa (Assam) (6); Luksh Jain (Telangana) (6) lost to Iyer Aarav (Maharastra) (7); Aditya Ranjan Das (Odisha) (5) lost to Suhaas A (Telangana) (6.5); Rohith Karthikeshwar (Telangana) (5.5) drew With Abhinavan Sharma (Assam) (5.5); Aarav Nambiar T (Telangana) (5) drew with Laksheth R (Tamil Nadu) (5); Ganesh Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) (5.5) bt Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam (Telangana) (5.5); Joy Talreja (Gujarat) (3.5) bt Aditya Mandala (Telangana) (2).
Girls: Shefali A.N. (Karnataka) (10) bt Ishani Mondal (West Bengal) (8); Sneha Halder (West Bengal) (9) lost to Sarvani Cheedella (Andhra Pradesh) (8.5); Rimitha Reddy (Telangana) (6) lost to Tvisha Mangesh Shah (Maharashtra) (7); Disha Patil (Maharastra) (7) bt Abigna Jangam (Telangana) (6); Annika Reddy (Telangana) (4) lost to Lohita V. (Tamil Nadu) (5)