National Sub-Juniors 07-08: Koustav and Sanskriti lead

9 years ago

Going to the seventh round of ongoing National Sub-Juniors Championship, two players Koustav Chatterjee and FM Arjun Erigaisi emerged as leaders with 5.5 points. It was rather a peaceful round as games ended in a draw on top 3 boards with the leaders maintaining their positions.

In the eight round, CM Aronyak Ghosh (WES) was able to hold FM Arjun Erigaisi (TEL) to a draw.

Koustav Chatterjee (ODI) beat his state-mate Neelash Saha (ODI) on board 2. This win made Koustav the sole leader of the tournament. Five players are trailing behind him at the second spot.

IM Iniyan P. (TN) was held to a draw by Sankalp Gupta (MAH).

Pairings/Results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8		Moksh Amit Doshi	2222	6½		7		Koustav Chatterjee	2222	7
2	9	CM	Kushagra Mohan	2215	6½		6½	FM	Erigaisi Arjun	2354	2
3	10	CM	Aronyak Ghosh	2185	6½		6½		Raahul V S	2153	12
4	19		Neelash Saha	2012	6		6	IM	Iniyan P	2461	1
5	30		Saksham Rautela	1877	6		6		Saurabh Anand	2288	3
6	5		Sankalp Gupta	2244	6		6		Rahul S	2079	13
7	6	CM	Raja Rithvik R	2237	6		6		Banerjee Ashutosh	1802	41
8	44		Manish Anto Cristiano F	1789	6		6		Dileep Kumar R	2182	11
9	4		Anuj Shrivatri	2244	5½		5½		Shyam Prasad Reddy K	1853	35
10	28		Dhanush Ragav	1884	5½		5½		Mehta Naitik R	2039	17

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Sanskriti Goyal had a dream-run in the Girls Championship. She scored 07/7 points, cruising over all her opponents. Until the 8th round where she was stopped by Nityata Jain (MP). However, Sanskriti’s standing remains unaffected by the loss as she continues to lead the tournament.

Closely behind Sanskriti is WFM Divya Deshmukh of Maharastra (right) on 6.5 points. She was held to a draw by Samriddha Ghosh (WES).

WFM Saina Salonika (ODI) beat Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) on board 3. Saina now shares the second spot with 3 others.

Pairings/Results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1		Makhija Aashna	2137	6		7		Sanskriti Goyal	1819	10
2	2	WFM	Divya Deshmukh	2051	6½		6½	WFM	Salonika Saina	2041	3
3	8		Jain Nityata	1842	6½		6½		Ghosh Samriddhaa	1984	5
4	7	WFM	Lakshmi C	1907	6		6	WFM	Tanishka Kotia	1575	24
5	25		Garima Gaurav	1574	6		6	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	1810	11
6	27		Sudipa Haldar	1560	6		6		Rajashree Rajeev	1676	17
7	4		Shanya Mishra	2000	5½		5½		Kaur Palkin	1791	13
8	21		Bhagyashree Patil	1619	5½		5½		Tejasvi M	1823	9
9	12		Srimathi R	1799	5		5½		Mishra Riya	1543	29
10	14		Eesha Ajay Sarda	1747	5		5		Madhani Shilpee	1499	37