International master Harsha Bharatkoti of Telangna emerged sole leader with five points after the fifth round of the Khadi India 47th National Junior Boys Chess Championship at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Wednesday. He defeated Fide Master Karthik Venkatraman of Andhra Pradesh in fifty nine moves.
On second board S Dhananjay of Chhattisgarh managed to draw his game with black pieces against top seed and highly rated IM Md Nubairshah Shaikh of Maharashtra. Another IM (N KRishnateja) defeated Kaustuv Kundu of West Bengal in a game of English Opening in new Catalane declined line.
Saurav Anand of Bihar surrendered his game in only 17 moves to S Jayakumar (2237) of Tamil Nadu.
Reigning National Junior Champion Kumar Gaurav of Bihar drew his game with CM Kushagra Mohan of Telangana in 28 moves only.
In Girls section, Rutuja Bakshi of Maharshtra drew his game with Harshita Guddanti of Andhra Pradesh. Both share the lead with 4.5 points after five rounds.
In second game, Women International Master Sakshi Chitlange of Maharshtra defeated rival WIM Tejaswini Sagar of Gujarat. In the third game, another WIM M Mahalakshmi (TN) defeated Priyamvada Karamcheti (AP).