Daksh Goyal and Mrittika Mallick are National Sub-Junior Open and Girls 2023 Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/01/2024

Daksh Goyal (DEL), Jihan Tejas Shah (GUJ) and Samyak Dharewa (WB) scored 8.5/11 each at 48th National Sub-Junior Under-15 Open 2023. Daksh won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Jihan and Samyak were placed second and third respectively. Only Daksh remained undefeated among them. Mrittika Mallick (WB) scored 9/11 to become champion in 39th National Sub-Junior Under-15 Girls 2023. Despite losing the fourth round and scoring a half point in the next round, she won the next five games and finished a half point ahead of the rest. Her statemate Sneha Halder (WB) secured second place 8.5/11. Sannidhi Ramakrishna Bhat (MAH), the only girl to beat the eventual champion, Mrittika, finished third 8/11. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹900000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹90000, ₹70000 and ₹58000 each respectively. Photos: Raksha Jajoo

West Bengal claims maximum podium

Paras Dilip Bhoir (MAH), Daksh Goyal (DEL) and Jihan Tejas Shah (GUJ) were the three leaders 8/10 heading into the final round. Daksh drew with Jihan, top seed IM Mayank Chakraborty (ASM) and Samyak Dharewa (WB) defeated Paras and FM Md. Imran (AP) respectively. Daksh became champion in Open section, Jihan second and Samyak third. In the Girls section, Mrittika Mallick (WB) was the sole leader 8.5/10 going into the last round. She drew against Sachi Jain (DEL) to become a clear champion 9.5/11. Sneha Halder (WB) and Sannidhi Ramakrishna Bhat (MAH) won their respective games against Sherali Pattnaik (UTT) and Nivedita V C (TN). This is Daksh's second AICF National triumph after he won the 10th National Amateur Below 2000 Open 2023. For Mrittika, it is her third National title. She is the reigning 33rd National Under-17 Girls 2023 champion and in 2022, she won 34th National Under-14 Girls Championship.

48th National Sub-Junior Under-15 Open champion - Daksh Goyal (DEL) 8.5/11

39th National Sub-Junior Under-15 Girls champion - Mrittika Mallick (WB) 9/11

Runner-up in Open - Jihan Tejas Shah (GUJ) 8.5/11

Runner-up in Girls - Sneha Halder (WB) 8.5/11

Second Runner-up in Open - Samyak Dharewa (WB) 8.5/11

Secon Runner-up in Girls - Sannidhi Ramakrishna Bhat (MAH) 8/11

Top 3 in Open (L to R): 2nd Samyak Dharewa (WB) 8.5/11, 1st Daksh Goyal (DEL) 8.5/11 and 3rd Jihan Tejas Shah (GUJ) 8.5/11

Top 3 in Girls (L to R): 2nd Sannidhi Ramakrishna Bhat (MAH) 8/11, 1st Mrittika Mallick (WB) 9/11 and 2nd Sneha Halder (WB) 8.5/11

Mayank - Daksh, Round 8

Position after 35.Nd7?

35.Nd7? was a questionable decision by IM Mayank Chakraborty (ASM, 2403). 35.Rb7 Rxb7 36.Nxb7 Qb6 37.Nc5 would have allowed White to get rid of the b3-pawn. However 35.Nd7 created an opportunity for Black Qxd7 36.Rxd7 Kxd7 now White cannot take the passed b-pawn. Moreover, Black can combine the powefr of rook and knight to promote his pawn with ease. That happened in the game and he went on to win.

Daksh Goyal (DEL) in action

Daksh Goyal scored an unbeaten 8.5/11 and gained 115.2 Elo rating points

Mrittika - Shubhi, Round 9

Position after 23...Qg5?

WFM Shubhi Gupta (UP, 1902) made a critical error 23...Qg5? in a sharp position. Mrittika Mallick (WB, 1970) correctly found the best continuation 24.Rf5 Qe3+ 25.Bf2 Qxe4 26.Rxf7+ and White won the game in the next few moves. This crucial victory put Mrittika in the sole lead, heading into the penultimate round.

Mrittika Mallick (WB) en route her victory against WFM Shubhi Gupta (UP)

Mrittika Mallick scored 9/11, suffered only one loss against the eventual second runner-up and finished a half point ahead of the competition

A total of 125 including an IM in the Open and 74 players in the Girls tournament took part from various states across the country. The events were organized by Jalgaon District Chess Association at Anubhūti School in Jalgaon, Maharashtra from 27th December to 4th January 2024. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

Open Round 11 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	15		Daksh, Goyal	1814	Delhi	8	½ - ½	8		Jihan, Tejas Shah	1891	Gujarat	10	PGN
2	1	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	2403	Assam	7	1 - 0	8		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	1808	Maharashtra	17	PGN
3	7		Samyak, Dharewa	1939	West Bengal	7½	1 - 0	7½	FM	Md, Imran	2174	Andhra Pradesh	3	PGN
4	5	CM	Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi	1982	Maharashtra	7	1 - 0	7		Rohith, S	1757	Tamil Nadu	22	PGN
5	20		Bivor, Adak	1791	West Bengal	7	½ - ½	7	CM	Mrithyunjay, Mahadevan	1944	Tamil Nadu	6	PGN
6	24		Vatsal, Singla	1714	Delhi	7	½ - ½	7		Jain, Kushagra	1804	Maharashtra	18	PGN
7	19		Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	1803	Madhya Pradesh	7	½ - ½	7		Tirth, Jayeshkumar Parmar	1612	Gujarat	40	PGN
8	23		Sherla, Prathamesh	1726	Maharashtra	6½	1 - 0	6½	CM	Shaik, Sumer Arsh	2255	Telangana	2	PGN
9	45		Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth	1595	Karnataka	6½	½ - ½	6½		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	2028	Telangana	4	PGN
10	8		Ankit, Ray	1898	West Bengal	6½	1 - 0	6½		Mokshith, Pasupulety	1478	Telangana	62	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	15		Daksh, Goyal	IND	1814	Delhi	8,5	72,5	77,5	58,75	6
2	10		Jihan, Tejas Shah	IND	1891	Gujarat	8,5	71	76	56,75	7
3	7		Samyak, Dharewa	IND	1939	West Bengal	8,5	68	73	54,50	7
4	17		Bhoir, Paras Dilip	IND	1808	Maharashtra	8	74,5	80	56,25	6
5	1	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty	IND	2403	Assam	8	71,5	76	52,75	6
6	5	CM	Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi	IND	1982	Maharashtra	8	64	69	49,75	7
7	3	FM	Md, Imran	IND	2174	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	75,5	81	53,00	5
8	19		Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	IND	1803	Madhya Pradesh	7,5	71	76	49,00	6
9	20		Bivor, Adak	IND	1791	West Bengal	7,5	70,5	75,5	47,25	6
10	24		Vatsal, Singla	IND	1714	Delhi	7,5	70	75	47,75	6
11	18		Jain, Kushagra	IND	1804	Maharashtra	7,5	67,5	72	46,75	5
12	23		Sherla, Prathamesh	IND	1726	Maharashtra	7,5	66,5	70,5	44,75	7
13	6	CM	Mrithyunjay, Mahadevan	IND	1944	Tamil Nadu	7,5	65,5	70,5	45,75	6
14	8		Ankit, Ray	IND	1898	West Bengal	7,5	65	70	47,00	6
15	40		Tirth, Jayeshkumar Parmar	IND	1612	Gujarat	7,5	63	67	42,25	6
16	4		Vignesh, Advaith Vemula	IND	2028	Telangana	7	71	76,5	47,25	4
17	31	AFM	Ashwinth, Michael	IND	1661	Tamil Nadu	7	70	74,5	46,25	6
18	27		Agnivo, Chakraborty	IND	1690	West Bengal	7	69	74	45,00	4
19	22		Rohith, S	IND	1757	Tamil Nadu	7	68	73	43,75	6
20	11		Arshpreet, Singh	IND	1878	Haryana	7	65,5	70	41,75	6

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Girls Round 11 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	1		Mrittika, Mallick	1970	West Bengal	8½	½ - ½	7½		Sachi, Jain	1844	Delhi	3	PGN
2	13		Sherali, Pattnaik	1575	Uttarakhand	7½	0 - 1	7½		Sneha, Halder	1766	West Bengal	4	PGN
3	2	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	1902	Uttar Pradesh	7	1 - 0	7		Akshaya, Sathi	1542	Karnataka	14	PGN
4	9	ACM	Nivedita, V C	1638	Tamil Nadu	7	0 - 1	7		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	1637	Maharashtra	10	PGN
5	27		Hanya, Shah	1429	Gujarat	7	0 - 1	7		Aamuktha, Guntaka	1532	Andhra Pradesh	16	PGN
6	25		Yashvi, Jain	1442	Telangana	7	1 - 0	6½	WCM	Anupam, M Sreekumar	1642	Kerala	8	PGN
7	19		Ananya, Raman	1505	Tamil Nadu	6½	0 - 1	6½		Saparya, Ghosh	1662	West Bengal	7	PGN
8	21		Asmita, Avijit Ray	1470	Goa	6½	½ - ½	6½		Drishtee, Ghosh	1605	Karnataka	11	PGN
9	22		Chaarvi, Choudhury	1468	Assam	6½	½ - ½	6	WCM	Arshiya, Das	1729	Tripura	5	PGN
10	12		Kirthika, B	1605	Telangana	6	1 - 0	6		Prakash, Vaishnavi	1421	Uttar Pradesh	29	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1		Mrittika, Mallick	w	IND	1970	West Bengal	9	71	76,5	61,00	8
2	4		Sneha, Halder	w	IND	1766	West Bengal	8,5	73	79	59,75	8
3	10		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	w	IND	1637	Maharashtra	8	75	78,5	54,75	7
4	2	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	w	IND	1902	Uttar Pradesh	8	73,5	80	56,00	7
5	3		Sachi, Jain	w	IND	1844	Delhi	8	73,5	78	56,00	6
6	16		Aamuktha, Guntaka	w	IND	1532	Andhra Pradesh	8	71	76	52,50	7
7	25		Yashvi, Jain	w	IND	1442	Telangana	8	61	65	43,50	8
8	13		Sherali, Pattnaik	w	IND	1575	Uttarakhand	7,5	72,5	77,5	49,00	6
9	7		Saparya, Ghosh	w	IND	1662	West Bengal	7,5	67	71,5	45,25	6
10	11		Drishtee, Ghosh	w	IND	1605	Karnataka	7	69	74	44,50	6
11	9	ACM	Nivedita, V C	w	IND	1638	Tamil Nadu	7	69	73,5	43,50	6
12	14		Akshaya, Sathi	w	IND	1542	Karnataka	7	69	73	41,50	7
13	12		Kirthika, B	w	IND	1605	Telangana	7	66	69,5	40,00	6
14	21		Asmita, Avijit Ray	w	IND	1470	Goa	7	61	64	35,75	6
15	22		Chaarvi, Choudhury	w	IND	1468	Assam	7	60,5	64,5	35,50	6
16	27		Hanya, Shah	w	IND	1429	Gujarat	7	60,5	64	35,50	7
17	8	WCM	Anupam, M Sreekumar	w	IND	1642	Kerala	6,5	71	76	40,75	6
18	19		Ananya, Raman	w	IND	1505	Tamil Nadu	6,5	67	72	38,25	6
19	5	WCM	Arshiya, Das	w	IND	1729	Tripura	6,5	67	71,5	41,00	5
20	23		Arya, G Mallar	w	IND	1460	Kerala	6,5	65	69,5	38,00	5