Anurag, Riya in sole lead
Goa State Champion Anurag Mhamal (ELO 2126)
wrested the sole lead with 5 points in the Boys section
after beating Asian Schools Under 11 Gold medallist
Cyrus Perreira (ELO 1873) in the 4th round of the
State Subjunior Boys Championship being played
at the Sarvodaya High School, Curchorem.
Anurag encountered a variation of the Queen's Gambit
Accepted and displayed his positional superiority to
win the resulting endgame in 56 hard fought moves.
There are 5 players following Anurag on 4 points each -
Cyrus, Niraj Saripalli (ELO 1952), M. Harikrishnan
(ELO 1744), Rakshit Rai (ELO 1659) and unrated
State Under 9 Champion Anirudh Bhat. If Niraj, who
has white pieces against Anurag in the 6th round,
can pull off an upset, the tournament is thrown wide
open. A victory for Anurag however, clinches his third
successive Subjunior crown.
In the Girls section, Riya Sawant (ELO 1430) beat
Sampada Barve (ELO 1651) to record her second upset
of the day and moved into the sole lead with 4 points.
Riya won after 59 moves in the Cambridge Springs
Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined opening.
She is followed by unrated Sukanya Chari who was lucky to
draw her fourth round game with Gauri Hadkonkar after
blundering early in the game. The fifth and final round sees
Riya pitted against Sukanya and even a draw will see
Riya through as the Champion.
There is a total prize fund of Rs. 25,000 for both the sections
and the top four in each category will represent Goa in the
upcoming National Subjunior Championships to be held
later this year in Mangalore.
Tomorrow's crucial games are as follows -
Boys (penultimate round)
Niraj Saripalli (4 pts) vs. Anurag Mhamal (5 pts)
Cyrus Perreira (4 pts) vs. Rakshit Rai (4 pts)
Anirudh Bhat (4 pts) vs. M. Harikrishnan (4 pts)
Umang Kaisary (3.5 pts) vs. Pranav Zantye (3.5 pts)
Girls (final round) -
Sukanya Chari (3.5 pts) vs. Riya Sawant (4 pts)
Celiane Carvalho (3 pts) vs. Urvi Bandodkar (3 pts)
Sampada Barve (3 pts) vs. Nandini Saripalli (3 pts)
Vidula Dempo (2 pts) vs. Gauri Hadkonkar (2.5 pts)
wrested the sole lead with 5 points in the Boys section
after beating Asian Schools Under 11 Gold medallist
Cyrus Perreira (ELO 1873) in the 4th round of the
State Subjunior Boys Championship being played
at the Sarvodaya High School, Curchorem.
Anurag encountered a variation of the Queen's Gambit
Accepted and displayed his positional superiority to
win the resulting endgame in 56 hard fought moves.
There are 5 players following Anurag on 4 points each -
Cyrus, Niraj Saripalli (ELO 1952), M. Harikrishnan
(ELO 1744), Rakshit Rai (ELO 1659) and unrated
State Under 9 Champion Anirudh Bhat. If Niraj, who
has white pieces against Anurag in the 6th round,
can pull off an upset, the tournament is thrown wide
open. A victory for Anurag however, clinches his third
successive Subjunior crown.
In the Girls section, Riya Sawant (ELO 1430) beat
Sampada Barve (ELO 1651) to record her second upset
of the day and moved into the sole lead with 4 points.
Riya won after 59 moves in the Cambridge Springs
Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined opening.
She is followed by unrated Sukanya Chari who was lucky to
draw her fourth round game with Gauri Hadkonkar after
blundering early in the game. The fifth and final round sees
Riya pitted against Sukanya and even a draw will see
Riya through as the Champion.
There is a total prize fund of Rs. 25,000 for both the sections
and the top four in each category will represent Goa in the
upcoming National Subjunior Championships to be held
later this year in Mangalore.
Tomorrow's crucial games are as follows -
Boys (penultimate round)
Niraj Saripalli (4 pts) vs. Anurag Mhamal (5 pts)
Cyrus Perreira (4 pts) vs. Rakshit Rai (4 pts)
Anirudh Bhat (4 pts) vs. M. Harikrishnan (4 pts)
Umang Kaisary (3.5 pts) vs. Pranav Zantye (3.5 pts)
Girls (final round) -
Sukanya Chari (3.5 pts) vs. Riya Sawant (4 pts)
Celiane Carvalho (3 pts) vs. Urvi Bandodkar (3 pts)
Sampada Barve (3 pts) vs. Nandini Saripalli (3 pts)
Vidula Dempo (2 pts) vs. Gauri Hadkonkar (2.5 pts)
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