World Junior 2024 R6: Divya Deshmukh emerges sole leader

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/06/2024

IM Divya Deshmukh defeated her coleader WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (AZE) to gain sole lead 5.5/6 at FIDE World Junior 2024 Girls. WFM Sachi Jain salvaged a half point from a losing endgame against WIM Martyna Wikar (POL). Kashthuri Bhai R forced a threefold repetition as her opponent WIM Xeniya Balabayeva's (KAZ) queen got trapped. WGM Rakshitta Ravi won her game and took her score to 4.5/6. In the Open event, GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL) drew his game against GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) to maintain their lead 5/6. IM Rudik Makarian and IM L M S T De Silva (SRI) joined them to make it a four-way 5/6. Today is the sole rest day of the tournament. Round 7 starts tomorrow Sunday 9th June from 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Open: Kazybek, Jose, Rudik and De Silva in the lead

Nandish V S, Harshit Pawar, IM Ayush Sharma, Sriansh Das and Manas Gaikwad drew with IM Marius Fromm (GER), IM Tobias Koelle (GER), GM Aditya Samant, IM Arsen Davtyan (ARM) and IM Ekin Baris Ozenir (TUR) respectively.

IM Divya Deshmukh won against her coleader WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (AZE) to emerge sole leader 5.5/6

Interview with IM Divya Deshmukh | Video: ChessBase India

Ayan - Divya

Position after 11...Bg4!?

IM Divya Deshmukh (2456) made a nice move 11...Bg4!? It was played only once before by GM Bobby Cheng (AUS). 12.hxg4 Rxh1 13.Qf3 here Divya deviated from Bobby's game and returned the exchange Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 and Black eventually won the queen and minor piece endgame after White blundered her knight while making the 40th move to reach the second time control. The position was balanced until then.

The handshake at the start between the leaders - WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (AZE) and IM Divya Deshmukh

WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (ARM) defeated Mrittika Mallick to set up a clash against the sole leader - IM Divya Deshmukh

WFM Sachi Jain made a great save from a losing position against WIM Martyna Wikar (POL)

Kashthuri Bhai R forced a threefold repetition against WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ) as the latter's queen did not have an escape

WGM Rakshitta Ravi defeated Lucia Striskova (SVK) to move to 4.5/6

WFM Bhagyashree Patil (pictured) - WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva (KAZ): 1-0

WIM Trisha Kanyamarala (IRI) - WCM Ishvi Agarwal (pictured): 0.5-0.5

WCM Arshiya Das (pictured) - WIM Tejaswini G: 0.5-0.5

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL) drew with...

...GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) to maintain their lead 5/6

Mayank - Rudik

Position after 84.Kg1

Once the e3-pawn is lost, White cannot afford to sacrifice his rook for either bishop or knight as it would be losing in both cases. Defending the endgame and surviving for 50 moves is not an easy task for a human. Eventually, IM Mayank Chakraborty (2425) trapped his own rook and lost the game to IM Rudik Makarian (2524). This is the second consecutive game where Rudik had to grind an endgame and won. This was relatively easier to play for Rudik compared to the previous one.

IM Marius Fromm (GER) - Nandish V S (pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Dr. Vidhi Karelia

De Silva - Subelj

Position after 12...h6

Find out the correct continuation for White which IM L M S T De Silva (SRI, 2364) executed in the game against GM Jan Subelj (SVK, 2514) after 12...h6.

IM L M S T De Silva (SRI) annihilated GM Jan Subelj's (SVK) kingside to join the four-way lead

Harshit Pawar (pictured) - IM Tobias Koelle (GER): 0.5-0.5

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Round 6 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	9	PGN
2	2	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	4	½ - ½	4	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	20	PGN
3	23	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	4	½ - ½	4	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	3	PGN
4	24	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	IND	2425	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	6	PGN
5	19	IM	Fromm Marius	GER	2465	4	½ - ½	4		Nandish V S	IND	1981	87	PGN
6	37	IM	De Silva L M S T	SRI	2364	4	1 - 0	3½	GM	Subelj Jan	SLO	2514	7	PGN
7	4	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Rybka Simon	SVK	2367	36	PGN
8	10	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson Aleksandr	ISL	2380	34	PGN
9	25	IM	Stribuk Artiom	FID	2422	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2495	14	PGN
10	15	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	3½	1 - 0	3½	IM	Kanyamarala Tarun	IRL	2333	42	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	5	0	20	22,5	3	4	2628	10	9,9
2	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	5	0	19,5	21,5	2	4	2601	10	9,1
3	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	5	0	18	20	4	4	2587	10	4,9
4	37	IM	De Silva L M S T	SRI	2364	5	0	17,5	20	3	5	2420	10	7,5
5	21	IM	Ilamparthi A R	IND	2446	4,5	0	19,5	22	3	4	2457	10	2,6
6	4	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	4,5	0	19,5	21,5	3	4	2534	10	1,3
7	20	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	4,5	0	19	21	3	3	2441	10	1,5
8	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	4,5	0	18,5	21,5	3	4	2534	10	0,5
9	23	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	4,5	0	18	21	3	3	2421	10	1,4
10	19	IM	Fromm Marius	GER	2465	4,5	0	18	20,5	3	3	2351	10	-4,7

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	5	5	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	11
2	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	5	5	IM	De Silva L M S T	SRI	2364	37
3	19	IM	Fromm Marius	GER	2465	4½	4½	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	2
4	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	4½	4½	IM	Ilamparthi A R	IND	2446	21
5	20	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	4½	4½	GM	Dudin Gleb	HUN	2532	4
6	10	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	4½	4½	FM	Pham Tran Gia Phuc	VIE	2444	22
7	87		Nandish V S	IND	1981	4½	4½	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	15
8	18	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2468	4½	4½	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2436	23
9	5	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2525	4	4½	IM	Stribuk Artiom	FID	2422	25
10	38	IM	Panda Sambit	IND	2363	4	4	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2510	8

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Round 6 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	4½	0 - 1	4½	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1	PGN
2	21		Mrittika Mallick	IND	2076	4	0 - 1	4	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	2	PGN
3	3	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	4	0 - 1	4		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	12	PGN
4	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	4	½ - ½	4	WFM	Sachi Jain	IND	2124	14	PGN
5	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	4	½ - ½	4		Kashthuri Bhai R	IND	1765	69	PGN
6	15		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	2121	4	1 - 0	4	WFM	Rindhiya V	IND	1965	34	PGN
7	29		Striskova Lucia	SVK	2023	4	0 - 1	3½	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	6	PGN
8	27	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	IND	2028	3½	0 - 1	3½	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	8	PGN
9	9	WFM	Zhurova Anna	FID	2239	3½	1 - 0	3½	WFM	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	SRI	1980	32	PGN
10	30	WFM	Shohradova Lala	TKM	2000	3½	½ - ½	3½	WFM	Grozdanovic Anastasia	SRB	2108	16	PGN

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	w	IND	2456	5,5	0	21	23,5	3	5	2465	10	1,8
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	w	ARM	2300	5	0	20,5	24	3	4	2238	20	-1,8
3	15		Abdinova Narmin	w	AZE	2121	5	0	19	21,5	3	5	2271	40	52
4	12		Norman Kseniya	w	FID	2134	5	0	19	21,5	3	4	2261	40	41,2
5	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	w	AZE	2133	4,5	0	21,5	23	3	4	2287	20	24,8
6	7	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	w	KAZ	2246	4,5	0	21	23,5	3	3	2124	20	-10,8
7	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	w	SUI	2246	4,5	0	20,5	23,5	3	4	2244	20	3,6
8	69		Kashthuri Bhai R	w	IND	1765	4,5	0	20	23	3	3	2313	40	145,2
9	5	WIM	Wikar Martyna	w	POL	2272	4,5	0	19,5	23	3	4	2135	20	-11,2
10	6	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	w	IND	2271	4,5	0	18	20,5	3	4	2132	20	-14,4

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Round 7 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	5	5½	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1
2	12		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	5	5		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	2121	15
3	18	WFM	Kaldarova Ayaulym	KAZ	2100	4½	4½	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	5
4	6	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	4½	4½	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	13
5	14	WFM	Sachi Jain	IND	2124	4½	4½	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	7
6	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	4½	4½	WFM	Zhurova Anna	FID	2239	9
7	69		Kashthuri Bhai R	IND	1765	4½	4	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	3
8	16	WFM	Grozdanovic Anastasia	SRB	2108	4	4	WCM	Agajanova Meryem	TKM	1955	37
9	36		Sneha Halder	IND	1958	4	4		Mrittika Mallick	IND	2076	21
10	25	WCM	Swara Lakshmi S Nair	IND	2051	4	4	WFM	Bhagyashree Patil	IND	1929	40

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