The second day of the Goa State U-13 Open & Girls Chess Championship witnessed exciting matches and after the 4th round – Joshua Telles, Shubh Borkar, Saras Powar, Aaryavrat Naik Desai, and Rishit Gawas are in joint-lead in the Open Category. Each player has a tally of 4 points.
Atharv Ghatwal is second with 3.5 points to his name. A host of players including Vihaan Tari, Arthav Shirodker, Nathan Cardozo, Aryan Naik, Vivaan Kadam, Vipul Kadam, Narayan Prabhu Dessai, Ekang Malvankar, Kavin Kamesh, Arnav Dhote, Joash Cardozo, Ojas Kamat, Rejmon Fernandes, Urmish Deuskar, and Kritin Singh follow in joint-third place with 3 points each.
In the Girls’ section, Asmi Terse, Diya Naik and Krutika Aggarwal are jointly-leading with 4 points. Muriel Fernandes is in second position with 3.5 points. Avani Sawaikar, Alaina Gomes, Aarna Sawant, Tvisha Dessai, Sidonia Dacunha, Shinel Rodrigues, Janelly Vaz, Jensina Sequeira, Kamesh Khayalvizhi, Samriti Malkar, Asmi Shirodkar, Yeira Xavier, Veda Kelkar, all are in third position with 3 points.
