Pratitee Bordoloi bagged the SILVER with 9.5/11 points , Aadya Gowda clinched BRONZE with 9/11 points, Shreya Rajesh scored 8.5/11 securing 6th rank, Aadya Ranganath scored 8/11 points securing 9th rank, Indusheetala N scored 8/11 points securing 12th rank. Leah Joseph scored 7.5/11 securing 16th rank, Anvitha Sathi scored 7.5/11 securing 20th rank in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 held at Hyderabad, Balayogi GMC Sports Indoor Stadium from Oct 4th to Oct 10th, 2024.
Team Karnataka has the maximum number of winners with Top 20 finish in U11 girls. That is indeed PURE Talent & KAR Girls DOMINATION in Nationals. Pratiee Bordoloi & Aadya Gowda definitely leading & inspiring the KAR team players with a top 2nd place and 3rd finish. Samaksh Ashok secured 9th rank, scoring 8.5/11, Abhinav Anand secured 20th rank scoring 8/11.
Samaksh Ashok is aged 10 years, grade 5 student of Kendriya Vidyalaya DRDO, Bangalore. Started learning chess from a very young age of 4.5 years. Has a FIDE Classical rating of 1787 and Rapid FIDE rating of 1620.He secured 9th rank, scoring 8.5/11 in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 He was 30th seeded and suffered only one loss with Ishaan Kandi, Telangana player and finished with a fantastic 9th place. Rest of the rounds Samaksh emerged undefeated.
Samaksh says “10th round with Samarth Jain (Haryana player) was very tough, as I wanted to convert this game for a win. It was a closed position where I had an open file but I couldn’t break through. Finally, I decided to do a king walk from kingside to queen side, and then to prepare a break a through in the king side. By this time, my opponent made a mistake while he also tried a king walk. I capitalized on this mistake and was able to control the open file, and could finally convert the drawish position to a win”.
Samaksh’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Represented India & secured SILVER medal in Western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2024 U10 Category held in Sri Lanka.
• Secured BRONZE in Karnataka State U11 Open Championship 2024 held in Belgaum(Karnataka)
• Secured GOLD in 6th Karnataka State Schools Chess Championship 2023 U09 Open Category held in Tumkur (Karnataka)
• Secured SILVER in Karnataka state under 9 Open championship 2023. held in Blore.
• Secured 6th place in 36th Nationals Under 9 Open category 2023 held in Jamshedhpur, Jharkand.
• Samaksh drew the Simul Rook and Roll – A Simul with IM Rakesh Kulkarni (2023)
Abhinav Anand is a promising young player is a 10-year-old Grade 5 student of National Public School, IndiraNagar Bangalore. Started learning chess at the age of 7 Years. Abhinav has achieved a peak classical FIDE rating of 1843, Peak Rapid FIDE rating of 1779, current Blitz FIDE rating of 1805. He secured 20th place and scored 8 /11 in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024. Abhinav’s only losses were with Megh Parmar (Gujrat) and with Mehul Sondhi (Delhi) and rest of the rounds he remained undefeated.
Abhinav says few sentences about his challenging last round in U11 Nationals “I (played white) was pitted against the higher-rated Rahul Ramakrishnan (rated 1900) in a tense final round, ultimately securing a hard-fought draw. The game opened with the Reti Opening, characterized by 1. Nf3, which allowed White to maintain flexibility in pawn structure and piece development. Throughout the match, both players demonstrated strategic depth and tactical awareness. White maintained central control and developed pieces effectively, while Black sought counterplay through aggressive pawn moves. Key moments included critical exchanges and an active endgame where both sides maneuvered carefully. Despite opportunities for either player to claim victory, we ultimately settled for a draw.”
Abhinav’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured 3rd RUNNER up in Karnataka State Open FIDE Rated U13 2024 held in Chikamagalur(Karnataka)
• Secured GOLD in Karnataka State U-09 OPEN Chess Championship 2023
• Secured 13th place in 36th National Under 09 Open Chess Championship 2023. held at Jamshedpur.
Karnataka’s Golden Girls Dominate in Under-11 Nationals
Pratitee Bordoloi, young promising, result-driven, talented player is a grade 6 student studying in BEML Public School, Bangalore. Started playing chess from 8 years and has attained WCM title in 2024. She secured SILVER and scored 9.5/11 in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 . She is the ONLY player in the tournament who remained undefeatable in all rounds This is Pratitee’s 4th National Title in her age category which she is bagging consecutively every year, a player to watch out for!
Simply amazing with consistency, hard work, determination and pure Talent. Her peak classical FIDE rating is 1947. Pratitee recollects her most challenging game “I was pitted (white) against Aradhya Das in the ninth round. Aradhya had six back-to-back wins until then, and her game quality was really good. Pratitee says, “In the opening, after Aradhya played Qb8 in the 17th move, I had an advantage because my pieces were very active. However, Aradhya held the position really well but eventually came under time pressure. After Rxc7, the Qxc7 was not very good as that gave me an advantage with Qxe4”.
Pratitee’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured GOLD in Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2024 – Under 12 Girls (CLASSICAL Format) Classical format, GOLD in Rapid Format Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2024 – Under 12 Girls (RAPID Format). SILVER in Blitz FormatCommonwealth Youth Blitz Chess Championship 2024 – Under 12 Girls held in Kalutara (Sri Lanka).
• Secured SILVER in FIDE WORLD CUP G12 2024 held in Batumi (Georgia)
• Secured SILVER in Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024 – G12 (Classical Format), Secured GOLD in Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championships 2024 – G12 held in Almaty (Kazakhstan)
• Secured SILVER in Karnataka State Open Under 17 Fide Rated Chess Championship-2024 held in Mangalore (Karnataka)
• Secured GOLD in Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 U12 Girls (Classical Style) in Melaka (Malaysia)
• Secured GOLD in Asian Youth Blitz Chess Championships 2023 – G10 held in Al Ain (UAE).
• Secured GOLD in 12th National Schools U-11 Girls Chess Championship – 2024 in Patna (Bihar)
• Secured GOLD in 36th National Under 11 Girls Chess Championship 2023 held in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
• Secured GOLD in Karnataka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2023 held in Mysuru (Karnataka).
• Secured BRONZE in Karnataka State Under 15 Fide Rated Girls chess Championship 2023 held in Gulbarga (Karnataka)
• Secured GOLD in MPL 35th National Under-9 Girls Chess Championship held at Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
• Secured GOLD in Karnataka State Under 9 GIRLS Chess Championship 2022 held in Sagar (Karnataka)
Aadya Gowda, a talented chess player and a Grade 6 student at The Cambridge International School, Bangalore, began her chess journey at the age of 9 years. Her current FIDE ratings are 1699 (Classical) and 1656 (Rapid). She recently clinched the BRONZE medal at the 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024, scoring an impressive 9/11 points. This marks her second National title. Her only losses were against Divi Bijesh (Kerala) and Aaradhya Das (Tripura), with victories in all other rounds.
Aadya shared her thoughts on a challenging game in the U11 Nationals: “I (playing Black) faced Pooja Shree (White) in a French Defence, Steinitz Variation in the last round. I capitalized on her mistakes, particularly the blunder on move 16 (Qc2??), and gradually converted my advantage into a win. I also enjoy participating in open-category State tournaments, which are challenging for girls. I constantly strive to learn new playing ideas, attacking methods, and strategies in these open events.”
Aadya Gowda’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured SILVER in Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 U12 Girls (Classical Format) held in Melaka, Malayasia 2024
• Secured BRONZE in Western Asian Youth Chess Championship-2023 U10 Girls (Classical Format) held in Kyrgystan.
• Secured SILVER in MPL 35th National Under-9 Girls Chess Championships – 2022 held at Indore, Madhya Pradesh
• Secured 16th place in 36th National Under 11 Girls Chess Championship held at Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Shreya Rajesh, young TALENTED player is a grade 6 student studying in DPS East, Bangalore. She is playing chess passionately from the age of 6. She holds a FIDE rating of 1739 in classical and 1731 in rapid format currently. She secured 6th position in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 scoring 8.5/11. Shreya lost only with Pavithra R.V (Tamil Nadu) & Aahna Gulati (Haryana), with rest of the rounds unbeaten. Shreya Rajesh says “Her 8th round loss with Aahna Gulati was challenging, where it was a close call for the majority of the game, but succumbed to time pressure at the end.
Shreya Rajesh’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured GOLD in BUDCA District Level Selection Open Chess Tournament 2024 U11(Girls) held at Bangalore.
• Won CBSE TEAM BRONZE in Under 19 Girls CBSE South Zone II National Chess Tournament 2024-25 held at Davangere. Received a INDIVIDUAL GOLD in her board
• Secured 5th pos in Karntaka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2024 held at Belgaum
• Won CBSE Team GOLD in CBSE South Zone II Chess Championship 2023_24 U14 Open. Held at Blore DPS EAST (Electronic City)
• Won TEAM SILVER in National Schools Team Under12 Chess Championship held at Puducherry.
• Secured BRONZE in Karnataka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2023 held at Mysore.
• Secured SILVER in MPL 10th National School Chess Championships 2022 (Under 09 GIRLS) held at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
• Secured BRONZE in Karnataka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2022 held at Chamarajanagar
• Secured BRONZE in KAR State Under-13 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2022 held at Hoskote.
Aadya Ranganath, a young promising TALENT is a grade 6 student studying in Vidya Niketan School, Hebbal Bangalore. Started learning chess from the age of 6 years. Her classical FIDE rating is 1753 in Classical, 1703 in Rapid format. She secured the 9th position in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 scoring 8/11. Aadya Ranganath recollects few sentences about her challenging game in U11 Nationals “I (played white) was pitted against Pavithra RV. I had a slight advantage from the opening and in the middle game Pavithra had some weak pawns and squares which I could take advantage and convert into a win.”
Aadya Ranganath’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured BRONZE in Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 U12 Girls 9(Classical Format) held in Melaka, Malaysia, secured SILVER in Commonwealth Youth Rapid Chess Championship 2024 (Rapid Format) held in Melaka, Malaysia.
• Secured BRONZE in Asian Youth Chess Championships 2023 – G10 (Classical Format) held in Al-Ain, UAE
• Secured SILVER in Western Asian Youth Chess Championship-2023 U10 Girls (Classical Style) , secured GOLD in Western Asia Youth Rapid Chess Championship-2023 U10 Girls held in Kyrgyzstan
• Secured BRONZE in MPL 11th National Schools Chess Championship Under-11 GIRLS held at Hosur (Tamil Nadu)
• Secured BRONZE in MPL 35th National Under-9 Girls Chess Championship – 2022 held in Indore (Madhya Pradesh).
• Secured SILVER in Commonwealth Youth Chess Championship 2022 – U 10 Open & Girls ( Classical Format) held in SriLanka
• Secured SILVER in 34TH MPL National U 10 Girls Chess Championship 2022 held at Jammu.
Indusheetala N is a young, budding sharp player is a grade 6 student studying in National Hill View Public School, Unit 2 Banashankari (Bangalore). Started learning chess from the age of 8 years during COVID times. Has a classical FIDE rating of 1570. She secured the 12th position in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 scoring 8/11.Starting the first half of the National tournament with bad losses didn’t deter Indusheetala spirit. Initially she lost to players Arushi Dinesh (Tamil Nadu), Aishani Duseja (Punjab) & Lakshita Sanjeev Chaudhary (Uttarakhand). After that unexpected loss with Aishani Duseja which was the turning point for her, she fought rest of the rounds with resilience and a great fighting spirit which enabled her a top 12 finish.
Indusheetala N says few sentences about her challenging game in U11 Nationals “I (played white) was pitted with Aaradhya Upadhyay. Shé made an opening mistake and I got into a better Middle Game position. Later on, was able to convert it to a smooth win in the latter part of the game. The last round playing under pressure was very challenging and it was my only route to a TOP finish”.
Indusheetala N’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured GOLD in UVA Karnataka State Schools Chess Championship 2024 – Under 11 Girls held in Kundapur (Karnataka).
• Secured SILVER in Karntaka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2024
• Secured 16th place in MPL 35th National Under-9 Girls Chess Championships – 2022 held in Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
• Secured 4th place in Karnataka State Under 9 GIRLS Chess Championship 2022 held in Sagar (Karnataka).
Leah Joseph is 10 years old, student of St. Pauls English School, Blore. Started learning chess from 7 years and has a classical FIDE rating of 1632. Leah secured the 16th rank and scored 7.5/11 points in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 held at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Leah losses were with Dishita Dey (Jharkhand), 1st Runner up Pratitee Bordoloi (Karnataka) and with Thashvi M (Tamil Nadu) players. Rest of the rounds she emerged victorious.
Leah shares few sentences about her challenging game in U11 Nationals which was with Dishita Dey “I was playing as black and lost the game from a winning position due to time pressure which caused me to make mistakes in the end. In the 10th move, I had played BC5?! which was a bit dubious because the bishop should have instead been used to stop any possible attack that can be done to black’s kingdom. Later my opponent allowed me to gain some advantage on the queenside which I took but was unable to convert it “.
Leah’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured GOLD in Karntaka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2024 held in Belgaum, Karnataka.
• Secured GOLD in Karnataka State U-09 GIRLS Chess Championship – 2023 held in Bangalore.
• Secured 4th Rank in 34th National Under 8 Girls Chess Championship 2022 held in Vijayawada.
• Secured SILVER in Karnataka State Under 9 GIRLS Chess Championship 2022 held in Sagar (Karnataka)
• Secured 13th rank in MPL 35th National Under- 09 Girls Chess Championship held in Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
• Secured 6th rank in 36th National Under 09 Girls Chess Championship held at Jamshedpur.
Anvita Sathi is 11 years old, student of Atomic Energy Central School, Kaiga, Utara Kannada District, Karnataka Started learning chess from 8 years age. Her FIDE Classical rating is 1590. secured the 20th pos in 37th MPL U11 National Chess Championship 2024 . Anvita only losses were with Arpita Patankar (Gujrat) and Aahna Gulati (Haryana) players. Rest of the rounds finished with 6 wins & 3 draws. Her current classical FIDE rating is 1590. Anvita considers her elder sister Akshaya Sathi as her role model & mentor who is the currently U15 State CHAMPION GOLD WINNER Karnataka State U15 FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2024 .
Anvita says few sentences about her challenging game in U11 Nationals which was with the 1st Runner up Pratitee which resulted in a draw: “I was playing as white & this game was very complicated, I had winning advantage but couldn’t convert it. I should have played 21. Qf5! which was better for me but I missed it and at the end the game was drawn. I also equally enjoy participating in open-category State tournaments, which are challenging for girls. I constantly strive to learn new playing ideas, attacking methods, and strategies in these open events.”
Anvita’s other major achievements are as follows:
• Secured BRONZE in Karntaka State Under 11 Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship 2024
• Secured SILVER in UVA Karnataka State Schools Chess Championship 2024 – Under 13 Girls
• Secured the 6th place in Karnataka State Under 9 GIRLS Chess Championship 2022 held in Sagar (Karnataka)
