Four players are in joint lead

Online Staff/GUWAHATI, Dec 2: Four players Abhirup Saikia, Jisha Jain, Prakash Nath and Raktotpal Kashyap took joint lead in various categories in the 5th edition of Late Kailash Nath Sarma Memorial Invitational Inter School Children Chess Championship in the city today.
Abhirup Saikia of Delhi Public School Guwahati is leading the class 5 to 8 category by scoring 5 points out of 5 rounds.
In the Below Class 4 category Jisha Jain of Royal Global School is on sole lead by scoring 5 points after the end of the same number of rounds. In the Class 9 to 12 category, Prakash Nath of Guwahati Commerce College and Raktotpal Kashyap of Kendriya Vidyalaya Khanapara share the lead with 4 points each after completion of 5 rounds.
The tournament is being played in Swiss league format under classical time control. International Arbiter Biswajit Bharadwaj is conducting the tournament as the Chief Arbiter while Nandan Buragohain is the tournament Director of the event.
The top 5 players in each group will be awarded a trophy and certificate along with a scholarship in the form of free chess training. Altogether 114 players from various schools from Assam are participating in this three day chess event organised by Snehabandhan and Assam Chess Club.