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Daakshin and Anupam take sole lead at National under-11

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/11/2019

Daakshin Arun of Tamil Nadu and Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala emerged as the sole leader in the Open and Girls section respectively at the conclusion of round 6 of National under-11. Daakshin defeated the other leader of the round Rohith S, while Anupam defeated former National under-9 girls champion Sneha Halder. Both Daakshin and Anupam scored their victory comfortably and they are well on their way to the championship. Total 434 players including 265 in Open and 169 in Girls are taking part from over 25 different states across the country in the nation's capital Delhi. The tournament is organized by Delhi Chess Association from 15th - 23rd November 2019 at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Daakshin Arun emerged as the sole leader in the Open

Daakshin Arun is the sole leader in Open section with a score of 6.0/6 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Starting out as the 28th seed, Daakshin Arun of Tamil Nadu scored another emphatic victory over state mate Rohith S in a game where evaluation fluctuated a lot, however it was Daakshin who capitalized on his opponent's mistake and gained some valuable pawns to score a victory.

Daakshin - Rohith

White just played 36.b4. Where should Black move the knight?

39...Be6 is a blunder. Can you find out why?

Top seed Arhan Chetan Anand of Karnataka scored a crushing victory over former National under-9 champion Ilamparthi A R, after the latter blundered an exchange early in the opening and there was no way for him to recover.

Top seed Arhan Chethan Anand scored a crushing victory over former National under-9 champion Ilamparthi A R | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Anupam Sreekumar takes sole lead among the girls

Top seed Anupam Sreekumar is in the sole lead with 6.0/6 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Top seed of the girls section, Kerala State champion Anupam M Sreekumar kept her cool, did not get surprised by her opponent Sneha Halder's strange 1...c6 response to her 1.Nf3. Eventually she got an entry with her major pieces after maneuvering her pieces for the best squares in the middlegame.

Anupam - Sneha

Find out white's threat after 35.Rd6 and how should black respond to it

Second seed Mrittika Mallick of West Bengal scored a fine victory with the black pieces in just 29 moves over Anagha KGR of Karnataka.

Mrittika Mallick scored a clinical victory | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Total 265 players in Open and 169 girls are taking part from over 25 different states across the country. The National under-11 Open and Girls is organized by Delhi Chess Association from 15th - 23th November 2019 at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi

Round 6 results in Open

Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo.
128Daakshin Arun164451 - 05Rohith S152243
21Arhan Chethan Anand20261 - 0Ilamparthi A R182810
330Md Imran1606½ - ½CMKadam Om Manish19822
49Shaik Sumer Arsh18431 - 0Adireddy Arjun165625
53Koustuv Dash193741 - 0Atreya Nandy158036
629Sairaj Dilip Vernekar161741 - 04Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande19164
75Swayham P Das190140 - 14Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy159432
87Vedant Nitin Vekhande186841 - 04Hariharan Vinayagamurthy156637
911Mrithyunjay Mahadevan175941 - 04Abhash Roimya Saikia154639
1045Sushanth Kamabathula150740 - 14Daaevik Wadhawan172614
1153Gupta Nikunj145940 - 14John Veny Akkarakaran171116
1217Dandekar Anuj16994½ - ½4Jaivardhan Raj143562
1354Varshith Nela14594½ - ½4Midilesh Ms168419
1421Priansh Das16714½ - ½4Agarwal Mukund H151644
1575Jeevan Prakash N139840 - 14Aashman Gupta167022

Complete results

Round 6 results in Girls

Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo.
11Anupam M Sreekumar159951 - 05Sneha Halder15313
239Behera Snehayukta12461 - 0Rajanya Datta134322
313AFMSanikommu Manasvi1363½ - ½4Anahita Verma14326
426Anagha K G R131740 - 14Mrittika Mallick15392
529Mridulashree R129440 - 14Sachi Jain14068
631Amrutha Varshini Damisetty12734½ - ½4Riddhika Kotia139710
715WCMShefali A N13614½ - ½4Indira Priyadharshini Subbu131127
837Sarvani Cheedella125141 - 04Rianna Netta B135818
941Arshiya Das123841 - 04Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy134520
1024Srishanthi G13204½ - ½4Adiba Ullah129428
115Pragnya H G1485½ - ½Lakshanaa R124240
129Rout Yashita14011 - 0Yashvi Jain120446
1345Charvi Patidar12090 - 1Netra P Savaikar139111
1419Sani Deshpande13581 - 0Kavya N119449
1521Falak Joni Naik13441 - 0Sharadhi Shastry117954

Complete results

Round 7 pairings in Open

Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo.
11Arhan Chethan Anand20266Daakshin Arun164428
22CMKadam Om Manish19825Shaik Sumer Arsh18439
322Aashman Gupta167055Koustuv Dash19373
432Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy159455Vedant Nitin Vekhande18687
543Rohith S152255Mrithyunjay Mahadevan175911
614Daaevik Wadhawan172655Sairaj Dilip Vernekar161729
716John Veny Akkarakaran171155Md Imran160630
88Mayank Chakraborty1849Shankhodip De158734
910Ilamparthi A R1828Atreya Nandy158036
1044Agarwal Mukund H1516AGMSahib Singh173213
1142Eshan Bhattacharjee1522Dandekar Anuj169917
1218Nanal Arnav1692Arshpreet Singh150047
1319Midilesh Ms1684Prathamesh Santosh Gawade144159
1446Rupesh Reddy Y1503Priansh Das167121
1525Adireddy Arjun1656Aaryan Pandey143165

Complete pairings

Round 7 pairings in Girls

Bo.No.NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtgNo.
139Behera Snehayukta12466Anupam M Sreekumar15991
22Mrittika Mallick153955AFMSanikommu Manasvi136313
33Sneha Halder153155Sarvani Cheedella125137
48Sachi Jain140655Arshiya Das123841
56Anahita Verma1432Dakshita Kumawat132123
624Srishanthi G1320Rout Yashita14019
710Riddhika Kotia1397Tejasvee Naresh Singh127133
811Netra P Savaikar1391Amrutha Varshini Damisetty127331
928Adiba Ullah1294WCMShefali A N136115
1027Indira Priyadharshini Subbu1311Sani Deshpande135819
1138Arushi Srichandan1246Falak Joni Naik134421
1222Rajanya Datta1343Prapti Moulik123342
134Palak Mohapatra15024Krishika Garg116458
1443Aishani Pathak123144Pragnya H G14855
1560Kashthuri Bhai R115844WCMShriyana S Mallya14277

Complete pairings