Telangana’s V. Praneeth (10 points) defeated Delhi’s Sankalp Kukreja in the 11th and final round to win the National
(under-14) online rapid chess title on Friday.

In fact, Rajasthan’s Vranshank Chouhan (9.5) did Praneeth a favour by beating the 10th round joint-leader Sandip Nagare to become the runner-up. Sandip topped an eight-player tie for third place at nine  points.

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The girls’ under-14 section begins on Saturday.

Final standings (after 11 rounds): 1 V. Praneeth (Tel, 10 points), 2. Vranshank Chouhan (Raj, 9.5); 3-10. Sandip Nagare (Mah), A. R. Ilamparthi (TN), Sankalp Kukreja (Del), Harsh Suresh (TN), Bhavesh Mahajan (Punjab), Mohamad Imran (AP), Om Manish Kadam (Mah) and Sahib Singh (Del) (9 each).