D'Cunha moves into joint third

Karnataka's Antonio Viani D'cunha (ELO 1988) beat
Ritwan Sauntra (ELO 1929) of Jammu and Kashmir to
move into joint 3rd place at the end of the 7th round
of the National Subjunior Chess Championships.

D' Cunha has 5.5 points and next plays second seed
IM B. Adhiban (ELO 2422) of Tamil Nadu. Viani's teammate
G.A. Stany (ELO 2097)is in joint 10th with
5 points. FIDE Master Girish Kaushik and Belgaum's Niranjan
Navalgund are on 4.5 points after having lost their morning games.

Antonio Viani D'cunha (1988) - Ritwan Sauntra (1929)
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.0-0 e6
8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qf3 Nb6 11.Bb3 0-0-0 12.Be3 Bg6 13.a4 Bd6
14.a5 Nbd5 15.Bg5 Bh5 16.Qh3 h6 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qxh5 fxe5
20.dxe5 Bb4 21.Re3 Bxa5 22.Rf3 Rd7 23.Ra4 Kb8 24.Raf4 Rh7 25.Ba4 b5
26.Bxb5 Qxc2 27.g3 Rc7 28.Kg2 Qxb2 29.Be8 Bc3 30.Bxf7 Bxe5 31.Bxe6
Bxf4 32.Qe8+ Kb7 33.Bxd5+ Kb6 34.Qb8+ Rb7 35.Qxf4 Kc5 36.Qc4+ Kd6
37.Qc6+ Ke5 38.Re3+ Kf5 39.Qe6+ 1-0

Girish A Koushik (2086) - Prasanna Rao (2228)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Bd3 Ng4 15.Be4 Rac8 16.c4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Ndf6 18.Qe2 Qb7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne5 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Qa6 22.Rc3 Rd6 23.h3 Ne8 24.Qf3 f6 25.Ra3 Qxa3 26.Qxa3 fxe5 27.Qxa7 exd4 28.Qe7 Rcd8 29.Rd3 Nf6 30.Qb7 R8d7 31.Qa8+ Rd8 32.Qb7 R8d7 33.Qa8+ Rd8 34.Qa3 e5 35.c5 bxc5 36.Qxc5 e4 37.Rd1 d3 38.a4 Kh8 39.a5 Rd5 40.Qc7 R5d7 41.Qc3 Nd5 42.Qe1 Nf4 43.Qxe4 Ne2+ 0-1