Turkey: Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik beat Armenia’s Aram Hakobyam to clinch Silver at the 11-round FIDE World Junior Chess Championships which wrapped up on Sunday. Abhimanyu finished with 8.5 points to become only medal winner for India at the event. Whereas, Iran’s GM Parham Maghsoodloo made history and claimed Gold with a one-point margin. Russia’s IM Sergei Lobanov captured the Bronze.
Seeded 23rd, Abhimanyu trumped stronger rivals such as GM Van Foreest Jorden (NED), GM Firouzja Alireza (IRI) and GM Hakobyan Aram (ARM) to score 8.5 points/11. There was a three-way tie for the second spot between Abhimanyu, Sergei Lobanov and Andrei Esipenko (all 8.5) but the Pune-based youngster took the second spot, thanks to a better tie-break. The 18-year-old had a performance rating of 2683 and gained 22.6 rating points.
Tamil Nadu’s V Varshini was the best Indian finisher in the girls’ category, finishing 13th with seven points.
Russia’s unheralded Aleksandra Maltsevskaya won the gold. Overnight leader WGM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova of Uzbekistan had to be content with Silver and Georgia’s Nino Khomeriki clinched the Bronze.
Open: Final Ranking
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2649 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 76,0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 20,7 | |
| 2 | 23 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2524 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 69,5 | 73,0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22,6 | |
| 3 | 21 | IM | Lobanov Sergei | RUS | 2535 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 66,0 | 70,5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16,2 | |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 2593 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 65,0 | 68,5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11,5 | |
| 5 | 11 | GM | Tabatabaei M.Amin | IRI | 2576 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 74,5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10,4 | |
| 6 | 17 | GM | Bai Jinshi | CHN | 2556 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 65,0 | 69,0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9,8 | |
| 7 | 22 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2525 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 78,5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16,0 | |
| 8 | 18 | GM | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 2554 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 76,0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11,3 | |
| 9 | 40 | IM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2474 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 70,5 | 75,0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18,2 | |
| 10 | 8 | GM | Firouzja Alireza | IRI | 2582 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8,4 | |
| 11 | 3 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2614 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2,3 | |
| 12 | 13 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | IND | 2573 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 67,0 | 71,5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1,9 | |
| 13 | 2 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2624 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 65,5 | 70,0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6,5 | |
| 14 | 4 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2605 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 65,0 | 70,0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -0,5 | |
| 15 | 10 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2578 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 63,5 | 68,5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1,3 | |
| 16 | 5 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2597 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 63,5 | 68,0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -4,4 | |
| 17 | 26 | IM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2521 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 62,0 | 67,0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0,8 | |
| 18 | 19 | IM | Lomasov Semyon | RUS | 2545 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 62,0 | 66,5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -5,0 | |
| 19 | 38 | IM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2484 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 74,5 | 78,5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16,2 | |
| 20 | 27 | IM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2519 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 74,0 | 78,5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18,1 |
Girls: Final Ranking
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 19 | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | RUS | 2234 | 8,5 | 1,0 | 73,0 | 77,0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 55,6 | ||
| 2 | 4 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2369 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 16,2 | |
| 3 | 9 | WIM | Khomeriki Nino | GEO | 2313 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 75,5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 20,6 | |
| 4 | 45 | WFM | Nurgali Nazerke | KAZ | 2080 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 69,0 | 73,0 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 182,8 | |
| 5 | 7 | WIM | Dordzhieva Dinara | RUS | 2318 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 68,5 | 73,5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21,8 | |
| 6 | 1 | IM | Tsolakidou Stavroula | GRE | 2393 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 65,5 | 71,0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -0,3 | |
| 7 | 5 | WIM | Zhu Jiner | CHN | 2364 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 61,5 | 66,5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -3,8 | |
| 8 | 3 | FM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | RUS | 2371 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 78,0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1,2 | |
| 9 | 11 | FM | Antova Gabriela | FID | 2292 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 66,5 | 71,5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 7,8 | |
| 10 | 46 | Bai Xue | CHN | 2073 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 56,0 | 59,5 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 76,0 | ||
| 11 | 23 | WFM | Caglar Sila | TUR | 2208 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 55,0 | 58,5 | 6 | 6 | 40 | -24,4 | |
| 12 | 20 | WGM | Paramzina Anastasya | RUS | 2222 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 72,0 | 76,0 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21,4 | |
| 13 | 32 | WIM | Varshini V | IND | 2173 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 72,5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22,2 | |
| 14 | 8 | FM | Gorti Akshita | USA | 2315 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 66,5 | 72,0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -4,8 | |
| 15 | 24 | WIM | Ghukasyan Siranush | ARM | 2205 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 64,5 | 69,5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15,2 | |
| 16 | 14 | WFM | Potapova Margarita | RUS | 2277 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 64,0 | 68,5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 7,2 | |
| 17 | 2 | IM | Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel | MGL | 2377 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 65,5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -19,5 | |
| 18 | 15 | WFM | Sliwicka Alicja | POL | 2272 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 73,0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -8,4 | |
| 19 | 28 | WFM | Kanakova Natalie | CZE | 2201 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 66,0 | 70,0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 2,2 | |
| 20 | 10 | WIM | Unuk Laura | SLO | 2299 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 63,5 | 68,5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -27,2 |
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