1500+ players in action at MPL 11th National Schools 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/01/2023

The National Schools Chess Championship is the biggest chess tournament in India in terms of numbers. Players take part in six different age group in Open and Girls category, thus the number become quite big. The 11th edition sponsored by MPL Sports Foundation is witnessing the participation of 1537 players from various states across the country. The Under-13 Open itself has 257 players taking part, followed by 244 in Under-13 Open and 184 in Under-15 Open. Currently, eight players are in the sole lead in their respective age group and only two players are at perfect 7/7. They are - Vyom Malhota (HAR) and Saharsha Challa (TEL) in Under-9 and Under-13 Open respectively. Among the Girls, Prasiddhi Bhat (KAR) has a 1.5 point lead over the field in Under-17 Girls. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The event by the numbers

A total of 1537 players are taking part from various states across the country in six different age groups - Under-7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 in Open and Girls sections. A dozen champions will be crowned tomorrow 31st January 2023.

Over 1500 players are in action at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering in Hosur, Tamil Nadu | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Under-7 Girls

Narayani Umesh Marathe (MAH) and Vamshika Boga (TEL) are the coleaders 6/7. Total participants - 48.

Under-7 Girls | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo	Name	sex	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	25	Narayani Umesh Marathe	w	0	MAH	6	31,5	34,5	29,50	0	5
2	46	Vamshika Boga	w	0	TEL	6	26	28,5	21,00	0	6
3	5	Ankita Raj	w	0	BIH	5,5	31	34	25,25	0	5
4	1	Aditi Moharana	w	0	ODI	5,5	29,5	31,5	22,75	0	5
5	23	Nakshatra Gumudavelly	w	0	KAR	5,5	24	25,5	17,50	0	5
6	39	Sukriti Rhea S	w	0	TN	5	25,5	28,5	19,50	0	4
7	27	Nitya Konduri	w	0	TEL	5	24	26	16,50	0	5
8	8	Aryahi Bhattacharya	w	0	WB	5	24	25	14,50	0	5
9	30	Rayna Ajay Patel	w	0	GUJ	5	23	24,5	17,50	0	5
10	13	Chippada Poshana Rithika Akshaya	w	0	AP	4,5	28,5	29	16,00	0	4

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Under-7 Open

Divith Reddy Adulla (TEL, 1114) is the sole leader 6.5/7. He is followed by four players at 6/7. Total participants - 109.

Under-7 Open | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	3	Divith Reddy Adulla	1114	TEL	6,5	28,5	32,5	30,50	0	6	1422
2	33	Hriday Garg	0	DEL	6	30,5	33	27,00	0	6	1344
3	1	Ayaan Phutane	1129	KAR	6	29,5	31,5	26,00	0	6	1309
4	4	Pranav M	1060	TN	6	27,5	30,5	22,00	0	6	1273
5	109	Tejas Tiwari	0	UTT	6	27,5	30	24,50	0	6	1309
6	105	Swaraj Mishra	0	MAH	5,5	32,5	36,5	27,75	0	5	1255
7	21	Atharv Singh	0	HAR	5,5	29	32	23,75	0	5	1230
8	18	Akshith Done	0	TEL	5,5	26,5	29	21,25	0	5	1230
9	106	Takkshanth Anand	0	TN	5	30	33	18,50	0	5	1147
10	54	Lakshmanan Natesan	0	TN	5	29,5	32,5	21,75	0	4	1174

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Under-9 Girls

Asian Youth Under-8 Girls Bronze medalist, Samhita Pungavanam (TEL, 1123) is currently leading her group 6.5/7. Two girls are trailing her by a half point at 6/7 each. Total participants - 90.

Under- 9 Girls | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo	Name	sex	Rtg	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	6	Samhita Pungavanam	w	1123	1123	TEL	6,5	29	31	29,25	0	6
2	8	Pooja Shree R	w	1079	1079	TN	6	30,5	34,5	29,75	0	5
3	5	Narayanan Rishitha	w	1136	1136	AP	6	27	30	25,50	0	6
4	1	Aaradhya Das	w	1274	1274	TRI	5,5	31	34,5	25,50	0	5
5	4	Srinika S	w	1138	1138	TN	5,5	29	31	23,75	0	5
6	3	Waghle Bhumika	w	1182	1182	MAH	5,5	26	29	20,00	0	5
7	11	Tanirika Sahoo	w	1038	1038	KAR	5,5	25,5	27,5	21,25	0	5
8	45	Kashika Goyal	w	0	0	HAR	5,5	25,5	27,5	20,00	0	5
9	33	Divi Bijesh	w	0	0	KER	5	33,5	36,5	22,25	0	4
10	2	Leah R Joseph	w	1257	1257	KAR	5	29,5	31,5	18,50	0	5

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Under-9 Open

The reigning Haryana State Under-11 Open champion, Vyom Malhotra (1255) has scored a perfect 7/7. His statemate, last year's 10th National School Under-7 Open winner, Sidhant Rana (1188) is the sole player at 6.5/7. Total participants - 196.

Under-9 Open | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	5		Vyom Malhotra		1255	HAR	7	28,5	30	30,50	0	7	1912
2	15		Sidhant Rana		1188	HAR	6,5	29,5	32,5	29,50	0	6	1511
3	38		Bagdia Shourya		1099	MAH	6	31,5	34,5	28,25	0	5	1469
4	33	ACM	Venkata Naga Karthik Malladi		1123	KAR	6	31	32,5	26,00	0	6	1498
5	7		Vairaj Sogerwal		1224	HAR	6	28,5	31	23,25	0	5	1404
6	12		Reyaansh Venkat		1196	MAH	6	27	30	24,50	0	6	1415
7	4		Vihaan Anupam Agrawal		1264	MAH	5,5	29	32,5	23,75	0	5	1307
8	8		Narendra Agarwal		1219	WB	5,5	27	29	21,25	0	5	1313
9	24		Karthikeya Addanki		1168	AP	5,5	26,5	29,5	23,25	0	5	1318
10	39		Aadhyan Kukudala		1097	TEL	5,5	26,5	29	21,50	0	5	1313

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Under-11 Girls

A close fight is going on between four girls - Aadya Ranganath (KAR, 1327), Krupha S Ukkali (KAR, 1258), Deekshitha Modipalli (TEL, 1226) and Sravyasree Bheemarasetty (AP, 1225). Except Krupha, the remaining three are undefeated so far. Total participants - 110.

Under-11 Girls | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo	Name	sex	Rtg	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	Aadya Ranganath	w	1327	1327	KAR	6	30,5	33,5	27,75	0	5
2	10	Modipalli Deekshitha	w	1226	1226	TEL	6	30,5	33,5	27,25	0	5
3	7	Krupha S Ukkali	w	1258	1258	KAR	6	28,5	31	25,00	0	6
4	11	Sravyasree Bheemarasetty	w	1225	1225	AP	6	26	28,5	24,50	0	5
5	1	Pal Vedika	w	1362	1362	MAH	5,5	30,5	34	25,00	0	5
6	6	Siddhi Rao	w	1272	1272	KAR	5,5	26	26	18,50	0	5
7	13	Lasyasree Mattam	w	1158	1158	AP	5,5	25	27	20,25	0	5
8	86	Pavithra R V	w	0	0	TN	5,5	24,5	27	20,75	0	5
9	32	Ritisha Mayra Rajbongshi	w	1072	1072	ASM	5,5	24	26,5	19,50	0	5
10	25	Aamuktha Guntaka	w	1098	1098	AP	5	27,5	30	18,50	0	5

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Under-11 Open

Madhesh Kumar S (PUD, 1468) is the sole leader at 6.5/7. Six players are in pursuit at 6/7 each. Total participants - 244.

Under-11 Open | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	6		Madhesh Kumar S		1468	PUD	6,5	30,5	33,5	30,50	0	6	1636
2	5		Shashveen A K		1494	HAR	6	32	35	26,00	0	5	1545
3	32		Yug Tarun Khiani		1274	KAR	6	30,5	32	26,25	0	5	1601
4	7	AIM	Aadik Theophane Lenin		1465	KER	6	30	33	27,50	0	5	1541
5	17	AFM	Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi		1376	TEL	6	30	30,5	25,25	0	5	1679
6	1		Vivaan Vishal Shah		1873	GUJ	6	29	32	23,00	0	6	1546
7	13		Rishabh Kumar		1402	DEL	6	27	30	25,00	0	6	1469
8	3		Pranav Sai Ram R S		1572	TN	5,5	29,5	33	25,00	0	4	1468
9	4		Siddhanth Poonja		1563	KAR	5,5	29,5	32,5	24,25	0	5	1495
10	10		Andalamala Hemal Varshan		1448	AP	5,5	29	32	23,25	0	5	1449

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Under-13 Girls

Saparya Ghosh (WB, 1595), Aadya Gupta (DEL, 1568) and Theephigaa K P (TN, 1369) are in a three-way lead 6/7. They are undefeated so far. Total participants - 108.

Under-13 Girls | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	1		Saparya Ghosh	w	1595	WB	6	30,5	33	28,00	0	5	1518
2	2	AFM	Aadya Gupta	w	1568	DEL	6	27,5	30,5	25,75	0	5	1501
3	8	AFM	Theephigaa K P	w	1369	TN	6	27,5	30	25,50	0	5	1489
4	13		Rudra Rajeev	w	1297	KAR	5,5	29,5	32,5	23,75	0	5	1423
5	20	ACM	Shanmathi Sree S	w	1242	TN	5,5	27,5	29,5	20,75	0	5	1428
6	4		Lakshana Subramanian	w	1466	TN	5,5	27	29,5	22,50	0	4	1397
7	23		Shriya Patil	w	1189	GOA	5,5	24	26	20,75	0	4	1305
8	22		Katari Sajyotsna	w	1191	AP	5,5	23,5	25	18,75	0	5	1415
9	15		Akshaya Sathi	w	1271	KAR	5	30,5	33,5	21,75	0	4	1468
10	12		Vaishnavi S K	w	1317	TN	5	29	31	19,75	0	4	1419

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Under-13 Open

Saharsha Challa (TEL, 1498) is the sole leader with a 100% score 7/7. Seven players are in the chase at a full point behind 6/7 each. Total participant - 257.

Top boards of each age group | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	14		Challa Saharsha		1498	TEL	7	31	34	32,50	0	7	2193
2	3		Vignesh Kannan P		1738	TN	6	30,5	33,5	26,50	0	6	1680
3	8		Saisarvesh S		1567	TN	6	29,5	32,5	25,50	0	6	1670
4	1		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy		1900	UP	6	29	33	28,50	0	6	1644
5	2		Aakash G		1756	TN	6	28	30,5	26,25	0	5	1651
6	7		Yashwant B		1578	TN	6	27	30,5	26,00	0	6	1565
7	27		Varun Prabhakaran K S		1415	PUD	6	26,5	30	26,25	0	5	1515
8	50	ACM	Prathamesh Shashikant Deshmukh		1319	KAR	6	24,5	27,5	23,25	0	5	1571
9	31		Shravan Sriram		1404	TN	5,5	29,5	33,5	24,25	0	5	1457
10	4		Sherla Prathamesh		1658	MAH	5,5	29,5	33	24,25	0	5	1626

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Under-15 Girls

The top seed of the group, National School Under-15 and National Under-14 Girls runner-up, Pragnya H G (TN, 1612) and the second seed, the new Karnataka State Under-15 Girls champion, Sanikommu Manasvi (KAR, 1460) are the shared leaders 6/7 each. While the former is undefeated, the latter has lost one game. Total participants - 81.

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	1		Pragnya H G	1612	TN	6	29,5	33,5	28,00	0	5	1575
2	2	AFM	Sanikommu Manasvi	1460	KAR	6	29	32,5	27,00	0	6	1587
3	9		Gade Sharanya	1342	TEL	5,5	30,5	33	24,00	0	5	1543
4	7		Yashvi Jain	1387	TEL	5,5	29,5	33	25,00	0	4	1519
5	5		Arya G Mallar	1408	KER	5,5	28	31,5	24,00	0	5	1457
6	8		Aswinika Mani R	1385	TN	5,5	27	30,5	23,00	0	5	1507
7	4		Pournami S	1413	KER	5	29	33	21,50	0	5	1400
8	18		Kavya N	1230	TN	5	28,5	31,5	20,75	0	4	1442
9	12		Sugirtha S	1300	TN	5	26	29	19,25	0	4	1372
10	6		Sahana Shainsha	1399	TN	5	25	28	19,25	0	4	1288

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Under-15 Open

Arshpreet Singh (HAR, 1659) is currently the sole leader 6.5/7. Five players are behind him by a half point at 6/7 each. Total participants - 184.

Players in action | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	9		Arshpreet Singh		1659	HAR	6,5	29	32	29,50	0	6	1908
2	5		Vignesh Advaith Vemula		1687	TEL	6	30,5	33,5	28,25	0	5	1797
3	11	CM	Mrithyunjay Mahadevan		1645	TN	6	28	31,5	26,25	0	5	1736
4	15		Jaidambareesh N R		1613	TN	6	27	30	25,25	0	5	1652
5	56		Shashank K		1380	MAH	6	26,5	28,5	22,50	0	6	1703
6	36		Ajjesh J R		1468	TN	6	23,5	26,5	23,50	0	6	1596
7	8		Gyana Sai Santhosh M		1673	AP	5,5	30,5	33,5	24,00	0	5	1702
8	21		Jai Kamalesh S		1564	TN	5,5	28,5	31,5	22,50	0	5	1627
9	16		Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy		1612	AP	5,5	28	32	23,50	0	5	1678
10	17	ACM	Aatreya Saha		1605	WB	5,5	26	28,5	23,00	0	4	1540

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Under-17 Girls

Prasiddhi Bhat (KAR, 1302) is the sole leader 6.5/7. She has a 1.5 point lead ahead of the competition and now a win away from clinching the tournament. Total participants - 30.

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	11		Prasiddhi Bhat	1302	KAR	6,5	28	31,5	29,25	0	6	1771
2	7		Dhakshniga T	1350	TN	5	27	30	19,75	0	4	1410
3	1		Sneha Halder	1662	WB	5	26,5	29	18,00	0	5	1400
4	2		Kashthuri Bhai R	1457	A & N	5	26	28,5	18,75	0	4	1385
5	12		Gopika M	1294	KAR	4,5	28,5	30,5	17,25	0	4	1445
6	8		Swati M	1344	TN	4,5	28	30,5	17,00	0	4	1378
7	13		Shri Shivani G	1241	TN	4,5	25	28	14,00	0	3	1339
8	6		Diya Jain	1367	TN	4,5	21,5	23,5	14,25	0	4	1218
9	5		Padmini S	1372	TN	4,5	21,5	22	12,50	0	3	1287
10	9	AFM	Asudani Ruhani Raj	1336	GUJ	4	27	29	13,75	0	3	1276

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Under-17 Open

The top seed of the group, Lad Mandar Pradip (Goa, 1776) is the sole leader 6.5/7. He is a full point ahead of two players. Total participants - 71.

Standings after Round 7

Rk.	SNo	Name	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp
1	1	Lad Mandar Pradip		1776	GOA	6,5	30	33,5	31,00	0	6	1924
2	8	Saravanan J		1548	TN	5,5	29,5	33	23,75	0	5	1662
3	6	Mohammed Tharig S		1604	TN	5,5	29	32,5	23,25	0	5	1676
4	7	Hari Ganesh T		1570	TN	5,5	24	26,5	19,75	0	5	1543
5	5	Jaiveer Mahendru		1610	MAH	5	29	32,5	22,00	0	4	1586
6	4	Gokulakrishna S		1665	TN	5	28	30,5	20,75	0	3	1618
7	19	Nishanth Dsouza		1419	KAR	5	26	29	19,50	0	5	1554
8	17	Pavithran P		1429	TN	5	26	29	18,00	0	5	1502
9	20	Ramakrishnan M R		1404	TN	5	25,5	28,5	19,50	0	4	1518
10	9	Gokula Vishnu R		1535	TN	4,5	26,5	29,5	16,50	0	4	1497

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Panoramic view of the tournament hall | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Venue - Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The tournament gate | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Waiting area for the parents and accompanying persons | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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