MPL National Sub-Junior 2022 R1: Shraddhaa Bajaj topples third seed Bhillva Nilaya

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/03/2022

MPL 46th National Sub-Junior Open and 37th National Sub-Junior Girls started yesterday at New Delhi. There were no big upsets in the first round of the Open tournament. Keshav Padmanabhan (TN) was the only one to hold Md. Imran (AP) to a draw among the top ten seeds. Among the girls, Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) and Jahnvi Ashok (KER) beat Bhillva Nilaya K E K (AP) and Sneha Halder (WB) respectively. Aashi Upadhyay (RAJ) held Meenatchi Rajam V (TN) to a draw. From today onwards, there are double rounds every day. Round 2 starts today at 9:00 a.m. IST today. Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Keshav splits the point with Imran

Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) used her opportunity to beat Bhillva Nilaya (AP) | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Open: Keshav - Imran: 0.5-0.5

12-year-old Md. Imran (AP) was cruising towards victory when he made an inaccuracy in the endgame against Keshav Padmanabhan (TN).

Position after 25...b5

25...b5 makes things difficult for Black 26.Rd6 bxc4+ 27.Kd4 Ra5 28.Re1 Bb5 29.Rd8+ Be8 30.Re3. Black can still win this but not as easily as he would want. After few more mistakes, White managed to salvage a draw.

Dakshraj Shadanan Bole (MAH) - IM Pranav Venkatesh (TN): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

IM Pranesh M (TN) - Aatreya Saha (WB): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Sikkam Sai Vishnu (TEL) - FM Harshad S (TN): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Vandan Alankar Sawai (DEL) - CM Aaditya Dhingra (HAR): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Girls: Shraddhaa - Bhillva: 1-0

Shraddhaa Bajaj (MAH) erred early in the opening which her opponent Bhillva Nilaya K E K (AP).

Position after 14.Bxd5

14...0-0-0 would have dropped the bishop as there is no way for White to save the bishop from the pin. The game continued 14...0-0 and Black missed her chance.

Position after 28.b4

28...Rxb4 continues the fight. However, Black blundered 28...Rxe4 and lost an exchange 29.bxa5 Rxe3 30.fxe3. White is completely winning as there is not enough compensation for Black.

Devanshi Solanki (MAH) - Sarayu Velpula (TEL): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Mrittika Mallick (WB) - Aadhya Jain (DEL): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Tejaswini G (TN) - Swarali Kothe (MAH): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Kathakali Dey (WB) - Anupam Sreekumar (KER): 0-1 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Keerti Shree Reddy (TN) - Tanya Verma (UP): 1-0 | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

AICF Hony. Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan delivers the inaugural speech | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

Lighting of the lamp | Photo: IA Jitendra Choudhary

A total of 175 players including 2 IMs in the Open and 113 players in the Girls tournament are taking part. It is organized by Delhi Chess Association. Both tournaments are taking place at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi from 4th to 8th March 2022. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

Replay Round 1 games Open

Replay Round 1 games Girls

Open Round 1 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	91		Dakshraj Shadanan Bole	1331	Maharashtra	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Pranav V	2493	Tamil Nadu	1
2	2	IM	Pranesh M	2455	Tamil Nadu	0	1 - 0	0	ACM	Aatreya Saha	1330	West Bengal	92
3	93	AIM	Sikkam Sai Vishnu	1299	Telangana	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Harshad S	2328	Tamil Nadu	3
4	4		Rohit S	2276	Tamil Nadu	0	1 - 0	0		Goyal Saksham	1296	Punjab	94
5	95		Vandan Alankar Sawai	1289	Delhi	0	0 - 1	0	CM	Aaditya Dhingra	2176	Haryana	5
6	6	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	2164	Assam	0	1 - 0	0	AIM	Banik Hrishikesh Kumar	1277	West Bengal	96
7	97		Keshav Padmanabhan	1275	Tamil Nadu	0	½ - ½	0		Md Imran	2074	Andhra Pradesh	7
8	8	CM	Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	1993	Tamil Nadu	0	1 - 0	0		Boominathan Lalitaditaayyanar	1270	Maharashtra	98
9	99		Ameen Akbar T A	1268	Kerala	0	0 - 1	0		Aditya Varun Gampa	1947	Andhra Pradesh	9
10	10	AFM	Pawar Harshit	1921	Delhi	0	1 - 0	0		Niladri Banerjee	1268	West Bengal	100

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	IM	Pranav V	2493	Tamil Nadu	1		1		Jai Sankar Subramanian	1570	Tamil Nadu	48
2	49		Kavyansh Agrawal	1569	Madhya Pradesh	1		1	IM	Pranesh M	2455	Tamil Nadu	2
3	3	FM	Harshad S	2328	Tamil Nadu	1		1		Sadbhav Rautela	1552	Uttarakhand	50
4	51		Medhansh Saxena	1545	Uttar Pradesh	1		1		Rohit S	2276	Tamil Nadu	4
5	5	CM	Aaditya Dhingra	2176	Haryana	1		1		Reyan Md.	1543	Bihar	52
6	53		Samyak Dharewa	1542	West Bengal	1		1	CM	Mayank Chakraborty	2164	Assam	6
7	55		Dhruva Thota	1525	Telangana	1		1	CM	Mrithyunjay Mahadevan	1993	Tamil Nadu	8
8	9		Aditya Varun Gampa	1947	Andhra Pradesh	1		1		Goutham Krishna H	1541	Kerala	54
9	59		Raihaan Zahid	1491	Karnataka	1		1	AFM	Pawar Harshit	1921	Delhi	10
10	11		Ankit Ray	1895	West Bengal	1		1		Sushanth Kamabathula	1520	Telangana	56

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Girls Round 1 results

Bo.	No.	Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	57	Devanshi Solanki	U16	1129	Maharashtra	0	0 - 1	0	Velpula Sarayu	U16	1875	Telangana	1
2	2	Mrittika Mallick	U16	1848	West Bengal	0	1 - 0	0	Aadhya Jain	U16	1128	Delhi	58
3	59	Bajaj Shraddha	U16	1128	Maharashtra	0	1 - 0	0	Bhillva Nilaya K E K	U16	1801	Andhra Pradesh	3
4	4	Tejaswini G	U16	1742	Tamil Nadu	0	1 - 0	0	Kothe Swarali	U16	1127	Maharashtra	60
5	61	Kathakali Dey	U16	1126	West Bengal	0	0 - 1	0	Anupam M Sreekumar	U16	1724	Kerala	5
6	6	Keerti Shree Reddy	U16	1721	Tamil Nadu	0	1 - 0	0	Tanya Verma		1114	Uttar Pradesh	62
7	63	Aashi Upadhyay	U16	1098	Rajasthan	0	½ - ½	0	Meenatchi Rajam V	U16	1692	Tamil Nadu	7
8	8	Boramanikar Tanisha S	U16	1670	Maharashtra	0	1 - 0	0	Devaanshee Agarwal	U16	1097	Haryana	64
9	65	Tiwari Radhika	U16	1085	Maharashtra	0	0 - 1	0	Anushka Gupta	U16	1661	West Bengal	9
10	10	Sneha Halder	U16	1647	West Bengal	0	0 - 1	0	Jahnvi Ashok	U16	1079	Kerala	66

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.	Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Typ	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	Velpula Sarayu	U16	1875	Telangana	1		1	Pratti Karshini Lakshmi	U16	1322	Andhra Pradesh	32
2	31	Krishika Garg	U16	1326	Delhi	1		1	Mrittika Mallick	U16	1848	West Bengal	2
3	33	Yashvi Jain	U16	1310	Telangana	1		1	Tejaswini G	U16	1742	Tamil Nadu	4
4	5	Anupam M Sreekumar	U16	1724	Kerala	1		1	Debapriya Manna	U16	1305	West Bengal	34
5	35	Kulkarni Siya Jayant	U16	1291	Maharashtra	1		1	Keerti Shree Reddy	U16	1721	Tamil Nadu	6
6	36	Riddhika Kotia	U16	1285	Haryana	1		1	Boramanikar Tanisha S	U16	1670	Maharashtra	8
7	9	Anushka Gupta	U16	1661	West Bengal	1		1	Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar	U16	1254	Maharashtra	38
8	11	Sai Mahati A	U16	1608	Telangana	1		1	Uthara S	U16	1246	Kerala	40
9	37	Yuvika Sehgal	U16	1263	Delhi	1		1	Singh Myra	U16	1606	Delhi	12
10	39	Tejasvee Naresh Singh	U16	1250	Rajasthan	1		1	Cera Dagaria	U16	1557	Madhya Pradesh	14

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