World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R6: India squashes Mongolia
Mongolia got crushed by India 1-3 in the sixth round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. GM Pranav V, IM Pranesh M and Mrittika Mallick - all three of them scored emphatic victories over their respective opponents. Rohit S suffered the sole loss. Turkiye-Red maintains their sole lead with a perfect 12/12. Four teams - India, Iran, Uzbekistan-1 and Azerbaijan-1 are currently sharing second place 9/12. India will face Uzbekistan-1 in the seventh round. FM Harshad will be replacing S Rohit, while Uzbekistan-1 makes one change. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation
Only decisive games
The Mongolia-India encounter had four decisive games. Turkiye-Red continues their momentum as they score their sixth consecutive win and increase their lead by three points.
Mongolia - India: 1-3
GM Pranav Venkatesh (2530), IM Pranesh M (2442) and Mrittika Mallick (1879) scored emphatic victories over their opponents. S Rohit (2181) suffered the sole loss of the team.
Munkhdalai - Mrittika
36.Rc7 would have given White some more fighting chances as b5 would have met with 37.d7. However, 36.Rb8 b5 and now White no longer has d7. 37.Rb6 a5 and now Black is winning.
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Schedule
Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST from 2nd to 9th October 2022. The final round on 10th October starts 10 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST.
Round 6 results
No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
1 | 8 | CUB | Cuba | 12 | 8 | 1 | : | 3 | 10 | 15 | Turkiye-Red | TUR | 5 | ||
2 | 6 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 12½ | 8 | 1 | : | 3 | 7 | 12 | Iran | IRI | 1 | ||
3 | 2 | UZB-1 | Uzbekistan-1 | 13 | 7 | 3½ | : | ½ | 7 | 12 | Turkiye-Anatolia | TUR | 9 | ||
4 | 13 | MGL | Mongolia | 14½ | 7 | 1 | : | 3 | 7 | 14½ | India | IND | 3 | ||
5 | 23 | AZE-4 | Azerbaijan-4 | 12½ | 7 | 1 | : | 3 | 7 | 11 | Azerbaijan-1 | AZE | 4 | ||
6 | 12 | KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 13½ | 6 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 6 | 11½ | Mexico | MEX | 11 | ||
7 | 18 | UZB-2 | Uzbekistan-2 | 11½ | 6 | 3½ | : | ½ | 5 | 12 | Turkiye-White | TUR | 7 | ||
8 | 14 | MDA | Moldova | 9½ | 5 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 5 | 7 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 19 | ||
9 | 17 | GEO-1 | Georgia-1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | : | 0 | 5 | 9½ | England | ENG | 22 | ||
10 | 10 | AZE-2 | Azerbaijan-2 | 10 | 4 | 2½ | : | 1½ | 4 | 8½ | Malaysia | MAS | 26 |
Round 7 pairings
No. | SNo | Team | Team | Pts. | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Pts. | Team | Team | SNo | ||
1 | 5 | TUR-1 | Turkiye-Red | 18 | 12 | : | 9 | 15 | Iran | IRI | 1 | ||||
2 | 3 | IND | India | 17½ | 9 | : | 9 | 16½ | Uzbekistan-1 | UZB | 2 | ||||
3 | 4 | AZE-1 | Azerbaijan-1 | 14 | 9 | : | 8 | 13½ | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 6 | ||||
4 | 18 | UZB-2 | Uzbekistan-2 | 15 | 8 | : | 8 | 13 | Cuba | CUB | 8 | ||||
5 | 9 | TUR-3 | Turkiye-Anatolia | 12½ | 7 | : | 8 | 16 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 12 | ||||
6 | 14 | MDA | Moldova | 12 | 7 | : | 7 | 15½ | Mongolia | MGL | 13 | ||||
7 | 23 | AZE-4 | Azerbaijan-4 | 13½ | 7 | : | 7 | 16 | Georgia-1 | GEO | 17 | ||||
8 | 11 | MEX | Mexico | 13 | 6 | : | 6 | 12½ | Azerbaijan-2 | AZE | 10 | ||||
9 | 15 | BAN | Bangladesh | 12 | 6 | : | 6 | 12½ | Latvia | LAT | 16 | ||||
10 | 21 | CAN | Canada | 12 | 6 | : | 5 | 12½ | Turkiye-White | TUR | 7 |