Despite a last round defeat for not showing up, Aditya Mittal of Maharashtra won the National Under-7 Championship on higher tie-break score that concluded at Pune on May 9, 2013.
Second seed Arya Bhakta of Bengal scored 9.5 points and finished second after tying for the first place. Samyak of Tamil Nadu finished third after receiving the free final round point from champion Aditya.
M.S. Darsana of Erode in Tamil Nadu won the National Under-7 Girls championship with a 9.5/11 score. She lost to B Aswatha and drew Kaamya Negi and beat the rest. She scored 3.5/4 against the four rated opponents she faced. She started as the 21st seed without a rating!
Final placings (tie-break order):
Open: 1-2. Aditya Mittal (Mah), Arya Bhakta (WB) 9.5/11 each; 3 L Samyak (TN) 9; 4 Samant Aditya (Mah) 8.5; 5-7. Vallabh Kavi (Mah), Nikhil Magizhnan (TN), Sagnik Chakraborty (WB) 8 each…102 players.
Girls: 1 M.S. Darsana (TN) 9.5/11; 2-3. Tanisha Boramanikar (Mah), Sanskruti Wankhade (Mah) 9 each; 4-6. Kaamya Negi (Del), Mahi Amit Doshi (Guj), Bhagyashree Patil (Mah) 8 each…61 players.
Final Report – Senior National Arbiters’ Seminar and Examination, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 14 & 15 March 2026. 
Final Report :SNA Seminar and Exam held in Ranchi on 21 & 22 Feb 2026 
Final Report :Senior National Arbiter Seminar cum Examination in Mohali on 31st Jan & 1st Feb 2026. 
Final report :SNA Seminar, Bhubneshwar on 17 & 18 January 2026 
FIDE World Youth Chess Championships – 2026 in Montesilvano, Italy from 14th to 27th June, 2026 
21st Asian Continental Chess Championships (Men’s and Women’s) – 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 28th May to 07th June 2026