Bihar’s Kumar Gaurav (8.5), despite his defeat against Tamil Nadu’s S. Prasanna in the final round, emerged victorious by virtue of registering more wins in the 46th National junior (u-19) Open chess championship that concluded at Rajahmundry on Sunday.
Maharashtra’s Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh, who also had 8.5 points, finished second owing to more draws.
In the 31st National junior (u-19) girls’ championship Tamil Nadu’s R. Vaishali, by garnering 9.5 points, finished on top of the table.
The results (11th and final round):
Junior (u-19) Open: S. Prasanna 8 bt Kumar Gaurav 8.5, Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 8.5 bt N. Krishna Teja 8, Raunak Sadhwani 8 drew with A.L. Muthaiah 8, Rajdeep Sarkar 8 bt Erigasi Arjun 7.5, Tarini Goyal 8 bt Sidhant Mohapatra 7, Shailesh Dravid 7.5 drew with Sai Agni Jeevitesh 7.5, Sayantan Das 7.5 bt V. Pranavananda 6.5, C. Sai Vishwesh 7.5 bt Anustoop Biswas 6.5, Baivab Mishra 7 drew with Aradhya Garg 7, Kamdar Udit 7.5 bt S. Jayakumar 6.5.
Junior girls: R. Vaishali 9.5 drew with D. Jishitha 7.5; Arpita Mukherjee 8 drew with Bidhar Rutumbara 8, G. Lasya 8 bt K. Priyanka 6.5; C.H. Meghana 7.5 bt Isha Sharma 7; Tejaswini Sagar 7 drew with Chandreyee Hajra 7; C.R. Aasha 7 drew with Salonkia Saina 7; C.M.N. Sunyunktha 7.5 bt Ankitha Goud Palle 6.5; Chitlange Sakshi 7 bt R. Srimathi 6; B. Mounika Akshaya 6.5 drew with Pandey Srishit 6.5.
