Divya Deshmukh on the verge of winning World Junior 2024 Girls

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/06/2024

IM Divya Deshmukh defeated WFM Sachi Jain comfortably in the penultimate round of FIDE World Junior 2024 Girls. Divya got a dominating position in less than 20 moves. She converted it for a full point in the next few moves. WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (ARM) scored another win to stay in the Gold rush. She has virtually secured a Silver as she is just a half point behind Divya at 8.5/10 and a full point ahead of the rest. WGM Rakshitta Ravi and WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (AZE) are at 7.5/10 each. WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL) will be Divya's final challenge to win the tournament. Mariam will be up against Rakshitta. In the Open event, GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) defeated IM Rudik Makarian to gain sole lead 8/10. GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ), GM Emin Ohanyan (ARM), IM Daniel Quizon (PHI) and GM Luka Budisavljevic (SRB) are at 7.5/10 each. Round 11 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Open: Mamikon Gharibyan gains sole lead

GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) will face GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) for the championship. Four players are trailing the sole leader by a half point. Daniel Quizon (PHI) is the sole IM among them. They are followed by seven players at 7/10, including two Indians - GM Aditya Samant and IM Anuj Shrivatri.

IM Divya Deshmukh is very close to winning Gold at FIDE World Junior 2024 Girls

Divya - Sachi

Position after 18.Ne4!

Sachi Jain's (2124) position was already quite difficult to play. Her pieces were yet to be developed. 17...Nd7? just cramped her position further and invited 18.Ne4 Qh6 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.Rc7 Ng6 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Nef7 Qh4 23.Ree7 White is bringing all her pieces into the attack Bxg4 24.hxg4 Nxg4 25.Nh6+ Qxh6 26.Qxg4 and White won.

IM Divya Deshmukh vs WFM Sachi Jain, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh decimated WFM Sachi Jain in 26 moves

WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (ARM) has almost secured a Silver medal and continues her pursuit for Gold

WGM Rakshitta Ravi bounced back with a victory to take her score 7.5/10

WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL) will be the final challenge for Divya

WIM Sofiia Hryzlova (SUI) - WFM Rindhiya V: 0.5-0.5

WIM Trisha Kanyamarala (IRL) - WCM Anupam M Sreekumar: 0.5-0.5

GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM, 2492) seized his opportunity in the double rook and minor piece endgame against IM Rudik Makarian (2524), after the latter exchanged a rook incorrectly.

GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) defeated IM Rudik Makarian to gain sole lead 8/10

IM Daniel Quizon (PHI) - GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ): 0.5-0.5

GM Emin Ohanyan (ARM) won against GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL) to stay in medal contention

IM Ilamparthi A R's (2446) all-out attack was thwarted well by IM Anuj Shrivatri (2390).

IM Ilamparthi A R - IM Anuj Shrivatri: 0-1

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Round 10 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	15	PGN
2	20	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	7	½ - ½	7	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	9	PGN
3	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	7	0 - 1	6½	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	10	PGN
4	2	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2468	18	PGN
5	25	IM	Stribuk Artiom	FID	2422	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	3	PGN
6	31	IM	Ozenir Ekin Baris	TUR	2390	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	5	PGN
7	23	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	6	0 - 1	6	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2510	8	PGN
8	27	IM	Davtyan Arsen	ARM	2415	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2495	14	PGN
9	40	FM	Bodrogi Bendeguz	HUN	2353	6	0 - 1	6	IM	Koelle Tobias	GER	2470	16	PGN
10	17	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Vaz Ethan	IND	2420	26	PGN

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	15	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	8	0	52,5	56,5	5	7	2473	10	4,5
2	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	7,5	0	58	63,5	5	5	2594	10	13
3	10	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	7,5	0	56	60,5	5	6	2523	10	5,6
4	20	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	7,5	0	55	59	4	5	2534	10	13,4
5	18	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2468	7,5	0	54	59	5	6	2520	10	9,1
6	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	7	0	59	62,5	5	5	2534	10	3
7	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	7	0	58,5	62	4	5	2552	10	10,1
8	17	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	7	0	52,5	56,5	5	4	2428	10	-2,7
9	30	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	IND	2390	7	0	51	54,5	5	5	2407	10	7,7
10	16	IM	Koelle Tobias	GER	2470	7	0	49,5	54	5	4	2331	10	-10,8

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Round 11 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	7½	8	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	15
2	10	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	7½	7½	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	20
3	18	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2468	7½	7	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	11
4	30	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	IND	2390	7	7	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	6
5	8	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2510	7	7	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	17
6	16	IM	Koelle Tobias	GER	2470	7	7	IM	Ozenir Ekin Baris	TUR	2390	31
7	34	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson Aleksandr	ISL	2380	6½	6½	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	2
8	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	6½	6½	IM	Davtyan Arsen	ARM	2415	27
9	28	IM	Srihari L	IND	2400	6½	6½	GM	Avila Pavas Santiago	COL	2495	12
10	14	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2495	6½	6½	FM	Pham Tran Gia Phuc	VIE	2444	22

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Round 10 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	8	1 - 0	7	WFM	Sachi Jain	IND	2124	14	PGN
2	32	WFM	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	SRI	1980	6½	0 - 1	7½	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	2	PGN
3	15		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	2121	6½	0 - 1	6½	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	6	PGN
4	39	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	IND	1943	6½	½ - ½	6½		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	12	PGN
5	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	6½	1 - 0	6	WCM	Swara Lakshmi S Nair	IND	2051	25	PGN
6	3	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	6	1 - 0	6		Bhat Sannidhi Ramakrishna	IND	1842	58	PGN
7	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	6	1 - 0	6		Sneha Halder	IND	1958	36	PGN
8	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	6	½ - ½	6	WFM	Rindhiya V	IND	1965	34	PGN
9	37	WCM	Agajanova Meryem	TKM	1955	6	0 - 1	5½	WFM	Kaldarova Ayaulym	KAZ	2100	18	PGN
10	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	5½	1 - 0	5½	WFM	Kheerthi Ganta	IND	1987	31	PGN

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	w	IND	2456	9	0	63	67,5	5	8	2488	10	4,8
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	w	ARM	2300	8,5	0	60	64	5	7	2355	20	18,8
3	6	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	w	IND	2271	7,5	1	56,5	60,5	5	7	2237	20	-2
4	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	w	AZE	2133	7,5	0	61,5	66,5	5	7	2270	20	36,6
5	12		Norman Kseniya	w	FID	2134	7	0	59	63,5	5	5	2204	40	43,2
6	3	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	w	BUL	2289	7	0	56,5	60,5	5	6	2078	20	-34
7	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	w	POL	2272	7	0	55,5	59,5	5	6	2118	20	-26,2
8	14	WFM	Sachi Jain	w	IND	2124	7	0	55,5	59	5	5	2195	40	46
9	39	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	w	IND	1943	7	0	52,5	55	5	6	2094	40	80,8
10	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	w	SUI	2246	6,5	0	62	67	5	5	2186	20	-8,8

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Round 11 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	9	7	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	3
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	8½	7½	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	6
3	12		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	7	7½	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	13
4	14	WFM	Sachi Jain	IND	2124	7	7	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	IND	1943	39
5	27	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	IND	2028	6½	7	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	5
6	18	WFM	Kaldarova Ayaulym	KAZ	2100	6½	6½	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	7
7	24	WIM	Tejaswini G	IND	2059	6½	6½	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	8
8	48	WFM	Bristy Mukherjee	IND	1902	6½	6½	WFM	Zhurova Anna	FID	2239	9
9	34	WFM	Rindhiya V	IND	1965	6½	6½	WFM	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	SRI	1980	32
10	19		Sulyok Eszter	HUN	2100	6	6½		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	2121	15

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