Ninad, Sahil emerge supreme

In the under-10 boys, Sahil drew only once during the 11 rounds to finish with 10.5 points. In the last round, Sahil defeated Siddharth Kotian with black pieces. He is 1.5 points clear of the rest of the field with Sanju Malaikal finishing second with 9 points.

In the girls Priyanka’s sequence of eight victories in the open categorieswas halted today by Mugdha Variyar, the under-12 champion of this tournament. She finished with 8.5 points. Yogita Yevle was second with 7 points.

In the girls under-10 section too Monica Maskeri finished 1.5 points ahead of the field. In the final round today, Monica drew with Poorva Pathare.

Sharavari Desai, who won the under-8 title, showed her potential with a second place finish.

RESULTS

Boys (Open, 11th round): Sagar Sadavarte (8) drew with Ninad Konakanchi (9); Vaibhav Saxena (8.5) drew with Sagar Masurekar (8.5); Raj Parakh (8.5) bt Annirudh Unni (7.5); Devendra Sathe (8) drew with Archis Awate (8); Sachin Kamath (8) drew with Srinivas Menon (7.5); Gaurav Hingne (7) lost to Amit Mayabhate (8); Nilesh Yevle (8) bt Arun Fizardo (7); Gautam Iyer 7.5) drew with V Rammohan (7.5); Anuj Pandit (7.5) drew with Yagnesh Bhat (7.5); Adiraj Alai (6.5) lost to Nikhil Bhat 7.5.

Final Positions: 1. Ninad Konakanchi 9 points (57.5 progressive score); 2. Vaibhav Saxena 8.5 (56); 3. Raj Parakh8.5 (54.5); 4. Sagar Masurekar 8.5 (53.5); 5. Archis Awate 8 (55.5); 6. Devendra Sathe 8 (54.5); 7. Sagar Sadavarte 8 (50); 8. Sachin Kamath 8 (49.5); 9. Amit Mayabhate 8 (49.5); 10. Nilesh Yevle 8 (47).

Boys Under-10 (11th round): Siddharth Kotian (8) lost to Sahil Muzumdar (10.5); Sanju Malaikal (9) bt Aditya Turakhia (8); Pratik Shenoy (8.5) bt Madhav Rao (7.5); Shishir Govandan (8) bt Yohan Sethana (7.5); Siddharth Nambiar (8) bt Prathamesh Palav (7); Salim Ali Siddiq (8) bt Prakash Ramanathan (7); Snehal Bhosale (7) lost to Dhanvin Mehta (8); Utkarsh Gupta (7) lost to Varun Limaye (6.5); Anish Menon (7.5) bt Omkar Parab (6.5); Akaash Pathare (6.5) lost to Rohan Nagare (7.5).

Final Positions: 1. Sahil Muzumdar 10.5 (63.5); 2. Sanjau Malaikal 9 (55); 3. Pratik Shanoy 8.5 (54.5); 4. Shishir Govindan 8 (55); 5. Aditya Turakhia 8 (52.5); 6. Siddharth Nambiar 8 (51.5); 7. Siddharth Kotian 8 (50); 8. Salim Ali Siddiq 8 (50); 9. Dhanvin Mehta 8 (44); 10. Rohan Nagare 7.5 (48.5).

Girls(Open, 9th round): Mugdha Variyar (6) drew with Priyanka Vora (8.5); Yogita Yevle (6.5) drew with Srilata Menon (6); Tanvi Thakur (5) lost to Michelle Fizardo (6.5); Priyanka Desai (6) bt Mridula Nambiar (5); Purva Variyar (6) lost to Nikita Brahme (5); Vaishali Kulkarni (5.5) bt Saloni Balgi (5); L Bernedette (5.5) bt Kanika Ratwaney (4.5).

Final Position: 1. Priyanka Vora 8.5 (44.5); 2. Yogita Yevle 7 (37.5); 3. Michelle Fizardo 6.5 (31); 4. Srilata Menon 6 (32); 5. Purva Variyar 6 (31); 6. Mugdha Variyar 6 (31), 7. Priyanka Desai 6 (30).

Girls Under-10 (9th round): Poorva Pathare (4.5) drew with Monica Maskeri (6.5); Anuj Yadav (5) bt Sharavari Desai (5); Apurva Thipsay (4) lost to Rajvi Mehta (4); Shreya Yedery (4) bt Meetali Sawant (3); Firdaus Barmare (4) bt Prerna Thacker (1); V Aruna (2) lost to Ruchi Shah (3).

Final Positions: 1. Monica Maskeri 6.5 (27.5); 2. Sharavari Desai 5 (24); 4. Anju Yadav 5 (20); 5. Poorva Pathare 4.5 (18.5); 6. Apurva Thipsay 4 (18); 7. ShreyaYedery 4 (15).