Seven Indian leaders after four rounds of Asian Youth 2017

by Niklesh Jain - 05/04/2017

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.

The little Suhaani Lohia in action! She missed her medal in rapids by a whisker. We hope she will be able to make it up in the rapid section!

In the under-8 open section Ilamparthi A.R. is our biggest hope for the gold medal. He is currently on 3.5/4.

Getting stronger by the day is Divya Deshmukh is on 4.0/4 in the under-12 section

[Event "Asian Youth Chess Championship U12G"]
[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"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
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

Ivana Maria Furtado is on 3.5/4 in the girls under-18 section

Arjun Ergiasi who won the gold in Asian under-14 rapid, is right now on 4.0/4

[Event "Asian Youth Chess Championship U14O"]
[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

Former World Youth under-16 Champion Akanksha Hagawane is on 3.0/4

[Event "Asian Yourth chess Chempionship U18G"]
[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

Leaders in different categories:
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.

Niklesh Jain writes in the popular newspaper Punjab Kesari! Read his coverage in Hindi here.

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

Round five pairing of Indian players

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
5	2	3	CM	Begmuratov Khumoyun	1577	3		3½		Ilamparthi A R	1765	1
5	3	4		Shams Mohammad Matin	1489	3		3		Priansh Das	1342	6
5	9	28		Rakhmonov Shakhriyor	0	2		2		Sriansh Das	1258	9
5	1	6	WCM	Shefali A N	1165	3½		4	WCM	Olimova Odina	1308	3
5	9	14		Saineha R M	1008	2		2		Ruzimatova Afruza	0	28
5	12	7	WCM	Suhaani Lohia	1125	1½		1½		Ergashalieva Mokhinur	0	19
5	1	7		Tanmay Jain	1596	4		3½		Ashraf Artin	1768	3
5	9	2	CM	Dev Shah	1857	2		2		Bakhrillaev Bakhrom	0	30
5	1	4		Sahithi Varshini M	1368	4		3½		Shohradova Leyla	1327	9
5	2	7	WCM	Zakirova Aisha	1330	3		3		Savitha Shri B	1636	1
5	7	2	WCM	Wei Yaqing	1610	2		2		Patel Riddhi R	1285	14
5	2	9		Pranesh M	1792	3		3	CM	Sindarov Javokhir	2381	1
5	3	4		Manish Anto Cristiano F	1947	3		3		Bobokhodjaev Bobur	1654	18
5	5	15		Mukhamedov Khadiyatullo	1702	3		3		Rohith Krishna S	1934	7
5	1	2		Rakshitta Ravi	1923	3½		4	WFM	Divya Deshmukh	2012	1
5	4	8		Bhagyashree Patil	1658	3		3		Kriti Mayur Patel	1291	21
5	5	15	WCM	Chinnam Vyshnavi	1450	3		2½		Mirlankyzy Azaliia	1446	16
5	8	27		Abdushukurova Rukhshona	0	2		2	WCM	Dhyana Patel	1695	7
5	12	17		Vishwa Vasnawala	1354	1½		1½		Mavlonova Sevinch	0	30
5	1	2	CM	Erigaisi Arjun	2300	4		4	IM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2437	1
5	1	4		Jishitha D	1859	4		4	WFM	Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong	1786	6
5	5	14		Batyrowa Merjen	1582	2½		2½		Jyothsna L	1848	5
5	6	17	WCM	Pham Tran Gia Thu	1550	2½		2½	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	1753	7
5	5	4	FM	Mitrabha Guha	2348	2		2½		Zhalmakhanov Ramazan	2193	9
5	3	2		Toshali V	1997	3		3		Bakytzhan A	1678	11
5	5	6		Salimova Asal	1898	2		2½	WFM	Mishra Anwesha	1872	7
5	3	13		Arutyunyan Armen	2095	3		2½		Kaustuv Kundu	2195	11
5	5	6	FM	Nigmatov Ortik	2361	2½		2½		Sai Vishwesh.C	2274	8
5	8	12		Pranavananda V	2169	2		2		Dassanayake D M G S	1983	16
5	1	4	WIM	Abdusattorova Bakhora	2161	3½		3½	WIM	Ivana Maria Furtado	2111	5
5	2	2	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	2272	3		3½	WGM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	2313	1
5	4	11		Nithyalakshmi Sivanesan	1854	2½		3	WCM	Ananya Suresh	1900	9
5	7	14	WCM	Dong Khanh Linh	1800	2		2	WCM	Chandreyee Hajra	1919	7