World Cadets 2022: Shubhi, Charvi, Ethan and Safin are the medal contenders

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/09/2022

Shubhi Gupta has had a fantastic year so far. She won the National Under-12 Girls and National Amateur U-2000 Women Championship, three Silver medals at the Western Asia Under-12 Girls. Last month, the 11-year-old finished third at an Open Rating tournament. So her leading at World Under-12 Girls does not come as a surprise. A win in the last round will earn her a Gold. Charvi A can also win a Gold in the Under-8 Girls. She is currently at 8.5/10, a half point behind the leader. Ethan Vaz 8/10 and Safin Safarullakhan 8/10 are the remaining two Indians in the medal fray in Under-12 and Under-8 Open categories respectively. Final round starts today at 10 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Sophie Nikoladze

Four hopeful for a medal

Shubhi Gupta has a very good chance to win the Gold in Under-12 Girls | Photo: Sophie Nikoladze

Charvi A currently trailing the leader by a half point in Under-8 Girls | Photo: Gosha Krapivkin

Ethan Vaz is in the medal contention in Under-12 Open | Photo: Sophie Nikoladze

Safin Safarullakhan is in the medal fray in Under-8 Open | Photo: Sophie Nikoladze

Under-12 Girls: Shubhi Gupta 8/10

Shubhi Gupta is currently sharing the lead with Oksana Goriachkina 8/10 in Under-12 Girls. A win in the final round makes her a clear champion and earns her a Gold, whereas a draw would leave things in others' hands.

Kesaria - Shubhi, Round 9

Position after 25...Ne6

Shubhi Gupta responded pretty well to her opponent's attack on the kingside while launching one of her own on the queenside. 25...Ne6 26.axb4 actually helps Black axb4 27.cxb4 Qa7 28.h6 Nd4 29.Rh2 Ra1 30.hxg7 c3 and it's over for White. While both players might not have handled the position accurately, Black's practical play is what earned her a full point.

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Under-8 Girls: Charvi A 8.5/10

Charvi A is trailing the Under-8 Girls leader by a half point 8.5/10. She needs to win the last round. If the tournament leader Sivanandan Bodhana (ENG) 9/10 does not win the last round, then Charvi's Gold chances remain.

Charvi - Alanna, Round 7

Position after 19.Nxh6+

19.Nxh6+ is certainly the most obvious here to disintegrate Black's kingside gxh6 20.Qxf6 Re6 21.Qf3. White had no trouble converting her advantage into a full point.

Under-12 Open: Ethan Vaz 8/10

In Under-12 Open, Ethan Vaz is full point behind the leader FM Artem Uskov, against whom Ethan lost his only game at this event. He must win the final round game against CM Suat Nurgaliyev (KAZ) to keep his medal chances.

Lukas - Ethan, Round 8

Position after 38..Qf6

White king is on the brink of grave danger. It is certainly not easy to defend the position despite being ahead by two pawns. How should White defend it? 39.Qxd3 was played in the game Qb2 40.Qf3 Rh2+ 41.Kg1 Rcc2 42.Ra2 Qxa2 and Black won.

Under-8 Open: Safin Safarullakhan 8/10

Safin Safarullakhan is at 8/10, a full point away from the Under-8 Open leader, Marc Llari (FRA). He must beat Ignaco Buklaho (POL) to stay in the medal contention.

Replay Round 1-9 games of all sections

Round 10 results in all categories

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
10	3	26	AFM	Safin Safarullakhan	1377	7	1 - 0	7		Annapureddy Rheyansh Reddy	1698	4
10	12	57		Aadhya V	1193	6	0 - 1	6		Indukuri Suhas	1400	20
10	13	49		Sanikommu Jaideep Reddy	1239	6	0 - 1	6		Jumanazarov Ibrokhim	1388	24
10	42	78		Aarush Bathula	1118	4½	½ - ½	4½		Sagyndyk Sanzhar	1203	56
10	45	128		Marat Dinmukhamed	0	4	½ - ½	4		Avyaay Garg	1275	40
10	10	7		Vivaan Vishal Shah	1899	6	1 - 0	6		Bayarduuren Sainbileg	1380	57
10	42	72		Tulepbergenov Arsen	1299	4½	0 - 1	4½		Ritesh Maddukuri	1272	80
10	2	24		Dinh Nho Kiet	1977	8	0 - 1	7	AIM	Vaz Ethan	1885	35
10	14	46		Adireddy Arjun	1823	6	1 - 0	6		Goutham Krishna H	1940	27
10	32	102		Vandan Alankar Sawai	1481	5	0 - 1	5		Keneshbekov Elim	1732	59
10	48	115		Kavin Vijayakumar	1374	4	0 - 1	4		Koehalmi-Szabo Mihaly	1683	69
10	49	79		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	1635	4	½ - ½	4		Evgeev Altan	1230	128
10	61	88		Sanjay Vasu	1579	3½	1 - 0	3½		Nithik Reddy Bhavanam	1367	117
10	3	5		Charvi A	1355	7½	1 - 0	6½		Veselow Zoe	1532	3
10	11	83		Ziyadin Malika	0	5½	0 - 1	5½		Samhita Pungavanam	1140	15
10	4	24		Hanya Shah	1336	6½	1 - 0	6½		Mirzakhani Bahar	1461	5
10	6	48		Tripurambika V	1183	6	1 - 0	6		Sreekarthika Velmurugan	1380	19
10	10	13		Ejsymont Blanka	1410	5½	0 - 1	6		Aadya Ranganath	1184	45
10	1	9	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	1733	7½	½ - ½	7		Preobrazhenskaya Diana	1994	1
10	5	21		Huseynli Ayan	1572	6	0 - 1	6½		Shreya G Hipparagi	1574	20
10	9	22		Saparya Ghosh	1563	5½	1 - 0	6		Sezdbekova Aizhan	1447	38
10	19	8		Garcia Rodriguez Laia	1742	5	½ - ½	5	AFM	Aadya Gupta	1230	73
10	20	79		Durga Karthika Lellapalli	1203	5	0 - 1	5		Negre Emilie	1722	10
10	32	70		Kirthika B	1247	4	1 - 0	4		Margad Munkhpurev	1372	51

Details: Under-8 Open, Under-10 Open, Under-12 Open, Under-8 Girls, Under-10 Girls and Under-12 Girls

Round 11 pairings in all categories

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
11	3	64		Buklaho Ignacy	1179	7½		8	AFM	Safin Safarullakhan	1377	26
11	16	28		Apostu Rares-Stefan	1361	6		6		Aadhya V	1193	57
11	21	137		Samaraweera S M Sethika Hans	0	6		6		Sanikommu Jaideep Reddy	1239	49
11	43	120		Latypov Mark Ev	0	5		5		Aarush Bathula	1118	78
11	48	40		Avyaay Garg	1275	4½		4½		Lipartia Giorgi	0	124
11	6	16		Botiraliev Abdumajid	1762	7		7		Vivaan Vishal Shah	1899	7
11	33	80		Ritesh Maddukuri	1272	5½		5½		Anand Munkhbat	1441	50
11	3	9	CM	Nurgaliyev Sauat	2133	7½		8	AIM	Vaz Ethan	1885	35
11	8	7		Ilinca Ilinca Felix Antonio	2184	6½		7		Adireddy Arjun	1823	46
11	17	27		Goutham Krishna H	1940	6		6		Keneshbekov Elim	1732	59
11	41	73		Khvedelidze Luka	1666	5		5		Vandan Alankar Sawai	1481	102
11	51	120		Zhu Charis	1350	4½		4½		Mrinmoy Rajkhowa	1635	79
11	61	129		Babkin Kirill	1217	4		4		Kavin Vijayakumar	1374	115
11	63	117		Nithik Reddy Bhavanam	1367	3½		3½		Theodoridis Charalampos	1657	75
11	2	5		Charvi A	1355	8½		7		Kuraeva Sofya Rom	0	57
11	8	15		Samhita Pungavanam	1140	6½		6½		Mahmudova Nilufar	0	59
11	2	4		Venskaya Nika	1470	8½		7½		Hanya Shah	1336	24
11	4	8		Siskou Evangelia	1421	7		7		Tripurambika V	1183	48
11	6	45		Aadya Ranganath	1184	7		7		Chichinadze Anastasia	1220	40
11	1	9	AFM	Shubhi Gupta	1733	8		8		Goriachkina Oksana	1748	7
11	3	20		Shreya G Hipparagi	1574	7½		7½	WCM	Kaliakhmet Elnaz	1864	3
11	7	44		Khafizova Diana	1411	6½		6½		Saparya Ghosh	1563	22
11	22	73	AFM	Aadya Gupta	1230	5½		5½		Vlasova Mariya N	1456	35
11	27	46		Kim Sarang	1402	5		5		Kirthika B	1247	70
11	30	12		Alfano Emilie	1712	4½		5		Durga Karthika Lellapalli	1203	79

Details: Under-8 Open, Under-10 Open, Under-12 Open, Under-8 Girls, Under-10 Girls and Under-12 Girls

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