In the girls under-14 section, C Delphin of TN took the lead with four points after defeating Shradha Samani of Maharashtra in the fourth round. In the girls u-12 section, Eesha Karvade and Kruthika Nadig of Maharashtra shared the lead with 4.5 points each after their fifth round victories. Under-12 boys section has eight rounds, under-12 boys and girls have seven each and the under-14 girls six.

RESULTS

Under 14 boys: Round-4: Poobesh Anand (TN) 4 bt Somak Palit (WB) 3; R Naveen (TN) 2.5 lost to Valay Parikh (Guj) 4; Sujeesh (Ker) 2 lost to Saptarshi Roy (GNCA) 3.5; S Raghuraman (Capa) 2 lost to K G Apoorva(Kar) 3; G Rohit (AP) 2 lost to Byomakesh Naik (Ori) 3.

Under 12 boys: Round-4: Deepan Chakravarthy (TN) 4 bt Abhijit Gupta (Raj) 3; R S Prasanna (TN) 3.5 drew with Sunil Rangarajan (Kar) 3.5; Siddharth (TN) 2.5 drew with Rahul Sangma (Bih) 3; Yogesh Mapari (Mah) 3.5 bt Yogananda Kumar (AP) 2; Hoble (Goa) 2.5 drew with Purushottaman (AP) 2.5.

Under-14 girls: Round-3: K Swetha (AP) 2 lost to C Delphin (TN) 3; Amrutha Mokal (Mah) 2 lost to Pannaga Magal (Mah) 2.5; Shradha Samni (Ma) 2.5 bt Malarselvi (TN) 1.5; Priyadarshini (TN) 2 drew with Nimmy George (Kerala) 1.5; Krishna Manjusha (AP) 1 lost to Baisakhi Das (WB) 2.

Under-12 girls: Round 4: Rucha Karvade (Mah) 3 lost to K Silpa (Kar) 3.5; Eesha Karvade (Mah) 3.5 bt Harika (AP) 2.5; Priya (Bih) 2.5 lost to Kruthika Nadig (Mah) 3.5; K Arthie (Chromepet) 2 lost to P Priya (TN) 3; Namitha (Kar) 2.5 drew with Saheli Nath (WB) 2.5.