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Asian Juniors: Aravindh and Uurtsaikh Asian Champions

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 14/05/2016

By the end of the seventh round, the tournament had turned into a street fight in both the sections and the games were critical, played under extreme pressure. In the end, there was a tie for the top spot between two young grandmasters—Narayanan and Aravindh, which the latter won on tie-break. Mongolian girl Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh took gold with 7.0/9. The Asian Blitz Championship was won by S.L. Narayanan and Vaishali R. An illustrated report.

Asian Juniors: Aravindh and Uurtsaikh Asian Champions

Delhi has always been a magical city for both Indians as well as foreigners. In chess parlance, the Indian capital is slowly metamorphosing into the nation's chess epicentre as well. India is hosting yet another quality chess tournament — the Asian Junior Chess Championship 2016. The tournament was off to a rousing start at Hotel Park Plaza on 03 April 2016, with India's top juniors aged below twenty assembled to match wits with the foreign contenders.

 

By the end of the seventh round, the tournament had turned into a street fight in both the sections and the games were critical, played under extreme pressure.

Overnight joint leaders GM Karthikeyan Murali (2518) and Iranian IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil (2425) signed the peace treaty in 31 moves.
[Event "Asian Junior Open Chess Championship-20"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nfd4 Ne5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf5 f6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bf4 N7g6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxd5 Nf4 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20.
Bc4 Bxb2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd1 g5 23. g3 Rc8 24. Bf1 Ng6 25. Rd7 Ne5 26. Rxb7
Rxc2 27. Bxa6 Bc3 28. Rc7 Rxa2 29. Rxc3 Rxa6 30. Nd4 g4 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

 

GM S.L. Narayanan (2507) defeated Rajdeep Sarkar (2217) to take sole lead.

Playing white pieces in Semi-Slav game, Narayanan exploited the opening mistake committed by his rival to gain an exchange and later sealed the result in 36 moves.

[Event "Asian Junior Open Chess Championship-20"]
[Site "New Delhi"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Rajdeep, Sarkar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.05.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Bb3 b5 12. a3 a6 13. h3 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd4 Bc7 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Qc2 Qd3 18. Qc1 Qd8 19. Rd1 Qb8 20. Bc5 Ng6 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Qe3 c5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Re8 25. g3 Be5 26. Rac1 c4 27. Rc2 Ne7
28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qb6 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Bc7 31. Qd4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Rd7 Ba5
34. b4 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Bb6 36. Rb7 1-0

Top seed GM Aravindh Chithamabaram (2528) defeated Arjun Kalyan (2347).

Aravindh along with Karthikeyan, Mousavi and Nima Javanbakht of Iran, who defeated Sammed Jaykumar Shete, were at number two spot with 6.0/8 while Narayanan led the table with 6.5/8. However, things weren't that simple—if Aravindh managed to win, and Narayanan did not, the former would end up winning the title because of the novel tiebreak rule, which stated that the winner of the individual encounter between the tied players in the tournament will be placed ahead.

 

In the final round, Narayanan took on Mousavi while Aravindh and Karthikeyan were paired against Javanbakht and Rajdeep Sarkar respectively.

 

S.L. Narayanan could only draw with IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil and this result helped Aravindh to catch up with Narayanan after defeating Nima Javanbakht of Iran.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr"]
[Black "Javanbakht, Nima"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. Qe1
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. N3h4 Qb6
15. b3 Ne6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Nd6 Red8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. f4 exf4 21.
e5 f3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Nd5 24. Nf5 f6 25. Ncd6 Re8 26. Qf2 Ne6 27. exf6
Ng5 28. f7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Kxf7 32. Nd6+ Kg6 33.
Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Re1 Rd8 35. Kg2 Rd7 36. Rd3 h5 37. Re6+ Kf5 38. Re2 Kg6 39. Kg1
Rc7 40. c4 Nf6 41. Kg2 Kf7 42. a4 Rc8 43. a5 a6 44. Re5 c5 45. Rf3 Kg6 46. Re7
Rb8 47. Rc7 Ne4 48. Rff7 b5 49. Rxg7+ Kf5 50. Rgf7+ Kg6 51. Rf4 Nd2 52. Rc6+
Kg7 53. Rxa6 Nxb3 54. cxb5 Rxb5 55. Rb6 1-0

 

Both players tied at seven points but direct encounter tie-break helped Aravindh to clinch the title while Narayanan (above) had to be satisfied with the runner-up position.

Surprisingly, Harsha Bharathakoti completed an all Indian podium finish after defeating IM Masoud Mosadeghpour of Iran in the final round. At 6.5/9, he was tied for the third spot with GM Karthikeyan M. and IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil of Iran, but with the second tiebreak being 'total number of wins', he took the bronze for his six wins.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Mosadeghpour, Masoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Ng3
h5 9. Be2 Qb6 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nh1 Bd4+ 12. Nf2 Nc7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Kh1 e6 15.
Bd3 Re8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. f5 e5 18. Nh3 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 e4 21. Qd2
Nh7 22. Be2 e3 23. Qe1 Re5 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Bxe3 Ke7 26. f6+ Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Kxf6
28. Rf1+ Ke7 29. Bg5+ Kf8 30. Bh6+ Ke7 31. Bg5+ Kf8 32. Bf6 Ne8 33. Bxe5 dxe5
34. Bxh5 f5 35. Qxe5 Qf6 36. Qe3 Ng7 37. Qxc5+ Kg8 38. Bf3 Rc8 39. Qxa7 Qxc3
40. Qxb7 Qxc4 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. Qb8+ Rc8 43. Qb7 Rc7 44. Qb3 Qxb3 45. axb3 Rc3
46. Rb1 Ne8 47. Nf4 Nd6 48. b4 Kf7 49. h3 Kf6 50. Ne6 Nc4 51. Nc5 Bb5 52. Be2
Na3 53. Rb2 Be8 54. d6 Bc6 55. Kh2 Nc2 56. b5 Rxc5 57. bxc6 Rxc6 58. d7 Ke7 59.
Bb5 Rb6 60. Rxc2 Rxb5 61. Rd2 Kd8 62. Kg3 Rb4 63. Kf3 Rh4 64. Rd3 1-0

 

Final Standings

Rk. SNo     Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4   TB5 
1 1   GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2528 7,0 1,0 6,0 51,0 47,0 42,5
2 3   GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2507 7,0 0,0 6,0 54,5 49,5 44,0
3 9     Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2329 6,5 0,0 6,0 46,5 43,0 38,0
4 2   GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2518 6,5 0,0 5,0 52,0 48,0 44,0
5 5   IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil IRI 2425 6,5 0,0 4,0 53,0 48,0 43,0
6 17     Sammed Jaykumar Shete IND 2253 6,0 0,0 6,0 44,0 41,0 37,5
7 6   FM Javanbakht Nima IRI 2417 6,0 0,0 5,0 48,5 44,5 40,0
8 19   IM Krishna Teja N IND 2216 6,0 0,0 5,0 48,0 44,0 40,0
9 18   FM Rajdeep Sarkar IND 2217 6,0 0,0 4,0 48,0 45,0 41,0
10 10     Rahul Srivatshav P IND 2313 6,0 0,0 4,0 48,0 44,5 40,0

View the complete standings here.

 

Going into the eighth round, Vaishali and Hajra were in the lead with 5.5/7 while former champion Ivana Maria Furtado, Bala Kannamma, and Priyanka K. along with Mongolian girl Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh were closely following the leaders with 5.0/7.

 

Vaishali signed the peace treaty with Ivan Maria Furtado

While Priyanka K. (1966) outwitted Chandreyee Hajra.

Therefore, Vaishali along with K. Priyanka and Mongolian girl Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh, who beat Bala Kanamma, were leading the table going into the final round with 6.0/8.  

 

In the last round, Vaishali was paired against Uurinntuya (above) in a game that decided the tournament.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaishali, R."]
[Black "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.13"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 e6 6. O-O-O Be7 7. e4 Qa5 8.
f4 d6 9. Nf3 h6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxe5 Bxb5 14. Ng4
Bc6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bf4 h5 17. Rhg1 Rc8 18. g4 Qb4 19. Qf2 hxg4 20. a3 Qc4
21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Bf3 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Re1 Qg5 25. Re3 Rxh2 26. Qxh2 Qxe3+
27. Kb1 Qe5 28. Qd2 g3 29. Rd3 g2 30. Qf2 Qh2 31. Ne2 Bxe2 32. Rg3 Qh1+ 33. Ka2
Rxc2 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Kb3 Qd1 36. Qxa7 Qd3+ 0-1 

 

Her victory helped her gain the gold medal with 7.0/9.

The girls section was dramatic until the end. Nandhidhaa finished as runner-up after defeating overnight joint leader K Priyanka. R Vaishali did not find a place in the podium as Ivana Maria Furtado won the bronze medal by securing final round victory over Bala Kannamma P.

Final Standings:

Rk. SNo     Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4   TB5 
1 4     Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh MGL 2172 7,0 0,0 6,0 49,0 45,5 40,5
2 5   WIM Nandhidhaa Pv IND 2141 6,5 0,0 6,0 50,5 46,5 41,5
3 6   WIM Ivana Maria Furtado IND 2091 6,5 0,0 5,0 45,0 41,5 37,5
4 14     Priyanka K IND 1966 6,0 0,0 5,0 52,0 47,0 42,0
5 1   WFM Vaishali R IND 2322 6,0 0,0 5,0 50,5 46,5 42,0
6 11   WCM Chandreyee Hajra IND 1996 6,0 0,0 5,0 44,5 44,5 39,5
7 7     Harshita Guddanti IND 2052 6,0 0,0 4,0 48,0 44,0 40,0
8 12     Hamedi Nia Vesal IRI 1983 6,0 0,0 4,0 46,5 43,0 38,5
9 18   WCM Ananya Suresh IND 1902 6,0 0,0 4,0 42,5 40,0 36,0
10 15   WIM Chitlange Sakshi IND 1928 5,5 0,5 3,0 50,0 46,0 41,0

 

View the complete standings here.

The 2016 Asian Junior Champions 

Asian Blitz Championship 2016

In the Asian Junior Blitz Championship, S.L. Narayanan won the gold medal while Arjun Kalyan and Aravindh Chithambaram secured Silver and Bronze medals respectively.  R. Vaishali secured the gold in girls category while Varshini finished second and Bala Kannamma won the Bronze medal.

In a colourful closing ceremony, Shri. Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Government of Delhi gave away the prizes in the presence of other dignitaries...

...like Shri. Hisham Al Taher, General Secretary Asian Chess Federation; Shri. Bharat Singh, Deputy President Asian Chess Federation; Group Captain J Rajendra, Deputy Judge Advocate General Indian Air Force; Shri. Luxman Wijesuriya, General Secretary Chess Federation of Sri Lanka; Shri. Narayan Das Gamal, Vice President Nepal Chess Association and Shri. AK Verma, Secretary Delhi Chess Association.

 

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 Special thanks to IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran for the inputs

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