Gangolli leads; Mumbai’s Joshi upsets top seed

Pune: Decisive results was the order of the sixth round in the National Chess Championship for the visually challenged at PYC here on Thursday.
Only one of the top 12 boards saw a point getting split as six-time champion Kishon Gangolli of Karnataka retained his sole lead with 5.5 points.
He is followed by Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of Odisha on five points.Six players, including third seed Aryan Joshi of Mumbai, are joint third on 4.5 points in this nine-round Swiss League event.
Joshi’s win over top seed Darpan Inani of Gujarat was the highlight of the sixth round.
Fifth seed Pradhan ended a good run of Tamil Nadu’s R Gopi with white pieces on the third board.