Diptayan, Akshaya keep on top in World Youth Chess Championship

Diptayan, Akshaya keep on top in World Youth Chess Championship

Diptayan Ghosh in under-14 open and Bommini Akshaya in girl’s under-8 category reserved the Indian flag flying in the World Youth Chess Championship at Caldas Novas on Tuesday.

Dipatyan drew his fifth round game against Fide Master Bellahcene Bilel of France while Akshaya defeated team mate Tanishka Koita.

In the under-18 open group International Master Debashis Das held Grandmaster Fedoseev Ladmir of Russia in the fifth round while Nandhidhaa, sole head after the fourth round in the under-16 girls' category, suffer her first beat in the championship next to top seed Ziaziulkina Nastassia of Belarus.

Under-10 leaders Rathanvel and Rakesh Kumar Jena also had Nandhidhaa's fate as they cut down to Zhu Yi of China and Li Ruifeng of USA correspondingly.

In the under-8 open section, Ram Aravind L N (4.5) beat Noritsyn Sergey of Canada (3.5) to be among the frontrunners.

In the under-10 girl’s group, three Indians, Priyanka K, Bansi Prathima and Tarini Goyal stay close to the leaders with four points each after their fifth-round wins.

In the under-12 girls section, India's award hope Ivana Maria Furtado (3.5) improved from her second-round beat and enclosed lost ground with a draw next to Unuk Laura of Slovenia (3.5).

In the under-12 open section, Karthikeyan Murali (4.5) beat Perske Thore of Germany (3.5) to make additional progress. In the same category, Aravindh Chithambaram and Abhimanyu Puranik were a half point at the back Karthikeyan.

In the under-14 girls section, Monnisha G K and Srija Seshadri were organization the leader close with 4.5 points each.