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Arjun, Sahithi, Gukesh, Mrudul, Saina, Arpita win gold at Asian Youth Rapid 2018

by Sagar Shah - 04/04/2018

The Asian Youth Championship 2018 is currently in progress in Chiang Mai, Thailand. A record breaking number of Indian players, 90 in total, have made their way to conquer the Asian titles. The event began with the rapid section where India won ten medals - gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. The most encouraging part is that girl power is emerging in a big-way in Indian chess - Sahithi Varshini, Savitha Shree, Divya Deshmukh, Rakshitta Ravi, Saina Salonika, Mrudul Dehankar, Arpita Mukherjee, Aakanksha Hagawane and more. Not to forget that in the boys we have some big stars - IM D. Gukesh being one of them.  

Ten medals for India at Asian Youth Rapid 2018

A team of 90 Indian players made their way to Chiang Mai, Thailand. This was for the first time that so many Indian youngsters have made it to the Asian Youth 2018. This was thanks to the support of the AICF along with Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.

Unprecedented participation by Indians at the Asian Youth 2018 | Photo: Gopakumar Sudhakaran

If you look at the Dubai Open that is currently in progress, you will see that 73 out of the 160 participants are Indians! In each and every tournament around the world you will at least find a couple of players from our country. This just goes to show how chess is progressing in our country. And when this horde of 90 Indians sit at the board during a tournament like Asian Youth, their opponents somehow start feeling the heat! That's the scary image that players of our country have created in the last few years. In fact, yesterday when we published an article of ChessBase India Tour taking our players to Spain in June, July and August, one of the strong players from Spain tweeted:

 

We translated this Spanish to English: "Personal guide for Indian children playing the Catalan Circuit! Someone calculated that the Indian contingent took about 5000 rating points last summer ... I will go to play Benasque I think!"

 

At the Asian Championships we had the Rapid event on day one. Indians performed admirably winning 10 medals - 6 golds, 3 silvers and one bronze.

Gold:

Arjun Adireddy (under-8) scored 6.0/7 to win the gold | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

D. Gukesh (under-12) made absolutely no mistakes and won the gold with 7.0/7 | Photo: TJ Suresh Kumar / AICF

Sahithi Varshini (under-12 girls) with her father! | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018  

Mrudul Dehankar (under-14 girls) won the gold medal | Photo: TJ Suresh Kumar / AICF

Saina Salonika (under-16 girls) kept up her great record in Asian events and won the gold | Photo: TJ Suresh Kumar / AICF

Arpita Mukherjee (under-18 girls) scored a perfect 7.0/7 to win a gold | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

Silver:

Savitha Shree (under-12 girls) with her father | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

L.R. Srihari (under-14) brought home the silver medal | Photo: TJ Suresh Kumar / AICF

Koustav Chatterjee (under-16) is showing some great chess these days and continued his form with a silver medal| Photo: Amruta Mokal

Bronze:

Under-18 section is always difficult, so Mitrabha Guha's achievement of winning the bronze is quite special | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

Overview of Indian performances at Asian Rapid 2018

1Raahul V S2258IND01010103,02320-70,40U16R
3Sankalp Gupta2131IND½11101½5,0520-8,60U16R
7Koustav Chatterjee2027IND11110116,022014,40U16R
14Vatsal Singhania1809IND10101014,01320-5,00U16R
29AIMKomal Srivatsav Sajja1377IND010½1103,5182027,20U16R
6Anupam M Sreekumar1343IND½1½11105,064016,00G10R
13Pragnya H G1213IND00001102,03740-11,60G10R
16Falak Joni Naik1172IND10100114,018207,80G10R
17Rianna Netta B1168IND11½11004,594047,60G10R
18WCMShefali A N1121IND10½11014,51220-7,00G10R
19Rajanya Datta1112IND11000103,0242018,20G10R
24Jaanvi D1061IND00101002,03640-42,00G10R
26Rout Yashita1039IND½1½10104,0202032,60G10R
9Shriya Patil1114IND01110003,02320-30,80G8R
10Kukreja Suguna1106IND1½001013,52040-36,80G8R
11Sri Harini A1097IND01001103,024200,00G8R
13Shreya G Hipparagi1061IND½0111014,594066,00G8R
14Hatvalne Swarali1059IND01110104,01320-0,20G8R
15Saara Jain1030IND011010½3,517400,00G8R
16Arshiya Das1022IND11001014,01440-2,40G8R
17WCMShriyana S Mallya1005IND10101115,074036,40G8R
19Amaira Mittal0IND00001102,03000,00G8R
20Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar0IND01000102,03100,00G8R
28Priyansha Shetty M P0IND00010012,03400,00G8R
33Sahana Mathivanan0IND11000013,02200,00G8R
35Tanishka Jain0IND01010013,02500,00G8R
5Pranesh M1794IND1½110½15,01320-18,60U12R
18CMTanmay Jain1573IND11½110½5,0102022,80U12R
24Adireddy Tarun1479IND00111014,02520-10,40U12R
31Aditya Bikram Paul1427IND11011½½5,0122059,20U12R
47CMGukesh D1286IND11111117,0120126,60U12R
51AIMBhavik Ahuja1217IND00000000,070200,00U12R
12CMRohith Krishna S1775IND11011½04,51420-2,60U14R
14AGMSrihari L R1742IND11101116,022053,80U14R
20FMRaja Rithvik R1677IND1111½015,552067,20U14R
21CMKushagra Mohan1669IND10110003,03520-4,80U14R
45Aryan Anand1290IND00110103,0342010,80U14R
48AIMKaushik G Iyer1240IND01101003,0312040,60U14R
8Sanskriti Goyal1673IND10100013,02120-37,20G16R
12Tejasvi M1564IND01101014,01220-5,80G16R
13WFMSalonika Saina1528IND10111116,012057,60G16R
17Makhija Aashna1501IND01010114,0142010,40G16R
29Sanjana Raghunath1180IND11010½14,582069,20G16R
30Anaidaa Santosh1148IND00½1½002,0302012,80G16R
1WIMTejaswini Sagar1969IND½1110104,5820-16,40G18R
9Priyanka K1803IND½1010013,51720-15,60G18R
10WIMAakanksha Hagawane1801IND11101015,05206,60G18R
11WFMArpita Mukherjee1787IND11111117,012050,00G18R
18WFMTarini Goyal1698IND½0000000,53620-7,20G18R
21Niharika Ch1624IND10010½13,5164018,00G18R
27Kavisha S Shah1541IND01011003,0222016,00G18R
37Shrinidhi N1022IND11000013,0274024,00G18R
3Adireddy Arjun1573IND11111016,012011,80U8R
10Sadbhav Rautela1319IND11100003,02840-58,80U8R
14Jain Kushagra1247IND1101½104,5122011,80U8R
16Mrinmoy Rajkhowa1224IND01101014,02240-30,00U8R
18Shashank V S1150IND10110014,01540-14,40U8R
22Rosh Jain1112IND10101115,084044,80U8R
24Shashindhar Kumar R1097IND00101114,0212015,80U8R
25Mitul K H1096IND11001014,0202017,00U8R
27Lakshyesh Mohan Gupta1072IND½½1½½104,0252023,80U8R
28Jaivardhan Raj1060IND01001013,03320-1,60U8R
31Jivitesh Singh Sethi1003IND0110½002,54140-7,60U8R
35Divitt Arora0IND00111115,0900,00U8R
37Ishaan Singh Khanuja0IND00011002,04500,00U8R
39Karthik G Iyer0IND01010013,03900,00U8R
3Ilamparthi A R1788IND101½1115,5520-17,80U10R
19Swayham P Das1415IND1½½01003,04740-31,60U10R
25John Veny Akkarakaran1384IND101100½3,53140-15,20U10R
26Bagwe Gaurang1364IND110101½4,5142027,00U10R
28Kadam Om Manish1353IND11½0½115,0112055,20U10R
36Viswak Sen M1267IND01110003,041206,20U10R
40AIMKapoor Satvik1214IND01½01½½3,5392021,80U10R
43Vaibhav Kalpaka1202IND01010103,04320-12,80U10R
48Namish Sharma1054IND1101½0½4,0262058,60U10R
49Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar1048IND11000114,0222059,20U10R
50ACMRathi Anay Anup1027IND00000000,070400,00U10R
61Pranav K0IND0½010012,55800,00U10R

Classical Event

The championships could already be considered a huge success with the statistics showing a record breaking 1,130 entries in 3 categories of competition – Standard, Rapid and Blitz chess – in age groups from under 8 to under 18, both for boys (open) and girls from 26 countries.

The beautiful playing hall... | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

...which looks better with the players | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

So many youngsters in action! | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

A great coach always backs his students - Prasenjit Dutta | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

Rakshitta Ravi who recently breached the 2200 mark is not doing so well and is on 2.0/4 | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

Divya Deshmukh is currently on 2.0/3 with her fourth round in progress | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

The team of arbiters | Photo: Facebook page of Asian Youth 2018

Overview of Indian performances in Classical section

SNoNameRtgIFED123456789Pts.Rk.Krtg+/-Group
3Adireddy Arjun1506IND11114,01406,80U8
8Mitul K H1341IND11002,02240-25,20U8
9Sadbhav Rautela1319IND11013,054020,40U8
13Jain Kushagra1249IND10102,02440-26,80U8
16Mrinmoy Rajkhowa1224IND½1½½2,519408,80U8
19Shashank V S1150IND11002,0214013,60U8
22Lakshyesh Mohan Gupta1123IND1½½13,0134048,40U8
23Jaivardhan Raj1119IND10001,04440-7,20U8
24Rosh Jain1112IND10½12,518406,40U8
25Shashindhar Kumar R1081IND10½12,5154045,20U8
30Jivitesh Singh Sethi1003IND01012,02740-10,40U8
35Divitt Arora0IND01012,03100,00U8
37Ishaan Singh Khanuja0IND01012,02900,00U8
40Karthik G Iyer0IND00000,05400,00U8
1CMGukesh D2401IND11114,01103,20U12
4Pranesh M2025IND11013,01140-25,20U12
10CMTanmay Jain1804IND1½12,52340-14,80U12
21Aditya Bikram Paul1641IND1012,029403,20U12
23Bhavik Ahuja1592IND0000000000,072400,00U12
33Adireddy Tarun1476IND1½01,550402,80U12
2FMRaja Rithvik R2280IND11½2,51220-4,40U14
3CMKushagra Mohan2276IND1113,03409,60U14
4CMRohith Krishna S2080IND11½2,51340-2,80U14
9Srihari L R1967IND1½12,51140-5,20U14
34Kaushik G Iyer1586IND½0½12,041403,60U14
51Aryan Anand1290IND01½01,5454039,60U14
1Koustav Chatterjee2381IND10113,0120-10,40U16
2Sankalp Gupta2374IND1½1½3,0620-7,80U16
4Raahul V S2258IND11½½3,0720-2,20U16
10Vatsal Singhania2106IND11½½3,044050,40U16
23AIMKomal Srivatsav Sajja1650IND0½101,5234012,40U16
3FMMitrabha Guha2366IND1½102,5820-9,00U18
8FMJeet Jain2232IND½½113,0620-10,00U18
17Manish Anto Cristiano F1926IND01012,01740-18,80U18
7Kukreja Suguna1106IND10012,022400,00G8
8Sri Harini A1105IND01102,020400,00G8
10Hatvalne Swarali1072IND10102,02140-9,60G8
12Shreya G Hipparagi1061IND01113,094030,00G8
13Saara Jain1030IND½1012,5114014,40G8
14Arshiya Das1022IND01113,0104030,80G8
15WCMShriyana S Mallya1005IND11103,07400,00G8
17Amaira Mittal0IND10012,02400,00G8
18Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar0IND00011,03300,00G8
27Priyansha Shetty M P0IND00000,03400,00G8
32Sahana Mathivanan0IND10001,02800,00G8
33Shriya Patil0IND01001,02900,00G8
35Tanishka Jain0IND00101,03200,00G8
5Rajanya Datta1373IND11013,0640-18,00G10
7Anupam M Sreekumar1343IND00112,026405,60G10
10Rout Yashita1318IND1½1½3,0124012,00G10
12WCMShefali A N1274IND01113,010408,00G10
16Pragnya H G1213IND10113,07409,60G10
19Rianna Netta B1168IND101½2,514407,20G10
21Falak Joni Naik1086IND1½0½2,028405,60G10
22Jaanvi D1061IND10012,0204011,60G10
4Sagar Siya1697IND10012,01540-60,00G12
8Savitha Shri B1615IND1113,044031,60G12
9WCMSahithi Varshini M1573IND1001,03640-54,80G12
10WCMVishwa Vasnawala1558IND11½13,514028,00G12
11Velpula Sarayu1541IND11103,06407,60G12
15Boramanikar Tanisha S1483IND1113,074045,60G12
23Shivika Rohilla1384IND11½02,5104039,20G12
24WCMPatel Riddhi R1376IND0112,01940-3,20G12
26Mahi Amit Doshi1351IND01102,0174019,60G12
28Yash Jyoti Bir1338IND01½½2,025409,20G12
31Shah Kritee1302IND0112,0184031,20G12
33Anya Seth Syed1289IND01½1,527402,40G12
42Sachika Tomer0IND0011,03700,00G12
1Rakshitta Ravi2270IND01012,01440-67,20G14
2WFMDivya Deshmukh2220IND1102,01240-28,40G14
5WCMMrudul Dehankar2022IND1102,01140-22,40G14
8Jain Nityata1894IND1113,024041,20G14
9WCMJyothsna L1847IND1½12,5640-1,60G14
16Bristy Mukherjee1720IND1012,018408,00G14
17WFMDhyana Patel1713IND101½2,59409,20G14
40Pranitha S R1196IND00½11,5294019,60G14
1WFMSalonika Saina2182IND11½13,5140-4,40G16
4Makhija Aashna2083IND10113,0540-22,40G16
6Sanskriti Goyal1943IND11½½3,07405,20G16
12Tejasvi M1754IND½1012,51440-1,20G16
23Sanjana Raghunath1472IND01012,0194028,00G16
30Anaidaa Santosh1150IND½0000,532404,80G16
1WIMAakanksha Hagawane2333IND111½3,51201,80G18
2WFMArpita Mukherjee2151IND111½3,524030,80G18
3WIMTejaswini Sagar2146IND½1½½2,51020-19,80G18
4WFMTarini Goyal2088IND½½113,0740-18,80G18
6Priyanka K2057IND11013,054013,20G18
25Kavisha S Shah1702IND01012,01940-0,40G18
29Niharika Ch1624IND00112,02140-4,00G18
37Shrinidhi N1022IND10001,03240-9,60G18
1Raahul V S2258IND01010103,02320-70,40U16R
3Sankalp Gupta2131IND½11101½5,0520-8,60U16R
7Koustav Chatterjee2027IND11110116,022014,40U16R
14Vatsal Singhania1809IND10101014,01320-5,00U16R
29AIMKomal Srivatsav Sajja1377IND010½1103,5182027,20U16R
6Anupam M Sreekumar1343IND½1½11105,064016,00G10R
13Pragnya H G1213IND00001102,03740-11,60G10R
16Falak Joni Naik1172IND10100114,018207,80G10R
17Rianna Netta B1168IND11½11004,594047,60G10R
18WCMShefali A N1121IND10½11014,51220-7,00G10R
19Rajanya Datta1112IND11000103,0242018,20G10R
24Jaanvi D1061IND00101002,03640-42,00G10R
26Rout Yashita1039IND½1½10104,0202032,60G10R
9Shriya Patil1114IND01110003,02320-30,80G8R
10Kukreja Suguna1106IND1½001013,52040-36,80G8R
11Sri Harini A1097IND01001103,024200,00G8R
13Shreya G Hipparagi1061IND½0111014,594066,00G8R
14Hatvalne Swarali1059IND01110104,01320-0,20G8R
15Saara Jain1030IND011010½3,517400,00G8R
16Arshiya Das1022IND11001014,01440-2,40G8R
17WCMShriyana S Mallya1005IND10101115,074036,40G8R
19Amaira Mittal0IND00001102,03000,00G8R
20Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar0IND01000102,03100,00G8R
28Priyansha Shetty M P0IND00010012,03400,00G8R
33Sahana Mathivanan0IND11000013,02200,00G8R
35Tanishka Jain0IND01010013,02500,00G8R
5Pranesh M1794IND1½110½15,01320-18,60U12R
18CMTanmay Jain1573IND11½110½5,0102022,80U12R
24Adireddy Tarun1479IND00111014,02520-10,40U12R
31Aditya Bikram Paul1427IND11011½½5,0122059,20U12R
47CMGukesh D1286IND11111117,0120126,60U12R
51AIMBhavik Ahuja1217IND00000000,070200,00U12R
12CMRohith Krishna S1775IND11011½04,51420-2,60U14R
14AGMSrihari L R1742IND11101116,022053,80U14R
20FMRaja Rithvik R1677IND1111½015,552067,20U14R
21CMKushagra Mohan1669IND10110003,03520-4,80U14R
45Aryan Anand1290IND00110103,0342010,80U14R
48AIMKaushik G Iyer1240IND01101003,0312040,60U14R
8Sanskriti Goyal1673IND10100013,02120-37,20G16R
12Tejasvi M1564IND01101014,01220-5,80G16R
13WFMSalonika Saina1528IND10111116,012057,60G16R
17Makhija Aashna1501IND01010114,0142010,40G16R
29Sanjana Raghunath1180IND11010½14,582069,20G16R
30Anaidaa Santosh1148IND00½1½002,0302012,80G16R
1WIMTejaswini Sagar1969IND½1110104,5820-16,40G18R
9Priyanka K1803IND½1010013,51720-15,60G18R
10WIMAakanksha Hagawane1801IND11101015,05206,60G18R
11WFMArpita Mukherjee1787IND11111117,012050,00G18R
18WFMTarini Goyal1698IND½0000000,53620-7,20G18R
21Niharika Ch1624IND10010½13,5164018,00G18R
27Kavisha S Shah1541IND01011003,0222016,00G18R
37Shrinidhi N1022IND11000013,0274024,00G18R
3Adireddy Arjun1573IND11111016,012011,80U8R
10Sadbhav Rautela1319IND11100003,02840-58,80U8R
14Jain Kushagra1247IND1101½104,5122011,80U8R
16Mrinmoy Rajkhowa1224IND01101014,02240-30,00U8R
18Shashank V S1150IND10110014,01540-14,40U8R
22Rosh Jain1112IND10101115,084044,80U8R
24Shashindhar Kumar R1097IND00101114,0212015,80U8R
25Mitul K H1096IND11001014,0202017,00U8R
27Lakshyesh Mohan Gupta1072IND½½1½½104,0252023,80U8R
28Jaivardhan Raj1060IND01001013,03320-1,60U8R
31Jivitesh Singh Sethi1003IND0110½002,54140-7,60U8R
35Divitt Arora0IND00111115,0900,00U8R
37Ishaan Singh Khanuja0IND00011002,04500,00U8R
39Karthik G Iyer0IND01010013,03900,00U8R
3Ilamparthi A R1788IND101½1115,5520-17,80U10R
19Swayham P Das1415IND1½½01003,04740-31,60U10R
25John Veny Akkarakaran1384IND101100½3,53140-15,20U10R
26Bagwe Gaurang1364IND110101½4,5142027,00U10R
28Kadam Om Manish1353IND11½0½115,0112055,20U10R
36Viswak Sen M1267IND01110003,041206,20U10R
40AIMKapoor Satvik1214IND01½01½½3,5392021,80U10R
43Vaibhav Kalpaka1202IND01010103,04320-2,20U10R
48Namish Sharma1054IND1101½0½4,0262058,60U10R
49Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar1048IND11000114,0222059,20U10R
50ACMRathi Anay Anup1027IND00000000,070400,00U10R
61Pranav K0IND0½010012,55800,00U10R
5Kadam Om Manish1788IND111½3,5200,00U10
12Ilamparthi A R1596IND11002,02500,00U10
21Viswak Sen M1430IND½1012,52000,00U10
22Namish Sharma1417IND101½2,51900,00U10
24Swayham P Das1415IND½1½13,01600,00U10
25AIMKapoor Satvik1414IND10113,01000,00U10
27Bagwe Gaurang1392IND10012,02900,00U10
29John Veny Akkarakaran1384IND01102,02800,00U10
46Vaibhav Kalpaka1146IND01012,03300,00U10
48Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar1097IND00101,05800,00U10
51ACMRathi Anay Anup1027IND0000000000,07000,00U10
64Pranav K0IND0112,03500,00U10

Congratulations are due to the organizing team of the Thailand Chess Federation led by its Secretary, International Organiser Sahapol Naknavich under the auspices of and supported by the Asian Chess Federation. | Photo: Peter Long


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