National Under-15 Chess Championship at Mangalore

By Vasanth BH

The winning spree of Girish Koushik of Karnataka was halted today in the 7th round when he lost to Debasish Das of WB. From the black side of the Kalashnikov variation Girish played steadily to gain a better position only to lose later. Though Debasish had two bishops against Girish’s two knights it was far from clear. Debasish exchanged a strong knight on c5 square and controlled the light squares with his bishop. Later he went on to pickup the weak d6 and a5 pawns to win the game in 53 moves.With this timely win Debasish Das of Orissa has joined Girish Koushik of Karnataka, Aditya Udeshi of Maharastra and Utkal Ranjan Sahoo of Orissa to lead the table with 6 pts. Third seeded Stany of Karnataka played some weak moves to lose the game in 48 moves from the 2nd board. He lost an exchange in the midway and nothing to show for it and Utkal converted his advantage perfectly .
Shiven Kosla of Maharastra played an enterprising chess to win over Fenil Shah of Gujarat. Shiven playing the black side of the Sicilian , castled on the queen side, pushed the pawn in front of the king and had Fenil perplexed to end up with better rook endgame to win in 46 moves. Aditya Udeshi of Maharastra defeated Deepthamsh Reddy of AP in 60 moves. Though Aditya was two pawns up he had to play the Rook and opposite colour bishop ending precisely to notch the point.Overnight leader in the girls section Shalmali Gagare drew her game against R.Bharathi of TN. Shalmali was saddled with weak d3 pawn but with sufficient defensive resources. Both the players uninterested in this position, signed a piece treaty in 24 moves. 2nd board saw Pallabhi Roy of WB and Shristy Shetty of Karnataka draw quickly in 18 moves. Teenu’s passive play was punished by Rucha Pujari of Maharastra in 26 moves . In a game of Closed Sicilian Teenu’s Knight move led to her downfall like in the previous game, allowing Rucha to fork and win a piece.
Shalmali Gagare of Maharastra with 6pts enjoys a slender half a point lead over her nearest rivals R.Bharathi of TN, Rucha Pujari of Maharastra and Pallabhi Roy of WB who are on the jointsecond spot with 5.5 pts apiece.
Important results of Boys section after seventh round
 

Bo. Name IRtg Club Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg Club
1 Debashis Das 2309 ORI 6 bt 6 Girish A Koushik 2161 KAR
2 Stany G A 2302 KAR 5 lost to 6 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 2124 ORI
3 Udeshi Aditya 2262 MAH 6 bt 5 Deepthamsh Reddy M 1997 AP
4 Mehar Chinna Reddy C H 2222 AP 5½ drew with 5½ Priyadharshan K 2245 TN
5 Fenil Shah 2111 GUJ 5 lost to 5½ Shiven Khosla 2206 MAH
6 Ghosh Diptayan 2041 WB 5 drew with 5 Ramnath Bhuvanesh R 2283 TN
7 Navalgund Niranjan 2064 KAR 4½ lost to 5½ Kulkarni Rakesh 2146 MAH
8 Gusain Himal 2134 CHAN 5½ bt 4½ Harihara Sudan M 2039 TN
9 Mohammed Fawaz 1967 KER 5 drew with 5 Das Sayantan 2112 WB
10 Pranav Shetty 2105 MAH 5½ bt 4½ Rishi Thariani 2008 DEL
11 Yohan J 1675 KER 4½ lost to 5½ Gagare Shardul 2092 MAH
12 Srikanth Ajay 2083 TN 5½ bt 4½ Anand Raj S 1977 TN
13 Prasanna Rao 2311 MAH 5 bt 4 Ankesh Dubey 1967 MP
14 Antonio Viani D'cunha 2117 KAR 5 bt 4 Anchit Vyas 1935 MP
15 Akash Pc Iyer 1956 TN 4 lost to 5 Abhilash Reddy M L 2116 AP
16 Rupesh Ranjan 1924 BIH 4 lost to 5 Kathmale Sameer 2111 MAH
17 Lokesh P 2081 TN 5 bt 4 Jitendria Vel S 1904 TN
18 Shantanil Simlai 1906 WB 4 lost to 5 G Akash 2053 TN
19 Sanjid Latheef 1844 KER 4 lost to 5 Yashas D 2040 KAR
20 Ameek Malhotra 1838 CHAN 4½ drew with 4½ Krishna Prasad K C 2030 TN
21 Bavankumar 1984 TN 5 bt 4 Dinesh Kumaar R 1867 TN
22 Tejas Ravichandran 2156 TN 4½ bt 4 Sai Prahlad K 1853 TN
23 Yogesh Gautam 1811 HAR 3½ lost to 4½ Gahan M G 2113 KAR
24 Akshay Khator 1775 CHAT 3½ lost to 4½ Kaushik S 2035 TN
25 Patil Pratik 2005 MAH 4 drew with 4 Sayan Majumdar 1759 WB

Important results of Girls section after seventh round
Bo. Name IRtg Club Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg Club
1 Gagare Shalmali 2110 MAH 6 drew with 5½ Bharathi R 2031 TN
2 Shristi J Shetty 1959 KAR 5 drew with 5½ Roy Pallabi 2018 WB
3 Pujari Rucha 2022 MAH 5½ bt 4½ Teenu Thomas 1875 KER
4 A Akshaya 1832 TN 5 drew with 5 Sahari J 1872 AP
5 Saranya J 2040 TN 5 bt 4½ Supriya Joshi 1771 MAH
6 Rathore Sonakshi 1855 RAJ 5 bt 4 Sukanya Dutta 1949 WB
7 Deshmukh Sonia 1811 MAH 4 lost to 5 Savetha C H 1933 TN
8 Vanessa D`souza 1811 KAR 4 lost to 5 Shikha Shah 1885 GUJ
9 Preetika Tayal 1864 DEL 5 bt 4 Nandhidhaa P V 1823 TN
10 Janani J 1807 TN 4½ drew with 4 S Aarthysri 1738 TN
11 Prathipa L 1443 TN 3½ lost to 4½ Mohana Priya J 2073 TN
12 Aparajita Gochhikar 1918 ORI 4½ bt 3½ Lenita Mathais 1605 KAR
13 Soumya Shrivastava 1746 MAH 4 drew with 4 Diotima Dutta Gupta 1682 WB
14 Jeyassri B 1733 TN 4 drew with 4 Savant Apoorva 1601 MAH
15 Nivedhitha J G 1716 TN 3½ lost to 4½ Krushna Mishra 1664 ORI
16 Pansare Saee 1698 MAH 3½ lost to 4½ Limaye gayatri 1495 MAH
17 Arunima Kalra 1519 DEL 4 bt 3 Visalatchi R 1933 TN
18 Nisha N Patkar 1849 KAR 3 lost to 4 Priya V S S 1530 AP
19 Shrimoyee Ghosh 1619 WB 3½ drew with 3½ Priya Sandhya P 1821 TN
20 Abinaya Sen S 0 PON 3½ drew with 3½ Birla ananyashree 1691 MAH
21 Andria L D`souza 1664 KAR 4 bt 3 A sohita 0 KER
22 Bhuvaneshwari R 1650 TN 4 bt 3 Aishwarya R 0 TN
23 Anku Kumari 0 BIH 4 bt 3 Shristi Gautam 1635 BIH
24 Chrisel Ann Pais 0 KAR 3 lost to 4 Shalon Joanne Pais 1624 KAR
25 Anushka K C 0 KAR 3 drew with 3½ Priyamvada Karmcheti 0 AP

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