Ilamparthi wins 32nd National under 9 with a round to spare and Sneha in the sole lead among girls

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/09/2018

Ilamparthi A R of Tamil Nadu wins 32nd National under 9 Chess Championship 2018 in open category with a round to spare. Ilamparthi won all 10 games he has played so far and he shows no sign of stopping. In the girls section, Sneha Halder of West Bengal defeated Hiya Panchal of Gujarat to gain sole lead heading into the final round. There are three players trailing behind her by half-a-point at 8.0/10, they are Indira, Hiya and Suhaani. With the open section champion already decided, all eyes will be on the girls section tomorrow to see who wins the proverbial crown. This report contains photos, games and important positions from round 10. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Indomitable Ilamparthi wins with a round to spare, Sneha takes sole lead

Ilamparthi scores a perfect 10

Ilamparthi gave some chance to his opponent Yash when he played 15...a6

In the penultimate round, Yash Bharadia was presented a half chance, an opportunity he was hoping for, but he actually did not look for it. Yash played 16.Qg5 and missed the only opportunity he had. He blundered a piece in the next 6 moves and eventually everything fell apart like a house of cards.

Sneha defeated Hiya and got into sole lead after the penultimate round

Sneha took a chance and it paid off handsomely

Sneha kept her unusual opening trend on when she started with 1.Nc3. The game quickly transposed into Dutch Defence. When she played 19.c4, it was just a pawn sacrifice to get initiative. Little did she know that her opponent will blunder a whole Bishop. Later Sneha missed a quicker win when she missed a checkmate in 5 moves combination.

Despite a bumpy start in the opening Suhaani's relentless attack helped her net a full point

Shefali is bound to lose an exchange, find the best continuation for Black

Shefali A N of Karnataka, tried to grab one pawn too many which caused her loss eventually. Suhaani finished off the game with a cute checkmate combination.

Indira's woes continued as she barely survived from a losing position

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White is definitely winning here with the help of fantastic four pawns

Results of Round 10 in Open category

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	9		Bharadia Yash	1525	Rajasthan	8	0 - 1	9	Ilamparthi A R	1926	Tamil Nadu	1
2	2		Aakash G	1673	Tamil Nadu	7	1 - 0	7	Aryan Mohapatra	1374	Odisha	19
3	4		Mayank Chakraborty	1655	Assam	7	1 - 0	7	Agarwal Mukund H	1095	Gujrat	105
4	8	CM	Bhagat Kush	1539	Maharashtra	7	1 - 0	7	Daakshin Arun	1326	Tamil Nadu	29
5	10		Apoorv Kamble	1502	Karnataka	7	0 - 1	7	Md Imran	1249	Andhra Pradesh	45
6	16		Abhyuday Santhosh	1393	Karnataka	7	½ - ½	7	Sparsh Bisht	1396	Haryana	15
7	28		Suhaas A	1327	Telengana	7	0 - 1	6½	Barnil Kumar Das	1379	Assam	17
8	14		Tanish Sai Kavuru	1397	Andhra Pradesh	6½	0 - 1	6½	Sadbhav Rautela	1670	Uttaranchal	3
9	24		Sriansh Das	1347	Odisha	6½	0 - 1	6½	Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	1574	Maharashtra	7
10	34		Pranav K P	1312	Tamil Nadu	6½	1 - 0	6½	Borgaonkar Akshay	1484	Maharashtra	11

Results of Round 10 in Girls category

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	5		Sneha Halder	1245	Bengal	7½	1 - 0	8		Panchal Hiya	1267	Gujrat	3
2	6	WCM	Suhaani Lohia	1235	Maharashtra	7	1 - 0	7½	WCM	Shefali A N	1224	Karnataka	7
3	10		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1178	Tamil Nadu	7	1 - 0	7		Pournami S	1126	Kerala	17
4	2		Palak Mohapatra	1267	Odisha	6½	1 - 0	7		Patil Disha	0	Maharashtra	104
5	1	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1278	Karnataka	6½	1 - 0	6½		Mukherjee Shreya	1036	Maharashtra	39
6	42		Lakshana Subramanian	1024	Tamil Nadu	6½	0 - 1	6½		Sanikommu Manasvi	1164	Karnataka	12
7	16		Arushi Srichandan	1132	Odisha	6½	1 - 0	6½		Aanya Agrawal	0	Haryana	49
8	62		Ankita Sahoo	0	Odisha	6½	0 - 1	6½		Debapriya Manna	1036	Bengal	38
9	14		Shresthi Gupta	1162	Punjab	6	0 - 1	6½		Behera Snehayukta	0	Odisha	67
10	8		Sani Deshpande	1219	Maharashtra	6	0 - 1	6		Vaishnavi R Rao	1075	Karnataka	29

Pairings of Round 11 in Open category of 2018/09/23 at 9.30 a.m.

Bo.	No.	Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	1	Ilamparthi A R	1926	Tamil Nadu	10		8	CM	Bhagat Kush	1539	Maharashtra	8
2	2	Aakash G	1673	Tamil Nadu	8		8		Mayank Chakraborty	1655	Assam	4
3	45	Md Imran	1249	Andhra Pradesh	8		8		Bharadia Yash	1525	Rajasthan	9
4	3	Sadbhav Rautela	1670	Uttaranchal	7½		7½		Abhyuday Santhosh	1393	Karnataka	16
5	7	Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande	1574	Maharashtra	7½		7½	AFM	Arul Prakash N	1377	Tamil Nadu	18
6	17	Barnil Kumar Das	1379	Assam	7½		7½		Raghu Ram Reddy Seelam	1445	Telengana	12
7	15	Sparsh Bisht	1396	Haryana	7½		7½		Pranav K P	1312	Tamil Nadu	34
8	5	Daaevik Wadhawan	1620	Delhi	7		7		Arshpreet Singh	1291	Haryana	36
9	31	Arnav Pradhan	1322	Telengana	7		7		Priansh Das	1594	Odisha	6
10	38	Singla Aaryan	1286	Maharashtra	7		7		Apoorv Kamble	1502	Karnataka	10

Pairings of Round 11 in Girls category of 2018/09/23 at 9.30 a.m.

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	10		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1178	Tamil Nadu	8		8½		Sneha Halder	1245	Bengal	5
2	3		Panchal Hiya	1267	Gujrat	8		8	WCM	Suhaani Lohia	1235	Maharashtra	6
3	67		Behera Snehayukta	0	Odisha	7½		7½	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	1278	Karnataka	1
4	38		Debapriya Manna	1036	Bengal	7½		7½		Palak Mohapatra	1267	Odisha	2
5	7	WCM	Shefali A N	1224	Karnataka	7½		7½		Arushi Srichandan	1132	Odisha	16
6	17		Pournami S	1126	Kerala	7		7½		Sanikommu Manasvi	1164	Karnataka	12
7	125		Shah Hiya	0	Maharashtra	7		7		Devaki Nandana	1110	Andhra Pradesh	20
8	29		Vaishnavi R Rao	1075	Karnataka	7		7		Patil Divya	1107	Maharashtra	22
9	23		Sarvani Cheedella	1101	Andhra Pradesh	7		7		Patil Disha	0	Maharashtra	104
10	25		Srishanthi G	1090	Telengana	7		7		Asmita Avijit Ray	1048	Goa	34