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 |
Solutions:
