Seven Indian leaders after four rounds of Asian Youth 2017
Seven Indian players are among the leaders at the Asian Youth 2017. Tanmay Jain, Varshini Sahithi, Divya Deshmukh, Rakshitta Ravi, Arjun Ergiasi, Jishitha. D, Ivana Maria Furtado are some of our top performers. With five more rounds to go the Indians have placed themselves well to return with a huge bunch of medals. The chief arbiter of the event Gopakumar Sudhakaran sends us pictures and information from Tashkent.
All pictures by Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Four rounds have been completed at the Asian Youth Championships in Tashkent Uzbekistan. 35 Indians are taking part in this 381 player event spanning across 12 different age categories. As expected Indians have been able to take the lead in most of the groups. After four rounds we have seven leaders.
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Kamalidenova, Meruert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:51"]
[BlackClock "0:04:13"]
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Ra7 {LiveBook: 44 Games} ({
Much worse is} 12... gxf6 $6 13. Ne4 Qe3+ 14. Kh1 $16) 13. Nb3 Rd7 14. Qc1 Qxc1
{Black is slightly better.} 15. Raxc1 gxf6 16. Ne4 Rc7 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18. c3 Bg7
19. Ne4 {-0.48/13} (19. Nh5 $11 {0.17/13} Be5 20. Bf3) 19... f5 $15 20. Ng3 Nd7
21. Rce1 Be5 22. Nd4 b4 23. Bf3 Bxd4+ {0.60/16} (23... bxc3 $11 {-0.17/12} 24.
bxc3 Bb7) 24. cxd4 $14 Kd6 25. d5 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Nc5 26. dxe6
Bxe6 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. Rfe1+ Ne4 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32.
Rxe4+ $16 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf5 33. Rxb4 Re8 34. Rf1+ Kg5 35. h3 {Black must
now prevent Rg4+.} Re6 36. Rg4+ Kh6 37. Rf2 Rd7 38. Kh2 Rb7 39. Kg3 Rb5 40. b3
a5 41. Rg8 Rb4 42. Rgf8 {1.24/14} (42. Ra8 $18 {1.89/10}) 42... Rg6+ 43. Kh2 {
Strongly threatening Ra8.} a4 44. R8f4 Rxf4 45. Rxf4 axb3 46. axb3 {KR-KR} Rb6
47. b4 Kg6 48. Kg3 Rb5 49. Kf3 h5 50. h4 $18 {KR-KR} Re5 51. g3 Re1 52. Rc4 {
And now Rc5 would win.} Rb1 53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Rb6 Kh7 55. b5 Rb4 56. Rb8 Kg7 57.
b6 Kh7 58. Ke3 {Kd3 is the strong threat.} Rg4 59. Rc8 Rxg3+ $2 {6.99/16 [#]} (
59... Rb4 {1.99/10} 60. Rb8 Rg4) 60. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb3 61.
Rc6 Kg7 62. Kc5 Kh7 63. Kd6 Kg6 64. Kc7+ Kf5 65. b7 Kg4 66. Rc4+ 1-0

[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Thilakarathne, G M H."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Ndb5 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14.
Qg3 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Qc4 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Bd4 b5 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Nxb5 Qa5 20. Kb1
Rab8 21. c4 a6 22. Bc3 Bb4 23. Bxf6 axb5 24. Qg3 Bf8 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. Rd3 e5
27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4 Rf5 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qh3 gxf6 31. Rf3 Rcc5 32. Qg3+ Bg7 33.
Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Rd1 Rd5 35. Qf3 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Qe5 37. g3 f5 38. Qd2 Kh7 39. a3
h4 40. gxh4 f4 41. Ka2 f3 0-1
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Alinasab, Mobina"]
[Black "Aakanksha, Hagawane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:21:09"]
[BlackClock "0:10:34"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
h3 Nge7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Bc7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Be5 14. c3
Ng6 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Bd3 Bxd4 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bf5 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. Bf4 Kf7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Ke6 25. Kf1 Bd3+ 26. Ke1
Kd6 27. h4 Kc6 28. Kd2 Bf1 29. g4 Kd6 30. Ke1 Bd3 31. Bf4+ Kc6 32. Kd2 Bc4 33.
b3 Bf1 34. Bb8 a6 35. Bf4 Kd7 36. Bb8 Ke6 37. a4 Kd7 38. Ba7 Bh3 39. f3 Bf1 40.
Bc5 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kf7 42. Kd2 Ke6 43. Ke1 Bd3 44. Kd2 Bf1 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. a5 Ke6
47. Kf4 Bd3 48. Ke3 Bf1 49. Bf8 Kf7 50. Bc5 Ke6 51. Bf8 Kf7 52. Bc5 Ke6 {Ke4}
1/2-1/2
Tanmay Jain - under 10 , Varshini Sahithi in under-10 girls, Divya Deshmukh and Rakshitta Ravi in girls under-12, Arjun Ergiasi in under 14, Jishitha. D in under-14 girls. Ivana Maria Furtado in under-18 girls.
Performance of Indian players after four rounds
SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts. | Rk. | Group | |
1 | Ilamparthi A R | 1765 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 1 | AYCC 2017 U8O | |
6 | Priansh Das | 1342 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 4 | AYCC 2017 U8O | |
9 | Sriansh Das | 1258 | IND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,0 | 16 | AYCC 2017 U8O | |
6 | WCM | Shefali A N | 1165 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3,5 | 2 | AYYC 2017 U8G |
7 | WCM | Suhaani Lohia | 1125 | IND | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1,5 | 23 | AYYC 2017 U8G |
14 | Saineha R M | 1008 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2,0 | 12 | AYYC 2017 U8G | |
2 | CM | Dev Shah | 1857 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 18 | AYCC 2017 U10O |
7 | Tanmay Jain | 1596 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 1 | AYCC 2017 U10O | |
1 | Savitha Shri B | 1636 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 5 | AYCC 2017 U10G | |
4 | Sahithi Varshini M | 1368 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 1 | AYCC 2017 U10G | |
14 | Patel Riddhi R | 1285 | IND | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 21 | AYCC 2017 U10G | |
4 | Manish Anto Cristiano F | 1947 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3,0 | 3 | AYCC 2017 U12O | |
7 | Rohith Krishna S | 1934 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 4 | AYCC 2017 U12O | |
9 | Pranesh M | 1792 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 6 | AYCC 2017 U12O | |
1 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | 2012 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 1 | AYCC 2017 U12G |
2 | Rakshitta Ravi | 1923 | IND | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 2 | AYCC 2017 U12G | |
7 | WCM | Dhyana Patel | 1695 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 16 | AYCC 2017 U12G |
8 | Bhagyashree Patil | 1658 | IND | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 9 | AYCC 2017 U12G | |
15 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | 1450 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,0 | 7 | AYCC 2017 U12G |
17 | Vishwa Vasnawala | 1354 | IND | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1,5 | 23 | AYCC 2017 U12G | |
21 | Kriti Mayur Patel | 1291 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 8 | AYCC 2017 U12G | |
2 | CM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2300 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 1 | AYCC 2017 U14O |
4 | Jishitha D | 1859 | IND | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 1 | AYCC 2017 U14G | |
5 | Jyothsna L | 1848 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 2,5 | 8 | AYCC 2017 U14G | |
7 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 1753 | IND | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 12 | AYCC 2017 U14G |
4 | FM | Mitrabha Guha | 2348 | IND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,0 | 15 | AYCC 2017 U16O |
2 | Toshali V | 1997 | IND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 6 | AYCC 2017 U16G | |
7 | WFM | Mishra Anwesha | 1872 | IND | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2,5 | 9 | AYCC 2017 U16G |
8 | Sai Vishwesh.C | 2274 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2,5 | 6 | AYCC 2017 U18O | |
11 | Kaustuv Kundu | 2195 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2,5 | 10 | AYCC 2017 U18O | |
12 | Pranavananda V | 2169 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2,0 | 12 | AYCC 2017 U18O | |
2 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | 2272 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3,0 | 6 | AYCC 2017 U18G |
5 | WIM | Ivana Maria Furtado | 2111 | IND | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3,5 | 3 | AYCC 2017 U18G |
7 | WCM | Chandreyee Hajra | 1919 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2,0 | 12 | AYCC 2017 U18G |
9 | WCM | Ananya Suresh | 1900 | IND | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3,0 | 4 | AYCC 2017 U18G |