11-year-old Ved Phaur of India (born on 20th November 2014) has won the bronze medal at the 13th IBCA World Junior Chess Championship for the blind and visually impaired in Hersonissos, Crete. He scored 6.5/9 in the nine-round Swiss, behind Michal Racis of Poland and William Johansson of Sweden, who both finished on 7.5.
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | POL | 2067 | 7,5 | 44 | 48 | 37,5 | ||
2 | 1 | SWE | 2139 | 7,5 | 43,5 | 46,5 | 38,5 | ||
3 | 12 | IND | 1700 | 6,5 | 44,5 | 48 | 30,5 | ||
4 | 13 | UKR | 1691 | 6 | 45,5 | 48,5 | 29,5 | ||
5 | 6 | KAZ | 1902 | 5 | 46 | 50 | 26,25 | ||
6 | 14 | IND | 1646 | 5 | 45 | 48 | 21 | ||
7 | 5 | POL | 1908 | 5 | 40,5 | 43 | 18,75 | ||
8 | 3 | POL | 1924 | 5 | 40 | 43 | 21,25 | ||
9 | 15 | IND | 1642 | 4,5 | 43 | 46 | 17 | ||
10 | 7 | IND | 1845 | 4,5 | 37 | 39,5 | 17,25 | ||
11 | 10 | ESP | 1771 | 4 | 42 | 44,5 | 16 | ||
12 | 16 | KAZ | 1595 | 4 | 37 | 39,5 | 15 | ||
13 | 4 | ESP | 1913 | 4 | 34 | 36,5 | 13,25 | ||
14 | 11 | ECU | 1726 | 3,5 | 34 | 36,5 | 13,25 | ||
15 | 17 | KAZ | 1568 | 3,5 | 34 | 36,5 | 11,5 | ||
16 | 9 | SLO | 1781 | 3 | 38,5 | 41 | 9 | ||
17 | 8 | ESP | 1840 | 2,5 | 31,5 | 34 | 8,5 |
Ved was the 12th seed by rating (1700) among 17 players. Followers of ChessBase India will remember him from the Super Heroes Cup in March, where he beat Darshan Kshirsagar in the round of 16 and gave Darpan Inani a tough fight in the quarterfinals.
IM Satyapragyan, who was with the Indian team in Crete, called him "Ved is a very determined player and in couple of games his will to win was amazing. Considering this was his first International tournament winning bronze was great. He will do well in future too. A good prospect!", adding that winning bronze in his first international tournament was great. Ved trains at the Chess Pathshala Academy with GM Swapnil Dhopade and his full-time trainer is Shubham Lakudkar.
Support to Ved
Ved has been supported by HelpChess Foundation thanks to the contribution made by Bhupender Singh to the tune of Rs.50,000. Thanks to this performance we would like to support Ved with the Samay Raina scholarship of Rs.1 lakh.
