GM Abhimanyu Puranik bags Silver in World Junior Chess

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.

Winners: GM Abhimanyu Puranik (Silver), GM Parham Maghsoodloo (Gold) and IM Sergei Lobanov (Bronze).

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