971 players participate in MPL 10th National School Chess Championships 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 22/05/2022

MPL 10th National School Chess Championships 2022 witnessed a total participation of 971 players from 26 different states across the nation. Tamil Nadu dominated the medal tally by winning the maximum number of golds and total number of medals among all states across the nation. National School championship is the biggest National championship of the country in terms of total number of players participation. The tournament was organized by All Odisha Chess Association in association with Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) from 16th to 20th May 2022. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Tamil Nadu dominates the field

Tamil Nadu won the maximum number of medals - nine, including five Golds, three Silver and Bronze. Goa, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra won a total of three medals each. Among them, only Goa and West Bengal won a Gold each. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹504000. Top three prizes in each section were ₹10000, ₹7000 and ₹6000 cash.

971 players took part from 25 different states across the nation | Photo: Grandmaster Chess Foundation

Medal tally

Tamil Nadu bagged the maximum medals - nine

Under-7 Open

Sidhant Rana (HAR) scored an unbeaten 8/9 to clinch the championship. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. He also won the Haryana State Under-12 Championship in his debut tournament. Both Nidhish Shyamal (AP) and Ashwath Kaushik (MAH, 1283) scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks.

Champion - Sidhant Rana (HAR) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Runner-up - Nidhish Shyamal (AP) 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Ashwath Kaushik 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sidhant Rana with his family | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	82	Sidhant Rana			IND	0	Haryana	8,0	50,5	53,5	46,75
2	58	Nidhish Shyamal			IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	52,0	54,5	44,25
3	1	Ashwath Kaushik			IND	1283	Maharashtra	7,5	49,5	52,5	40,75
4	41	Ishaan Kher			IND	0	Karnataka	7,0	50,5	54,0	39,25
5	27	Arjun Singh			IND	0	Maharashtra	7,0	49,0	51,5	36,00
6	4	Samyak Sharma			IND	1017	Karnataka	7,0	45,0	48,0	33,50
7	42	Jash V Shah			IND	0	Maharashtra	7,0	42,0	45,0	33,50
8	8	Aarit Kapil			IND	0	Delhi	6,5	50,0	53,5	34,75
9	28	Ayaan Phutane	U06		IND	0	Karnataka	6,5	47,5	51,0	32,25
10	83	Sragvidha S			IND	0	Karnataka	6,5	46,5	49,5	33,75
11	2	Parv H Hakani			IND	1114	Maharashtra	6,5	46,5	49,5	32,75
12	88	Tanishq Ritesh Nagda			IND	0	Maharashtra	6,5	45,5	47,5	32,50

Complete standings

Under-7 Girls

Shaarvanica A S (TN) and Kiyana Parihar (RAJ) scored 8/9 each. Both of them have lost a game in the event. The Tamil Nadu girl won the championship due to better tie-breaks. She also finished second at Tamil Nadu State Under-8 Girls Championship in March this year. This is her first championship in her career. Kiyana secured second place. Tvesha Ashish Jain (MAH) who beat the eventual champion in Round 7, finished third 7/9.

Champion - Sharvaanica A S (TN) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Runner-up - Kiyana Parihar (RAJ) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Tvesha Ashish Jain (MAH) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	40	Sharvaanica A S		w	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	8,0	50,0	54,5	47,50
2	25	Kiyana Parihar		w	IND	0	Rajasthan	8,0	48,0	52,0	44,00
3	45	Tvesha Ashish Jain		w	IND	0	Maharashtra	7,0	51,0	52,5	38,50
4	21	Dishi Makhija		w	IND	0	Karnataka	7,0	41,0	44,0	33,00
5	44	Swara Rahul Gandhi		w	IND	0	Maharashtra	6,5	38,0	39,5	25,25
6	20	Deepanjali Srivastava		w	IND	0	Uttar Pradesh	6,0	48,0	52,0	30,00
7	42	Srihitha P		w	IND	0	Telangana	6,0	47,5	50,0	27,00
8	16	Arushi Dinesh		w	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	6,0	45,5	48,0	27,00
9	8	Amaya Roy		w	IND	0	Maharashtra	6,0	45,0	49,0	27,00
10	18	Chandra Maheswari Yenuganti		w	IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	6,0	42,5	46,0	25,50
11	27	Madhumitha G	F06	w	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	6,0	40,0	42,5	24,50
12	37	Rayna Ajay Patel	F06	w	IND	0	Gujarat	6,0	38,0	40,5	26,25

Complete standings

Under-9 Open

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (1468) scored an unbeaten 8/9 and finished a half point ahead of the competition to win MPL 10th National School Under-9 Open Chess Championship 2022. He is the current Madhya Pradesh State Under-10, U-12 and U-14 Open champion. He finished second in MPL 34th National Under-10 Open early this month. Rahul Ramakrishnan (PUD, 1203) and Kavish Aryan Lanka (TEL, 1296) scored 7.5/9 each. They secured second and third place according to their tie-breaks.

Champion - Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Rahul Ramakrishnan (PUD) 7.5/9, 1st Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP) 8/9 and 3rd Kavish Aryan Lanka (TEL) 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Madhvendra Pratap Sharma with his parents | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma			IND	1468	Madhya Pradesh	8,0	50,5	54,0	46,50
2	16	Rahul Ramakrishnan			IND	1203	Puducherry	7,5	51,0	55,5	44,75
3	8	Kavish Aryan Lanka			IND	1296	Telangana	7,5	49,0	53,5	43,25
4	9	Charvi A		w	IND	1291	Karnataka	7,0	51,0	54,5	39,75
5	4	Joshi Aditya Shripad			IND	1419	Maharashtra	7,0	48,0	52,0	38,50
6	23	Mithilesh P			IND	1117	Andhra Pradesh	7,0	48,0	52,0	38,25
7	5	Andalamala Hemal Varshan			IND	1376	Andhra Pradesh	7,0	43,0	46,0	34,50
8	25	Hridaan A Shah			IND	1093	Maharashtra	7,0	42,0	45,0	33,00
9	6	Nijesh R			IND	1358	Tamil Nadu	6,5	51,0	53,0	35,25
10	10	Mehul Sondhi			IND	1288	Delhi	6,5	50,0	53,5	34,75
11	148	Vairaj Sogerwal			IND	0	Haryana	6,5	48,5	51,5	35,00
12	14	Sagnik Dutta			IND	1222	West Bengal	6,5	48,5	50,5	32,50

Complete standings

Under-9 Girls

Diya Digamber Sawal (Goa) scored 100% 9/9 to finish a massive 1.5 points ahead of the competition. She is the current Goa State Under-10 Girls champion. Shreya Rajesh (KAR, 1102) scored 7.5/9 to finish second. Vedika Pal (MAH, 1101) secured third place scoring 7/9.

Champion - Diya Digamber Sawal (Goa) 9/9

Runner-up - Shreya Rajesh (KAR) 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Vedika Pal (MAH) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top three (L to R) - 3rd Vedika Pal (MAH) 9/9, 1st Diya Digamber Sawal (Goa) 7.5/9 and 2nd Shreya Rajesh (KAR) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	13	AFM	Diya Digamber Sawal		w	IND	0	Goa	9,0	48,5	52,0	52,00
2	4		Shreya Rajesh		w	IND	1102	Karnataka	7,5	48,5	52,5	40,50
3	5		Pal Vedika		w	IND	1101	Maharashtra	7,0	51,0	56,0	39,50
4	15		Aarohi Mathur		w	IND	0	Telangana	6,5	45,0	48,5	33,00
5	46		Pitani Satya Srividya		w	IND	0	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	43,5	45,5	28,50
6	67		Yati Agarwal		w	IND	0	Gujarat	6,5	40,0	43,5	31,50
7	2		Madke Ishika		w	IND	1179	Chhattisgarh	6,0	48,0	51,0	28,50
8	7		Asmita Biswas		w	IND	1091	West Bengal	6,0	46,5	50,0	30,00
9	63		Tanirika Sahoo		w	IND	0	Karnataka	6,0	46,0	50,0	30,00
10	3		Pratitee Bordoloi		w	IND	1131	Karnataka	6,0	45,5	48,5	29,75
11	45		Pavithra R V		w	IND	0	Tamil Nadu	6,0	45,0	49,0	28,50
12	22		Arpita Patankar		w	IND	0	Gujarat	6,0	45,0	45,5	26,00

Complete standings

Under-11 Open

Third seeded Md. Reyan (BIH, 1590) scored 8/9, remained undefeated and finished a full point ahead of the competition to win the championship. Six players scored 7/8. Out of them, top seed of the eventm Ethan Vaz (Goa, 1792) and Ishaan Singh Khanuja (MP, 1254) was placed second and third according to their tie-breaks.

Champion - Md. Reyan (BIH) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Ethan Vaz (Goa) 7/8, 1st Md. Reyan (BH) 8/9 and 3rd Ishaan Singh Khanuja (MP) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Md. Reyan with his family | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3		Reyan Md.			IND	1590	Bihar	8,0	50,0	54,0	47,00
2	1	AIM	Vaz Ethan			IND	1792	Goa	7,0	52,0	56,5	42,75
3	21		Ishaan Singh Khanuja			IND	1254	Madhya Pradesh	7,0	49,0	52,5	39,75
4	9		Vandan Alankar Sawai			IND	1428	Delhi	7,0	49,0	51,5	37,75
5	20		Sarthak Sharma			IND	1256	Karnataka	7,0	47,5	52,0	39,25
6	16		Niladri Banerjee			IND	1288	West Bengal	7,0	46,5	51,0	37,50
7	32		Chinmay Kowshik			IND	1222	Karnataka	7,0	44,0	48,0	35,00
8	2		Tanmay Rajbongshi			IND	1616	Assam	6,5	49,5	54,0	37,25
9	6		Darshan S			IND	1505	Tamil Nadu	6,5	49,5	53,0	36,50
10	13		Siddhanth Poonja			IND	1315	Karnataka	6,5	49,0	53,0	35,25
11	135		Santanu Kumar Dash			IND	0	Odisha	6,5	48,5	52,5	37,25
12	5		Sherla Prathamesh			IND	1518	Maharashtra	6,5	48,0	52,0	34,00

Complete standings

Under-11 Girls

Both Nivedita V C (TN, 1296) and Nyna Gorli (AP, 1322) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 each. Nivedita clinched the championship due to better tie-breaks, Nyna was placed second. Sandeepa Priyadarshini Sahoo (ODI, 1142) scored sole 7/9 to finish third.

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Nyna Gorli (AP) 7.5/9, 1st Nivedita V C (TN) 7.5/9 and 3rd Sandeepa Priyadarshini Sahoo (ODI) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	ACM	Nivedita V C		w	IND	1296	Tamil Nadu	7,5	49,5	51,5	41,75
2	3		Gorli Nyna		w	IND	1322	Andhra Pradesh	7,5	48,0	50,5	40,00
3	20		Sandeepa Priyadarshini Sahoo		w	IND	1142	Odisha	7,0	51,0	53,0	39,25
4	7		Aadhya Jain		w	IND	1258	Delhi	6,5	46,0	47,0	30,25
5	9		Sanivarapu Hasini		w	IND	1222	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	45,0	49,0	32,25
6	8		Daksha Rudra		w	IND	1238	West Bengal	6,5	44,5	48,0	33,00
7	21		Yatee Kothari		w	IND	1113	Rajasthan	6,5	44,0	48,0	31,75
8	23		Modipalli Deekshitha		w	IND	1098	Telangana	6,5	41,0	44,5	30,50
9	1		Prishita Gupta		w	IND	1326	Delhi	6,0	50,5	54,5	32,75
10	18		Pratyasha Jena		w	IND	1144	Odisha	6,0	46,5	50,0	31,25
11	16		Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar		w	IND	1156	Maharashtra	6,0	45,5	48,5	28,50
12	13		Hanya Shah		w	IND	1169	Gujarat	6,0	42,0	46,0	28,00

Complete standings

Under-13 Open

IIFLW 6th Mumbai International Open 2021 winner and MPL National 34th National Under-12 Open runner-up, Arjun Adireddy (TEL, 1898) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9. He finished a half point ahead of the competition to the win the championship. Seven players scored 7/9. Abhrojyoti Nath (ASM, 1656) and Mukund H Agarwal (GUJ, 1696) secured second and third place according to the tie-breaks.

Champion - Arjun Adireddy (TEL) 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Mukund Agarwal (GUJ) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Champion Arjun Adireddy (TEL) and Second Runner-up Mukund Agarwal (GUJ) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Arjun Adireddy with his mother | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2		Adireddy Arjun			IND	1898	Telangana	7,5	50,0	54,0	43,75
2	7		Abhrojyoty Nath			IND	1656	Assam	7,0	49,5	52,5	38,50
3	6		Agarwal Mukund H			IND	1696	Gujarat	7,0	49,0	54,0	40,00
4	12		Nihal Swarna			IND	1538	Andhra Pradesh	7,0	49,0	53,0	40,00
5	4		Dhruva Thota			IND	1743	Telangana	7,0	48,0	52,5	39,50
6	17	ACM	Aatreya Saha			IND	1467	West Bengal	7,0	47,5	51,5	38,50
7	8		Daaevik Wadhawan			IND	1603	Delhi	7,0	47,0	51,0	38,25
8	9		Arshpreet Singh			IND	1564	Haryana	7,0	45,0	49,0	36,50
9	21		Dhyey Agarwal			IND	1349	Gujarat	6,5	51,0	55,5	38,25
10	13		Rajapalem Veera Bhagatheswar Reddy			IND	1486	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	47,0	51,0	35,25
11	15		Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha Reddy			IND	1478	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	47,0	51,0	34,50
12	5		Jihan Tejas Shah			IND	1741	Gujarat	6,5	45,0	49,0	32,75

Complete standings

Under-13 Girls

Top seed of the event and Delhi State Under-18 Girls runner-up, Sachi Jain (1768) scored 8/9, remained undefeated and finished a half point ahead of the field to become champion. Aswinika Mani R (TN, 1408) scored sole 7.5/9 to finish second. Debapriya Manna (WB, 1384) scored 7/9 and secured third place due to better tie-breaks.

Champion - Sachi Jain (DEL) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Runner-up - Aswinika Mani R (TN) 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Debapriya Manna (WB) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd Aswinika Mani R (TN), 1st Sachi Jain (DEL) and 3rd Debapriya Manna (WB) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Sachi Jain with her family | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Sachi Jain		w	IND	1768	Delhi	8,0	48,5	53,0	46,50
2	4	Aswinika Mani R		w	IND	1408	Tamil Nadu	7,5	48,0	52,0	40,50
3	6	Debapriya Manna		w	IND	1384	West Bengal	7,0	49,0	53,0	39,25
4	5	Sherali Pattnaik		w	IND	1398	Uttarakhand	7,0	44,0	47,0	33,50
5	13	Kumari Prasad Jagriti		w	IND	1236	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	46,5	49,5	34,50
6	24	Saara Jain		w	IND	1122	Jharkhand	6,0	47,5	50,5	31,25
7	7	Yashvi Jain		w	IND	1362	Telangana	6,0	42,5	46,5	29,75
8	3	Jeevika S		w	IND	1433	Puducherry	6,0	42,5	46,5	29,50
9	12	Kavyasree S		w	IND	1239	Tamil Nadu	6,0	42,5	45,5	27,50
10	2	Jain Ashita		w	IND	1433	Gujarat	6,0	41,0	45,0	29,25
11	35	Valanka Fernandes		w	IND	1039	Goa	6,0	39,0	42,0	25,75
12	22	Gade Sharanya		w	IND	1123	Telangana	5,5	52,5	56,5	31,50

Complete standings

Under-15 Open

Second seed of the event and Tamil Nadu State Under-18 Open runner-up, Shadhursshaan R (TN, 1690) scored 8/9, remained unbeaten and finished a half point ahead of the field to win the championship. Lavyaajyoti Routray (CHHT, 1523) scored sole 7.5/9 to finish second. Top seed Reuben Colaco (Goa, 1750) scored 7/9 and he was adjudged third according to tie-breaks.

Champion - Shadhursshaan R (TN) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Runner-up - Lavyaajyoti Routray (ODI) 7.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Reuben Colaco (Goa) 7/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Shadhursshaan R			IND	1690	Tamil Nadu	8,0	49,0	53,0	46,50
2	10	Lavyaajyoti Routray			IND	1523	Chhattisgarh	7,5	49,0	53,0	42,00
3	1	Colaco Reuben			IND	1750	Goa	7,0	50,5	55,0	40,00
4	13	Swain Arin Anwesh			IND	1459	Odisha	7,0	48,5	52,5	39,00
5	9	Khadanga Omm Aditya			IND	1528	Odisha	6,5	46,5	50,5	34,25
6	21	Rachishnu Datta			IND	1398	West Bengal	6,5	43,0	45,0	28,75
7	8	Snehil Raj Singh			IND	1545	West Bengal	6,5	41,0	45,0	31,00
8	30	Raj Kapoor			IND	1313	Rajasthan	6,5	40,0	42,5	27,50
9	5	Adalja Vanssh A			IND	1626	Gujarat	6,0	47,5	52,0	34,00
10	22	Shubh Kapur			IND	1396	Delhi	6,0	45,0	49,0	31,25
11	89	Tejas Lohani			IND	0	Odisha	6,0	45,0	49,0	29,00
12	6	Advait Ratnakar Vibhute			IND	1564	Karnataka	6,0	44,0	48,0	30,00

Complete standings

Under-15 Girls

Top seed of the event and MPL 31st National Under-18 Girls second runner-up, Kanishka S (TN, 1723) scored an unbeaten 8/9 to become the champion. She finished a massive 1.5 points ahead of the competition. Tamil Nadu's Pragnya H G (1605) and Pranavasri S (1285) scored 6.5/9. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks.

Champion - Kanishka S (TN) 8/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top three (L to R) - 2nd Pragnya HG (TN) 6.5/9, 1st Kanishka S (TN) 8/9 and 3rd Pranavasri S (TN) 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Kanishka S		w	IND	1723	Tamil Nadu	8,0	44,5	49,0	43,50
2	3	Pragnya H G		w	IND	1605	Tamil Nadu	6,5	47,5	52,0	35,25
3	11	Pranavasri S		w	IND	1285	Tamil Nadu	6,5	41,0	42,5	28,00
4	5	Sindhusree K		w	IND	1522	Tamil Nadu	6,0	43,5	46,5	29,25
5	12	Aditi Raj		w	IND	1261	Jharkhand	6,0	42,5	45,0	27,00
6	16	Kavya N		w	IND	1202	Tamil Nadu	6,0	42,0	44,0	26,00
7	14	Amulya Guruprasad		w	IND	1251	Tamil Nadu	6,0	41,5	45,5	27,75
8	7	Padmini S		w	IND	1331	Tamil Nadu	6,0	40,0	43,0	27,25
9	6	Yuvika Sehgal		w	IND	1419	Delhi	6,0	40,0	42,0	26,00
10	4	Rajanya Datta		w	IND	1589	West Bengal	5,5	44,0	48,0	26,75
11	15	Anand Nandhitha		w	IND	1230	Tamil Nadu	5,5	42,5	45,5	23,50
12	20	Suravi Bhattacharya		w	IND	1134	West Bengal	5,0	47,5	51,5	26,00

Complete standings

Under-17 Open

It is the only section where the top three finished with the same score - 6.5/9. All three podium finishers suffered a loss each. Ujaan Bhattacharya (WB, 1380) clinched the championship as he had the best tie-breaks. This is also Ujaan's first tournament triumph. Tarun V (TN, 1903) and Satyam Sarbajit Mishra (ODI, 1324) were adjudged second and third.

Champion - Ujaan Bhattacharya (WB) 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Runner-up - Tarun V (TN) 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Satyam Sarbajit Mishra (ODI) 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd Satyam Sarbajit Mishra (ODI), 1st Ujaan Bhattacharya (WB) and 2nd Tarun V (TN) | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Ujaan Bhattacharya with his mother | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	Ujaan Bhattacharya			IND	1380	West Bengal	6,5	44,0	46,0	31,00
2	2	Tarun V			IND	1903	Tamil Nadu	6,5	43,5	47,5	32,50
3	14	Satyam Sarbajit Mishra			IND	1324	Odisha	6,5	41,0	42,5	29,00
4	3	Aditya Chatterjee			IND	1894	West Bengal	6,0	48,0	53,0	35,00
5	10	Harshit Singh			IND	1404	Uttar Pradesh	6,0	46,0	49,5	31,00
6	4	Md Bashiq Imrose	U15		IND	1792	Telangana	6,0	42,0	46,0	29,25
7	8	Anshuman Ganguly			IND	1429	West Bengal	6,0	42,0	46,0	29,00
8	6	Mohapatra Pratyush			IND	1527	Odisha	5,5	46,0	50,5	29,50
9	9	Vishal Sharma			IND	1416	Bihar	5,5	44,5	48,5	26,75
10	1	Priyanshu Barua			IND	2012	West Bengal	5,5	44,0	48,0	28,50
11	23	Raghav Sehgal			IND	1189	Delhi	5,5	38,5	41,5	22,00
12	7	Mahith Giridhar	U15		IND	1497	Tamil Nadu	5,0	43,5	47,5	24,25

Complete standings

Under-17 Girls

Despite losing the final round, Meenatchi Rajam V (TN, 1486) 6.5/9, won the championship due to better tie-breaks. Second seeded, WCM Vyshnavi Chinnam (AP, 1657) 6.5/9 was placed second. Top seed of the event, Anushka Gupta (WB, 1658) scored 6/9 and was placed third.

Champion - Meenakshi Rajam V (TN) 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Runner-up - WCM Vyshnavi Chinnam (AP) 6.5/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Second Runner-up - Anushka Gupta (WB) 6/9 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	5		Meenatchi Rajam V		w	IND	1486	Tamil Nadu	6,5	42,5	46,0	32,50
2	2	WCM	Chinnam Vyshnavi		w	IND	1657	Andhra Pradesh	6,5	41,5	43,5	29,50
3	1		Anushka Gupta		w	IND	1658	West Bengal	6,0	44,0	47,5	30,25
4	3		Sasvatha A		w	IND	1554	Tamil Nadu	6,0	43,0	46,5	29,25
5	6		Varshita Jain		w	IND	1442	Madhya Pradesh	6,0	43,0	46,0	28,25
6	8		Falak Joni Naik	F15	w	IND	1349	Gujarat	5,5	38,5	40,5	21,25
7	9		Priya Mandal		w	IND	1348	West Bengal	5,5	38,0	39,5	18,75
8	7		Keerthana B		w	IND	1403	Tamil Nadu	5,0	40,0	41,5	19,75
9	4		Femil Chelladurai		w	IND	1515	Tamil Nadu	5,0	39,0	40,5	20,25
10	10		Sritama Sen		w	IND	1325	West Bengal	5,0	35,5	37,0	13,50
11	16		Radhika Sharma	F15	w	IND	1162	Haryana	4,0	35,5	37,0	14,00
12	14		Bhuvana Koppineni		w	IND	1250	Andhra Pradesh	4,0	33,5	35,0	11,00

Complete standings

Photo Gallery

IM Padmini Rout at the MPL 10th National School Chess Championship 2022 Inauguration Ceremony | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The tournament was inaugurated by IM Padmini Rout, Ranjan Mohanty, Joint Secretary, AICF, Dr. Gaganendu Dash, Director General Sports, KIIT and KISS, Gobinda Chandra Mahapatra, President, All Odisha Chess Association, Prof. Sasmita Samanta, Vice Chancellor, KIIT University, Debabrata Bhatta, Hony. Secretary, All Odisha Chess Association and Prof. J R Mohanty, Registrar, KIIT University.

The tournament took place at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

India's third GM in history Pravin Thipsay and India's 62nd GM Swayams Mishra were the guests at the Closing Ceremony | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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Video Gallery

We are excited to host one of the biggest National School Chess Championship in India | Ranjan Mohanty | Video: ChessBase India

I am really excited for the Olympiads | IM Padmini Rout | Video: ChessBase India

MPL 10th National School Chess Championships 2022 | KIIT University, Bhubaneswar | Video: ChessBase India

The longest game from round three | National School Chess Championships | Dhyey Agarwal vs Arjun Adireddy | Video: ChessBase India

How many tactics can you spot? | A crazy endgame | Thejas K vs Irondla Akash Kumar | Video: ChessBase India

Knight and Pawn endgames are tricky | Aditya Chatterjee vs Ujaan Bhattacharya | Video: ChessBase India

The curious case of a pawn sacrifice | Daaevik vs Pranay | Video: ChessBase India