Nagpur's Gurpreet Singh Maras finished second among boys, while giant-killer Hitesh Jeswani (Nagpur) stood third. Yogesh Mapari of Aurangabad was placed fourth. The above four players would represent Maharashtra in the Nationals.

In the girls group, Richa Karwade (Pune) finished second, followed by the top seed Madhuri Patil and Priyanka Desai, who finished third and fourth respectively.

Today the games in the boys section finished in tame draws as they chose to play it safe. However, it was a different story in the girls category. Three joint leaders -- Anuprita, Madhuri and Richa Karwade -- fought it very hard to be in contention for the title. Anuprita prevailed over Priyanka Desai to notch the top spot.

Results

Boys (ROUND 9): Arjun Tiwari (6) drew Omkar Patwardhan (7.5), NayandeepKotangale (5.5) drew Gurpreet Singh Maras (7), Yogesh Mapari (6.5) drew Hitesh Jeswani (6.5), Sagar Masurekar (6.5) bt Sagar Sadawarte (5), Bhushan Wadekar (5) lost to Akshay Koray (6), Shailesh Makhijani (5.5) drew parag Terwadkar (5.5), Gaurav Hingne (5) drew Srinivas Iyer (5.5), Subodh Lakhe (4.5) drew Pratik Srivas (5), Piyush Muley (4) lost to Santosh Sapkal (5).

Girls (ROUND 6):Anuprita Patil (5) bt Priyanka Desai (4), Madhuri Patil (4) drew Richa Karwade (4.5), Shreyasi Parkhi (3) lost to Sapna Iyer (4), Hemlata Jeswani (3) drew Amrita Mokal (3.5), Neha Joshi (2.5) lost to Rinku Rani (3), Anju Rani (2) lost to Vishakha Thakre (3.5), Shruti Mahato (2) bt S Mahato (1).