Mayank Chakraborty and Anupam Sreekumar are the National Under-11 Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 24/11/2019

Mayank Chakraborty of Assam scored 9.5/11 and finished a half point ahead of the runner-ups to clinch the championship. Both Ilamparthi A R of Tamil Nadu and Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande of Maharashtra scored 9.0/11 each and they were placed second and third respectively. Top seed Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala dominated the girls section as she scored a mammoth 10.5/11 and finished two full points ahead of the competition. Mrittika Mallick of West Bengal, Arshiya Das of Tripura and Palak Mohapatra of Odisha, all three of them of scored 8.5/11 each. They were placed second, third and fourth respectively as per their tie-break scores. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Mayank Chakraborty scores a double hat-trick to clinch the championship

The Champions - Anupam M Sreekumar and Mayank Chakraborty | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Western Asia Gold and Asian Youth Silver medalist Mayank Chakraborty of Assam, scored six consecutive victories in the final six games after losing the fifth round. The champion scored 9.5/11 and finished a half point ahead of rest of the field. Former National under-9 champion Ilamparthi A R of Tamil Nadu and Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande of Maharashtra both scored 9.0/11. They were placed second and third according to their tie-break score.

Mayank Chakraborty of Assam with his champion's trophy and ₹27000 cash prize | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Mayank's championship run earned him 33 Elo rating points

Going into the final round of the tournament, Mayank needed to win his game to become champion. Daakshin Arun of Tamil Nadu was the only other player who was at 8.5/10, since Mayank had already beaten him in the penultimate round, a win would guaranteed him the championship. And he did win the game without any difficulty.

Runner-up Ilamparthi A R of Tamil Nadu 9.0/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Second runner-up Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande of Maharashtra 9.0/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Top seed Arhan Chethan Anand of Karnataka scored 8.5/11 and finished 4th | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Losing in the last two rounds cost Daakshin Arun a podium finish. He was placed 5th with a score of 8.5/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Anupam M Sreekumar dominated National under-11 girls

Top seed in the girls section, Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala took an unassailable lead of 1.5 points at the conclusion of penultimate round and became a champion with a round to spare. In the final round also she played and scored an emphatic win to clinch the title.

The Champion Domination - Anupam receives her champion's trophy and ₹27000 cash by scoring a mammoth 10.5/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Just look the annihilation by Anupam

Anupam got an advantage out of the opening which she converted with ease delivering her fourth checkmate of the tournament in the final round against Riddhika Kotia of Haryana.

Runner-up Mrittika Mallick of West Bengal 8.5/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Second runner-up Arshiya Das of Tripura 8.5/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

4th Palak Mohapatra of Odisha 8.5/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

5th WCM Shefali A N of Karnataka 8.0/11 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

The top 3 podium finishers in each Open and Girls section | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Total 434 players including 265 in Open and 169 in Girls took part from over 25 different states across the country in the nation's capital Delhi. The tournament was organized by Delhi Chess Association from 15th - 23rd November 2019 at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.

Round 11 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	No.
1	8		Mayank Chakraborty	1849	8½	1 - 0	8	Koustuv Dash	1937	3
2	4		Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	1916	8	1 - 0	8½	Daakshin Arun	1644	28
3	1		Arhan Chethan Anand	2026	8	½ - ½	7½	Daaevik Wadhawan	1726	14
4	10		Ilamparthi A R	1828	8	1 - 0	7½	Dandekar Anuj	1699	17
5	2	CM	Kadam Om Manish	1982	7½	1 - 0	7½	Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni	1483	51
6	16		John Veny Akkarakaran	1711	7½	0 - 1	7½	Adireddy Arjun	1656	25
7	30		Md Imran	1606	7½	1 - 0	7½	Priansh Das	1671	21
8	6		Bagwe Gaurang	1883	7	1 - 0	7½	Anubhav Singhal	1272	103
9	78		Mukul Rana	1372	7	0 - 1	7	Swayham P Das	1901	5
10	42		Eshan Bhattacharjee	1522	7	0 - 1	7	Shaik Sumer Arsh	1843	9
11	38		Dhruv Swapnil Haldankar	1558	7	0 - 1	7	Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	1759	11
12	13	AGM	Sahib Singh	1732	7	1 - 0	7	Sriansh Das	1649	27
13	22		Aashman Gupta	1670	7	1 - 0	7	Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	1594	32
14	24		Bharadia Yash	1664	7	½ - ½	7	Mummana Venkata Ruthvik	1491	50
15	43		Rohith S	1522	6½	½ - ½	6½	Vedant Nitin Vekhande	1868	7

Complete results

Round 11 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10		Riddhika Kotia	1397	8	0 - 1	9½		Anupam M Sreekumar	1599	1
2	2		Mrittika Mallick	1539	8	½ - ½	7½		Pragnya H G	1485	5
3	4		Palak Mohapatra	1502	7½	1 - 0	7½	AFM	Sanikommu Manasvi	1363	13
4	15	WCM	Shefali A N	1361	7½	½ - ½	7½		Dakshita Kumawat	1321	23
5	41		Arshiya Das	1238	7½	1 - 0	7		Sneha Halder	1531	3
6	38		Arushi Srichandan	1246	7	1 - 0	7	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1427	7
7	8		Sachi Jain	1406	7	1 - 0	7		Sani Deshpande	1358	19
8	18		Rianna Netta B	1358	7	1 - 0	7		Prapti Moulik	1233	42
9	27		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1311	7	½ - ½	7		Falak Joni Naik	1344	21
10	6		Anahita Verma	1432	6½	1 - 0	6½		Jagriti Agarwal	1111	74
11	66		Lakshana Subramanian	1129	6½	1 - 0	6½		Rout Yashita	1401	9
12	20		Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy	1345	6½	1 - 0	6½		Sarvani Cheedella	1251	37
13	22		Rajanya Datta	1343	6½	1 - 0	6½		Jeevika S	1089	84
14	102		Shaik Julekha Bahaar	1010	6½	0 - 1	6½		Roy Aanya	1318	25
15	39		Behera Snehayukta	1246	6½	1 - 0	6½		Amrutha Varshini Damisetty	1273	31

Complete results

Final Standings in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8		Mayank Chakraborty	IND	1849	ASS	9,5	0,0	73,5	79,0	67,25	9
2	10		Ilamparthi A R	IND	1828	TN	9,0	0,0	73,5	78,5	62,50	8
3	4		Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	IND	1916	MAH	9,0	0,0	69,5	75,0	62,50	9
4	1		Arhan Chethan Anand	IND	2026	KAR	8,5	0,0	78,0	84,0	63,50	7
5	28		Daakshin Arun	IND	1644	TN	8,5	0,0	76,0	81,5	58,75	8
6	25		Adireddy Arjun	IND	1656	TEL	8,5	0,0	74,0	79,0	57,25	8
7	30		Md Imran	IND	1606	AP	8,5	0,0	73,5	78,5	59,50	7
8	2	CM	Kadam Om Manish	IND	1982	MAH	8,5	0,0	72,0	76,0	57,75	7
9	3		Koustuv Dash	IND	1937	ORI	8,0	0,0	78,0	84,5	58,00	7
10	9		Shaik Sumer Arsh	IND	1843	TEL	8,0	0,0	77,0	82,0	57,50	7
11	11		Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	IND	1759	TN	8,0	0,0	70,0	75,0	51,00	8
12	14		Daaevik Wadhawan	IND	1726	DEL	8,0	0,0	70,0	74,5	52,50	5
13	13	AGM	Sahib Singh	IND	1732	DEL	8,0	0,0	69,5	75,0	53,25	6
14	6		Bagwe Gaurang	IND	1883	MAH	8,0	0,0	66,0	71,0	50,50	7
15	22		Aashman Gupta	IND	1670	DEL	8,0	0,0	66,0	69,0	46,50	7
16	5		Swayham P Das	IND	1901	GUJ	8,0	0,0	64,5	68,5	49,00	6
17	16		John Veny Akkarakaran	IND	1711	KER	7,5	0,0	75,5	81,0	52,75	6
18	19		Midilesh Ms	IND	1684	TN	7,5	0,0	71,5	76,5	49,00	7
19	31		Apoorv Kamble	IND	1595	KAR	7,5	0,0	71,0	76,5	48,25	7
20	34		Shankhodip De	IND	1587	WES	7,5	0,0	70,5	75,5	47,75	7
21	17		Dandekar Anuj	IND	1699	MAH	7,5	0,0	70,0	74,5	48,25	5
22	44		Agarwal Mukund H	IND	1516	GUJ	7,5	0,0	70,0	73,5	45,00	6
23	51		Chidvilash Sai Surapaneni	IND	1483	TEL	7,5	0,0	69,5	74,5	46,50	6
24	36		Atreya Nandy	IND	1580	WES	7,5	0,0	68,0	73,0	46,50	7
25	21		Priansh Das	IND	1671	ORI	7,5	0,0	67,5	72,5	47,75	5

Complete standings

Final Standings in Girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1		Anupam M Sreekumar	IND	1599	KER	10,5	0,0	73,5	79,5	75,25	10
2	2		Mrittika Mallick	IND	1539	WES	8,5	0,0	74,5	80,0	59,75	6
3	41		Arshiya Das	IND	1238	TRI	8,5	0,0	71,0	75,0	55,00	7
4	4		Palak Mohapatra	IND	1502	ORI	8,5	0,0	61,5	66,0	50,50	7
5	15	WCM	Shefali A N	IND	1361	KAR	8,0	0,0	74,0	79,0	53,25	6
6	10		Riddhika Kotia	IND	1397	HAR	8,0	0,0	73,0	78,0	53,00	6
7	23		Dakshita Kumawat	IND	1321	RAJ	8,0	0,0	70,5	73,0	51,25	6
8	5		Pragnya H G	IND	1485	TN	8,0	0,0	69,5	75,5	52,75	6
9	8		Sachi Jain	IND	1406	DEL	8,0	0,0	69,0	73,5	52,50	8
10	38		Arushi Srichandan	IND	1246	ORI	8,0	0,0	67,5	72,0	49,00	6
11	18		Rianna Netta B	IND	1358	TN	8,0	0,0	66,0	70,5	50,00	7
12	39		Behera Snehayukta	IND	1246	ORI	7,5	0,0	75,5	77,0	46,75	7
13	13	AFM	Sanikommu Manasvi	IND	1363	KAR	7,5	0,0	72,0	77,0	50,25	6
14	27		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	IND	1311	TN	7,5	0,0	71,0	75,0	46,25	6
15	20		Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy	IND	1345	TEL	7,5	0,0	70,0	75,0	46,25	6
16	6		Anahita Verma	IND	1432	PUN	7,5	0,0	69,5	74,5	48,00	6
17	22		Rajanya Datta	IND	1343	WES	7,5	0,0	67,0	70,5	44,75	7
18	21		Falak Joni Naik	IND	1344	GUJ	7,5	0,0	65,0	70,0	46,25	6
19	25		Roy Aanya	IND	1318	MAH	7,5	0,0	61,0	65,5	43,00	5
20	66		Lakshana Subramanian	IND	1129	TN	7,5	0,0	60,5	64,5	43,25	6
21	3		Sneha Halder	IND	1531	WES	7,0	0,0	76,5	79,5	44,50	7
22	58		Krishika Garg	IND	1164	DEL	7,0	0,0	69,5	74,5	42,75	6
23	36		Yachna Singh	IND	1253	UP	7,0	0,0	67,5	72,0	42,25	6
24	60		Kashthuri Bhai R	IND	1158	AND	7,0	0,0	67,5	71,5	41,75	5
25	19		Sani Deshpande	IND	1358	MAH	7,0	0,0	67,0	72,0	43,25	5

Complete standings

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