Pune: Aarti, Kiyanna take lead at 37th National Under 9 Chess Championships
Pune, 1st January 2025: Aarit Kapil of Delhi and Kiyanna Parihar of Rajasthan emerged leaders in the Boys and the Girls section with 9 points each at the end of the 10th round at the 37th National Under 9 Open & Girls Chess Championship being organised by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of FIDE, AICF and played at the Boxing Hall, Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune.
In the girls section Kiyanna Parihaar registered a win over Sai Anshitha Puvvala , while in the Boys section
Aarit Kapil won over Mani Sarbartho.
Results: 10th Round: Girls Group:
Kiyanna Parihaar(9pts) bt Sai Anshitha Puvvala(7pts);
Divi Bijesh(8.5pts) bt Radhya Malhotra(7.5pts)
Tvesha Jain(7pts) lost to Annanya Chinta(8pts);
Aashvi Singh(8pts) bt Srijani Naskar(7pts);
Aryahi Bhattacharya(7.5pts) drew with Nakshatra Gumudavelly(7pts);
Sloka Sujith(7pts) drew with Hariprana B(7pts);
Rajeswari Aiyappan(7.5pts) bt Swara Gandhi(6.5pts);
Vamshika Boga(6.5pts) lost to Shruti Sarkar(7.5pts);
Marksim Sriiyukthaa(7.5pts) bt Swara Phasge(6.5pts);
Ankita Raj(6.5pts) lost to Anvi Hinge(7.5pts);
Vihana Kothari(6.5pts) drew with Anjali Shrivastava(6.5pts);
Sayyadh Raudah(6pts) lost to Kaushi Kulkarni(7pts);
Narayani Marathe(6.5pts) drew with Harshika M(6.5pts)
Aarini Singh(7pts) bt Pragatha(6pts)
Open Group:
Aarit Kapil(9pts) bt Mani Sarbartho(7.5pts);
Nidhish Shyamal(8.5pts) bt Krithik Muthukumar(7.5pts);
Takkshanth Anand(7.5pts) lost to Oishik Mondal(8.5pts);
Divith Reddy Adulla(8pts) bt Muhammad Ibrahim(7pts);
Velsukirthan P(6.5pts) lost to Thavish S(8pts);
Ayaanraj Kottapally(6.5pts) lost to Lishanth B(7.5pts);
Gawas Rishit(6.5pts)lost to Garvit Jain(7.5pts);
Sidhant Rana(7pts) drew with Dhyaan Patel(7pts);
adwik Krishna(7pts) drew with Heyan Reddy(7pts);
Arjun Singh(7.5pts) bt Eishaanav Chakraborty(6.5pts)
