PARSVNATH 21ST NATIONAL UNDER-13 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

VIDIT IN SOLE LEAD

New Delhi (20/12/2007): Thursday, being the last day on which two rounds were to be played, saw the top seed Vidit Santosh Gujarathi moving closer towards defending his title at the ongoing Parsvnath National Under-13 Chess Championship. In the eighth round, Vidit found himself pitted against the overnight joint leader Gahan M G of Karntaka at the top table. Heading into the game with Black pieces, Vidit opted to play the Sicilian Defence and playing like a champion, defeated his lesser known opponent in 47 moves.

Vidit is being closely followed by P Lokesh of Tamilnadu and Ankit R Rajpara of Gujarat who are just half a point adrift of him. Ankit R Rajpara of Gujarat overcame his rival Vishwanath Prasad of Andhra Pradesh without much of a struggle. His game at the second board lasted just 24 moves. On the other hand, P Lokesh defeated Sayantan Das of West Bengal in a long drawn out battle lasting 87 moves. A pack of four players, consisting of Prasanna Rao of Maharashtra, Girish A Koushik of Karnataka, Gahan M G of Karnataka and Pranav Shetty of Maharashtra each having 6.5 points , is snapping closely at the heels of the leaders.

The eighth round proved to be another difficult outing for the local Delhi lads, as Commonwealth Gold medallist Vaibhav Suri had to settle for a draw with Fenil Shah of Gujarat, while Prince Bajaj could not shake off his poor form as he slumped to a defeat at the hands of Pranav Shetty of Mahrashtra. In an interesting turn of events, visually challenged Darpan Inani of Gujarat who has showed impressive talent throughout the tournament, defeated FIDE rated player Ittayara Paul Vadassery of Kerala. Darpan has now five points out of the possible eight.

Important Results of Round-8 :- Gahan M G (6.5) lost to Vidit Santosh Gujarathi (7.5) of Mahrashtra, Vishwanth Prasad (6) of Andhrapradesh lost to Ankit R Rajpara of Gujarat, Lokesh P (7) of Tamilnadu beat Das Sayantan (6) of West Bengal, Prasanna Rao (6.5) of Maharshtra beat Sahoo Utkal Ranjan (5.5) of Orissa, Prince Bajaj (5.5) of Delhi lost to Pranav Shetty (6.5) of Maharshtra, Ybogesh Gautam (5.5) lost to Girish A Koushik (6.5) of Karnataka, Eswar R (5) of Andhrapradesh lost to Narayanan Srinath (6) of Tamilnadu, Vaibhav Suri (5.5) of Delhi drew with Fenil Shah (5.5) of Gujarat, Hari Hara Sudhan (5.5) drew with Anurag Mhamal (5.5) of Goa, Aubhropratim Manna (6) beat Abhiladh Reddy (5) of Andhrapradesh.

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