Velavaa emerges sole leader
Lots of Indians are in pursuit of the leaders of their respective category.
Under-8 Open
Hriday Garg (1554), Sarbartho Mani (1733) and Kavish Palaniappan K (1551) - all three are at 3/4 each. Hriday lost the fourth game, Sarbartho bounced back well by winning both games on the double round day. Kavish lost his third round battle.
Round 5 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 14 | Sarsenayev Daniyal | 1560 | 3 | 3 | ACM | Mani Sarbartho | 1733 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | AFM | Meiyazhagan Kaviinayan | 1626 | 3 | 3 | Hriday Garg | 1554 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Sidikov Shohjahon | 1583 | 3 | 3 | ACM | Kavish Palaniappan K | 1551 | 16 | ||||
| 5 | 11 | 9 | Kalinin Bogdan | 1579 | 2 | 2½ | Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam | 1414 | 33 |
Under-8 Girls
Narayani Umesh Marathe (1416) continues her perfect run. In the fourth round, she defeated the top seed Asena Golizadeh (IRI, 1561) to maintain her lead with Qinran Chen (CHN, 1451). She had defeated Asena in the final round of Rapid too. Nakshatra Gumudavelly is undefeated at 3/4.
Narayani - Asena, Round 4
To get an inkling about the strength of the competition, just take a look at the above position. 26...Rc2! is a neat trick. White cannot take the e3-knight with her queen then there is a mate in two. Instead, 27.h4 is the only move Rxd2 28.hxg5 Nxg2 29.Rc1 g6 30.Rc3? Nh4 31.Rd3 Rc2?? 32.Nd4 White got the piece and won the game.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 1 | 9 | Chen Qinran | 1451 | 4 | 4 | Narayani Umesh Marathe | 1416 | 15 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 31 | Nakshatra Gumudavelly | 0 | 3 | 3 | Kim Leyla | 1439 | 10 |
Under-10 Open
Advik Amit Agarwal (1852) bounced back strong by winning both of his games, taking his score to 3/4.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 4 | 18 | Zhou Martin | 1711 | 3 | 3 | Advik Amit Agrawal | 1852 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 12 | 28 | Rishen Jilowa | 1655 | 2½ | 2½ | Anetov Amirzhan | 1770 | 9 |
Under-10 Girls
Bijesh Divi (1639) won both of her games to maintain a perfect score 4/4. She will face her coleader, Alisa Genrietta Yunker (1735) in the fifth round.
Bijesh - Yucan, Round 4
25...Kg7? 26.Rxf6! a nice tactic Bxg2+ 27.Kg1 Rxf6 28.Rxf6 Qe4 29.Qf2 Rd8 30.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Kxf6 32.Bh4+ and White went on to win the game.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Yunker Alisa Genrietta | 1735 | 4 | 4 | Divi Bijesh | 1639 | 11 | |||||
| 5 | 7 | 20 | Kiyana Parihar | 1559 | 2½ | 2½ | Pooja Shree R | 1647 | 10 | |||||
| 5 | 11 | 27 | Khusnitdinova Husnorakhon | 1514 | 2½ | 2 | Aaradhya Das | 1762 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 13 | 41 | Abibulla Inzhu | 1405 | 2 | 2 | Samhita Pungavanam | 1596 | 17 |
Under-12 Open
Aadik Theophane Lenin (1852) won both of his games to stay in the lead 4/4. He will face his coleader CM Ramtin Kakavand (IRI, 2059) in the fifth round. Ayaan Garg (1861) drew his third round game and won the fourth one. He is now at 3.5/4. Siddhanth Poonja won both of his games to take his score 3/4.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 1 | 15 | AIM | Aadik Theophane Lenin | 1852 | 4 | 4 | CM | Kakavand Ramtin | 2059 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 14 | Ayaan Garg | 1861 | 3½ | 3½ | Kleschevnikov Arseny | 1895 | 11 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Siddhanth Poonja | 1958 | 3 | 3½ | Sanches-Shananin Adrian | 1863 | 13 |
Under-12 Girls
Pavithra R V (1614) won one and drew the other. She is at 3.5/4. Pratitee Bordoloi (1796) suffered her first loss of the event against Le Vy Tran (VIE, 1755) who emerged sole leader 4/4.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Pratitee Bordoloi | 1796 | 3 | 3½ | Pavithra R V | 1614 | 21 | |||||
| 5 | 7 | 22 | Siddhi Rao | 1601 | 2½ | 2½ | Diaskyzy Daliya | 1793 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | 24 | 45 | Khojaeva Yosamin | 1426 | ½ | ½ | Divya Gowrisankar | 0 | 46 |
Under-14 Open
Sriram Adarsh Uppala (2163) and Viresh Sharnarthi (2076) are at 2.5/4 each, a full point behind the five leaders who are at 3.5/4.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 7 | 6 | Sriram Adarsh Uppala | 2163 | 2½ | 3 | Dandeniya D D L N | 1785 | 41 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 10 | Sharnarthi Viresh | 2076 | 2½ | 2½ | Wong Yen-Hsiu Elliot | 1905 | 25 | |||||
| 5 | 15 | 36 | Kodiri Pairavi | 1828 | 2 | 2 | Raghav V | 1959 | 19 |
Under-14 Girls
Shreya G Hipparagi (1833) drew both of her games to stay undefeated 3/4.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 4 | 12 | Shreya G Hipparagi | 1833 | 3 | 3 | Tereshchenko Eva | 1735 | 23 |
Under-16 Open
CM Velavaa Ragavesh (1987) won both of his games to emerge sole leader 4/4. Samyak Dharewa (2022) is at 3/4.
CM Velavaa Ragavesh 4/4
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 1 | 26 | CM | Velavaa Ragavesh | 1987 | 4 | 3½ | Tran Ngoc Minh Duy | 2017 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 22 | Samyak Dharewa | 2022 | 3 | 3 | Bayantas Asman | 2140 | 13 | |||||
| 5 | 15 | 38 | Skak Abuali | 1907 | 2 | 2 | Daksh Goyal | 1948 | 31 | |||||
| 5 | 19 | 44 | Weerasekara Dinul Vinsitha | 1814 | 2 | 1½ | Pranay Akula | 2015 | 24 |
Under-18 Open
FM Gaurang Bagwe (2300) and Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2163) are at 3/4 each. Ajay drew with the top seed, IM Aldiyar Ansat (KAZ, 2437) in the fourth round.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 3 | 17 | ACM | Duong Vu Anh | 2175 | 3 | 3 | FM | Bagwe Gaurang | 2300 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 15 | CM | Teimouri Yadkuri Shahdad | 2203 | 3 | 3 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | 2163 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | 12 | 35 | AIM | Noh Jinwoo | 1824 | 2 | 2 | IM | Harsh Suresh | 2426 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 13 | 9 | FM | Krishnan Ritvik | 2297 | 2 | 2 | Dosmukhambetov Arystan | 1924 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | 19 | 33 | Swayham P Das | 1853 | 1½ | 1½ | Ijlal Amer | 1723 | 40 |
Under-18 Girls
Rajanya Datta (1766) lost her third round game before winning the fourth one. She is now at 3/4.
Round 5 pairings
| 5 | 2 | 21 | Rajanya Datta | 1766 | 3 | 3½ | WIM | Kairbekova Amina | 2244 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 14 | 27 | AFM | Akuratiya A G Javindi Avarjana | 1675 | 1½ | 1½ | Rajarajeshwari Yogesh Deshmukh | 1628 | 30 |
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