Mumbai: Top seed WFM Pratitee Bordoloi moved into the sole lead of the Asian Junior Girls Classical Chess Championship after defeating WCM Aadya Gowda in the seventh round at the ITC Maratha Sheraton in Mumbai on Monday.
The victory took Pratitee’s tally to 6 points from seven rounds, giving her a half-point advantage over her closest challengers.
WCM Shohradova Leyla of Turkmenistan, who was sharing the lead before the round, was held to a draw by Shivamshika G and slipped to second place with 5.5 points.
FM Prishita Gupta strengthened her title hopes after defeating WFM Nivedita V C to also reach 5.5 points, joining Leyla in the chasing group.
WFM Mariya Kholyavko of Kazakhstan and WCM Dakshita Kumawat drew their match and moved to 5 points.
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In the Open Championship, top seed GM-elect Mayank Chakraborty continued to lead the standings after seven rounds.
Mayank drew his top-board encounter against IM Vignesh Advaith Vemula, taking his tally to 6 points and maintaining a half-point lead over the chasing players.
IM Artem Pingin of Russia was held to a draw by Daksh Goyal, while FM Sharnarthi Viresh defeated FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov of Turkmenistan to move to 5.5 points.
Vignesh, Pingin and Viresh remain among the leading contenders as the championship enters its decisive phase.
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