AHMEDABAD, DEC 27: Rahul Sangma of Bihar increased his lead in the Under-9 boys category of the 12th National Children's Chess Championship at the end of sixth round here today. Sangma defeated T Abhay of Tamil Nadu in 47 moves to take his tally to six points.In the girls Under-9 event, A Patnaik (Orissa) and D Harika (TN) played a quick draw in 21 moves in a Sicilian Defence closed game to share the lead.J Rajsurya outplayed K Kulkarni of Maharashtra in an irregular opening.
Point position after 6th round
Boys (U-9): Rahul Sangma (Bihar) 6; KV Kirthee 5; T Abhay, YB Pratap, A Khambria (MP), V Pujara (Guj), UK Dash (Orissa), Soumitra M (Mah), Varun Dattani (Mah), G Rohit (AP), A Dash (WB), Pratik (Bihar), Pushkar Dandekar (Mah) and Seetharam (all 4.5); (U-7): NT Ramarao (Orissa) 5.5; S Kenedy Singh, P Ghosh, N Detha (Raj), Y Sandeep, P Patavi and G Luwang (all 5).
Girls (U-9): A Pattnaik, J Rajsurya, S Soumya and D Harika (all 5); (U-7): Sriya Bhattacharya, B Kulkarni, SRatnakar and K Phanichandra (all 5); Devangi Patnakar 4.5.
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