Vantika Women Champion, Raahul clinch title in Junior

Delhi youngster Vantika Agrawal crowned as Online National Women Champion after scoring 9.5 points of out possible in the National Online Championship concluded on Saturday. Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal finished as first runner up while three players tied for the third spot. After play off matches, Srija Seshadri of Tamilnadu finished as second runner up with 8.5 points while Soumya Swaminathan of Maharashtra and R Vaishali of Tamilnadu finished at fourth and fifth respectively.

Meanwhile in the Junior Open section, it was Tamilnadu domination for the first four places. VS Raahul finished at pole position with 9.5 point while International Master Bharath Subrahamaniam finished as first runner up with 9 points and Grandmaster P Iniyan, who recently represented India at World Cup finished third with 8.5 points. International Master Harshvardhan finished at fourth.