Solo leaders have emerged after five rounds of the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Visit chess-results.com for round by round standings and links to live games and official site.
Eldar Orozbaev of Kyrgyzstan leads the under-18 boys alone with 5 points.
Ragavesh Velavaa of India leads the under-16 boys alone with 4.5 points.
FM Radin Yadegar of Iran and FM Artyom Bogdanov of Kazakhstan share the lead in the under-14 boys with 4.5 points each.
Theophane Lenin Adkil of India and Ramtin Kakavand of Iran share the lead in the under-12 with 4.5 points each.
Aldiyar Kadyr of Kazakhstan grabbed solo lead with 5 points in the boys under-10.
Mohammad Taha Malaknzhad of Iran leads the under-8 boys alone with 5 points.
In the Girls division, WFM Anna Shukhman of Russia, playing under the FIDE flag, is alone with 5 points after same number of rounds.
Five players are tied for the lead in the Girls under-16 category.
Mariya N. Vlasova of Russia leads alone with 4.5 points in the Girls under-14 age group.
Tran Le Vy of Vietnam leads alone with a perfect 5 points in the Girls under-12.
Alisa Genrietta Yunker of Russia and Bijesh Divi of India share the lead in the Girls 10 with 4.5 points each.
Umesh Marathe Narayan of India leads the Girls-8 alone with 5 points.
