Bijesh, Aadik and Velavaa stay at the top

Under-8 Open: Sarbartho Mani and Hriday Garg maintain their pursuit. Under-10 Open: Advik Amit Agarwal stays in the hunt. Under-12 Girls: Pratitee Bordoloi bounced back with a win to keep her chase on. Under-14 Open: Viresh Sharnarthi scored a welcome victory after a tough double round. Under-16 Open: Samyak Dharewa trails the sole leader by a half point.

Under-8 Open

Sarbartho Mani (1733) and Kavish Palaniappan K (1551) won their respective games. They both are at 4/5 each. Hriday Garg (1554) drew against Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan (KOR, 1626). Sarbartho and Hriday are trailing the leader - Mohammad Taha Malaknezhad (IRI, 1655) by a full point 5/5.

Daniyal Sarsenayev (KAZ) - Sarbartho Mani: 0-1

Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan (KOR) - Hriday Garg: 0.5-0.5

Shohjahon Sidikov (UZB) - Kavish Palaniappan K: 0-1

Round 6 pairings

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
621
ACMMani Sarbartho173344Farkhodov Fazliddin1526
18
6416
ACMKavish Palaniappan K155143½AFMMeiyazhagan Kaviinayan1626
5
6615
Hriday Garg15543½3½Nayanakheshan Venukanan0
47
61313
Mukhiddinov Mirzohid15672½2½Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam1414
33

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Under-8 Girls

Narayani Umesh Marathe (1416) defeated Qinran Chen (CHN, 1451) to gain sole lead 5/5. She is now a full point ahead. Nakshatra Gumudavelly won against Leyla Kim (KAZ, 1439) to move to 4/5. Nakshatra will face Narayani in the sixth round.

Final moments: Qinran vs Narayani | Video: ChessBase India

Narayani Umesh Marathe scored her fifth win consecutive win to gain sole lead 5/5

Unrated Nakshatra Gumudavelly will face the sole leader Narayani Umesh Marathe in the sixth round

Round 6 pairings

6131
Nakshatra Gumudavelly045Narayani Umesh Marathe1416
15

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Under-10 Open

Advik Amit Agarwal (1852) and Rishen Jilowa (1655) won their respective games to take their score to 4/5 and 3.5/5 respectively.

Martin Zhou (NZL) - Advik Amit Agarwal: 0-1

Round 6 pairings

643
Advik Amit Agrawal185243½Yu Zechen1889
2
6928
Rishen Jilowa16553½3½Shavkatov Lazizbek1724
16

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Under-10 Girls

Bijesh Divi (1639) drew with Alisa Genrietta Yunker (1735). Both of them continue to share the lead 4.5/5. Pooja Shree R (1647) won against Kiyana Parihar (1559).

Alisa Genrietta Yunker - Bijesh Divi: 0.5-0.5

Kiyana Parihar - Pooja Shree R: 0-1

Round 6 pairings

6211
Divi Bijesh16394½4Hasanpor Moghadam Asma1835
2
6510
Pooja Shree R16473½3½Duong Ngoc Nga1674
8
663
Aaradhya Das176233Gomes J Vaneesha Oshini1554
22
6917
Samhita Pungavanam159633Ziyadin Malika1524
26

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Under-12 Open

Aadik Theophane Lenin (1852) had a solid draw with CM Ramtin Kakavand (IRI, 2059). Ayaan Garg (1861) shared the point with Arseny Kleschevnikov (1895). Siddhanth Poonja (1958) scored his fourth win in-a-row, this time against Adrian Sanches-Shananin (1863).

Aadik Theophane Lenin - CM Ramtin Kakavand (IRI): 0.5-0.5

Ayaan Garg and Siddhanth Poonja are now at 4/5 each
Final moments: Siddhanth Poonja - Adrian Sanches-Shananin | Video: ChessBase India

Round 6 pairings

621
Fandi Mazen.213844½AIMAadik Theophane Lenin1852
15
6412
Qu Haoming187744Siddhanth Poonja1958
6
659
Zhang Haoxuan(Zj)190744Ayaan Garg1861
14

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Under-12 Girls

Pratitee Bordoloi (1796) defeated Pavithra R V (1614) to maintain her pursuit. She is still a full point behind the sole leader - Le Vy Tran (VIE, 1755) 5/5.

Pratitee Bordoloi - Pavithra R V: 1-0

Round 6 pairings

6217
Mamakova Aknur164844Pratitee Bordoloi1796
2
6521
Pavithra R V16143½3½Barabash Anastasiya Aleks1733
8
61313
Bakhtiyari Sotoudeh16752½2½Siddhi Rao1601
22
62146
Divya Gowrisankar01½1½Deng Mingtong1569
30

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Under-14 Open

Viresh Sharnarthi (2076) won against Yen-Hsiu Elliot Wong (SGP, 1905) to take his score 3.5/5, a full point behind the leaders, FM Radin Yadegar (IRI, 2362) and FM Artyom Bogdanov (2265) at 4.5/5 each.

Round 6 pairings

655
Ivannikov Maksim21633½3½Sharnarthi Viresh2076
10
61319
Raghav V195933Omar Temirlan1894
26
61433
Kasimov Rauf18412½2½Sriram Adarsh Uppala2163
6

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Under-16 Open

CM Velavaa Ragavesh (1987) drew against Ngoc Minh Duy Tran (VIE, 2017) to maintain his sole lead 4.5/5. Samyak Dharewa (2022) defeated Asman Bayantas (KAZ, 2140) to move to 4/5.

To draw or not to draw? CM Velavaa Ragavesh vs Ngoc Minh Duy Train | Video: ChessBase India

CM Velavaa Ragavesh - Ngoc Minh Duy Tran (VIE): 0.5-0.5

Samyak Dharewa - Asman Bayantas (KAZ): 1-0

Round 6 pairings

615
FMGoh Zi Han230644½CMVelavaa Ragavesh1987
26
644
CMParpiev Isaak23183½4Samyak Dharewa2022
22
6931
Daksh Goyal194833FMSodbilegt Naranbold2234
9
61639
Daulet Alikhan18772½2½Pranay Akula2015
24

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Under-18 Girls

Rajanya Datta (1766) held the second seeded, WIM Amina Kairbekova (KAZ, 2244) to a draw. She is now 1.5 points behind the sole leader WFM Anna Shukhman (2281).

Rajanya Datta - WIM Amina Kairbekova (KAZ): 0.5-0.5

Round 6 pairings

6421
Rajanya Datta17663½3½WFMKuznetsova Marina2136
3
61530
Rajarajeshwari Yogesh Deshmukh16281½2Mikheyeva Diana1658
29

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