Sambit Panda forced the higher rated Dhanush Bharadwaj to share the points in the eighth round and scored 6.5 points and placed in the second place along with seven others in the 29th National U-11 Open Chess Championship at Puducherry on Saturday.
Another Odisha player Mahitosh Dey suffered defeat from CM Aditya Mittal in the eighth round and remain unchanged with 5.5 points and shared the fourth place with 19 others. Baibhab Singh registered draw and placed in the fourth place also.
Rudranarayan, Pratyanshu Kar four points each, Soubhanik Mazumdar, Ankit Kumar Sethi 3.5 points each and Saswat Mallick three points.
Odisha girls Ankita Sahoo scored six points, Aditi Mohanty and Priyanka Routray scored five and 4.5, respectively by the end of eighth rounds.