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
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Final report to follow…