At the Rajpath club in Ahmedabad a total of 108 girls are taking part in the under-15 girls nationals
Nityata Jain (black) was able to get the better of Sanskriti Goyal
Sanskriti Goyal has been in great form in the under-15 nationals as she has notched up one win after another, scoring 7.0/7. In the eighth round, she met her match in the form of Nityata Jain from Madhya Pradesh, who showed excellent understanding in the Nimzo Indian and was able to win the game.
Because of Nityata's win the tournament is now wide open and the one who will showcase better chess, will emerge as the winner in the last three rounds!
Sanskriti Goyal is still in the sole lead by half point and will play Aashna Makhija in the ninth round
Nityata Jain - the girl who ensured that the tournament was not just a one way stream by beating Sanskriti Goyal
After losing to Sanskriti, India's golden girl Divya Deshmukh has made a strong comeback and is on 6.5/8 now
Samridhaa Ghosh, who is on 6.5/8, will play against Nityata Jain in the ninth round
The girl who has won a lot of medals for India at national and international level Saina Salonika will play against Divya Deshmukh
Ninth round at 14.00 hours
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | Makhija Aashna | 2137 | 6 | 7 | Sanskriti Goyal | 1819 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 2 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | 2051 | 6½ | 6½ | WFM | Salonika Saina | 2041 | 3 | |
| 3 | 8 | Jain Nityata | 1842 | 6½ | 6½ | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1984 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 7 | WFM | Lakshmi C | 1907 | 6 | 6 | WFM | Tanishka Kotia | 1575 | 24 | |
| 5 | 25 | Garima Gaurav | 1574 | 6 | 6 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 1810 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 27 | Sudipa Haldar | 1560 | 6 | 6 | Rajashree Rajeev | 1676 | 17 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Shanya Mishra | 2000 | 5½ | 5½ | Kaur Palkin | 1791 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 21 | Bhagyashree Patil | 1619 | 5½ | 5½ | Tejasvi M | 1823 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 12 | Srimathi R | 1799 | 5 | 5½ | Mishra Riya | 1543 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 14 | Eesha Ajay Sarda | 1747 | 5 | 5 | Madhani Shilpee | 1499 | 37 |
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 10 | Sanskriti Goyal | IND | 1819 | UP | 7,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2051 | MAH | 6,5 | 0,0 | 42,5 | 47,0 |
| 3 | 8 | Jain Nityata | IND | 1842 | MP | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 43,5 | |
| 4 | 3 | WFM | Salonika Saina | IND | 2041 | ORI | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 42,0 |
| 5 | 5 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | IND | 1984 | WES | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,5 | 40,5 | |
| 6 | 24 | WFM | Tanishka Kotia | IND | 1575 | HAR | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 38,0 |
| 7 | 17 | Rajashree Rajeev | IND | 1676 | KER | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,0 | 37,5 | |
| 8 | 11 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | IND | 1810 | AP | 6,0 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 36,5 |
| 9 | 7 | WFM | Lakshmi C | IND | 1907 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 36,0 |
| 10 | 1 | Makhija Aashna | IND | 2137 | MAH | 6,0 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 35,0 |
Under- 15 Open section
The boys section witnesses the participation of 176 players!
Koustav Chatterjee beat his state mate Neelash Saha in the eighth round and going into the ninth round has the sole lead
Arjun Ergiasi and Aronyak Ghosh played out a draw and with 6.5/8 both are on second position
Arjun Ergiasi won the silver medal at the recently concluded World Youth under-14 in Montevideo Uruguay
Top seed P. Iniyan, who was clearly a favourite to win this tournament, is on 6.0/8 with three rounds to go
Round 9 at 14.00 hours
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 8 | Moksh Amit Doshi | 2222 | 6½ | 7 | Koustav Chatterjee | 2222 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 9 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | 2215 | 6½ | 6½ | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2354 | 2 | |
| 3 | 10 | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | 2185 | 6½ | 6½ | Raahul V S | 2153 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 19 | Neelash Saha | 2012 | 6 | 6 | IM | Iniyan P | 2461 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 30 | Saksham Rautela | 1877 | 6 | 6 | Saurabh Anand | 2288 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Sankalp Gupta | 2244 | 6 | 6 | Rahul S | 2079 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 6 | CM | Raja Rithvik R | 2237 | 6 | 6 | Banerjee Ashutosh | 1802 | 41 | ||
| 8 | 44 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 1789 | 6 | 6 | Dileep Kumar R | 2182 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 4 | Anuj Shrivatri | 2244 | 5½ | 5½ | Shyam Prasad Reddy K | 1853 | 35 | |||
| 10 | 28 | Dhanush Ragav | 1884 | 5½ | 5½ | Mehta Naitik R | 2039 | 17 |
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 7 | Koustav Chatterjee | U15 | IND | 2222 | WES | 7,0 | 0,0 | 38,5 | 42,5 | |
| 2 | 2 | FM | Erigaisi Arjun | U15 | IND | 2354 | TEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 40,0 | 43,5 |
| 3 | 8 | Moksh Amit Doshi | U15 | IND | 2222 | GUJ | 6,5 | 0,0 | 39,0 | 43,0 | |
| 4 | 10 | CM | Aronyak Ghosh | U15 | IND | 2185 | WES | 6,5 | 0,0 | 37,0 | 41,0 |
| 5 | 12 | Raahul V S | U15 | IND | 2153 | TN | 6,5 | 0,0 | 36,0 | 40,0 | |
| 6 | 9 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | U15 | IND | 2215 | TEL | 6,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | 34,0 |
| 7 | 1 | IM | Iniyan P | U15 | IND | 2461 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 41,0 | 45,5 |
| 8 | 6 | CM | Raja Rithvik R | U15 | IND | 2237 | TEL | 6,0 | 0,0 | 40,5 | 44,0 |
| 9 | 19 | Neelash Saha | U15 | IND | 2012 | WES | 6,0 | 0,0 | 39,5 | 44,0 | |
| 10 | 13 | Rahul S | U15 | IND | 2079 | TN | 6,0 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 41,5 |
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