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MPL National Junior 2022 R3-4: Top seeds become the prime target

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/03/2022

Top seeds in both MPL 50th National Junior Open and 35th National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championships were held to draws in Round 3 and 4. Rohit S (TN) denied GM Iniyan P (TN) his fourth consecutive win. GM Arjun Kalyan (TN) drew both of his third and fourth round games. Five players - IM Pranesh M (TN), Hari Madhavan N B (TN), Utsab Chatterjee (WB), FM Rohith Krishna S (WB) and FM Ayush Sharma (MP) are at 4.0/4 each. WFM Tanishka Kotia (HAR) drew with the top seed WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) in Round 4. Tamil Nadu girls WFM Lakshmi C, Poorna Sri M K and Divyabharathi Masanam in a three-way lead 4.0/4. Round 5 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Poorna beats Mounika

Poorna Sri M K (TN) defeated WIM Mounika Akshaya (AP) in the third round after the latter did not correctly anticipate White's onslaught through the queenside.

The new National Sub-Junior champion - IM Pranesh M is one of the five leaders 4.0/4 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top seed GM Iniyan P was held to a draw by Rohit S (TN) in the fourth round | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

GM Arjun Kalyan (TN) drew both of his games against Aditya Varun Gampa (AP) and Soham Bhattacharyya (WB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Girls Round 3: Poorna - Mounika: 1-0

Poorna Sri M K (TN) scored a big win against WIM Mounika Akshaya (AP).

Position after 25...Kh8

25...Kh8 allowed White to jump her knight at c6 with some deadly threats. Black cannot defend the e7-bishop then the d6-pawn would fall after Nxe7. Thus, 26...Bxc6 was forced. Now 27.Qa5 to avoid d5 discover attack. 27...Bxd5 28.Qxc7 Bxe4 29.Qxe7 and it's all over for Black.

Round 4: Tanishka - Priyanka: 0.5-0.5

WFM Tanishka Kotia (HAR) had a solid draw with WGM Priyanka Nutakki (AP).

WFM Tanishka Kotia (HAR) - WGM Priyanka Nutakki: 0.5-0.5

A total of 186 players including 2 GMs, 6 IMs in the Open and 105 players including a WGM and a WIM in the Girls tournament are taking part. It is organized by Haryana Chess Association. Both tournaments are taking place at RPS International School, Gurgaon, Haryana from 9th to 13th March 2022. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

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Open Round 4 results

Bo.No.NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/CityNo.
11GMIniyan P2516Tamil Nadu3½ - ½3Rohit S2276Tamil Nadu14
213FMAaryan Varshney2277Delhi3½ - ½3IMKoustav Chatterjee2466West Bengal4
35IMPranesh M2455Tamil Nadu31 - 03CMSoham Kamotra2229Jammu And Kashmir18
415FMAyushh Ravikumar2250Tamil Nadu3½ - ½3IMNeelash Saha2445West Bengal6
57IMHarshavardhan G B2402Tamil Nadu3½ - ½3FMMohamed Anees M2226Tamil Nadu19
69Hari Madhavan N B2380Tamil Nadu31 - 03Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi2110Maharashtra26
717IMManish Anto Cristiano F2236Tamil Nadu30 - 13Utsab Chatterjee2324West Bengal10
811FMRohith Krishna S2304Tamil Nadu31 - 03Jinan Jomon2069Kerala27
925CMSingh Ojasva2141Madhya Pradesh30 - 13FMAyush Sharma2302Madhya Pradesh12
1029Bhattacharyya Soham2004West Bengal3½ - ½2½GMArjun Kalyan2506Tamil Nadu2

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.No.NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/CityNo.
110Utsab Chatterjee2324West Bengal44IMPranesh M2455Tamil Nadu5
212FMAyush Sharma2302Madhya Pradesh44Hari Madhavan N B2380Tamil Nadu9
34IMKoustav Chatterjee2466West Bengal3½4FMRohith Krishna S2304Tamil Nadu11
419FMMohamed Anees M2226Tamil Nadu3½3½GMIniyan P2516Tamil Nadu1
56IMNeelash Saha2445West Bengal3½3½Vaibhav Jayant Raut2198Maharashtra21
620AGMVignesh B2206Tamil Nadu3½3½IMHarshavardhan G B2402Tamil Nadu7
744Shaik Sumer Arsh1852Telangana3½3½FMAaryan Varshney2277Delhi13
814Rohit S2276Tamil Nadu3½3½Bhattacharyya Soham2004West Bengal29
918CMSoham Kamotra2229Jammu And Kashmir33½FMAyushh Ravikumar2250Tamil Nadu15
102GMArjun Kalyan2506Tamil Nadu33Adireddy Arjun1796Telangana49

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Girls Round 4 results

Bo.No.NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/CityNo.
112WFMTanishka Kotia1849Haryana3½ - ½3WIMPriyanka Nutakki2301Andhra Pradesh1
24WFMLakshmi C1968Tamil Nadu31 - 03WCMBristy Mukherjee1788West Bengal15
317Poorna Sri M.K1763Tamil Nadu31 - 03Rindhiya V1949Tamil Nadu5
421Divyabharathi Masanam1711Tamil Nadu31 - 03Velpula Sarayu1875Telangana9
533WCMKriti Mayur Patel1440Maharashtra3½ - ½3WCMArushi Kotwal1854Jammu And Kashmir11
63WFMBhagyashree Patil1974Maharashtra2½1 - 03Kanishka S1528Tamil Nadu25
76Srimathi R1944Delhi2½½ - ½2½Sajitha B1455Tamil Nadu31
82WFMBommini Mounika Akshaya2145Andhra Pradesh21 - 02½Sachi Jain1401Delhi37
940Swara Lakshmi S Nair1383Karnataka2½ - ½2Meenal Gupta1941Jammu And Kashmir7
108Ghosh Samriddhaa1877West Bengal21 - 02Pournami S1390Kerala39

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.No.NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/CityNo.
14WFMLakshmi C1968Tamil Nadu44Poorna Sri M.K1763Tamil Nadu17
21WIMPriyanka Nutakki2301Andhra Pradesh3½4Divyabharathi Masanam1711Tamil Nadu21
311WCMArushi Kotwal1854Jammu And Kashmir3½3½WFMBhagyashree Patil1974Maharashtra3
412WFMTanishka Kotia1849Haryana3½3½WCMKriti Mayur Patel1440Maharashtra33
525Kanishka S1528Tamil Nadu33WFMBommini Mounika Akshaya2145Andhra Pradesh2
65Rindhiya V1949Tamil Nadu33Varshita Jain1491Madhya Pradesh28
727Marium Fatima1511Bihar33Srimathi R1944Delhi6
830Vakcheri Mohitha1459Andhra Pradesh33Ghosh Samriddhaa1877West Bengal8
99Velpula Sarayu1875Telangana33AFMShubhi Gupta1434Uttar Pradesh34
1031Sajitha B1455Tamil Nadu33Kaur Palkin1861Delhi10

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