Patna: On the second day of the Bihar State Junior Chess Championship, organized by the Gaya District Chess Association under the aegis of the All Bihar Chess Association, two rounds were played today. After the completion of the third round in the boys’ category, seven players were jointly on top with three points each. In the girls’ category, Maryam Fatima and Komal Singh Muskan were jointly on top with three points each after three rounds.
At Parvati Garden in Bodh Gaya, top-seeded player Divyanshu Kumar Singh of Kishanganj, playing on board number one, defeated Kartikeya Nandan of Patna with the black pieces. On board number two, second-seeded Aniket Ranjan of Begusarai defeated Yatharth Ramani of Muzaffarpur with the white pieces.
In the girls’ category, the current state women’s champion Maryam of Muzaffarpur, playing on board number one, defeated Kritika Ranjan of Patna with the white pieces. On board number two, host Gaya’s Komal Singh Muskan defeated Arya Sinha of Begusarai with the black pieces to join Maryam at the top.
Main results of the third round:
Girls’ category:
- Mariam Fatima (Muzaffarpur) 3 beat Kritika Ranjan (Patna) 2
- Komal Singh Muskan (Gaya) 3 beat Arya Sinha (Begusarai) 2
- Ankita Raj (Patna) 2½ beat Ishanvi Raj (Patna) 1
- Navya Goenka (Muzaffarpur) 2 beat Aditi Nishtha (Patna) 1
- Vriddhi Basotiya (Patna) 2 beat Anaya Critte (Gaya) 1
- Shalini Shrivastava (Patna) 2 beat Simran Kumari (Bhojpur) 1
- Chetana Goenka (Muzaffarpur) 1 beat Vanshika Maheshwari (Patna) 1
- Geetanjali Kumari (Begusarai) 1 beat Sanvi Singh (Gaya) 0
- Zeba Parveen (Darbhanga) 1 defeated Sanghamitra (Gaya) 0
- Pari Sinha (Gaya) 2 drew with Arpita Singh (Bhojpur)
Boys’ category:
- Divyanshu Kumar Singh (Kishanganj) 3 defeated Kartikeya Nandan (Patna) 2
- Aniket Ranjan (Begusarai) 3 defeated Yatharth Naithani (Muzaffarpur) 2
- Dev Raj (Patna) 3 defeated Akshat Raj (Patna) 2
- Akash Anand (Patna) 3 defeated Manish Yadav (Darbhanga) 2
- Devansh Keshari (Patna) 3 defeated Pratyush Kumar (Patna) 2
- Madhav Kumar Yashwant (Khagaria) 3 defeated Achintya Karmokar (Patna) 2
- Prem Kumar (Chhapra) 3 defeated Yash Raman (Muzaffarpur) 2
- Ekansh Kumar Bhardwaj (Patna) 2.5 drew with Amrit Raunak (Muzaffarpur) 2.5
- Agastya Mittal (Patna) 2.5 drew with Sameer Bardhan 2.5
