Avirat Chauhan and Charvi triumph at MPL 34th National U-8 Open and Girls Chess Championships 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/05/2022

Avirat Chauhan (MAH) and Charvi A (KAR) won their respective final round games to win MPL 34th National Under-8 Open and Girls Chess Championship 2022. Charvi A once again scored an unbeaten 10.5/11 to claim her second National age group title. She finished a whopping 1.5 points ahead of the competition. Pooja Shree R (TN) and Samhita Pungavanam (TEL) scored 9.0/11 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Avirat won AICF Online National Under-7 Open last year. He successfully retained his crown. Rahul Ramakrishnan (PUD) also scored 9.5/11. He was placed second. Aarush Bathula (TEL) scored sole 9.0/11 to secure third place. Photo: Dhiren Makhija

Charvi wins her second National age group title in three weeks

Seven-year-old Charvi A (KAR, 1291) repeated her National Under-10 performance of scoring an unbeaten 10.5/11. The result was once again the same, the winner of another National age group championship, MPL 34th National Under-8 Girls 2022. Avirat Chauhan (MAH, 1405) also performed well. Despite suffering a loss in the eighth round, he bounced back well by winning the last three games. Total prize fund of the tournament was ₹250000 in each section. Top three prizes were ₹50000, ₹36000 and ₹30000 along with a trophy each.

Charvi A won her second National age group title within three weeks | Photo: Dhiren Makhija

Top 3 in Girls (L to R) - 2nd Pooja Shree R (TN), 1st Charvi A (KAR) and 3rd Samhita Pungavanam (TEL) | Photo: IA Vasanth BH

Charvi A scored an unbeaten 10.5/11 and finished 1.5 points ahead of the field

Vijayawada Police Commissoner vs National U-8 and U-10 Girls Champion | Kanthi Rana Tata vs Charvi A | Video: ChessBase India

Former Prime Minister of India, H D Devegowda congratulated Charvi on winning two National age group championships in three weeks.

Top 3 in Open (L to R) - 2nd Rahul Ramakrishnan (PUD), 1st Avirat Chauhan (MAH) and 3rd Aarush Bathula (TEL) | Photo: IA Vasanth BH

Avirat Chauhan scored 9.5/11 and won National championship for the second consecutive year

A total of 171 players in the Open and 92 in the Girls section took part in this event with zero defaults. The little kids showed perseverance by playing all eleven rounds and not a single one decided to leave the event for any reason, which is certainly commendable. It was organized by The Vijayawada Chess Association, Andhra Chess Association and KL University. Both tournaments were held at KL University, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh from 9th to 14th May 2022. The eleven-round Swiss league tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Open Round 11 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	96	Nidhish Shyamal	0	8	0 - 1	8½		Avirat Chauhan	1405	1
2	22	Aarush Bathula	0	8	1 - 0	8½		Vihaan Anupam Agrawal	1325	4
3	111	Reyaansh Venkat	0	8	0 - 1	8½		Rahul Ramakrishnan	1203	8
4	109	Prathul Marreddy	0	7½	1 - 0	7½		Aadhya V	1273	5
5	12	Narendra Agarwal	1129	7½	1 - 0	7½		Sathvik Gulakaram	0	130
6	3	Samaksh Ashok	1342	7	½ - ½	7½		Veer Guliani	0	156
7	40	Arav Dhoot	0	7	0 - 1	7	AFM	Safin Safarullakhan	1358	2
8	42	Ariav Nilesh Kamat	0	7	0 - 1	7		Daivya Nagda	1220	6
9	11	Amam Patel	1132	7	1 - 0	7		Avyaay Garg	1047	15
10	14	Jai Prakash Vanum	1066	7	1 - 0	7		Sathiyamithran V M	0	129

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1		Avirat Chauhan		1405	Maharashtra	9,5	80,0	85,0	72,25
2	8		Rahul Ramakrishnan		1203	Puducherry	9,5	77,0	81,0	67,75
3	22		Aarush Bathula		0	Telangana	9,0	70,5	75,5	58,50
4	4		Vihaan Anupam Agrawal		1325	Maharashtra	8,5	77,0	81,0	58,50
5	109		Prathul Marreddy		0	Telangana	8,5	71,0	75,0	53,25
6	12		Narendra Agarwal		1129	West Bengal	8,5	71,0	74,5	55,25
7	18		Soni Vivan		1002	Maharashtra	8,0	74,5	79,0	55,50
8	111		Reyaansh Venkat		0	Maharashtra	8,0	73,5	76,5	53,00
9	96		Nidhish Shyamal		0	Andhra Pradesh	8,0	71,5	77,0	52,75
10	2	AFM	Safin Safarullakhan		1358	Kerala	8,0	71,0	73,5	46,75
11	11		Amam Patel		1132	West Bengal	8,0	68,5	73,5	47,50
12	6		Daivya Nagda		1220	Gujarat	8,0	67,0	71,5	49,25
13	156		Veer Guliani		0	Haryana	8,0	64,5	69,5	50,00
14	14		Jai Prakash Vanum		1066	Andhra Pradesh	8,0	63,5	68,0	48,00
15	5		Aadhya V		1273	Tamil Nadu	7,5	75,5	80,5	50,00
16	3		Samaksh Ashok		1342	Karnataka	7,5	74,0	78,0	49,25
17	160		Viaan Samir Makhani		0	Gujarat	7,5	70,5	75,0	48,75
18	130		Sathvik Gulakaram		0	Telangana	7,5	68,5	74,0	47,00
19	153		Vairaj Sogerwal		0	Haryana	7,5	67,5	71,5	45,50
20	124		Sanikommu Jaideep Reddy		0	Telangana	7,5	67,0	71,5	46,2

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Girls Round 11 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	Charvi A	1291	9½	1 - 0	8	Waghle Bhumika	0	90
2	58	Pooja Shree R	0	8	1 - 0	7½	Rashi Warudkar	0	63
3	68	Samhita Pungavanam	0	8	1 - 0	7	Aaradhya Upadhyay	0	9
4	46	Kiyana Parihar	0	7	0 - 1	7	Leah R Joseph	1111	4
5	5	Suzein Ahmed	1100	7	0 - 1	7	Sharvaanica A S	0	69
6	6	Ira Bohara	1072	7	1 - 0	7	Ameyaa Gupta	0	15
7	72	Srinika S	0	7	1 - 0	7	Bhavanya Panchumarthi	0	25
8	1	Alankrita Sharma	1451	6½	0 - 1	6½	Aaradhya Das	1196	3
9	14	Akshaya Narahari	0	6	1 - 0	6	Karthika Chava	0	43
10	54	Narayanan Rishitha	0	6	1 - 0	6	Arushi Dinesh	0	22

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Charvi A		1291	Karnataka	10,5	75,0	81,0	77,25
2	58	Pooja Shree R		0	Tamil Nadu	9,0	76,0	79,0	60,50
3	68	Samhita Pungavanam		0	Telangana	9,0	75,0	80,5	61,00
4	4	Leah R Joseph		1111	Karnataka	8,0	76,0	82,0	54,75
5	72	Srinika S		0	Tamil Nadu	8,0	68,5	72,0	50,25
6	6	Ira Bohara		1072	Maharashtra	8,0	67,5	72,5	50,00
7	90	Waghle Bhumika		0	Maharashtra	8,0	66,0	69,0	47,50
8	69	Sharvaanica A S		0	Tamil Nadu	8,0	63,0	67,0	47,00
9	3	Aaradhya Das		1196	Tripura	7,5	74,0	77,0	46,00
10	63	Rashi Warudkar		0	Chhattisgarh	7,5	71,5	75,5	46,75
11	15	Ameyaa Gupta		0	Assam	7,0	72,5	77,0	44,75
12	5	Suzein Ahmed		1100	Assam	7,0	72,0	76,0	40,50
13	46	Kiyana Parihar		0	Rajasthan	7,0	70,0	75,0	44,75
14	35	Divi Bijesh		0	Kerala	7,0	69,5	74,5	42,50
15	9	Aaradhya Upadhyay		0	Rajasthan	7,0	68,5	72,5	41,25
16	34	Dishita Dey		0	Jharkhand	7,0	68,0	73,0	41,00
17	14	Akshaya Narahari		0	Telangana	7,0	68,0	69,0	35,50
18	54	Narayanan Rishitha		0	Andhra Pradesh	7,0	65,5	68,5	38,50
19	25	Bhavanya Panchumarthi		0	Andhra Pradesh	7,0	65,0	70,0	44,00
20	24	Bhakti Raosaheb Gavli		0	Maharashtra	7,0	65,0	68,5	38,50

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