Bihar U-13 chess: Gaurav, Saurav in joint lead

Patna, August 3, 2009:
Kumar Gaurav of Purnia and Saurav Kumar of Muzaffarpur shot into joint lead with four points each at the end of fourth round’s play in the boys’ section of the Bihar state under-13 chess championship at the Youth Hostel here on Monday.

In the girls’ section, Akasha of Saharsa and Surbhi Kumari of Muzaffarpur emerged joint leaders with three points each at the end of as many rounds.

Results:
Boys’ (after fourth round): Kumar Gaurav (4) beat Saurav Anand (3); Saurav Kumar (4) beat Akhauri Harshit (3); Siddharth Khanna (3) beat Anubhav Shresht (2); Ayush Anand (3) beat Bhashkar Mehta (2); Kushagra Divyam (3) beat Kumar Harsh (2); Samir Langer (3) beat Sudhanshu Kumar (2); Amit Ranjan (3) beat Sumit Saurav (2) and Gaurav Kumar (3) beat Ashish Ranjan (1.5).

Girls’ (after third round): Surbhi Kumari (3) beat Kumari Shrusti (2); Akasha (3) beat Surja (2); Shrusti Gautam (2) beat Ankita Sharma (1); Aditi Aditya (2) beat Shreyashi Raj (1); Smirti (2) beat Riya Singh (1); Aditi Arya (2) beat Akshita Kumari (1) and Suyashi Pathak (1) drew with Divyani Pathak (1).