2017 World Juniors: Praggnanandhaa gains maiden GM norm

7 years ago

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The World Juniors Chess Championship 2017 is closing to an end. In the Open section, after nine rounds two Indians are eyeing for top honors. Twelve-year-old IM Praggnandhaa R. is in the joint second spot, closely trailing behind him is GM Aravindh Chidambaram with a half-point margin. Grandmasters Aryan Tari (NOR) and Alekseenko Kirill (RUS) are jointly leading the tournament.

World’s youngest International Master Praggnandhaa R. made the nation proud by scoring his maiden GM norm. He drew against GM Alekseenko Kirill in the seventh round. Special mention goes for his game against American prodigy GM Awonder Liang.

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He will play against IM Lomasov Semen of Russia in the tenth round today.

Another Indian on the top boards is GM Aravindh Chidambaram.

In the Girls section, a podium finish for Indians looks dull. IM Abdumalik Zhansaya of Kazakhstan is maintaining top spot with 7.5 points. Closely followed by FM Yu Jennifer (USA) and WGM Tsolakidou Stavroula (GRE) with 7 points.

Pairings/Results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	5	GM	Tari Aryan	2581	7½		7	IM	Xu Xiangyu	2543	21
2	7	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2572	6½		7½	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	2563	11
3	26	IM	Praggnanandhaa R	2509	7		6½	IM	Lomasov Semen	2490	30
4	22	GM	Tran Tuan Minh	2538	6½		6½	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2616	1
5	16	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2554	6½		6½	GM	Bai Jinshi	2553	17
6	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2606	6		6	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2506	29
7	31	IM	Gholami Aryan	2483	6		6	GM	Svane Rasmus	2587	3
8	6	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2578	6		6	GM	Salomon Johan	2476	35
9	12	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2561	6		6	GM	Gagare Shardul	2482	33
10	32	FM	Sorokin Aleksey	2483	6		6	GM	Vaibhav Suri	2560	13

Pairings/Results

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	11	WGM	Tsolakidou Stavroula	GRE	2340	7		7½	IM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	KAZ	2428	1
2	8	IM	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	MGL	2358	6½		7	FM	Yu Jennifer	USA	2321	13
3	10	IM	Osmak Iulija	UKR	2345	6½		6½	WIM	Shuvalova Polina	RUS	2386	5
4	44	WGM	Paramzina Anastasya	RUS	2123	6½		6½	WIM	Obolentseva Alexandra	RUS	2320	14
5	16	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	UZB	2306	6		6	WFM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	RUS	2395	3
6	6	WIM	Badelka Olga	BLR	2374	6		6	FM	Antova Gabriela	FID	2257	21
7	24	WIM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	MGL	2213	6		6	WIM	Dordzhieva Dinara	RUS	2295	18
8	20	WIM	Terbe Julianna	HUN	2263	5½		6	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2312	15
9	2	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2419	5½		5½	WIM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2244	22
10	43	WFM	Kanakova Natalie	CZE	2134	5½		5½		Zhu Jiner	CHN	2363	7