Dr.N.Mahalingam 28th National under-17 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2017
Raja Rithvik extended his lead by defeating Sibi Visal in 32 moves with 7.5pts, playing against accelerated dragon opening Raja explored his queenside and won a piece on 25th move. Top seed after losing the 3rd round, joined the second spot with Rathanvel with 6.5 pts. In the girls section, overnight leader Arpita held to draw by Priyanka. On the 2nd board Chitlange sakshi defeated Harshita Guddanti whereas Tarini Goyal defeated Bhanot Stuti on the 3rd board, resulting three way tie by Arpita, Chitlange and Tarini with 6.5 pts. Priyanka and Tejaswini share the second spot with 6.0pts.
Round 8 Boys:
| Bo. | Name | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | Club |
| 1 | Raja Rithvik R | Telangana | 7½ | beat | 6 | Sibi Visal R | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | Rathanvel V S | Tamil Nadu | 6½ | drew with | 6 | Nitish Belurkar | Goa |
| 3 | Erigaisi Arjun | Telangana | 6½ | beat | 5½ | Mitrabha Guha | West Bengal |
| 4 | Harshavardhan G B | Tamil Nadu | 5 | lost to | 6 | Saurabh Anand | Bihar |
| 5 | Kumar Gaurav | Bihar | 5 | lost to | 6 | Shyam Kumar M | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Selvamurugan B | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | drew with | 5½ | Hari Madhavan N B | Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | Nithin Babu | Kerala | 5 | lost to | 6 | Deota Snehil S | Karnataka |
| 8 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | drew with | 5½ | Barath Kalyan M | Tamil Nadu |
| 9 | Tarun V Kanth | Tamil Nadu | 5½ | beat | 5 | Kishore Kumar Jaganathan | Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | Patil Harshal | Maharashtra | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | Srihari L | Puducherry |
Round 8 Girls:
| Bo. | Name | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | Club |
| 1 | Arpita Mukherjee | West Bengal | 6½ | drew with | 6 | Priyanka K | AICF |
| 2 | Harshita Guddanti | Andhra Pradesh | 5½ | lost to | 6½ | Chitlange Sakshi | Maharashtra |
| 3 | Bhanot Stuti | Haryana | 5½ | lost to | 6½ | Tarini Goyal | Chandigarh |
| 4 | Dhyana Patel | Gujarat | 5 | lost to | 6 | Tejaswini Sagar | Gujarat |
| 5 | Kavisha S Shah | Gujarat | 5½ | beat | 5 | Toshali V | Andhra Pradesh |
| 6 | Garima Gaurav | Bihar | 5 | drew with | 5 | Jyothsna L | Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | Pooja S (2002) | Tamil Nadu | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | Andhra Pradesh |
| 8 | Rajashree Rajeev | Kerala | 5 | drew with | 5 | Niharika Ch | Andhra Pradesh |
| 9 | Poorna Sri M.K | Tamil Nadu | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | Abirama Srinithi G | Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | Mishra Riya | Uttar Pradesh | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | Mohana Praba R B | Tamil Nadu |
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