MPL 35th National U-9 Round 5-6:Sharvaanica and Arpita become co-leaders

The search for sole leader

In the girl's section, Sharvaanica A S (1050, TN) had a good chance to capture the sole lead by winning both her games. She had a completely winning position against Bruhathi Kondisetti (1121, Telangana), but botched it in the end.

MPL National U9 Round 5 Girls: Bruhathi Kondisetti - Sharvaanica A S : 0.5-0.5

The decisive blunder which steered the game from completely winning to equal was this one:

Surprisingly enough, a1=Q is not the best move in the position! The best course of action would've been to simply play ...Nxe6 Rd1 Rb1, and Black is totally winning. However, 45....a1=Q allowed 46. e7! and there's no way to stop that pawn, even with an extra queen. Such a nice trick found by Bruhathi! Sharvaanica played on for a while after the queens were traded, but to no avail - a draw happened a few moves later.

Round 6: Arpita Amey Patnakar - Alankrita Sharma: 1-0

The top seed of the girls' section, Alankrita Sharma (J&K, 1419) had to endure a crushing defeat against Arpita Amey Patnakar (1093, Gujrat), after Alankrita made an tactical error in the opening, completely missing some intermediate checks by her opponent. After the dust was settled, it was Arpita who was 2 pawns up and she went on to win quite comfortably.

Round 6 Girls: Bhumika Suresh Waghle - Sharvaanica A S : 0-1

Playing the Caro-Kann, Sharvaanica AS (1050, TN) launched a devastating attack against Bhumika Suresh Waghle (1182, Maharashtra)'s King, giving no chances to her opponent, forcing the win of an exchange, and then converted it into a 2 pawns up Rook ending, winning it comfortably.

Round 5 Open: Aarav A - Avirat Chauhan: 1-0

This was one of the cleanest wins of the round. Aarav Anand (1341, TN) took complete control with the white pieces straight from the opening against Avirat Chauhan (1421, MAH). At some point, both of the Kings were wide open, but Aarav ensured that his material advantage stays and the King is not under any real danger. The game ended with checkmate, and Aarav is one of the leaders of the Open section right now.

Round 6 Open: Parithinarayan SI - R Nijesh: 0-1

Parithinarayan SI (1200, TN) had a completely winning position against R Nijesh (1365, TN) - he had busted open the Black Kingside, and all his pieces were pointing towards the Black King. But as it is said in chess - it's never over till it's over! Parithinarayan missed a key defensive resource for Black:

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Girls section Round 5-6 games

Open section Round 5-6 games

Standings after Round 6 (Open)

Full standings

Standings after Round 6 (Girls)

Full standings

Round 7 pairings (Girls)

Complete pairings

Round 7 pairing (Open)

Complete pairings

The MPL 35th National U9 Championship 2022 is taking place in Indore Public School. The total prize fund of this mega event is Rs. 5 lakhs. The event is being organized by the Madhya Pradesh State Chess Ad Hoc Committee. This is an 11-round classical event which will run from 25th December 2022 - 2nd January 2023. The time control of the event is 90 minutes +30 seconds increment. Rounds 7 will be held on 28th December from 9:30 AM.

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