Report by IA Praful Zaveri
The Abu Dhabi Juniors, which is a part of Abu Dhabi Chess Festival – witnessed a complete Indian domination as the first five places were clinched by Indian players.
FM Pranesh won the championship with a whopping 8/9 and became richer by US $ 1500. There was a 3-way tie for the 2nd place but CM Kushagra Mohan became the runner-up with a better tie-break to win US $ 1000. FM Srihari L R & Aaryan Varshney secured 3rd and 4th position to win US $ 700 and US $ 500 respectively. All these players had scored 7.5 points.
The top-seeded Indian for this event, IM Leon Mendonca did not have a good event by his standards and finished 5th with a score of 7 points to win US $ 400.
Asylos Miras from Kazakhstan was the only player outside India to figure in the main prize list. He secured 6th position to bag US $ 300.
The Indian contingent is here as a part of ‘Exposure Tour’.
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 3 | FM | Pranesh M | U14 | IND | 2296 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 45,50 | ||
| 2 | 5 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | U16 | IND | 2252 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 56,5 | 45,50 | ||
| 3 | 6 | FM | Srihari L R | U14 | IND | 2227 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 56,5 | 45,25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | FM | Aaryan Varshney | U14 | IND | 2272 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 45,25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | IM | Mendonca Leon Luke | U14 | IND | 2401 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 57,0 | 42,00 | ||
| 6 | 25 | Assylov Miras | U12 | KAZ | 1535 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 45,5 | 35,00 | |||
| 7 | 26 | Gu Xianghan | U14 | CHN | 1523 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 44,5 | 33,75 | |||
| 8 | 9 | Hamad Essam | U16 | UAE | 1906 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 57,5 | 38,25 | |||
| 9 | 2 | Pranav V | U14 | IND | 2316 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 55,5 | 37,75 | |||
| 10 | 10 | CM | Sindarov Islombek | U12 | UZB | 1830 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 54,0 | 35,00 | ||
| 11 | 20 | Mukumov Arjin | U14 | UZB | 1617 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 51,5 | 34,50 | |||
| 12 | 24 | Satybaldy Adil | U10 | KAZ | 1542 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,5 | 31,75 | |||
| 13 | 21 | Singh Gurmeher | U14 | IND | 1605 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 49,0 | 32,75 | |||
| 14 | 19 | Aditya Ramanathan | U12 | IND | 1619 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 33,25 | |||
| 15 | 27 | Raji Sayel Abu Azizah | U14 | PLE | 1499 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 47,5 | 32,50 | |||
| 16 | 22 | Hamad Bader | U16 | UAE | 1581 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 43,5 | 29,50 | |||
| 17 | 18 | Krishnan Ritvik | U12 | IND | 1653 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 53,0 | 33,00 | |||
| 18 | 16 | Sabirov Rasul | U16 | KAZ | 1669 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 31,00 | |||
| 19 | 12 | Al Darmaky Sultan | U16 | UAE | 1776 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 52,0 | 30,00 | |||
| 20 | 11 | Satybaldy Amir | U16 | KAZ | 1781 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 51,0 | 32,00 |