Aaryan Varshney, Dhyana Patel emerge champs in National Under-13

Photos: Gujarat State Chess Association

Delhi’s Aaryan Varshney and Gujarat’s Dhyana Patel emerged as champions in the Open and Girls sections respectively in the 32nd National Under-13 Chess Championship 2018 that concluded at Rajpath Club, Ahmedabad, Gujarat yesterday.

Aaryan defeated overnight leader Pranav V. in the 9th round, thereby grabbing the joint lead with Aditya Mittal and Samant Aditya S at 7.5/9 points.

[iframe border=”0″ frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”true” width=”560″ height=”465″ src=”//www.chess.com/emboard?id=4148938″][/iframe]

Before the penultimate round clash among co-leaders, Aditya Mittal suffered an injury during a temple visit. Aaryan Varshney received a walkover point against Aditya while Pranav V. successfully bounced back with a victory over Samant Aditya on board 1.

[iframe border=”0″ frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”true” width=”560″ height=”465″ src=”//www.chess.com/emboard?id=4148964″][/iframe]

Interestingly, Sreeshwan Maralakshikari managed to take home the point against AGM Jubin Jimmy on board 3. Sreeshwan emerged as co-leader with Aaryan and Pranav.

[iframe border=”0″ frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”true” width=”560″ height=”465″ src=”//www.chess.com/emboard?id=4148972″][/iframe]

The final round saw two decisive results on top boards. Pranav V. lost to Sreeshwan Maralakshikari whereas, Rohith Krishna S lost to tournament’s winner Aaryan Varshney.

[iframe border=”0″ frameborder=”0″ allowtransparency=”true” width=”560″ height=”465″ src=”//www.chess.com/emboard?id=4149192″][/iframe]

In the girls’ section, WFM Dhyana Patel had a smooth sailing to capture the title. She scored two consecutive victories against WCM Vishwa Vasnawala and Savitha Shri B in the 9th and penultimate round respectively. Dhyana split the point in the final round to emerge as champion with 9.5/11 points. Followed by WCM Kriti Mayur Patel, who settled for second place with 9.0/11 points

A total of 471 players from 25 states participated in the championship. In the closing ceremony, Mr. Ajay H. Patel, President, GSCA and Mr. Bhavesh Patel, Hon. Secretary, GSCA presented the trophies to the winners.

Open: Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	3		Aaryan Varshney	U13		IND	2209	Delhi	9,5	0,0	74,0	79,0	68,00	9	40	5,2
2	9		Sreeshwan Maralakshikari	U13		IND	2063	Telangana	9,5	0,0	71,0	75,5	65,00	9	40	54,0
3	33		Aditya Varun Gampa	U13		IND	1704	Telangana	9,0	0,0	65,5	71,0	58,75	7	40	92,0
4	2		Pranav V	U13		IND	2265	Tamil Nadu	8,5	0,0	76,0	81,0	58,50	8	20	-13,8
5	1		Pranav Anand	U13		IND	2336	Karnataka	8,5	0,0	73,5	79,0	61,00	8	20	-30,8
6	8	CM	Nikhil Magizhnan	U13		IND	2098	Tamil Nadu	8,5	0,0	71,5	76,5	57,50	6	40	-41,6
7	27		Ayush Sharma	U13		IND	1783	Madhya Pradesh	8,5	0,0	68,5	73,5	54,25	8	40	64,0
8	13	AGM	Srihari L R	U13		IND	1990	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	79,0	83,5	57,25	6	40	31,6
9	12	CM	Rohith Krishna S	U13		IND	1992	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	74,5	79,5	56,00	6	40	5,2
10	11		Arya Bhakta	U13		IND	2004	West Bengal	8,0	0,0	73,5	79,0	55,25	7	40	-20,8

Girls: Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	3	WFM	Dhyana Patel	F13	w	IND	1752	Gujarat	9,5	0,0	77,5	83,0	71,75	8	40	53,2
2	44	WCM	Kriti Mayur Patel	F13	w	IND	1340	Maharashtra	9,0	0,0	73,0	76,0	58,50	9	40	208,8
3	5		Tanvi Vasudev Hadkonkar	F13	w	IND	1698	Goa	8,5	0,0	71,0	76,0	57,00	8	40	-23,6
4	8	WCM	Chopdekar Gunjal	F13	w	IND	1633	Goa	8,5	0,0	69,5	74,5	56,25	7	40	23,6
5	1		Bhagyashree Patil	F13	w	IND	1905	Maharashtra	8,0	0,0	74,0	79,0	53,75	7	40	-70,8
6	4		Savitha Shri B	F13	w	IND	1721	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	72,5	76,5	53,50	7	40	-30,8
7	2	WCM	Vishwa Vasnawala	U13	w	IND	1758	Gujarat	8,0	0,0	72,0	77,5	53,50	7	40	-36,0
8	12		Velpula Sarayu	U13	w	IND	1567	Telangana	8,0	0,0	71,0	77,0	54,25	6	40	61,6
9	11		Boramanikar Tanisha S	F13	w	IND	1579	Maharashta	8,0	0,0	70,5	75,5	49,25	7	40	-12,0
10	62		Jesica	U13	w	IND	1254	Delhi	8,0	0,0	68,0	72,5	51,50	7	40	200,8