Shrishti and Aditi share lead in chess

Patna, July 1, 2011: Kumari Shrishti and Aditi Aditya shared the lead with 1.5 points each at the end of the second round of the Bihar state girls’ under-17 chess championship at the Moinul Haq Stadium hall here.

In the boys’ section, five players Nilesh Shankar, Rishi Shankar, Shivam Verma, Shubham and Kumar Gaurav were jointly leading the table with 2 points each after the end of the second round.

Results: Girls’ (after second round): Kumari Shrishti (1.5) drew with Aditi Aditya (1.5); Garima Gaurav (1) bt Shrishti (0).

Boys’ (after second round): Nilesh Shankar (2) bt Vikas Kumar Diwedi (1); Rishi Shankar (2) bt Sonu Kumar (1); Shubham (2) bt Anagmani (1); Kumar Gaurav (2) bt Alok Priyadarshi (1); Shivam Verma (2) bt Saurabh Anand (1); Mithilesh Kumar (1.5) bt Avinash Kumar (0.5); Kumar Sambhav (1) bt Anirvan Choudhary (0); Praveen Kumar (1) bt Amit Kumar (0); Rakesh Raushan (1) bt Amit Kumar Singh (0) and Amaruddin Ansari (1) bt Swetank Raj (0).