National Under-15 Chess Championship at Mangalore

By Vasanth BH

In the midway of the 34th BSNL National Sub Junior and 25th Sub Junior Girls Chess Championship held at Subramanya Sabha, Mangalore it is Girish Koushik of Karnataka the current U-13 National Champion and Asian medal winner Shalmali Gagare of Maharastra who have taken the lead. Girish is leading with full 6 points . Eight players are in the joint second spot with 5 pts. They are Debasish Das, Utkal Sahoo of Orissan, Aditya Udeshi of Maharastra, Stany of Karnataka,Fenil Shah of Gujarat,Priyadarshan of TN , Deepthamsh Reddy and Mehar Chinna Reddy of AP.
Girish Koushik of Karnataka was lucky in his top board game against Aditya Udeshi of Maharastra. In a game of Bogo Indian defence, Aditya equalised and had some advantage , but Girish gamble of attacking the king side paid off when Aditya moved his Queen overlooking the backrank weakness. On the 2nd board K.Priyadarshan of TN and Debasish Das of Karnataka fought hard before splitting the point. Debasish countered well against the h3 variation of Priyadarshan and won a knight in the 34th move.With both Queens on the board, Priyadarshan had pawn compensation for the piece in form of pawns. Seconds ticking away players unwilling to take risks signed a piece treaty. The game between 3rd seed Stany of Karnataka and Deepthamsh Reddy of AP was drawn in 40 moves from Rook and pawn endgame. Though a pawn up Stany could not convert owing to weak b6 pawn which was attacked by Deepthamsh.

Shalmali had a comfortable win over Teenu Thomas,when Teenu played a bad move to Nh6 which would not return back , it was curtains. Shalmali wisely moved the King to f8 square avoiding the exchange and the game ended in 49 moves in her favour. R.Bharathi of TN outplayed current U-13 National Champion J.Saranya in 34 moves.Bharathi playing the white side castled on the queen side against Saranya’s g6 variation of the RuyLopez. Saranya unable to find the right defence when her opponent attacked on the dark squares , overlooked a tactical shoot losing an exchange and the game as well. R.Bharathi of TN and Pallabi Roy of WB are following the leader with 5 pts apiece.

After the tiresome double rounds a day earlier , players are having some breathing time with 2 single rounds .With one more 2 round a day to go and subsequent single rounds the tournament is poised for an interesting finish . Amidst the tension the players and parents are thoroughly enjoying the breakfast , lunch and dinner which is served freely for all on all days , with appetizing varieties ranging from North to South and East to West. With V4 Media , the channel partner telecasting the tournament news daily, the organisers are determined to see that each and everyone should return home with sweet memories.

Results of Boys 6th round
Bo. Name IRtg Club Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg Club
1 Girish A Koushik 2161 KAR 6 bt 5 Udeshi Aditya 2262 MAH
2 Priyadharshan K 2245 TN 5 drew with 5 Debashis Das 2309 ORI
3 Deepthamsh Reddy M 1997 AP 5 drew with 5 Stany G A 2302 KAR
4 Ramnath Bhuvanesh R 2283 TN 4½ drew with 4½ Srikanth Ajay 2083 TN
5 G Akash 2053 TN 4 lost to 5 Mehar Chinna Reddy C H 2222 AP
6 Anand Raj S 1977 TN 4½ drew with 4½ Gusain Himal 2134 CHAN
7 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 2124 ORI 5 bt 4 Lokesh P 2081 TN
8 Das Sayantan 2112 WB 4½ drew with 4½ Ghosh Diptayan 2041 WB
9 Akash Pc Iyer 1956 TN 4 lost to 5 Fenil Shah 2111 GUJ
10 Gagare Shardul 2092 MAH 4½ drew with 4½ Harihara Sudan M 2039 TN
11 Krishna Prasad K C 2030 TN 4 drew with 4 Prasanna Rao 2311 MAH
12 Shiven Khosla 2206 MAH 4½ bt 3½ Patil Pratik 2005 MAH
13 Rishi Thariani 2008 DEL 4½ bt 3½ Tejas Ravichandran 2156 TN
14 Kulkarni Rakesh 2146 MAH 4½ bt 3½ Balkishan A 1972 KAR
15 Gahan M G 2113 KAR 3½ lost to 4½ Mohammed Fawaz 1967 KER
16 Jaswant G 1934 TN 3½ lost to 4½ Pranav Shetty 2105 MAH
17 Rajasekhar K 1647 AP 3½ lost to 4½ Navalgund Niranjan 2064 KAR
18 Kaushik S 2035 TN 3½ lost to 4½ Yohan J 1675 KER
19 Abhilash Reddy M L 2116 AP 4 bt 3½ Benadikar Shashank D 1863 KAR
20 Sai Prahlad K 1853 TN 4 bt 3 Sai Krishna G V 2166 AP
21 Sridhar R 1840 KAR 3 lost to 4 Antonio Viani D'cunha 2117 KAR
22 Kathmale Sameer 2111 MAH 4 bt 3 Jadhav Rohit 1848 MAH
23 Yashas D 2040 KAR 4 bt 3 Manush Shah 1845 GUJ
24 Atishay Ajmera 1987 RAJ 3 lost to 4 Sanjid Latheef 1844 KER
25 Ramalingam Karthik 1987 TN 3 lost to 4 Ameek Malhotra 1838 CHAN

Results of Girls after 6th round
Bo. Name IRtg Club Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg Club
1 Teenu Thomas 1875 KER 4½ lost to 5½ Gagare Shalmali 2110 MAH
2 Bharathi R 2031 TN 5 bt 4 Saranya J 2040 TN
3 Sahari J 1872 AP 4½ drew with 4½ Pujari Rucha 2022 MAH
4 Roy Pallabi 2018 WB 5 bt 4 Rathore Sonakshi 1855 RAJ
5 A Akshaya 1832 TN 4½ drew with 4½ Shristi J Shetty 1959 KAR
6 Sukanya Dutta 1949 WB 4 drew with 4 Deshmukh Sonia 1811 MAH
7 Supriya Joshi 1771 MAH 4½ bt 3½ Aparajita Gochhikar 1918 ORI
8 Shikha Shah 1885 GUJ 4 drew with 4 Preetika Tayal 1864 DEL
9 Mohana Priya J 2073 TN 3½ drew with 3½ Vanessa D`souza 1811 KAR
10 Savetha C H 1933 TN 3½ bt 3 Andria L D`souza 1664 KAR
11 Nandhidhaa P V 1823 TN 3½ bt 3 Chrisel Ann Pais 0 KAR
12 Birla ananyashree 1691 MAH 3 lost to 4½ Janani J 1807 TN
13 Krushna Mishra 1664 ORI 3½ drew with 3½ Soumya Shrivastava 1746 MAH
14 S Aarthysri 1738 TN 3½ drew with 3½ Prathipa L 1443 TN
15 Lenita Mathais 1605 KAR 3½ drew with 3½ Jeyassri B 1733 TN
16 Limaye gayatri 1495 MAH 3½ drew with 3½ Nivedhitha J G 1716 TN
17 Visalatchi R 1933 TN 3 drew with 3 Shrimoyee Ghosh 1619 WB
18 Priyamvada Karmcheti 0 AP 3 drew with 3 Nisha N Patkar 1849 KAR
19 Deeksha M R 0 KAR 2½ lost to 3½ Pansare Saee 1698 MAH
20 Savant Apoorva 1601 MAH 3½ bt 2½ Arthi B 1690 TN

 

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