Viresh Sharnarthi and Shreya G Hipparagi are 36th National Under-13 Open and Girls 2023 Champions

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/12/2023

Viresh Sharnarthi (MAH) and Sriram Adarsh Uppala (TEL) scored 9.5/11 each at 36th National Under-13 Open 2023. Viresh won the tournament due to better tie-breaks, Sriram secured second place. Raghav V (TN) edged past two more players who also scored 9/11 to be placed third. Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) scored 9.5/11 and finished a half point ahead of the field to become the champion in Girls section. Shanmathi Sree S (TN) scored sole 9/11 to claim the second place. Top seed Kalyani Sirin (KER) scored 8.5/11 to be adjudged third. The total prize fund combining Open and Girls section was ₹800000. The top three prizes in both Open and Girls sections were ₹80000 + trophy, ₹60000 and ₹48000 each respectively. Photo: Maharashtra Chess Association

Maharashtra dominates both sections

Both champions - Viresh Sharnarthi (MAH) and Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) lost their respective penultimate round games against Raghav V (TN) and Akshaya Sathi (KAR). However, that did not stop them from becoming champions. They both managed to win their final round games against Md. Reyan (BIH) and Kirthika B (TEL) respectively.

36th National Under-13 Champions - Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) 9.5/11 and Viresh Sharnarathi (MAH) 9.5/11 | Photo: Maharashtra Chess Association

36th National Under-13 Open Champion - Viresh Sharnarthi (MAH) 9.5/11

Viresh Sharnarthi scored an unbeaten 9.5/11 and gained 94.8 Elo rating points

36th National Under-13 Girls Champion - Shreya G Hipparagi (MAH) 9.5/11

Shreya G Hipparagi scored 9.5/11, finished a half point ahead of the competition and gained 116 Elo rating points

Coach - IA Sumukh Gaikwad with his two champion students

A total of 407 in the Open and 197 players in the Girls tournament took part. The events were organized by Telangana State Chess Association at South Central Railway, Sports Complex in Secunderabad, Telangana from 4th to 10th October 2023. 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.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City
1		Raghav, V	2113	Tamil Nadu	9	0 - 1	8½		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	1902	Telangana
2		Reyan, Md.	1842	Bihar	8	0 - 1	8½		Sharnarthi, Viresh	1850	Maharashtra
3	AFM	Vandan, Alankar Sawai	1619	Delhi	8	1 - 0	8	CM	Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi	1982	Maharashtra
4		Adharsh, K	1831	Tamil Nadu	8	0 - 1	8	AIM	Sushanth, Vaman Shetty	1620	Karnataka
5		Darshan, S	1595	Tamil Nadu	7½	0 - 1	7½		Mrinmoy, Rajkhowa	1840	Assam
6		Challa, Saharsha	1674	Telangana	7½	0 - 1	7½		Siddhanth, Poonja	1806	Karnataka
7		Madhesh, Kumar S	1580	Puducherry	7½	½ - ½	7½		Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma	1803	Madhya Pradesh
8	AIM	Muthukumar, Mukesh	1503	Tamil Nadu	7½	1 - 0	7½		Vihaan, Karthikeya N	1736	Telangana
9		Malvin, Joshua	1540	Puducherry	7½	½ - ½	7½		Sherla, Prathamesh	1726	Maharashtra
10		Gaikwad, Manas	1916	Maharashtra	7	1 - 0	7½		Aarav, Saish Amonkar	1624	Karnataka

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	7		Sharnarthi, Viresh	1850	Maharashtra	9,5	73,5	78,5	65,75	0	9	11	9,5	7,13	2,37	40	94,8
2	6		Sriram, Adarsh Uppala	1902	Telangana	9,5	70	74	64,25	0	9	11	9,5	9,10	0,40	40	16
3	1		Raghav, V	2113	Tamil Nadu	9	77,5	83	66,00	0	9	11	9	10,27	-1,27	40	-50,8
4	39	AFM	Vandan, Alankar Sawai	1619	Delhi	9	70	75	59,50	0	8	11	9	5,61	3,39	40	135,6
5	38	AIM	Sushanth, Vaman Shetty	1620	Karnataka	9	69,5	74	59,50	0	9	11	9	6,66	2,34	40	93,6
6	9		Mrinmoy, Rajkhowa	1840	Assam	8,5	75,5	81	61,50	0	8	11	8,5	8,17	0,33	40	13,2
7	11		Siddhanth, Poonja	1806	Karnataka	8,5	75	81	60,00	0	8	11	8,5	7,90	0,60	40	24
8	71	AIM	Muthukumar, Mukesh	1503	Tamil Nadu	8,5	67,5	71,5	51,50	0	8	11	8,5	6,21	2,29	40	91,6
9	10		Adharsh, K	1831	Tamil Nadu	8	80,5	86,5	59,50	0	7	11	8	8,21	-0,21	40	-8,4
10	2	CM	Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi	1982	Maharashtra	8	77,5	82	55,50	0	7	11	8	9,58	-1,58	40	-63,2
11	8		Reyan, Md.	1842	Bihar	8	76	82	56,75	0	7	11	8	8,67	-0,67	40	-26,8
12	5		Gaikwad, Manas	1916	Maharashtra	8	76	80	55,75	0	7	11	8	9,35	-1,35	40	-54
13	16		Chinmay, Kowshik	1761	Karnataka	8	72,5	78	55,00	0	7	11	8	8,90	-0,90	40	-36
14	32	AIM	Aadik, Theophane Lenin	1645	Kerala	8	71,5	77	53,25	0	7	11	8	7,88	0,12	40	4,8
15	46		Madhesh, Kumar S	1580	Puducherry	8	71,5	76,5	53,75	0	5	11	8	6,03	1,97	40	78,8
16	35	AIM	Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar	1627	West Bengal	8	71,5	76,5	51,75	0	7	11	8	7,11	0,89	40	35,6
17	31		Vignesh, Kannan P	1648	Tamil Nadu	8	71	76,5	55,25	0	6	11	8	8,29	-0,29	40	-11,6
18	211		Meetansh, Dixit	1194	Madhya Pradesh	8	70	74	51,50	0	7	10	7	1,23	5,77	40	230,8
19	15		Arnav, Mahesh Koli	1769	Maharashtra	8	69,5	74,5	51,50	0	7	11	8	8,36	-0,36	40	-14,4
20	21		Sherla, Prathamesh	1726	Maharashtra	8	69	74	51,00	0	7	11	8	8,66	-0,66	40	-26,4

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Girls Round 11 results

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City
1		Shreya, G Hipparagi	1576	Maharashtra	8½	1 - 0	8		Kirthika, B	1605	Telangana
2	AFM	Shanmathi, Sree S	1420	Tamil Nadu	8	1 - 0	8½		Akshaya, Sathi	1542	Karnataka
3		Vaishnavi, S K	1417	Tamil Nadu	7½	0 - 1	7½		Kalyani, Sirin	1802	Kerala
4	WCM	Arshiya, Das	1729	Tripura	7½	1 - 0	7½		Aamuktha, Guntaka	1532	Andhra Pradesh
5		Nihira, Koul	1484	Maharashtra	7½	½ - ½	7½	AFM	Gorli, Nyna	1652	Andhra Pradesh
6	ACM	Nivedita, V C	1638	Tamil Nadu	7½	1 - 0	7½	AFM	Aadya, Gupta	1460	Delhi
7		Saparya, Ghosh	1662	West Bengal	7	1 - 0	7½		Singh, Myra	1454	Delhi
8	WCM	Shriyana, S Mallya	1561	Karnataka	7	0 - 1	7		Shivamshika, G	1424	Telangana
9		Yasaswi, Krishna Bommi	1543	Andhra Pradesh	7	0 - 1	7		Modipalli, Deekshitha	1394	Telangana
10		Sherali, Pattnaik	1575	Uttarakhand	6½	1 - 0	7	AFM	Vaishnavi, Radhakrishnan	1268	Tamil Nadu

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	8		Shreya, G Hipparagi	1576	Maharashtra	9,5	78	82,5	70,00	0	9	11	9,5	6,60	2,90	40	116
2	27	AFM	Shanmathi, Sree S	1420	Tamil Nadu	9	68	73	58,00	0	9	11	9	6,26	2,74	40	109,6
3	1		Kalyani, Sirin	1802	Kerala	8,5	77,5	83	61,75	0	8	11	8,5	9,62	-1,12	40	-44,8
4	12		Akshaya, Sathi	1542	Karnataka	8,5	75,5	81	60,00	0	8	11	8,5	7,37	1,13	40	45,2
5	2	WCM	Arshiya, Das	1729	Tripura	8,5	73	78,5	59,50	0	6	11	8,5	9,53	-1,03	40	-41,2
6	5	ACM	Nivedita, V C	1638	Tamil Nadu	8,5	67	72	54,00	0	8	11	8,5	9,43	-0,93	40	-37,2
7	4	AFM	Gorli, Nyna	1652	Andhra Pradesh	8	76,5	81	57,25	0	6	11	8	7,69	0,31	40	12,4
8	6		Kirthika, B	1605	Telangana	8	74	78,5	53,75	0	6	10	7	6,62	0,38	40	15,2
9	17		Nihira, Koul	1484	Maharashtra	8	73	77,5	51,75	0	7	11	8	7,07	0,93	40	37,2
10	31		Modipalli, Deekshitha	1394	Telangana	8	69,5	75	53,25	0	6	11	8	5,76	2,24	40	89,6
11	3		Saparya, Ghosh	1662	West Bengal	8	69,5	73,5	52,25	0	7	10	7	8,24	-1,24	40	-49,6
12	25		Shivamshika, G	1424	Telangana	8	68	73,5	51,00	0	7	11	8	6,01	1,99	40	79,6
13	19	AFM	Aadya, Gupta	1460	Delhi	7,5	75	80	50,75	0	6	11	7,5	5,39	2,11	40	84,4
14	9		Sherali, Pattnaik	1575	Uttarakhand	7,5	73	77,5	50,50	0	5	11	7,5	8,88	-1,38	40	-55,2
15	13		Aamuktha, Guntaka	1532	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	72,5	78	48,00	0	7	11	7,5	6,97	0,53	40	21,2
16	21		Singh, Myra	1454	Delhi	7,5	71,5	77	48,75	0	7	11	7,5	6,12	1,38	40	55,2
17	23		Samhita, Pungavanam	1437	Telangana	7,5	68	73	45,50	0	7	11	7,5	6,87	0,63	40	25,2
18	18		Siddhi, Rao	1467	Karnataka	7,5	68	72	47,00	0	6	11	7,5	7,50	0,00	40	0,0
19	37		Vritika, Krushna Game	1347	Maharashtra	7,5	67,5	72	45,00	0	6	10	6,5	4,84	1,66	40	66,4
20	20		Sravyasree, Bheemarasetty	1455	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	67,5	71,5	47,25	0	7	11	7,5	6,75	0,75	40	30

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