Top seeds crumble, underdogs take centrestage in National U-7 chess

Top seeds crumble, underdogs take centrestage in National U-7 chess

Day 3 of the U-7 National Chess Championship sees top seeds lose; Rudra Pratap and Joshua Katarapu lead open, Aaditri Majumdar and Liyaa Krishnan lead girls.

39th National Under-7 Chess Championship underway in Nagpur

Sri Vijaya Puram, July 03: The 39th National Under-7 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2026 is currently underway at Nagpur, Maharashtra, bringing together around 440 of the country’s most promising young chess players from across India. Representing the Andaman & Nicobar Islands are two young chess players, ACM Nuhaan Siddique V. K. and Medhash D, who are competing with great enthusiasm against some of the best young talents in the country. Their…