National Sub-Junior Under-15 2026: Prishita survives a big scare against Dishita

By admin October 15, 2026 0 comments

Both top seeds in the Open and Girls section of National Sub-Junior Under-15 Chess Championships 2026 were held to a draw each in Round 4.

Pavithra and Goutham stun Nivedita and Aarit

The fourth round of 51st National Sub-Junior Open and 42nd National Sub-Junior Girls Chess Championships was an eventful one. Both top seeds were denied a victory. The newly crowned National Under-17 Girls champion, WIM Prishita Gupta (DEL) was lost for the better part of the game against Dishita Dey (WB).

A dozen in the Open and eight in Girls are at a perfect score 4/4.

Open

IM Jval Saurin Patel (GUJ) – Satvik Andabatla (TEL): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Raihaan Zahid (TEL) – FM Madhvendra Pratap Sharma (MP): 0-1 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Aadik – Akhil

Position after 21..Qe4

FM Aadik Theophane Lenin (KER, 2354) had a single big opportunity against Sri Akhil Prasad (AP, 2044) in the above position. Find out what it was. White missed it and he had to settle for a draw via perpetual checks eventually.

FM Aadik Theophane Lenin (KER) – Sri Akhil Prasad (AP): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA R Anantharam

Indrajit Majumdar (KAR) – FM Advik Amit Agrawal (MAH): 0-1 | Photo: IA Anantharam R

FM Aarit Kapil (DEL) got outplayed by Goutham Ramesh (TN) in the endgame | Photo: IA Anantharam R

Girls

Prishita – Dishita

Position after 42.Bd3

Dishita Dey (WB, 1895) was winning the majority of the endgame against WIM Prishita Gupta (DEL, 2129). One of the best chances Black had in the endgame was after 42.Bd3. Find out the winning continuation for Black. The game continued 42…Kc6 43.g6 fxg6 44.Bxg6 Nf3 45.Be8+ Kb6 46.Kd3 and it ended in a draw in five more moves.