Devanarayanan Kalliyath and Aaranya R are 37th National Under-7 Open and Girls 2024 Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/09/2024

Devanarayanan Kalliyath (KER) scored a perfect 9/9 to win 37th National Under-7 Open Championship 2024. He finished a full point ahead of the field. Prayank Gaonkar (Goa) scored sole 8/9 to finish second. Aaradhyo Guin (WB) edged past two more players on tie-breaks to secure third place scoring 7.5/9. Top seed Aaranya R (TN) and second seeded, Arpitangshi Bhattacharya (WB) scored 8/9 each in the Girls event. Aaranya won the tournament due to better tie-break score. Arpitangshi had to settle for second place. Saiaastha Singh (WB) scored sole 7.5/9 to claim third place. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹500000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹50000, ₹36000 and ₹30000 along with a huge trophy each respectively. Photos: Ravindra Potawad

Devanarayanan finish a full point ahead of the rest, West Bengal dominates the podium

For the second consecutive year, the National Under-7 Open champion scored 100%. Just like, Sarbartho Mani (WB) scored 9/9 last year, this time, Devanarayanan Kalliyath (KER) scored the same 9/9 to become the winner. West Bengal claimed the maximum number of podium places - three, combining Open and Girls events, one in Open and two in Girls.

Champion in Open - Devanarayanan Kalliyath (KER) 9/9

Devanarayanan was the sole leader 8/8, going into the final round. Despite needing only a draw to become the champion, the Kerala kid defeated Dhinesh Babu Inba (TN) to clinch the first place. Prayank Gaonkar (Goa) and Aaradhyo Guin (WB) scored full points against Kavin Velavan (TN) and Ayansh Singh (UP) to finish second and third.

Champion in Girls - Aaranya R (TN) 8/9

The Girls event had a close finish. Five players - Shreyanshi Jain (RAJ), Poushita Paliwal (RAJ), Aaranya R (TN), Arpitangshi Bhattacharya (WB) and Anvi Deepak Hinge (MAH) were at 7/8 each. Aaranya and Arpitangshi won against Anvi and Poushita to finish first and second respectively. Saiaastha Singh (WB) scored full point over Shreyanshi Jain (RAJ) to finish third.

Runner-up in Open - Prayank Gaonkar (Goa) 8/9

Runner-up in Girls - Arpitangshi Bhattacharya (WB) 8/9

Second Runner-up in Open - Aaradhyo Guin (WB) 7.5/9

Second Runner-up in Girls - Saiaastha Singh (WB) 7.5/9

Top 3 in Girls and Open (L to R): 3rd Saiaastha Singh (WB) 7.5/9, 2nd Arpitangshi Bhattacharya (WB) 8/9, 1st Aaranya R (TN) 8/9, 1st Devanarayanan Kalliyath (KER) 9/9, 2nd Prayank Gaonkar (Goa) 8/9 and 3rd Aaradhyo Guin (WB) 7.5/9

Devanarayanan Kalliyath scored a perfect 9/9, finished a full point ahead of the rest and gained 75.6 Elo rating points

Aaranya R score 8/9 and won the tournament on tie-breaks

A total of 232 players in the Open and 147 in the Girls took part from 29 states and union territories across the country in this five-day nine round Swiss-league Under-7 Rating tournament which was organized by MM Chess Development Trust at Sambrama Convention Hall in Mysuru, Karnataka from 1st and 5th September 2024. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Open

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	5	Devanarayanan, Kalliyath	IND	1539	Kerala	9	53	57	57,00	9
2	14	Prayank, Gaonkar	IND	1491	Goa	8	41,5	42,5	37,50	8
3	28	Aaradhyo, Guin	IND	1431	West Bengal	7,5	53	57	44,50	7
4	10	Takkshanth, Anand	IND	1511	Tamil Nadu	7,5	49	52,5	40,25	7
5	19	Tejas, Tiwari	IND	1462	Uttarakhand	7,5	46	47,5	36,75	7
6	32	Agraarth, Mishra	IND	1420	Uttar Pradesh	7	51,5	54	37,00	7
7	196	Shreyansh, Das	IND	0	Karnataka	7	51	55,5	39,50	7
8	3	Shivay, Singh	IND	1542	Uttar Pradesh	7	51	54,5	41,00	5
9	21	Inba, Dhinesh Babu	IND	1456	Tamil Nadu	7	48	51	37,50	6
10	173	Rayaan, Mikael Rozario	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7	47	50,5	38,25	6
11	20	Perathur, Arjun Srinivasan	IND	1461	Tamil Nadu	7	47	49	36,00	7
12	13	Kavin, Velavan	IND	1498	Tamil Nadu	7	46,5	51	38,25	6
13	6	Tamizh, Amudhan S	IND	1529	Tamil Nadu	7	43	47	36,00	7
14	229	Yadhulan, Ramesh	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7	43	46	33,50	7
15	75	Atharva, S K	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	7	39,5	41,5	29,50	7
16	1	Ayansh, Singh	IND	1644	Uttar Pradesh	6,5	54,5	58,5	39,25	6
17	34	Siddharth, Chodisetti	IND	1413	Telangana	6,5	49,5	51,5	34,25	6
18	25	Aadvik, Bhushan	IND	1439	Jharkhand	6,5	48,5	52,5	35,00	6
19	121	Ilaan, Shafeek	IND	0	Kerala	6,5	48	52	35,25	5
20	45	Aariv, Vohra	IND	0	Delhi	6,5	45,5	50	33,75	6

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Final standings in Girls

Rk.	SNo	Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB5
1	1	Aaranya, R	w	IND	1753	Tamil Nadu	8	48,5	52,5	45,50	8
2	2	Arpitangshi, Bhattacharya	w	IND	1587	West Bengal	8	46	49,5	44,50	8
3	99	Saiaastha, Singh	w	IND	0	West Bengal	7,5	51,5	56	45,00	7
4	111	Shreyanshi, Jain	w	IND	0	Rajasthan	7	53	56,5	41,00	7
5	80	Poushita, Paliwal	w	IND	0	Rajasthan	7	51	55,5	40,50	7
6	33	Anvi, Deepak Hinge	w	IND	0	Maharashtra	7	49	53	38,00	7
7	107	Sayyadh, Raudah	w	IND	0	Telangana	7	48	51	37,00	7
8	7	Arshitha, S	w	IND	1417	Tamil Nadu	7	46	49	36,00	7
9	21	Adrija, Kalita	w	IND	0	Assam	7	44,5	48,5	36,50	7
10	4	Arisapu, Vedhaanshi	w	IND	1472	Andhra Pradesh	7	44	48	36,00	7
11	6	Darshvi, Rai	w	IND	1439	Karnataka	7	44	48	35,50	7
12	8	Eishita, Lahiry	w	IND	1401	West Bengal	7	43	47,5	34,50	7
13	19	Abantika, Chakraborty	w	IND	0	Tripura	7	41	45	34,00	6
14	60	Kanishqa, Hemanshu Gala	w	IND	0	Maharashtra	6,5	45	49	32,75	6
15	144	Yashvitha, Varma Penumastha	w	IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	45	48	31,50	6
16	29	Anaya, Sharma	w	IND	0	Telangana	6	49	53	32,00	6
17	119	Srinikhila, Yadavilli	w	IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	6	48,5	51,5	29,50	6
18	61	Kavya, A N S S	w	IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	6	47,5	51,5	32,25	5
19	129	Teesha, Byadwal	w	IND	0	Rajasthan	6	47	49	29,00	6
20	117	Snehasmita, Ram	w	IND	0	Odisha	6	47	49	28,50	6