Monisha remains sole leader

Kozhikode, Jan 7 (UNI) International Women Master Kiran Monisha Mohanty of Orissa continued to remain as sole leader with six points after the sixth round of the Girls Under-17 Chess Tournament here today.

In the boys section, Naveen Kanna and overnight sole leader B Adhiban, both from Tamil Nadu, Lalit Babu and Sai Sreeniwas, both of Andhra Pradesh, were leading the table with five points each.

Important results: Girls: Kiran Monisha Mohanty (Ori) 6 bt Preeti R (TN) 4.5 Sruti K (Ker) 5 bt Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 4 Sivshankari P (TN) 4 lost to Satyapriya S V (TN) 5 Padmini Rout (Ori) 4.5 bt Harini S (TN) 4 Harekar Neha (Kar) 3 lost to Saheli Nath (WB) 4 Sita Lacphumi A (TN) 3.5 drew with Kanuri Tejaswi (A) 3.5 Tareswini B (Pondy) 3 lost to Uthara P (TN) 4 Diyasree C H (AP) 4 bt tinu Thomas (Ker) 3 Ushma Patel (Mah) 3 lost to Apoorva G (TN) 4 Piryanka G (Pondy) 2.5 lost to Athira c P (Ker) 3.5.

Boys: Naveen Kanna T U (TN) 5 drew with Lalit Babu MR (AP) 5 Nitin S (TN) 4 lost to Sai Sreeniwas (AP) 5 Adhiban B (TN) 5 bt Kulkarni Chinmaya (Mah) 4 Prem Nath R (TN) 4.5 drew with Arun Karthik R (TN) 4.5 Dustagir Ibrahim M (TN) 4 drew with Vishnu Prasanna (TN) 4 Sethuraman S P (TN) 4.5 bt Dahale Atul (Mah) 3.5 Himanshu Shekar Sharma (Bih) 3.5 lost to Debashish Das (Ori) 4.5 Sachin c (Ker) 4 drew with Karthikeyan P (TN) 4 Ved Prakash Sinha (Bih) 4 drew with Stany G A (Kar) 4 Swayams Mishra (Ori) 3.5 drew with Arjun P K (Ker) 3.5.

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