2017 World Juniors 01-03: IM Bharathakoti among the early leaders

7 years ago

FIDE World Junior and Girl Under 20 Chess Championship 2017

Tarvisio, Italy: The World Juniors Chess Championship has commenced on November 12. This eleven-round event will run until November 26th. India has a strong contingent consisting of 13 participants in the Open and 11 in the Girls championship.

At the end of three rounds, reigning Indian Junior Champion IM Harsha Bharathakoti emerged as the joint leader with a perfect score of 3.0/3 points. Trailing behind him with 2.5/3 points is World’s Youngest International Master Praggananadhaa R.

Harsha capitalized on the blunder made by his Vietnamese opponent on move 21..Oc2. The game which was roughly equal flipped completely in White’s favour. The rest was a matter of a technique, Harsha took home the point with ease.

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IM Praggnanandhaa R defeated IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh in round 2

In the Girls Championship, WIM Akanksha Hagawane is the lone India with 2.5/3 points. Whereas, WIM Vaishali R. who played on Board 1 against top-seeded IM Abdumalik Zhansaya of Kazakstan lost the battle. The game saw many ups and downs but in the end, Zhansaya found her way to victory.

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The fourth round will start today at 07.30 p.m.

Open/Pairings

Round 4

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	45	GM	Kobo Ori	2460	3		3	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	2563	11
2	47	IM	Harsha Bharathakoti	2445	3		3	FM	Sorokin Aleksey	2483	32
3	26	IM	Praggnanandhaa R	2509	2½		2½	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2616	1
4	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2606	2½		2½	IM	Triapishko Alexandr	2508	28
5	4	GM	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	2585	2½		2½	IM	Lomasov Semen	2490	30
6	36	IM	Van Foreest Lucas	2474	2½		2½	GM	Tari Aryan	2581	5
7	6	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2578	2½		2½	GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2506	29
8	12	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2561	2½		2½	IM	Gholami Aryan	2483	31
9	14	GM	Liang Awonder	2558	2½		2½	IM	Morozov Nichita	2467	43
10	42	IM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2468	2½		2½	GM	Bai Jinshi	2553	17

Girls/Pairings

Round 4

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	10	IM	Osmak Iulija	UKR	2345	3		3	IM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	KAZ	2428	1
2	14	WIM	Obolentseva Alexandra	RUS	2320	3		3	IM	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	MGL	2358	8
3	2	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2419	2½		2½	FM	Yu Jennifer	USA	2321	13
4	11	WGM	Tsolakidou Stavroula	GRE	2340	2½		2½	WFM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	RUS	2395	3
5	15	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2312	2½		2½	WIM	Shuvalova Polina	RUS	2386	5
6	17	WIM	Styazhkina Anna	RUS	2301	2½		2½	WIM	Khomeriki Nino	GEO	2347	9
7	7		Zhu Jiner	CHN	2363	2		2½		Ning Kaiyu	CHN	2173	33
8	4	WGM	Mammadzada Gunay	AZE	2393	2		2	FM	Di Benedetto Desiree	ITA	2190	31
9	6	WIM	Badelka Olga	BLR	2374	2		2	WFM	Gueci Tea	ITA	2161	35
10	12	WIM	Vaishali R	IND	2325	2		2	WIM	Pratyusha Bodda	IND	2152	37