Mumbai, November 5: Seventeen players across six categories have won all four of their games so far at the SBI Life Maharashtra State Schools Chess Championship 2026 at Rustomjee Cambridge International School in Dahisar (West).
The championship, organised and conducted by Indian Chess School, has drawn 417 players to six FIDE-rated categories in its first phase, covering the Under-7, Under-11 and Under-15 age groups in Open and Girls sections.
Under-15: Vihaan and Yuvraj in front
Vihaan Anupam Agrawal (1858) and Yuvraj Avadhesh Pratap Singh (1690) lead the Under-15 Open on four points. Vihaan beat AFM Aarush Sarode (1704) on Thursday and Yuvraj got the better of Hrishaan Singh Sajwan (1724). Top seed Samvid Pasbola (1912), AFM Rayan Merchant (1822) and Varad More (1697) are half a point behind on 3.5.
In the Under-15 Girls, Khanak Paharia (1588) and Mahua Vighnesh Deshpande (1527) share the lead on four points. Top seed AFM Mysha Perwez (1991), who led the winning start for the top seeds on the opening day, is on three points.
Under-11 leaders
Four players share the lead in the Under-11 Open: Agastya N. Kasat (1527), Priyansh Ajay Jain (1514), AFM Shivansh Amit Karia (1506) and Kaushik Ajinkya Rayate (1490).
In the Under-11 Girls, top seed Tvesha Ashish Jain (1697) and second seed Aashvi Ankit Agarwal (1634) are level at the top.
Five-way tie in the Under-7 Open
Ivaan Dubey (1545), Advik Verma (1447), Aarush Abhishek Malkar (1469), Aksh Shrivastava (1513) and Yuvansh Nimja (1453) are all on four points in the Under-7 Open.
Top seed Liyaa Krishnan (1558) and second seed Tanishka Bhandari (1477) have kept their perfect records to share the lead in the Under-7 Girls.
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