MPL 34th National U-12 R3-4: Aadhya Jain stuns top seed Shubhi Gupta

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/04/2022

Aadhya Jain (DEL) defeated the top seed of the Girls event, Shubhi Gupta (UP) in Round 4 of MPL 32nd National Under-12 Chess Championship. Shubhi was unable to realize her advantage in a complex position. Her exchange sacrifice turned out to be inaccurate as her opponent returned the exchange in the next few moves before going into a winning major piece endgame. Raghav V (TN) held the top seed of the Open section Arjun Adireddy (TEL) to a draw in the same round. Six players in the Open and five in the Girls are at 100% score 4.0/4. Round 5 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Raghav draws with Arjun Adireddy

Ethan Vaz (Goa), Kushagra Jain (MAH), Aansh Nandan Nerurkar (MAH), Sadbhav Rautela (UTT), Md. Reyan (BIH) and Haridev S (TN) in the Open, Kalyani Sirin (KER), Prishita Gupta (DEL), Sherali Pattnaik (UTT), Aadhya Jain (DEL) and Aadya Gupta (DEL) in the Girls, are in the lead with a score of 4.0/4 each.

Aadhya Jain (DEL) defeated the top seed Shubhi Gupta (UP) in Round 4 | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Open Round 3: Mithiran - Aakash: 0-1

Mithiran A (TN, 1328) was completely winning against National Under-9 2019 champion Aakash G (TN, 1611).

Position after 25...Nxc3

White has a devastating attack on the kingside. He only needs to prevent the Nbxa2# threat which is exactly what he overlooked. 26.Rxf7 Nbxa2# is how the game ended. Instead 26.bxc3 Rxc3 27.Qh6 Rxc2+ 28.Kd1 would have been completely winning for White.

Mithiran A missed an excellent opportunity against Aakash G | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Round 4: Ethan - Adharsh: 1-0

Ethan Vaz (Goa, 1772) seized his opportunity against Adharsh K (TN, 1487). The latter made a positional mistake in the middlegame.

Position after 22...Qd7

22...Qd7 is a mistake. Find out why.

Ethan Vaz is in a terrific form | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Round 3 Girls: Nihira - Kalyani: 0-1

Nihira Koul (MAH, 1183) had an opportunity to draw the game against Kalyani Sirin (KER, 1434) in the pawn endgame.

Position after 67...Ke5

68.Ke2 Kf6 69.Kd2 Kg5 70.c4 bxc4 and White went on to lose the game. What could have White done differently to save the game?

Nihira Koul (MAH) could have saved the game against Kalyani Sirin (KER) | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

Round 4: Shubhi - Aadhya: 0-1

Shubhi Gupta (UP, 1610) made some questionable positional choices. Her opponent Aadhya Jain (DEL, 1234) capitalized them all. Eventually the top seed decided to give up an exchange to gain initiative which actually gave her opponent an advantage.

Position after 36...Rfd8

The position is certainly complex. 37.exd4 c4 38.g5 would have been better for White. 37.Rxd3 exd3 38.e4 Qc6 39.Qxd3 Rxd6 40.exd6 Qxd6+ 41.e5 Qc7 now Black is completely winning because her central passed pawns are much stronger than White's pawns on the wing.

Aadhya Jain (DEL) played fantastic to beat the top seed Shubhi Gupta (UP) | Photo: Saishyam Srikanth

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A total of 237 players in the Open and 134 players in the Girls tournament are taking part. It is organized by Mandya Chess Academy, Mandya District Chess Associationn and New Tumkur District Chess Association. Both tournaments are taking place at Hotel Amaravathi, Mandya, Karnatak from 9th to 14th April 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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Open Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	24		Raghav V	1486	3	½ - ½	3		Adireddy Arjun	1889	1
2	2	AIM	Vaz Ethan	1772	3	1 - 0	3		Adharsh K	1487	23
3	6		Jain Kushagra	1675	3	1 - 0	3		Ayushman Mohanty	1480	25
4	8		Aakash G	1611	3	½ - ½	3		Darshan S	1463	27
5	28		Vignesh Kannan P	1446	3	0 - 1	3		Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	1564	11
6	42		Sriram Adarsh Uppala	1345	3	½ - ½	3		Sharnarthi Viresh	1549	13
7	14		Sadbhav Rautela	1543	3	1 - 0	3	AIM	Muthukumar Mukesh	1345	41
8	16		Reyan Md.	1522	3	1 - 0	3		Rishabh Kumar	1299	53
9	20		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	1507	3	½ - ½	3		Nijesh R	1148	92
10	22		Haridev S	1492	3	1 - 0	3		Shreesuday Behera	1109	115

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	14	Sadbhav Rautela	1543	UTT	4		4	AIM	Vaz Ethan	1772	GOA	2
2	16	Reyan Md.	1522	BIH	4		4		Jain Kushagra	1675	MAH	6
3	11	Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	1564	MAH	4		4		Haridev S	1492	TN	22
4	1	Adireddy Arjun	1889	TEL	3½		3½		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	1507	UP	20
5	47	Vandan Alankar Sawai	1320	DEL	3½		3½		Aakash G	1611	TN	8
6	9	Goutham Krishna H	1609	KER	3½		3½		Raghav V	1486	TN	24
7	13	Sharnarthi Viresh	1549	MAH	3½		3½		Darshan S	1463	TN	27
8	17	Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	1519	MAH	3½		3½		Sriram Adarsh Uppala	1345	TEL	42
9	92	Nijesh R	1148	TN	3½		3½		Raihaan Zahid	1517	KAR	18
10	19	Sherla Prathamesh	1510	MAH	3½		3½		Challa Saharsha	1316	TEL	48

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Girls Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	1610	3	0 - 1	3		Aadhya Jain	1234	16
2	5		Kalyani Sirin	1434	3	1 - 0	3		Krupha S Ukkali	1223	18
3	15		Dheeptha B	1236	3	0 - 1	3		Prishita Gupta	1417	6
4	9		Sherali Pattnaik	1343	3	1 - 0	3	ACM	Theephigaa K P	1218	20
5	23	AFM	Aadya Gupta	1202	3	1 - 0	2½		Arockiaraj Cheryl Nancee	1244	14
6	3		Shreya G Hipparagi	1552	2½	½ - ½	2½		Vaishnavi S K	1164	32
7	11	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1277	2½	1 - 0	2½		Anandhi P	1158	34
8	67		Shashini Puvi	1045	2½	½ - ½	2½		Charvi A	1267	12
9	13		Devaki Nandana	1266	2½	0 - 1	2½		Saranya Devi Narahari	0	122
10	17	ACM	Nivedita V C	1230	2½	1 - 0	2½		Pavithra N	1053	64

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	16		Aadhya Jain	1234	DEL	4		4		Kalyani Sirin	1434	KER	5
2	6		Prishita Gupta	1417	DEL	4		4	AFM	Aadya Gupta	1202	DEL	23
3	11	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1277	KAR	3½		4		Sherali Pattnaik	1343	UTT	9
4	122		Saranya Devi Narahari	0	TEL	3½		3½		Vidula Anbuselvan	1159	TN	33
5	1	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	1610	UP	3		3½	ACM	Nivedita V C	1230	TN	17
6	2		Arshiya Das	1569	TRI	3		3		Rudra Rajeev	1141	KAR	39
7	31	AFM	Hiya Garg	1164	DEL	3		3		Shreya G Hipparagi	1552	MAH	3
8	32		Vaishnavi S K	1164	TN	3		3		Saparya Ghosh	1390	WB	7
9	12		Charvi A	1267	KAR	3		3		Advika Sarupria	1108	RAJ	47
10	15		Dheeptha B	1236	PUD	3		3		Kirthika B	1088	TEL	52

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