Sarbartho, Kavish, Advik, Bijesh, Aadik, Siddhanth, Pratitee and Velavaa in the fray
Under-8 Open
Sarbartho Mani (1733), Kavish Palaniappan K (1551) and Hriday Garg (1554), all three won their respective games. Second seeded, Rizat Ulan (KAZ, 1733) defeated the sole leader Mohammad Taha Malaknezhad (IRI, 1655) to move the pole position 5/6. Sarbartho and Kavish are trailing him just by a half point at 4.5/6 each.
Round 7 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Ulan Rizat | 1733 | 5½ | 5 | ACM | Mani Sarbartho | 1733 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 16 | ACM | Kavish Palaniappan K | 1551 | 5 | 5 | Malaknezhad Mohammad Taha | 1655 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 15 | Hriday Garg | 1554 | 4½ | 5 | Nguyen Thanh San | 1453 | 29 | |||||
| 7 | 15 | 33 | Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam | 1414 | 3 | 3 | Yunker German | 1428 | 31 |
Under-8 Girls
Narayani Umesh Marathe (1416) defeated Nakshatra Gumudavelly to maintain her sole lead 6/6. Nakshatra had a few chances to draw the game. However, it is understandable that they both do not know the theory in rook endgame as they are just seven years old.
Nakshatra - Narayani
53...Kh5 was the simplest way to win for Black which she did in the next move. However, 53...Re7? gave White one last chance to save the game 54.h5! Earlier White had a few chances in the rook endgame to go for two vs three pawns, simple draw.
Round 7 pairings
| 7 | 1 | 15 | Narayani Umesh Marathe | 1416 | 6 | 4½ | Levgeeva Elzyata Nik | 0 | 28 | |||||
| 7 | 5 | 8 | Guo Anne Xuduo | 1472 | 4 | 4 | Nakshatra Gumudavelly | 0 | 31 |
Under-10 Open
Advik Amit Agarwal (1852) scored a win against the second seeded, Zechen Yu (CHN, 1889) to join the five-way lead at 5/6. He will face Nurali Bolashakov (KAZ, 1843) in the seventh round. Zechen sacrificed one pawn too many and had to pay a heavy price for it.
Round 7 pairings
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Bolashakov Nurali | 1843 | 5 | 5 | Advik Amit Agrawal | 1852 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 8 | Hoang Minh Hieu | 1784 | 4 | 4 | Rishen Jilowa | 1655 | 28 |
Under-10 Girls
Bijesh Divi (1639) and Alisa Genrietta Yunker (1735) maintain their lead as they both scored a win each against Asma Hasanpor Moghadam (IRI, 1835) and WCM Alanna Berikkzy (KAZ, 1871) respectively.
Bijesh - Asma
Bijesh spotted a nice tactic before playing 21.gxh5! Find out why it works and 21...fxe5? is a mistake.
Round 7 pairings
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Duong Ngoc Nga | 1674 | 4½ | 5½ | Divi Bijesh | 1639 | 11 | |||||
| 7 | 6 | 17 | Samhita Pungavanam | 1596 | 4 | 4 | Aaradhya Das | 1762 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 10 | Pooja Shree R | 1647 | 3½ | 4 | Sun Yucan(Sd) | 1551 | 23 | |||||
| 7 | 11 | 20 | Kiyana Parihar | 1559 | 3½ | 3½ | Mandukhai Munkhbat | 1533 | 25 |
Under-12 Open
Siddhanth Poonja (1958) defeated Haoming Qu (CHN, 1877) to maintain his pursuit 5/6. Aadik Theophane Lenin (1852) held the top seed Mazen Fandi (SYR, 2138) to a draw. Siddhanth will get an opportunity to topple the sole leader, CM Ramtin Kakavand (IRI, 2059).
Round 7 pairings
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Siddhanth Poonja | 1958 | 5 | 5½ | CM | Kakavand Ramtin | 2059 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 15 | AIM | Aadik Theophane Lenin | 1852 | 5 | 5 | Zhang Haoxuan(Zj) | 1907 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 14 | Ayaan Garg | 1861 | 4 | 4 | Tleuov Akhan | 1741 | 31 |
Under-12 Girls
Pratitee Bordoloi (1796) won her second game in-a-row against Aknur Mamakova (KAZ, 1648). She stays in the hunt, trailing the sole leader - Le Vy Tran (VIE, 1755) by a full point 6/6.
Round 7 pairings
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Pratitee Bordoloi | 1796 | 5 | 4½ | Amanzhol Khanzada | 1685 | 12 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | 14 | Zavivaeva Kristina | 1666 | 4½ | 4½ | Pavithra R V | 1614 | 21 | |||||
| 7 | 8 | 22 | Siddhi Rao | 1601 | 3½ | 3½ | Omirserik Alima | 1752 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 23 | 46 | Divya Gowrisankar | 0 | 1½ | 1½ | Jung Minju | 1522 | 34 |
Under-16 Open
CM Velavaa Ragavesh (1987) made a massive save against FM Zi Han Goh (SGP, 2306) by kamikaze-ing his queen and rook to force a stalemate. Duy Tran Ngoc Minh (VIE, 2017) joins him in the lead 5/6.
Round 7 pairings
| 7 | 2 | 26 | CM | Velavaa Ragavesh | 1987 | 5 | 4½ | FM | Sapenov Daniyal | 2339 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 22 | Samyak Dharewa | 2022 | 4 | 4 | Maslovskiy Vladimir | 2293 | 7 | |||||
| 7 | 10 | 24 | Pranay Akula | 2015 | 3½ | 3½ | CM | Suslov Dmitrii | 2105 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | 20 | Khanjani Rastin | 2062 | 3½ | 3½ | Daksh Goyal | 1948 | 31 |
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