Six new World Champions will be crowned today in Mumbai (India) in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing at the Renaissance Convention Centre Hotel . Youngsters from 66 countries are competing in the Girls U14, Open U14, Girls U16, Open U16, Girls U18, and Open U18 categories.
Here are the standings after Round 10 & key pairings for the last round that is now underway:
Girls U14
1. Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (MGL) - 8
2-4. Eline Roebers (NED), Ekaterina Nasyrova (RUS) & Meruert Kamalidenova (KAZ) - 7½
Mungunzul - Ravi Rakshita (IND, 7) 0-1
Kamalidenova - Roebers 1-0
Diviya Deshmukh (IND, 7) - Nasyrova 1-0
Meruert Kamalidenova is the new champion
Open U14
1. Aydin Suleimanli (AZE) - 8
2-6. L R Srihari (IND), R Abinandhan (IND), Alex Kobay (USA), Marc Morgunov (AUT), Vo Pham Thien Phuc (VIE) - 7½
Sultan Amanzhol (KAZ, 7) - Aydin Suleimanli 0-1
Vo Pham Thien Phuc - L R Srihari ½ - ½
Morgunov - Kobay ½ - ½
Abinandhan - Sreeshwan Maralakshikaru (IND, 7) 0-1
Aydin Suleimanli (AZE) is the new champion
Girls U16
1. Nazerke Nurgali (KAZ) - 8½
2. Leya Garifullina (RUS) - 8
7 players are tied for 3rd with 7 points
Govhar Beydullaeva (AZE, 7) - Nurgali 1-0
Garifullina - Svitlana Demchenko (CAN, 7) ½ - ½
Leya Garifullina is the new champion (better tiebreaks)
Open U16
1. Rudik Makarian (RUS) - 8
2-4. Ghosh Aronyak (IND), Stefan Pogosyan (RUS), Arash Daghli (IRI) - 7½
Pogosyan - Makarian ½ - ½
Daghli - Aronyak ½ - ½
Rudik Makarian is the new champion
Girls U18
1. Polina Shuvalova (RUS) - 8
2. Agrawal Vantika (IND) - 7½
3-5. Alexandra Obolentseva (RUS), Zala Urh (SLO), Assel Serikbay (KAZ) - 7
Serikbay - Shuvalova ½ - ½
Obolentseva - Vantika ½ - ½
Urh - Honorata Kucharska (POL, 6½) ½ - ½
Polina Shuvalova defended her title
Open U18
1. R Praggnanandhaa (IND) - 8½
2. Shant Sargsyan - 8
3. Aryan Gholami (IRI) - 7½
Praggnanandhaa - Valentin Buckels (GER, 7) ½ - ½
Kalyan Arjun (IND, 7) - Sargsyan ½ - ½
Artur Davtyan (ARM, 7) - Gholami 1-0
R Praggnanandhaa is the new champion
Official site
Final report to follow...
