Shardul stuns Sayantan; four players share lead

By Gopa Kumar

New Delhi (15 Dec 09) :- Third seed and overnight joint leader Sayantan Das of West Bengal suffered a shock defeat from the hands of Fide Master Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra in the crucial seventh round encounter of the open section of the ongoing 23rd National Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess Championship here at Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra on Tuesday. Playing black side of Sicilian accelerated dragon variation, Shardul overcame his fancied rival in 46 moves. In the another crucial seventh round encounter, former world under-10 champion Girish A Koushik of Karnataka signed the peace treaty with last year runner up Utkal Ranjan Sahoo of Orissa on top board. Girish, Sahoo and Shardul along with Tamilnadu lad S Kaushik, who beat Abir Sinha of Delhi are now leads the table with 6 points after the end of seventh round.

Meanwhile in the girls section, second seed Nadhidhaa PV of Tamilnadu, Lasya G of Andhrapradesh and Nisha N Patkar of Karnataka are jointly share the lead with 6 points at the end of seventh round matches. At the top board, playing with white pieces, Nisha displayed a solid attacking game in Sveshinikov variation of Sicilian Defence to defeat Bala Kannamma of Tamilnadu in 35 moves. While Nadidhaa got better of team mate Meenu Priya and Lasya defeated Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu.

Important Results (Open) Round -7 :- Utkal Ranjan Sahoo of Orissa (6) drew with Girish A Koushik of Karnataka (6); Sayantan Das of West Bengal (5.5) lost to Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra (6); Eshwanth Dev Kumar (5.5) drew with Vaibhav Suri of Delhi (5.5); Kaushik S of Tamilnadu (6) beat Abir Sinha of Delhi (5); J Nishwin of Tamilnadu (5.5) drew with Akash PC Iyer of Tamilnadu (5.5); Chandrashish Majumdar of West Bengal (5) v Vasantha Ruba Varman of Tamilnadua (5); Mohit Shenvi of Maharashtra (4.5)lost to Karma Pandya of Gujarat (5.5); Prince Bajaj of Delhi (5.5) beat Rishideep Bordoloi of Assam (4.5); Prasanna S of Tamilnadu (4.5) lost to G Akash of Tamilnadu (5.5); Niraj Saripalli of Goa (5.5) beat Vaibhav S Bhat of Maharashtra (4.5).

Important Results (Open) Round -6 :- Girish A Koushik (KAR) drew with Sayantan Das (WB); Vaibhav Suri (DEL) drew with Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (ORI); Shiven Khosla (MAH) lost to Nishvin J (TN); Karma Pandya (GUJ) drew with Ayush Jugele (MAH); Siddarth M (TN) drew with Prince Bajaj (DEL); G Akash (TN) drew with V Varun (AP) ; Shardul Gagare (MAH) beat Manush Shah (GUJ); Akshay Bharadwaj (KAR) lost to Kaushik S (TN); Akash PC Iyer (TN) beat Osama Salim (TN); Mugil Jayavel (TN) lost to Chandasish Majumdar (WB).

Important Results (Girls) Round -7 :- Bala Kannamma of Tamilnadu (5.5) lost to Nisha N Patkar of Karnataka (6); Nandhidhaa P V of Tamilnadu (6) beat Meenu Priya of Tamilandu (5); Lasya G of Andhrapradesh (6) beat Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu (5); Sonakashi Rathore of Rajasthan (5.5) beat Rutuja Bakshi of Maharashtra (5); Akshaya N of Tamilnadu (5.5) beat Monnisha GK of Tamilnadu (4.5); Nivedhitha M of Tamilnadu (5) drew with Sohini Ganguly of West Bengal (5); Cholleti Sahajasri of Andhra Pradesh (5) beat G Uma Bharathi of Tamilnadu (4.5); Shweta Gole of Maharashtra (4) lost to Janhavi Soneji of Maharashtra (5); Soumya Shrivastava (5) beat Sushmitha G of Tamilnadu (4); Anigani Keerthana of Andhrapradesh (4) lost to Dharini Sree of Tamilnadu (5)

Important Results (Girls) Round -6 :- Michelle Catherina (TN) lost to Bala Kannamma (TN); Meenu Priya (TN) drew with Lasya G (AP) ; Nisha N Patkar (KAR) beat Cholleti Sahajasri (AP); Shvetha V (TN) lost to Nandhidhaa PV (TN); Rutuja Bakshi (MAH) beat Shweta Gole (MAH); Sonakashi Rathore (RAJ) beat Swetha S (TN); Monnisha GK (TN) beat Ashwini U (TN); Dharani Sree (TN) drew with Sourmay Srivastava (MAH); Sohini Ganguly (WB) beat Sradhanjali Jena (ORI); Akshaya N (TN) beat Gangamma BN (KAR)

 

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