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.
Round 2 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | 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 |
Under-8 Girls
Narayani Umesh Marathe (1416) defeated Amira Shomanova (KAZ). Nakshatra Gumudavelly drew with Alisha Bissaliyeva (KAZ, 1437).
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 |
Under-10 Open
Advik Amit Agarwal (1852) won against Davganamdag Tugsbilguun (MGL, 1610).
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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |
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).
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 |
Under-14 Girls
Shreya G Hipparagi (1833) defeated Nguyen Giang Hoang (VIE, 1554).
Round 2 pairings
| 2 | 8 | 25 | Ali Kausar | 1717 | 1 | 1 | Shreya G Hipparagi | 1833 | 12 |
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).
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 |
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).
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 |
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.
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 |
Photo Gallery
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.
