Chennai, June 21 (IANS) International Master M. Shyam Sundar of India consolidated his position at the top of the leaderboard by agreeing for a 28-move draw with compatriot Mehar Chinna Reddy in the seventh round of the Asian Junior chess championship, here Monday.
The draw put Shyam Sundar on six points, ahead of IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, FM S. Nitin, and two untitled players, Swayams Mishra and Reddy (all 5.5 points).
In the girls section, WFMs, Vo Thi Kim Phung of Vietnam and Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakhstan shared the lead with six points apiece, followed by two Indians, defending champion WIM Padmini Rout and R. Preethi.
The results (seventh round):
Boys: Shyam Sundar M 6 drew Mehar Chinna Reddy 5.5; Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 5.5 bt Anwesh Upadhyaya 4.5; Narayanan Srinath 5 drew Lalith Babu MR 5; Karthikeyan P 5.5 lost to Nitin S 5.5; Swayams Mishra 5.5 bt Priyadharshan K 4.5; Darini Pouria (IRN) 5 bt Adhiban B 4; Sethuraman SP 4.5 drew Narayanan K 4.5; Rajesh VA 4 lost to Debashis Das 5 Shyam Nikil P 4 lost to Lokesh P 5; Ashwin Jayaram 4.5 bt Das Sayantan 3.5; Swapnil S Dhopade 4.5 bt Shamsi Mohammad Hossein (IRN) 3.5; Pascua Haridas (PHI) 4.5 bt Krishna CRG 3.5; Akkozov Berik (KAZ) 4.5 bt Navalgund Niranjan 3.5; Abhishek Kelkar 4 drew Saravana Krishnan P 4; Arun Karthik R 4.5 bt Gagare Shardul 3.5.
Girls: Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (KAZ) 6 bt Vo Thi Kim Phung (VIE) 6; Padmini Rout 5.5 bt Bhakti Kulkarni 4.5; Preethi R 5.5 bt Michelle Catherina P 4.5; Sithalatchumi A 4 lost to Hejazipour Mitra (IRN) 5; Lasya G 4 lost to Tay Li Jin Jeslin (SIN) 5; Cholleti SahajaSri 5 bt Pratyusha Bodda 4; Khademalsharieh Sarasadat (IRN) 4.5 bt Sunyasakta Satpathy 3.5; Nandhidhaa Pv 4.5 bt Saranya J 3.5; A Akshaya 3.5 lost to Bharathi R 4.5; Salini R 3.5 lost to Mohana Priya J 4.5; Gagare Shalmali 3.5 drew Alavi Homa (IRN) 3.5; Afshar Niusha (IRN) 3 lost to Pon Nkrithika 4; Aparajita Gochhikar 3 lost to Harini S 4; Nivedhitha JG 3 lost to Lakshmi Praneetha K 4; Bernales Christy Lamiel (PHI) 4 bt Shetye Siddhali 3.
