Furtado, Narayanan & Prasanna win in Junior U-19 Chess C'ship

IM Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa defeated Delhi's 12th seed Madhurima Shekhar in the Dr KL Garg Memorial National Junior U-19 Chess Championship at Bora Institute of Management Sciences here.
Fourth seed FM Sayantan Das of West Bengal settled for a draw with Maharashtra's ninth seed Pratik Patil. Sayantan has collected nine points and still placed on top position in the Open section.
In another exciting encounter, 5th seed FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr of Tamil Nadu played against state mate 8th seed Lokesh P and after toiling hard both the players agreed for a draw.
Kerala's 2nd seed Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan beat 16th seed Akash Pc lyer of Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra's 3rd seed and International Master Prasanna Raghuram Rao is in fifth position with seven points after beating 34th seed Rakesh Kumar Nayak of Orissa.

Among the girls section, seventh seed FM Mahalakshmi M of Tamil Nadu beat her state mate 15th seed Varshini V to be placed in second position with eight points.
Maharashtra's 2nd seed FM Pujari Rucha beat 3rd seed FM Saranya J of Tamil Nadu, while fifth seed Michelle Catherina P of Tamil Nadu beat her state mate fourth seed Nandhidhaa PV.

Leader board:
In Girls section: IM Ivana Maria Furtado (8.5 points), FM Mahalakshmi M and FM Pujari Rucha (each 8 points), Michelle Catherina (7.5 Points), FM Saranya J (7 points).
In open Section: FM Sayantan Das (9 points), FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr (8 Points), Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan (7.5 points), K Praneeth Surya (7.5 points).