Seven players share lead

New Delhi (30 Apr 09) :- A pack seven players including top seed Sarthak Bansal and current state Under-13 champion Pavit Singh shares lead with 3.5 points at the end of fourth round in under-11 category of the ongoing Amity Delhi State Chess Festival here at Amity International School, Saket today.

In the fourth round, Manan Rai held Sarthak Bansal in a keenly fought game while Pavit defeated Yashasvat Srivastava. Agamjot Kals and Parth Bhatia signed peace treaty in the fourth round to share the lead with Sarthak and Pavit while Rohan Gupta and Rishab Garg also joined the leaders by defeating Shramik Rawal and Anish Jain respectively.

Meanwhile in the girls section, Sharvi Goyal and Ridhima Ahluwalia share the lead with three points from as many rounds. In the third round Sharvi defeated Stuti Dewan while Ridhima got better off Palkin Kaur. Vanshika Agarwal, who defeated Yashita Dhawan in the third round encounter and now in lone second spot with a drift of half point from the leaders.

Important Results (Round-4 Open) :- Sarthak Bansal (3.5) drew with Manan Rai (3.5) ; Agamjot Kals (3.5) drew with Parth Bhatia (3.5) ; Shramik Rawal (3) lost to Rohan Gupta (3.5) ; Yashasvat Srivastava (2.5) lost to Pavit Singh (3.5) ; Rishab Garg (3.5) beat Anish Jain (2) ; Keshav Sethi (3) beat Akshat Chandra (2) ; Rijit Singh (2) lost to Arsh Verma (3) ; Arush Jain (3) beat Sankar Agarwal (2) ; Satvik Aggarwal (2) lost to Ayush Kapil (3) ; Shreyas Rajesh (2) lost to Bharat Gupta (3) .

Important Results (Round-3 Girls) :- Stuti Dewan (2) lost to Sharvi Goyal (3) ; Ridhima Ahluwalia (3) beat Palkin Kaur (1.5) ; Vanshika Agarwal (2.5) beat Yashitha Dhawan (1.5) ; Aterya Gupta (2) beat Akanksha Yadav (1) ; Ananya Bagla (2) beat Arshia Mahant (1).