Coimbatore: The Dr. N. Mahalingam 28th National under-17 open and girls chess championship was held at the Kumaraguru College of Technology here October 24 to Nov. 1. Organised jointly by the Dr. N. Mahalingam Chess Academy and the Coimbatore District Chess Association (CDCA). About 200 players participated in this event, which carried a total cash prize of ₹2,50,000.
Raja Rithvik defeated Tarun Kanth of Tamil Nadu in the final round and emerged champion in the Open category event
Erigaisi Arjun of Telangana finished second while Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal took the third spot.
Coimbatore lass Priyanka topped in the girls section, followed by Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal and Tarini Goyal of Chandigarh.
Choice selection of Game Analysis by Uma Maheshwaran and Ganesh Babu Sabapathy
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Final Ranking of Girls Category
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 6 | Priyanka K | w | 2046 | AICF | 8,5 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 76,0 | 57,25 | 7,0 | |
| 2 | 2 | WFM | Arpita Mukherjee | w | 2210 | West Bengal | 8,0 | 1,5 | 74,0 | 79,5 | 56,50 | 5,0 |
| 3 | 5 | WFM | Tarini Goyal | w | 2062 | Chandigarh | 8,0 | 1,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 50,50 | 7,0 |
| 4 | 4 | WIM | Tejaswini Sagar | w | 2071 | Gujarat | 8,0 | 0,5 | 74,0 | 80,0 | 56,50 | 6,0 |
| 5 | 1 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | w | 2248 | Maharashtra | 7,5 | 0,0 | 72,0 | 77,5 | 49,50 | 6,0 |
| 6 | 11 | Toshali V | w | 1803 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,5 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 74,0 | 47,75 | 6,0 | |
| 7 | 17 | Niharika Ch | w | 1578 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,5 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 72,0 | 46,75 | 6,0 | |
| 8 | 18 | Kavisha S Shah | w | 1575 | Gujarat | 7,5 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 71,0 | 46,75 | 6,0 | |
| 9 | 9 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | w | 1810 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,5 | 0,0 | 63,0 | 68,0 | 45,00 | 6,0 |
| 10 | 7 | Harshita Guddanti | w | 2045 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 78,5 | 47,50 | 5,0 |
Final Ranking of Open Category
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 10 | CM | Raja Rithvik R | 2237 | Telangana | 9,0 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 76,0 | 60,50 | 8,0 | |
| 2 | 1 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2354 | Telangana | 8,5 | 1,0 | 72,5 | 78,0 | 61,00 | 7,0 | |
| 3 | 2 | FM | Mitrabha Guha | 2328 | West Bengal | 8,5 | 0,0 | 67,0 | 72,0 | 53,00 | 8,0 | |
| 4 | 3 | FM | Rathanvel V S | 2319 | Tamil Nadu | 8,0 | 0,0 | 76,0 | 81,5 | 56,50 | 6,0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Saurabh Anand | 2288 | Bihar | 8,0 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 53,25 | 5,0 | ||
| 6 | 5 | FM | Nitish Belurkar | 2285 | Goa | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 71,5 | 50,75 | 6,0 | |
| 7 | 31 | Sibi Visal R | 1848 | Tamil Nadu | 7,5 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 79,5 | 51,25 | 6,0 | ||
| 8 | 38 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 1789 | Tamil Nadu | 7,5 | 0,0 | 71,5 | 76,5 | 52,50 | 5,0 | ||
| 9 | 26 | Deota Snehil S | 1877 | Karnataka | 7,5 | 0,0 | 71,5 | 76,5 | 47,75 | 7,0 | ||
| 10 | 6 | FM | Jeet Jain | 2274 | Gujarat | 7,5 | 0,0 | 67,0 | 72,0 | 46,75 | 6,0 |
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