Y. Grahesh wins National Under-25 title in Bhopal

7 years ago

Photo courtesy: Niklesh Jain/ Chessbase India

Y. Grahesh of Andhra Pradesh won the gold medal in 27th National Youth Under 25 Chess Championship which was held at Hotel Kanta Shravan Palace, Bhel, Bhopal from 21 to 27th August 2018. The championship was organised by Madhya Pradesh Chess Association on behalf of the All India Chess Federation. A total of 86 chess players from across India participated in the event.

Niranjan Navalgund from Belagavi emerged as runners-up. He won seven games, drew one game and lost one to Grahesh. Both scored 7.5 points, with Grahesh winning six and drawing three of the nine-round event. While Baivab Mishra of Odisha seized the third spot with 7.0/9 points.

Y. Grahesh is currently pursuing Electronics Communication Engineering at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai.

Final Ranking

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ		FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	13		Grahesh Y	U25		IND	1950	AP	7,5	1,0	45,5	49,0	40,50	6
2	1	FM	Navalgund Niranjan	U25		IND	2255	KAR	7,5	0,0	48,5	52,5	42,50	7
3	4		Baivab Mishra	U25		IND	2118	ORI	7,0	0,0	46,0	50,0	36,50	7
4	3		Subhayan Kundu	U25		IND	2130	WB	7,0	0,0	45,5	49,5	37,75	6
5	9		Parthasarathy R	U25		IND	1956	KAR	7,0	0,0	45,0	49,5	38,25	6
6	19		Sanjay D G	U25		IND	1897	TN	6,5	0,0	46,5	50,0	33,75	5
7	7		Aishwin Daniel	U25		IND	2009	MP	6,0	0,0	48,5	53,0	32,25	5
8	5		Balkishan A.	U25		IND	2040	KAR	6,0	0,0	48,5	52,5	30,50	6
9	29		Dere Pushkar	U25		IND	1777	MAH	6,0	0,0	47,5	50,5	32,00	5
10	17		Elancheralathan P	U25		IND	1916	TN	6,0	0,0	44,5	48,5	30,50	5
11	21	AGM	Yuvan Bharathi K S	U25		IND	1848	TN	6,0	0,0	43,0	47,0	30,50	5
12	14		Dubey Sanchay	U25		IND	1937	UP	6,0	0,0	42,5	46,5	28,50	4
13	11		Sanjeet Manohar	U25		IND	1953	GUJ	6,0	0,0	42,5	45,5	28,50	5
14	16		Das Susobhit	U25		IND	1928	ORI	6,0	0,0	40,5	43,5	26,50	5
15	31		Sudarshan Bhat	U25		IND	1768	KAR	6,0	0,0	39,5	42,5	26,00	5
16	30		Deodhar Vrushali Umesh	U25	w	IND	1775	MAH	6,0	0,0	38,0	40,5	23,00	6
17	32		Gugan G	U25		IND	1750	TN	6,0	0,0	37,0	40,0	24,75	5
18	27		Chudasama Ankit	U25		IND	1807	GUJ	6,0	0,0	36,0	39,0	24,00	6
19	22		Chaitanya Sairam Mogili	U25		IND	1847	AP	5,5	0,0	46,5	50,5	29,75	3
20	8		Mushini Ajay	U25		IND	1970	AP	5,5	0,0	43,5	48,0	28,25	4