Ujjwal and Yashasvi win ARCA State under-15 2019

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/05/2019

Ujjwal Deep and Yashasvi Gupta of Jaipur are the champions in ARCA State under-15 Championship 2019. Ujjwal scored 7.0/8 to win the tournament. Raj Kumawat and Arun Kataria also finished at 7.0/8, however due to a better tie-break score, Ujjwal was declared Champion. Among the girls, Yashasvi Gupta, Elakshi Srivastava, Dakshita Kumawat and Tanish Bhagchandani finished at 6.0/8. Yashasvi was adjudged the winner due to her better tie-break score. Total Prize fund ₹101111 was up for grabs. The tournament was organized by Chess in Lakecity from 17th-19th May 2019. Photo: Vikas Sahu

Jaipur kids Ujjwal and Yashasvi prevail

All 40 Prize winners in one frame | Photo: Vikas Sahu

Guests present at the Prize Distribution Ceremony: Mukesh Mandloi, Verma, Branch Manager LIC, Rajeev Bhardwaj, President CIL, Advocate Manish Mogra, Kamlesh Choudhary, Dr. Om Sahu and IA Rajendra Teli, Chief Arbiter of the tournament.

Despite losing the penultimate round, Ujjwal finished strong and won the tournament. He also increased his rating by 28 ELO points. Ujjwal won ₹11111 and a trophy

Although Yashasvi started with a draw and lost a bit of rating points, she scored 6.0/8 and won the tournament. Yashasvi won ₹5000 and a trophy

Inaugural move is made by Mukesh Mandloi, Secretary of DCA Kota with IA Vikas Sahu, Secretary of Chess in Lakecity | Photo: Vikas Sahu

The tournament hall | Photo: Vikas Sahu

A little kid is trying to thwart opponent's threats on the board | Photo: Vikas Sahu

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Ujjwal Deep	U15		IND	1599	JAIPUR	7,0	0,0	43,0	34,0
2	4	Raj Kumawat	U15		IND	1515	CHESS IN LAKECITY	7,0	0,0	42,5	32,0
3	2	Arun Kataria	U13		IND	1650	CHESS IN LAKECITY	7,0	0,0	41,0	32,0
4	9	Yajat Vyas	U15		IND	1266	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,5	0,5	45,0	34,0
5	1	Arora Honi	U13		IND	1663	JAIPUR	6,5	0,5	42,5	33,5
6	39	Raj Kapoor	U11		IND	1036	JAIPUR	6,0	0,0	44,0	32,5
7	7	Garg Shivam	U13		IND	1404	JAIPUR	6,0	0,0	43,0	31,5
8	5	Vrashank Chouhan	U13		IND	1481	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	40,5	32,0
9	15	Aniruddh Khandelwal	U11		IND	1191	JAIPUR	6,0	0,0	40,0	29,5
10	8	Aayush Bhojak	U11		IND	1270	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	39,0	30,0
11	6	Yashasvi Gupta	F13	w	IND	1408	JAIPUR	6,0	0,0	39,0	29,5
12	68	Elakshi Srivastava	F11	w	IND	0	JAIPUR	6,0	0,0	39,0	29,5
13	18	Himanshu Trivedi	U13		IND	1150	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	37,5	27,5
14	17	Dakshita Kumawat	F11	w	IND	1184	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	37,0	27,5
15	24	Tanisha Bhagchandani	F11	w	IND	1121	JODHPUR	6,0	0,0	36,0	26,5
16	80	Khushi Mishra	F15	w	IND	0	CHESS IN LAKECITY	5,5	0,0	40,5	30,5
17	16	Ashmil Saxena	U13		IND	1184	JAIPUR	5,5	0,0	39,5	30,0
18	21	Pranay Chordia	U13		IND	1132	CHESS IN LAKECITY	5,5	0,0	39,5	29,0
19	20	Aashi Upadhyay	F11	w	IND	1135	JAIPUR	5,5	0,0	36,5	27,5
20	30	Yatee Kothari	F09	w	IND	1089	JAIPUR	5,5	0,0	36,0	27,5

Complete Standings

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