Dr.N.Mahalingam 28th National under-17 Open & Girls Chess Championship 2017, KCT, Coimbatore
Niharika upsets Jyothsna
Niharika of Andhra Pradesh continues his winning streak against the higher rated opponents, in this round she won against 3rd seeded Jyothsna of Tamil Nadu and sole lead with 4pts at the end of 4th round. In the boys section, two players Rathanvel and Manish Anto Cristiano of Tamil Nadu share the lead with 4pts out of 4 rounds.
Round 4 Girls:
| Bo. | Name | IRtg | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | IRtg | Club |
| 1 | Tejaswini Sagar | 2071 | Gujarat | 3½ | drew with | 3½ | Chitlange Sakshi | 2248 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Niharika Ch | 1578 | Andhra Pradesh | 4 | Beat | 3 | Jyothsna L | 2121 | Tamil Nadu |
| 3 | Arpita Mukherjee | 2210 | West Bengal | 3½ | Beat | 2½ | Dhyana Patel | 1640 | Gujarat |
| 4 | Poorna Sri M.K | 1493 | Tamil Nadu | 2½ | lost to | 3½ | Harshita Guddanti | 2045 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Sunyuktha C M N | 1941 | Tamil Nadu | 2½ | lost to | 3½ | Toshali V | 1803 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 6 | Kavisha S Shah | 1575 | Gujarat | 3½ | Beat | 2½ | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 1810 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 7 | Priyanka K | 2046 | AICF | 3 | Beat | 2½ | Senthamizh Yazhini S | 1534 | Tamil Nadu |
| 8 | Annapurni S | 1422 | Tamil Nadu | 2 | lost to | 3 | Tarini Goyal | 2062 | Chandigarh |
| 9 | Bhanot Stuti | 1805 | Haryana | 3 | Beat | 2 | Soundariya Lakshmi G | 1428 | Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | Rajashree Rajeev | 1676 | Kerala | 2½ | drew with | 2½ | Mohana Praba R B | 1492 | Tamil Nadu |
Round 4 Boys:
| Bo. | Name | IRtg | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | IRtg | Club |
| 1 | Arunachalam Shivaa T V | 1947 | Tamil Nadu | 3½ | drew with | 3½ | Mitrabha Guha | 2328 | West Bengal |
| 2 | Rathanvel V S | 2319 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | Beat | 3 | Chaitanya Sairam Mogili | 1837 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | Nithin Babu | 2035 | Kerala | 3 | lost to | 4 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 1789 | Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | Srihari L R | 1937 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | drew with | 3 | Saurabh Anand | 2288 | Bihar |
| 5 | Kumar Gaurav | 2274 | Bihar | 3 | drew with | 3 | Harshavardhan G B | 1929 | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Rathneesh R | 1857 | Tamil Nadu | 2½ | lost to | 3½ | Raja Rithvik R | 2237 | Telangana |
| 7 | Dileep Kumar R | 2182 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | drew with | 3 | Shyam Kumar M | 1718 | Tamil Nadu |
| 8 | Cheela Naga Sampath | 1873 | Andhra Pradesh | 3½ | Beat | 2½ | Pruthu Deshpande | 2108 | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Sibi Visal R | 1848 | Tamil Nadu | 3½ | Beat | 2½ | Srihari L | 1964 | Puducherry |
| 10 | Rounak Pathak | 1803 | West Bengal | 2 | lost to | 3 | Jeet Jain | 2274 | Gujarat |