Srihari holds Koustav in 49th National Junior 2019
Srihari L R of Tamil Nadu continued his solid form by holding top seed in the open section IM Koustav Chatterjee to a draw. FM Jeet Jain of Gujarat used element of surprise to beat Harshavardhan G B of Tamil Nadu. IM Srijit Paul survived quite a scare as his opponent FM Aaryan Varshney of Delhi missed his opportunity to gain decisive advantage and perhaps score a full point. Among the girls, Toshali V of Andhra Pradesh shocked WIM Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal. Arushi Kotwal continued her momentum and held WIM Sakshi Chitlange to a draw despite being better for the majority of the game. Vyshnavi Chinnam of Andhra Pradesh beat WFM Srishti Pandey. Three-way lead in the open section and four-way lead in the girls section at the conclusion of round 4. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary
Top seeds tumble in round 4
World Youth under-14 Silver medalist FM Srihari L R of Tamil Nadu continues his great form as he held the top seed of the open section IM Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal to a draw in round 4. Srihari opted for a solid line in King's Indian Attack and he offered an exchange at one point of the game, but of course Koustav knows better than to fall for it.
Srihari - Koustav
IM Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal who is quite strong in endgame, arrived at a double rook endgame in just 26 moves after his opponent Suyog Wagh of Maharashntra exchanged pieces at regular interval. It was just a matter of technique for Mitrabha to convert it into a win.
FM Jeet Jain of Gujarat defeated Harshavardhan G B of Tamil Nadu using element of surprise. There are only two games where 11.Bg5 is played which caught Harshavardhan off-guard and then slowly things just went south for him.
Jeet - Harshavardhan
Despite having advantage, Srijit slipped and survived quite a scare, if only Aaryan played the correct continuation.
Srijit - Aaryan
In the girls section, Toshali V of Andhra Pradesh shocked WIM Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal, after the latter made a positional mistake and weakened her king side.
Toshali - Arpita
To prevent 28.Ne6, Arpita opted for 27...e6 herself, but little did she fathomed that that would be the reason of her king's demise.
Arushi continued her terrific form and remained better for the majority of the game against WIM Sakshi Chitlange of Maharashtra. However, Arushi did not manage to convert her advantage and the game petered out to a draw in a queen ending.
Srishti cramped her position on her own and her pieces started looking for breathing space. Vyshnavi perfectly exploited her space advantage and gained an exchange which she converted with ease to a full point.
Round 4 results in Open
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 9 | FM | Srihari L R | 2286 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | 2449 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | IM | Mitrabha Guha | 2443 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | FM | Wagh Suyog | 2273 | 11 |
| 3 | 13 | FM | Jeet Jain | 2264 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | Harshavardhan G B | 2360 | 5 | |
| 4 | 18 | Dhananjay S | 2180 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | 2325 | 7 | |
| 5 | 8 | IM | Srijit Paul | 2317 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2236 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | IM | Rajdeep Sarkar | 2362 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 3 | Gaurav Rajesh Zagade | 2173 | 19 | |
| 7 | 10 | Saurabh Anand | 2278 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | Hemanth Raam | 1992 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 12 | Subhayan Kundu | 2269 | 2½ | 0 - 1 | 2½ | Grahesh Y | 2026 | 31 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Sibi Visal R | 2238 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | Chaitanya Sairam Mogili | 1921 | 43 | ||
| 10 | 16 | Soham Kamotra | 2189 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | Sharan Rao | 1895 | 47 | ||
| 11 | 32 | Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi | 2017 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki | 2048 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 42 | Shreyash Shuvam Patnaik | 1936 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | Arjun Gupta | 2041 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 52 | Dere Pushkar | 1876 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | Jain Kashish Manoj | 2041 | 27 | ||
| 14 | 28 | Kumar Gaurav | 2038 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | Rakshith Srinivasan | 1884 | 48 | ||
| 15 | 69 | Garv Gaur | 1764 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | FM | Anuj Shrivatri | 2376 | 3 |
Round 4 results in Girls
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 11 | Toshali V | 2057 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2234 | 2 | |
| 2 | 3 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | 2227 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WFM | Savitha Shri B | 2004 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2185 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | WCM | Arushi Kotwal | 1756 | 25 |
| 4 | 29 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | 1689 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | WFM | Pandey Srishti | 2140 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2087 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 | Rathi Dhanashree | 1688 | 30 | |
| 6 | 1 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2272 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2½ | WFM | Potluri Supreetha | 1968 | 14 |
| 7 | 13 | Bhagyashree Patil | 1970 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2½ | WFM | Bidhar Rutumbara | 1942 | 16 | |
| 8 | 19 | Shah Vishwa | 1892 | 2½ | 1 - 0 | 2 | WFM | Makhija Aashna | 2191 | 4 | |
| 9 | 7 | WCM | Sharma Isha | 2139 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | Rebecca Jesumarian | 1568 | 40 | |
| 10 | 39 | Jegatha B | 1585 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | WFM | Salonika Saina | 2100 | 8 | |
| 11 | 43 | Cera Dagaria | 1554 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | Priyanka K | 2067 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1964 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Azal Nasir | 1556 | 42 | ||
| 13 | 17 | WFM | Jain Nityata | 1927 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Mudaliar Nandini | 1541 | 44 | |
| 14 | 47 | Harshini B | 1507 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | WFM | Tanishka Kotia | 1909 | 18 | |
| 15 | 45 | Bharathakoti Sneha | 1514 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | Meenal Gupta | 1879 | 20 |
Round 5 pairings in Open
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 7 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | 2325 | 4 | 4 | IM | Mitrabha Guha | 2443 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | 2449 | 3½ | 4 | FM | Jeet Jain | 2264 | 13 | |
| 3 | 14 | Sibi Visal R | 2238 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Rajdeep Sarkar | 2362 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 31 | Grahesh Y | 2026 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Srijit Paul | 2317 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 15 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | 2236 | 3½ | 3½ | FM | Srihari L R | 2286 | 9 | |
| 6 | 3 | FM | Anuj Shrivatri | 2376 | 3 | 3½ | Shreyash Shuvam Patnaik | 1936 | 42 | ||
| 7 | 36 | Hemanth Raam | 1992 | 3 | 3 | Harshavardhan G B | 2360 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 39 | Ayush Sharma | 1975 | 3 | 3 | Saurabh Anand | 2278 | 10 | |||
| 9 | 11 | FM | Wagh Suyog | 2273 | 3 | 3 | Aaditya Dhingra | 1896 | 46 | ||
| 10 | 51 | Patil Harshal | 1880 | 3 | 3 | Soham Kamotra | 2189 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 47 | Sharan Rao | 1895 | 3 | 3 | Dhananjay S | 2180 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 48 | Rakshith Srinivasan | 1884 | 3 | 3 | Gaurav Rajesh Zagade | 2173 | 19 | |||
| 13 | 21 | Anustoop Biswas | 2154 | 3 | 3 | Dubey Sanchay | 1880 | 50 | |||
| 14 | 23 | Barath Kalyan M | 2069 | 3 | 3 | Dere Pushkar | 1876 | 52 | |||
| 15 | 25 | Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki | 2048 | 3 | 3 | Madhavan R Munjanattu | 1702 | 88 |
Round 5 pairings in Girls
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 11 | Toshali V | 2057 | 4 | 4 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | 2227 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 29 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | 1689 | 4 | 4 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2087 | 9 | |
| 3 | 25 | WCM | Arushi Kotwal | 1756 | 3½ | 3½ | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2272 | 1 | |
| 4 | 19 | Shah Vishwa | 1892 | 3½ | 3½ | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2185 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2234 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Greeshma Anand Dhumal | 1837 | 23 | |
| 6 | 6 | WFM | Pandey Srishti | 2140 | 3 | 3 | Sudipa Haldar | 1659 | 33 | ||
| 7 | 8 | WFM | Salonika Saina | 2100 | 3 | 3 | Divyabharathi Masanam | 1743 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 10 | Priyanka K | 2067 | 3 | 3 | Sinthia Sarkar | 1600 | 37 | |||
| 9 | 12 | WFM | Savitha Shri B | 2004 | 3 | 3 | Vakcheri Mohitha | 1451 | 53 | ||
| 10 | 26 | AGM | Renganayaki V | 1756 | 3 | 3 | Bhagyashree Patil | 1970 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 34 | Kiruthika B | 1645 | 3 | 3 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1964 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 16 | WFM | Bidhar Rutumbara | 1942 | 3 | 3 | Sachi Jain | 1406 | 57 | ||
| 13 | 30 | Rathi Dhanashree | 1688 | 3 | 3 | WFM | Jain Nityata | 1927 | 17 | ||
| 14 | 20 | Meenal Gupta | 1879 | 3 | 3 | Swati Pal | 1120 | 85 | |||
| 15 | 50 | Tanisha A R Som | 1475 | 2½ | 2½ | WCM | Sharma Isha | 2139 | 7 |
