MPL 34th National Under-12 Chess Championships 2022 preview

by Madhuri N - 05/04/2022

Mandya is town situated between Bangalore and Mysore highway, It is 98 km away from Bangalore and 40 km from Mysore. Now it will be center of attraction in Indian chess as some of the brightest under-12 talents of our country will fight it out with each other from 9th to 14th April 2022. Recently, Mandya Chess Academy organized a rapid rating open tournament this past December. It was won by GM-elect IM Rathanvel V S. They are doing this event very tastefully and bringing in some innovations that will make it memorable for the participants! Check out the preview article of the tournament written by Mandya Chess Academy cofounder, Madhuri N. Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

National Under-7 organizers Mandya Chess Academy organizing National Under-12 Chess Championships!

Mandya Chess Academy organized National Under-7 back in 2018. Three and a half years later, we are organizing another National age group tournament - MPL 32nd National Under-12 Open and Girls Chess Championships. Check out more details of the tournament on ChessBase India Calendar.

The tournament hall at Hotel Amaravathi during R Hanumantha Memorial Cup All India Rapid and Blitz Rating Open in December 2021 | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Venue - Hotel Amaravathi at Mandya, Karnataka

The tournament is being organized by Mandya Chess Academy in association with Karnataka State Chess Association

AICF’s Official National Championships Sponsor - MPL Sports Foundation

Beautiful trophies are Sponsored by Birla Shakti Cement

Trophies for the top three winners in both Open and Girls' sections | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

One of the organizing team member M V Raghavendra standing next to the winner's trophy for scale | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Trophies for 4th to 20th place finishers | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Above is for all players - No player will go home in empty hand! | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Another co-sponsor of the event is Hobspace

The organizers have made a lot of efforts to make this a special event. There will be a memento for each and every participant of the event. At the same time there is a separate well-furnished arrangement made for parents to wait for their young kids as they play the game.

This time also fine innovation is scoresheets with names printed on it before the game | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

Arbiter wearing the arbiter's t-shirt so that kids can easily distinguish and call them | Photo: Madhuri N/Mandya Chess Academy

"Let us clarify in the beginning, we too have similar concerns like parents. As parents, we too were worried about the children and their parents. That’s why we have chosen Mandya. It will certainly be a most memorable tournament for everyone. So, welcome!"

Players list Open

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Club/City
1		Adireddy Arjun	25647709		1889	TEL
2	AIM	Vaz Ethan	25940783		1772	GOA
3		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	25603426	IND	1705	ASM
4		Gaikwad Manas	25912410	IND	1698	MAH
5		Tanmay Rajbongshi	33325090	IND	1684	ASM
6		Jain Kushagra	66607663	IND	1675	MAH
7		Aarav Gupta	33372764		1649	J&K
8		Aakash G	25644394		1611	TN
9		Goutham Krishna H	25983504		1609	KER
10		Pazhany Kaushal Kohli	33396078	IND	1566	J&K
11		Aansh Nandan Nerurkar	25922491		1564	MAH
12		Sathvik Adiga	25745700	IND	1563	KAR
13		Sharnarthi Viresh	25978055	IND	1549	MAH
14		Sadbhav Rautela	45073619	IND	1543	Utt
15		Madhvendra Pratap Sharma	25985663	IND	1527	MP
16		Reyan Md.	25999087	IND	1522	BIH
17		Vivaan Vijay Saraogi	25787101	IND	1519	MAH
18		Raihaan Zahid	33300526	IND	1517	KAR
19		Sherla Prathamesh	25966987	IND	1510	MAH
20		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	25998676		1507	UP

Complete list

Players list Girls

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Club/City
1	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	25195425	IND	1610	UP
2		Arshiya Das	25652150	IND	1569	Tri
3		Shreya G Hipparagi	25743953	IND	1552	Mah
4		Singh Myra	25188623	IND	1440	Del
5		Kalyani Sirin	33323500	IND	1434	Ker
6		Prishita Gupta	25978985	IND	1417	Del
7		Saparya Ghosh	25771280	IND	1390	WB
8		Yasaswi Krishna Bommi	33368783	IND	1357	AP
9		Sherali Pattnaik	25789449	IND	1343	Utt
10		Sanivarapu Hasini	33315515	IND	1340	AP
11		Aditri Shome	25164198	IND	1288	Guj
12	WCM	Shriyana S Mallya	25690710	IND	1277	Kar
13		Lakshana Subramanian	25728008	IND	1272	TN
14		Charvi A	25165518	IND	1267	Kar
15		Devaki Nandana	25789821	IND	1266	AP
16		Dheeptha B	25180924	IND	1236	Pud
17		Aadhya Jain	25974068	IND	1234	Del
18	ACM	Nivedita V C	25181173	IND	1230	TN
19		Krupha S Ukkali	25193856	IND	1223	Kar
20		Kathakali Dey	25149300	IND	1219	WB

Complete list

Places to visit in Mandya:

Sri Rangapattana - 27 km

Mysore tourist places - 40 km

Mysore palace

About the Author

Madhuri N (right) and Manjunath Jain (center) are the cofounders of Mandya Chess Academy

Madhuri N is the cofounder of Mandya Chess Academy. She is a National Instructor too. Mandya Chess Academy has organized over 20 tournaments at various levels in all three formats of the game.

In a small town called Mandya lies this beautiful Mandya Chess Academy! | Video: ChessBase India

Previous coverage of tournaments organized by Mandya Chess Academy

Laxman wins 2nd RK Chess Club Rapid Rating 2017

Lakshana Subramanian and Amogh Bisht are National under-7 Champions 2018

Stany wins Mandya Chess Academy All India Open Blitz 2019

Rathanvel VS clinches R Hanumantha Memorial Cup All India Open Rapid and Blitz Rating 2021