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Shiven, Nanditha emerge champions

Principal Correspondent

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A MOMENT TO CHERISH: P.V. Nanditha and Shiven Khosle came up trumps in the National under-11 championship.

KOZHIKODE: Shiven Khosle of Maharashtra and P.V. Nanditha of Tamil Nadu emerged as champions in the National under-11 chess championship here on Wednesday.

Nanditha scored nine points from 11 rounds in the girls’ section, half-a-point ahead of Navya Vyshnavi. Shiven won the boys’ event on a better progressive score after tying with Sayantan Das as they finished with nine points each.

Important results (11th round): Boys: Shiven Khosle 9 bt Chandrashish Majumdar 7.5; Girish A. Kaushik 8.5 drew with P.V.S.M. Praveen Kumar 8; Aubhropratim Manna 7.5 lost to Sayantan Das 9; Shardul Gagare 8 bt Vishnu Gopakumar 7; Osama Saleem 8 bt Prince Bajaj 7; J.V. Sai Kiran 7 lost to Vaibhav Suri 8; S. Neeraj 8 bt R. Eswar 7; G. Akash 7 drew with Nishvin 7.5; G.V. Sai Krishna 7.5 bt Chinmay Patil 6.5; R. Ganesh 6.5 lost to Utkal Ranjan Sahu 7.5.

Girls: P.V. Nanditha 9 drew with Shweta Gole 7.5; Srishti Gautam 8 bt Navya Vyshnavi 8.5; Sonakshi Rathore 8 drew with G. Aiswarya 7.5; S.E. Meenu Priya 7.5 bt Nisha Patkar 6.5; Michelle Catherina 7 drew with G. Lasya 7; N. Akshaya 7.5 bt R. Maduravani 6; Sreeja Seshadri 6 lost to Sweety Patel 7; S.G. Archana 6 lost to Akanksha Gupta 7; Srishti Jain 6 lost to M. Priyadarshini 7; Sunyasakta Satpathy 7 bt G. Radhika 6.

Final standings: Boys: 1-2. Shiven & Sayantan 9; 3. Girish Kaushik 8.5; 4-8. Shardul, Praveen, Vaibhav, Osama & Neeraj 8; 9-15. Aubhropratim, Chandrashish, Nishvin, Sai Krishna, Vasantha Ruba Varman, Cyrus Periera and Utkal Ranjan, 7.5.

Girls: 1. Nanditha 9; 2. Navya Vyshnavi 8.5; 3-4. Sonakshi & Srishti Guatam 8; 5-8. Aiswarya, Shweta, Meenu Priya & Akshaya 7.5; 9-15. Sunyasakta, Lasya, Michelle, T. Navya, Akanksha, Sweety & Priyadarshini 7.

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