Daakshin Arun
National Under 11 Championship-Daakshin Arun and Anupam Sreekumar in the lead
The National U-11 Championship has reached the halfway mark and the players have treated us to some exciting chess.
The tournament was graced by the precense of the President of the United Karnataka Chess Association and member of the TDD Board , Shri. D.P Anantha.
Open Category
After 6 rounds, Daakshin Arun from Tamil Nadu is in the lead with 6.0/9.0.
The top board encounter in Round 6 was between Daakshin Arun 1644) and Rohith S (1522),both from Tamil Nadu.
Daakshin , playing with the white pieces got an inferior position out of the opening, but a few serious inaccuracies by his opponent handed him a pawn which he managed to convert into a full point.
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On board two, the top seed of the event ,Arhan Chetan Anand (2026) of Karnataka was paired against Ilamaparthi R (1828) of Tamil Nadu.
A serious blunder on move 12 by Ilamparthi ,playing with the black pieces allowed Arhan to win an exchange and he easily converted his material advantage into a full point .
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Results of Round 6 (Top 10 Boards)
Round 6 on 2019/11/19 at 0900h
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 28 | Daakshin Arun | 1644 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | Rohith S | 1522 | 43 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Arhan Chethan Anand | 2026 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Ilamparthi A R | 1828 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 30 | Md Imran | 1606 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | CM | Kadam Om Manish | 1982 | 2 | |
| 4 | 9 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 1843 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Adireddy Arjun | 1656 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Koustuv Dash | 1937 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Atreya Nandy | 1580 | 36 | ||
| 6 | 29 | Sairaj Dilip Vernekar | 1617 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande | 1916 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Swayham P Das | 1901 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | 1594 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Vedant Nitin Vekhande | 1868 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Hariharan Vinayagamurthy | 1566 | 37 | ||
| 9 | 11 | Mrithyunjay Mahadevan | 1759 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Abhash Roimya Saikia | 1546 | 39 | ||
| 10 | 45 | Sushanth Kamabathula | 1507 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Daaevik Wadhawan | 1726 | 14 |
Pairings of Round 7 (Top 10 Boards)
Round 7 on 2019/11/20 at 0900h
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Arhan Chethan Anand | 2026 | 5½ | 6 | Daakshin Arun | 1644 | 28 | |||
| 2 | 2 | CM | Kadam Om Manish | 1982 | 5 | 5½ | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 1843 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 22 | Aashman Gupta | 1670 | 5 | 5 | Koustuv Dash | 1937 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 32 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | 1594 | 5 | 5 | Vedant Nitin Vekhande | 1868 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 43 | Rohith S | 1522 | 5 | 5 | Mrithyunjay Mahadevan | 1759 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 14 | Daaevik Wadhawan | 1726 | 5 | 5 | Sairaj Dilip Vernekar | 1617 | 29 | |||
| 7 | 16 | John Veny Akkarakaran | 1711 | 5 | 5 | Md Imran | 1606 | 30 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Mayank Chakraborty | 1849 | 4½ | 4½ | Shankhodip De | 1587 | 34 | |||
| 9 | 10 | Ilamparthi A R | 1828 | 4½ | 4½ | Atreya Nandy | 1580 | 36 | |||
| 10 | 44 | Agarwal Mukund H | 1516 | 4½ | 4½ | AGM | Sahib Singh | 1732 | 13 |
Girls Category
In the Girls section, Anupam Sreekumar of Kerala has emerged as the clear leader with 6.0/9.0.
The first board match-up between Anupam Sreekumar (1599) of Kerala and Sneha Halder (1531) of West Bengal was an interesting one.
It was a topsy- turvy game in which Sneha ,playing with the black pieces blundered in a fairly balanced position and allowed White’s pieces to infiltrate into the position.
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Board two witnessed a minor upset in the form of Snehayukta Behera’s ( 1246) of Odisha’s victory over Rajanya Dutta (1346) of West Bengal.
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Results of Round 6 (Top 10 Boards)
Round 6 on 2019/11/19 at 0900h
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Anupam M Sreekumar | 1599 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | Sneha Halder | 1531 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 39 | Behera Snehayukta | 1246 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | Rajanya Datta | 1343 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 13 | AFM | Sanikommu Manasvi | 1363 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4 | Anahita Verma | 1432 | 6 | |
| 4 | 26 | Anagha K G R | 1317 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Mrittika Mallick | 1539 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 29 | Mridulashree R | 1294 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | Sachi Jain | 1406 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 31 | Amrutha Varshini Damisetty | 1273 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Riddhika Kotia | 1397 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 15 | WCM | Shefali A N | 1361 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Indira Priyadharshini Subbu | 1311 | 27 | |
| 8 | 37 | Sarvani Cheedella | 1251 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Rianna Netta B | 1358 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 41 | Arshiya Das | 1238 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy | 1345 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 24 | Srishanthi G | 1320 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Adiba Ullah | 1294 | 28 |
Pairings of Round 7 (Top 10 Boards)
Round 7 on 2019/11/20 at 0900h
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 39 | Behera Snehayukta | 1246 | 5½ | 6 | Anupam M Sreekumar | 1599 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Mrittika Mallick | 1539 | 5 | 5 | AFM | Sanikommu Manasvi | 1363 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Sneha Halder | 1531 | 5 | 5 | Sarvani Cheedella | 1251 | 37 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Sachi Jain | 1406 | 5 | 5 | Arshiya Das | 1238 | 41 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Anahita Verma | 1432 | 4½ | 4½ | Dakshita Kumawat | 1321 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 24 | Srishanthi G | 1320 | 4½ | 4½ | Rout Yashita | 1401 | 9 | |||
| 7 | 10 | Riddhika Kotia | 1397 | 4½ | 4½ | Tejasvee Naresh Singh | 1271 | 33 | |||
| 8 | 11 | Netra P Savaikar | 1391 | 4½ | 4½ | Amrutha Varshini Damisetty | 1273 | 31 | |||
| 9 | 28 | Adiba Ullah | 1294 | 4½ | 4½ | WCM | Shefali A N | 1361 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 27 | Indira Priyadharshini Subbu | 1311 | 4½ | 4½ | Sani Deshpande | 1358 | 19 |
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