26th Asian Youth R1: 23 Indians score a full point

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/06/2024

23 out of 35 Indians have scored a full point in the first round of 26th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024. Two out of three Gold medal winners - Narayani Umesh Marathe and Pratitee Bordoloi have won their respective games. Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam drew against sixth seeded - Adinur Adilbek in Under-8 Open. Unrated Nakshatra Gumudavelly drew with Alisha Bissaliyeva (KAZ). Swayham P Das held FM Gaurang Bagwe to a draw. Swayham will face another compatriot in the second round, IM Harsh Suresh. Rajarajeshwari Yogesh Deshmukh defeated Al-Qudah Rubah (JOR). Round 2 starts tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Top seeds make a smooth start

GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ) and WGM Gulmira Dauletova (KAZ), Executive Director, Kazakhstan Chess Federation made the ceremonial first move of the first round on Under-18 Open top board. Later in the day after the conclusion of the round, there was a Q&A session with Alisher. He answered all questions asked by players, parents and accompanying persons.

Under-8 Open

Sarbartho Mani (1587), Hriday Garg (1554) and Kavish Palaniappan K (1551) made a winning start against Chimedtseyen Munkhtulga (MGL, 1453), Salman Khilou (KGZ) and Khudoyorkhon Khusanbaev (UZB) respectively. Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam (1414) held Adinur Adilbek (KAZ, 1600) to a draw.

Chimedtseyen Munkhtulga (MGL) - Sarbartho Mani: 0-1

Adinur Adilbek (KAZ) - Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam: 0.5-0.5

Hriday Garg takes a quick glance away from the board before completing his move against Salman Khilou (KGZ)

Round 2 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
2	1	1	ACM	Mani Sarbartho	1733	1	1	ACM	Kavish Palaniappan K	1551	16
2	11	15		Hriday Garg	1554	1	1		Zhang Yangming	0	54
2	12	33		Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam	1414	½	½		Ulan Rizat	1733	2

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Under-8 Girls

Narayani Umesh Marathe (1416) defeated Amira Shomanova (KAZ). Nakshatra Gumudavelly drew with Alisha Bissaliyeva (KAZ, 1437).

Narayani Umesh Marathe - Amira Shomanova: 1-0

Alisha Bissaliyeva (KAZ) - Nakshatra Gumudavelly: 0.5-0.5

Round 2 pairings

2	2	2			Nguyen Vu Bao Chau	1541	1		1		Narayani Umesh Marathe	1416		15
2	11	31			Nakshatra Gumudavelly	0	½		½		Volkova Varvara	0		40

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Under-10 Open

Advik Amit Agarwal (1852) won against Davganamdag Tugsbilguun (MGL, 1610).

Davganamdag Tugsbilguun (MGL) - Advik Amit Agarwal: 0-1

Round 2 pairings

2	1	3			Advik Amit Agrawal	1852	1		1		Kiringoda Thehas Rithmitha	1641		32
2	27	57			Sagyndyk Sanzhar	1500	0		0		Rishen Jilowa	1655		28

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Under-10 Girls

Aaradhya Das (1762), Briji Divesh (1639), Samhita Pungavanam (1596) and Kiyana Parihar (1559) scored a victory against Adiya Mamesh (KAZ, 1511), Yana Nogovitsina (1466), Alisha Amanova (KAZ) and Asal Kodirova (UZB) respectively.

Adiya Mamesh (KAZ) - Aaradhya Das: 0-1

Yana Nogovitsina - Brijesh Divi: 0-1

Alisha Amanova (KAZ) - Samhita Pungavanam: 0-1

Kiyana Parihar - Asal Kodirova: 1-0

Round 2 pairings

2	3	3	Aaradhya Das	1762	1	1	Liang Chenzhuo	1595	18
2	4	17	Samhita Pungavanam	1596	1	1	Yunker Alisa Genrietta	1735	4
2	6	7	Tselmuun Ider	1681	1	1	Kiyana Parihar	1559	20
2	8	11	Divi Bijesh	1639	1	1	Vo Mai Phuong	1550	24
2	13	21	Poliak Margarita	1556	½	½	Pooja Shree R	1647	10

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Under-12 Open

Ayaan Garg (1861) and Aadik Theophane Lenin (1852) scored full points against Abdulboriy Abdulvaliev (KAZ, 1637) and Huazhen Nicholas Kuo (SGP, 1637)

Round 2 pairings

2	10	44		Nguyen Le Nguyen	1673	1	1	Ayaan Garg	1861	14
2	11	15	AIM	Aadik Theophane Lenin	1852	1	1	Zhandos Akarys	1724	34
2	24	54		Khaled Seyam	1624	0	0	Siddhanth Poonja	1958	6

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Under-12 Girls

Pratitee Bordoloi (1796), Pavithra R V (1614) and Siddhi Rao (1601) won their games against Adina Baideldinova (KAZ, 1586), Yosamin Khojaeva (TJK, 1426) and Divya Gowrisankar respectively.

Pratitee Bordoloi - Adina Baideldinova (KAZ): 1-0

Siddhi Rao - Divya Gowrisankar: 1-0

Round 2 pairings

2	2	15	Khasanova Ezozakhon	1658	1	1	Pratitee Bordoloi	1796	2
2	8	21	Pavithra R V	1614	1	1	Xikmatkhonova Mokhinur	1706	10
2	9	11	Tereshchenko Eliza	1694	1	1	Siddhi Rao	1601	22
2	23	46	Divya Gowrisankar	0	0	0	Kairbekova Albina	1501	35

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Under-14 Open

Viresh Sharnarthi (2076) and Raghav V (1959) won their games against D D L N Dandeniya (SRI, 1785) and Muhammadsolih Rakhmatullaev (UZB, 1691).

D D L N Dandeniya (SRI) - Viresh Sharnarthi: 0-1

Muhammadsolih Rakhmatullaev (KAZ) - Raghav V: 0-1

Round 2 pairings

2	4	19		Raghav V	1959	1	1	FM	Averin Nikolay	2250	4
2	9	23	ACM	Winartha Muhammad Abdillah Fatih	1923	1	1		Sharnarthi Viresh	2076	10
2	14	31		Oskenbay Alisher	1864	1	½		Sriram Adarsh Uppala	2163	6

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Under-14 Girls

Shreya G Hipparagi (1833) defeated Nguyen Giang Hoang (VIE, 1554).

Round 2 pairings

Ali Kausar

1717

Shreya G Hipparagi

1833

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Under-16 Open

Samyak Dharewa (2022) and CM Velavaa Ragavesh (1987) scored full points against Moeed Yusuf Ahmed (PAK, 1694) and Faisal Alghanim (KUW, 1595) respectively. Pranay Akula (2015) got a walk over against Adilzhan Sadybekov (KAZ, 1674).

Samyak Dharewa - Moeed Yusuf Ahmed (PAK): 1-0

CM Velavaa Ragavesh - Faisal Alghanim (KUW): 1-0

Pranay Akula got a walk over against Adilzhan Sadybekov (KAZ)

Round 2 pairings

2	14	31		Oskenbay Alisher	1864	1	½		Sriram Adarsh Uppala	2163	6
2	3	5	FM	Goh Zi Han	2306	1	1		Samyak Dharewa	2022	22
2	6	11	FM	Amangeldy Ernur	2223	1	1		Pranay Akula	2015	24
2	8	13		Bayantas Asman	2140	1	1	CM	Velavaa Ragavesh	1987	26
2	19	31		Daksh Goyal	1948	0	0		Niramitpattanakoson Ditsapat	1773	48

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Under-18 Open

Swayham P Das (1853) held FM Gaurang Bagwe (2300) to a draw. Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2163) defeated Kuan-Chieh Wu (TPE, 1678).

Kuan-Chieh Wu (TPE) - Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy: 0-1

Round 2 pairings

2	2	18		Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy	2163	1	1	CM	Dau Khuong Duy	2380	5
2	12	2	IM	Harsh Suresh	2426	½	½		Swayham P Das	1853	33
2	14	8	FM	Bagwe Gaurang	2300	½	½		Abdullaev Rasulbek	1948	27
2	15	28		Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha	1933	½	½	FM	Krishnan Ritvik	2297	9

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Under-18 Girls

Rajanya Datta (1766) and Rajarajeshwari Yogesh Deshmukh (1628) scored a win each against Ruelle Canino (PHI, 2097) and Al-Qudah Rubah (JOR, 1927) respectively. Rajanya won a back and forth battle which could have gone either player's way.

Rajanya Datta - Ruelle Canino (PHI): 1-0

Round 2 pairings

2	6	10		WCM	Sanudula K M Dahamdi	1934	1		1		Rajanya Datta	1766		21
2	7	30			Rajarajeshwari Yogesh Deshmukh	1628	1		1	WCM	Altynbek Aiaru	1928		11

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Photo Gallery

GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ) and WGM Gulmira Dauletova (KAZ), Executive Director, Kazakhstan Chess Federation made the ceremonial first move on Under-18 Open top board in presence of the Chief Arbiter - IA Husan Turdialiev (USB)

The top boards of each section are now playing on the stage

Q&A, Photo and Autograph session with GM Alisher Suleymenov

The Q&A session video will be published soon. Alisher answered questions asked by players, parents and accompanying persons. He selected Hafsa Qamar's (PAK, U18G) question to be the best question asked out of all. She received a brand new wooden chess board autographed by the Grandmaster. He also signed various autographs and posed for photos for the participating children and also their accompanying persons.

Q&A with GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ) | Video: ChessBase India

Players, parents and accompanying persons were listening with rapt attention

Hafsa Qamar (PAK) won a board signed by GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ) who also selected the winner out of all questions asked to him

GM Alisher Suleymenov signed autographs, posed for photographs with participants and their accompanying persons

Replay live stream

Replay 26th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024 Round 1 Live Commentary | Video: Kazakhstan Chess Federation

Replay Under-18 Open Round 1 games

Replay Under-18 Girls Round 1 games

Links

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Tournament Regulations

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