State Open Varanasi (December 26 to December 31) was dominated by players from Varanasi. :
Open Category
1-IM Dinesh Kumar Sharma 9 (71.5)
2-Anurag Srivastava 9 (61)
3- Adarsh Srivastva 8 (72)
4- Amit Kumar Tiwari 8 (69.5)
5- Dinesh Pandey 8 (66)
6- Vikalp Shukla 8 (57.5)
6- Shubham Jaiswal 7.5
There were 12 players on 7 points.
Women
1-Kavita Patel 2-Shivangi Mishra 3- Vani Viz
U-14 Girls
1-Ayushi Jaiswal 2-Ishita Singh 3-Hansika Gupta
U-14 Boys
1-Kaustubh Jaiswal 2-Kaustubh Kumar Jaiswal 3-Anuj Kumar Pathak
U-11 Girls
1-Ananya Singh 2-Wagmee Singh 3-Prathana Dharmputri
U-11 Boys
1-Shivam Srivastava 2- Amrendra Dave 3-Aman
Schools
1-Sunbeam School Lahartara
2-Sunbeam School Bhagwanpur
3-Varanasi Public School
Maximum entries were from Sunbeam School Bhagwanpur

Open Category
1-IM Dinesh Kumar Sharma 9 (71.5)
2-Anurag Srivastava 9 (61)
3- Adarsh Srivastva 8 (72)
4- Amit Kumar Tiwari 8 (69.5)
5- Dinesh Pandey 8 (66)
6- Vikalp Shukla 8 (57.5)
6- Shubham Jaiswal 7.5
There were 12 players on 7 points.
Women
1-Kavita Patel 2-Shivangi Mishra 3- Vani Viz
U-14 Girls
1-Ayushi Jaiswal 2-Ishita Singh 3-Hansika Gupta
U-14 Boys
1-Kaustubh Jaiswal 2-Kaustubh Kumar Jaiswal 3-Anuj Kumar Pathak
U-11 Girls
1-Ananya Singh 2-Wagmee Singh 3-Prathana Dharmputri
U-11 Boys
1-Shivam Srivastava 2- Amrendra Dave 3-Aman
Schools
1-Sunbeam School Lahartara
2-Sunbeam School Bhagwanpur
3-Varanasi Public School
Maximum entries were from Sunbeam School Bhagwanpur