XXIII National
Under-13 (Open & Girls) Chess
Championship 2009
Utkal Ranjan Sahoo and Lasya
Champions
By Gopa Kumar
New Delhi (19 Dec 09) :- Better tie break score helped
Orissa lad Utkal Ranjan Sahoo to clinch the National
Under-13 Open title here at Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra on
today. In a nail biting finish, World Under-10 champion
Girish Koushik and top seed Vaibhav Suri of Delhi along
with Utkal Ranjan Sahoo tied for the championship with 9
points. But better bucholz tie break score helped Sahoo
to secure the title while Girish stood second and local
hope Vaibhav satisfied with third spot finish.
In the girls’ championship being held simultaneously, G
Lasya of Andhrapradesh with 9 points fetched the title
by drawing her last round encounter against team mate
and top seed Cholleti Sahajasri. Bala Kannamma of
Tamilnadu and Sahajasri were tied for the second spot
with 8.5 points but the later have to content with third
spot as Bala had better tie break score to finish
second.
In the eventful eleventh and final round in the open
category, top three boards produced decisive results as
all the overnight leaders tried to get results in their
favour to notch up the pole position. Top seed Vaibhav
defeated Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra on the top board
while Girish got better of G Akash of Tamilnadu.
Eventual champion Utkal Ranjan overcame Karma Pandya of
Gujarat in the final round to secure the first place
finish.
During the closing ceremony, Delhi Chess Association
facilitated Delhi’s new Grandmaster Sriram Jha and All
India Chess Federation Secretary DV Sundar give away the
prizes in presence of International Master Tania Sachdev
and Bharat Singh, Secretary Delhi Chess Association.
Important Results (Open) Round-11 :- Vaibhav Suri of
Delhi (9) beat Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra (8); G
Akash of Tamilandu (8) lost to Girish A Koushik of
Karnataka (9); Utkal Ranjan Sahoo of Orissa (9) beat
Karma Pandya of Gujarat (8); Sayantan Das of West Bengal
(8.5) beat Shiven Khosla of Maharashtra (7.5); Varun V
of Andhrapradesh (7.5) lost to Prince Bajaj of Delhi
(8.5); Akash PC Iyer beat Manush Shah of Gujarat (7.5);
Nishvin J of Tamilnadu (8) beat Vaibhav S Bhat of
Maharashtra (7); Ayush Jugele of Maharashtra (8) beat
Chaithanyaa KG of Tamilnadu (7); Vishnu Gopakumar of
Kerala (7) lost to Siddarth M of Tamilnadu (8).
Important Results (Girls) Round-11:- Cholleti Sahajasri
of Andhrapradesh (8.5) drew with Lasya G of
Andhrapradesh (9); Rutuja Bakshi of Maharashtra (8) lost
to Bala Kannamma of Tamilnadu (8.5); Nandhidhaa PV of
Tamilnadu (8) drew with Sonakashi Rathore of Rajasthan
(8); Shweta Gole of Maharashtra (7.5) drew with Meenu
Priya of Tamilnadu (7.5); Ashwini U of Tamilnadu (8)
beat Janhavi Soneji of Maharashtra (7); Nisha N Patkar
of Karnataka (7) lost to Monnisha GK of Tamilnadu (7.5);
Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu (7.5) beat Arunima Goyal
of Chandigarh (6.5); Akshaya N of Tamilnadu (6.5) lost
to Madhurima Shekhar of Delhi (7.5); Sradhanjali Jena of
Orissa (7.5) beat G Uma Bharathi of Tamilnadu (6.5);
Soumya Shrivastava of Maharashtra (7) beat Meghna
Upadhyay of Madhyapradesh (6.5)
Final Standings (Open):-
(1) Utkal Ranjan Sahoo of Orissa with 9 points & 84.5
Bucholz tie break score
(2) Girish A Kosuhik of Karnataka with 9 points & 82.5
Bucholz tie break score
(3) Vaibhav Suri of Delhi with 9 points & 78.5 Bucholz
tie break score
(4) Sayantan Das of West Bengal with 9 points & 79
Bucholz tie break score
(5) Prince Bajaj of Delhi with 9 points & 75.5 Bucholz
tie break score
(6) Shardul Gagare of Maharashtra with 9 points & 82.5
Bucholz tie break score
(7) G Akash of Tamilnadu with 9 points & 80.5 Bucholz
tie break score
(8) Ayush Jugele of Maharashtra with 9 points & 79
Bucholz tie break score
(9) Akash PC Iyer of Tamilnadu with 9 points & 78
Bucholz tie break score
(10) Karma Pandya of Gujarat with 9 points & Bucholz
77.5 Bucholztie break score
Final Standings (Girls):-
(1) Lasya G of Andhrapradesh with 9 points & 74 Bucholz
tie break score
(2) Bala Kannamma P of Tamilnadu with 8.5 points & 76.5
Bucholz tie break score
(3) Cholleti Sahajasri of Andhrapradesh with 8.5 points
& 73.5 Bucholz tie break score
(4) Nandhidhaa PV of Tamilnadu with 8 points & 78.5
Bucholz tie break score
(5) Sonakashi Rathore of Rajasthan with 8 points & 77.5
Bucholz tie break score
(6) Rutuja Bakshi of Maharashtra with 8 points & 77
Bucholz tie break score
(7) Ashwini U of Tamilnadu with 8 points & 66.5 Bucholz
tie break score
(8) Meenu Priya of Tamilnadu with 7.5 points & 81
Bucholz tie break score
(9) Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu with 7.5 points & 77
Bucholz tie break score
(10) Monnisha GK of Tamilnadu with 7.5 points & 76.5
Bucholz tie break score
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