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MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R1: Shraddhaa Bajaj topples third seed Bhillva Nilaya

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/03/2022

MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open and 37th National Sub-Junior Girls started yesterday at New Delhi. There were no big upsets in the first round of the Open tournament. Keshav Padmanabhan (TN) was the only one to hold Md. Imran (AP) to a draw among the top ten seeds. Among the girls, Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) and Jahnvi Ashok (KER) beat Bhillva Nilaya K E K (AP) and Sneha Halder (WB) respectively. Aashi Upadhyay (RAJ) held Meenatchi Rajam V (TN) to a draw. From today onwards, there are double rounds every day. Round 2 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Keshav splits the point with Imran

Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) used her opportunity to beat Bhillva Nilaya (AP) | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Open: Keshav - Imran: 0.5-0.5

12-year-old Md. Imran (AP) was cruising towards victory when he made an inaccuracy in the endgame against Keshav Padmanabhan (TN).

Position after 25...b5

25...b5 makes things difficult for Black 26.Rd6 bxc4+ 27.Kd4 Ra5 28.Re1 Bb5 29.Rd8+ Be8 30.Re3. Black can still win this but not as easily as he would want. After few more mistakes, White managed to salvage a draw.

Dakshraj Shadanan Bole (MAH) - IM Pranav Venkatesh (TN): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

IM Pranesh M (TN) - Aatreya Saha (WB): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Sikkam Sai Vishnu (TEL) - FM Harshad S (TN): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Vandan Alankar Sawai (DEL) - CM Aaditya Dhingra (HAR): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Girls: Shraddhaa - Bhillva: 1-0

Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) erred early in the opening which her opponent Bhillva Nilaya K E K (AP).

Position after 14.Bxd5

14...0-0-0 would have dropped the bishop as there is no way for White to save the bishop from the pin. The game continued 14...0-0 and Black missed her chance.

Position after 28.b4

28...Rxb4 continues the fight. However, Black blundered 28...Rxe4 and lost an exchange 29.bxa5 Rxe3 30.fxe3. White is completely winning as there is not enough compensation for Black.

Devanshi Solanki (MAH) - Sarayu Velpula (TEL): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Mrittika Mallick (WB) - Aadhya Jain (DEL): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Tejaswini G (TN) - Swarali Kothe (MAH): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Kathakali Dey (WB) - Anupam Sreekumar (KER): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Keerti Shree Reddy (TN) - Tanya Verma (UP): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

AICF Hony. Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan delivers the inaugural speech | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

A total of 175 players including 2 IMs in the Open and 113 players in the Girls tournament are taking part. It is organized by Delhi Chess Association. Both tournaments are taking place at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi from 4th to 8th March 2022. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

Replay Round 1 games Open

Replay Round 1 games Girls

Open Round 1 results

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
191
Dakshraj Shadanan Bole1331Maharashtra00 - 10IMPranav V2493Tamil Nadu
1
22
IMPranesh M2455Tamil Nadu01 - 00ACMAatreya Saha1330West Bengal
92
393
AIMSikkam Sai Vishnu1299Telangana00 - 10FMHarshad S2328Tamil Nadu
3
44
Rohit S2276Tamil Nadu01 - 00Goyal Saksham1296Punjab
94
595
Vandan Alankar Sawai1289Delhi00 - 10CMAaditya Dhingra2176Haryana
5
66
CMMayank Chakraborty2164Assam01 - 00AIMBanik Hrishikesh Kumar1277West Bengal
96
797
Keshav Padmanabhan1275Tamil Nadu0½ - ½0Md Imran2074Andhra Pradesh
7
88
CMMrithyunjay Mahadevan1993Tamil Nadu01 - 00Boominathan Lalitaditaayyanar1270Maharashtra
98
999
Ameen Akbar T A1268Kerala00 - 10Aditya Varun Gampa1947Andhra Pradesh
9
1010
AFMPawar Harshit1921Delhi01 - 00Niladri Banerjee1268West Bengal
100

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/City No.
11
IMPranav V2493Tamil Nadu11Jai Sankar Subramanian1570Tamil Nadu
48
249
Kavyansh Agrawal1569Madhya Pradesh11IMPranesh M2455Tamil Nadu
2
33
FMHarshad S2328Tamil Nadu11Sadbhav Rautela1552Uttarakhand
50
451
Medhansh Saxena1545Uttar Pradesh11Rohit S2276Tamil Nadu
4
55
CMAaditya Dhingra2176Haryana11Reyan Md.1543Bihar
52
653
Samyak Dharewa1542West Bengal11CMMayank Chakraborty2164Assam
6
755
Dhruva Thota1525Telangana11CMMrithyunjay Mahadevan1993Tamil Nadu
8
89
Aditya Varun Gampa1947Andhra Pradesh11Goutham Krishna H1541Kerala
54
959
Raihaan Zahid1491Karnataka11AFMPawar Harshit1921Delhi
10
1011
Ankit Ray1895West Bengal11Sushanth Kamabathula1520Telangana
56

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Girls Round 1 results

Bo.No. NameTypRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameTypRtgClub/City No.
157
Devanshi SolankiU161129Maharashtra00 - 10Velpula SarayuU161875Telangana
1
22
Mrittika MallickU161848West Bengal01 - 00Aadhya JainU161128Delhi
58
359
Bajaj ShraddhaU161128Maharashtra01 - 00Bhillva Nilaya K E KU161801Andhra Pradesh
3
44
Tejaswini GU161742Tamil Nadu01 - 00Kothe SwaraliU161127Maharashtra
60
561
Kathakali DeyU161126West Bengal00 - 10Anupam M SreekumarU161724Kerala
5
66
Keerti Shree ReddyU161721Tamil Nadu01 - 00Tanya Verma1114Uttar Pradesh
62
763
Aashi UpadhyayU161098Rajasthan0½ - ½0Meenatchi Rajam VU161692Tamil Nadu
7
88
Boramanikar Tanisha SU161670Maharashtra01 - 00Devaanshee AgarwalU161097Haryana
64
965
Tiwari RadhikaU161085Maharashtra00 - 10Anushka GuptaU161661West Bengal
9
1010
Sneha HalderU161647West Bengal00 - 10Jahnvi AshokU161079Kerala
66

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.No. NameTypRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameTypRtgClub/City No.
11
Velpula SarayuU161875Telangana11Pratti Karshini LakshmiU161322Andhra Pradesh
32
231
Krishika GargU161326Delhi11Mrittika MallickU161848West Bengal
2
333
Yashvi JainU161310Telangana11Tejaswini GU161742Tamil Nadu
4
45
Anupam M SreekumarU161724Kerala11Debapriya MannaU161305West Bengal
34
535
Kulkarni Siya JayantU161291Maharashtra11Keerti Shree ReddyU161721Tamil Nadu
6
636
Riddhika KotiaU161285Haryana11Boramanikar Tanisha SU161670Maharashtra
8
79
Anushka GuptaU161661West Bengal11Anaishaa Pinkesh NaharU161254Maharashtra
38
811
Sai Mahati AU161608Telangana11Uthara SU161246Kerala
40
937
Yuvika SehgalU161263Delhi11Singh MyraU161606Delhi
12
1039
Tejasvee Naresh SinghU161250Rajasthan11Cera DagariaU161557Madhya Pradesh
14

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