Abhijeet Gupta wins the Commonwealth title for a record fifth time!
Legends have a habit of raising their game when the situation demands it. That's the reason why they have maximum grand slams to their credit, or highest number of goals, or most runs scored! In chess, the mark of a strong player stems from how he plays in the last round, especially when he is in a must-win situation. This is what happened with Abhijeet Gupta, four time Commonwealth winner. Abhijeet was in a must-win situation and came out all guns blazing to beat his opponent Arjun Erigaisi and claim his 5th Commonwealth title. He deserves the title of Mr. Commonwealth. The women's section was won by IM Tania Sachdev, who also scored her 3rd title. In this report we have the final critical game of Abhijeet versus Arjun analyzed, interviews with both Gupta and Sachdev and all the pictures of the prize winners.
Mr. Commonwealth = Abhijeet Gupta!
"If I played four events, I would rather choose gold in one and no medals in other three over four silver medals!" This statement by Abhijeet Gupta aptly sums up his attitude. Winning tournaments means a lot to him. He is ready to take tremendous amounts to risk to win the title and he proved this in the last round of the Commonwealth Championships 2019. Playing with the white pieces against Arjun Erigaisi, Abhijeet had his task cut out. Gupta had missed a win against Swapnil Dhopade on the previous day after playing for over 140 moves. Health-wise he was not in the best possible shape. Still, he went for the sharpest variation against Arjun's Slav. We soon had the Moscow system on the board and after Abhijeet's opening decision, it boiled down to a situation where White had burned all hi bridges. There was no going back!
Abhijeet Gupta took on Arjun Erigaisi with the white pieces
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Abhijeet Gupta vs Arjun Erigaisi
This position was reached after 17 moves. And if you give this to a computer, it will say that the position is just better for Black. Black is a pawn up and has a very active bishop on d5. But Abhijeet felt that his position was not bad at all. In fact it was an ideal one for his last round must win situation because the black king is not sure where it can go to.
The bishop moving to g5 was an important part of Abhijeet's entire concept. He wanted to prevent black from castling long.
Changing the character of the position at the right moment is one of the big skills of a match winner. Abhijeet gives up the g2 pawn, but in return gets more activity.
How should White get a winning advantage here?
You have think prophylactically here. You need to stop your opponent's plan of 0-0-0. Hence the right move is Qh4! Also creating a threat of Qh8+!
The black pawn is on c2, and the position is quite complex. But White has only one direct way to win here. How do you do it?
The best move here is to take the pawn on g5. Black then makes a queen in order to distract the rook. Now it is important to see the intermediate check Nd6+. Black must take the knight with his queen, and we reach this very unique position:
Black has two queens and both are hanging. But you can only take one piece at a time! How should White finish off the game?
Abhijeet played the move Qg6+ and after Kd8 he picked up the queen with exd6! Although White is a piece down, the black king is stranded in the centre of the board and the game ended in just a few moves!
Other two players who were on 6.5/8 - Aravindh Chithambaram and S.L. Naryanan drew their game, which made Abhijeet the sole champion with 7.5/9
| Photo: Sagar Shah
Standings after round 9:
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2606 | Delhi | 7,5 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 53,0 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2598 | Tamilnadu | 7,0 | 0,0 | 48,5 | 52,5 |
| 3 | 10 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2488 | Maharastra | 7,0 | 0,0 | 47,0 | 51,0 |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Narayanan.S.L | IND | 2603 | Kerala | 7,0 | 0,0 | 46,5 | 51,0 |
| 5 | 5 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2557 | Tamilnadu | 6,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,5 |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Debashis Das | IND | 2544 | Orissa | 6,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 49,0 |
| 7 | 14 | GM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2445 | Tamilnadu | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 45,5 |
| 8 | 12 | GM | Kunte Abhijit | IND | 2478 | Maharastra | 6,5 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 45,5 |
| 9 | 7 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2526 | Telangana | 6,0 | 0,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 |
| 10 | 4 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2571 | Andra Pradesh | 6,0 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,0 |
| 11 | 19 | IM | Tania Sachdev | IND | 2401 | Delhi | 6,0 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 47,0 |
| 12 | 9 | IM | Swayams Mishra | IND | 2493 | Orissa | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 47,0 |
| 13 | 8 | IM | Iniyan P | IND | 2525 | Tamilnadu | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 46,5 |
| 14 | 16 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2434 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 42,0 | 46,0 | |
| 15 | 17 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2414 | Maharastra | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 43,0 |
| 16 | 27 | IM | Saravana Krishnan P. | IND | 2290 | Tamilnadu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 50,5 | 54,5 |
| 17 | 21 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2380 | Goa | 5,5 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 49,0 |
| 18 | 15 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2437 | Tamilnadu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 49,0 |
| 19 | 35 | FM | Srihari L R | IND | 2214 | Tamilnadu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 48,0 |
| 20 | 29 | Bhambure Shantanu | IND | 2248 | Maharastra | 5,5 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 47,0 |
Abhijeet Gupta receives the winner's trophy. Second place went to Aravindh Chithambaram and third to Swapnil Dhopade
| Photo: Sagar Shah
Aravindh won the silver medal. He has won the national title in all three formats - classical, rapid and blitz. He was looking to win another gold, this time at Commonwealth, but a silver is also an excellent result!
| Photo: Sagar Shah
Swapnil Dhopade is now almost a full time coach. Yet he is able to deliver such a powerful performance! He scored a win against P. Iniyan in the final round and secured his bronze medal. | Photo: Swapnil Dhopade's Facebook
Abhijeet Gupta on winning the Commonwealth Championships 2019 and winning the Commonwealth title for a record fifth time!
Tania Sachdev scored 6.0/9 and became the women's champion. She played a great last round and beat Varshini. This meant that Tania was able to defend her title. The silver went to Divya Deshmukh (right) and bronze to Bhakti Kulkarni (centre)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
Tania Sachdev scored an important last round win against V. Varshini to win the gold!
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One of the best things about the Commonwealth Championships is that the youngsters are able to interact with the world class GMs. In the above picture you can see youngsters eagerly taking their photos with Tania Sachdev. It will be a great memory for them for years to come!
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Divya Deshmukh with her complete family - mother Dr. Namrata Deshmukh, sister Arya Deshmukh, who was seen for the first time at a tournament venue, Divya and father Dr. Jitendra Deshmukh. Divya not only won the silver in the open women's section but also gold in under-16. She has surely graduated into the big league!
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The bronze medal winner Bhakti Kulkarni with AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan
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A proud coach! IM Vishal Sareen with both his students who have become the Commonwealth Champions!
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From left to right: Tania's husband Viraj, Tania's mother-in-law, sister in law, Tania Sachdev, Tania's parents, Abhijeet Gupta, Tania's father in law, Abhijeet's wife Aditi and Bharat Singh Chauhan
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The Tania Sachdev interview after she became the Commonwealth Champion 2019
Age group
One of the finest points of the Commonwealth Championships 2019 is the fact that the age group of under-8 and under-10 get to play in the same playing hall as the open section. This means that the youngsters can go and see the games of top grandmasters like Abhijeet Gupta, Aravindh Chithambaram, S.L. Narayanan and so on. And also the grandmasters often visit the games of these youngsters. In all there were 14 age category tournaments that took place and there were 42 medals at stake. Below you can find the photos of all the winners.
Under 8 girls
From left to right: Aishani Pathak (gold), Yatee Kothari (silver), Tashna Aggarwal (bronze) | Photo: Sagar Shah
| k. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Aishani Pathak | IND | 1213 | 6,0 | 1,0 | 31,0 | 34,0 | |
| 2 | 8 | Yatee Kothari | IND | 1080 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,0 | |
| 3 | 6 | Aggarwal Tashna | IND | 1101 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 30,0 | 32,0 | |
| 4 | 4 | Lakshana Subramanian | IND | 1155 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 28,5 | 30,0 | |
| 5 | 5 | Daksha Rudra | IND | 1123 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 31,0 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi | IND | 1094 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 | |
| 7 | 3 | Prisha Kesarwani | IND | 1203 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | |
| 8 | 39 | Shradha S Rai | IND | 0 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 | |
| 9 | 38 | Sequeira Jennica | IND | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 29,5 | |
| 10 | 18 | Arhashirsha Biswas | IND | 0 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 27,0 |
Under 8 Open
From left to right: Chinmay Kowshik (gold), Vivaan Saraogi (silver), Amogh Bisht (bronze) | Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | Chinmay Kowshik | IND | 1385 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | Vivaan Vijay Saraogi | IND | 1464 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 31,0 | |
| 3 | 6 | Amogh Bisht | IND | 1355 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,5 | |
| 4 | 21 | Rudradaman Mertia | IND | 1033 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,5 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jaivardhan Raj | IND | 1384 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 31,0 | |
| 6 | 10 | Ayushman Mohanty | IND | 1248 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 29,5 | |
| 7 | 1 | Rosh Jain | IND | 1510 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jval Saurin Patel | IND | 1290 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 27,5 | |
| 9 | 8 | Adharsh K | IND | 1283 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 26,0 | |
| 10 | 25 | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | IND | 1012 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 |
Under 10 girls
From left to right: Sneha Halder (gold), Shefali AN (bronze) and Hiya Panchal (silver)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Sneha Halder | IND | 1474 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 2 | 7 | Panchal Hiya | IND | 1295 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,5 | |
| 3 | 4 | WCM | Shefali A N | IND | 1337 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 29,0 |
| 4 | 5 | WCM | Shriyana S Mallya | IND | 1316 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,5 |
| 5 | 3 | Arshiya Das | IND | 1345 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 | |
| 6 | 13 | Srishanthi G | IND | 1240 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 31,5 | |
| 7 | 6 | Pournami S | IND | 1314 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 8 | 16 | Indira Priyadharshini Subbu | IND | 1189 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 29,0 | |
| 9 | 10 | Arushi Srichandan | IND | 1261 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,0 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sanikommu Manasvi | IND | 1353 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 27,5 |
Under 10 Open
From left to right: Yash Bharadia (gold), Ilamparthi AR (silver) and Daaevik Wadhawan (bronze)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | Bharadia Yash | IND | 1942 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 33,0 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ilamparthi A R | IND | 2036 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 | |
| 3 | 9 | Daaevik Wadhawan | IND | 1603 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | |
| 4 | 7 | Md Imran | IND | 1659 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | |
| 5 | 8 | Aakash G | IND | 1622 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,5 | |
| 6 | 3 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | BAN | 1850 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 32,0 |
| 7 | 4 | Mayank Chakraborty | IND | 1784 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 | |
| 8 | 5 | Adireddy Arjun | IND | 1702 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,0 | |
| 9 | 37 | Rounaiv Rana | IND | 1264 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,5 | |
| 10 | 33 | Vedant Mistry | IND | 1286 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 29,5 |
Under 12 girls
From left to right: Yashita Rout (bronze), Riddhi Patel (gold), Tejaswini G (silver) | Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 10 | WCM | Patel Riddhi R | IND | 1404 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 |
| 2 | 7 | Tejaswini G | IND | 1451 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 24,0 | |
| 3 | 5 | Rout Yashita | IND | 1453 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 29,5 | |
| 4 | 13 | Sai Mahati A | IND | 1394 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 24,0 | |
| 5 | 12 | Cera Dagaria | IND | 1395 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 30,0 | |
| 6 | 14 | Mythri Maddisetty | IND | 1380 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 26,5 | |
| 7 | 20 | Tejasvee Naresh Singh | IND | 1193 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 28,0 | |
| 8 | 9 | Mohitha V | IND | 1421 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 25,5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Ratnapriya K | IND | 1498 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 22,5 | |
| 10 | 8 | Tejaswi R | IND | 1426 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 31,5 |
Under 12 Open
From left to right: Shreyash Patnaik (bronze), Tanmay Jain (silver) and Garv Gaur (gold)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 8 | Garv Gaur | IND | 1797 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 32,0 | |
| 2 | 6 | CM | Tanmay Jain | IND | 1837 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 |
| 3 | 3 | Shreyash Shuvam Patnaik | IND | 1885 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 | |
| 4 | 7 | Chilukuri Sai Varshith | IND | 1804 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Harsh Suresh | IND | 1887 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 | |
| 6 | 21 | Swayham P Das | IND | 1518 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 23,5 | |
| 7 | 11 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | IND | 1733 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 31,5 | |
| 8 | 1 | Pawar Harshit | IND | 1917 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | |
| 9 | 24 | Bang Atharva | IND | 1446 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 26,0 | |
| 10 | 20 | Md Bashiq Imrose | IND | 1552 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 25,0 |
Under 14 girls
From left to right: Vyshnavi Chinnam (bronze), Yash Jyoti Bir (silver) and Divya Deshmukh (gold)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | WIM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2373 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,5 |
| 2 | 6 | Yash Jyoti Bir | IND | 1646 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 3 | 4 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | IND | 1664 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 |
| 4 | 7 | Velpula Sarayu | IND | 1640 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,0 | |
| 5 | 5 | Shivika Rohilla | IND | 1648 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 6 | 3 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | IND | 1720 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | |
| 7 | 16 | Hemakshi Chauhan | IND | 1375 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,0 | |
| 8 | 8 | Renganayaki V | IND | 1583 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,0 | |
| 9 | 12 | Femil Chelladurai | IND | 1446 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 26,5 | |
| 10 | 14 | Sanjana Raghunath | IND | 1427 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 25,5 |
Under 14 Open
From left to right: Srihari LR (gold), Rohith Krishna (silver), Aditya Gampa (bronze)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | FM | Srihari L R | IND | 2200 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 32,5 |
| 2 | 1 | FM | Rohith Krishna S | IND | 2312 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 30,5 |
| 3 | 9 | Aditya Varun Gampa | IND | 1918 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | |
| 4 | 5 | Jain Kashish Manoj | IND | 1970 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,0 | |
| 5 | 13 | Smit Devon | RSA | 1743 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | |
| 6 | 3 | Manish Kumar (2006) | IND | 2055 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 | |
| 7 | 11 | Komal Srivatsav Sajja | IND | 1832 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 25,0 | |
| 8 | 14 | Chauhan Narayan | IND | 1703 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 9 | 7 | Aaditya Dhingra | IND | 1931 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 | |
| 10 | 20 | Prithvvi Singh | IND | 1580 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 25,0 |
Under 16 girls
From left to right: Nityata Jain (bronze), Bristy Mukherjee (gold), Meenatchi Rajam (silver)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | WCM | Bristy Mukherjee | IND | 1862 | West Bengal | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 30,0 |
| 2 | 9 | Meenatchi Rajam V | IND | 1564 | Tamilnadu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | |
| 3 | 1 | WFM | Jain Nityata | IND | 2135 | Madya Pradesh | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,5 |
| 4 | 7 | Sahoo Ankita | IND | 1586 | Orissa | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,0 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sudipa Haldar | IND | 1678 | West Bengal | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,5 | |
| 6 | 6 | Routray Priyanka | IND | 1647 | Orissa | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | |
| 7 | 12 | Shreetu Bhavikbhai Nandi | IND | 1328 | Gujrat | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 25,0 | |
| 8 | 8 | Rindhiya V | IND | 1573 | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 | |
| 9 | 4 | WCM | Arushi Kotwal | IND | 1744 | JK | 4,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 |
| 10 | 3 | Adane Narayani | IND | 1859 | Maharastra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,0 |
Under 16 Open
From left to right: Arjun Erigaisi (gold), Kashyap Dhrupad (silver) and Jinan Jomon (bronze)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2531 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 32,0 |
| 2 | 7 | Dhrupad Kashyap | IND | 1884 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 | |
| 3 | 4 | Jinan Jomon | IND | 2053 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | |
| 4 | 5 | Tanmay Chopra | IND | 2001 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 | |
| 5 | 8 | Esshan Wadhawan | IND | 1859 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | |
| 6 | 2 | FM | Ajay Karthikeyan | IND | 2216 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 31,0 |
| 7 | 9 | Akshit Kumar J | IND | 1856 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,0 | |
| 8 | 3 | Soham Kamotra | IND | 2136 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 25,0 | |
| 9 | 10 | Debata Sarthak | IND | 1856 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,5 | |
| 10 | 15 | Kadam Rishi R | IND | 1718 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 |
Under 18 girls
From left to right: K. Priyanka (gold), Sanskriti Goyal (silver) and Srishti Pandey (bronze)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Priyanka K | IND | 2217 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | WFM | Sanskriti Goyal | IND | 1948 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 |
| 3 | 3 | Pandey Srishti | IND | 1882 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | |
| 4 | 5 | Jinal Yagnik | IND | 1202 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 24,5 | |
| 5 | 4 | Mudaliar Nandini | IND | 1609 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,0 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jaiswal Kritika | IND | 1141 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 23,5 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mahima Jaiswal | IND | 1084 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 26,5 | |
| 8 | 9 | Manya Sharma | IND | 1063 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 23,5 | |
| 9 | 10 | Drishti Grover | IND | 1062 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 20,0 | |
| 10 | 6 | Villoen Sharise | RSA | 1184 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 20,5 |
Under 18 Open
From left to right: Vedant Panesar (bronze), P. Iniyan (gold), Gaurav Zagade (bronze)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | IM | Iniyan P | IND | 2524 | Tamilnadu | 7,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 30,0 |
| 2 | 8 | Gaurav Rajesh Zagade | IND | 1979 | Maharastra | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 29,5 | |
| 3 | 4 | Panesar Vedant | IND | 2092 | Maharastra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 32,0 | |
| 4 | 9 | Deota Snehil S | IND | 1972 | Chattisgarh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 30,5 | |
| 5 | 10 | Dubey Sanchay | IND | 1823 | Utter Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 | |
| 6 | 2 | FM | Manu David Suthandram R | IND | 2415 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 31,0 |
| 7 | 18 | Tiwari Shivansh | IND | 1593 | Madya Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 25,5 | |
| 8 | 3 | Arjun C Krishnamachari | IND | 2212 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 25,5 | |
| 9 | 6 | Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi | IND | 2032 | Maharastra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | |
| 10 | 7 | Vinay Thomas Abraham | IND | 2020 | Kerala | 4,0 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 |
Under 20 girls
From left to right: Rutuja Bakshi (gold), Mounika Bommini (bronze), Vishwa Shah (silver)
| Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 3 | Bakshi Rutuja | IND | 1958 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 25,0 | |
| 2 | 7 | Shah Vishwa | IND | 1734 | 5,0 | 1,0 | 28,5 | 30,0 | |
| 3 | 2 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | IND | 2063 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,5 |
| 4 | 5 | WIM | Chandreyee Hajra | IND | 1868 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 30,5 |
| 5 | 4 | WFM | Potluri Supreetha | IND | 1873 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 |
| 6 | 6 | Eesha Ajay Sarda | IND | 1752 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 23,5 | |
| 7 | 8 | Rathi Dhanashree | IND | 1685 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 21,5 | |
| 8 | 9 | Ishvi Aggarwal | IND | 1664 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 25,0 | |
| 9 | 10 | Devanshi Rathi | IND | 1553 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 21,5 | |
| 10 | 1 | WFM | Makhija Aashna | IND | 2067 | 3,5 | 1,0 | 25,5 | 27,0 |
Under 20 Open
From left to right: Nilsu Pattnayak (bronze), Suyog Wagh (gold), Indrajeet Mahindrakar (silver) | Photo: Sagar Shah
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | FM | Wagh Suyog | IND | 2242 | Maharastra | 5,5 | 0,5 | 27,0 | 30,5 |
| 2 | 6 | Mahindrakar Indrajeet | IND | 2092 | Maharastra | 5,5 | 0,5 | 27,0 | 30,5 | |
| 3 | 9 | Pattnayak Nilsu | IND | 1967 | Orissa | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 27,5 | |
| 4 | 8 | Rohit S | IND | 2001 | Tamilnadu | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 | |
| 5 | 11 | Karthik Sai Ch | IND | 1864 | Telangana | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 | |
| 6 | 16 | Dutta Sarthak | IND | 1702 | Utter Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 27,0 | |
| 7 | 3 | FM | Dushyant Sharma | IND | 2168 | Punjab | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 29,0 |
| 8 | 10 | Chaitanya Sairam Mogili | IND | 1922 | Andra Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 25,5 | |
| 9 | 12 | Sparsh Khandelwal | IND | 1830 | Maharastra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,5 | |
| 10 | 19 | Mckenzie Lionel Joseph | IND | 1596 | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 |
On the last day IM Sagar Shah conducted many interviews with the medal winners in different categories. All of these interviews will be published in the separate report.
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