Aravindh Chithambaram scores bronze in World Juniors 2017

Grandmaster and former National Junior Champion Aravindh Chithambaram came up with an inspired performance in the final round to crush Xu Xiangyu of China and annexed the bronze medal in the World Juniors Chess Championship 2017.

The Chennai-based was in his elements in the final round as Xu found no defense. Playing Black, it was a queen pawn opening by the Chinese and Aravindh chose an off-beat system that soon spelt doom. The middle game was one sided as Xu struggled on all parts of the board and it took just 38 moves for Aravindh to wrap the issues.

Norwegian Grandmaster Aryan Tari won the Gold while the Silver medal went to GM Petrosyan Manuel of Armenia. IM Praggnanandhaa R, who finished fourth, played out a draw with GM Svane Rasmus.

Praggnanandhaa made his maiden Grandmaster norm with his splendid performance in this tournament.

The Women’s Championship was won by IM Abdumalik Zhansaya who got rewarded for some excellent play in the early phase of the event. In the final round Ghate defeated Indian junior champion Kumar Gaurav. The Silver here went to WGM Paramzina Anastasya while FM Yu Jennifer had to be content with the bronze.

Open: Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	5	GM	Tari Aryan	NOR	2581	8,5	0,0	72,0	78,0	5	6,0	2718	8,5	6,58	1,92	10	19,2
2	16	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	2554	8,5	0,0	67,0	72,5	6	7,0	2670	8,5	6,91	1,59	10	15,9
3	7	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2572	8,5	0,0	66,0	70,5	5	7,0	2645	8,5	7,41	1,09	10	10,9
4	26	IM	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2509	8,0	0,0	72,5	77,5	6	5,0	2688	8	5,41	2,59	10	25,9
5	1	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	NED	2616	8,0	0,0	71,0	77,0	5	7,0	2631	8	7,78	0,22	10	2,2
6	32	FM	Sorokin Aleksey	RUS	2483	8,0	0,0	69,5	75,0	6	7,0	2673	8	5,24	2,76	10	27,6
7	6	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	IND	2578	8,0	0,0	67,0	72,0	5	7,0	2654	8	6,97	1,03	10	10,3
8	30	IM	Lomasov Semen	RUS	2490	7,5	0,0	74,5	79,5	5	4,0	2630	7,5	5,36	2,14	10	21,4
9	11	GM	Alekseenko Kirill	RUS	2563	7,5	0,0	74,0	79,5	5	7,0	2628	7,5	6,51	0,99	10	9,9
10	21	IM	Xu Xiangyu	CHN	2543	7,5	0,0	72,0	76,5	5	5,0	2597	7,5	6,65	0,85	10	8,5

Girls: Final Ranking after 11 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	IM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	KAZ	2428	9,5	0,0	71,5	77,0	6	9,0	11	9,5	7,45	2,05	10	20,5
2	44	WGM	Paramzina Anastasya	RUS	2123	8,5	0,0	70,5	71,0	5	7,0	11	8,5	3,35	5,15	20	103,0
3	13	FM	Yu Jennifer	USA	2321	8,0	0,0	69,0	74,5	5	6,0	11	8	6,28	1,72	20	34,4
4	11	WGM	Tsolakidou Stavroula	GRE	2340	8,0	0,0	66,0	70,5	5	7,0	11	8	6,30	1,70	20	34,0
5	16	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	UZB	2306	8,0	0,0	65,0	69,0	5	6,0	11	8	6,86	1,14	20	22,8
6	10	IM	Osmak Iulija	UKR	2345	7,5	0,0	74,5	80,0	6	5,0	11	7,5	6,55	0,95	10	9,5
7	5	WIM	Shuvalova Polina	RUS	2386	7,5	0,0	68,5	73,5	5	6,0	11	7,5	7,60	-0,10	10	-1,0
8	22	WIM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2244	7,5	0,0	60,5	65,5	6	6,0	11	7,5	6,10	1,40	20	28,0
9	43	WFM	Kanakova Natalie	CZE	2134	7,5	0,0	60,0	63,5	6	6,0	11	7,5	4,58	2,92	40	116,8
10	8	IM	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	MGL	2358	7,0	0,0	72,0	77,0	5	6,0	10	6	5,95	0,05	10	0,5