The National Junior (Under-19) Open and Girls’ Chess Championship organized by Delhi Chess Association, on behalf of All India Chess Federation, supported by Sports Authority of India & Ministry of Youth Affairs, commenced at the KD Jadhav Hall, Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi on Wednesday. Altogether 382 boys and girls representing 26 states are taking part in the competition that concludes on 6th of December.
After five rounds, three players including top-seeded GM Karthik Venkatraman of Andhra Pradesh, IM Rakesh Kumar Jena of Odisha, IM Rahul Srivatshav P of Telangana share the top place in Open category.
In the Girls category, Maharastra’s WIM Aakanksha Hagawane and WIM Chitlange Sakshi share the joint lead with 5 points apiece. 
Results
Open
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 6 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | 2368 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2527 | 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | IM | Rakesh Kumar Jena | 2394 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Kaustuv Kundu | 2337 | 13 | |
| 3 | 14 | Pranav V | 2311 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Rahul Srivatshav P | 2391 | 3 | |
| 4 | 16 | Ritviz Parab | 2309 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | FM | Rajdeep Sarkar | 2362 | 7 | |
| 5 | 8 | FM | Anuj Shrivatri | 2357 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Aaryan Varshney | 2200 | 27 | |
| 6 | 10 | FM | Rathanvel V S | 2349 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Dhananjay S | 2180 | 29 | |
| 7 | 12 | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | 2343 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Barath Kalyan M | 2067 | 40 | |
| 8 | 34 | Mahindrakar Indrajeet | 2141 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | FM | Nitish Belurkar | 2310 | 15 | |
| 9 | 4 | Raahul V S | 2381 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Vaibhav Jayant Raut | 2005 | 49 | ||
| 10 | 46 | AGM | Rathneesh R | 2017 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | 2378 | 5 |
Girls
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 2 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | 2264 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | WCM | Mrudul Dehankar | 2136 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | WFM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2090 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2237 | 3 |
| 3 | 10 | WCM | Jyothsna L | 2060 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2293 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | WIM | Vantika Agrawal | 2210 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Shivika Rohilla | 1780 | 35 | |
| 5 | 5 | Priyanka K | 2207 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Pandey Srishti | 1825 | 29 | ||
| 6 | 18 | WCM | Ananya Suresh | 1961 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | WFM | Makhija Aashna | 2197 | 6 |
| 7 | 16 | Sanskriti Goyal | 1971 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3½ | Shah Vishwa | 1706 | 39 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Potluri Saye Srreezza | 2041 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Harivardhini I | 1794 | 33 | ||
| 9 | 36 | Rindhiya V | 1773 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Bakshi Rutuja | 1981 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 38 | Savitha Shri B | 1745 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | WIM | Chandreyee Hajra | 1963 | 17 |
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