13-year-olds Arjun Adireddy and Shubhi Gupta are National Junior 2023 Open and Girls Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/09/2023

CM Arjun Adireddy (TEL) scored an unbeaten 10/11 to win 52nd National Junior Under-19 Open 2023. Shubhi Gupta (UP) had a 9.5/11 score to win 37th National Junior Girls event. While Arjun finished a full point ahead, Shubhi became champion by staying a half point of the field. IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (TN) and Dhanashree Khairmode (MAH) scored sole 9/11 to secure second place. Yash Bharadia (RAJ) and Sneha Halder (WB) were adjudged third scoring 8.5/11 each. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹1000000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹100000, ₹72000 and ₹60000 along with a trophy each respectively. Both of them are 13-year-olds born on 1st January 2010. Photos: FA FI Juily Kulkarni

Arjun and Shubhi become clear champions

The sole leader in the Open section - CM Arjun Adireddy (TEL) defeated Kartavya Anadkat (GUJ) to become the champion. Among the Girls, Shubhi Gupta (UP) got the better of WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) to become the champion.

Champion in Open - CM Arjun Adireddy (TEL) 10/11

Champion in Girls - Shubhi Gupta (UP) 9.5/11

13-year-old girl from Ghaziabad - Shubhi Gupta wins 37th National Juniors Under-19 Girls 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

52nd National Junior Open and 37th National Junior Girls 2023 champions - Arjun Adireddy (TEL) 10/11 and Shubhi Gupta (UP) 9.5/11

Fun fact: Both champions are 13-year-olds and born on 1st January 2010.

Open: Runner-up - IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (TN) 9/11

Girls: Runner-up - Dhanashree Khairmode (MAH) 9/11

Open: Second Runner-up - Yash Bharadia (RAJ) 8.5/11

Girls: Second Runner-up - Sneha Halder (WB) 8.5/11

Arjun - Kartavya

Position after 21.f4

Few moves ago, Kartavya Anadkat (GUJ, 2177) sacrificed an exchange to gain initiative. CM Arjun Adireddy (TEL, 2057) managed to equalize the position. After 21.f4 what Black needed to avoid is exchange a bunch of pieces. 21...Nxf4 22.Rxf4 Rxf4 23.Bxf4 Qxf4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 and the resultant exchange down queen endgame is lost for Black. He soon landed in an unstoppable checkmate threat.

CM Arjun Adireddy (TEL) defeated Kartavya Anadkat (GUJ) to become the champion

CM Arjun Adireddy scored an unbeaten 10/11, finished a full point ahead of the field and gained 121.6 Elo rating points

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (TN) won against Manas Gaikwad (MAH) to secure second place

Girls: Bhagyashree - Shubhi

Position after 20...Nde3

King's Gambit opening did not work for WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH, 1879). She got a worse position out of the opening. Her opponent, Shubhi Gupta (UP, 1761) got a substantial advantage as it can be seen after 20...Nde3 from the above position. Black won the game in another nine moves.

Shubhi Gupta (UP) scored a convincing victory over WFM Bhagyashree Patil (MAH) to become the champion

Shubhi Gupta scored 9.5/11, finished a half point ahead of others and increased her Elo rating by 141.2 points

Dhanashree Khairmode (MAH) drew against Kanishka S (TN) to finish second

Top five prize winners of Open and Girls category

The tournament hall at Karnavati Club in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

For more Prize distribution ceremony and Round 11 photos, please click here.

A total of 223 players including 2 IMs in the Open and 129 players including 2 WIMs in the Girls tournament took part. The tournaments were organized by Gujarat State Chess Association at Karnavati Club in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 20th to 28th September 2023. 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.	PGN
1	11	CM	Adireddy, Arjun	2057	TEL	9	1 - 0	8		Anadkat, Kartavya	2177	Gujarat	8	PGN
2	2	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	2372	TN	8	1 - 0	8½		Gaikwad, Manas	1866	MAH	26	PGN
3	23		Kartik, Kumar Singh	1901	MAH	7½	0 - 1	7½		Srihari, L	2207	PUD	4	PGN
4	5		Apoorv, Kamble	2201	KAR	7½	1 - 0	7½		Vrandesh, Parekh	1839	Gujarat	33	PGN
5	12		Bharadia, Yash	2000	RAJ	7½	1 - 0	7½		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	1883	TEL	24	PGN
6	7		Dhyey, Agarwal	2178	Gujarat	7½	0 - 1	7		Nandish, V S	1835	TN	35	PGN
7	48		Sathvik, Adiga	1754	KAR	7	0 - 1	7		Sanket, Chakravarty	2381	WB	1	PGN
8	3	FM	Harshad, S	2236	TN	7	1 - 0	7		Mukund, Hemant Agarwal	1917	Gujarat	20	PGN
9	10		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay	2149	WB	7	1 - 0	7		Sharnarthi, Viresh	1764	MAH	44	PGN
10	15		Lad, Mandar Pradip	1959	Goa	7	0 - 1	7	CM	Mrithyunjay, Mahadevan	1818	TN	38	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	11	CM	Adireddy, Arjun			IND	2057	TEL	10	75	80	72,25	0	9
2	2	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F			IND	2372	TN	9	75,5	81	64,25	0	8
3	12		Bharadia, Yash			IND	2000	RAJ	8,5	74	80	60,50	0	8
4	26		Gaikwad, Manas			IND	1866	MAH	8,5	73	78,5	58,50	0	8
5	4		Srihari, L			IND	2207	PUD	8,5	70	75	54,50	0	8
6	5		Apoorv, Kamble			IND	2201	KAR	8,5	65,5	70,5	54,75	0	8
7	10		Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay			IND	2149	WB	8	74	79	52,00	0	8
8	8		Anadkat, Kartavya			IND	2177	Gujarat	8	72,5	78	53,50	0	7
9	1		Sanket, Chakravarty			IND	2381	WB	8	71	76,5	53,00	0	6
10	38	CM	Mrithyunjay, Mahadevan			IND	1818	TN	8	70	75	50,00	0	8
11	3	FM	Harshad, S			IND	2236	TN	8	69	74,5	54,00	0	5
12	31		Bhoir, Paras Dilip			IND	1841	MAH	8	66,5	71	51,00	0	7
13	35		Nandish, V S			IND	1835	TN	8	60	64,5	45,50	0	8
14	7		Dhyey, Agarwal			IND	2178	Gujarat	7,5	73	78	50,75	0	7
15	23		Kartik, Kumar Singh			IND	1901	MAH	7,5	71,5	76	46,75	0	6
16	24		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala			IND	1883	TEL	7,5	70,5	76	46,75	0	7
17	33		Vrandesh, Parekh			IND	1839	Gujarat	7,5	69	74	46,75	0	7
18	21		Dinesh, Rajan M			IND	1908	TN	7,5	69	72,5	47,00	0	6
19	37		Arshpreet, Singh			IND	1822	HAR	7,5	67,5	72	46,75	0	6
20	32		Daaevik, Wadhawan			IND	1839	Delhi	7,5	63	68	44,25	0	7

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Girls Round 11 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	7	WFM	Bhagyashree, Patil	1879	MAH	8	0 - 1	8½	AFM	Shubhi, Gupta	1761	UP	15	PGN
2	27		Khairmode, Dhanashree	1616	MAH	8½	½ - ½	8		Kanishka, S	1716	TN	19	PGN
3	10		Sneha, Halder	1835	WB	7½	1 - 0	7½		Marium, Fatima	1715	Bihar	20	PGN
4	26		Rajanya, Datta	1654	WB	7½	0 - 1	7½		Sachi, Jain	1756	Delhi	16	PGN
5	17		Ishvi, Aggarwal	1748	HAR	7	0 - 1	7		Mrittika, Mallick	2059	WB	3	PGN
6	6		Tejaswini, G	1905	TN	7	0 - 1	7		Dakshita, Kumawat	1690	RAJ	21	PGN
7	1	WFM	Kheerthi, Ganta	2148	TEL	6½	1 - 0	6½		Drishtee, Ghosh	1495	KAR	45	PGN
8	11		Rebecca, Jesumarian	1811	TN	6½	½ - ½	6½		Kale, Shruti	1567	MAH	35	PGN
9	31		Arshiya, Das	1596	TRI	6½	1 - 0	6½		Anupam, M Sreekumar	1721	KER	18	PGN
10	52		Akshaya, Sathi	1446	KAR	6½	1 - 0	6½		Kashthuri, Bhai R	1689	AND	22	PGN

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	15	AFM	Shubhi, Gupta		w	IND	1761	UP	9,5	74	79	61,50	0	9
2	27		Khairmode, Dhanashree		w	IND	1616	MAH	9	74	78	61,50	0	7
3	10		Sneha, Halder		w	IND	1835	WB	8,5	75	80	60,00	0	8
4	19		Kanishka, S		w	IND	1716	TN	8,5	71,5	77	56,25	0	7
5	16		Sachi, Jain		w	IND	1756	Delhi	8,5	69,5	74,5	55,00	0	8
6	21		Dakshita, Kumawat		w	IND	1690	RAJ	8	73,5	78,5	53,50	0	8
7	3		Mrittika, Mallick		w	IND	2059	WB	8	72	77	51,25	0	7
8	7	WFM	Bhagyashree, Patil		w	IND	1879	MAH	8	68	71,5	49,25	0	7
9	1	WFM	Kheerthi, Ganta		w	IND	2148	TEL	7,5	73,5	78	48,75	0	6
10	20		Marium, Fatima		w	IND	1715	Bihar	7,5	72	77,5	50,50	0	6
11	52		Akshaya, Sathi		w	IND	1446	KAR	7,5	64,5	68,5	41,50	0	7
12	26		Rajanya, Datta		w	IND	1654	WB	7,5	63	66,5	42,25	0	6
13	31		Arshiya, Das		w	IND	1596	TRI	7,5	62	67	42,50	0	6
14	29		Swara, Lakshmi S Nair		w	IND	1601	KAR	7,5	60	64	41,75	0	7
15	17		Ishvi, Aggarwal		w	IND	1748	HAR	7	74,5	79,5	47,50	0	7
16	6		Tejaswini, G		w	IND	1905	TN	7	73,5	79	44,50	0	7
17	2	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar		w	IND	2059	MAH	7	70	74	42,50	0	6
18	8	WCM	Bristy, Mukherjee		w	IND	1858	WB	7	68	72	43,75	0	5
19	35		Kale, Shruti		w	IND	1567	MAH	7	67,5	71	43,25	0	5
20	32		Divyabharathi, Masanam		w	IND	1596	TN	7	67	72	44,75	0	4

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