Chouhan, Rakshitta took the lead after five rounds at MPL 51st National Junior Open (Under-19) & 36th National Junior (Under-19) Girls Chess Championships 2022.

By Sagar Kale Mob 9970340508 Last updated Jul 17, 2022

Pune: Vrashank Chouhan of Rajasthan and International Master Rakshitta Ravi of Tamil Nadu emerged sole leaders in the boys and the girls category at the end of the fifth round at the MPL 51st National Junior Open (Under-19) & 36th National Junior (Under-19) Girls Chess Championships 2022 being organized by Pune District Chess Circle in association with Maharashtra Chess Association Under the aegis of All India Chess Federation and sponsored by AICF’s Official National Championships Sponsor MPL, Amanora and h2e Systems and played at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana , Pune.

Chouhan and Ravi won all their matches till the end of the fifth round to ensure 5 points . In the Major Upset of Round 5 Gujarat’s Dhyey Agarwal upset International Master VS Raahul of Tamilnadu. Raahul played a very fine game in Exchange variation of French Defense and was having the better position Until he blundered on move number 21 resulting in Back Rank checkmate . The game ended in 23 moves
Following are the results: Fifth Round: Boys Open: Vrashank Chouhan(Raj)(5pts) bt Rishabh Gokhale(Mah)(4pts)
Srihari L(Puducherry)(4pts) drew with Aswath S(TN)(4.5pts)
Dhyey Agarwal(Guj)(4.5pts) bt IM Raahul V S(TN)(3.5pts)
AGM Vignesh B(TN)(4.5pts) bt Anadkat Kartavya(Guj)(3.5pts)
Hriday Panchal(Del)(4.5pts) bt Manas Gaikwad(Mah)(3.5pts)
Yash Bharadia(Raj)(3.5pts) drew with Jihan Shah(Guj)(3.5pts)
Viresh Sharnarthi(Mah)(3pts) lost to Ritvik Krishnan(Mah)(4pts)
Dishank Bajaj(Mah)(3.5pts) drew with CM Mayank Chakraborty(Assam)(3.5pts)
Om Lamkane(Mah)(4pts) bt Bagwe Gaurang(Mah)(3pts)
Mehta Naitik R(Guj)(3.5pts) drew with Rohith S(TN)(3.5pts);
Giridhar A(Ker)(3pts)lost to Arun Kataria(Raj)(4pts);
Kartik Kumar Singh(Mah)(4pts) bt Piyush Kumar(Bihar)(3pts);
Kherdekar Arnav(Mah)(2.5pts) lost to IM Manish Anto Cristiano(TN)(3.5pts)
Vihaan Karthikeya N(TS)(3pts) drew with FM Ayush Sharma(MP)(3pts)
Gada Om(Mah)(2.5pts) lost to Alekhya Mukhopadhyay(WB)(3.5pts)
Girls:WIM Rakshitta Ravi(TN)(5pts) bt WFM Bhagyashree Patil(Mah)(4pts);
Vakcheri Mohitha(AP)(4.5pts)drew with WCM Bristy Mukherjee(WB)(4pts);
Dhanashree Khairmode(Mah)(3.5pts) lost to WIM Bommini Mounika Akshaya(AP)(4.5pts);
WFM Jyothsna L(TN)(4pts) bt Shreya Hipparagi(Mah)(3pts);
Velpula Sarayu(TS)(4pts) bt Dakshita Kumawat(Raj)(3pts);
Falak Naik(Guj)(4pts) bt Boramanikar Tanisha S(Mah)(3pts);
Sudipa Haldar(WB)(3pts) lost to Sai Mahati A(TS)(4pts);
Aditi Kayal(Mah)(4pts) bt Kashthuri Bhai R(Andaman and Nicobar Islands(3pts);
Divya Patil(Mah)(3pts) lost to Marium Fatima(Bihar)(4pts);
Sherali Pattnaik(Uttarakhand)(3pts) lost to Saniya Tadavi(Mah)(4pts).