Top seed Aravind Chithambaram moved into the sole lead at the end of the fifth round of the National sub-junior chess championship here on Thursday. He had five points, following his victory over Anirudh Aiyengar. With six rounds remaining, he was half-a-point ahead of Harsha Bharathakoti and N.R. Visakh, seeded third and second respectively.
R. Vaishali is leading the girls’ event, also with five full points, after her fifth-round win against Harshita Guddanti. Fifth seed Tarini Goyal and third seed Riya Savant are in the joint-second position with 4.5 points each.
Important results (fifth round): Anirudh Aiyengar 4 lost to Aravindh Chithambaram 5; N.R. Visakh 4.5 drew with Harsha Bharathakoti 4.5; Pranav Vijay 4 drew with Shubhayan Kundu 4; V. Pranavananda 4 drew with A. Abhishek 4; Nihal Sarin 4 drew with C. Sai Vishwesh 4; Suyog Wagh 3.5 drew with Abhimanyu Puranik 3.5; Parab Ritviz 4 bt Sarbojit Paul 3; Avdhoot Lendhe 3 lost to Harshal Shahi 3; Dhananjay 3 lost to A.L. Muthiah 4; S. Ajay Krishna 3.5 drew with Hemanth Ram 3.5.
Girls: Harshita Guddanti 4 lost to R. Vaishali 5; Ananya Suresh 3.5 lost to Riya Savant 4.5; Srishti Pandey 3.5 lost to Tarini Goyal 4.5; Tejaswini Sagar 3 lost to C.M.N. Sunyuktha 4; Sakshi Chitlange 4 bt Sayee Sreeza 3; Aakanksha Hagawane 3.5 drew with A. Harshini 3.5; Priyanka Nutakki 4 bt Meenal Gupta 3; V. Toshali 3 lost to T.R.S. Dakshinya 4; Bhagya Jayesh 3 lost to Chandreyee Hajra 4; Aditee Prabhugaonkar 3 lost to P. Supreetha 4.
