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Aditya Vikas emerges surprise leader

Tehran: Eighth-seeded Aditya Vikas of India emerged the surprise leader in the boys' under-14 category, winning his fifth and sixth round games in the Asian youth chess championships here on Wednesday.

Bhakti loses

In the girls' u-14 championship, top seed Bhakti Kulkarni lost her lead in the sixth round when she suffered defeat at the hands of compatriot Pon Kruttika.

Important results (Indians unless specified): Sixth round: Boys (u-14): Aditya Vikas (5) bt S. Nitin (4.5); B. Adhiban (4.5) drew with Mars Ulu Dan (Kyrg, 4.5); K. Priyadarshan (4) drew with Saeed Ishaq (UAE, 4); Shaheen Koohestani (Ira, 4) drew with Amir Azemati (Ira, 3.5). (U-12): Vidit Gujarathi (5) drew with Mehdi Hosseinipour (Ira, 5); Fenil Shah (4) lost to Prasanna Rao (5.5); V.A.V. Rajesh (4.5) bt Ankit Rajpara (3.5); C.M. Chinna Reddy (4) drew with Dhruv Hingorani (4). (U-10): M.L. Abhilash Reddy (4) lost to G. Vijaysai Krishna (6); Utkalrnajan Sahoo (5) bt Shiven Khosla (4); Sayantan Das (4) drew with Saleh Mirzaei (Ira, 4). (U-8): Ahmed Asgarizadeh (Ira, 4) lost to Prince Bajaj (5.5); Ch. Mohineesh (4) lost to M. Satvik (5); Ashkan Azali (Ira, 3) lost to Khalil Moosavi (Ira, 5).

Girls (u-14): Pon N. Kruttika (5) bt Bhakti Kulkarni (4.5); F. Setareh F (Ira, 4) lost to Mitra Hejazipour (Ira, 5); Pallabi Roy (4.5) bt P. Laxmi Sahiti (3); Y. Hoang Thi Nhu (Viet, 4) bt Aida Radfar (Ira, 3). (U-12): Padmini Raut (5.5) bt Mohana Priya (3.5); Nioosha Afshar (Ira, 4) drew with Priyanka Kumari (4.5); Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (Viet, 4.5) bt Supriya Joshi (3); Azin Vakilpour (Ira, 3.5) drew with Ghazal Hakimifar (Ira, 3.5). (U-10): Ch. Sahaja Sri (6) bt B. Prathusha (4); Keemia Moradi (Ira, 3.5) lost to DO Hoang Minh Tho (Viet, 5); Soumya Shrivastava (5) bt Darya Vlassova (Kazk, 3.5). (U-8): Sweety Patel (6) bt M.K. Mahalaxmi (3.5); U.S. Ashwini (4) drew with Vu Thi Dieu Ai (Viet, 4.5); Ivana Furtado (4.5) bt M. Alijanzadeh (Ira, 3). — PTI