Harshal and Meghna Champion


Commonwealth Silver medalist Harshal Shahi of Modern School won the National Under-9 Open Title by defeating Jerome Jorge Ebenezer of Tamilnadu in the eleventh and final round. In all Harshal notched 10 points.

In the Girls under-9 championship being held simultaneously, second seed and Commonwealth Under-10 Gold Medalist C H Meghna of Kerala with nine points fetched the title by drawing her last round game against Niveditha K of Tamilnadu.

In the final round, Harshal just needed a draw to secure the title but he turned down the draw offer made by Jerome in the early stages of the game and went on to wrap up the tournament in style with a resounding 32 moves victory in Guico Piano Opening. Jeet Jain and Hetul Shah both from Gujarat finished second and third place respectively. Jeet shocked top seed Arjun Bharat of Karnataka while second seed Hetual had to be satisfied with a draw against Dhonnar Nachiket of Maharashtra in the final round game.


In the girls section, Meghna played it safe and accepted the draw offer made by Niveditha after 47 moves and tied for the pole position along with World Under-8 champion Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa with nine points. Ivana beat state mate Savant Riya in the final round but she had to be content with the runner up spot as Meghna had a better progressive score than her. Shiny Das of Tripura finished third with eight points.


Final Standings (Boys) :- (1) Harshal Shahi of Delhi with 10 points (2) Jeet Jain of Gujarat with 9 points (3) Hetul Shah of Gujarat with 8.5 points (4) Jerome Jorge Ebenezer of Tamilnadu with 8.5 points (5) Dhonnar Nachiket of Maharashtra with 8.5 points (6) Anirudh V Bhat of Goa with 8 points (7) R U Anatharam of Karnataka with 8 points (8) Aditya Hiren Vaidya of Gujarat with 8 points (9) Pavit Singh of Delhi with 8 points (10) Abhimanyu Puranik of Maharashtra with 8 points.


Final Standings (Girls) :- (1) Meghna C H of Kerala with 9 points (2) Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa with 9 points (3) Shiny Das of Tripura with 8 points (4) Hilmi Parveen of Kerala with 8 points (5) Niveditha K of Tamilnadu with 8 points (6) Chandreyee Hazra of West Bengal with 8 points (7) Manjula R of Tamilnadu with 7.5 points (8) Riya Savant of Goa with 7.5 points (9) Tejaswini Sagar of Maharashtra with 7.5 points (10) Rutuja Bakshi of Maharashtra with 7.5 points.



Important Results (Round – 11 Boys) :- Harshal Shahi of Delhi (10) beat Jerome Jorge Ebenezer of Tamilnadu (8.5), Hetul Shah of Gujarat (8.5) drew with Dhonnar Nachiket of Mahrashtra (8.5), Jeet Jain of Gujarat (9) beat Arjun Bharat of Karnataka (7.5), Pavit Singh of Delhi (8) drew with Aditya Hiren Vaidya of Gujarat (8), Anirudh V Bhat of Goa (8) drew with Adarsh Shrivastava of Uttarpradesh (8), Poras Sanjay Kolgane of Maharashtra (8) beat Saivishvesh C of Tamilnadu (7.5), Karthikeyan Murali of Tamilnadu (8) beat Sreyan Bhowmick of West Bengal (7), Raloue Kapoor of Maharashtra (7) lost to R U Anatharam of Karnataka (8), Sabhareesh M of Tamilnadu (8) beat Ankit Sinha of West Bengal (7), Ritviz Parab of Goa (7) lost to Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamilnadu (8)


Important Results (Round – 11 Girls) :- Meghna C H of Kerala (9) drew with Niveditha K of Tamilnadu (8), Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa (9) beat Riya Savant of Goa (7.5), Manjula R of Tamilnadu (7.5) lost to Hilmi Parveen of Kerala (8), Chandreyee Hazra of West Bengal (8) beat Kratika Shekhawat of Rajasthan (7), Gauri Keshav Hadkonkar of Goa (7) lost to Shiny Das of Tripura (8), Ekisha Basu of Maharashtra (6.5) lost to Saughanthika A S of Tamilnadu (7.5), Priyanka S of Andhrpradesh (6.5) lost to Tejaswini Sagar of Maharashtra (7.5), Rutuja Bakshi of Maharashtra (7.5) beat Rakshana K of Tamilnadu (6.5), Preethy P of Pondicherry (7) beat Abirami Ravi of Tamilnadu (6), Shreya Sankalp of Bihar (6) lost to Bansi Prathima of Andhrapradesh (7).