PARSVNATH 21ST NATIONAL UNDER-13 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

VIDIT AND GAHAN SHARE THE LEAD

New Delhi (19/12/2007): Top seed and National 'A' qualifier Vidit Santosh Gujarathi and Karnatka lad Gahan M G posted impressive seventh round victories today to share the lead in the Parsvnath National Under-13 Chess Championship being held at Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra .

Playing with white pieces, Vidit opted to play the Catalan System against the second seeded Prasanna Rao and maintained a good tempo right throughout the opening stages. Wilting under the relentless pressure, Prasanna Rao over looked a pawn move in the middle game and lost his knight for a pawn. Pouncing on that decisive advantage, Vidit went on to seal the match in 51 moves. Karnataka lad Gahan M G continued his impressive form in this championship by defeating Anurag Mhamal of Goa in a long drawn out battle lasting 86 moves. He now shares the lead with the defending champion Vidit Gujarati at 6.5 points. These two players are being closely tailed by pack of four players, namely Ankit R Rajpara of Gujarat, Lokesh P of Tamilnadu, Das Sayantan of West Bengal and Vishwanath Prasad of Andhrapradesh, all of whom have got 6 points each. In another difficult round for the local Delhi lads, Prince Bajaj had to settle for another draw against Girish Koushik of Karnataka, while Vaibhav Suri signed the peace treaty against former world under-12 world champion Narayanan Srinath.

Earlier in the sixth round Vidit Santosh Gujarathi, Prasanna Rao and Gahan M G earned full points by defeating Abhilash Reddy, D Yashas and Pranav Shetty respectively .

Important Results of Round-7 :- Vidit Santosh Gujarathi (6.5) of Mahrashtra beat Prasanna Rao (5.5) of Maharshtra, Anurag Mhamal (5) lost to Gahan M G (6.5) of Karnataka, Ankit R Rajpara (6) of Gujarat beat Antonio Viani D'Cunha (5) of Karnataka, Girish A Koushik (5.5) of Karnataka drew with Prince Bajaj (5.5) of Delhi, Nihal Manjunath (5) of Karnataka lost to Lokesh P (6) of Tamilnadu, Das Sayantan (6) of West Bengal beat Deepthamesh Reddy (5) of Andhrapradesh, Hari Hara Sudhan (5) of Tamilnadu lost to Vishwanath Prasad (6) of Andhrapradesh, Narayanan Srinath (5) drew with Vaibhav Suri (5) of Delhi, Fenil Shah (5) of Gujarat drew with Shaik Abdul Azeez (5) of Andhrapradesh, Pranav Shetty (5.5) beat Manigandan S S (4.5) of Tamilnadu.

Important results of Round -6:-
Abhilash Reddy (4.5) lost to Vidit Gujarati (5.5); Prasanna Rao (5.5) bt D. Yashas (4.5); P. Lokesh (5) drew with Ankit Rajpara (5); M. G. Gahan (5.5) bt Pranav Shetty (4.5 ); Vishwanath Prasad (5) drew with Girish Koushik (5); Shaik Abdul Azeez (4.5) drew with N. Srinath (4.5). Tejas Ravi Chandran (4.5) drew with Fenil Shah (4.5); Anurag Mhamal (5) bt Praveen Kumar (4); Chandrasish Majumdar (4) lost to Harihara Sudan (5); Deepthamsh Reddy (5) bt Manush Shah (4);

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