World Junior 2024 R1: Harshit Pawar overpowers top seed Abhimanyu Mishra

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/06/2024

Harshit Pawar stunned the top seed of the tournament - GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) in the very first round of FIDE World Junior 2024. Harshit landed himself in a worse position out of the opening. However, he did not give up, continued the fight and soon world's youngest GM found himself in deep trouble. Harshit had no trouble seizing and converting his advantage into a full point. Nandish V S, Daksh Goyal and Sri Charan Sandipagu defeated IM IM Artiom Stribuk, IM Ekin Baris Ozenir (TUR) and IM L M S T De Silva (SRI) respectively. In the Girls event, Anupam M Sreekumar made the top seed IM Divya Deshmukh earn her first full point. Akshaya Sathi scored the sole big upset among girls when she defeated WIM Trisha Kanyamarala (IRL) with a fantastic play. Round 2 starts today from 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Aryan Nanda

Exciting games and upsets galore from the get-go

Kartik Kumar Singh held GM Mamikon Gharbiyan (ARM) to a draw. Kartik showed great tenacity to fight in a losing rook and bishop vs queen endgame. He managed to build a fortress at the end. Akshat Sureka drew with IM Ethan Vaz. The tournament was inaugurated by Vishy Anand and Geet Sethi (Billiards legend) in presence of GM Dibyendu Barua, Dev Patel, Hony. AICF Secretary, IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM), Chief Arbiter, IA Dharmendra Kumar, Deputy Chief Arbiter and others.

Harshit Pawar scored the biggest upset of Round 1 by defeating the top seed - GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Abhimanyu - Harshit: 0-1

GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA, 2634) got a fantastic position out of the opening against Harshit Pawar (2132).

Position after 12.e6

12.fxe6 13.Bxh7 is what needed to be played. 13.Ne5?! Bf6 14.Bg6+? Ke7 15.Bxh7 Nc6 16.Ng6+ Kd7 17.Nxh8 Nd4 18.Qxd4 Qxh8 19.Bg6 Ba6-+

Position after 19...Ba6

Harshit did not break down after losing an exchange and losing castling rights. Instead, he turned it into a positive. Improved the position of his queenside minor pieces, played actively and won the game.

GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) was stunned by Harshit Pawar | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

GM Pranav Anand made a winning start against Alekhya Mukhopadhyay | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

Kartik - Mamikon

Position after 41.g5?

41...fxg5? abandoned Black's final hope in scoring a victory. 41...f5 is what GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM, 2492) needed to play to keep winning chances. 42.Rg3 and now White has managed to build a fortress. Even if the e4-pawn falls, White can still hold a draw.

Kartik Kumar Singh made a great save against GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

IM Ethan Vaz - Akshat Sureka: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

Nandish - Stribuk

Position after 18...Rc8?

IM Artiom Stribuk (2405) made an inaccuracy 18...Rc8? 19.Nd6! gave White a substantial advantage Qxd6 20.Qxb7 Nc7 21.Rac1 Be5 22.Rfd1 Qb6 23.Qxb6 axb6 24.Be7 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Bxd6 26.Rxd6 Nb5 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rd2 the resultant rook and minor piece endgame is winning for Nandish V S (1899). He managed to convert it without making any big mistake.

Nandish V S - IM Artiom Stribuk: 1-0

Daksh - Ekin

Position after 43.Ke1

If you see the above position against an IM, the first thought that can strike one's mind is - resign. That's not right. Black's king is awkwardly placed at h5. One must continue the fight and try to take advantage of it. That is exactly what Daksh Goyal (1910) did against IM Ekin Baris Ozenir (TUR, 2390). 43...d3 is the obvious move to make a checkmate threat at g2. However, 43...e3? creates some fighting chances for White 44.Qc5+ Qf5? 45.h3 Qg5 46.Ke2 and it's over as Black is in zugzwang. If Black delays the queen exchange, he must start giving up pawns. So, it will be a winning pawn endgame for White.

Daksh Goyal made a massive swindle against IM Ekin Baris Ozenir (TUR)

Girls: Akshaya Sathi stuns Trisha Kanyamarala

Anupam M Sreekumar (1872) put up a good fight against the top seed and reigning Asian Continental Women's champion, IM Divya Deshmukh (2440).

Anupam M Sreekumar made IM Divya Deshmukh work for the first full point | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Trisha - Akshaya

Position after 14.h3?

WIM Trisha Kanyamarala (IRL, 2263) provoked 14.h3? Akshaya Sathi (1809) to sacrifice her knight 14...Nxf2! 15.Rxf2 Nd3! 16.Rxf5 Bxd4 17.Kh1 Nf2+ and Black eventually converted her advantage into a win.

WIM Trisha Kanyamarala (IRL) - Akshaya Sathi: 0-1 | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

Dev Patel, Hony. AICF Secretary, GM Dibyendu Barua, Geet Sethi, GM Vishy Anand, IA Ashot Vardapetyan (ARM) and IA Dharmendra Kumar lighting up the lamp | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Inaguration Ceremony | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Round 1 in progress | Photo: Aryan Nanda

For more photos, please click on the following links: Part 1 and Part 2.

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Round 1 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	GM	Mishra Abhimanyu	USA	2627	0	0 - 1	0	AFM	Pawar Harshit	IND	2132	64	PGN
2	65		Sushanth Kamabathula	IND	2131	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	2	PGN
3	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	0	1 - 0	0		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay	IND	2130	66	PGN
4	67		Talgatov Nazar	KAZ	2108	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	4	PGN
5	5	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	0	1 - 0	0	CM	Bharadia Yash	IND	2100	68	PGN
6	69		Radojicic Aleksandar M	SRB	2088	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	6	PGN
7	7	GM	Subelj Jan	SLO	2514	0	1 - 0	0		Jval Saurin Patel	IND	2085	70	PGN
8	71		Safarov Deniel	GEO	2059	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2510	8	PGN
9	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	0	1 - 0	0		Halynyazov Vepaly	TKM	2058	72	PGN
10	73		Gubatayev Ahmet	TKM	2055	0	½ - ½	0	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	10	PGN

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	35	FM	Apoorv Kamble	IND	2369	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	20	0
	115		Yohan Yadav Tarala	IND	1810	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	0
3	2	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	4	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	12	GM	Avila Pavas Santiago	COL	2495	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	17	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	19	IM	Fromm Marius	GER	2465	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	21	IM	Ilamparthi A R	IND	2446	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	23	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	1	1	FM	Bodrogi Bendeguz	HUN	2353	40
2	39	IM	Sanket Chakravarty	IND	2357	1	1	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	3
3	4	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	1	1	IM	Kanyamarala Tarun	IRL	2333	42
4	41	IM	Aswath S	IND	2352	1	1	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	5
5	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	1	1	IM	Ayush Sharma	IND	2325	44
6	43	IM	Shahil Dey	IND	2332	1	1	GM	Subelj Jan	SLO	2514	7
7	45	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2307	1	1	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	9
8	46	FM	Adireddy Arjun	IND	2306	1	1	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	11
9	12	GM	Avila Pavas Santiago	COL	2495	1	1	FM	Lopez Rayo Santiago	COL	2277	48
10	17	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	1	1	FM	Harshad S	IND	2272	50

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Round 1 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	51	WCM	Anupam M Sreekumar	IND	1872	0 - 1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	1 - 0		Padmini S	IND	1872	52
3	53		Rebecca Jesumarian	IND	1866	0 - 1	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	3
4	4	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2282	1 - 0	AFM	Shanmathi Sree S	IND	1854	54
5	55	AIM	Gade Sharanya	IND	1849	0 - 1	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	5
6	6	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	1 - 0		Shivamshika G	IND	1846	56
7	57		Sindhusree K	IND	1846	0 - 1	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	7
8	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	1 - 0		Bhat Sannidhi Ramakrishna	IND	1842	58
9	59		Koksa Jelena	CRO	1842	½ - ½	WFM	Zhurova Anna	FID	2239	9
10	10	WIM	Kanyamarala Trisha	IRL	2219	0 - 1		Akshaya Sathi	IND	1833	60

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Standings after Round 1

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	37	WCM	Agajanova Meryem	w	TKM	1955	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	0
	83		Asmita Avijit Ray	w	IND	1692	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	0
	101		Andhin Tehjha Nidhi	w	MRI	1361	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	40	0
4	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	w	IND	2456	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	0,8
	3	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	w	BUL	2289	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	1,6
	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	w	POL	2272	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	1,6
	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	w	KAZ	2246	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	1,6
	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	w	AZE	2133	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	2,8
	15		Abdinova Narmin	w	AZE	2121	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	40	5,6
	17	WFM	Barwinska Ewa	w	POL	2106	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	40	5,6

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Round 2 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1	1		Sherali Pattnaik	IND	1955	38
2	39	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	IND	1943	1	1	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	2
3	3	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	1	1	WFM	Bhagyashree Patil	IND	1929	40
4	41		Khairmode Dhanashree	IND	1929	1	1	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2282	4
5	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	1	1	WCM	Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1928	42
6	43		Dakshita Kumawat	IND	1928	1	1	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	6
7	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	1	1	WCM	Arshiya Das	IND	1919	44
8	45	WIM	Singgih Diajeng Theresa	INA	1918	1	1	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	8
9	47		Marium Fatima	IND	1905	1	1		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	12
10	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	1	1	WFM	Bristy Mukherjee	IND	1902	48

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