VASCO: Master Om Barde and Woman Candidate Master Gunjal Chopdekar consolidated their position at the top of the All Goa State Sub-Juniors Open and Girls U-15 State Selections cum Championships, held at Ravindra Bhawan, Baina, on Saturday.
2nd seeded Om lead the open category with six points while Gunjal tops the girls category with four.
In round six, Om Barde beat Devesh Anand Naik to cement his place at the top. Madhavan G put up a strong performance to down Advait Dhawalikar to climb to second spot with five points.
Porob Vraj, Audi Saiesh, Pednekar Ayush are on 4.5 points while Advait is on four points.
Earlier in round five, Om beat Madhavan G while Advait Rajiv Dhawalikar was stunned by Devesh Naik. Shirodkar Aayush drew with Pednekar Ayush.
In the girls’ category, Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Chopdekar Gunjal came strongly to beat WCM Swera Ana Braganca in the fourth round.
By virtue of this result, Gunjal top the girls’ chart with four points while Swera stays second with three points. Tanvi Hadkonkar beat Sahana R Goudar to move into second position with 3.5 points. Netra Savaikar stunned Arena FIDE Master (AFM) Naik Sayuri to climb up the chart to three point.
Ananya Pandey, Girijia Pednekar, Naik Snehal are also on three points after round four. The tournament is organised by Mormugao Taluka Chess Association. Mr Sanjay Kavlekar is the Chief arbiter while Mr Swapnil Hoble is the deputy arbiter of the tournament.
The remaining 2 rounds of boys and girls will be played tomorrow to decide the final winners.
