16 Commonwealth Champions will be decided today!
A lot is at stake in the final round of the Commonwealth Championships 2018. We will have two Champions in the open section - the open winner and women's top player. Apart from this we have 14 age categories! In all 48 medals are at stake. Last rounds are always very stressful. Only one player has successfully confirmed her gold medal and that's Tejaswini Sagar in the under-18 girls section. In this report we bring you all the action from the penultimate round. Apart from that we also have impressions from the Jacob Aagaard lecture that was held on the 2nd of July, absolutely free of cost for all the participants. Photos by Amruta Mokal, write up and videos by Sagar Shah.
After the penultimate round, this is how the standings look like:
Rank after round 8:
Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 20 | IM | Akash G | IND | 2391 | Tamil Nadu | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 43,5 | |||
2 | 6 | GM | Debashis Das | IND | 2522 | Odisha | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 42,0 | |||
3 | 4 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2529 | PSPB | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 42,0 | |||
4 | 12 | IM | Karthikeyan P. | IND | 2456 | Railways | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 38,5 | |||
5 | 14 | IM | Nitin S. | IND | 2441 | Railway | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 43,0 | |||
6 | 2 | GM | Vaibhav Suri | IND | 2556 | Delhi | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 42,0 | |||
7 | 1 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2565 | PSPB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 40,0 | |||
8 | 10 | IM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2475 | AP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 39,0 | |||
9 | 17 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | IND | 2425 | PSPB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 38,5 | |||
10 | 11 | IM | Visakh N R | IND | 2467 | Tamilnadu | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 38,5 | |||
11 | 5 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2525 | Tamilnadu | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 38,0 | |||
12 | 3 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | IND | 2531 | Railways | 6,0 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 36,0 | |||
13 | 9 | GM | Kunte Abhijit | IND | 2494 | PSPB | 6,0 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 36,0 |
We have four leaders - G.Akash, Debashis Das, Lalith Babu and P. Karthikeyan. The tiebreak is buchholz and currently it G. Akash who has the best tiebreak, but Debashis and Lalith are not too far behind. Let's have a look at the all-important final round pairing:
Round 9 pairing:
Bo. | No. | Name | Typ | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Typ | Rtg | No. | ||||
1 | 4 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2529 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Debashis Das | 2522 | 6 | |||||
2 | 20 | IM | Akash G | 2391 | 6½ | 6½ | IM | Karthikeyan P. | 2456 | 12 | |||||
3 | 1 | GM | Sengupta Deep | 2565 | 6 | 6 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2525 | 5 | |||||
4 | 10 | IM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2475 | 6 | 6 | GM | Vaibhav Suri | 2556 | 2 | |||||
5 | 3 | GM | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2531 | 6 | 6 | IM | Visakh N R | 2467 | 11 | |||||
6 | 14 | IM | Nitin S. | 2441 | 6 | 6 | GM | Kunte Abhijit | 2494 | 9 | |||||
7 | 13 | IM | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 2441 | 5½ | 6 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2425 | 17 | |||||
8 | 7 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | 2495 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Kobese Watu | 2349 | 26 | |||||
9 | 30 | Wagh Suyog | 2289 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Bakre Tejas | 2439 | 15 | ||||||
10 | 16 | GM | Laxman R.R. | 2438 | 5½ | 5½ | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | 2270 | 36 |
Lalith Babu has always maintained that Debashis Das is his good friend! In the National Premier when Lalith took a quick draw in the last round, it was Debashis who defeated Aravindh Chithambaram to give Lalith the clear first place! But in the Commonwealth Championships 2018, friends will have to face off against each other. Lalith has the white pieces and in all probability he will play for a win. On the second board we have two strong IMs facing off against each other. Akash, who is back after a gap of two years, and P. Karthikeyan who hasn't been playing so well recently. Both of them have had a good event at the Commonwealth Championships 2018 and it remains to be seen who comes out on top.
After from these four guys on 6.5/8, we have another nine players of 6.0/8. S.Nitin has the best tiebreak and he is facing Abhijit Kunte in the last round. The last time these two met at the National Premier 2017, it was Nitin who came out on top. All the battles of players on 6.0/8 will be keenly contested because only if they win, do they have a chance to be on the podium with a medal.
Lalith Babu's handing of the position from the black side of the London System was quite instructive:
Nubairshah Shaikh played a little too recklessly in my opinion and soon landed in a lost position against G. Akash:
Deep Sengupta was up against Tania Sachdev with the black pieces. Deep experimented with the King's Indian Defence and managed to get a very good position. Here's Deep after the game, explaining to us how he beat his opponent:
One of the young talents who has done exceedingly well in this tournament is the 12-year-old from Kerala Jubin Jimmy. Jubin is already gaining 97 Elo points and crossed the Elo barrier of 2200. In this video he shows us his win over Sammed Shete from the 8th round:
If Jubin draws the last round and scores 6.0/9, he would be able to make his maiden IM norm. But his opponent Sankalp Gupta is in a must-win scenario to make his second IM norm. It's going to be an exciting battle, because at the end of the game one of the players would have definitely made a norm!
Under-8 open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 1 | CM | Manon Reja Neer | BAN | 1618 | Bangladesh | 5,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 22,0 |
2 | 24 | Rosh Jain | IND | 1095 | Delhi | 5,0 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 22,0 | |
3 | 14 | Mitul K H | IND | 1145 | Karnataka | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,0 | |
4 | 3 | Adireddy Arjun | IND | 1440 | Telangana | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 | |
5 | 2 | Aakash G | IND | 1503 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,0 | |
6 | 32 | Rounaiv Rana | IND | 1032 | Maharashtra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 | |
7 | 4 | Abhinav Raj | IND | 1385 | Delhi | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | |
8 | 8 | Sawalakhe Jay | IND | 1203 | Maharashtra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 20,0 | |
9 | 6 | CM | Kiaan Agrawal | IND | 1255 | Chattisgarh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 18,5 |
10 | 12 | Shashindhar Kumar R | IND | 1161 | Tamil Nadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 18,0 |
Bangladeshi top seed Neer Manon has played extremely well and seems all set to win the gold medal. He has beaten both Rosh Jain and Mitul KH.
Under-8 girls:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 16 | WCM | Shriyana S Mallya | IND | 0 | Karnataka | 5,0 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 23,0 |
2 | 36 | Shah Hiya | IND | 0 | Maharashtra | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 | |
3 | 3 | Sri Harini A | IND | 1073 | Karnataka | 5,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,5 | |
4 | 6 | Shreya G Hipparagi | IND | 1057 | Maharashtra | 5,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 16,5 | |
5 | 1 | Devaki Nandana | IND | 1128 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,5 | |
6 | 5 | Shresthi Gupta | IND | 1058 | Punjab | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | |
7 | 25 | Lakshana Subramanian | IND | 0 | Tamil Nadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,5 | |
8 | 11 | Saara Jain | IND | 1024 | Jharkhand | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 18,5 | |
9 | 12 | Arshiya Das | IND | 1021 | Tripura | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 18,0 | |
10 | 28 | Muthya Manjari Ne | IND | 0 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 18,0 |
It's a battle between Maharashtra and Karnataka in the girls under-8. Shriyana Mallya and Sri Harini are from Karnataka while Hiya Shah and Shreya Hipparagi are from Maharashtra. It remains to be seen who goes back home with the gold!
Under-10 Open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | Arhan Chethan Anand | IND | 1626 | Karnataka | 5,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,0 | |
2 | 23 | Jaidambareesh N R | IND | 1383 | Tamil Nadu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 21,5 | |
3 | 1 | Kadam Om Manish | IND | 1842 | Maharashtra | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 25,0 | |
4 | 5 | Bharadia Yash | IND | 1578 | Rajasthan | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | |
5 | 8 | Shaik Sumer Arsh | IND | 1512 | Telangana | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | |
6 | 9 | Daaevik Wadhawan | IND | 1506 | Delhi | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 | |
7 | 17 | Apoorv Kamble | IND | 1459 | Karnataka | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | |
8 | 3 | John Veny Akkarakaran | IND | 1590 | Kerala | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 25,5 | |
9 | 4 | Viswak Sen M | IND | 1585 | Telangana | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 25,0 | |
10 | 20 | Bagwe Gaurang | IND | 1427 | Maharashtra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,5 |
Arhan Anand seems to be the favourite as of now. But Jaidambareesh is an unknown commodity! It will be interesting to see who can win the gold in this section.
Under-10 girls
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | Anupam M Sreekumar | IND | 1376 | Kerala | 5,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,5 | |
2 | 3 | Rout Yashita | IND | 1333 | Odisha | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 22,0 | |
3 | 5 | WCM | Shefali A N | IND | 1248 | Karnataka | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 19,5 |
4 | 16 | Sani Deshpande | IND | 1109 | Maharashtra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 23,0 | |
5 | 11 | Stuti Aishwary | IND | 1150 | Delhi | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 20,5 | |
6 | 7 | Sneha Halder | IND | 1197 | West Bengal | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 19,5 | |
7 | 12 | Ikshita Barman | IND | 1128 | Assam | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 18,5 | |
8 | 10 | Arushi Srichandan | IND | 1170 | Odisha | 4,5 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 16,5 | |
9 | 13 | Mrittika Mallick | IND | 1124 | West Bengal | 4,0 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 26,0 | |
10 | 32 | Anjistha Basak | IND | 1011 | West Bengal | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 |
Anupam Sreekumar seems to be on track to becoming the Commonwealth Champion 2018 in the under-10 girls section
Under-12 Open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | Sreeshwan Maralakshikari | IND | 2064 | Telangana | 5,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,5 | |
2 | 4 | Pranesh M | IND | 1983 | Tamil Nadu | 5,0 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 | |
3 | 5 | Manish Kumar (2006) | IND | 1878 | Odisha | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 23,5 | |
4 | 7 | Aditya Varun Gampa | IND | 1704 | Telangana | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,0 | |
5 | 3 | CM | Shahil Dey | IND | 2019 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 20,0 | |
6 | 6 | Harshad S | IND | 1809 | Tamil Nadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 20,0 | |
7 | 24 | AIM | Pankaj Bhat | IND | 1463 | Karnataka | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 19,5 |
8 | 17 | Bhavesh Mahajan | IND | 1537 | Punjab | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 18,0 | |
9 | 10 | Mahajan Ayush | IND | 1606 | Maharastra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 18,5 | |
10 | 14 | Adireddy Tarun | IND | 1578 | Telangana | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 18,5 |
Sreeshwan Maralakshikari has been flawless at this event, beating Leon Mendonca. He has the best chances of winning the gold medal.
Under-12 girls:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | Savitha Shri B | IND | 1720 | Tamilnadu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | |
2 | 4 | Meenatchi Rajam V | IND | 1613 | Tamilnadu | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | |
3 | 5 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | IND | 1579 | Maharashtra | 5,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,5 | |
4 | 6 | WCM | Sahithi Varshini M | IND | 1571 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 |
5 | 9 | Ratnapriya K | IND | 1488 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 19,5 | |
6 | 19 | WCM | Kriti Mayur Patel | IND | 1339 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 23,5 |
7 | 8 | WCM | Wankhade Sanskruti | IND | 1524 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 |
8 | 21 | WCM | Patel Riddhi R | IND | 1327 | Gujarat | 4,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,0 |
9 | 17 | Akshaya Rajaraman | IND | 1343 | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 19,5 | |
10 | 11 | AFM | Advaita Sharma K | IND | 1398 | Telangana | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 18,5 |
Under-14 Open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 8 | Karthik Sai Ch | IND | 1789 | Telangana | 5,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 | |
2 | 1 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | IND | 2307 | Telangana | 5,0 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,0 |
3 | 4 | AGM | Rathneesh R | IND | 1893 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 |
4 | 3 | Soham Kamotra | IND | 2074 | Jammu&Kashmir | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 | |
5 | 13 | Samdani Sahil Sagar | IND | 1712 | Gujarat | 4,5 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 17,5 | |
6 | 2 | Panda Sambit | IND | 2187 | Odisha | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 | |
7 | 6 | Ruban Sanjai M | IND | 1798 | Tamil Nadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,0 | |
8 | 22 | Tanmay Chopra | IND | 1613 | Delhi | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 20,5 | |
9 | 9 | Abhinessh S | IND | 1788 | Tamil Nadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 19,0 | |
10 | 24 | Nikam Sudhanshu | IND | 1600 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 17,5 |
Karthik Sai, has a great chance to win the gold medal ahead of the pre-tournament favourites Kushagra Mohan and Sambit Panda.
Under 14 girls:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 3 | WCM | Jyothsna L | IND | 1871 | Tamilnadu | 5,0 | 0,5 | 20,5 | 23,0 |
2 | 4 | WCM | Bristy Mukherjee | IND | 1817 | West Bengal | 5,0 | 0,5 | 19,0 | 21,0 |
3 | 1 | WCM | Jain Nityata | IND | 2015 | Madhya Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,5 | 21,0 | 23,0 |
4 | 6 | Rindhiya V | IND | 1733 | Tamil Nadu | 4,5 | 0,5 | 17,5 | 19,5 | |
5 | 9 | Adane Narayani | IND | 1666 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,5 | |
6 | 2 | Bhagyashree Patil | IND | 1906 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | |
7 | 10 | Arushi Kotwal | IND | 1661 | Jammu&Kashmir | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 19,5 | |
8 | 8 | Eesha Ajay Sarda | IND | 1680 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 21,0 | |
9 | 19 | Navya Tayal | IND | 1372 | Haryana | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 18,5 | |
10 | 13 | Deepthi Lakshmi K | IND | 1460 | Karnataka | 3,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 |
Jyothsna L and Bristy Mukherjee are in the lead with Nityata and Rindhiya on 4.5 points. As 4.5 point players are playing the ones on 5, anything is possible in this group.
Under 16 Open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 3 | Raahul V S | IND | 2234 | Tamilnadu | 6,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 | |
2 | 5 | FM | Thilakarathne G M H | SRI | 2188 | Sri Lanka | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 22,0 |
3 | 1 | Koustav Chatterjee | IND | 2365 | West Bengal | 4,5 | 0,5 | 21,5 | 24,5 | |
4 | 10 | Sibi Visal R | IND | 1879 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,5 | 20,0 | 22,0 | |
5 | 9 | Cheela Naga Sampath | IND | 1894 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 22,0 | |
6 | 8 | FM | Gluckman Paul | RSA | 1922 | South Africa | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 |
7 | 20 | Roshan Hari | IND | 1582 | Kerala | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,5 | 16,5 | |
8 | 2 | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2365 | Maharashtra | 3,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 | |
9 | 4 | Moksh Amit Doshi | IND | 2203 | Gujarat | 3,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 22,0 | |
10 | 16 | Aditya P Melani | IND | 1644 | Gujarat | 3,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 19,5 |
Under 16 girls:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 1 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2139 | Maharashtra | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 |
2 | 4 | Sanskriti Goyal | IND | 1898 | UP | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | |
3 | 3 | Meenal Gupta | IND | 1934 | Jammu & Kashmir | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 | |
4 | 2 | WFM | Lakshmi C | IND | 1954 | Tamilandu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 24,5 |
5 | 13 | Laheri Nitya | IND | 1477 | Gujarat | 4,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 20,0 | |
6 | 7 | Nanditha V | IND | 1727 | Telangana | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,0 | |
7 | 6 | Tejasvi M | IND | 1731 | Tamil Nadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 18,5 | |
8 | 8 | Benasir M | IND | 1725 | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 18,5 | |
9 | 5 | Kaur Palkin | IND | 1749 | Delhi | 3,5 | 1,5 | 15,5 | 17,5 | |
10 | 9 | Routray Priyanka | IND | 1674 | Odissa | 3,5 | 1,0 | 16,0 | 18,0 |
Under 18 Open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | Harshavardhan G B | IND | 2194 | Tamilandu | 5,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 | |
2 | 1 | FM | Rathanvel V S | IND | 2301 | Tamilnadu | 5,0 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 24,5 |
3 | 4 | Grahesh Y | IND | 1902 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | |
4 | 6 | Arjun C Krishnamachari | IND | 1883 | Tamil Nadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 20,5 | |
5 | 11 | Shreyas M | IND | 1670 | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 18,5 | |
6 | 3 | Hemanth Raam | IND | 1952 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 23,0 | |
7 | 5 | CM | Klevansky Aron | RSA | 1889 | South Africa | 3,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 |
8 | 9 | Gokulraj K | IND | 1755 | Tamilnadu | 3,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 20,5 | |
9 | 8 | Patil Harshal | IND | 1809 | Maharashtra | 3,5 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 18,0 | |
10 | 15 | Yogeshwaran S A | IND | 1583 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 17,5 |
Under 18 girls:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 2 | WIM | Tejaswini Sagar | IND | 2103 | Gujarat | 6,0 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,5 |
2 | 1 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | IND | 2297 | Maharashtra | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,0 |
3 | 3 | Priyanka K | IND | 2052 | Tamilnadu | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,0 | |
4 | 5 | WFM | Tarini Goyal | IND | 1973 | Chandigarh | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 |
5 | 4 | Harshita Guddanti | IND | 2038 | Andhra Pradesh | 3,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 | |
6 | 7 | Abeysinghe H M H Janandani | SRI | 1670 | Sri Lanka | 3,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 20,5 | |
7 | 10 | Tarunika P | IND | 1576 | Tamil Nadu | 3,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 19,0 | |
8 | 9 | Niharika Ch | IND | 1614 | Andhra Pradesh | 3,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 19,5 | |
9 | 6 | Toshali V | IND | 1875 | Andhra Pradesh | 3,5 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,0 | |
10 | 13 | Wolmarans Riekie | RSA | 1429 | South Africa | 3,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 19,0 |
Under 20 Open:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 3 | IM | Krishna Teja N | IND | 2389 | Andhra Pradesh | 5,0 | 1,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 |
2 | 1 | IM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2475 | Andhra Pradesh | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 |
3 | 7 | Pranavananda V | IND | 2184 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,0 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 23,5 | |
4 | 2 | IM | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2441 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 |
5 | 4 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | IND | 2369 | Odisha | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 19,5 |
6 | 10 | Nagare Akhilesh | IND | 1883 | Maharashtra | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 17,0 | |
7 | 5 | Wagh Suyog | IND | 2289 | Maharashtra | 3,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 21,5 | |
8 | 9 | Dubey Sanchay | IND | 1900 | UP | 3,5 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 16,0 | |
9 | 14 | Dutta Sarthak | IND | 1620 | Uttar Pradesh | 3,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 20,5 | |
10 | 12 | Sri Sai Baswanth P | IND | 1829 | Telangana | 3,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 18,5 |
Karthik Venkatraman has lost to Krishna Teja, so the latter has an edge, but it all depends on the two crucial games today. Karthik takes on Sidhant Mohapatra, while Krishna is up against Nubairshah Shaikh.
Under 20 Girls:
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | 3 | WFM | Varshini V | IND | 2129 | Tamilnadu | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 20,5 |
2 | 2 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | IND | 2162 | Maharashtra | 4,5 | 1,5 | 18,5 | 21,0 |
3 | 1 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | IND | 2238 | Railways | 4,5 | 1,0 | 20,5 | 23,0 |
4 | 4 | WIM | Chandreyee Hajra | IND | 1981 | West Bengal | 4,5 | 0,5 | 16,5 | 18,0 |
5 | 6 | Divya Lakshmi R | IND | 1934 | Tamilnadu | 4,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 19,0 | |
6 | 7 | Priyamvada Karamcheti | IND | 1832 | Andhra Pradesh | 3,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,0 | |
7 | 8 | Ankitha Goud Palle | IND | 1742 | Telangana | 3,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 20,0 | |
8 | 9 | Fathima Abdeen | IND | 1625 | Kerala | 3,0 | 0,0 | 15,0 | 16,5 | |
9 | 13 | Asna Abdeen | IND | 1162 | Kerala | 2,5 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 17,5 | |
10 | 10 | WIM | Du Plessis Anika | RSA | 1515 | South Africa | 2,5 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 17,0 |
Jacob Aagaard's free lectures:
It was a great learning opportunity for players at the Commonwealth Championships 2018 to learn from the one of the finest trainers and authors of our time Jacob Aagaard. There were two lectures held on 2nd of July. The first one was from 4-5 p.m. and the second one from 9-10 p.m. Of course knowing Jacob well, it came as no surprise that the timings extended from 4-6 p.m. and 9-11 p.m.! Although nothing was charged from the players, Jacob gave his all and delivered some great knowledge on how his student Sam Shankland reached a rating of 2727. He also spoke about the mistakes made by Shankland in his games and the players learnt a lot from it.