MPL 35th National U-9 Championships kick off in Indore

National U-9 Championships kick off in IPS Academy, Indore!

The Madhya Pradesh Chess Ad-Hoc Committee has organized this mega event - the MPL 35th National Under-9 Chess Championships 2022. The tournament is held in the beautiful city of Indore, which has been announced as the cleanest city of India for the past 6 years! The venue is IPS Academy in Indore, a huge educational institute with ample space for stay for the players and organizers, and a spacious playing hall.

Here are some pictures captured from the pompous opening ceremony:

The organizers have made a lot of efforts to make this a special event. This is the first National U9 event where all the games are livestreamed, with player cams and live boards! There were a total of 5 live boards for the girls and open section each, and the rest were regular boards.

Players list Open

Complete list

Players list Girls

Complete list

MPL National U9 Round 1 Open: Hemal Varshan - Brijesh Poola: 0-1

There was only one major upset in the first round of the open section, and that was Brijesh Poola (1059, TN) defeating his opponent rated around 400 points higher than him, Hemal Varshan Andalamala (1422, AP). In a rather equalish position, Hemal suddenly blundered a double attack by the Black Queen, and lost a piece. He went on to resign in a few more moves.

Madhavendra Pratap Sharma - Vineet Nayak: 1-0

The top seed of the open section, Madhavendra Pratap Sharma (MP, 1585) started off with a win against Vineet Nayak (ODI, 1066). In a position which was dynamically balanced, Vineet started making some inaccuracies which eventually cost him 2 pawns and the game. The resulting Rook+Bishop ending was a little tough to navigate, but Madhavendra found all the accurate moves to clinch the victory comfortably.

MPL National U9 Round 1 Girls: Aaradhya Das - Damyenti Saxenaa: 0.5-0.5

The unrated Damyanti Saxenaa (Haryana) had a completely winning position against Aaradhya Das (Tripura, 1274), but she suddenly got her Bishop trapped in the middle of the Board.

However, Damyenti was able to avoid the worst - instead of going from winning to losing, she was able to recover enough pawns so that the resulting Rook vs Rook and Knight was a draw.

Open section Round 1 games

Girls section Round 1 games

Standings after Round 1 (Open)

Full standings

Standings after Round 1 (Girls)

Full standings

Round 2 pairing (Open)

Complete pairings

Round 2 pairing (Girls)

Complete pairings

The MPL 35th National U9 Championship 2022 is taking place in IPS Academy, Indore. The total prize fund of this mega event is Rs. 5 lakhs. The event is being organized by the Madhya Pradesh State Chess Ad Hoc Committee. This is an 11-round classical event which will run from 25th December 2022 - 2nd January 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes +30 seconds increment. Round 2 starts from 26th December 9:30 PM IST, and Round 3 from 3:30 PM IST.

Important links

IPSA Indore Facebook page

IPS Academy Indore YouTube

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