Daakshin and Anupam take sole lead at National under-11

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/11/2019

Daakshin Arun of Tamil Nadu and Anupam M Sreekumar of Kerala emerged as the sole leader in the Open and Girls section respectively at the conclusion of round 6 of National under-11. Daakshin defeated the other leader of the round Rohith S, while Anupam defeated former National under-9 girls champion Sneha Halder. Both Daakshin and Anupam scored their victory comfortably and they are well on their way to the championship. Total 434 players including 265 in Open and 169 in Girls are taking part from over 25 different states across the country in the nation's capital Delhi. The tournament is organized by Delhi Chess Association from 15th - 23rd November 2019 at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Daakshin Arun emerged as the sole leader in the Open

Daakshin Arun is the sole leader in Open section with a score of 6.0/6 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Starting out as the 28th seed, Daakshin Arun of Tamil Nadu scored another emphatic victory over state mate Rohith S in a game where evaluation fluctuated a lot, however it was Daakshin who capitalized on his opponent's mistake and gained some valuable pawns to score a victory.

Daakshin - Rohith

White just played 36.b4. Where should Black move the knight?

39...Be6 is a blunder. Can you find out why?

Top seed Arhan Chetan Anand of Karnataka scored a crushing victory over former National under-9 champion Ilamparthi A R, after the latter blundered an exchange early in the opening and there was no way for him to recover.

Top seed Arhan Chethan Anand scored a crushing victory over former National under-9 champion Ilamparthi A R | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Anupam Sreekumar takes sole lead among the girls

Top seed Anupam Sreekumar is in the sole lead with 6.0/6 | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Top seed of the girls section, Kerala State champion Anupam M Sreekumar kept her cool, did not get surprised by her opponent Sneha Halder's strange 1...c6 response to her 1.Nf3. Eventually she got an entry with her major pieces after maneuvering her pieces for the best squares in the middlegame.

Anupam - Sneha

Find out white's threat after 35.Rd6 and how should black respond to it

Second seed Mrittika Mallick of West Bengal scored a fine victory with the black pieces in just 29 moves over Anagha KGR of Karnataka.

Mrittika Mallick scored a clinical victory | Photo: Jitendra Choudhary

Total 265 players in Open and 169 girls are taking part from over 25 different states across the country. The National under-11 Open and Girls is organized by Delhi Chess Association from 15th - 23th November 2019 at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi

Round 6 results in Open

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	28	Daakshin Arun	1644	5	1 - 0	5		Rohith S	1522	43
2	1	Arhan Chethan Anand	2026	4½	1 - 0	4½		Ilamparthi A R	1828	10
3	30	Md Imran	1606	4½	½ - ½	4½	CM	Kadam Om Manish	1982	2
4	9	Shaik Sumer Arsh	1843	4½	1 - 0	4½		Adireddy Arjun	1656	25
5	3	Koustuv Dash	1937	4	1 - 0	4½		Atreya Nandy	1580	36
6	29	Sairaj Dilip Vernekar	1617	4	1 - 0	4		Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	1916	4
7	5	Swayham P Das	1901	4	0 - 1	4		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	1594	32
8	7	Vedant Nitin Vekhande	1868	4	1 - 0	4		Hariharan Vinayagamurthy	1566	37
9	11	Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	1759	4	1 - 0	4		Abhash Roimya Saikia	1546	39
10	45	Sushanth Kamabathula	1507	4	0 - 1	4		Daaevik Wadhawan	1726	14
11	53	Gupta Nikunj	1459	4	0 - 1	4		John Veny Akkarakaran	1711	16
12	17	Dandekar Anuj	1699	4	½ - ½	4		Jaivardhan Raj	1435	62
13	54	Varshith Nela	1459	4	½ - ½	4		Midilesh Ms	1684	19
14	21	Priansh Das	1671	4	½ - ½	4		Agarwal Mukund H	1516	44
15	75	Jeevan Prakash N	1398	4	0 - 1	4		Aashman Gupta	1670	22

Complete results

Round 6 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	No.
1	1		Anupam M Sreekumar	1599	5	1 - 0	5	Sneha Halder	1531	3
2	39		Behera Snehayukta	1246	4½	1 - 0	4½	Rajanya Datta	1343	22
3	13	AFM	Sanikommu Manasvi	1363	4½	½ - ½	4	Anahita Verma	1432	6
4	26		Anagha K G R	1317	4	0 - 1	4	Mrittika Mallick	1539	2
5	29		Mridulashree R	1294	4	0 - 1	4	Sachi Jain	1406	8
6	31		Amrutha Varshini Damisetty	1273	4	½ - ½	4	Riddhika Kotia	1397	10
7	15	WCM	Shefali A N	1361	4	½ - ½	4	Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1311	27
8	37		Sarvani Cheedella	1251	4	1 - 0	4	Rianna Netta B	1358	18
9	41		Arshiya Das	1238	4	1 - 0	4	Jahnavi Sri Lalita Mareddy	1345	20
10	24		Srishanthi G	1320	4	½ - ½	4	Adiba Ullah	1294	28
11	5		Pragnya H G	1485	3½	½ - ½	3½	Lakshanaa R	1242	40
12	9		Rout Yashita	1401	3½	1 - 0	3½	Yashvi Jain	1204	46
13	45		Charvi Patidar	1209	3½	0 - 1	3½	Netra P Savaikar	1391	11
14	19		Sani Deshpande	1358	3½	1 - 0	3½	Kavya N	1194	49
15	21		Falak Joni Naik	1344	3½	1 - 0	3½	Sharadhi Shastry	1179	54

Complete results

Round 7 pairings in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1		Arhan Chethan Anand	2026	5½		6		Daakshin Arun	1644	28
2	2	CM	Kadam Om Manish	1982	5		5½		Shaik Sumer Arsh	1843	9
3	22		Aashman Gupta	1670	5		5		Koustuv Dash	1937	3
4	32		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	1594	5		5		Vedant Nitin Vekhande	1868	7
5	43		Rohith S	1522	5		5		Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	1759	11
6	14		Daaevik Wadhawan	1726	5		5		Sairaj Dilip Vernekar	1617	29
7	16		John Veny Akkarakaran	1711	5		5		Md Imran	1606	30
8	8		Mayank Chakraborty	1849	4½		4½		Shankhodip De	1587	34
9	10		Ilamparthi A R	1828	4½		4½		Atreya Nandy	1580	36
10	44		Agarwal Mukund H	1516	4½		4½	AGM	Sahib Singh	1732	13
11	42		Eshan Bhattacharjee	1522	4½		4½		Dandekar Anuj	1699	17
12	18		Nanal Arnav	1692	4½		4½		Arshpreet Singh	1500	47
13	19		Midilesh Ms	1684	4½		4½		Prathamesh Santosh Gawade	1441	59
14	46		Rupesh Reddy Y	1503	4½		4½		Priansh Das	1671	21
15	25		Adireddy Arjun	1656	4½		4½		Aaryan Pandey	1431	65

Complete pairings

Round 7 pairings in Girls

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	39	Behera Snehayukta	1246	5½		6		Anupam M Sreekumar	1599	1
2	2	Mrittika Mallick	1539	5		5	AFM	Sanikommu Manasvi	1363	13
3	3	Sneha Halder	1531	5		5		Sarvani Cheedella	1251	37
4	8	Sachi Jain	1406	5		5		Arshiya Das	1238	41
5	6	Anahita Verma	1432	4½		4½		Dakshita Kumawat	1321	23
6	24	Srishanthi G	1320	4½		4½		Rout Yashita	1401	9
7	10	Riddhika Kotia	1397	4½		4½		Tejasvee Naresh Singh	1271	33
8	11	Netra P Savaikar	1391	4½		4½		Amrutha Varshini Damisetty	1273	31
9	28	Adiba Ullah	1294	4½		4½	WCM	Shefali A N	1361	15
10	27	Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1311	4½		4½		Sani Deshpande	1358	19
11	38	Arushi Srichandan	1246	4½		4½		Falak Joni Naik	1344	21
12	22	Rajanya Datta	1343	4½		4½		Prapti Moulik	1233	42
13	4	Palak Mohapatra	1502	4		4½		Krishika Garg	1164	58
14	43	Aishani Pathak	1231	4		4		Pragnya H G	1485	5
15	60	Kashthuri Bhai R	1158	4		4	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1427	7

Complete pairings