IM G.B. Harshavardhan of India beat compatriot Utsab Chatterjee to grab solo lead with 5.5 points after seven rounds of the Asian Juniors Chess Championship at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Filipino Eric Labog, Jr. beat FM Orozbaev Eldiar of Kyrgyzstan to trail in close second together with IM Sugar Gan Erdene of Mongolia and FM Arman Hakemi of Iran.
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In the Girls division, WIM Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong beat top seed WIM Assel Serikbay of Kazakhstan to share the lead with WIM Ravi Rakshita of India at 5.5 points each. Rakshita beat WFM Mitra Asklgharzadeh of Iran.
