Asian Junior & Girls Under-20 Championships, 2015
The city of Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted the 2015 Asian Juniors & Girls Under-20 Championship. Although the tournament has not been too famous among the Asian countries – most players just give it a miss – it has always been attractive to some due the customary GM norm awarded to the winner of the tournament. Although India dominated this competition in 2014, this year we could only see a silver performance.
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.
Open
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).
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
Final Standings:
|
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
Ajygulov, Nurmat - Isaev, Chyngyz 0-1
Saranya, J. - Parnali, S Dharia 1-0
Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim - Monnisha, G K. 1-0
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