Sankalp, Ajay, Utsab, Soham and Divya lead after round 8 in 44th National Sub-Junior 2018

by Shahid Ahmed - 23/07/2018

Sankalp Gupta, Ajay Karthikeyan, Utsab Chatterjee, Soham Kamotra and Divya Deshmukh are in the lead after round 8 in 44th National Sub-Junior Chess Championship. 2018 in the open and girls category respectively. Second seed of the tournament, Sankalp Gupta defeated overnight leader Koustav Chatterjee to join a four-way lead. Ajay, Utsab and Soham defeated higher rated players to join the leaders fray. Top seed Divya Deshmukh extended her lead when she defeated Bhagyashree Patil with Black pieces. Saina Salonika and Bristy Mukherjee trail behind her by half a point. In this report we bring you games and photos from the round 8 of the tournament. Photos: Swati Biswas

Second seed Sankalp Gupta bounces back after defeating overnight sole leader Koustav Chatterjee

Sankalp en-route to reclaim the leader's position | Photo: Swati Biswas

If there is one moment that has to be pinpointed to find out where it went wrong for Black, this is that moment. 21...Kh8 was a mistake. What would have kept Black in the game?

Ajay had an easy outing at the second board when his opponent Raahul, blundered a chain exchange | Photo: Swati Biswas

Raahul made a game losing blunder when he played 13...Nc4. Find out why

It was not Leon's day | Photo: Swati Biswas

Leon played 26...e5. Why is this a game changing move?

Distracted Kushagra vs. Focused Utsab | Photo: Swati Biswas

Kushagra had a momentary lapse in concentration and played 37.Bc7 in a seemingly equal position. Find out a better continuation for White here.

Divya Deshmukh defeated Bhagyashree Patil by rerouting his pieces and bringing in more reinforcements to outplay her opponent | Photo: Swati Biswas

Divya Deshmukh slowly defeated her opponent Bhagyashree Patil emphatically, not by brutal attack but a careful attack where she retreated her Queen when it was necessary, regrouped her pieces and brought it back along with more reinforcements.

Superb Saina! Her game speaks volumes about her determination | Photo: Swati Biswas

Saina's opponent Poorna played 17...Bb4, completely ignoring the wrath which white can bring here

Bristy Mukherjee's opponent Lakshmi C played 29...Kc7 here. Find out why it helped White to launch a devastating attack

Top board results in open category

Round 8 on 2018/07/22 at 11:00AM

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
1	2		Sankalp Gupta		2341	6	1 - 0	6½		Koustav Chatterjee		2383	1
2	10		Ajay Karthikeyan		2094	6	1 - 0	6		Raahul V S		2292	5
3	12		Soham Kamotra		2065	6	1 - 0	6	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke		2241	7
4	4	CM	Kushagra Mohan		2309	5½	0 - 1	6		Utsab Chatterjee		2094	11
5	3	CM	Aronyak Ghosh		2310	5½	1 - 0	5½		Sanjay D G		1921	23
6	8		Harshavardhan G B		2194	5½	1 - 0	5½		Jagadish P		1867	33
7	28		Mohamed Anees M		1878	5½	0 - 1	5½		Srihari L		1927	22
8	6		Moksh Amit Doshi		2261	5	0 - 1	5		Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki		1840	37
9	14		Aan Sikka		1975	5	0 - 1	5		Yutesh P		1824	39
10	38		Avinash Ramesh		1829	5	0 - 1	5		Shuban Saha		1966	15

Top board results in girls category

Round 8 on 2018/07/22 at 11.00 AM

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
1	6		Bhagyashree Patil		1836	6	0 - 1	6	WFM	Divya Deshmukh		2203	1
2	2	WFM	Salonika Saina		2113	5½	1 - 0	5½		Poorna Sri M.K		1715	15
3	12	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya		1734	5½	½ - ½	5½	WCM	Mrudul Dehankar		2093	3
4	20		Sai Divya M		1641	5½	½ - ½	5½	WCM	Jyothsna L		1923	5
5	9	WCM	Bristy Mukherjee		1768	5½	1 - 0	5½	WFM	Lakshmi C		1805	8
6	22		Mehendi Sil		1601	5½	½ - ½	5		Adane Narayani		1726	13
7	24		Sudipa Haldar		1589	5	1 - 0	5		Savitha Shri B		1742	11
8	14		Nanditha V		1726	5	0 - 1	5		Meenatchi Rajam V		1560	29
9	16		Routray Priyanka		1683	5	½ - ½	5		Divyabharathi Masanam		1644	19
10	26	WCM	Chinnam Vyshnavi		1577	5	1 - 0	5		Arushi Kotwal		1662	18

Pairing for Round 9 in open category on 2018/07/23 at 11:00AM

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
1	11		Utsab Chatterjee		2094	7		7		Sankalp Gupta		2341	2
2	10		Ajay Karthikeyan		2094	7		7		Soham Kamotra		2065	12
3	1		Koustav Chatterjee		2383	6½		6½		Srihari L		1927	22
4	8		Harshavardhan G B		2194	6½		6½	CM	Aronyak Ghosh		2310	3
5	37		Jayachandra Srinivas Vellanki		1840	6		6		Raahul V S		2292	5
6	7	CM	Mendonca Leon Luke		2241	6		6		Yutesh P		1824	39
7	15		Shuban Saha		1966	6		6		Rakshith Srinivasan		1736	54
8	66		Atri Chattopadhyay		1681	6		5½		Hemanth Sankar Reddy Dandu		1964	16
9	34		Hari R Chandran		1863	5½		5½	CM	Kushagra Mohan		2309	4
10	13		Arpan Das (Jr)		1981	5½		5½		Rohnit G Amin		1773	46

Pairing for Round 9 in girls category on 2018/07/23 at 11.00 AM

Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
1	1	WFM	Divya Deshmukh		2203	7		6½	WFM	Salonika Saina		2113	2
2	6		Bhagyashree Patil		1836	6		6½	WCM	Bristy Mukherjee		1768	9
3	3	WCM	Mrudul Dehankar		2093	6		6		Sudipa Haldar		1589	24
4	5	WCM	Jyothsna L		1923	6		6		Mehendi Sil		1601	22
5	26	WCM	Chinnam Vyshnavi		1577	6		6	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya		1734	12
6	29		Meenatchi Rajam V		1560	6		6		Sai Divya M		1641	20
7	19		Divyabharathi Masanam		1644	5½		5½	WCM	Jain Nityata		1945	4
8	7		Eesha Ajay Sarda		1830	5½		5½		Abhirami Madabushi		1587	25
9	8	WFM	Lakshmi C		1805	5½		5½		Thakare Seeya		1515	33
10	13		Adane Narayani		1726	5½		5½		Diya Chowdhury		1571	28

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