Historic day for Andhra Pradesh !
 
It was undoubtedly a historic day for Chess in  Andra Pradesh as they have now got three National Champions in one Championship !  I.Ramya (U-9 Girls) , S. Teja (U-7 Boys) and P.L.Sahiti (U-7 Girls) all from Andhra Pradesh became National Champions in their respective categories with a round to spare ! Such a  achievement needs to be recognized and shows the efforts put in by the young players since the last eight days and not to forget their parents , coaches and the A.P. State association . What is more thrilling  is that all these players have full points to their credit and yet to be defeated in the Championship! 
However the race for the U-9 Boys Chess Championship is going on  as Y.Sandeep who is  also from A.P.!! stunned leader T.Gobin (Manipur) in 55 moves to emerge joint leader with 7 points.  Gobin faltered in a drawn King pawn ending which allowed Sandeep to get the opposition and finally the point. Not to forget is second seed P.Ghosh who is also with 7 points and  today defeated Navneet Detha (Raj) on the second board in the Slav opening. The interest remains now on this Championship as the final round is poised for a spectacular finish.  
In the U-9 Girls Championship , I. Ramya Krishna once again trusted her  favourite Reti Opening to pocket the Championship in 38 moves against P.K.Jayshree (TN) .  Lady luck smiled as Jayshree's flag fell on the 38th move. While D.Meenu also from A.P.! continued to win and clinch second spot with a 45 move win in Siclian Najdorf against S.Ratnakar (Mah) .  

S.Ravi Teja (A.P.) in the U-7 Boys , pushed the  Queen’s pawn and needed just 42 moves in the King’s Indian Defence against M. Fawaz to become Champion . Top seed , Kumar Gaurav (Bihar) recovered and won against K.Priyadarshan (T.N.) to take his tally to 6.5 points. 

In the U-7 Girls category  , P. L. Sahithi (A.P.) won the Championship in a dashing style with a crushing win  in 22 moves against L.Guha (W.B.) in the Sicilian Najdorf opening. While on the second board , P.Priya (T.N.) checkmated C.H.Savetha (T.N.) in 43 moves of the Reti Opening .  

  

T O P    B O A R D   R E S U L T S  ( Round 8 )

U-9 BOYS.
 
 
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Y. Sandeep (6)
T. Gobin (7)
1-0
Navneet Detha (6)
P. Ghosh (6)
0-1
C.R.G. Krishna (5.5)
S. Daklia (5.5)
1-0
S. Yuzvendra
K. Narayan
0-1
V.Guna (5)
S. Nitin (5.5)
1-0
 

U-9 GIRLS
 
 
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I. Krishna (7)
P.K.Jayashree (5.5)
1-0
D. Meenu (6)
Shrutj Ratnakar (5)
1-0
N. Pragna Patvi (5)
Bhakti Kulkarni (5)
0-1
Sonam Shah
Mitali Patel
0-1
Payal Guha (4.5)
S. Parkhi (4.5)
1-0
 

U-7 BOYS
 
 
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S. Ravi Teja (7) 
M. Fawaz (6)
1-0
K. Priyadarshan (5.5)
Kumar Gaurav (5.5)
0-1
P. Negi
Tarun Murli
1-0
S. Sethuraman (5)
Dhaval Adhav (5)
0-1
Aditya Udeshi
P. Bharath
1-0
 

U-7 GIRLS
 
 
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L. Guha (5)
P. L. Sahiti (7)
0-1
P. Priya (5)
C.H.Savetha (6)
1-0
A. Bhat (5)
T. Amrutha (5)
1-0
M. Rishika (4.5)
G. Madan (5)
0-1
Ketki Pathak (4.5)
G. Amirthavalli (4.5)
1-0