Hriday, Kavish, Bijesh, Aadik and Pratitee in pursuit
Under-8 Open
Second seeded, Rizat Ulan (KAZ, 1733) increased his sole lead by completely decimating the top seed - Sarbartho Mani (1733). Kavish Palaniappan K (1551) drew with Mohammad Taha Malaknezhad (IRI, 1655). Hriday Garg defeated Thanh San Nguyen (VIE, 1453). Both Kavish and Hriday are at a full behind Rizat at 5.5/7 each.
Round 8 pairings
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Malaknezhad Mohammad Taha | 1655 | 5½ | 5½ | Hriday Garg | 1554 | 15 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 29 | Nguyen Thanh San | 1453 | 5 | 5½ | ACM | Kavish Palaniappan K | 1551 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 1 | ACM | Mani Sarbartho | 1733 | 5 | 4½ | Sidikov Shohjahon | 1583 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | 33 | Saathvik Chakravarthy Ramayanam | 1414 | 3 | 3 | Yeo Si Xu Shane | 0 | 52 |
Under-8 Girls
Narayani Umesh Marathe (1416) survived a massive scare against Levgeeva Elzyata Nik. She maintains her sole lead 6.5/7.
Round 8 pairings
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Balakanova Azaliya | 1533 | 5 | 6½ | Narayani Umesh Marathe | 1416 | 15 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 31 | Nakshatra Gumudavelly | 0 | 5 | 5 | Chen Qinran | 1451 | 9 |
Under-10 Girls
Bijesh Divi (1639) lost her lead to Alisa Genrietta Yunker (1735). Bijesh drew with Ngoc Nga Duong (VIE, 1674). She missed a tactic which could have fetched her a full point. Alisa defeated Zhansaya Sholpanbek (KAZ, 1621) to gain sole lead 6.5/7. Bijesh is trailing by a half point at 6/7.
Round 8 pairings
| 8 | 2 | 11 | Divi Bijesh | 1639 | 6 | 5 | WCM | Berikkyzy Alanna | 1871 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Aaradhya Das | 1762 | 4½ | 5 | Duong Ngoc Nga | 1674 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Peng Jingyi(Gd) | 1718 | 4½ | 4½ | Samhita Pungavanam | 1596 | 17 | |||||
| 8 | 6 | 15 | Zhumambayeva Aliya | 1625 | 4½ | 4½ | Pooja Shree R | 1647 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | 7 | 20 | Kiyana Parihar | 1559 | 4½ | 4½ | Smirnova Oksana Andr | 1635 | 12 |
Under-12 Open
Aadik Theophane Lenin (1852) drew against Haoxuan Zhang (CHN, 1907). He is now a full point behind the sole leader, CM Ramtin Kakavand (IRI, 2059).
Round 8 pairings
| 8 | 3 | 15 | AIM | Aadik Theophane Lenin | 1852 | 5½ | 5½ | Sanches-Shananin Adrian | 1863 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | 19 | Primbetov Nurassyl | 1811 | 5 | 5 | Siddhanth Poonja | 1958 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 24 | Tuvshintulga Tumurchudur | 1787 | 5 | 5 | Ayaan Garg | 1861 | 14 |
Under-12 Girls
Pratitee Bordoloi (1796) stays on the sole leader Le Vy Tran's (VIE, 1755) heels. She scored her second hat-trick of wins, this time against Khanzada Amanzol (KAZ, 1685). Le Vy maintains her perfect score 7/7. Pratitee remains the sole player at 6/7.
Round 8 pairings
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Diaskyzy Daliya | 1793 | 4½ | 6 | Pratitee Bordoloi | 1796 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 21 | Pavithra R V | 1614 | 4½ | 4½ | WCM | Nguyen Minh Chi | 1832 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 7 | Tursunalieva Nurelina | 1737 | 4½ | 4½ | Siddhi Rao | 1601 | 22 | |||||
| 8 | 24 | 42 | Aayat Asmi | 1478 | 2 | 2 | Divya Gowrisankar | 0 | 46 |
Under-16 Open
CM Velavaa Ragavesh (1987) drew against FM Daniyal Sapenov (KAZ, 2339) to maintain his lead 5.5/7. Minh Duy Tran Ngoc (VIE, 2017) and FM Miras Assylov (KAZ, 2337) are also at 5.5/7 each.
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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