New Delhi: Top seed Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamilnadu ensured a thrilling end to the 25th National Under-13 Chess by beating overnight sole leader Sidhant Mohapatra in the eleventh and final round at Kulachi Hansraj Model School here on Monday.  Chithambaram tied for the top spot along with team mates Karthikeyan Murali and Vignesh N R with 9 points each but better tie break score helped Chithambaram to take the Winner’s trophy while Murali finished second and Vignesh satisfied with third spot finish.  In the final round Murali defeat S Badrinath of Pondicherry while Vignesh defeated Krishna Teja of Andhra Pradesh to catch up with the top seed for the pole position.

Meanwhile in the girls’ section, defending champion G K Monnisha of Tamilnadu defended her title after settling for a quick draw with team mate M Mahalakshmi in the final round. Mahalakshmi finished second while Priyamvada Karamcheti of Andhra Pradesh finished third after shocking top seed Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa in the last round.

International Master Lanka Ravi and Shri. Bharat Singh, Secretary All India Chess Federation gave away the prizes in a colourful closing ceremony.


Important Results :

Round-11 Open : Aravindh Chithambaram of Tamilnadu (9) beat Sidhant Mohapatra of Orissa (8.5); Pranav Vijay of Tamilnadu (8.5) drew with Abhimanyu Puranik of Maharashtra (8.5); Krishna Teja N of Andhra Pradesh (8) lost to Vignesh NR of Tamilnadu (9); Badrinath S of Puducherry (7.5) lost to Karthikeyan Murali of Tamilnadu (9); Siva Mahadevan of Tamilnadu (7.5) lost to Visakh N R of Tamilnadu (8.5); Mohammad Nubairshsh Shaikh of Maharashtra (7.5) drew with Nikhil Dixit of Maharashtra (7.5); Hetul Shah of Gujarat (7.5) drew with Pavit Singh of Delhi (7.5); Nishant Kumar of Jharkhand (7) lost to Sai Vishwesh C of Tamilnadu (8); Aradhya Garg of Delhi (7) lost to Pranavananda V of Andhra Pradesh (8); Rohan Ahuja of Goa (7.5) drew with Debankan Dhara of West Bengal (7.5); Naren Swaminathan P of Tamilnadu (7.5) drew with Sai Agni Jeevitesh of Andhra Pradesh (7.5); Kumaran B of Tamilnadu (7.5) beat Anantharam R U of Karnataka (6.5); Manan Rai of Delhi (6.5) lost to Harshal Shahi of Delhi (7.5); Suresh Krishna S of Puducherry (6.5) lost to Harsha Bharathakoti of Andhra Pradesh (7.5); Bharadwaj Akshay of Karnataka (7.5) beat Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand of Orissa (6.5).


Round-11 Girls :

Important Games : Monnisha G K of Tamilnadu (9.5) drew with Mahalakshmi M of Tamilnadu (8.5); Ivana Maria Furtado of Goa (7.5) lost to Priyamvada Karamcheti of Andhra Pradesh (8.5); Shoumi Mukerjee of West Bengal (8) beat Manjula R of Tamilnadu (7); Anigani Kavya of Andhra Pradesh (7) lost to Ashwini U of Tamilnadu (8); Hilmi Parveen of Kerala (7) lost to Shiny Das of Tripura (8); Sunyasakata Satpathy of Orissa (7.5) beat Divya Garg of Maharashtra (7); Asmita Das Munshi of West Bengal (6.5) lost to Divya Lakshmi R of Tamilnadu (7.5); Megha Gupta of Gujarat (7.5) beat Shweta Priyadarshini of Uttarpradesh (6.5); Rutuja Bakshi of Maharashtra (7) beat Tarini Goyal of Chandigarh (6.5); Vaishali R of Tamilnadu (7) beat Sai Srrija P of Andhra Pradesh (6); Akankhya Kabi of Orissa (7) beat Nishi Mahalaxmi Iyer of West Bengal (6); Meghna Upadhyaya of Madhya Pradesh (6) lost to Meghna C H of Kerala (7); Dharani Sree R of Tamilnadu (7) beat Harshita Guddanti of Andhra Pradesh (6); Preethy P of Puducherry (7) beat Manasa H R of Karnataka (6); Chandreyee Hajra of West Bengal (7) beat Radhika Garg of Uttarpradesh (6).

Final Standings (Top 10)

Open

Girls