Marcin Dziuba of Poland, Leonid and Guseinov, all with 3.5 points apiece, shared the lead.
The Indian GM beat Monroy Charles of France in the inaugural round of the World junior chess championship.
Deep Sengupta lost to Zhao Jun of China after scoring upset wins over Grandmasters in earlier rounds.
16-year old Deep Sengupta shocked third seed Russian GM Evgeny Alekseev to move to second place with 7.5 points.
Praveen Kumar expressed his sentiments without naming anyone, saying he would have been happier if other Paris Paralympics medallists had also been honored.
The two players remain in joint lead after the seventh round of the 27th Asian Junior Chess championship.
Top seeded Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov strengthened his position at the top in the World Jr. chess, maintaining a ghalf point lead.
Woman Fide Master Bhakti Kulkarni crushed Rucha Pujari with black pieces, stopping her winning streak in the 26th Junior(U-19) Girls' Chess and 41st National Junior(U-19) Open Championship 2011, played at Indoor Sports Hall, Fatorda, on Saturday.
'Whenever I go for a tournament, only one thing is there in my mind: to win,' says Under-12 World chess champion N Srinath.
In a disappointing sixth round for Indians at the World Junior Chess Championships, the Delhi lad, Tania Sachdev and D Harika were beaten.
The Chennai collegian beat her team mate to take sole lead in the girls' section at the Asian junior chess championships.
Top seed Shakriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan is well-placed to win the title in the World Jr chess championship.
Kadir Guseimov of Azerbaijan kept the top spot in the boys' section in the World Jr chess championships.
The Indian Grandmaster is half a point ahead of second-placed Zhao Jun of China after nine round in the World Junior Chess Championship.
The Indian Grandmaster drew with third seed Evgeny Alekseev of Russia in the sixth round in the World Junior chess championship.
It was a rare sight to witness badminton legends Prakash Padukone and Morten Frost get back on the court to relive their glory days with India's chess wizard Viswanathan Anand for company.
China's Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited their rising chess prowess with convincing victories over Russians Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed, and Mikhail Antipov, in the 10th round of the World Junior Chess Championships at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Thursday. The victories ensured that the Chinese maintained joint-leader status with eight points each.
Parimarjan Negi drew his fifth round match with Andrey Zhigalko of Belarus to take another stride towards to his International Master title at the World Junior Chess Championships.
They scored contrasting victories in the 8th round of the Asian Junior chess championships.
The India IM shares the lead with four others after the sixth round in the Asian Junior chess championship.
Azerbaijan Kadir Guseinov leads the boys' section in the World Juniors chess championship.
The Indian Grandmaster led the boys' field by 0.5 points after the third round in the World Junior chess championship.
Harikrishna, Tigran Petrosian and Zhao Jun jointly lead the table with six points each after the seventh round in the World Junior Chess Championship.
The two players are leading the table with four points each after four rounds of the World Junior Chess championship.
Padmini Rout has 6.5 points, one behind the leader, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, in the girls' section at the World Junior Chess Championships in Pune.
After six rounds, the Woman Grandmaster has four points from six games and looks good for a medal at the World Junior Chess championships.
The Indian GM beat Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia to move to joint fourth place in the World junior chess championship.
If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction of his art and became craftier one ball at a time.
P Harikrishna leads by seven points after completion of eight rounds in the World Junior Chess championship.
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly outwitted higher-rated compatriot Abhijeet Gupta to maintain a clean slate after the end of the second round in the Fujairah International Chess tournament, in Fujairah (UAE), on Thursday.
S Poobesh Anand continued with his dream run with another brilliant victory, crushing Grandmaster Ernesto Inarkiev of Russia in the 10th round of the 41st World Junior Chess Championship.
The Grandmaster-in-waiting beat Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi in the ninth round of the World junior chess championships to jointly share the lead with eight players.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian and Ni Hua share the lead after the sixth round in the World junior chess championships.
The defending champion was held by seventh seed Zhao Xue of China in the World Junior chess championships.
Shami was there to receive the honours. He took 24 wickets in seven World Cup games last year.
Khelo India Games were first organised in 2018 as part of the Modi government's initiative to revitalise sports culture at the grassroots level.
Led by Krishnan Sasikiran on the top board, India defeated formidable Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 in the third round of the World Team Chess Championship to emerge as joint leader in the elite event in Bursa, Turkey on Friday.
Lu Shanglei of China defeated Aleksander Indjic of Serbia and was crowned World junior chess champion at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Sunday. In the girls' section, 16-year-old Alexandra Goryachkina successfully defended her title with a round to spare on Saturday.
Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta give out an impeccable performance to beat compatriot and his BPCL team-mate G N Gopal and jumped to joint lead after the seventh round of the Asian continental chess championship in Subic Bay, Philippines on Wednesday.
