Four kids among top ten
Sailesh R had a sole lead 7.5/8 heading into the final round. He drew his game against 13-year-old Sriram Adarsh Uppala, the only person who could overtake him, to become a clear champion. Sriram Adarsh was placed second. Three more players ended up having the same score as him 7.5/9. Third seeded Nikhil M secured third place according to tie-breaks. The Asian Youth Under-10 Open 2022 triple Gold medalist, Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) scored 7/9 to finish eighth.
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A total of 274 players took part from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and USA in this four-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament which was organized by Maharashtra Chess Association at Naivedhyam Northstar in Nagpur, Maharashtra from 1st to 4th June 2023. The time control for the tournament was 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
| 1 | 36 | Sailesh, R | IND | 1697 | TN | 8 | 48 | 52,5 | 46,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 28 | Sriram, Adarsh Uppala | U13 | IND | 1743 | TEL | 7,5 | 52,5 | 57 | 47,00 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Nikhil, M | IND | 1888 | AP | 7,5 | 48 | 52 | 43,50 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Umashankar, A | IND | 1891 | PON | 7,5 | 44,5 | 49 | 41,00 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 58 | Arnav, Mahesh Koli | U13 | IND | 1628 | MAH | 7,5 | 44,5 | 48 | 40,50 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 17 | Sharnarthi, Viresh | U13 | IND | 1781 | MAH | 7 | 49 | 54 | 40,25 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 12 | Om, Nagnath Lamkane | IND | 1840 | MAH | 7 | 47,5 | 52,5 | 39,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | U11 | IND | 1766 | MP | 7 | 47 | 50 | 38,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 9 | 4 | Sudarshan, Malga | IND | 1881 | MP | 7 | 46,5 | 51 | 37,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | 16 | Basak, Bishal | IND | 1788 | WB | 7 | 46,5 | 50,5 | 37,50 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 9 | Chandan, Mandal | IND | 1858 | DEL | 6,5 | 53 | 57 | 38,25 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 12 | 38 | Sham, R | IND | 1686 | TN | 6,5 | 49,5 | 54 | 36,50 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | Mithun, Anand V | IND | 1871 | TN | 6,5 | 49 | 53,5 | 37,25 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | 37 | Mrityunjay, Kumar | IND | 1690 | BIH | 6,5 | 47 | 51,5 | 34,00 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | 11 | Jai, Sankar Subramanian | IND | 1847 | TN | 6,5 | 45,5 | 50 | 34,25 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | 13 | Patil, Priyanshu | IND | 1831 | MAH-V | 6,5 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 35,00 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 17 | 65 | Samal, Ansuman | IND | 1609 | ODI | 6,5 | 45,5 | 49,5 | 32,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 18 | 83 | Soni, Sangharsh | IND | 1567 | MP | 6,5 | 45,5 | 49 | 32,75 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 19 | 29 | Bhoir, Paras Dilip | U15 | IND | 1727 | MAH | 6,5 | 45 | 49 | 33,00 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 20 | 64 | Sai, Mahati A | w | IND | 1609 | TEL | 6,5 | 44,5 | 48,5 | 31,75 | 0 | 6 |
