World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R4: India bounces back strong against Uzbekistan-2

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/10/2022

India made a strong comeback by defeating Uzbekistan-2 in the fourth round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. GM Pranav V, FM Harshad S and Tanisha S Boramanikar scored the wins, while IM Pranesh M was held to a draw. India will face the biggest challenge of the event so far, the top seed Iran in the fifth round. There are no changes in the Indian team, however Iran has made one change. Turkiye-Red and Kazakhstan are currently in the lead with a 100% score 8/8. They are followed by five teams including India at 6/8 each. Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

India scores an emphatic victory

Both Turkiye Red and Kazakhstan-1 scored 3-1 victory over Azerbaijan-1 and Turkiye-Anatolia respectively, without losing a single individual game, to remain coleaders. Top seed Iran won their match against Azerbaijan-2 by a minimum margin 2.5-1.5.

GM Pranav Venkatesh 3.5/4 | Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

FIDE World Youth Chess Olympiad 2022 Official logo | Photo: Official site

India - Uzbekistan-2: 3.5-0.5

GM Pranav Venkatesh (2530), FM Harshad S (2228) and Tanisha S Boramanikar (1808) won their respective games. IM Pranesh M (2442) conceded the sole draw against WFM Afruza Khamdamova (2118).

India - Uzbekistan-2: 3.5-0.5

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Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST from 2nd to 9th October 2022. The final round on 10th October starts 10 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST.

Round 4 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	4	AZE-1	Azerbaijan-1	8	6	1	:	3	6	8½	Turkiye-Red	TUR	5
2	6	KAZ	Kazakhstan	9	6	3	:	1	5	8	Turkiye-Anatolia	TUR	9
3	2	UZB-1	Uzbekistan-1	8	4	3	:	1	5	10	Georgia-1	GEO	17
4	1	IRI	Iran	7½	4	2½	:	1½	4	7½	Azerbaijan-2	AZE	10
5	3	IND	India	9	4	3½	:	½	4	7½	Uzbekistan-2	UZB	18
6	12	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	8	4	1½	:	2½	4	7	Cuba	CUB	8
7	26	MAS	Malaysia	8	4	½	:	3½	3	7	Turkiye-White	TUR	7
8	13	MGL	Mongolia	7	3	3½	:	½	3	6	Canada	CAN	21
9	14	MDA	Moldova	5	3	1	:	3	3	6½	Azerbaijan-4	AZE	23
10	25	AZE-5	Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan	7	3	1½	:	2½	3	4½	Sri Lanka	SRI	19

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Round 5 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	5	TUR-1	Turkiye-Red	11½	8		:		8	12	Kazakhstan	KAZ	6
2	1	IRI	Iran	10	6		:		6	12½	India	IND	3
3	4	AZE-1	Azerbaijan-1	9	6		:		6	11	Uzbekistan-1	UZB	2
4	7	TUR-2	Turkiye-White	10½	5		:		6	9½	Cuba	CUB	8
5	9	TUR-3	Turkiye-Anatolia	9	5		:		5	11	Georgia-1	GEO	17
6	19	SRI	Sri Lanka	7	5		:		5	10½	Mongolia	MGL	13
7	10	AZE-2	Azerbaijan-2	9	4		:		5	9½	Azerbaijan-4	AZE	23
8	16	LAT	Latvia	8½	4		:		4	9	Mexico	MEX	11
9	26	MAS	Malaysia	8½	4		:		4	9½	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	12
10	15	BAN	Bangladesh	8½	4		:		4	8	Uzbekistan-2	UZB	18

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