{
  "id": 19987371,
  "title": "Maharashtra Schools Chess Championship: 4 Players Share Under-9 Open Lead After Four Rounds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/maharashtra-schools-chess-championship-4-players-share-under-9-open",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T13:44:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/maharashtra-schools-chess-championship-4-players-share-under-9-open-lead-after-four-rounds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Maharashtra Schools Chess Championship 2026, organized by Indian Chess School, has seen several intense competitions among the young chess prodigies. After four rounds of the second stage at Rustomjee Cambridge International School, four players are currently sharing the lead in the Under-9 Open category, each with a perfect score of four points. In the Under-13 Open category, a three-way contest is underway, with Om Dayanand Ramgude, Vihaan Anupam Agrawal, and Kashyap Brijesh Khakharia all holding perfect scores of four points. Meanwhile, the Under-17 Open category is dominated by top seed AIM Hriday Maniar, who has won all four games to lead the competition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}