National Under-9 (Open & Girls) Chess Championship-2017 concluded on Friday 11th November. Kadam Om Manish of Maharashtra with 9.5 points & Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala with 9 points won the Title in Open & Girls category respectively.
The tournament took place from 2nd to 10th of November 2017 at Shriram Global School, Haryana. A total number of 259 budding chess players participated in the Open Category and Girls Category saw 138 players contending for the top spots.
Mr. Pawan Jindal a renowned businessman & head of the Haryana Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh was the Chief Guest of the Prize Distribution ceremony. Mr. Raju Verma- President of The Haryana Chess Association, Mr. Naresh Sharma, General Secretary, Mr. Rajpal Chauhan- Joint Secretary, Mr. Anil Parnami- President, Distt. Chess Association Gurgaon, Mr. Desh Rattan Gulati, Mr. Rakesh Chawla, Mr. Satish Singla- Vice presidents, Mr. Krishan Kant Verma, Mr. Vijay Gupta- owner of Shriram Global School were also present. The tournmament was concluded with Vote of thanks by Mr. Naresh Sharma.
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds (Open Category)
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | RtgI | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | w-we | |
| 1 | 2 | Kadam Om Manish | U09 | 1651 | Maharashtra | 9,5 | 1,0 | 72,5 | 74,0 | 63,50 | 8,0 | 0,03 | |||
| 2 | 8 | John Veny Akkarakarn | U09 | 1477 | Kerala | 9,5 | 0,0 | 79,5 | 84,0 | 70,75 | 9,0 | 2,40 | |||
| 3 | 24 | Viswak Sen M | U09 | 1361 | Telangana | 9,0 | 1,0 | 75,5 | 79,5 | 62,00 | 8,0 | 3,17 | |||
| 4 | 37 | Adireddy Arjun | U09 | 1301 | Telangana | 9,0 | 0,0 | 72,0 | 75,0 | 59,00 | 8,0 | 3,23 | |||
| 5 | 17 | Bharadia Yash | U09 | 1413 | Rajasthan | 8,5 | 0,0 | 77,5 | 82,0 | 58,50 | 8,0 | 1,00 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | U09 | 1569 | Telangana | 8,5 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 73,0 | 53,25 | 8,0 | -0,93 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Sriansh Das | U09 | 1352 | Odisha | 8,5 | 0,0 | 70,0 | 74,0 | 53,50 | 7,0 | 2,10 | |||
| 8 | 23 | Jaidambareesh N R | U09 | 1364 | Tamilnadu | 8,0 | 0,0 | 79,0 | 82,0 | 55,00 | 7,0 | 2,37 | |||
| 9 | 16 | Rohith S | U09 | 1416 | Tamilnadu | 8,0 | 0,0 | 78,5 | 83,0 | 56,75 | 7,0 | 1,30 | |||
| 10 | 1 | Ilamparthi A R | U09 | 1686 | Tamilnadu | 8,0 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 80,0 | 55,00 | 8,0 | -2,23 |
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds (Girls Category)
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | RtgI | RtgN | Bdld | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | Rp | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 2 | Anupam M Sreekumar | U09 | w | IND | 1300 | 1300 | 0 | Kerala | 9,0 | 2,0 | 76,0 | 81,0 | 66,00 | 8,0 | 1340 | 9 | 7 | 6,83 | 0,17 | 40 | 6,8 | |||
| 2 | 17 | WCM | Shefali A N | U09 | w | IND | 1134 | 1134 | 0 | Karnataka | 9,0 | 1,0 | 73,0 | 78,0 | 61,00 | 8,0 | 1345 | 6 | 4 | 2,85 | 1,15 | 40 | 46,0 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Rajanya Datta | U09 | w | IND | 1182 | 1182 | 0 | West Bengal | 9,0 | 0,0 | 71,5 | 75,5 | 57,50 | 9,0 | 1379 | 8 | 6 | 4,23 | 1,77 | 40 | 70,8 | |||
| 4 | 50 | Aashi Upadhyay | U09 | w | IND | 1010 | 1010 | 0 | Rajasthan | 8,5 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 80,0 | 59,00 | 7,0 | 1346 | 7 | 4,5 | 1,74 | 2,76 | 40 | 110,4 | |||
| 5 | 18 | Rianna Netta B | U09 | w | IND | 1134 | 1134 | 0 | Tamilnadu | 8,5 | 0,0 | 67,0 | 71,0 | 52,50 | 8,0 | 1253 | 4 | 3 | 2,11 | 0,89 | 40 | 35,6 | |||
| 6 | 33 | Anagha K G R | U09 | w | IND | 1069 | 1069 | 0 | Karnataka | 8,0 | 0,0 | 72,5 | 75,5 | 52,50 | 6,0 | 1298 | 8 | 5,5 | 2,93 | 2,57 | 40 | 102,8 | |||
| 7 | 23 | Chavan Dakshayani Tushar | U09 | w | IND | 1114 | 1114 | 0 | Maharashtra | 8,0 | 0,0 | 71,5 | 76,5 | 52,25 | 7,0 | 1233 | 5 | 3 | 2,41 | 0,59 | 40 | 23,6 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Netra P Savaikar | U09 | w | IND | 1208 | 1208 | 0 | Goa | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 72,5 | 49,75 | 7,0 | 1206 | 5 | 2,5 | 3,44 | -0,94 | 40 | -37,6 | |||
| 9 | 4 | Pragnya H G | U09 | w | IND | 1201 | 1201 | 0 | Tamilnadu | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,0 | 70,5 | 49,00 | 7,0 | 1233 | 6 | 4 | 3,76 | 0,24 | 40 | 9,6 | |||
| 10 | 10 | Kashthuri Bhai R | U09 | w | IND | 1157 | 1157 | 0 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 8,0 | 0,0 | 66,0 | 69,0 | 46,50 | 7,0 | 1204 | 4 | 1,5 | 2,42 | -0,92 | 40 | -36,8 |
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