Indians Among Leaders In Ten Sections
By Arvind Aaron

Indians have started well but the event appears tougher this time around with  the Russians participating. India benefited from the absence of Russians at  Batumi last year as the strongest chess nation did not compete due to political  reasons.

Indians are off the block in almost all sections. We are among the leaders in ten out of the twelve sections. We are not leading in only  two sections and that is easy to count! In Girls Under-10 section and the Boys

Under-18 section we don't have joint lead.

Under-18: International Master Gogineni Rohith of Hyderabad is on 1.5/2 and is tied for the 18th place. Dasari Sai Srinivas of Vijayawada is on one point.

There are 111 players.

Under-16: Seventh seed B.Adhiban of Chennai has won both games and it among the  24 leaders with full two points. Other Indians: S.Nitin of Salem, R.Ashwath and  V.A.V.Rajesh of Chennai are on one point each. There are 124 players.

Under-14: Top seed International Master S.P.Sethuraman of Chennai is among the four Indians who are leading this section with full two points. He is facing another Chennai player N.Srinath sponsored by Sun Group, Delhi in a third round  top board clash. Other two leaders from India are Vidit Gujrathi of Nasik and  Mehar Chinna Reddy (AP). Other Indians: Prasanna Rao of Mumbai, Pranav Shetty  (Mah), Mohan Rahul (Kenya), Atishay Ajmera are on one point each. There are 151  players.

Under-12: Ninth seed FM G.V.Sai Krishna of Vijayawada and Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (seed 27) are among the 28 leaders with full two points. Former world under-10  champion Sahaj Grover of Delhi is on 1.5. There are 159 players.

Under-10: Fourth seed Shardul Gagare of Shirdi, Maharashtra, Vaibhav Suri and  Prince Bajaj of Delhi are among the 25 players leading this section with full  two points. Last year's World Under-8 champion Ch Mohineesh of Visakhapatnam is  on 1.5 points. Defending champion Girish Koushik of Mysore suffered a defeat  and is on one point with his Karnataka team-mate M.Satvik. There are 155 players.

Under-8: Fourth seed Arjun Bharat, Jerome George Ebenezer have scored 2/2 and are among the leaders with full two points. Shivan Srivastav (UP) is on 1.5 points after  a win and a draw. Harshal Shahi, fifth seed lost round two after winning round  one. G.V.Revanth Reddy was defeated in the first round made a comeback in the  second. There are 120 players.

Girls Event

Fresh from making a Woman Grand Master norm, second seed WIM Kiran Manisha  Mohanty of Bhubaneswar is on full two points. WIM Mary Ann Gomes of Kolkata is  also on two points. There are 76 players.

Under-16: Seed 14 Pon N.Krithikha of Chennai and National Junior girls champion seed 19 Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa are on two full points in the Girls Under-16  section. P.Uthra (TN) is on one point. There are 103 players.

Under-14: Seed 28 J.Mohana Priya of Chennai is on full score of two points and  is among the 21 leaders. Our hopes Padmini Rout of Orissa is the second seed on 1.5 points and Kotepalli Sai Nirupama (AP) is also on the same points. There are 113 players.

Under-12: Mannepalli Navya Vyshnavi, Bodda Pratyusha (both AP), J.Vaishnavi (TN) are among the 25 girls leading this section with full two points. Other  Indians: Anjana S Krishna 1.5, National U-11 champion Priyanka Kumari (Jha) 1,  last year's world U-10 champion Ch. Sahajasri of Karimnagar. There are 121 players.

Under-10: Sixteen seed Gorthy Aishwarya (AP) and U.Ashwini (TN) are on 1.5  points after two rounds. M.Mahalakshmi (TN) is on one point from two games. 

There are 101 players.

Under-8: India's pet section with defending champion Ivana Furtado of Goa as  seed 19. Second seed C.H.Meghana (AP), P.Preethy (Pon), C.R.Varsha (TN) and  Iavana are on full two points after two rounds. There are five Indians in this 73-player section. Prathima Muthyala Bansi is on one point.

To catch the live action of the 62 Indians at Antalya, Turkey, please visit

http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr  for results and even some live games.

Photo gallery

Ivana Wins, Keeps Lead

Ivana Furtado Moves Into Lead

Vidit Gujrathi Wrests Slender Lead

Vidit Joins Lead In Boys Under-14

Mary Ann Gomes In Sole Lead

Indians Share Lead In Seven Sections

Indians Among Leaders In Ten Sections

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