Asian Youth Chess Championship 2015.
Report of Day 5 by FI. Praful Zaveri
India & Iran in Close Race for Overall Supremacy
The Asian Youth Chess Championship 2015 in progress here at Kyung Hee University, Suwon, South Korea is headed for an exciting finish between India & Iran to decide the overall supremacy.
At the end of penultimate round, both India & Iran are leading in 4 categories each and the final round encounter tomorrow will decisive.
The leaders for India are Chandreyee Hajra (GU16), R. Vaishali (GU14), Krishna Teja (OU18) & Bharath Subramaniyam (OU8) while IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin (OU16), Alireza Firouzja (OU12), Aryan Gholami (GU14) & Gholami Orimi Anahita (GU18) are leaders for Iran.
India go into the final round with slight edge as Divya Deshmukh is jointly lead the GU10 section with the Mongolian player, Mungunzul Bat and has better tie-break.
Since the last round pairing regulations avoids pairings of players from same countries, India is expected to score heavily and is certain to top the supremacy for total medals in this event.
Top Five Ranking at the End of Day 5:
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-18 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 6 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | Gholami Orimi Anahita | IRI | 2046 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Lasya.G | IND | 1973 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| 3 | WFM | Varshini V | IND | 2040 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Parpieva Nodirabegim | UZB | 1867 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | Divya Lakshmi R | IND | 1825 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-16 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | Chandreyee Hajra | IND | 1780 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Aakanksha Hagawane | IND | 2031 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3 | Harshita Guddanti | IND | 1949 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4 | WFM | Savant Riya | IND | 2153 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Hu Yu A. | CHN | 1971 | 5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-14 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | WFM | Vaishali R | IND | 2307 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | IND | 1824 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3 | WCM | Yang Yijing | CHN | 1958 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 4 | Vantika Agrawal | IND | 1951 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Harshini A | IND | 1826 | 5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-14 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | WFM | Vaishali R | IND | 2307 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | IND | 1824 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3 | WCM | Yang Yijing | CHN | 1958 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 4 | Vantika Agrawal | IND | 1951 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Harshini A | IND | 1826 | 5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-12 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | WFM | Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong | VIE | 1631 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Tan Huynh Thanh Truc | VIE | 1606 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 3 | WCM | Salonika Saina | IND | 1853 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 4 | WCM | Mrudul Dehankar | IND | 1859 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Tamir Saruul | MGL | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-10 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 1788 | 6.5 | 1 |
| 2 | WCM | Mungunzul Bat-Erdene | MGL | 1564 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 3 | WCM | Altantuya Boldbaatar | MGL | 1538 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Rakshitta Ravi | IND | 1568 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ghomi Parnian | IRI | 1424 | 5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-8 Girls) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | Wei Yaqing | CHN | 1472 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Nguyen Le Cam Hien | VIE | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 3 | Prathivya Gupta | IND | 1287 | 6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Khaliunaa Gankhulug | MGL | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Savitha Shri B | IND | 1337 | 5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-18 Open) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 6 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | Krishna Teja N | IND | 2222 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Taalaibekov Tagir | KGZ | 2195 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | Baivab Mishra | IND | 2084 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | Khodashenas Mersad | IRI | 2333 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5 | Aradhya Garg | IND | 2129 | 4 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-16 Open) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | IM | Lorparizangeneh Shahin | IRI | 2425 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2 | Tahbaz Arash | IRI | 2318 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3 | FM | Tran Minh Thang | VIE | 2235 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 4 | Ritviz Parab | IND | 2260 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Karthik V. Ap | IND | 2256 | 5 | 0 | |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-14 Open) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | FM | Gholami Aryan | IRI | 2392 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | FM | Nguyen Anh Khoi | VIE | 2358 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2296 | 6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Fendereski Nima | IRI | 2268 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | FM | Wong Yinn Long | MAS | 2097 | 5 | 1 |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-12 Open) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | Firouzja Alireza | IRI | 2309 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2130 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3 | Harshavardhan G B | IND | 1810 | 5.5 | 0.5 | |
| 4 | CM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2259 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| 5 | CM | Kushagra Mohan | IND | 1946 | 5 | 0 |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-10 Open) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | CM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2198 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2 | CM | Amartuvshin Ganzorig | MGL | 1731 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 3 | Daneshvar Bardiya | IRI | 1751 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | FM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2104 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 5 | CM | Aditya Mittal | IND | 1755 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-8 Open) | ||||||
| Rank after Round 8 | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | Bharath Subramaniyam H | IND | 1637 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2 | CM | Sindarov Islombek | UZB | 1551 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Shahil Dey | IND | 1481 | 5.5 | 2 | |
| 4 | CM | Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts | MGL | 1431 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 5 | Prraneeth Vuppala | IND | 1390 | 5.5 | 0 | |
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