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National Junior Championship-Mitrabha maintains lead
Open Category
At the end of the final double-round day of the 2019 National Junior Championship, IM Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal managed to maintain his lead.
In round 6 he faced FM Aaryan Varshney(2236) of Delhi.
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It was a catalan defense which was fairly balanced throughout with both player playing quite solidly.The game eventually liquidated into a theoretically drawn endgame.
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In the second round of the day, Mitrabha faced IM Srijit Paul, also from West Bengal.
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In a theoretical and positionally complex game arising out of the Caro-Kann defense , Mitrabha outplayed Srijit to score the full point.
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The 6th round face-off between Statemates IM Rajdeep Sarkar and IM Koustav Chaterjee,both from West Bengal was an uneventful 30-move draw.
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Round 6 also witnessed an impressive upset from Kumar Gaurav (2038) of Bihar who beat IM Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh.
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In a Double Rook and Knight Vs Double Rook and Bishop endgame, Anuj, playing black made a serious error which cost him a pawn and the game.
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Despite an impressive victory in the 6th round, Kumar was convincingly beaten by FM Aaryan Varshney in the afternoon.
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Kumar,playing Black misplayed an IQP Position and Aaryan managed to capitalize on Black’s inaccuracies to score a victory.
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At the end of 7 rounds, IM Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal (6.5) has maintained his half point lead and is being trailed closely by IM Kaustav Chaterjee and FM Aaryan Varshney with 6 points each.
Rank after Round 7 (Top 10 Players)
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | IM | Mitrabha Guha | IND | 2443 | Wes | 6,5 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 33,5 |
2 | 1 | IM | Koustav Chatterjee | IND | 2449 | Wes | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,5 | 33,5 |
3 | 15 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | IND | 2236 | Del | 6,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 |
4 | 8 | IM | Srijit Paul | IND | 2317 | Wes | 5,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 34,5 |
5 | 4 | IM | Rajdeep Sarkar | IND | 2362 | Wes | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 33,5 |
6 | 52 | Dere Pushkar | IND | 1876 | Mah | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | |
7 | 36 | Hemanth Raam | IND | 1992 | TN | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | |
8 | 31 | Grahesh Y | IND | 2026 | AP | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | |
9 | 10 | Saurabh Anand | IND | 2278 | Bih | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,5 | |
10 | 34 | Akshit Kumar J | IND | 2014 | AP | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 |
Girls Category
The top seed of the event, WIM Priyanka Nuttaki of Andhra Pradesh had a bad day scoring only 0.5/2 .In round 6, playing with the White pieces against statemate Toshali V (2057), Priyanka played accurately to gain an advantage but could not convert it into a full point and had to settle for a draw.
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Round 7 witnessed an interesting encounter between top seed of the event ,WIM Priyanka Nuttaki of Andhra Pradesh and Priyanka K of Tamil Nadu.
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Priyanka, playing with the black pieces went wrong in the middlegame allowing her opponent to gain access to an important central file which she exploited well to win 3 pawns after which Black had no chances to make a comeback.
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Second seed WIM Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal had a great day as she won both her games.
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Other impressive performances of the day cam in the form of Shrishti Pandey’s 2/2 and Bommini Akshaya’s 1.5/2.
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At the end of of 7 rounds,there’s a four-way tie, between WFM Bommini Mounika Akshaya, WIM Arpita Mukherjee, WFM Shrishti Pandey and Priyanka K with 6 points each.
Rank after Round 7 (Top 10 Boards)
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 9 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | IND | 2087 | AP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 |
2 | 2 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | IND | 2234 | WB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 |
3 | 6 | WFM | Pandey Srishti | IND | 2140 | Mah | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,5 |
4 | 10 | Priyanka K | IND | 2067 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,5 | |
5 | 3 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | IND | 2227 | Mah | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 32,0 |
6 | 17 | WFM | Jain Nityata | IND | 1927 | MP | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 |
7 | 16 | WFM | Bidhar Rutumbara | IND | 1942 | Odi | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 |
8 | 8 | WFM | Salonika Saina | IND | 2100 | Odi | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,5 |
9 | 18 | WFM | Tanishka Kotia | IND | 1909 | Har | 5,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 |
10 | 11 | Toshali V | IND | 2057 | AP | 5,0 | 0,0 | 30,5 | 33,5 |