Pratitee takes sole lead; Mayank stays ahead

Prime seed Lady FIDE Grasp (WFM) Pratitee Bordoloi emerged as the only chief within the Asian Junior Ladies Classical Chess Championship, scoring a vital win over Lady Candidate Grasp (WCM) Aadya Gowda within the seventh spherical in Mumbai on Monday (August 24, 2026).

The victory took Pratitee’s tally to 6 out of a most seven factors and put her half some extent forward of her nearest challengers.

WCM Shohradova Leyla of Turkmenistan, who was sharing the lead going into the spherical, was held to a draw by Shivamshika. G and slipped to five.5 factors.

Fide Grasp (FM) M Prishita Gupta strengthened her title problem with a victory over WFM Nivedita V.C. to succeed in 5.5 factors, becoming a member of Leyla within the chasing group. WFM Mariya Kholyavko of Kazakhstan and WCM Dakshita Kumawat drew their encounter and moved to 5 factors.

Within the Open Championship, prime seed Grandmaster-elect Mayank Chakraborty maintained his sole lead after the completion of seven rounds.

Mayank was held to a draw by Worldwide Grasp Vignesh Advaith Vemula, however the consequence was sufficient to take his tally to 6 out of seven and hold him half some extent forward of the chasing pack.

I.M. Artem Pingin of Russia was surprisingly held to a draw by Daksh Goyal, whereas FM Sharnarthi Viresh scored an necessary victory over FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov of Turkmenistan to maneuver to five.5 factors.

Vignesh, Pingin and Viresh are among the many gamers respiration down Mayank’s neck because the championship enters its decisive stage.