World Junior 2024 R2: Dakshita Kumawat stuns Rakshitta Ravi

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/06/2024

Dakshita Kumawat scored the biggest upset of FIDE World Junior 2024 Round 2. She found a nice tactic after her opponent WGM Rakshitta Ravi incorrectly pushed a pawn and limited her own bishop's movement. WFM Bhagyashree Patil drew a back and forth game against third seeded WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL). Both had their fair share of chances, Bhagyashree having more than her opponent. In the Open section, IM Ayush Sharma missed a very good chance to seize his advantage against IM Rudik Makarian. Mukund Hemant Agarwal made a nice save against IM Ilamparthi A R. Jeet Shah defeated IM Ethan Vaz. Round 3 starts today from 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Aryan Nanda

Shahil and Harshad draw against GMs

IM Shahil Dey and FM Harshad S drew against GM Jan Subelj (SLO) and GM Aditya Samant respectively. Harshit Pawar continues his great start. He drew with IM Anuj Shrivatri. Daksh Goyal made another escape. This time he drew with IM Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (ISL).

Dakshita Kumawat scored a big win over WGM Rakshitta Ravi | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Dakshita - Rakshitta

Position after 23...c5?

Dakshita Kumawat (1928) found a nice tactic 24.Nd5 after her opponent WGM Rakshitta Ravi (2271) erred 24...c5? Nd5 threatens Ne7 fork and also c3 trapping Black's bishop, leaving Black with no choice but to sacrifice the exchange. The game continued 24...Bb5 25.c4 Rxd5 26.exd5 White converted her advantage into a win.

Final moments: Dakshita Kumawat vs WGM Rakshitta Ravi and interview with Dakshita after her win | Video: ChessBase India

Beloslava - Bhagyashree

Position after 26.Rh4

WFM Bhagyashree Patil (1929) needed to improve her dark square bishop's position. 26...Bb6 pinning the d4-pawn against the queen and king would have been ideal for Black. The game continued 26...Rd6 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Qd7 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.Rf3 Rd7? turned things in White's favor 31.Bf5! Nd5 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 after a back and forth play, the game ended in a draw via perpetual check.

WFM Bhagyashree Patil had an exciting draw against WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL) | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Rudik - Ayush

Position after 37...Qf4

38.Qxf4 Rxf4 39.Rxa7 is fine for White. Instead, IM Rudik Makarian (2524) went for 38.Ng5? Rxd6 39.Qxf4 Rxf4 gave a substantial advantage to IM Ayush Sharma (2325). However, he could not convert his advantage and the game ended in a draw.

IM Rudik Makarian - IM Ayush Sharma: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Aryan Nanda

IM Shahil Dey - GM Jan Subelj (SLO): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

GM Aditya Samant - FM Harshad S (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Ilamparthi - Mukund

Position after 22...Nc3+

Mukund Hemant Agarwal (2196) found a nice response 22...Nc3+ to IM Ilamparthi A R's (2446) 22.Nxf7. White needed to find the counter-intuitive 23.Ka1 to maintain his decisive advantage. Instead, 23.Kc1 Nxd1 24.Kxd1 b3 25.axb3 Rxb3 26.cxb3 Qc1+ 27.Ke2 Qxb2+ 28.Ke3 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Bxf7 and the game meandered into a draw.

Mukund Hemant Agarwal made a nice save against IM Ilamparthi A R | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

The boy who took down World's youngest Grandmaster - Harshit Pawar | Video: ChessBase India

Harshit Pawar (pictured) continues his great start as he drew with IM Anuj Shrivatri | Photo: Aryan Nanda

Daksh Goyal made another great save, this time against IM Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson (ISL)

Jeet - Ethan

Position after 24...Bb4?

IM Ethan Vaz (2420) made a mistake 24...Bb4? His opponent Jeet Shah (1946) capitalized on his opportunity 25.h3 Nxe3 26.Nxe3 Rfd8 27.Rxa6 bxa6 28.Rxb4 and White used the power of his double knights against the rook to win the game.

Jeet Shah - IM Ethan Vaz: 1-0 | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

Round 2 in progress | Photo: Dr.Vidhi Karelia

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

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Round 2 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	2	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Bodrogi Bendeguz	HUN	2353	40	PGN
2	39	IM	Sanket Chakravarty	IND	2357	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	3	PGN
3	4	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Kanyamarala Tarun	IRL	2333	42	PGN
4	41	IM	Aswath S	IND	2352	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	5	PGN
5	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Ayush Sharma	IND	2325	44	PGN
6	43	IM	Shahil Dey	IND	2332	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Subelj Jan	SLO	2514	7	PGN
7	45	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2307	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	9	PGN
8	46	FM	Adireddy Arjun	IND	2306	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	11	PGN
9	12	GM	Avila Pavas Santiago	COL	2495	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Lopez Rayo Santiago	COL	2277	48	PGN
10	17	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Harshad S	IND	2272	50	PGN

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	2	0	1	2	1	2	3044	10	3,4
	5	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	2	0	1	2	1	2	3026	10	3,5
	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	2	0	1	2	1	2	2979	10	3,3
	23	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	2	0	1	2	1	2	2885	10	2,7
	24	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	IND	2425	2	0	1	2	1	2	2880	10	2,7
	27	IM	Davtyan Arsen	ARM	2415	2	0	1	2	1	2	2860	10	2,7
7	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	2	0	1	1,5	1	2	2983	10	3,3
8	4	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	2	0	1	1	1	2	3021	10	3,2
	29	IM	Wafa Hamed	EGY	2396	2	0	1	1	1	2	2766	20	3
	38	IM	Panda Sambit	IND	2363	2	0	1	1	1	2	2659	10	1,4

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	2	2	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	IND	2425	24
2	38	IM	Panda Sambit	IND	2363	2	2	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	4
3	5	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	2	2	IM	Davtyan Arsen	ARM	2415	27
4	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	2	2	IM	Wafa Hamed	EGY	2396	29
5	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	2	2		Nainys Zanas	LTU	2153	63
6	48	FM	Lopez Rayo Santiago	COL	2277	2	2	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	23
7	43	IM	Shahil Dey	IND	2332	1½	1½	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	2
8	40	FM	Bodrogi Bendeguz	HUN	2353	1½	1½	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	6
9	7	GM	Subelj Jan	SLO	2514	1½	1½	FM	Koziorowicz Michal	POL	2304	47
10	44	IM	Ayush Sharma	IND	2325	1½	1½	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2510	8

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Round 2 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1	1 - 0	1		Sherali Pattnaik	IND	1955	38	PGN
2	39	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	IND	1943	1	0 - 1	1	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	2	PGN
3	3	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	1	½ - ½	1	WFM	Bhagyashree Patil	IND	1929	40	PGN
4	41		Khairmode Dhanashree	IND	1929	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2282	4	PGN
5	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	1	1 - 0	1	WCM	Ishvi Aggarwal	IND	1928	42	PGN
6	43		Dakshita Kumawat	IND	1928	1	1 - 0	1	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	6	PGN
7	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	1	1 - 0	1	WCM	Arshiya Das	IND	1919	44	PGN
8	45	WIM	Singgih Diajeng Theresa	INA	1918	1	0 - 1	1	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	8	PGN
9	47		Marium Fatima	IND	1905	1	0 - 1	1		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	12	PGN
10	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	1	1 - 0	1	WFM	Bristy Mukherjee	IND	1902	48	PGN

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	37	WCM	Agajanova Meryem	w	TKM	1955	2	0	2	3	0	2	0	40	6,8
2	4	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	w	KAZ	2282	2	0	1	2	1	2	2692	20	3,8
	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	w	POL	2272	2	0	1	2	1	2	2689	20	4
	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	w	KAZ	2246	2	0	1	2	1	2	2683	20	4,2
	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	w	SUI	2246	2	0	1	2	1	2	2680	20	4,2
	12		Norman Kseniya	w	FID	2134	2	0	1	2	1	2	2668	40	14
	15		Abdinova Narmin	w	AZE	2121	2	0	1	2	1	2	2649	40	13,6
	77		Arya G Mallar	w	IND	1725	2	0	1	2	1	2	2826	40	68,4
9	75	AFM	Yashvi Jain	w	IND	1729	2	0	1	2	0	2	2850	40	69,6
10	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	w	IND	2456	2	0	1	1,5	1	2	2714	10	1,2

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	24	WIM	Tejaswini G	IND	2059	2	2	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	2	2	WFM	Shohradova Lala	TKM	2000	30
3	4	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2282	2	2	WCM	Agajanova Meryem	TKM	1955	37
4	34	WFM	Rindhiya V	IND	1965	2	2	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	5
5	36		Sneha Halder	IND	1958	2	2	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	7
6	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	2	2		Dakshita Kumawat	IND	1928	43
7	12		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	2	2	AFM	Yashvi Jain	IND	1729	75
8	61		Saparya Ghosh	IND	1833	2	2	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	13
9	99		Advika Sarupria	IND	1587	2	2		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	2121	15
10	77		Arya G Mallar	IND	1725	2	1½	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	3

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