Ananya Arumbakkam, Bhagyashree Patil (both of Bengaluru), Prasiddhi Bhat, Hemadri Sathish (both from Mysuru), Swara Lakshmi S. Nair (Bengaluru) and Spandana M. Raikar (Shivamogga) — are tied with 3 points from 3 rounds on the opening day of Karnataka State U-13 girls chess championships conducted by Nalanda Chess Academy here on Thursday.

Mandya’s A.N. Shifali (2.5 points – 9th place), Mysuru’s Sharadhi Shastry (2.5 points – 12th place), Dhatri Umesh (2 pts – 32nd place), M. Dhrithi (2 pts – 34th place), Vindya Sridhar (2 points – 41st place), V. Deeksha (1.5 point – 44th place), Diya Umesh (1 point – 52nd place), K.R. Sara (1 point – 58th place) and K. Deeksha (1 point – 62nd place) fared well.

In the U-13 Open chess championship, 17 players are tied with 3 points each from 3 rounds. Gupta Anshrup, Arhan Chethan Anand, K. Manvith, Apoorva Kamble and Anirudh Sharma have secured 3 points from three rounds and are placed from one to five in the rankings.

Mandya’s Tanav Sudharshan (2.5 points – 19th place), Mysuru’s M.G. Prameeth (2.5 points – 27th place), S. Vishwajith (2 points – 58th place), U. Mithil Bhandary (2 points – 73rd place), N.C. Gambhir (1.5 points – 87th place), M.S. Sujith (1.5 points – 88th place), P. Karthik (1.5 points -100th place), B. Nimish Raj (1 points – 104th place), P. Ishanth (1 point – 114th place) and S.G. Nesar (1 point – 123rd place) too excelled.