Vivaan Vishal Shah and Charvi are the MPL 34th National Under-10 Open and Girls Chess Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/05/2022

In a dramatic turn of events, both top two boards of the Open section ended in draw. Vivaan Vishal Shah (GUJ) and Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) both ended up with 9.0/11. However, Vivaan won the MPL 34th National Under-10 Open Chess Championship 2022 due to better tie-breaks. Madhvendra was placed second. Four players scored 8.5/11. Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (MAH) was adjudged third on tie-breaks. In the Girls event, Charvi A (KAR) won her final round game to win MPL 34th National Under-10 Girls Chess Championship 2022 with a massive two points ahead of the field. Aadya Ranganath (KAR) secured sole second place 8.5/11, followed by Hanya Shah (GUJ) third with 8.0/11. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Gujarat and Karnataka dominate the podiums

A total of ₹500000 prize fund was distributed among the top 15 finishers in each Open and Girls event. Top three prizes were ₹70000, ₹50000 and ₹35000 along with a trophy each respectively. A fun fact: Both Open and Girls event champion started the tournament as the second seeded player.

Charvi A (KAR) and Vivaan Vishal Shah (GUJ) are the winners of MPL 34th National Under-10 Girls and Open Chess Championship 2022 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Champion in Open - Vivaan Vishal Shah (GUJ) 9.0/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

"I want to become the youngest World Champion" - Vivaan Vishal Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Vivaan Vishal Shah made a strong comeback by scoring a double hat-trick, after suffering a loss in the third round

Champion in Girls - Charvi A (KAR) 10.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

I want to dedicate my championship to Puneeth Rajkumar - Charvi A | Video: ChessBase India

More corporates should come forward to support chess | The parents of MPL 34th National Under-10 Girls Champion | Video: ChessBase India

Charvi A scored an unbeaten 10.5/11, including a win streak of seven games and gained 86 Elo rating points

Runner-up in Open - Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) 9.0/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The 8-Year-Old boy who is all set to conquer the world of chess | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up in Girls - Aadya Ranganath (KAR) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up in Open - Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (MAH) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up in Girls - Hanya Shah (GUJ) 8.0/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

I trained for Ten-Twelve hours every day for the tournament | Hanya Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Top 3 finishers in Open and Girls (L to R) - 3rd Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (MAH), 1st Vivaan Vishal Shah (GUJ), 2nd Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP), 3rd Hanya Shah (GUJ), 2nd Aadya Ranganath (KAR) and 1st Charvi A (KAR) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Open: Madhvendra - Shaashvat: 0.5-0.5

Shaashvat Gupta (MAH, 1156) had a few chances to spoil Madhvendra Pratap Sharma's (MP, 1527) tournament.

Position after 17.Bd4

17...e5 first followed by d5 would have been very effective for Black as there are several threats looming large. Instead, Black opted for 17...d5 first. After 18.e5 Ne4 19.Rhe1 now b4 is still good for Black. 19...Nxc3 was played 20.Bxc3 and White is out of the woods. Black had a few more chances to stir up trouble for White, however he did not seize them.

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) - Shaashvat Gupta (MAH): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (MAH) - Vivaan Vishal Shah (GUJ): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Girls: Anaya - Charvi: 0-1

Anaya Agarwal (TEL, 1171) went wrong early in the middlegame. Charvi A (KAR, 1291) spotted it with ease.

Position after 16.e5

16...cxd3 is one of the ways for Black to seize the advantage. In the game, Charvi chose the simpler 16...Nh5 17.Qg4 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 dxe5 19.Qxc4 Rac8. Soon she gained material in five more moves and went on to win the game comfortably.

Charvi A (KAR) did not slow down after winning the tournament as she breezed through another victory against Anaya Agarwal (MAH) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Photo Gallery

4th Shaashvat Gupta (MAH) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

4th Tanusri S (TN) 8.0/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

5th Niladri Banerjee (WB) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

5th Siddhi Rao (KAR) 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

6th Madhesh Kumar S (PUD) 8.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

6th Krupha S Ukkali (KAR) 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

7th Krishay Jain (WB) 8.0/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

7th Vedika Pal (MAH) 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

8th Mayukh Majumder (WB) 8.0/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

8th Reya Banker (GUJ) 7.5/11 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Champion Vivaan Vishal Shah with his fellow participants from Gujarat and their parents | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Vivaan Vishal Shah with his mother and his sister | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Charvi A with her parents | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma with his parents | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The Arbiters team | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The Finale | MPL 34th National Under-10 Open and Girls Chess Championship | Video: ChessBase India

For more Round 11 and Prize distribution ceremony photos, please click here.

A total of 149 players in the Open and 89 players in the Girls tournament took part. It was organized by Crown Trust. Both tournaments were held at The Kangra Fort, Barnai, Jammu from 26th April to 1st May 2022. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Open Round 11 games

Replay Girls Round 11 games

Open Round 11 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	4	Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	1572	Maharashtra	8	½ - ½	8½	Vivaan Vishal Shah	1611	Gujarat	2
2	5	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma	1468	Madhya Pradesh	8½	½ - ½	8	Shaashvat Gupta	1156	Maharashtra	39
3	102	Krishay Jain	1044	West Bengal	8	0 - 1	7½	Madhesh Kumar S	1461	Puducherry	105
4	26	Pranav Sai Ram R S	1298	Tamil Nadu	7½	½ - ½	7½	Mayukh Majumder	1406	West Bengal	7
5	17	Niladri Banerjee	1288	West Bengal	7½	1 - 0	7½	Rudradaman Mertia	1140	Rajasthan	37
6	13	Apaar Saxena	1391	Karnataka	7	½ - ½	7	Jagreet Misra	1225	Delhi	27
7	47	Badole Shaunak	1102	Maharashtra	7	0 - 1	7	Rishabh Kumar	1235	Delhi	15
8	21	Siddhanth Poonja	1315	Karnataka	7	1 - 0	7	Tarun Tapaan Shashikumar Pillay	1156	Tamil Nadu	33
9	30	Ritesh Maddukuri	1215	Telangana	6½	0 - 1	6½	Adhiraj Mitra	1243	Jharkhand	8
10	9	Shashveen A K	1389	Delhi	6½	1 - 0	6½	Abhir Prabhu	1282	Goa	31

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	Vivaan Vishal Shah	1611	Gujarat	9,0	73,0	77,0	62,25	0,0	8
2	5	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma	1468	Madhya Pradesh	9,0	72,0	76,5	59,00	0,0	8
3	4	Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	1572	Maharashtra	8,5	75,0	78,0	57,25	0,0	6
4	39	Shaashvat Gupta	1156	Maharashtra	8,5	71,5	76,0	56,00	0,0	7
5	17	Niladri Banerjee	1288	West Bengal	8,5	68,0	72,0	52,50	0,0	8
6	105	Madhesh Kumar S	1461	Puducherry	8,5	66,5	70,0	52,50	0,0	7
7	102	Krishay Jain	1044	West Bengal	8,0	77,5	83,5	59,25	0,0	6
8	7	Mayukh Majumder	1406	West Bengal	8,0	72,0	77,0	54,50	0,0	6
9	26	Pranav Sai Ram R S	1298	Tamil Nadu	8,0	69,0	73,5	50,75	0,0	5
10	15	Rishabh Kumar	1235	Delhi	8,0	67,5	70,5	49,50	0,0	7
11	21	Siddhanth Poonja	1315	Karnataka	8,0	67,0	68,5	47,00	0,0	7
12	13	Apaar Saxena	1391	Karnataka	7,5	69,0	73,5	46,50	0,0	6
13	27	Jagreet Misra	1225	Delhi	7,5	67,5	71,0	43,00	0,0	6
14	18	Sanjay Narayanan P S	1286	Tamil Nadu	7,5	67,0	71,5	46,50	0,0	6
15	12	Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi	1312	Telangana	7,5	65,0	70,0	47,75	0,0	5

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Girls Round 11 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	8	Anaya Agarwal	U10	1171	Telangana	7	0 - 1	9½	Charvi A	U10	1291	Karnataka	2
2	4	Banker Reya	U10	1195	Gujarat	7	½ - ½	8	Aadya Ranganath	U10	1127	Karnataka	12
3	13	Tanusri S	U10	1111	Tamil Nadu	7	1 - 0	7½	Siddhi Rao	U10	1127	Karnataka	10
4	81	Tripurambika V	U10	0	Andhra Pradesh	7	0 - 1	7	Hanya Shah	U10	1169	Gujarat	11
5	3	Krupha S Ukkali	U10	1221	Karnataka	6½	1 - 0	6½	Pooja Shree R	U10	0	Tamil Nadu	61
6	14	Pal Vedika	U10	1101	Maharashtra	6½	1 - 0	6½	Maitreyi Mondal	U10	1215	West Bengal	6
7	70	Saranya Devi Narahari	U10	1271	Telangana	6½	1 - 0	6½	Niharika Chakraborty	U10	1157	Jharkhand	9
8	20	Charudharshini R	U10	1045	Tamil Nadu	6½	1 - 0	6½	Varniga R	U10	0	Andhra Pradesh	85
9	43	Jyotika Sahoo	U10	0	Odisha	6½	½ - ½	6½	Navieka Jaiswal	U10	0	Jharkhand	54
10	76	Swadha Sunil Datir	U10	0	Maharashtra	6	1 - 0	6	Alankrita Sharma	U10	1451	Jammu And Kashmir	1

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	Charvi A	1291	Karnataka	10,5	71,0	76,0	72,00	0,0	10
2	12	Aadya Ranganath	1127	Karnataka	8,5	66,0	68,5	51,00	0,0	7
3	11	Hanya Shah	1169	Gujarat	8,0	75,0	80,5	55,00	0,0	7
4	13	Tanusri S	1111	Tamil Nadu	8,0	72,0	74,0	49,75	0,0	7
5	10	Siddhi Rao	1127	Karnataka	7,5	72,0	76,0	47,00	0,0	7
6	3	Krupha S Ukkali	1221	Karnataka	7,5	70,5	75,0	47,00	0,0	7
7	14	Pal Vedika	1101	Maharashtra	7,5	68,0	72,0	43,50	0,0	7
8	4	Banker Reya	1195	Gujarat	7,5	67,5	73,0	48,00	0,0	6
9	20	Charudharshini R	1045	Tamil Nadu	7,5	64,0	67,5	40,00	0,0	6
10	70	Saranya Devi Narahari	1271	Telangana	7,5	60,0	64,0	41,00	0,0	6
11	54	Navieka Jaiswal	0	Jharkhand	7,0	73,0	79,0	51,00	0,0	4
12	8	Anaya Agarwal	1171	Telangana	7,0	70,0	74,0	40,25	0,0	6
13	43	Jyotika Sahoo	0	Odisha	7,0	67,5	72,0	44,00	0,0	5
14	33	Arpita Patankar	0	Gujarat	7,0	65,5	68,0	40,00	0,0	6
15	57	Panya Goel	0	Delhi	7,0	65,0	67,0	40,50	0,0	4

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