Aarush Dolas shines in World Schools Chess Championship 2019

Photos Courtesy: IM Abhishek Kelkar

The World School Chess Championship 2019 was held in Antalya, Turkey from 17th of April (day of arrival) until 27th of April 2019 (day of departure). There were 392 players from 33 different countries competing in age categories of u-7, u-9, u-11, u-13, u-15 and u-17 with each age group divided into open and girls categories.

India’s Aarush Dolas scored a scintillating 8.0/9 to win the Gold medal in Under 7 category. He won the final round to clinch clear first.

Another Indian in the fray, Nivaan Rathin Khandhadia scored 6.5/9 in the same category and secured a Bronze medal.

Rank after Round 9

RANK	SNO.	NAME	RTG	FED	PTS	RES.	BH.	BH.	VICT	VICT
1	7	Dolas, Aarush	1035	IND	8	0	47	50	5	8
2	8	Abdsattar, Alisher		KAZ	7½	0	45½	49	3	7
3	23	Khandhadia, Nivaan Rathin		IND	6½	½	48	53	3	6
4	18	Gabadadze, Gabriel		GEO	6½	½	43½	47½	1	5
5	29	Pehlivan, Mete		TUR	6	0	45	49	3	5
6	14	Bayramiclilar, Yusuf Ruzgar		TUR	6	0	43½	47	3	6
7	36	Tuvshintulga, Tumurchudur		MGL	6	0	40	44	2	5
8	17	Erdene-Ochir, Sodbileg		MGL	6	0	38	40	3	5
9	9	Allaberganov, Akbar		UZB	5½	0	39	41	3	5
10	11	Anand, Munkhbat		MGL	5	0	46½	50	2	3
11	6	Allahverdi, Umid	1038	AZE	5	0	44	47½	1	4
12	2	Damodaran, Patrick	1159	ENG	5	0	44	46	1	5
13	3	Kaliakhmet, Elsultan	1119	KAZ	5	0	43	46	2	4
14	15	Bhandari, Arjun		IND	5	0	42½	45½	1	5
15	34	Simsek, Can		TUR	5	0	41½	45½	3	5
16	25	Kuandykuly, Danis		KAZ	5	0	41	44½	2	5
17	38	Zor, Dorukhan		TUR	5	0	34½	36½	2	5
18	4	Ochirbat, Munkhbat	1112	MGL	5	0	34	36	2	5
19	12	Aryn, Alidar		KAZ	5	0	32½	35	2	5
20	1	Karakash, Kirill	1252	KAZ	4½	0	44	47½	1	3
21	24	Kilic, Mehmet		TUR	4½	0	42½	45½	0	4
22	20	Incecinar, Abdullah Mete		TUR	4½	0	35½	38½	1	4
23	13	Babayev, Yusif		AZE	4	0	39½	40	2	4
24	5	Rashid, Husain Alhammadi	1040	UAE	4	0	39	42	1	4
25	10	Amangeldy, Ramazan		KAZ	4	0	35½	37½	2	4
26	31	Radaliyagoda, Thanuja Nethsara		SRI	4	0	35½	36	2	4
27	37	Yilmaz, Baver		TUR	4	0	35½	36	1	4
28	33	Sahbudak, Baris Cinar		TUR	3½	0	40	43	1	3
29	27	Li, Rolan		KAZ	3½	0	39½	42½	1	3
30	30	Premarathne, W M Lavindu Sohas		SRI	3½	0	30	30½	2	3
31	16	Caicedo Vallejo, Jacobo		COL	3	0	32½	35	1	3
32	35	Suraweera, Dulin Hansilu		SRI	3	0	32½	34½	1	3
33	26	Kuznetsov, Makar E.		RUS	3	0	32	32½	2	3
34	22	Kabinazar, Assanali		KAZ	3	0	27½	28	2	3
35	19	Gadimov, Magsud		AZE	2½	0	27½	28	0	2
36	21	Iskanderov, Yavuz		KAZ	2	1	29½	30	1	2
37	28	Mithun, Pranav		IND	2	0	30½	31	2	2
38	32	Rankwane, Cleopatra Keaobaka		BOT	½	0	26	28	0	0