33rd VMRDA National Under 13 Open and Girls Chess Championships 2019, Visakhapatnam
FIDE Master M.Pranesh of Tamil Nadu was adjudged as the champion of the national under 13 Open chess championship 2019 which got concluded at the Children’s Arena, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on 12th May, 2019.
Curiously it was a three-way tie in the open section. Both the top seed Pranesh M and the second seed Pranav V settled for draw against their respective opponents in the eleventh and the final round to stay at 9 points each. This helped FM Jubin Jimmy of Kerala who outwitted A.R. Illamparthi of Tamil Nadu to join them on 9 points.
In the first tie break system via Direct encounter since the top seed Pranesh has defeated both Pranav and Jubin Jimmy, he was declared as champion and he carried home the winner’s purse of Rs. 27,000/-. Pranav who handed over the defeat to Jubin Jimmy earlier was the runner up on Direct Encounter basis and the third place went to Jubin Jimmy.
In a two way tie for the girls title Velpula Sarayu of Telengana emerged as champion on Direct Encounter and Kriti Mayur Patel of Maharashtra stood second.
Top two winners in Open & Girls section
Final Ranking
Open
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | FM | Pranesh M | IND | 2333 | TN | 9,0 | 2,0 | 75,0 | 80,5 |
| 2 | 2 | Pranav V | IND | 2315 | TN | 9,0 | 1,0 | 80,5 | 85,0 | |
| 3 | 3 | FM | Jubin Jimmy | IND | 2214 | KER | 9,0 | 0,0 | 77,5 | 83,0 |
| 4 | 6 | Manish Kumar (2006) | IND | 1953 | Orissa | 8,5 | 0,0 | 77,0 | 82,5 | |
| 5 | 12 | Aditya Varun Gampa | IND | 1826 | TEL | 8,5 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 80,5 | |
| 6 | 24 | Krishnan Ritvik | IND | 1685 | MAH | 8,5 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 75,5 | |
| 7 | 20 | Sreekar J S S | IND | 1728 | TEL | 8,5 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 73,5 | |
| 8 | 4 | CM | Nikhil Magizhnan | IND | 2175 | TN | 8,0 | 0,0 | 76,0 | 81,0 |
| 9 | 7 | Harshad S | IND | 1917 | TN | 8,0 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 79,5 | |
| 10 | 5 | Ilamparthi A R | IND | 2074 | TN | 8,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 78,5 |
Girls
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | Velpula Sarayu | IND | 1768 | TEL | 9,0 | 1,0 | 77,5 | 83,0 | |
| 2 | 17 | WCM | Kriti Mayur Patel | IND | 1449 | MAH | 9,0 | 0,0 | 73,5 | 78,5 |
| 3 | 6 | AIM | Renganayaki V | IND | 1610 | KAR | 8,0 | 0,0 | 75,0 | 79,5 |
| 4 | 3 | Boramanikar Tanisha S | IND | 1694 | MAH | 8,0 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 79,5 | |
| 5 | 11 | Kheerthi Ganta | IND | 1545 | TEL | 8,0 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 76,5 | |
| 6 | 23 | Panda Miracle | IND | 1379 | Orissa | 8,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 75,5 | |
| 7 | 4 | WCM | Wankhade Sanskruti | IND | 1630 | MAH | 8,0 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 75,0 |
| 8 | 2 | Meenatchi Rajam V | IND | 1714 | TN | 8,0 | 0,0 | 69,5 | 74,5 | |
| 9 | 5 | Akshaya Rajaraman | IND | 1617 | TN | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 72,0 | |
| 10 | 31 | Barik Bijayalaxmi | IND | 1344 | Orissa | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 71,5 |
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