National Under 17 Chess Championship – 2023 :Final Report

National Under 17 Open Chess Championship – 2023, Organised by : District Chess Association, Jalandhar, Punjab at DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kabir Nagar,Jalandhar, Punjab 1 st May 2023 to 09 th May 2023.

The venue was spacious and well ventilated.  The event attracted a total number of 150 players from 21 States. There were 3 Fide Masters and 5 Candidate Masters participating in this event. The top seed of the event was FIDE Master Harsh Suresh of Tamil Nadu with a FIDE Rating of 2298. After the end of the 11^th round Candidate Master Mayank Chakraborty  2025 of Assam emerged as the Champion with 10 points, Ajay Santosh Parvathareddy 1925 of Uttar Pradesh stood First Runner Up and Vignesh Advaith Vemula 2004 stood as Second Runner Up.In Girls section the event attracted a total number of 95 players from 21 States. There were 3 Women Candidate Masters participating in this event. The top seed of the event was Mrittika Mallick of West Bengal with a FIDE Rating of 1948. After the end of the 11^th round Mrittika Mallick 1948of West Bengal emerged as the Champion with 9½ points, Velpula Sarayu1835of Telangana stood First Runner Up and Rajanya Datta 1556 of West Bengal stood as Second Runner Up.

Shri. Bharat Singh Chauhan Chairman Fide Advisory Board along with Shri.Vipnesh Bhardwaj Secretary All India Chess Federation, Shri.Naresh Sharma Treasurer All India Chess Federation , Shri.Bhavesh Patel Vice President All India Chess Federation, Shri.Atul Kumar Gupta Joint Secretary of All India Chess Federation, Shri.Muneesh Thapar President Punjab State Chess Association & Chairman of District Chess Association Jalandhar, Shri.Rajesh Duggal Chief Executive Officer District Chess Association Jalandhar and Advisor of Punjab State Chess, Shri.Shubham Duggal President District Chess Association Jalandhar, Shri.Sunil Sharma Secretary District Chess Association Jalandhar, Shri.Satish Malhotra Chairman Finance Committee, Shri.Varun Kumar Deputy Chief Arbiter, Organizing Secretary of Punjab State Chess Association, Senior Vice President District Chess Association Jalandhar, Vinod Sharma Senior Vice President Punjab State Chess Association, Chetan Bansal Vice President Punjab State Chess Association, Shri.Dinesh Gera Press secretary of Punjab State Chess Association, Ms. Shilpa office secretary of Punjab State Chess Association, IA Amit Sharma and IA Soundaramurthy, D live in charge were present at the  inauguration ceremony.

During this Chess Championship the work of all the Arbiters was up to the mark and Norm Certificates were given to SNA Kashish Sharma , SNA Dinesh Gera ,SNA Shubham Trikha and SNA Shilpa.

At the Closing ceremony Chief Guest Shri. Sanjay Kapoor President of All India Chess Federation along with Dr. Sanjeev Naval Principal DAV institute of engineering and technology, Shri. Muneesh Thapar President Punjab State Chess Association & Chairman of District Chess Association Jalandhar, Shri Rajesh Duggal Chief Executive Officer District Chess Association Jalandhar and Advisor of Punjab State Chess, Shri Shubham Duggal President District Chess Association Jalandhar, Shri. Sunil Sharma Secretary , Shri.Dinesh Gera Press secretary of Punjab State Chess Association Advocate Prag Bhasin Treasurer, Advocate Ishani Duggal Legal Advisor, Vijay Kumar Vice President, Sunil Jain Vice President, Raghav Malhotra Joint Secretary, Harsimran Singh Joint Secretary, Rohit Ghai Press Secretary, Madhav Thapar Co Secretary, Satish Malhotra Chairman Finance Committee District Chess Association Jalandhar International Arbiter Varun Kumar Deputy Chief Arbiter Senior Vice President District Chess Association Jalandhar International Arbiter Amit Sharma Chief Arbiter Live Games Incharge Soudra Morthy Dinesh Gera Press Secretary Punjab State Chess Association Shilpa Gera Office Secretary Punjab State Chess Association Prabhujot Singh Joint Secretary, Ms. Shilpa office secretary of Punjab State Chess Association, IA Amit Sharma and IA Soundaramurthy, D distributed prizes to all the prize winners.