Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Overnight leader N. Srinath drew his match with Anwesh Upadhya and had to be content with sharing the lead with M. Shyam Sundar on 4.5 points after five rounds of the Asian Junior chess championship here Saturday.
Meanwhile, Mehar Chinna Reddy upset defending champion IM Ashwin Jayaram in just 32 moves of a King’s Indian game.
In the girls section, WFM Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam broke clear of the field to lead with five points after defeating overnight joint leader Pratyusha Bodda in a Sicilian Rossolimo game.
WFM Bharathi, playing white, did well to stand firm against WFM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakhstan to force a draw after 32 moves.
The results (Fifth round): Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 4 drew Narayanan Srinath 4.5; Shyam Sundar M 4.5 bt Anwesh Upadhyaya 3.5; Sethuraman SP 4 bt Lalith Babu MR 3.5; Mehar Chinna Reddy CH 4 bt Ashwin Jayaram 3; Priyadharshan K 4 bt Debashis Das 3; Darini Pouria (Iran) 3.5 drew Narayanan K 3.5; Krishna CRG 3.5 drew Nitin S 3.5; Lokesh P 3.5 drew Adhiban B 3; Karthikeyan P 3.5 bt Sai Krishna GV 2.5; Swayams Mishra 3.5 bt Shamsi Mohammad Hossein (Iran) 2.5; Shyam Nikil P 3 drew Gagare Shardul 3; Abhishek Kelkar 2.5 lost to Pascua Haridas (PHI) 3.5; Akkozov Berik (KAZ) 3.5 bt Shreyans K Shah 2.5; Das Sayantan 3.5 bt Saravana Krishnan P 2.5; Arun Karthik R 3.5 bt Harihara Sudan M 2.5.
Girls: Pratyusha Bodda 4 lost to Vo Thi Kim Phung (VIE) 5; Bharathi R 3.5 drew Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (KAZ) 4; Bhakti Kulkarni 4 bt Tay Li Jin Jeslin (SIN) 3; Hejazipour Mitra (Iran) 4 bt Harini S 3; Preethi R 4 bt Pon Nkrithika 3; Padmini Rout 3.5 bt Cholleti SahajaSri 3; Khademalsharieh Sarasadat (Iran) 3.5 bt Salini R 2.5; Michelle Catherina P 3.5 bt Lakshmi Praneetha K 2.5; A Akshaya 3 drew Mitali Madhukar Patil 3; Gagare Shalmali 2.5 drew Lasya G 3; Aparajita Gochhikar ; 2 lost to Saranya J 3; Bernales Christy Lamiel (PHI) 2 lost to Alavi Homa (Iran) 3; Bala Kannamma P 2.5 drew Mohana Priya J 2.5; Nandhidhaa PV 2.5 drew Shetye Siddhali 2.5; Kotepalli Sai Nirupama 2.5 drew Premanath Dinushki (SRI) 2.5.
