New Delhi: Most of the seeded are finding difficult to negotiate the tough resistance offered by the lower rated players in the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championship here at Hotel Park Plaza on Sunday.

In the girls Under-14 section fourth seed Indian girl Aakanksha Hagawane is in sole lead with three points from as many rounds. Hagawane defeated Hashemi Seyed Fatemeh of Iran in the third round encounter. Meanwhile in the Under-14 Open Section fifth seed Abhimanyu Puranik of India and Arash Tahbaz of Iran are in lead with 3 points.

In Under-16 Open category, seventh seed Lorparizangeneh Shahin of Iran in sole lead after outwitting second seed Atabayev Saparmyrat of Turkmenistan while Indian hope and top seed International Master Aravindh Chithambaram set-aside his first round debacle to register his second victory in the championship over Minabayev Bolatbek of Kazakhstan . In the Girls section, all the top three players Derakhshani Dorsa of Iran, Indian duo of G K Monnisha and M Mahalakshmi are maintaining a clean sheet.

In Under-18 Girls section, five players including top seed Indian Girl Srija Seshadri is leading the table while in the open section third seed Chakravarthi Reddy along with his team mates N Krishna Teja and Aubhropratim Manna giving company to fourth seed Serikbay Chingiz of Kazakhstan at top of point table. Top seed and local hope Prince Bajaj not recovered from his unexpected lose in the first round and settled for half point against Jumanov Elbek of Uzebkistan in the third round.

Fourth round matches of this nine round Swiss System championship is in progress at the time of report.

Important Results Round-3 (Indians otherwise stated):-

Under-14 Girls :-

Aakanksha Hagawane(3) beat Hashemi Seyed Fatemeh of Iran (2); Priyanka K (2.5) drew with Alinasab Mobina of Iran (2.5); Bidhar Rutumbara (2.5) drew with Ananya Suresh (2.5); Bauyrzhan Arnash of Kazakhstan (1.5) lost to Vaishali R of India (2.5); Savant Riya (2.5) beat Orazmukhammedova Makhim of Uzbekistan (1.5)

Under-14 Open :-

Ortik Nigamatov of Uzbekistan (2.5) drew with Harsha Bharathakoti (2.5); Abhimanyu Puranik (3) beat Harikrishnan A Ra (2); Doluweera Minul Sanjula of Sri Lanka (2) lost to Arash Tahbaz of Iran (3); Tabatabaei M Amin of Iran beat Yakubboev Nodirbek of Uzbekistan (1.5); Saydaliev Saidakbar of Uzbekistan (1.5) lost to Jacutina John Merill of Philippines (2.5).


Under-16 Girls :-

Derakhshani Dorsa of Iran (3) beat Varshini V (2); Gholami Orimi Anahita of Iran (2) lost to Monnisha G K (3); Mahalakshmi M (3) beat Ghazizadeh Asana of Iran (2); Bui Thuy Vy of Vietnam (2) beat Ovezdurdiyeva Jemal of Turkmenistan (1); Dhanashree Pandit (1) lost to Mendoza Shania Mae of Philippines (2).


Under-16 Open :-

Visakah N R (2.5) drew with Vignesh N R (2.5); Atabayev Saparmyrat of Turkmenistan (1.5) lost to Lorparizangeneh Shahin of Iran (3); Kumaran B (2) drew with Sidhant Mohapatra (2); Pranav Vijay (2) beat Urazayev Arystanbek of Kazakhstan (1.5); Minabayev Bolatbek of Kazakhstan (1) lost to Aravindh Chithambaram (2);

Under-18 Girls :-

Srija Seshadri (2.5) drew with Parnali S Dharia (2.5); Tran Le Dan Thuy of Vietnam (2.5) drew with Enriquez Jean Karen of Philippines (2.5); Shweta Gole (2.5) drew with Narzikulova Gulhae of Uzbekistan (2); Khursanova Farida of Uzbekistan (1) lost to Kakhramonova Mokhinur of Uzbekistan (2); Madhurima Shekhar (2) beat Muratova Anel of Kazakhstan (1).


Under-18 Open :-

Krishna Teja N (2.5) drew with Chakravarthi Reddy (2.5); Serikbay Chingiz of Kazakhstan (2.5) beat Mejia Giovanni of Philippines (2); Aubhropratim Manna (2.5) beat Mamatov Melis of Kyrgyzstan (1.5); Jumanov Elbek of Uzbekistan (1.5) drew with Prince Bajaj (1.5); Mosadeghpour Masous (2) beat Deep Kapoor (1).