Vedant and Priyanka emerge champions in National U-17 Chess

Top three finishers: FM Mitrabha Guha, Panesar Vedant, and Om Kharola.

Panesar Vedant of Maharastra was crowned the champion after he played out a draw against Manish Anto Cristiano F of Tamil Nadu in the final round of the 29th National U-17 Open Chess Championship in Sonipat, Haryana on Tuesday.

Panesar Vedant took the first spot while Om Kharola grabbed the second place on tie-break scores after tying on 8.5 points each. Top-seed FM Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal settled for third place with 8.0/11 points.

Meanwhile, Priyanka K of Tamil Nadu emerged champion by securing 9.5 points. WCM Jyothsna, also of Tamil Nadu was runner-up with nine points. WFM Harshini scored 7.5 points in 11 rounds to secure the joint third place in the Girls Category.

In the glittering closing ceremony, Mr Bharat Singh Chauhan, Hon’ble Secretary of AICF gave away the prizes to the winners.

Open: Final Ranking

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8		Panesar Vedant	IND	2124	Maharashtra	8,5	0,5	72,5	77,5	58,00	6
2	11		Om Kharola	IND	2042	Maharashtra	8,5	0,5	68,5	74,0	55,25	8
3	1	FM	Mitrabha Guha	IND	2376	West Bengal	8,0	0,0	76,0	81,5	57,00	6
4	13		Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	1995	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	70,5	75,5	54,75	5
5	16		Vinay Thomas Abraham	IND	1953	Kerala	8,0	0,0	70,5	75,5	51,25	7
6	3		Krishnater Kushager	IND	2333	Maharashtra	8,0	0,0	66,5	71,5	50,75	6
7	15		Sibi Visal R	IND	1959	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0,0	62,5	67,0	48,25	6
8	18		Cheela Naga Sampath	IND	1935	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	0,0	70,5	74,5	48,00	6
9	2		Srijit Paul	IND	2335	West Bengal	7,5	0,0	69,5	75,0	49,75	6
10	12		Vaibhav Jayant Raut	IND	1999	Maharashtra	7,5	0,0	67,5	73,0	48,50	4

Girls: Final Ranking

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2		Priyanka K	IND	2163	Tamil Nadu	9,5	0,0	71,5	76,5	64,50	8
2	7	WCM	Jyothsna L	IND	1964	Tamil Nadu	9,0	0,0	72,0	77,5	61,50	7
3	3	WFM	Harshini A	IND	2160	Tamil Nadu	7,5	0,0	74,0	79,0	52,00	5
4	1	WFM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2207	West Bengal	7,5	0,0	73,5	79,0	50,75	5
5	17		Tejasvi M	IND	1747	Tamil Nadu	7,5	0,0	72,0	76,5	49,25	4
6	4	WFM	Tarini Goyal	IND	2072	Chandigarh	7,5	0,0	70,5	75,5	50,25	4
7	12		Toshali V	IND	1875	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	0,0	66,0	70,5	45,75	5
8	6		Sanskriti Goyal	IND	1965	Uttar Pradesh	7,0	0,0	74,0	79,0	45,50	6
9	9	WFM	Tanishka Kotia	IND	1918	Haryana	7,0	0,0	70,5	75,5	43,00	5
10	5	WCM	Mrudul Dehankar	IND	2065	Maharastra	7,0	0,0	69,5	74,0	44,00	5