Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka State Champions dominate
In National Under-7 it is always difficult to pick any favorites, because anyone has the capability of beating anyone more than in any other age category National Championships. For a safe bet, State Champions are in general considered favorites, if one must pick a favorite.
Siddhi Rao of Karnataka and Sri Akhil Prasad of Andhra Pradesh of Andhra Pradesh are the 33rd National Under-7 Champion in girls and open category respectively | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Sri Akhil Prasad, playing in his last National under-7 as he was born in 2012, has won National School under-7 open and Andhra Pradesh State under-7 open earlier this year.
Winning two National under-7 championships in two months, that has to be some kind of record | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Akhil's unbeaten run of 9.5/11
Siddhi Rao of Karnataka, also appearing in her last National under-7 for the same reason as Akhil, became Karnataka State under-7 girls champion last month. She finished 4th in National School under-7 girls couple of months ago.
Both Siddhi Rao and Sannah M (the eventual runner-up) finished at 9.5/11, however Siddhi had defeated Sannah in round 6 which worked in her favor | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Despite losing the last round, Siddhi still became champion. That's a rare feat.
2nd in open - Rishabh Kumar of Delhi 9.0/11, received a beautiful trophy, ₹20000 cash and a certificate | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
2nd in girls - Sannah M of Tamil Nadu 9.5/11, earned a beautiful trophy, ₹20000 cash and a certificate | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
3rd in open - Apaar Saxena of Karnataka 9.0/11, won a glittering trophy, ₹13400 cash and a certificate | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
3rd in girls - Sreekarthika Velmurugan of Tamil Nadu 9.0/11, received a trophy, ₹13400 cash and a certificate | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Top 3 in open (L to R) - Rishabh Kumar - 3rd, Sri Akhil Prasad - 1st and Apaar Saxena - 2nd | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Top 3 girls (L to R) - Sreekarthika Velmurugan - 3rd, Siddhi Rao - 1st and Sannah M - 2nd | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Photo Gallery:
Tournament flex | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Players form a queue to submit their results | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
A part of open section which is a converted indoor Rifle Shooting and Table Tennis arena | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
The girls section which was converted from a Squash Arena | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Parents and players wait in line to get their accreditation card | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
The Inauguration Ceremony was performed with a lighting of the lamp | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Chief Arbiter IA Swapnil Bansod explains all rules and regulations to the parents | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
Prize Distribution Ceremony photos:
4th in open - Swastik Suvam Patnaik of Odisha 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
5th - Viraj Rane of Maharashtra 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
6th - Pratiyush Kumar of Bihar 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
7th - Sreevaishnav Nair of Maharashtra 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
8th - Rudradaman Mertia of Rajasthan 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
9th - Rishit Agrawal of Chattisgarh 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
10th - Sreehari S Mecheril of Kerala 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
All open prize winners | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
4th in girls - Aishwarya Sahoo of Odisha 9.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
5th - Diya Digamber Sawal of Goa 8.5/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
6th - Umauthra M of Tamil Nadu 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
7th - Macherla Akshaya Laxmi Reddy of Telangana 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
8th - Poorvi Nayak of Goa 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
9th - Anshika Dongre of Madhya Pradesh 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
10th - Mysha Perwez of Maharashtra 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
All girls prize winners | Photo: Shahid Ahmed
For more Prize Distribution Ceremony photos, click here.
Video Gallery:
Highlights of Round 1 | Video: Shahid Ahmed
Sri Akhil Prasad and his coach talk about his performance and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed
Siddhi Rao talks about her best game, strongest opponent of the tournament and more | Video: Shahid Ahmed
Final Standings in open category
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 9 | Sri Akhil Prasad | U07 | IND | 1080 | Andhra Pradesh | 9,5 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 77,0 | 64,75 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Rishabh Kumar | U07 | IND | 1108 | Delhi | 9,0 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 79,0 | 62,00 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Apaar Saxena | U07 | IND | 1152 | Karnataka | 9,0 | 0,0 | 73,5 | 77,5 | 62,00 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 17 | Swastik Suvam Patnaik | U07 | IND | 1038 | Orissa | 8,5 | 0,0 | 77,0 | 82,5 | 61,00 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 10 | Rane Viraj | U07 | IND | 1079 | Maharashtra | 8,5 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 79,0 | 58,00 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 139 | Pratiyush Kumar | U07 | IND | 0 | Bihar | 8,5 | 0,0 | 73,5 | 79,0 | 59,00 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 121 | Nair Sreevaishnav | U07 | IND | 0 | Maharashtra | 8,5 | 0,0 | 71,5 | 75,0 | 56,25 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 149 | Rudradaman Mertia | U07 | IND | 0 | Rajasthan | 8,5 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 72,5 | 53,25 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 147 | Rishit Agrawal | U07 | IND | 0 | Chhattisgarh | 8,5 | 0,0 | 64,5 | 67,5 | 50,75 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 168 | Sreehari S Mecheril | U07 | IND | 0 | Kerala | 8,0 | 0,0 | 75,5 | 80,0 | 56,25 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 11 | Siddhant Bharti | U07 | IND | 1063 | Maharashtra | 8,0 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 79,0 | 53,25 | 7 | |||
| 12 | 21 | AFM | Yuvanesh A | U07 | IND | 0 | Karnataka | 8,0 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 75,0 | 49,50 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Burugupalli Jai Pranav Sri Ram | U07 | IND | 1098 | Andhra Pradesh | 8,0 | 0,0 | 64,5 | 69,0 | 46,25 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 161 | Shravan Ambaru | U07 | IND | 0 | Telangana | 8,0 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 65,0 | 45,25 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 34 | Aditya Trehan | U07 | IND | 0 | Uttar Pradesh | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 65,0 | 47,25 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 151 | Sairaj Narvenkar | U07 | IND | 0 | Goa | 8,0 | 0,0 | 60,5 | 62,5 | 43,50 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 7 | Kian Dishank Shah | U07 | IND | 1083 | Gujarat | 7,5 | 0,0 | 76,5 | 81,5 | 51,75 | 7 | |||
| 18 | 20 | Mayukh Majumder | U07 | IND | 1008 | West Bengal | 7,5 | 0,0 | 70,0 | 73,0 | 44,75 | 7 | |||
| 19 | 18 | Karthik Vedanth | U07 | IND | 1034 | Maharashtra | 7,5 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 72,0 | 43,00 | 7 | |||
| 20 | 19 | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | U07 | IND | 1031 | Madhya Pradesh | 7,5 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 71,5 | 45,00 | 6 |
Final Standings in girls section
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 100 | Siddhi Rao | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Karnataka | 9,5 | 1,0 | 79,0 | 83,5 | 71,00 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 94 | Sannah M | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 9,5 | 0,0 | 78,0 | 83,0 | 69,25 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 105 | Sreekarthika Velmurugan | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 9,0 | 0,0 | 72,5 | 77,5 | 58,50 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Aishwarya Sahoo | F07 | w | IND | 1029 | Orissa | 9,0 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 71,5 | 55,00 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 37 | Diya Digamber Sawal | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Goa | 8,5 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 76,0 | 52,75 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 114 | Umauthra M | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 8,0 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 73,0 | 49,50 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 57 | Macherla Akshaya Laxmi Reddy | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Telangana | 8,0 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 47,50 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 70 | Nayak Poorvi | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Goa | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 70,0 | 47,50 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 20 | Anshika Dongre | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Madhya Pradesh | 8,0 | 0,0 | 65,0 | 69,5 | 46,50 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 66 | Mysha Perwez | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Maharashtra | 8,0 | 0,0 | 58,5 | 61,5 | 45,50 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 71 | Niharika Chakraborty | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Jharkhand | 7,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 72,0 | 45,75 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 79 | Pari Suresh Chavan | U07 | w | IND | 0 | Maharashtra | 7,5 | 0,0 | 66,5 | 69,5 | 42,00 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Aadya Tripathi | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Chhattisgarh | 7,5 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 65,0 | 41,25 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 78 | Pardeshi Chaturthi | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Maharashtra | 7,0 | 0,0 | 78,0 | 83,0 | 48,00 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 38 | Diya Umesh | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Karnataka | 7,0 | 0,0 | 71,5 | 75,5 | 44,50 | 7 | ||
| 16 | 45 | Ishani Das | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Orissa | 7,0 | 0,0 | 69,5 | 72,5 | 39,75 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 30 | Charudharshini R | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 7,0 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 44,50 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 108 | Swadha Sunil Datir | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Maharashtra | 7,0 | 0,0 | 66,5 | 70,5 | 42,50 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 85 | Rammadugu Geethika Sri | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Andhra Pradesh | 7,0 | 0,0 | 66,5 | 70,0 | 38,50 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 40 | Hanya Shah | F07 | w | IND | 0 | Gujarat | 7,0 | 0,0 | 65,5 | 70,5 | 42,50 | 7 |
The tournament was organized by Global Chess Foundation and Bengal Chess Association at The Newtown School from 1st to 6th June 2019. Total 313 participants including 197 in open and 116 in girls from 28 different states across the country participated in this event which made it the biggest National Championship in terms of total number of participants ever. Chief Arbiter IA Swapnil Bansod mentioned in his Arbiter's report that, for the first time ever, a National under-7 concluded without a zero complain from the players.
