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.
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Board No.2. Panesar Vadant (MAH) beat Vinay Thomas Abraham (KER) in 36 Moves.
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Board No.3. Cheela Naha Sampath (AP) beat Pruthu Deshpande (MAH) in 71 Moves.
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Three players share lead after six rounds. Followed by two more players with 5 points. Om Kharola (MAH) and Vaibhav Jayant Raut (MAH).
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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.
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Board No.2. Priyanka K (TN) beat Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) in 27 Moves.
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Board No.4. Jyothsna L (TN) 5beat Benasir M (TN) in 33 Moves.
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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
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