Goutham Krishna and Shubhi Gupta are the MPL 34th National Under-12 Open and Girls Chess Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/04/2022

Goutham Krishna H (KER) defeated Aakash G (TN) and Shubhi Gupta (UP) won against Sherali Pattnaik (UTT) in the final round to clinch the championship. Arjun Adireddy (TEL) and Ethan Vaz (Goa) scored 9.0/11 each. They secured second and third position according to tie-breaks. In the Girls event, Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) drew with Saparya Ghosh (WB). Both Shubhi and Shreya scored 9.0/11. However, Shubhi clinched the championship due to better tie-breaks and Shreya was placed second. Saparya edged past Nivedita V C (TN) in tie-breaks to secure third position 8.5/11. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹800000, ₹400000 for each event. Top three won ₹80000, ₹60000 and ₹48000 cash prize along with a beautiful and huge trophy each. Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Multiple states finish in top ten

7-year-old Charvi A (KAR) is the youngest top 10 finisher combining both Open and Girls event. She secured eighth place, scoring 8.0/11. Players from eight different states in the Open and nine different states in the Girls secured the top ten places.

Winners of MPL 34th National Under-12 Open and Girls Chess Championships 2022 - Goutham Krishna H and Shubhi Gupta | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Champion in Open - Goutham Krishna H (KER) 9.5/11 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Interview with MPL 34th National Under-12 Open champion - Goutham Krishna H (KER) | Video: ChessBase India

Champion in Girls - Shubhi Gupta (UP) 9.0/11 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Interview with MPL 34th National Under-12 Girls champion - Shubhi Gupta (UP) | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up in Open - Arjun Adireddy (TEL) 9.0/11 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Interview with MPL 34th National Under-12 Open runner-up - Arjun Adireddy (TEL) | Video: ChessBase India

Runner-up in Girls - Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) 9.0/11 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Second Runner-up in Open - Ethan Vaz (Goa) 9.0/11 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

"2000 Elo and then one of the youngest GMs" - 10-year-old Ethan Vaz from Goa has big dreams! | Video: ChessBase India

Father of a 10-year-old chess prodigy - Edwin Vaz on nurturing Ethan's talent | Video: ChessBase India

Second Runner-up in Girls - Saparya Ghosh (WB) 8.5/11 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Interview with MPL 34th National Under-12 Girls second runner-up - Saparya Ghosh (WB) | Video: ChessBase India

Open: Goutham - Aakash: 1-0

Goutham Krishna H (KER, 1609) capitalized on Aakash G (TN, 1611) making a positional mistake.

Position after 29...Re6

29...Nf5 was the only correct way to hold the position 30.Nxf5 Qxf5 and now Rxc6 does not work due to the threat of Qb1+ after the exchange of rooks. Thus 31.Rc5 is a better continuation instead. The game continued 29...Re6 30.Qd3 preparing for e4 30...Kg8 31.e4 dxe4 32.fxe4. Black is now positionally lost. 32...f5 only worsened things further. 33.exf5 Rf6 34.Nh5 Rf7 35.g4 and White won the game in another seven moves.

Goutham Krishna H scored his eighth win of the event to become a clear champion | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Goutham Krishna H scored an unbeaten 9.5/11, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 99.6 Elo rating points

Arjun Adireddy (TEL) defeated Mukesh Muthukumar (TN) to secure second position | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Ethan Vaz (Goa) recovered from two losses by defeating Manas Gaikwad (MAH) to finish third | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Girls: Sherali - Shubhi: 0-1

Shubhi Gupta (UP, 1610) could have won much earlier against Sherali Pattnaik (UTT, 1343).

Position after 14.c4

14.c4 allows Black to gain an exchange 14...Qxd1 15.Bxd1 Bd3. However, Black took a more solid approach 14...Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bf3 c6 17.Qb3 Qe7 and she went on to win the game eventually.

Shubhi Gupta scored her ninth win of the tournament against Sherali Pattnaik to clinch the championship | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Shubhi Gupta took a no-draw approach, scored nine wins and suffered two losses

Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) drew with Saparya Ghosh (WB), they secured second and third place respectively | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Photo Gallery

Top 3 finishers of Open and Girls event | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

All prize winners | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Team Karnataka | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

All participants were presented a memento each as mentioned earlier. For more Round 11 and Prize distribution ceremony photos, please click at the respective links.

A total of 237 players in the Open and 134 players in the Girls tournament took part. It was organized by Mandya Chess Academy, Mandya District Chess Associationn and New Tumkur District Chess Association. Both events were held at Hotel Amaravathi, Mandya, Karnatak from 9th to 14th April 2022. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

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Open Round 11 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	9	Goutham Krishna H	1609	KER	8½	1 - 0	8		Aakash G	1611	TN	8
2	1	Adireddy Arjun	1889	TEL	8	1 - 0	8	AIM	Muthukumar Mukesh	1345	TN	41
3	17	Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	1519	MAH	8	½ - ½	8		Reyan Md.	1522	BIH	16
4	4	Gaikwad Manas	1698	MAH	7½	0 - 1	8	AIM	Vaz Ethan	1772	GOA	2
5	22	Haridev S	1492	TN	7½	0 - 1	7½		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	1705	ASM	3
6	26	Nimay Agrawal	1470	HAR	7½	½ - ½	7½		Sathvik Adiga	1563	KAR	12
7	18	Raihaan Zahid	1517	KAR	7	1 - 0	7½		Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	1564	MAH	11
8	27	Darshan S	1463	TN	7	0 - 1	7		Tanmay Rajbongshi	1684	ASM	5
9	13	Sharnarthi Viresh	1549	MAH	7	1 - 0	7		Vignesh Kannan P	1446	TN	28
10	38	Ehaan Shaikh	1369	TEL	7	0 - 1	7		Sadbhav Rautela	1543	UTT	14

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Final standings in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	9		Goutham Krishna H	1609	KER	9,5	77,0	82,0	70,75	40	99,6
2	1		Adireddy Arjun	1889	TEL	9,0	78,5	83,5	66,50	40	-30,8
3	2	AIM	Vaz Ethan	1772	GOA	9,0	78,0	83,5	65,00	40	22,4
4	17		Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	1519	MAH	8,5	75,0	81,0	60,50	40	69,6
5	16		Reyan Md.	1522	BIH	8,5	72,5	78,0	57,50	40	67,6
6	3		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	1705	ASM	8,5	66,0	70,5	53,25	40	-43,2
7	8		Aakash G	1611	TN	8,0	74,0	79,0	53,75	40	-3,6
8	19		Sherla Prathamesh	1510	MAH	8,0	73,0	77,0	52,25	40	23,2
9	41	AIM	Muthukumar Mukesh	1345	TN	8,0	72,5	77,0	52,00	40	114,8
10	14		Sadbhav Rautela	1543	UTT	8,0	71,5	77,0	53,00	40	-0,4
11	12		Sathvik Adiga	1563	KAR	8,0	71,5	77,0	51,50	40	-18,4
12	26		Nimay Agrawal	1470	HAR	8,0	71,5	76,0	53,75	40	20,8
13	18		Raihaan Zahid	1517	KAR	8,0	70,0	75,5	52,75	40	-8,0
14	23		Adharsh K	1487	TN	8,0	70,0	75,5	49,50	40	21,6
15	5		Tanmay Rajbongshi	1684	ASM	8,0	69,5	75,0	52,50	40	-61,2
16	13		Sharnarthi Viresh	1549	MAH	8,0	69,5	74,5	53,00	40	-38,4
17	196		Madhesh Kumar S	0	PUD	8,0	65,0	70,0	49,75
18	145		Thakur Aarit	1021	MAH	8,0	62,0	64,0	45,00	40	178,4
19	22		Haridev S	1492	TN	7,5	75,5	80,5	50,75	40	62,8
20	11		Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	1564	MAH	7,5	71,0	76,0	47,50	40	8,0

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Girls Round 11 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3		Shreya G Hipparagi	1552	MAH	8½	½ - ½	8		Saparya Ghosh	1390	WB	7
2	9		Sherali Pattnaik	1343	UTT	8	0 - 1	8	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	1610	UP	1
3	11	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1277	KAR	7½	0 - 1	7½	ACM	Nivedita V C	1230	TN	17
4	5		Kalyani Sirin	1434	KER	7	1 - 0	7½	AFM	Aadya Gupta	1202	DEL	23
5	4		Singh Myra	1440	DEL	7	½ - ½	7	AFM	Shanjula Senthil	1168	KAR	30
6	12		Charvi A	1267	KAR	7	1 - 0	7		Vaishnavi S K	1164	TN	32
7	22		Saanvi Agarwal	1211	UP	7	0 - 1	7		Dheeptha B	1236	PUD	15
8	52		Kirthika B	1088	TEL	7	1 - 0	7		Nihira Koul	1183	MAH	26
9	2		Arshiya Das	1569	TRI	6½	1 - 0	6½		Vidula Anbuselvan	1159	TN	33
10	6		Prishita Gupta	1417	DEL	6½	1 - 0	6½		Anandhi P	1158	KAR	34

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Final standings in Girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	1	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	1610	UP	9,0	75,0	81,0	65,50	40	-16,8
2	3		Shreya G Hipparagi	1552	MAH	9,0	69,0	74,0	59,25	40	-2,4
3	7		Saparya Ghosh	1390	WB	8,5	69,0	74,0	57,50	40	4,0
4	17	ACM	Nivedita V C	1230	TN	8,5	65,5	68,5	49,50	40	61,6
5	9		Sherali Pattnaik	1343	UTT	8,0	75,5	80,5	55,50	40	56,0
6	15		Dheeptha B	1236	PUD	8,0	73,0	77,5	51,50	40	46,0
7	5		Kalyani Sirin	1434	KER	8,0	69,0	74,0	51,25	40	-20,0
8	12		Charvi A	1267	KAR	8,0	67,5	72,0	51,00	40	24,4
9	52		Kirthika B	1088	TEL	8,0	67,0	72,0	49,25	40	119,2
10	11	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1277	KAR	7,5	77,0	82,0	52,00	40	76,4
11	6		Prishita Gupta	1417	DEL	7,5	73,0	77,0	48,25	40	-26,4
12	23	AFM	Aadya Gupta	1202	DEL	7,5	69,0	74,0	47,75	40	94,0
13	4		Singh Myra	1440	DEL	7,5	68,0	73,0	47,25	40	-77,6
14	2		Arshiya Das	1569	TRI	7,5	67,0	72,5	48,50	40	-109,2
15	39		Rudra Rajeev	1141	KAR	7,5	63,0	66,0	42,00	40	51,2
16	30	AFM	Shanjula Senthil	1168	KAR	7,5	62,5	66,5	40,75	40	60,4
17	47		Advika Sarupria	1108	RAJ	7,0	68,5	72,5	42,50	40	49,6
18	122		Saranya Devi Narahari	0	TEL	7,0	67,5	73,0	43,25
19	19		Kathakali Dey	1219	WB	7,0	67,5	71,5	42,75	40	48,0
20	21		Gorli Nyna	1213	AP	7,0	67,5	70,5	39,00	40	5,2

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