Top Seed FM Mitrabha Guha (WB), Panesar Vadant (MAH) and Cheela Naga Sampath (AP) share lead with 5.5 points after six rounds in the National U-17 Open Chess Championship taking place at Gateway Education Campus, Sonipat, Haryana from September 3 to 11. The championship is being organized by Haryana Chess Association under the aegis of All India Chess Federation.
Round 6 had decisive results on all top boards. On board no 1. Mitrabha Guha (WB) beat Harshita Guddanti (AP) in 51 moves.
Board No.2. Panesar Vadant (MAH) beat Vinay Thomas Abraham (KER) in 36 Moves.
Board No.3. Cheela Naha Sampath (AP) beat Pruthu Deshpande (MAH) in 71 Moves.
Three players share lead after six rounds. Followed by two more players with 5 points. Om Kharola (MAH) and Vaibhav Jayant Raut (MAH).
Category Girls:-
At the end of 6th round three share lead with 5 Points. Top Seed Arpita Mukherjee (WB), Priyanka K (TN) and Jyothsna L (TN). Followed by six Players with 4.5 Points. Mrudul Dehankar (MAH), Harshini A (TN),
Samriddhaa Ghosh (WB), Tejasvi M (TN), Garima Gaurav (Bihar), and Sanskriti Goyal (UP).
Board No.1. Arpita Mukherjee(Bengal) 5 Points beat Harshini A (TN) in 67 moves.
Board No.2. Priyanka K (TN) beat Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) in 27 Moves.
Board No.4. Jyothsna L (TN) 5beat Benasir M (TN) in 33 Moves.
Pairings
Open: Round 7
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 18 | Cheela Naga Sampath | 1935 | 5½ | 5½ | Panesar Vedant | 2124 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 11 | Om Kharola | 2042 | 5 | 5½ | FM | Mitrabha Guha | 2376 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Shyam Prasad Reddy K | 2148 | 4½ | 5 | Vaibhav Jayant Raut | 1999 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 22 | Arjun C Krishnamachari | 1901 | 4½ | 4½ | Manu David Suthandram R | 2044 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 14 | Harshita Guddanti | 1972 | 4½ | 4½ | Dubey Sanchay | 1862 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 16 | Vinay Thomas Abraham | 1953 | 4½ | 4½ | Shrivastav Hritik | 1637 | 49 | |||
| 7 | 17 | Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi | 1947 | 4½ | 4½ | Akshit Kumar J | 1845 | 28 | |||
| 8 | 29 | Rupam Mukherjee | 1837 | 4½ | 4 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 1995 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 27 | Deota Snehil S | 1851 | 4 | 4 | Krishnater Kushager | 2333 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 4 | Tarun V Kanth | 2258 | 4 | 4 | Anup Shankar R | 1785 | 32 |
Pairings
Girls: Round 7
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 7 | WCM | Jyothsna L | 1964 | 5 | 5 | WFM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2207 | 1 | |
| 2 | 5 | WCM | Mrudul Dehankar | 2065 | 4½ | 5 | Priyanka K | 2163 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | WFM | Harshini A | 2160 | 4½ | 4½ | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1904 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 17 | Tejasvi M | 1747 | 4½ | 4½ | Garima Gaurav | 1615 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 11 | Bhagyashree Patil | 1885 | 4 | 4½ | Sanskriti Goyal | 1965 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 16 | Adane Narayani | 1755 | 4 | 4 | WFM | Tarini Goyal | 2072 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 22 | Kalyani B | 1656 | 4 | 4 | Pandey Srishti | 1958 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 9 | WFM | Tanishka Kotia | 1918 | 4 | 4 | Benasir M | 1736 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 19 | Kaur Palkin | 1697 | 4 | 4 | Toshali V | 1875 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 15 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 1787 | 4 | 4 | Abirama Srinithi G | 1663 | 21 |
Report by Debasish Barua