Dr. N.Mahalaingam 28th National Under-17 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2017, KCT College, Coimbatore
Rathanvel of Tamil Nadu took the sole lead by winning his game against U-11 National Champion Manish Anto Cristiano of Tamil Nadu with 5points at the end of 5th round. His strong attack in the middlegame of Najdorf opening gave him an extra piece in 29th move which he soon converted into victory. Mitrabha Guha of West Bengal and Raja Rithvik of Telangana share the second spot with 4.5 pts. In the girls section overnight leader Niharika lost to topseed Chitlange Sakshi of Maharashtra who jointly lead the tournament with Tejaswini Sagar of Gujarat with 4.5 points out of 5 rounds. Sakshi with the white pieces playing against Kings’ Indian Defence, her central pawns and active minor pieces won an exchange up in the 25th move. Then after White exchanged all the pieces and won the game in 68 moves.
Boys – Round 5
| Bo. | Name | IRtg | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | IRtg | Club |
| 1 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 1789 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | lost to | 5 | Rathanvel V S | 2319 | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | Mitrabha Guha | 2328 | West Bengal | 4½ | beat | 3½ | Cheela Naga Sampath | 1873 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | Raja Rithvik R | 2237 | Telangana | 4½ | beat | 3½ | Arunachalam Shivaa T V | 1947 | Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | Saurabh Anand | 2288 | Bihar | 3½ | drew with | 4 | Sibi Visal R | 1848 | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | Jeet Jain | 2274 | Gujarat | 3½ | drew with | 3½ | Jubin Jimmy | 1936 | Kerala |
| 6 | Deota Snehil S | 1877 | Karnataka | 4 | beat | 3 | Kumar Gaurav | 2274 | Bihar |
| 7 | Harshavardhan G B | 1929 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | beat | 3 | Dhananjay S | 2248 | Chhattisgarh |
| 8 | Aryan B Joshi | 1867 | AICF B | 3½ | drew with | 3½ | Dileep Kumar R | 2182 | Tamil Nadu |
| 9 | Utsab Chatterjee | 2053 | West Bengal | 4 | beat | 3 | Hari R Chandran | 1658 | Kerala |
| 10 | Chaitanya Sairam Mogili | 1837 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | lost to | 4 | Nithin Babu | 2035 | Kerala |
Girls – Round 5
| Bo. | Name | IRtg | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | IRtg | Club |
| 1 | Chitlange Sakshi | 2248 | Maharashtra | 4½ | beat | 4 | Niharika Ch | 1578 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2 | Harshita Guddanti | 2045 | Andhra Pradesh | 4 | drew with | 4 | Arpita Mukherjee | 2210 | West Bengal |
| 3 | Toshali V | 1803 | Andhra Pradesh | 3½ | lost to | 4½ | Tejaswini Sagar | 2071 | Gujarat |
| 4 | Jyothsna L | 2121 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | beat | 3½ | Kavisha S Shah | 1575 | Gujarat |
| 5 | Tarini Goyal | 2062 | Chandigarh | 4 | beat | 3 | Tarunika P | 1543 | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Abirama Srinithi G | 1583 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | lost to | 4 | Priyanka K | 2046 | AICF |
| 7 | Benasir M | 1499 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | lost to | 4 | Bhanot Stuti | 1805 | Haryana |
| 8 | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 1810 | Andhra Pradesh | 3½ | beat | 3 | Dalli Shriya Reddy | 1105 | Telangana |
| 9 | Jegatha B | 1541 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | drew with | 3 | Sunyuktha C M N | 1941 | Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | Senthamizh Yazhini S | 1534 | Tamil Nadu | 2½ | lost to | 3½ | Rajashree Rajeev | 1676 | Kerala |
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