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Discover how Indian talents Pratitee Bordoloi and Mayank Chakraborty are leading the charge in the Asian Junior Chess Championship, maintaining their sole leads after seven intense rounds in Mumbai.
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Key Points
- WFM Pratitee Bordoloi leads the Asian Junior Girls Classical Chess Championship with six points.
- Grandmaster-elect Mayank Chakraborty maintains his sole lead in the Open Championship with six points.
- Pratitee secured a crucial win against WCM Aadya Gowda in the seventh round.
- Mayank was held to a draw by IM Vignesh Advaith Vemula but retained his lead.
- The championship is entering its decisive stage with strong competition in both categories.
Top seed Woman Fide Master (WFM) Pratitee Bordoloi emerged as the sole leader in the Asian Junior Girls Classical Chess Championship, scoring a crucial win over Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Aadya Gowda in the seventh round here on Monday. The victory took Pratitee’s tally to six out of a maximum seven points and put her half a point ahead of her nearest challengers. WCM Shohradova Leyla of Turkmenistan, who was sharing the lead going into the round, was held to a draw by Shivamshika G and slipped to 5.5 points. Fide Master (FM) M Prishita Gupta strengthened her title challenge with a victory over WFM Nivedita V C to also reach 5.5 points, joining Leyla in the chasing group. WFM Mariya Kholyavko of Kazakhstan and WCM Dakshita Kumawat drew their encounter and moved to five points.
Mayank Chakraborty Leads Open Championship
In the Open Championship, top seed Grandmaster-elect Mayank Chakraborty maintained his sole lead after the completion of seven rounds. Mayank was held to a draw by International Master Vignesh Advaith Vemula, but the result was enough to take his tally to six out of seven and keep him half a point ahead of the chasing pack. IM Artem Pingin of Russia was surprisingly held to a draw by Daksh Goyal, while FM Sharnarthi Viresh scored an important victory over FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov of Turkmenistan to move to 5.5 points. Vignesh, Pingin and Viresh are among the players breathing down Mayank’s neck as the championship enters its decisive stage.
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