Gujarat and Kerala triumph at National Amateur
The podium finishers at 8th National Amateur | Photo: Mpchess
Closing Ceremony of the event was graced by Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare Director SL Thousen, Secretary of All India Chess Federation Bharat Singh Chauhan and Depy. Secretary Kapil Saxena, Madhya Pradesh Chess Association President Sunil Bansal and Chief Arbiter IA AK Joshi.
Champion - Kartavya Anadkat of Gujarat scored 8.0/10, received a beautiful trophy and ₹21000 cash | Photo: Mpchess
Kartavya's only blemish was his loss in the penultimate round against the eventual runner-up of the tournament Srikanth K of SSCB
Kartavya's best win was in round 3 against Varuan Sharma (1636) of Madhya Pradesh, when he thwarted opponent's all attempts to stir up trouble on his kingside in a game arising out of Scotch Game.
Eleventh seeded Srikanth K's dream run was halted as he lost the last round game against Karan Trivedi of Gujarat | Photo: Mpchess
Srikanth needed a draw in the final round to become champion
Indrajeet Mahindrakar secured third place with a score of 8.0/10, despite losing his seventh and eighth round game against the eventual champion Kartavya and runner-up Srikanth respectively
Champion in Women's category - Fathima Abdeen of Kerala scored 7.0/10, received a shiny new trophy and ₹10000 cash | Photo: Mpchess
Fathima suffered only two losses, one of them against the eventual champion in the final round, on her way to triumph
Fathima won Sitges Open 'B' less than a month ago | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Bhopal GM 2019 Tournament Circular was unveiled at the Closing Ceremony. Details can be found here | Photo: Mpchess
The tournament hall | Photo: Mpchess
The highest number of participants from the host state Madhya Pradesh speaks volumes about the progress of chess in the state | Photo: Mpchess
Final Ranking after 10 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Anadkat Kartavya | GUJ | IND | 2079 | B-2300 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 61,5 | 67,0 | 52,00 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Srikanth K. | SSCB | IND | 1917 | B-2000 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 66,5 | 52,00 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Mahindrakar Indrajeet | MAH | IND | 2078 | B-2300 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 66,5 | 50,50 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Pradeep Tiwari | DEL | IND | 1959 | B-2000 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 59,5 | 64,0 | 50,50 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 13 | Trivedi Karan R | GUJ | IND | 1886 | B-2000 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 62,0 | 49,75 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Tanmay Chopra | DEL | IND | 2023 | B-2300 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 59,5 | 43,75 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 33 | Colaco Reuben | GOA | IND | 1692 | B-2000 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 53,0 | 40,25 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 15 | Banerjee Ashutosh | CHH | IND | 1821 | B-2000 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,5 | 61,0 | 40,25 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 51 | Aarush Gupta | DEL | IND | 1590 | B-1700 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,5 | 60,5 | 39,00 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 20 | CM | Sharma Pankaj | PUN | IND | 1767 | B-2000 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 62,0 | 40,00 | 6 | |
| 11 | 16 | Fathima Abdeen | w | KER | IND | 1809 | B-2000 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 61,5 | 41,75 | 6 | |
| 12 | 18 | Chudasama Ankit | GUJ | IND | 1798 | B-2000 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 61,5 | 40,50 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Sanchit Anand | DEL | IND | 1878 | B-2300 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 59,0 | 39,50 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 34 | AIM | Mandloi Mukesh | RAJ | IND | 1685 | B-2000 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 56,0 | 35,50 | 7 | |
| 15 | 12 | Chauhan Joy | GUJ | IND | 1904 | B-2300 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 55,0 | 36,75 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 32 | Sairaj Dilip Vernekar | GOA | IND | 1695 | B-2300 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 46,0 | 50,0 | 35,00 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Sooraj M R | KER | IND | 1934 | B-2000 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 65,0 | 39,75 | 5 | ||
| 18 | 45 | Subhabrata Roy | WES | IND | 1629 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 60,0 | 64,5 | 39,00 | 4 | ||
| 19 | 1 | Jaiswal Puneet | DEL | IND | 2184 | B-2300 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 59,5 | 64,5 | 39,75 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Devesh Anand Naik | GOA | IND | 1996 | B-2000 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 59,5 | 63,0 | 37,75 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Wajih Nassir | DEL | IND | 2168 | B-2300 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 59,0 | 35,75 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 71 | Femil Chelladurai | w | TN | IND | 1512 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 59,0 | 38,00 | 3 | |
| 23 | 83 | AIM | Sheikh Jahan | MP | IND | 1427 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 58,5 | 36,00 | 6 | |
| 24 | 31 | AIM | Kohli Pranav | MAH | IND | 1698 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 59,0 | 36,00 | 4 | |
| 25 | 101 | Kavyansh Agrawal | MP | IND | 1300 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,5 | 58,5 | 34,75 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 69 | Kuwar Tushar | MAH | IND | 1522 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 58,5 | 34,75 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 28 | Mayank Sharma Nandkishore | DEL | IND | 1721 | B-2000 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 58,5 | 34,25 | 6 | ||
| 28 | 39 | Rathi Dhanashree | w | MAH | IND | 1642 | B-2000 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 53,5 | 57,0 | 34,25 | 6 | |
| 29 | 53 | Narasimha Raveendra G | AP | IND | 1584 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 53,5 | 57,0 | 33,75 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 85 | Umesh Konduru | TEL | IND | 1406 | B-1700 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 52,5 | 57,5 | 36,25 | 6 |
