Dushyant leads in state chess championship

Ludhiana: The two-day Punjab State Under-7 and Under-13 Chess Championship kicked off at Sita Mata Mandir Dharamshala, Daresi, on Wednesday. As many as 104 players from different districts are participating in the championship.
During the championship, top two players will be selected in each category to represent Punjab at the natonals. After the end of second round, following players were leading in the under-13 category: Dushyant Sharma from Jalandhar, Mumkshu Mittal from Ludhiana, Raghav Bansal from Ludhiana, Jayan Pasricha from Jalandhar, Namitbir Singh Walia from Jalandhar, and Samneet Munde from Sangrur.
In the under-7 category, Charan katyal from Amritsar, Nikunj Aggarwal from Jalandhar and Dhairya Aggarwal from Jalandhar, were the leaders.In under-13 girls, Ludhiana girls Meenakshi Mehra and Deepti Sharma were in the leaderboard.