MPL 34th National U-10 R7-8: Charvi gains sole lead

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma stays ahead of the field

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) and Charvi A (KAR) are the sole leaders in MPL 34th National Under-10 Open and Girls Chess Championship 2022. Apaar Saxena (KAR) is trailing the leader by a half point at 7.0/8.

Open Round 7: Madhvendra - Yug: 1-0

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP, 1527) registered his seventh consecutive victory of the event, against Yug Tarun Khiani (KAR).

16...gxf5 17.Bxf5 0-0-0 and Black is fine. However, Black went for the chain exchange 16...Nxd3 17.fxe6 Nc5 18.exf7+ and things fell apart for Black in a hurry.

Round 8: Aansh - Madhvendra: 1-0

Fourth seed of the tournament, Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (MAH, 1564) got himself closest to defeating the tournament leader, Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP, 1527).

32.Be7 Re8 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Bxd8 would have been winning for White. The game continued 31.Bc6 Bf5 and it was drawn in another ten moves.

Girls Round 7: Charvi - Siddhi: 1-0

In an all-Karnataka battle, Charvi A (1267) completed her second hat-trick of the event by scoring an emphatic victory against her statemate Siddhi Rao (1151).

White is completely dominating in the above position. 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Qf6+ Qxf6 31.exf6 is one of the ways to capitalize on the advantage. In the game White decided to keep pieces on the board 28.Qe3 c5 29.Qc3 which eventually turned out to be a good decision.

Round 8: Charvi - Krupha: 1-0

In another all-Karnataka battle, Charvi A (1267) emerged victorious. Krupha S Ukkali (1223) was on the losing end.

27...Rxc5 is a mistake. Find out the beautiful tactics which White played in the game. 27...Qxa2 would have been the safer continuation for White.

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

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