U-13 National Chess: Viresh and Shreya Take Commanding Lead

Hyderabad: Sharnarthi Viresh from Maharashtra and his state counterpart, Shreya G. Hipparagi, have surged ahead as the sole leaders in the Open boys’ and girls’ categories, respectively, in the 36th National Under-13 Years Boys & Girls Chess Championship-2023.

The tournament, organized under the auspices of the Telangana Chess Association, is currently underway at the multipurpose Indoor Stadium, South Central Railway Sports Complex.

In the Open boys category, Viresh clinched his lead by securing eight points from eight rounds. He triumphed over Maharashtra’s Vivaan Vijay Saraogi, who scored 6½ points. Meanwhile, in the girls’ category, Shreya G. Hipparagi also secured eight points by drawing her eighth-round match against Gorli Nyna from Andhra Pradesh, who stands at 7 points.

Results from Round 8 – Boys:

• Sharnarthi Viresh (MH) (8) bt Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi (MH) (6½)
• Mrinmoy, Rajkhowa (ASM) (6½) drew Adharsh. K (TN) (7)
• Raghav. V (TN) (7) bt Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar (WB) (6)
• Mohit, S (TN) (6½) drew Vihaan, Dumir (MH) (6½)
• Vatsal, Singla (DL) (6) lost to Sushanth, Vaman Shetty (KTK) (7)
• Gaikwad, Manas (MH) (6½) bt Darshan. S (TN) (6)
• Sriram, Adarsh Uppala (TG) (6½) bt Aadik, Theophane Lenin (KL) (5½)
• Vandan, Alankar Sawai (DL) (6) drew Reyan, Md. (BH) (6½)
• Siddhanth, Poonja (KTK) (6½) bt Aarav, Saish Amonkar (KTK) (5½)
• Saisarvesh. S (TN) (6) drew Jain, Kushagra (MH) (6)
• Arnav, Mahesh Koli (MH) (6½) bt Abheek, Bhatt (MH) (5½)
• Sherla, Prathamesh (MH) (6½) bt Sagnik, Dutta (WB) (5½)
• Vivaan, Sachdev (KTK) (5½) lost to Challa, Saharsha (TG) (6½)
• Vignesh, Kannan P (TN) (6) drew Madhesh, Kumar S (PON) (6)
• Jackson, V X (TN) (5½) lost to Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma (MP) (6)

Results from Round 8 – Girls:

• Gorli, Nyna (AP) (7) drew Shreya, G. Hipparagi (MH) (8)
• Aamuktha, Guntaka (AP) (6½) drew Kirthika. B (TG) (6½)
• Nihira, Koul (MH) (6½) drew Sherali, Pattnaik (UK) (6)
• Shivamshika. G (TG) (6) drew Arshiya, Das (TP) (6)
• Saparya, Ghosh (WB) (6) drew Aadya, Gupta (DL) (6)
• Pratyasha, Jena (OS) (6) drew Vaishnavi, S K (TN) (6)
• Samhita, Pungavanam (TG) (5½) lost to Akshaya, Sathi (KTK) (6½)
• Vritika, Krushna Game (MH) (5½) lost to Siddhi, Rao (KTK) (6½)
• Kalyani, Sirin (KL) (6) bt Saranya, Devi Narahari (TG) (5)
• Yasaswi, Krishna Bommi (AP) (6) bt Anushka, Jain (RJ) (5)
• Shanmathi, Sree. S (TN) (6) bt Asudani, Ruhani Raj (GJ) (5)
• Goddeti, Hima Tejaswini (AP) (6) bt Pavithra, R. V. (TN) (5)
• Singh, Myra (DL) (6) bt Shradha, Smaranika Nanda (OS) (5)
• Modipalli, Deekshitha (TG) (6) bt Hanya, Shah (GJ) (5)
• Nivedita, V. C. (TN) (5½) bt Kashvy, Sabharwal (HR) (5).