Silver finish for India

The Jannat Regency Hotel, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, hosted the 2015 Asian Juniors and Girls Championship from 2 October 2015 to 12 October 2015. The event was a nine round swiss, with the Open and Girls section held separately, and forty players from nine Asian countries competing.

Team India

Open

Gold: Iranian Masoud Mosadeghpour (2420)

Iran’s Masoud Mosadeghpour (2420) won the tournament with 7.5/9, half a point clear of the second placed Indian IM SL Narayanan (2476).

Silver: Indian IM SL Narayanan (2476) with 7.0/9 [Note: Narayanan has become India's 41s grandmaster!]

Bronze: FM Nima Javanbakht (2401) scored 6.0/9

Final Standings:

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3 
1 2   Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2420 7,5 0,0 6 47,5
2 1 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2476 7,0 0,0 5 48,5
3 3 FM Javanbakht Nima IRI 2401 6,0 0,0 5 47,5
4 5   Yuan Qingyu CHN 2382 5,5 0,0 4 46,0
5 6   Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2342 5,5 0,0 4 43,0
6 4   Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2384 5,5 0,0 3 44,0
7 7   Turar Dastan KAZ 2243 5,0 0,0 4 48,0
8 12   Mamatov Melis KGZ 2096 5,0 0,0 4 39,0
9 9 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M IND 2195 5,0 0,0 4 38,0
10 8   Taalaibekov Tagir KGZ 2202 5,0 0,0 3 42,0

Girls

Gold: Uzbek WFM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim (2188) scored 7.5/9

Silver: WIM Ivana Furtado (2259) of India also scored 7.5/9, being edged out on tiebreak

Bronze: Indian WIM Pv Nandhidhaa (2102) scored 6.5/9 [Photo: Amruta Mokal]

Final Standings:

Rk.
SNo.   Name FED. Rtg. Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3 
1 2 WFM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim UZB 2188 7,5 0,5 7 50,0
2 1 WIM Ivana Maria Furtado IND 2259 7,5 0,5 6 50,0
3 6 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv IND 2102 6,5 1,0 6 48,5
4 3 WFM Saranya J IND 2137 6,5 0,0 6 50,0
5 5 WIM Monnisha G K IND 2103 6,0 0,0 5 50,0
6 12   Omurbekova Diana KGZ 1704 5,0 0,0 5 45,5
7 9   Mahdian Anousha IRI 1757 5,0 0,0 5 42,5
8 10   Hotami Mutriba TJK 1718 5,0 0,0 5 30,0
9 4 WIM Parnali S Dharia IND 2130 5,0 0,0 4 43,0
10 13   Samudin Elina KGZ 1623 4,5 0,0 4 41,0

Some choice positions:

Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan - Javanbakht, Nima 1-0

White to play. Can you see until the end?

Ajygulov, Nurmat - Isaev, Chyngyz 0-1

Black to play. How many possible pins do you spot?

Saranya, J. - Parnali, S Dharia 1-0 

What had Black missed while playing …Qe2?

Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim - Monnisha, G K. 1-0 

Black has excitedly chopped off a pawn. How can White save the king?

WIM Parnali Dharia had a lackluster tournament though she did win a silver medal in the Rapid event

WFM J Saranya (2137) scored 6.5/9 but was fourth on the tiebreak

WIM GK Monnisha scored 6.0/9 to finish fifth

Harsha Bharathakoti (2384) could muster up only 5.5/9.

IM Chakravarthi Reddy (2195) also had a poor tournament to score 5.0/9, but he was silver in the Rapids

The Asian Juniors Indian team coach IM Ravi Lanka (right)

Solutions to tactics:

Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan - Javanbakht, Nima 1-0

43. Kd5 a5 (43... Ke7 44. Kc6 a5 45. f6+! Ke6 (45... Kxf6 46. Kd6 a4 47. c6 a3 48. c7 a2 49. c8=Q a1=Q 50. Qh8+ +-) 46. Kb7 a4 47. c6 a3 48. c7 a2 49. c8=Q+ +-) 44. Kd6 a4 45. c6 a3 46. c7 a2 47. c8=Q a1=Q 48. Qh8+ 1-0

 

Ajygulov, Nurmat - Isaev, Chyngyz 0-1

29... Nxf2 30. Nxf2 Qe2!{The point!} 31. Rf1 Be3 32. Qd1 Bxf2+ 0-1

 

 

Saranya, J. - Parnali, S Dharia 1-0

38. Qxh7+ 1-0

 

Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim - Monnisha, G K. 1-0

27... Bxa3 28. Re1+ Be6 29. Bb5+ Ke7 30. Bd8+ Kf8 (30... Rxd8 31. Qc7+ Rd7 32.
Qxd7+ Kf8 33. Qe8#) 31. Be7+ 1-0

 

Links:

Official Website: http://www.asianchess20-2015.com/

All photos from the official website