Vaishali, Monnisha, Chakravarthi Reddy in sole lead

Tamil Nadu girls Vaishali R and Monnisha G K along with Chakravarthi Reddy took sole lead in their respective categories of the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championship here today.
In Under-14 girls section, Vaishali beat Alinasab Mobina of Iran in the fifth round encounter and took her points tally to 4.5. She has been closely followed by team mate Savant Riya with drift of half point after beating Muratova Saltanat of Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, in Under-14 open section four players including top seed Tabatabaei M Amin of Iran are leading the table with four points.
Tabatabaei beat overnight sole leader team mate Tahbaz Arash. Harsha Bharathkoti of India and Jacutina John Merill of Philippines joined Tabatabaei and Tahbaz at the top of the points table after beating Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc of Vietnam and Abhimanyu Puranik of India respectively in their respective fifth round encounters.

In the girls Under-16 category, overnight leader G K Monnisha maintained her sole lead with four and half points after signing peace with third seed and team-mate Mahalakshmi M.
In open Under-16 section, Iranian Loraprizangeneh is enjoying one point lead over his nearest rivals top seed International Master Aravindh Chithambaram and brothers Vignesh N R and Visakh N R.
Indian trio of Parnali Dharia, Shweta Gole and Michelle Catherina are in joint lead with four points in the Under-18 girls category while in the open section overnight sole leader Chakravarthi Reddy held second seed Serikbay Chingiz of Kazakhstan to maintain his half point lead.