Monisha, Adiban emerge sole leaders

Kozhikode, Jan 6 (UNI) International Women Master K Monisha Mohanti of Orissa and B Adhiban of Tamil Nadu edmerged sole leaders with four points each in the fourth round of girls and boys Under-17 National Chess Tournament here today.

While Monisha beat Saheli Nath of West Bengal, Adhiban upset Sai Sreeniwas of Andhra Pradesh at the Sana Towers here.

Important results: (Girls) K Monisha Mohanti (Ori) 4 bt Saheli Nath (WB) 3, Preeti R (TN) 3.5 bt Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 3, Shivsankari (TN) 3 drew with S Harini (TN) 3, Uthara P (TN) 2 lost to Padmini Rout (Ori) 3.5, Niji A (Ker) 2 lost to Kanuri Tejaswi (AP) 3 Divyasri C H (AP) 3 bt Athira C P (Ker) 2, Karekar Neha (Kar) 2 lost to Apoorva G (TN) 3 Sruti K (Kar) 3 bt Tinu Thomas (Ker) 2 Tareswini B (Pondy) 2 lost to Satyapriya S N (TN) 3, Sita Luchumi (TN) 3 bt Ushma Patel (Mah) 2.

Boys: Adhiban B (TN) 4 bt Sai Sreeniwas (AP) 3 P Karthikeyan (TN) 3.5 drew with Lalit Babu MR (AP) 3.5, Shyamsunder M (TN) 2.5 lost to Debashish Das (Ori) 3.5, Sachin C (Ker) 2.5 lost to Navin Kanna (TN) 3.5, Nitin S (TN) 3.5 bt Deshpandey Anirudha (Mah) 2.5, Dustagir Ibrahim M (TN) 2.5 lost to Arun Karthik (TN) 3.5, Sethuraman S P (TN) 3 bt Mahendra Venkat L (AP) 2.5, Prem Nath R (TN) 3 bt Ramakrishna Peramulla (AP) 2, Konde Gaurav (Mah) 3 btn Swayams Mishra (Orissa) 2, Kulkarni Chinmaya (Mah) 3 bt Nitin K (Ker) 2.

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