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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.

Shubhi Gupta - The 12-year-old talent to watch out for | Overview of Indians World Cadets 2022 | Video: ChessBase India

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. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
10326
AFMSafin Safarullakhan137771 - 07Annapureddy Rheyansh Reddy1698
4
101257
Aadhya V119360 - 16Indukuri Suhas1400
20
101349
Sanikommu Jaideep Reddy123960 - 16Jumanazarov Ibrokhim1388
24
104278
Aarush Bathula1118½ - ½Sagyndyk Sanzhar1203
56
1045128
Marat Dinmukhamed04½ - ½4Avyaay Garg1275
40
10107
Vivaan Vishal Shah189961 - 06Bayarduuren Sainbileg1380
57
104272
Tulepbergenov Arsen12990 - 1Ritesh Maddukuri1272
80
10224
Dinh Nho Kiet197780 - 17AIMVaz Ethan1885
35
101446
Adireddy Arjun182361 - 06Goutham Krishna H1940
27
1032102
Vandan Alankar Sawai148150 - 15Keneshbekov Elim1732
59
1048115
Kavin Vijayakumar137440 - 14Koehalmi-Szabo Mihaly1683
69
104979
Mrinmoy Rajkhowa16354½ - ½4Evgeev Altan1230
128
106188
Sanjay Vasu15791 - 0Nithik Reddy Bhavanam1367
117
1035
Charvi A13551 - 0Veselow Zoe1532
3
101183
Ziyadin Malika00 - 1Samhita Pungavanam1140
15
10424
Hanya Shah13361 - 0Mirzakhani Bahar1461
5
10648
Tripurambika V118361 - 06Sreekarthika Velmurugan1380
19
101013
Ejsymont Blanka14100 - 16Aadya Ranganath1184
45
1019
AFMShubhi Gupta1733½ - ½7Preobrazhenskaya Diana1994
1
10521
Huseynli Ayan157260 - 1Shreya G Hipparagi1574
20
10922
Saparya Ghosh15631 - 06Sezdbekova Aizhan1447
38
10198
Garcia Rodriguez Laia17425½ - ½5AFMAadya Gupta1230
73
102079
Durga Karthika Lellapalli120350 - 15Negre Emilie1722
10
103270
Kirthika B124741 - 04Margad Munkhpurev1372
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. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
11364
Buklaho Ignacy11798AFMSafin Safarullakhan1377
26
111628
Apostu Rares-Stefan136166Aadhya V1193
57
1121137
Samaraweera S M Sethika Hans066Sanikommu Jaideep Reddy1239
49
1143120
Latypov Mark Ev055Aarush Bathula1118
78
114840
Avyaay Garg1275Lipartia Giorgi0
124
11616
Botiraliev Abdumajid176277Vivaan Vishal Shah1899
7
113380
Ritesh Maddukuri1272Anand Munkhbat1441
50
1139
CMNurgaliyev Sauat21338AIMVaz Ethan1885
35
1187
Ilinca Ilinca Felix Antonio21847Adireddy Arjun1823
46
111727
Goutham Krishna H194066Keneshbekov Elim1732
59
114173
Khvedelidze Luka166655Vandan Alankar Sawai1481
102
1151120
Zhu Charis1350Mrinmoy Rajkhowa1635
79
1161129
Babkin Kirill121744Kavin Vijayakumar1374
115
1163117
Nithik Reddy Bhavanam1367Theodoridis Charalampos1657
75
1125
Charvi A13557Kuraeva Sofya Rom0
57
11815
Samhita Pungavanam1140Mahmudova Nilufar0
59
1124
Venskaya Nika1470Hanya Shah1336
24
1148
Siskou Evangelia142177Tripurambika V1183
48
11645
Aadya Ranganath118477Chichinadze Anastasia1220
40
1119
AFMShubhi Gupta173388Goriachkina Oksana1748
7
11320
Shreya G Hipparagi1574WCMKaliakhmet Elnaz1864
3
11744
Khafizova Diana1411Saparya Ghosh1563
22
112273
AFMAadya Gupta1230Vlasova Mariya N1456
35
112746
Kim Sarang140255Kirthika B1247
70
113012
Alfano Emilie17125Durga Karthika Lellapalli1203
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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