Mayank Chakraborty clinches Gold at Tata Steel Asian Junior Open Rapid 2023, Silver for Jyothsna and Mrudul Bronze among Girls

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/09/2023

CM Mayank Chakraborty scored 7/9 to clinch Gold at Tata Steel Asian Junior Open Rapid 2023. Despite losing his seventh round game against IM Srihari L R, he immediately bounced back by winning against IM Avinash Ramesh. In the final round, he was up against the sole leader Srihari L 6.5/8. Mayank was in a must-win situation if he wanted to win the Gold. That is exactly what he did by winning the final round game on demand to win the Gold medal. Srihari L secured Silver 6.5/9 and IM S Rohith Krishna Bronze 6.5/9. In the Girls section, WIM Nazerke Nurgali (KAZ) scored 7.5/9 to win the Gold. WIM Mrudul Dehankar defeated WFM Jyothsna L to win the Bronze 7/9, Jyothsna secured Silver 7/9. Jyothsna is also the only player to beat the eventual Gold medal winner, Nazerke. Classical Round 1 in Open and Girls section starts today from 9 a.m. IST. Photos: Himank Ghosh

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Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023 Open Rapid Gold medal winner - CM Mayank Chakraborty 7/9

CM Mayank Chakraborty clinches Gold at Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023 Open Rapid | Video: ChessBase India

Mayank - Srihari L, Round 9

Position after 27.b5

Black is not forced to take on b5. 27...cxb5 allowed 28.Nd5 Qg5 29.Nxe7 now White could have delayed the capture of the rook by improving his position first 29.f4 Qh6 30.Qb2+ Kg8 31.cxb5 due to Nf6+ being there if White wants to gain an exchange.

CM Mayank Chakraborty vs Srihari L, Round 9 | Video: ChessBase India

CM Mayank Chakraborty defeated the sole leader Srihari L in the final round to clinch the Gold 7.5/9

CM Mayank Chakraborty scored 7/9 and gained 106.8 Elo rating points

Silver in Open - Srihari L 6.5/9

Bronze in Open - IM S Rohith Krishna 6.5/9

10-year-old CM Vivaan Vishal Shah (1838) stunned the top seed IM Aleksey Grebnev (2480) in the first round

Gold in Girls - WIM Nazerke Nurgali (KAZ) 7.5/9

WIM Nazerke Nurgali (KAZ) defeated V Rindhiya in the final round to clinch the Gold

Silver - WFM Jyothsna L 7/9

Bronze - WIM Mrudul Dehankar 7/9

WIM Mrudul Dehankar defeated WFM Jyothsna L to secure the Bronze, Jyothsna earned Silver

How many titled players can you spot among the parents and accompanying persons?

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Schedule

Rapid - Open and Girls from 9 a.m. IST on 8th September.

Classical - Open and Girls from 9 a.m. IST from 9th to 15th September. There are double rounds on 10th and 12th September.

Blitz - Open and Girls on 15th September 2023

Time Control

Rapid: 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment

Classical: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment

Blitz: 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment

Final standings in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	17	CM	Mayank, Chakraborty			IND	2115	India	7	46,5	50,5	0	2090	6
2	13		Srihari, L			IND	2173	India	6,5	50,5	54	0	2155	5
3	4	IM	Rohith, Krishna S			IND	2270	India	6,5	48,5	52	0	2060	6
4	3	IM	Srihari, L R			IND	2329	India	6,5	48	52	0	2039	5
5	2	IM	Harshavardhan, G B			IND	2336	India	6,5	46,5	50	0	2057	5
6	11	FM	Abdilkhair, Abilmansur	U20		KAZ	2188	Kazakhstan	6,5	45	48,5	0	2067	5
7	1	IM	Grebnev, Aleksey	U18		FID	2480	FIDE	6,5	43	47	0	1993	6
8	10	FM	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	U20		SRI	2210	Sri Lanka	6,5	42,5	45,5	0	2021	5
9	20	FM	Krishnan, Ritvik			IND	2051	India	6	45,5	49	0	2045	5
10	7	FM	Aswath, S			IND	2259	India	6	43	47	0	1990	6

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Final standings in Girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	WIM	Nurgali, Nazerke	U20	w	KAZ	2110	7,5	43,5	46,5	0	1734	7
2	14	WFM	Jyothsna, L	U20	w	IND	1807	7	48	51	0	1800	6
3	4	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	U20	w	IND	2052	7	42,5	46,5	0	1760	7
4	19		Divyabharathi, Masanam	U20	w	IND	1621	7	41,5	44,5	0	1636	6
5	15		Mrittika, Mallick	U16	w	IND	1794	6,5	49	52,5	0	1761	6
6	9		Rindhiya, V	U20	w	IND	1860	6	45	47,5	0	1714	6
7	32		Sachi, Jain	U14	w	IND	1481	6	44,5	47	0	1743	5
8	5	WIM	Sultanbek, Zeinep	U20	w	KAZ	2038	6	42,5	45,5	0	1557	5
9	7		Kaldarova, Ayaulym	U16	w	KAZ	1872	6	40,5	43,5	0	1514	5
10	10	WFM	Bhagyashree, Patil	U18	w	IND	1858	6	39	41,5	0	1552	5

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