India wins a dozen medals at Asian Junior 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 21/10/2024

Seven Indians have won a total of 12 medals at Asian Junior Chess Championships 2024. WFM Bristy Mukherjee won the sole Gold for India in the Blitz Girls event. She scored an unbeaten 8/9 and finished a full point ahead of the field. Sneha Halder and the defending champion, WIM Tejaswini G scored 7/9 each in Classical Girls event. Sneha secured Silver due to better tie-breaks. Tejaswini got Bronze. IM Aswath S won Bronze in Classical Open scoring 6.5/9. Aswath and FM Arjun Adireddy scored 6.5/9 each in Rapid Open. They won Silver and Bronze medals each respectively. WFM Shubhi Gupta claimed Bronze scoring 6/9.

One Gold, Two Silver and Four Bronze, Bristy Mukherjee wins the sole Gold for India

Apart from winning Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, Indian players also won age group medals. Dhanashree Khairmode won Best Under-18 in Classical Girls event. In Rapid Girls, Sneha Halder got Best Under-16 and WIM Tejaswini G Best Under-18. Dhanashree got another Best Under-18 in Blitz Girls event. Sneha earned a WIM-norm and WFM title for securing Silver in Classical Girls event. Five Indian girls won nine medals and the remaining three were won by the two boys.

All seven Indian medal winners

Gold medal winners (L to R): Blitz Girls - WFM Bristy Mukherjee, Blitz Open - IM Artem Uskov, Classical and Rapid Open - GM Aleksey Grebnev, and Classical and Rapid Girls - WIM Anna Shukhman | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Classical Open: Bronze

The defending champion, IM Aleksey Grebnev (2530) won Gold again scoring 7.5/9, a half point more than previous year. IM Munkhdalai Amilal (MGL, 2388) scored 7/9 to secure Silver. IM Aswath S (2473) won Bronze scoring 6.5/9.

Open (L to R): IA Patrick Lee (PHI), Chief Arbiter, Best Under-16 IM Artem Uskov 6/9, Silver - IM Munkhdalai Amilal (MGL) 7/9, Gold - IM Aleksey Grebnev 7.5/9, Bronze - IM Aswath S 6.5/9, Best Under-18 - Charles Chong (PHI) 3.5/9 and Mike Lapitan, Tournament Coordinator, Tagaytay Chess Club | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB4	TB5
1	1	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	U18	FID	2530	7,5	47	50,5	2394	6
2	7	IM	Amilal, Munkhdalai	U18	MGL	2388	7	45	48	2372	6
3	3	IM	Aswath, S	U16	IND	2473	6,5	45	48,5	2279	6

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Girls: Silver, Bronze and Best Under-18

WIM Anna Shukhman (2163) scored 8/9 to clinch Gold. Sneha Halder (2063) and WIM Tejaswini G (2207) scored 7/9 each to secure Silver and Bronze medals according to tie-breaks. Sneha suffered her sole loss against the eventual Gold medalist, Shukhman. Tejaswini became the sole player to beat the winner of the tournament.

Top 3 (L to R): Bronze - WIM Tejaswini G 7/9, Gold - WIM Anna Shukhman 8/9 and Silver - Sneha Halder 7/9

L to R: IA Patrick Lee (PHI), Chief Arbiter, Best Under-16 - Ainul Mardhiah Mohd. Afif (MAS) 5/9, Bronze - WIM Tejaswini G 7/9, Gold - WIM Anna Shukhman 8/9, Silver - Sneha Halder 7/9, Best Under-18 - Dhanashree Khairmode 5.5/9 and Mike Lapitan, Tournament Coordinator, Tagaytay Chess Club | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB4	TB5
1	2	WIM	Shukhman, Anna	G16	FID	2163	8	43,5	48	2057	8
2	6		Sneha, Halder	G16	IND	2063	7	44	47,5	1951	6
3	1	WIM	Tejaswini, G	G18	IND	2207	7	43,5	48	2002	6

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Rapid Open: Silver and Bronze

GM Aleksey Grebnev (2482) won Gold scoring 7/9. IM Aswath S (2348), the reigning two-time National Junior champion, FM Arjun Adireddy (1977) and IM Dau Khuong Duy (VIE, 2330) scored 6.5/9 each. Aswath and Arjun won Silver and Bronze medals each according to tie-breaks.

L to R: IA Patrick Lee (PHI), Chief Arbiter, Best Under-16 - IM Dau Khuong Duy (VIE) 6.5/9, Bronze - FM Arjun Adireddy 6.5/9, Gold - GM Aleksey Grebnev 7/9, Silver - IM Aswath S 6.5/9, Best Under-18 - IM Munkhdalai Amilal (MGL) 5.5/9 and Mike Lapitan, Tournament Coordinator, Tagaytay Chess Club | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	U18	FID	2482	7	48	52,5	0	2257	6
2	5	IM	Aswath, S	U16	IND	2348	6,5	47	50	0	2217	6
3	12	FM	Adireddy, Arjun	U16	IND	1977	6,5	46	50	1	2279	6

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Girls: Bronze, Best Under-18 and Best Under-16

WIM Anna Shukhman (2193) scored 8/9 and finished a full point ahead of the competition to clinch Gold. Her sole loss was against the eventual Silver medalist, WFM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI, 1826) 7/9. WFM Shubhi Gupta (1972) edged past WIM Zeinep Sultanbek (1987) on tie-breaks to claim Bronze.

L to R: IA Patrick Lee (PHI), Chief Arbiter, Silver - WFM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI) 7/9, Best Under-16 - Sneha Halder 5/9, Gold - WIM Anna Shukhman 8/9, Bronze - WFM Shubhi Gupta 6/9, Best Under-18 - WIM Tejaswini G 5/9 and Mike Lapitan, Tournament Coordinator, Tagaytay Chess Club | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB4	TB5
1	1	WIM	Shukhman, Anna	G16	FID	2193	8	42	46	1859	8
2	10	WFM	Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini	G16	SRI	1826	7	45,5	49,5	1935	7
3	3	WFM	Shubhi, Gupta	G16	IND	1972	6	45	46,5	1899	6

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Blitz Open: Best Under-16

IM Artem Uskov (2490) scored 8/9 to clinch Gold. IM Dau Khuong Duy (VIE, 2260) scored 7.5/9 to secure Silver. IM Michael Concio Jr. (PHI, 2354) claimed Bronze.

L to R: IA Patrick Lee (PHI), Chief Arbiter, Best Under-18 - IM Munkhdalai Amilal (PHI) 5.5/9, Bronze - IM Michael Concio Jr. (PHI) 7/9, Gold - IM Artem Uskov 8/9, Silver - IM Dau Khuong Duy (VIE) 7.5/9, Best Under-16 - IM Aswath S 6/9 and Mike Lapitan, Tournament Coordinator, Tagaytay Chess Club | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB4	TB5
1	1	IM	Uskov, Artem	U16	FID	2490	8	46,5	50	2295	8
2	10	IM	Dau, Khuong Duy	U16	VIE	2260	7,5	47	51	2231	7
3	6	IM	Concio, Michael Jr.		PHI	2354	7	48	52,5	2296	6

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Girls: Gold and Best Under-18

WFM Bristy Mukherjee (1866) scored an unbeaten 8/9 to earn Gold. She finished a full point ahead of the rest. Hong Tu Linh Luong (VIE, 2029) scored 7/9 to secure Silver. WIM Zeinep Sultanbek (KAZ, 2046) got Bronze as she had the better tie-break score than WFM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI) and WIM Anna Shukhman (2259).

L to R: Best Under-18 - Dhanashree Khairmode 5.5/9, IA Patrick Lee (PHI), Chief Arbiter, Bronze - WIM Zeinep Sultanbek (KAZ) 6HG/9, Gold - WFM Bristy Mukherjee 8/9, Silver - Hoang Tu Linh Luong (VIE) 7/9, Best Under-16 - WFM Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana (SRI) 6/9 and Mike Lapitan, Tournament Coordinator, Tagaytay Chess Club | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB4	TB5
1	8	WFM	Bristy, Mukherjee	IND	1866	8	44	47	1908	7
2	3		Luong, Hoang Tu Linh	VIE	2029	7	45	48	1937	7
3	2	WIM	Sultanbek, Zeinep	KAZ	2046	6	48	52,5	1948	5

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