Aakash and Vidula win 33rd National under-9 open and girls 2019

by IA Vijayaraghavan V - 20/08/2019

Aakash G and Vidula Anbuselvan of Tamil Nadu scored 9.5/11 and 9.0/11 to win 33rd National under-9 open and girls respectively. While Aakash remained unbeaten, performed at 1701 and increased his Elo rating by 71 points, Vidula was unrated and she lost her final round, although it did not matter because she had a full point lead heading into the final round. Adireddy Arjun and Suhaas A of Telangana scored 9.0/11 each, they were placed 2nd and 3rd according to their tie-break score. Among the girls, Devaki Nandana of Andhra Pradesh and Shreya G Hipparagi of Maharashtra scored 9.0/11 each and they secured 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association.

Tamil Nadu dominates National under-9

Fourth seeded Aakash G of Tamil Nadu scored an unbeaten 9.5/11 to win 33rd National under-9 open. He performed at 1701 and gained his Elo rating by 71 points. Among the girls, unrated Vidula Anbuselvan of Tamil Nadu scored 9.0/11. She was unbeaten till the penultimate round, however a loss in the final round did not change her tournament situation as she still won the 33rd National under-9 girls.

Aakash and Vidula are 33rd National under-9 open and girls champions | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Winners with Mayur Patel (Vice President, GSCA), Manish Patel (Secretary, Rifle Club), Sekhar Chandra Sahu (Vice President, AICF), Rakesh Shah (President, GSCA), Samir Shah (Treasurer, GSCA), Bhavesh Patel (C.E.O., GSCA) & Muneesh Thapar (Secretary, Punjab Chess Association)

Reigning Tamil Nadu State under-9 champion has won many state and school level tournaments in his nascent career, but this National triumph is his first major tournament victory.

Champion Aakash G of Tamil Nadu receives a huge trophy for his efforts and ₹26000 cash | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Aakash's unbeaten performance of 9.5/11

Here is Aakash's best game from the tournament against Viresh Sharnarthi of Maharashtra from round 3.

Viresh - Aakash, round 3

White just played 19.Nd7

When someone plays Nd7, a kid is supposed to be fazed, blunder and lose the game in the next few moves. However, that was not the case with Aakash. He showed champion's courage in the game where he was tested the most and this was only a sign of things to come.

Former Tamil Nadu state under-7 girls champion, Vidula Anbuselvan has won several state and school level tournaments, but this is her first major triumph.

Champion Vidula Anbulsevan receives a huge and beautiful trophy along with ₹26000 cash | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Vidula's only blemish was a loss in the last round, but it did not make a difference

Here is an annotated game by the champion Vidula herself from round 7 against WCM Shriyana S Mallya of Karnataka.

Top 3 in each section | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

An auspicious start with lighting of the lamp | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

The opening ceremony was held on 3rd of August in presence of Mr. Jayesh Modi, President of Karnavati Club, Mr. Bhavesh Patel, CEO, GSCA, Mr Rajendra Chavda, Secretary, GSCA, IM Sekhar Sahu, Vice President, AICF, Mr. Samir Shah, Treasurer, GSCA.

The nine day swiss event carried a prize fund of ₹200000 and was distributed to top 20 places of each category. The girls section had 159 participants from 28 states and the open section had 261 participants from 30 states. Out of 159 girl players Gujarat fielded 22 players followed by Maharashtra with 17. In open section Gujarat was on top with 47 and Maharashtra behind with 35 players.

Bhavesh Patel, CEO, GSCA, Rajendra Chavda, Secretary, GSCA, Jayesh Modi, President, Karnavati Club | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Photo Gallery

Poised Aakash | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

The tournament hall | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Kids love the India t-shirt | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Arbiters team (L to R): Binoy Shah, I G Parmar, Prem Pandit, V Vijayaraghavan, Govindan Kutty | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Parents sitting area | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Ample amount of umbrellas were given to parents and participants to deal with monsoon rains | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

The beautiful shiny trophies | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Prize Distribution Ceremony photos

Open 2nd Adireddy Arjun of Telangana 9.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

Girls 2nd Devaki Nandana of Andhra Pradesh 9.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

3rd Suhaas A of Telangana 9.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

3rd Shreya G Hipparagi of Maharashtra 9.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

4th Mrinmoy Rajkhowa of Assam 9.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

5th Lakshyesh Mohan Gupta of Madhya Pradesh 8.5/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

6th Sadbhav Rautela of Uttarakhand 8.5/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

7th Vivaan Vijay Saraogi of Maharashtra 8.5/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

8th Chinmay Kowshik of Karnataka 8.5/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

9th Abhinav Raj of Delhi 8.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

10th Ethan Vaz of Goa 8.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

4th Shresthi Gupta of Punjab 9.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

5th Saara Jain of Jharkhand 8.5/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

6th Saparya Ghosh of West Bengal 8.5/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

8th Nuka Laasya of Andhra Pradesh 8.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

9th Shanjula Senthil of Karnataka 8.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

10th Shubhi Gupta of Uttar Pradesh 8.0/11 | Photo: Gujarat State Chess Association

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Final Standings in open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4		Aakash G	IND	1587	TN	9,5	0,0	80,0	85,0
2	3		Adireddy Arjun	IND	1624	TEL	9,0	0,0	78,5	82,0
3	8		Suhaas A	IND	1468	TEL	9,0	0,0	75,5	80,5
4	17		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	IND	1366	ASM	9,0	0,0	73,0	77,0
5	2		Lakshyesh Mohan Gupta	IND	1740	MP	8,5	0,0	77,5	80,5
6	1		Sadbhav Rautela	IND	1778	UTT	8,5	0,0	74,0	79,5
7	7		Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	IND	1480	MAH	8,5	0,0	72,5	76,0
8	10		Chinmay Kowshik	IND	1440	KAR	8,5	0,0	67,0	69,0
9	5		Abhinav Raj	IND	1498	DEL	8,0	0,0	75,5	81,0
10	14		Vaz Ethan	IND	1398	GOA	8,0	0,0	73,5	79,5
11	12	AFM	Ashvath Mittal	IND	1420	DEL	8,0	0,0	72,5	76,5
12	27		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	IND	1302	UP	8,0	0,0	68,5	73,5
13	30		Haridev S	IND	1284	TN	8,0	0,0	66,5	70,5
14	29		Jaivardhan Raj	IND	1287	MAH	8,0	0,0	65,5	70,0
15	68		Soumick Bandopadhyay	IND	1159	WB	7,5	0,0	76,0	80,0
16	6		Mitul K H	IND	1495	KAR	7,5	0,0	75,5	81,5
17	47		Raghav V	IND	1227	TN	7,5	0,0	73,0	75,5
18	31		Shreeyash Kejriwal	IND	1275	WB	7,5	0,0	71,5	76,0
19	34		Goutham Krishna H	IND	1261	KER	7,5	0,0	69,5	73,5
20	48		Pratyush Nayak	IND	1221	ORI	7,5	0,0	68,5	72,0

Complete Standings

Final Standings in girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	K	rtg+/-
1	162		Vidula Anbuselvan	IND	0	TN	9,0	0,0	76,5	82,0
2	19		Devaki Nandana	IND	1107	AP	9,0	0,0	75,0	80,0	40	44,8
3	3		Shreya G Hipparagi	IND	1301	MAH	9,0	0,0	71,5	76,5	40	1,6
4	16		Shresthi Gupta	IND	1119	PUN	9,0	0,0	71,0	75,5	40	112,0
5	28		Saara Jain	IND	1056	JHAR	8,5	0,0	69,0	73,0	40	109,2
6	8		Saparya Ghosh	IND	1183	WB	8,5	0,0	68,0	73,0	40	-9,6
7	2	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	IND	1342	KAR	8,0	0,0	79,0	83,5	40	-8,8
8	5		Nuka Laasya	IND	1225	AP	8,0	0,0	71,5	76,0	40	-1,2
9	42		Shanjula Senthil	IND	1004	KAR	8,0	0,0	68,0	71,5	40	122,4
10	140		Shubhi Gupta	IND	0	UP	8,0	0,0	67,0	70,5
11	7	ACM	Asudani Ruhani Raj	IND	1184	GUJ	7,5	0,0	77,0	83,0	40	-33,6
12	1		Arshiya Das	IND	1351	TRI	7,5	0,0	73,0	75,5	40	-86,4
13	157		Vaishnavi S K	IND	0	TN	7,5	0,0	70,0	73,5
14	14		Gifty R S	IND	1129	KER	7,5	0,0	69,5	74,5	40	18,4
15	27		Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi	IND	1061	AP	7,5	0,0	68,5	70,0	40	5,2
16	36		Saanvi Agarwal	IND	1021	UP	7,5	0,0	67,0	71,0	40	74,0
17	15		Shah Hiya	IND	1122	MAH	7,5	0,0	65,5	69,5	40	-26,4
18	29		Pratyasha Jena	IND	1047	ORI	7,5	0,0	65,0	67,0	40	0,0
19	35		Shriya Patil	IND	1022	GOA	7,5	0,0	63,5	66,5	40	0,0
20	22		Shreya C Shah	IND	1091	GUJ	7,5	0,0	59,5	63,5	40	-24,4

Complete standings

The article has been edited by Shahid Ahmed