World Junior 2022 R4: Manish beats Luka

by Shahid Ahmed - 15/10/2022

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F defeated GM Luka Budisavljevic (SRB) in the fourth round of World Junior 2022 Open. GM Iniyan P grinded a rook and opposite color bishop endgame against FM Ari Guz (ISR). IM Prraneeth Vuppala missed his opportunity to score a full point against IM S Rohith Krishna. GM Leon Luke Mendonca and IM Utsab Chatterjee drew their respective respective games. Among the Girls, WGM Priyanka Nutakki drew with WIM Assel Serikbay (KAZ). At one point, Priyanka was in troubled waters. Her opponent could not make the most out of it. Round 5 starts today at 3:30 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. IST. Photo: Official site

Priyanka salvages a draw

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F 2.5/4 | Photo: Official site

Open: Prraneeth - Rohith: 0.5-0.5

IM Prraneeth Vuppala (2451) had a subtantial advanatage against IM S Rohith Krishna (2370).

Position after 35...Qg4

36.Rxf7 would have been a slightly better option than what was played 36.Rxh3. Even after 36...f5 37.Qh6 followed by Re3 is still good enough for White to push for a win. White's advantage eventually evaporated and Black escaped with a draw.

Guz - Iniyan: 0-1

GM Iniyan P (2541) grinded a rook and opposite color bishop endgame against FM Ari Guz (ISR, 2305).

Manish - Luka: 1-0

IM Manish Anto Cristiano F (2332) defeated GM Luka Budisavljevic (SRB, 2524). He could have finished the double rook endgame slightly earlier.

Position after 40...R8e5

41.Rc4 would have forced the exchange of a pair of rooks Rxc4 42.bxc4. The resultant rook endgame is winning for White. Nevertheless, White went on to win the game in another 20 moves.

Girls: Priyanka - Assel: 0.5-0.5

WGM Priyanka Nutakki (2326) averted a disaster against WIM Assel Serikbay (KAZ, 2181).

Position after 31...Rad8

32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rxe6 Qc4 34.Rxc6 Rxd4 35.Rxd4 Qxd4 36.g3 and White is doing fine. 32.Qd2 invited trouble Qc4 33.h6 Rxd4 instead first f6 before taking on d4 would have been devastating for White. The reason is - f6 resolves Black's back rank issues.

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Round 4 results - Open and Girls

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
4	12	48	FM	Peyrer Konstantin	AUT	2402	2	½ - ½	2	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	IND	2558	4
4	18	27	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2451	2	½ - ½	2	FM	Rohith Krishna S	IND	2370	56
4	22	43	IM	Milikow Yoav	ISR	2412	2	½ - ½	2		Utsab Chatterjee	IND	2345	63
4	25	70	FM	Guz Ari	ISR	2305	1½	0 - 1	1½	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2541	8
4	26	66	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2332	1½	1 - 0	1½	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2524	10
4	29	68	FM	Carlo Emanuele	ITA	2306	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Neelash Saha	IND	2446	30
4	31	78	IM	Ansat Aldiyar	KAZ	2262	1½	1 - 0	1½	IM	Harshavardhan G B	IND	2433	36
4	32	88	IM	Brahami Lamine	ALG	2188	1½	½ - ½	1½	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	IND	2430	38
4	54	65	IM	Raahul V S	IND	2333	½	½ - ½	½	FM	Bettalli Francesco	ITA	2267	77
4	5	7	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2326	2½	½ - ½	2½	WIM	Serikbay Assel	KAZ	2181	16
4	17	15	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2199	1½	1 - 0	1½		Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1964	36
4	28	39		Gabbani Sara	ITA	1944	½	½ - ½	1		Femil Chelladurai	IND	1562	58

Details: Open and Girls

Round 5 pairings - Open and Girls

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
5	13	4	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	IND	2558	2½		2½	IM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	ARM	2402	46
5	14	8	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2541	2½		2½	FM	Bournel Antoine	FRA	2402	47
5	17	63		Utsab Chatterjee	IND	2345	2½		2½	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2467	25
5	18	67	FM	Lux Hugo De Melo	BRA	2309	2½		2½	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2451	27
5	21	34	IM	Baenziger Fabian	SUI	2439	2½		2½	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2332	66
5	24	56	FM	Rohith Krishna S	IND	2370	2½		2½	IM	Milikow Yoav	ISR	2412	43
5	26	38	IM	Moksh Amit Doshi	IND	2430	2		2½	FM	Winkelman Albert	AUS	2229	82
5	40	30	IM	Neelash Saha	IND	2446	1½		1½	FM	Oye-Stromberg Alexander	NOR	2233	81
5	42	36	IM	Harshavardhan G B	IND	2433	1½		1½		Casadio Niccolo`	ITA	2201	86
5	48	103		Pennica Andrea	ITA	2037	1		1	IM	Raahul V S	IND	2333	65
5	4	22	WFM	Gombocz Zsofia	HUN	2118	3		3	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2326	7
5	23	36		Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1964	1½		1½		Ortega Beltran Ximena	MEX	1820	49
5	26	58		Femil Chelladurai	IND	1562	1½		1½		Malikova Marjona	UZB	1830	47

Details: Open and Girls

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