World Junior R5-6: Pranav Venkatesh gains sole lead

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/03/2025

GM Pranav Venkatesh defeated GM Emin Ohanyan (ARM) in Round 6 to emerge sole leader 5.5/6. In the previous round, he drew with his coleader - Yihan Meng (CHN). Three players are trailing Pranav by a half point. IM Aswath S is the only Indian at 4.5/6, in a pack of 17 players. Among the Girls, WFM Kesaria Mgeladze (GEO), WFM Mariya Yakimova, WIM Ayan Allahverdiyeva (AZE) and WIM Umida Omonova (UZB) are sharing the lead 5/6 each. Five players are in pursuit at 4.5/6 each. WGM Rakshitta Ravi is one of them. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST.

Girls: Rakshitta in pursuit

GM Pranav Venkatesh is a coleader with Yihan Meng (CHN) | Photo: Official site

Round 6: Pranav - Emin: 1-0

GM Pranav Venkatesh (2615) faced GM Emin Ohanyan (ARM, 2501) twice in Classical rated games in 2021 and 2022. Both of them ended in draws. However, this time Pranav capitalized on his opportunity when Emin made a couple of incorrect pawn push.

Position after 28.Qd2

28...b3? The b-pawn was going to fall. 28...Re8 was needed to be played. 29.Nb4 f4 30.Qb2 Ra7 31.N6xd5 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 Qd8 33.Nxf4 White gained two crucial pawns and won the game in another dozen moves.

A total of 156 players including 12 GMs and 37 IMs are taking part from 57 countries, 98 including 2 IMs, 7 WGMs and 13 WIMs are taking part from 48 countries across the world. The eleven-day eleven round Under-20 Rating tournament is being organized by Chess Federation of Montenegro and FIDE at Hotel “Palas” in Petrovac from 25th February to 7th March 2025. The time control of the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 5-6 Open games

Replay Round 5-6 Girls games

Round 6 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	1	2	GM	Pranav V	2615	4½	1 - 0	4½	GM	Ohanyan Emin	2501	10
6	12	18	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2481	3½	½ - ½	3½	IM	Piliposyan Robert	2409	47
6	13	22	IM	Aswath S	2470	3½	1 - 0	3½	FM	Akhilbay Imangali	2342	71
6	21	12	IM	Srihari L R	2498	3	1 - 0	3	IM	Bochnicka Vladimir	2348	69
6	35	8	IM	Ilamparthi A R	2505	2½	1 - 0	2½	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	2355	65
6	38	30	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2442	2½	1 - 0	2½	FM	Assylov Miras	2285	85
6	53	86	FM	Nagarkatte Vedant	2277	2	1 - 0	2		Milovic Ilija	2029	122
6	56	131		Shtavica Alaudin	1984	2	0 - 1	2	FM	Jaiveer Mahendru	2251	95
6	57	134		Andjelic Djordje	1957	2	0 - 1	2	FM	Sourath Biswas	2207	100
6	63	125	AIM	Vihaan Dumir	2014	1½	½ - ½	1½	FM	Adireddy Arjun	2315	81

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	2	GM	Pranav, V	U20		IND	2615	5,5	0	19,5	21,5	3	5	6	5,5	4,64	0,86	10	8,6
2	43		Meng, Yihan	U20		CHN	2412	5	0	22	24	3	4	6	5	3,07	1,93	10	19,3
3	4	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	U20		ISR	2552	5	0	21,5	24	3	4	6	5	4,16	0,84	10	8,4
4	25	IM	Tarhan, Adar	U20		TUR	2460	5	0	16	18,5	3	5	6	5	4,14	0,86	10	8,6
5	55	IM	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	U20		MGL	2391	4,5	0	21	23	3	3	6	4,5	2,64	1,86	10	18,6
6	67	IM	Wafa, Hamed	U20		EGY	2350	4,5	0	20,5	22	3	3	6	4,5	2,76	1,74	20	34,8
7	10	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	U20		ARM	2501	4,5	0	19,5	22,5	4	4	6	4,5	3,68	0,82	10	8,2
8	50	FM	Agasarov, Benik	U20		ARM	2402	4,5	0	19,5	22	3	3	6	4,5	2,71	1,79	10	17,9
9	24	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	U20		UZB	2465	4,5	0	19	21,5	3	3	6	4,5	3,99	0,51	10	5,1
10	9	IM	Costa, Leonardo	U20		GER	2503	4,5	0	19	21,5	2	3	6	4,5	4,42	0,08	10	0,8

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
7	1	2	GM	Pranav V	2615	5½	5	GM	Sokolovsky Yahli	2552	4
7	7	67	IM	Wafa Hamed	2350	4½	4½	IM	Aswath S	2470	22
7	13	46	IM	Begmuratov Khumoyun	2409	4	4	IM	Srihari L R	2498	12
7	15	48	FM	Palczert Matyas	2409	4	4	IM	Rohith Krishna S	2481	18
7	20	71	FM	Akhilbay Imangali	2342	3½	3½	IM	Ilamparthi A R	2505	8
7	27	63	FM	Kiladze Luka	2359	3½	3½	GM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2442	30
7	36	33	IM	Tsaruk Maksim	2436	3	3	FM	Nagarkatte Vedant	2277	86
7	40	95	FM	Jaiveer Mahendru	2251	3	3	FM	Omonov Asrorjon	2399	52
7	42	61	FM	Cina` Vittorio	2361	3	3	FM	Sourath Biswas	2207	100
7	52	65	IM	Manish Anto Cristiano F	2355	2½	2½		Mierins Emils Janis	2229	98
7	61	81	FM	Adireddy Arjun	2315	2	2		Jusufi Ahmet	2001	128
7	64	117		Cave Iwan	2066	2	2	AIM	Vihaan Dumir	2014	125

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Round 6 Girls results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
6	3	10		Velpula Sarayu	2315	4	0 - 1	4	WFM	Yakimova Mariya	2201	31
6	8	4	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	2365	3½	1 - 0	3½	WFM	Kaliakhmet Elnaz	2242	21
6	14	64	WFM	Zeliantsova Kseniya	1999	3	½ - ½	3	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2332	9
6	22	50	WFM	Sneha Halder	2065	2½	0 - 1	2½	WIM	Kanyamarala Trisha	2178	38
6	33	52		Mrittika Mallick	2058	2	½ - ½	2		Beber Anja	1988	67

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Standings after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	26	WFM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	U20	w	GEO	2219	5	0	22	25	3	4	6	5	3,22	1,78	40	71,2
2	31	WFM	Yakimova, Mariya	U20	w	FID	2201	5	0	20,5	23,5	3	4	6	5	2,37	2,63	20	52,6
3	14	WIM	Allahverdiyeva, Ayan	U20	w	AZE	2284	5	0	20,5	22	3	4	6	5	3,40	1,60	20	32
4	24	WIM	Omonova, Umida	U20	w	UZB	2228	5	0	20	23	3	4	6	5	3,16	1,84	20	36,8
5	7	WGM	Nurman, Alua	U20	w	KAZ	2336	4,5	0	21	24	3	4	6	4,5	4,03	0,47	20	9,4
6	12	WFM	Zhurova, Anna	U20	w	FID	2307	4,5	0	20,5	23,5	3	4	6	4,5	3,87	0,63	20	12,6
7	11	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	U20	w	BUL	2311	4,5	0	20	22,5	3	4	6	4,5	4,11	0,39	20	7,8
8	18	WIM	Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta	U20	w	UKR	2259	4,5	0	20	22,5	3	3	6	4,5	3,25	1,25	20	25
9	4	WGM	Rakshitta, Ravi	U20	w	IND	2365	4,5	0	18,5	21	3	4	6	4,5	4,55	-0,05	20	-1
10	23	FM	Zhapova, Yana	U20	w	FID	2234	4,5	0	17,5	19,5	3	3	6	4,5	3,23	1,27	20	25,4

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Round 7 pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
7	3	18	WIM	Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta	2259	4½	4½	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	2365	4
7	12	25	WIM	Wang Chuqiao	2227	4	4		Velpula Sarayu	2315	10
7	15	9	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2332	3½	3½		Wang Qinxuanyi	2165	41
7	33	35	WFM	Karacsonyi Kata	2191	2½	2½	WFM	Sneha Halder	2065	50
7	37	36		Abdinova Narmin	2186	2	2½		Mrittika Mallick	2058	52

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