New Delhi: Third seed Lakshmi C of Tamilnadu surged ahead with a hard-fought victory against overnight sole leader Vantika Agrawal of Delhi in the sixth of the ongoing National Under-11 Girls Chess Championship here at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex here on Thursday.
 

Playing with white pieces in a Sicilian Defence game, Lakshmi put enormous pressure on Vantika’s defence in the middle game to score the full point. This crucial victory enabled Lakshmi to take her tally to five and half point put of possible six. A pack of seven players including top seed Priyanka Nutakki occupy the second spot at point table with a drift of half point from the leader.

Meanwhile in the open section, top seed Ram Aravind of Tamilnadu continued his domination and registered his sixth win on the trot as he outwitted Arjun Erigaisi of Andhra Pradesh without much struggle. Playing white side of Sicilian Defence game, Ram made a tight grip on the proceedings from the start itself to secure full point in 35 moves.
 

Ram’s team mate, fifth seed Prajesh R defeated second seed Saurabh Anand of Bihar in 79 moves to occupy the lone second spot with five and half points.
 

Earlier in the fifth round, Ram beat Rahul Srivatshav of Andhra Pradesh while Vantika beat Anwesha Mishra of Odisha and Lakshmi split the point with Samriddhaa Ghosh of West Bengal.
 

Important Results :-

Open Round-6 :-


Ram Aravind L N of Tamilnadu (6) beat Arjun Erigaisi of Andhra Pradesh (4.5); Prajesh R of Tamilnadu (5.5) beat Saurabh Anand of Bihar (4.5); Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal (5) drew with Praggnanandhaa R of Tamilnadu (4.5); Iniyan P of Tamilnadu (5) beat Nihal Sarin of Kerala (4); Sadhu S Adithya of Tamilnadu (4.5) drew with Tarun V Kanth of Tamilnadu (4.5); Pranab Kumar Patra of Odisha (4.5) drew with Rahul Srivatshav of Andhra Pradesh (4.5); Sankarsha Shelke of Maharashtra (5) beat Dileep Kumar of Tamilnadu (4); Ritam Nag of West Bengal (4) lost to Subhasis Barik of Odisha (5); Harshvardhan G B of Tamilnadu (4) lost to Neelash Saha of West Bengal (5); Aditya Basu of West Bengal (5) beat Joy Pankaj Shah of Gujarat (4); Manoj B Kulkarni of Karnataka (4) lost to Bhavik Bharambe of Maharashtra (5); Shakthi Vihsal of Tamilnadu (4) lost to Aronyak Ghosh of West Bengal (5); Shuban Saha of West Bengal (3.5) lost to Samal Ansuman of Odisha (4.5); Vatsal Singhania of Jharkhand (3.5) lost to Aansh Gupta of Delhi (4.5); Rudraksh Parida of Odisha (4.5) beat Samyak Dutta of West Bengal (3.5).
 

Round – 5 :-


Rahul Srivatshav lost to Ram Aravind; Erigaisi Arjun drew with Prajesh R; Saurabh Anand beat Sankarsha Shelke; Samal Ansuman lost to Koustav Chatterjee; Praggnanandhaa R drew with Aditya Basu; Aronyak Ghosh drew with Sadhu S Adithya; Subhasis Barik drew with Nihal Sarin; Anshul Nigam lost to Iniyan P; Aansh Gupta drew with Raahul V S; Vatsal Singhania drew with Rudraksh Parida; Joy Pankaj Shah beat Barath M; Neelash Saha beat Yutesh P; Bhavik Bharambe beat Moksh Amitbhai Doshi; Lokesh Hans lost to Pranab Kumar Patra; Tarun V Kanth beat Avanish Anil Shilimkar.
 

Girls Round-6 :-


Lakshmi C of Tamilnadu (5.5) beat Vantika Agrawal of Delhi (5); Salonika Saina of Orissa (5) drew with Samriddhaa Ghosh of West Bengal (5); Priyanka Nutakki of Andhra Pradesh (5) beat Shayamshree Sarkar of West Bengal (4); Rutvi Shah of Gujarat (4) lost to Anwesha Mishra of Odisha (5); Divya Deshmukh of Maharashtra (5) beat Riddhi Zantye of Goa (4); Krystal Fernandes of Goa (5) beat Arushi Kotwal of Jammu & Kashmir (4); Pracheta Agarwal of Jharkhand (4) lost to Bommini Mounika Akshaya of Andhra Pradesh (5); Tejasvi M of Tamilnadu (4.5) beat Anannya Menkudle of Maharashtra (4); Swera Ana Braganca of Goa (4.5) beat Jesica of Delhi (3.5); Yumkhaibam Yaisana Devi of Manipur (3.5) lost to Palkin Kaur of Delhi (4); Bidisha Roy of Jharkhand (3) lost to Adyasa Mahapatra of Odisha (4); Nityata Jain of Madhyapradesh (3.5) drew with Sanskriti Goyal of Uttar Pradesh (3.5); Aashna Makhija of Maharashtra (4) beat Ashitha K M of Kerala (3); Kalyani B of Andhra Pradesh (5) beat Kiruthika B of Tamilnadu (3); Reshma C R of Tamilnadu (3) lost to Jishitha D of Andhra Pradesh (4).
 

Round – 5 :-


Anwesha Mishra lost to Vantika Agrawal; Samriddhaa Ghosh drew with Lakshmi C; Arushi Kotwal drew with Salonika Saina; Jishitha D lost to Priyanka Nutakki; Meenakshi Bhoite lost to Riddhi Zantye; Palkin Kaur lost to Rutvi Shah; Kiruthika B lost to Krystal Fernandes; Adyasa Mahapatra lost to Pracheta Agarwal; Bommini Mounika Akshaya beat Arputha Jasmine; Shyamashree Sarkar beat Manya Bagla; Sankriti Goyal lost to Divya Deshmukh; Anannya Menkudle beat Kalyani B; Jesica beat Sudipa Haldar; K Anvitha lost to Tejasvi M; Ashitha K M drew with Nityata Jain of Madhyapradesh.