International Master Harsha Bharatkoti of Telangana and Sakshi Chitlange of Maharashtra emerged sole leaders in the boys and girls sections respectively with 6.5 points each after the seventh round of Khadi India National Junior Chess Championship, here on Thursday.
Trailing the leaders with six points are Fide Master Karthik Venkatraman (Bengal) and M Mahalaxami (Tamil Nadu).
On the second board, FM Karthik Venkatraman (Andhra) proved his superiority in Queen Pawn opening against team mate IM Krishna Teja.
In the girls section, Sakshi Chitalange (Maharashtra) demonstrated her supremacy in the end game of Caro Kann defence against V Varshini of Tamil Nadu. Harshita Gudanti of Andhra and Nityata Jain of Madhya Pradesh won their respective games.