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National U-18 chess: Bhavesh stuns Prithu

Bhavesh Mahajan stunned top seeded grandmaster Prithu Gupta in the third round on Thursday.

Published : Jun 10, 2021 21:49 IST , New Delhi

Rakesh Rao
Bhavesh Mahajan stunned top seeded grandmaster Prithu Gupta in the third round on Thursday. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
Bhavesh Mahajan stunned top seeded grandmaster Prithu Gupta in the third round on Thursday. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
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Bhavesh Mahajan stunned top seeded grandmaster Prithu Gupta in the third round on Thursday. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

Bhavesh Mahajan stunned top seeded grandmaster Prithu Gupta in the third round of the National (under-18) online rapid chess championship on Thursday.

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Bhavesh is among the 21 leaders with three points after as many rounds.

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Top seed Mrudul Dehankar led 11 leaders at three points in the girls section.

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