Jaiveer Mahendru sole leader in Open after fourth round at Asian junior chess in Mumbai

Jaiveer Mahendru emerged as the sole leader in the Open section of the Asian junior chess championship in Mumbai after the fourth round, holding four points.

In the girls' event Pratitee Bordoli and Leyla Shohradova shared the lead with four points each. The article provides the important fourth-round results for both sections. Some match entries include country tags such as (Rus), (Tkm) and (Kaz). The report was published on August 22, 2026, at 10:59 pm IST from Mumbai.

Open: Jaiveer Mahendru 4 bt Aaditya Dhingra 3.

Open: Mayank Chakraborty 3.5 bt Shageldi Kurbandurdyyev 2.5.

Open: Ahmet Gubatayev 2.5 lost to Artem Pingin (Rus) 3.5.

Open: Apoorv Kamble 3 drew with V.S. Nandish 3.

Open: Amanmuhammet Hommadov (Tkm) 3.5 bt Harsh Ghadge 2.5.

Open: Guru Prakash 3 drew with Madhvendra Sharma 3.

Open: Viresh Sharnarthi 3.5 bt Daksh Jagesia 2.5.

Open: Vignesh Vemula 3 bt Ilhan Charyyev (Tkm).

Open: Arshpreet Singh 2 lost to Aahil Patra 3.

Open: Aditya Gampa 2.5 drew with Sanjeeban Mandal 2.5.

Girls: Pratitee Bordoloi bt G. Shivambika 3.

Girls: S. Pranavasri 3 lost to Leyla Shohradova (Tkm) 4.

Girls: V.C. Nivedita 2.5 lost to Mariya Kholyavko (Kaz) 3.5.

Girls: Akshaya Sathi 2.5 lost to Prishita Gupta 3.5.

Girls: Aadya Gowda 3 drew with Dakshita Kumawat 3.

Girls: Lala Shohradova 3 bt Mohitha Vakcheri 2.

Girls: V. Tripurambika 3 bt Sannidhi Bhat 3.

Girls: Sunetra Dey 3 bt Anushka Kutwal 2.

Girls: Nilaya Eswara Krishna 2 lost to Shanmathi Sree 3.

Girls: Jahan Rejepova (Tkm) bt Sasi Hasini 2.

Five rounds remain. The standings above reflect the state of play after the fourth round.