Indians at the Asian Youth 2016

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 09/04/2016

The Asian Youth Championship 2016 began on 6th April 2016 and will be played over nine rounds in various categories. India is represented by a huge contingent, spearheaded by some of our brightest talents. We bring you an illustrated report.

Indians at the Asian Youth 2016

Approximately 470 young players have assembled at Ulaanbataar in Mongolia for the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2016. The tournament began on 6th April 2016 and will be played over nine rounds in various categories.

India is represented by a huge contingent, spearheaded by some of our brightest talents. One may argue that the very best have stayed away, but still the tournament, with so many Indians, promises to be another feast of medals.

Indian ambassador to Mongolia Mr. Somnath Ghosh was among the dignitaries at the inauguration

Mr. Ghosh is seen discussing issues with the Indian team officials

Anagha KGR (1196) is the top seed in the under-08 girls section and is on 3.5/4

The second seed in the under-12 girls section WFM Divya Deshmukh (1894) is on 4.0/4

Praggnanandhaa R. (2376) is the clear favourite in the open under-12 and is on 3.5/4

In the under-14 open, Bhavik Bharambe (2163) suffered a shock defeat in the second round, but since then has recovered to 3.0/4

WFM Vaishali R. (2345) leads the under-14 girls with 4.0/4

Mitrabha Guha (2241) and P. Iniyan (2315) settled for a draw in their fourth round game to move to 3.5/4 in under-16 open

In the under-16 open, Raghunandan Srihari (2260) beat the top seed Arash Tahbaz (2359) of Iran

FM Rajdeep Sarkar (2210) is doing well with 3.5/4 in the under-18 open

WFM Varshini V. (2271) is on 3.5/4, leading the under-18 girls

Team India!

ChessBase India wishes all the players best in bringing home yet another bag full of medals!

Links:

Official website

Pairings and performance of all Indian players

Photos by Atanu Lahiri and Manjunath Murthy