World Junior 2024 R9: Divya keeps winning, Sachi stuns Beloslava

by Shahid Ahmed - 12/06/2024

IM Divya Deshmukh prepared well for her game against WGM Rakshitta Ravi. Divya played 5...Be7 in the Classica French Defence, something she has not played well before. It was a dubious line. However, it is quite difficult to find all correct moves when you are in an uncharted territory. She capitalized well on her opponent's positional mistakes to maintain her sole lead 8/9 at FIDE World Junior 2024 Girls. WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (ARM) is the only girl at 7.5/9. WFM Sachi Jain seized her advantage against WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL) when the latter erred in an already difficult endgame. Divya will face Sachi in the penultimate round. In the Open event, IM Daniel Quizon (PHI) defeated IM Artiom Stribuk to join the lead and make it five-way. The top two boards ended in draws. Round 10 starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Aditya Sur Roy

Open: Daniel Quizon makes it a five-way

IM Rudik Makarian had a great opportunity in the endgame against GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ). However, he missed it and the game ended in a draw. GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) drew against GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL). The Open event currently has five players at 7/9. It is going to be a real close race towards the finish line.

IM Divya Deshmukh was well-prepared against WGM Rakshitta Ravi

Rakshitta - Divya: 0-1

IM Divya Deshmukh (2456) surprised her opponent WGM Rakshitta Ravi (2271) by opting 5...Be7 line in the French Defense Classical System.

Position after 13.Ne5

Divya mentioned in the post-game interview that she felt 13.Ne5 was not correct as she gained control after that.

Position after 18.Bb3

18.Bb3 allowed Divya to actively go for an attack on her opponent's king. According to her, after 18.Ba6 there was not a lot of things going for Black.

Position after 28.Rd6?

28.Rd6? dropped a pawn after Qb7 attacking both b4 and g2-pawns at the same time. 29.Kb1 Qxg2 and Black went on to win the game.

Divya Deshmukh is unstoppable at World Junior 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

This game shows how strong Divya is - Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

IM Divya Deshmukh scored her seventh win of the tournament

WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan (ARM) remains in the fray as she checkmated WIM Sofiia Hryzlova (SUI)

Sachi - Beloslava

Position after 33...f5?

In an already difficult position, 33...f5? only worsened things further for WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL, 2289). 34.exf6+- Bc7+ 35. Kh3 Qd1 36.Qe4+ Kh8 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Rf2 Qd5 39.Qxd5 exd5 and the resultant rook and minor piece is completely winning for White as she has two extra pawns.

This girl will face IM Divya Deshmukh for top honours at World Juniors Girls 2024 - Sachi Jain | Video: ChessBase India

WFM Sachi Jain moves to sole third spot 7/9

Swara - Wikar

Position after 51...Rg4??

51...Rg4?? gave White a decisive advantage. WCM Swara Lakshmi S Nair (2051) correctly spotted 52.Rc4 Kg7 53.Kd6 f6 54.gxf6+ Kxf6 55.Kd5 Rg3 56.b4 and eventually White got the h5-pawn too. However, she blundered away her advantage when she moved her king to the h-file ahead of the pawn. It allowed her opponent WIM Martyna Wikar (POL, 2272) to salvage a half point.

WCM Swara Lakshmi S Nair had a great opportunity to win against WIM Martyna Wikar (POL)

WIM Xeniya Balabayeva (KAZ) made a one-move blunder in a winning endgame against WFM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI)

WFM Shubhi Gupta won a complex battle against WGM Liya Kurmangaliyeva (KAZ) after the former sacrificed her queen

Kazybek - Rudik

Position after 35.b4

IM Rudik Makarian (2524) had the best opportunity in the game when GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ, 2502) went 35.b4 Nd7 36.Rb7 Rb3 is what Black needed to play. 35...cxb4 36.Rxb4 and the game meandered into a draw.

Complete Exhaustion at World Juniors 2024 top board - Nogerbek vs Makarian, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) and IM Rudik Makarian maintain their lead 7/9

GM Mamikon Gharibyan (ARM) - GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL): 0.5-0.5

IM Daniel Quizon (PHI) won an exciting game against IM Artiom Stribuk to join the lead

IM Anuj Shrivatri - GM Aditya Samant: 0.5-0.5

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Interview with the youngest player at World Junior 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

Interview with 8-year-old, Sriansh Katta | Video: ChessBase India

Replay Round 9 Open games

Replay Round 9 Girls games

Round 9 results in Open

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	6	PGN
2	15	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	11	PGN
3	20	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Stribuk Artiom	FID	2422	25	PGN
4	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	2	PGN
5	10	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Mayank Chakraborty	IND	2425	24	PGN
6	18	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2468	5½	1 - 0	5½	GM	Avila Pavas Santiago	COL	2495	12	PGN
7	26	IM	Vaz Ethan	IND	2420	5½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Srihari L R	IND	2495	14	PGN
8	16	IM	Koelle Tobias	GER	2470	5½	½ - ½	5½	FM	Pham Tran Gia Phuc	VIE	2444	22	PGN
9	30	IM	Anuj Shrivatri	IND	2390	5½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Samant Aditya S	IND	2469	17	PGN
10	8	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2510	5	1 - 0	5½	IM	De Silva L M S T	SRI	2364	37	PGN

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	9	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	KAZ	2502	7	0	48,5	53	4	5	2615	10	13,8
2	6	IM	Makarian Rudik	FID	2524	7	0	47,5	51	5	5	2593	10	8,4
3	11	GM	Cardoso Cardoso Jose Gabriel	COL	2497	7	0	46	49,5	4	5	2612	10	15
4	20	IM	Quizon Daniel	PHI	2448	7	0	43,5	47	4	5	2544	10	12,6
5	15	GM	Gharibyan Mamikon	ARM	2492	7	0	43	46,5	4	6	2420	10	-0,9
6	2	GM	Grebnev Aleksey	FID	2540	6,5	0	47,5	52,5	5	4	2549	10	2,8
7	10	GM	Ohanyan Emin	ARM	2501	6,5	0	45	49	4	5	2478	10	0,7
8	18	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2468	6,5	0	42,5	46,5	4	5	2469	10	3,1
9	3	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2540	6	0	48	52,5	4	5	2517	10	-1,4
10	40	FM	Bodrogi Bendeguz	HUN	2353	6	0	44,5	49	5	4	2409	20	22,8

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Round 10 pairings

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

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Round 9 results in Girls

Bo.	No.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	6	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	IND	2271	6½	0 - 1	7	IM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2456	1
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	ARM	2300	6½	1 - 0	6	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	SUI	2246	8
3	14	WFM	Sachi Jain	IND	2124	6	1 - 0	6	WGM	Krasteva Beloslava	BUL	2289	3
4	34	WFM	Rindhiya V	IND	1965	6	0 - 1	5½	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	AZE	2133	13
5	25	WCM	Swara Lakshmi S Nair	IND	2051	5½	½ - ½	5½	WIM	Wikar Martyna	POL	2272	5
6	32	WFM	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	SRI	1980	5½	1 - 0	5½	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2246	7
7	12		Norman Kseniya	FID	2134	5½	1 - 0	5½	WFM	Kaldarova Ayaulym	KAZ	2100	18
8	51	WCM	Anupam M Sreekumar	IND	1872	5½	0 - 1	5½		Abdinova Narmin	AZE	2121	15
9	4	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	KAZ	2282	5	0 - 1	5½	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	IND	1943	39
10	31	WFM	Kheerthi Ganta	IND	1987	5	½ - ½	5	WFM	Zhurova Anna	FID	2239	9

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Standings after Round 9

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	1	IM	Divya Deshmukh	w	IND	2456	8	0	50,5	55	5	7	2472	10	3,6
2	2	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	w	ARM	2300	7,5	0	47,5	51,5	4	6	2341	20	16,2
3	14	WFM	Sachi Jain	w	IND	2124	7	0	42	44,5	4	5	2220	40	50,8
4	13	WIM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	w	AZE	2133	6,5	0	50	54,5	5	6	2246	20	28,8
5	15		Abdinova Narmin	w	AZE	2121	6,5	0	48	52	5	6	2199	40	49,6
6	12		Norman Kseniya	w	FID	2134	6,5	0	46	50,5	4	5	2233	40	53,2
7	6	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	w	IND	2271	6,5	0	45	49	4	6	2202	20	-8
8	39	WFM	Shubhi Gupta	w	IND	1943	6,5	0	39,5	42	5	6	2090	40	70,8
9	32	WFM	Gunawardhana Devindya Oshini	w	SRI	1980	6,5	0	38	41	4	6	2069	40	46,4
10	8	WIM	Hryzlova Sofiia	w	SUI	2246	6	0	50	54,5	5	5	2214	20	-2

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Round 10 pairings

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

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