Ilamparthi A R and Sneha Halder win 32nd National under-9

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/09/2018

Ilamparthi suffered his first and only loss in the last round against Kush Bhagat of Maharashtra. However, that did not change anything for him, as Ilamparthi had already become champion after the conclusion of 10th round. Sneha drew her final round game against Indira. She needed Suhaani to win for her to become champion and that is what exactly happened. Mayank Chakraborty, Yash Bharadia and Kush Bhagat all three of them scored 9.0/11 and they secured 2nd, 3rd and 4th position respectively. In the girls section, Suhaan Lohia scored 9.0/11 and finished 2nd, while Indira Priyadharshini Subbu scored 8.5/11 and secured 3rd position. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Ilamparthi and Sneha are the best in National under-9

The champions of 32nd National under-9 : Sneha Halder and Ilamparthi A R

Ilamparthi had a dream run...

...until the last round when Kush Bhagat became the only one to defeat the champ. His 'What' on his wrist echoes his game in the last round

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CM Kush Bhagat's biggest takeaway from this tournament would be to defeat the champion in his category, Ilamparthi A R.

Here is a game annotated by the champion Ilamparthi himself:

Mayank Chakraborty of Assam played a sharp game in the final round and checkmated his opponent in just 34 moves

Mayank got an early advantage when his opponent made a mistake in Nimzo-Indian Defence. However, he allowed his opponent Aakash G of Tamil Nadu to escape with a compensation of two pawns for a Knight. In a few moves, he managed to trap Aakash's Bishop and eventually checkmate him in another 10 moves.

Yash Bharadia of Rajasthan won his last round game comfortably and 3rd position

Sneha played safe and drew her final round game against...

...Indira Priyadharshini Subbu of Tamil Nadu who dominated the early half of the tournament

Suhaani Lohia's devastating attack in the opening finished the game in a miniature of only 20 moves

Youngest boy in the open category was 5-years old Madhvendra Pratap Sharma of Madhya Pradesh. He scored 3.0/11

Prize Distribution Ceremony photos:

Champion in the Open category: Ilamparthi A R of Tamil Nadu, scored 10.0/11, received a trophy and ₹26000 cash

Champion in the Girls category: Sneha Halder of West Bengal, scored 9.0/11, received a trophy and ₹26000 cash

Mayank Chakraborty of Assam scored 9.0/11 and secured 2nd position due to a better tie-break score, bagged home a memento and ₹20000 cash

Yash Bharadia of Rajasthan also scored 9.0/11, secured 3rd position. He got a memento and ₹13400 cash

CM Kush Bhagat of Maharashtra scored 9.0/11 was placed 4th. He got ₹8000 cash

Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande of Maharashtra scored 8.5/11 and secured 5th position. He took home ₹5400 cash

Sparsh Bisht of Haryana was undefeated, he finished with 8.5/11 and was placed 6th. He bagged home ₹4000 cash

Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam of Telengana remained undefeated, scored 8.5/11 and finished at 7th position. He got ₹2000 cash

Abhyuday Santosh of Karnataka scored 8.0/11 and secured 8th position. He took home ₹2000 cash

Aakash G of Tamil Nadu finished with 8.0/11 and was placed 9th. He won ₹2000 cash

Md Imran of Andhra Pradesh scored 8.0/11 and finished at 10th position. He won ₹2000 cash

WCM Suhaani Lohia of Maharashtra scored 9.0/11 and was placed 2nd. She won ₹20000 cash

Indira Priyadharshini Subbu of Tamil Nadu scored 8.5/11 and secured 3rd position. She received ₹13400 cash

Debapriya Manna of West Bengal scored 8.5/11 and was placed 4th. She bagged home ₹8000 cash

WCM Shriyana S Mallya of Karnataka scored 8.5/11 and secured 5th position. She got ₹5400 cash

WCM Shefali A N of Karnataka scored 8.5/11 and finished at 6th position. She took home ₹4000 cash

Disha Patil of Maharashtra is the only unrated player to finish in top 10, scored 8.0/11 and finished at 7th position. She bagged home ₹2000 cash

Hiya Panchal of Gujarat scored 8.0/11 and finished at 8th position. She received ₹2000 cash

Pournami S of Kerala scored 8.0/11 and finished at 9th position. She got ₹2000 cash.

Devaki Nandana of Andhra Pradesh scored 8.0/11 and finished at 10th position. She received ₹2000 cash

Video Gallery:

Interview with Ilamparthi A R and his coach Sa Krishna

Interview with Sneha Halder and her father Bhogirath Halder

Deepak Kumar Maroo, President of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and industry was the Chief Guest of the Prize Distribution Ceremony. The tournament witnessed over 425 players from over 25 different states all across the country. The tournament was organized by Ranchi District Chess Association at Digambar Jain Bhawan in Ranchi, Jharkhand from 15th to 23rd September 2018.

Round 11 results in open category

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	Ilamparthi A R	1926	Tamil Nadu	10	0 - 1	8	CM	Bhagat Kush	1539	Maharashtra	8
2	2	Aakash G	1673	Tamil Nadu	8	0 - 1	8		Mayank Chakraborty	1655	Assam	4
3	45	Md Imran	1249	Andhra Pradesh	8	0 - 1	8		Bharadia Yash	1525	Rajasthan	9
4	3	Sadbhav Rautela	1670	Uttaranchal	7½	½ - ½	7½		Abhyuday Santhosh	1393	Karnataka	16
5	7	Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	1574	Maharashtra	7½	1 - 0	7½	AFM	Arul Prakash N	1377	Tamil Nadu	18
6	17	Barnil Kumar Das	1379	Assam	7½	0 - 1	7½		Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam	1445	Telengana	12
7	15	Sparsh Bisht	1396	Haryana	7½	1 - 0	7½		Pranav K P	1312	Tamil Nadu	34
8	5	Daaevik Wadhawan	1620	Delhi	7	1 - 0	7		Arshpreet Singh	1291	Haryana	36
9	31	Arnav Pradhan	1322	Telengana	7	½ - ½	7		Priansh Das	1594	Odisha	6
10	38	Singla Aaryan	1286	Maharashtra	7	0 - 1	7		Apoorv Kamble	1502	Karnataka	10

Round 11 results in girls category

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	10		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1178	Tamil Nadu	8	½ - ½	8½		Sneha Halder	1245	Bengal	5
2	3		Panchal Hiya	1267	Gujrat	8	0 - 1	8	WCM	Suhaani Lohia	1235	Maharashtra	6
3	67		Behera Snehayukta	0	Odisha	7½	0 - 1	7½	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1278	Karnataka	1
4	38		Debapriya Manna	1036	Bengal	7½	1 - 0	7½		Palak Mohapatra	1267	Odisha	2
5	7	WCM	Shefali A N	1224	Karnataka	7½	1 - 0	7½		Arushi Srichandan	1132	Odisha	16
6	17		Pournami S	1126	Kerala	7	1 - 0	7½		Sanikommu Manasvi	1164	Karnataka	12
7	125		Shah Hiya	0	Maharashtra	7	0 - 1	7		Devaki Nandana	1110	Andhra Pradesh	20
8	29		Vaishnavi R Rao	1075	Karnataka	7	1 - 0	7		Patil Divya	1107	Maharashtra	22
9	23		Sarvani Cheedella	1101	Andhra Pradesh	7	0 - 1	7		Patil Disha	0	Maharashtra	104
10	25		Srishanthi G	1090	Telengana	7	1 - 0	7		Asmita Avijit Ray	1048	Goa	34

Final standings in open category

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1		Ilamparthi A R		IND	1926	Tamil Nadu	10,0	0,0	79,5	85,0	76,00	10
2	4		Mayank Chakraborty		IND	1655	Assam	9,0	0,0	80,0	85,0	66,50	8
3	9		Bharadia Yash		IND	1525	Rajasthan	9,0	0,0	77,0	82,0	64,50	8
4	8	CM	Bhagat Kush		IND	1539	Maharashtra	9,0	0,0	74,5	79,0	65,00	7
5	7		Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande		IND	1574	Maharashtra	8,5	0,0	72,0	78,0	58,75	8
6	15		Sparsh Bisht		IND	1396	Haryana	8,5	0,0	70,5	75,5	57,75	6
7	12		Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam		IND	1445	Telengana	8,5	0,0	70,5	74,0	55,50	6
8	16		Abhyuday Santhosh		IND	1393	Karnataka	8,0	0,0	77,0	81,0	54,25	6
9	2		Aakash G		IND	1673	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	76,5	81,0	54,50	7
10	45		Md Imran		IND	1249	Andhra Pradesh	8,0	0,0	74,5	78,5	52,25	7
11	29		Daakshin Arun		IND	1326	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	73,0	78,5	52,50	8
12	3		Sadbhav Rautela		IND	1670	Uttaranchal	8,0	0,0	73,0	77,0	53,50	6
13	105		Agarwal Mukund H		IND	1095	Gujrat	8,0	0,0	72,5	78,0	53,25	7
14	10		Apoorv Kamble		IND	1502	Karnataka	8,0	0,0	71,0	74,5	51,00	8
15	44		Vaibhav Kalpaka		IND	1250	Karnataka	8,0	0,0	68,5	73,5	49,00	7
16	5		Daaevik Wadhawan		IND	1620	Delhi	8,0	0,0	68,0	72,5	51,00	6
17	23		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa		IND	1347	Assam	8,0	0,0	67,0	72,0	50,75	7
18	6		Priansh Das		IND	1594	Odisha	7,5	0,0	73,0	78,5	49,25	7
19	28		Suhaas A		IND	1327	Telengana	7,5	0,0	73,0	78,0	48,50	6
20	51		Panda Hrishikesh		IND	1223	Odisha	7,5	0,0	73,0	74,0	45,50	5

Final standings in girls category

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	5		Sneha Halder	w	IND	1245	Bengal	9,0	1,0	72,5	76,5	58,50	8
2	6	WCM	Suhaani Lohia	w	IND	1235	Maharashtra	9,0	0,0	71,0	74,5	60,00	8
3	10		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	w	IND	1178	Tamil Nadu	8,5	0,0	77,5	82,5	61,50	8
4	38		Debapriya Manna	w	IND	1036	Bengal	8,5	0,0	77,5	82,0	61,00	8
5	1	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	w	IND	1278	Karnataka	8,5	0,0	75,0	79,0	58,50	8
6	7	WCM	Shefali A N	w	IND	1224	Karnataka	8,5	0,0	70,0	73,0	52,25	7
7	104		Patil Disha	w	IND	0	Maharashtra	8,0	0,0	76,5	83,0	58,00	8
8	3		Panchal Hiya	w	IND	1267	Gujrat	8,0	0,0	75,0	79,0	52,50	8
9	17		Pournami S	w	IND	1126	Kerala	8,0	0,0	74,0	75,0	51,75	7
10	20		Devaki Nandana	w	IND	1110	Andhra Pradesh	8,0	0,0	67,0	71,5	50,75	7
11	25		Srishanthi G	w	IND	1090	Telengana	8,0	0,0	65,0	69,0	46,50	7
12	29		Vaishnavi R Rao	w	IND	1075	Karnataka	8,0	0,0	64,5	68,5	48,00	8
13	12		Sanikommu Manasvi	w	IND	1164	Karnataka	7,5	0,0	73,0	78,0	48,75	7
14	2		Palak Mohapatra	w	IND	1267	Odisha	7,5	0,0	72,5	76,5	47,25	7
15	67		Behera Snehayukta	w	IND	0	Odisha	7,5	0,0	72,5	76,5	47,00	7
16	39		Mukherjee Shreya	w	IND	1036	Maharashtra	7,5	0,0	72,0	74,5	46,75	6
17	49		Aanya Agrawal	w	IND	0	Haryana	7,5	0,0	70,5	76,0	48,50	7
18	16		Arushi Srichandan	w	IND	1132	Odisha	7,5	0,0	69,0	74,0	45,25	7
19	47		Arshiya Das	w	IND	1006	Tripura	7,5	0,0	61,5	65,5	43,25	7
20	46		Jasmaira Gumber	w	IND	1012	Uttaranchal	7,5	0,0	59,5	63,0	41,50	6

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