World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R7: India loses to Uzbekistan-1

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/10/2022

After an emphatic victory in the sixth round, India lost to Uzbekistan-1 in the seventh round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. GM Pranav V scored the sole win for the team. IM Pranesh M and Mrittika Mallick lost their respective games and FM Harshad S drew. Turkiye-Red continues their dominance as they defeated Iran 3-1. The sole leaders are now three points ahead of the competition at 14/14. India is currently tied at fifth place 9/14 with four other teams - Iran, Azerbaijan-1, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova. India will be up against Kyrgyzstan in Round 8 which starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

A tough loss

Both of India's losses were in a minimum margin. Kazakhstan in round 3 and Uzbekistan-1 in round 7 managed to defeat India by a minimum difference of 2.5-1.5. India surely will have medal chances, provided they win the last two rounds. Bigger margin wins can certainly make a difference if the score gets tied.

World Youth Under-16 Olympiad in progress | Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

FIDE World Youth Chess Olympiad 2022 Official logo | Photo: Official site

India - Uzbekistan-1: 1.5-2.5

GM Pranav Venkatesh (2530) scored the sole win. IM Pranesh M (2442) and Mrittika Mallick (1879) lost their respective games. FM Harshad S (2228) drew his game.

India - Uzbekistan-1: 1.5-2.5

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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 7 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	5	TUR-1	Turkiye-Red	18	12	3	:	1	9	15	Iran	IRI	1
2	3	IND	India	17½	9	1½	:	2½	9	16½	Uzbekistan-1	UZB	2
3	4	AZE-1	Azerbaijan-1	14	9	1½	:	2½	8	13½	Kazakhstan	KAZ	6
4	18	UZB-2	Uzbekistan-2	15	8	3	:	1	8	13	Cuba	CUB	8
5	9	TUR-3	Turkiye-Anatolia	12½	7	2	:	2	8	16	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	12
6	14	MDA	Moldova	12	7	2½	:	1½	7	15½	Mongolia	MGL	13
7	23	AZE-4	Azerbaijan-4	13½	7	2	:	2	7	16	Georgia-1	GEO	17
8	11	MEX	Mexico	13	6	2	:	2	6	12½	Azerbaijan-2	AZE	10
9	15	BAN	Bangladesh	12	6	3	:	1	6	12½	Latvia	LAT	16
10	21	CAN	Canada	12	6	1½	:	2½	5	12½	Turkiye-White	TUR	7

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Round 8 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	5	TUR-1	Turkiye-Red	21	14		:		10	18	Uzbekistan-2	UZB	18
2	2	UZB-1	Uzbekistan-1	19	11		:		10	16	Kazakhstan	KAZ	6
3	1	IRI	Iran	16	9		:		9	15½	Azerbaijan-1	AZE	4
4	12	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	18	9		:		9	19	India	IND	3
5	8	CUB	Cuba	14	8		:		9	14½	Moldova	MDA	14
6	9	TUR-3	Turkiye-Anatolia	14½	8		:		8	15½	Azerbaijan-4	AZE	23
7	17	GEO-1	Georgia-1	18	8		:		8	15	Bangladesh	BAN	15
8	7	TUR-2	Turkiye-White	15	7		:		7	17	Mongolia	MGL	13
9	10	AZE-2	Azerbaijan-2	14½	7		:		7	12	England	ENG	22
10	11	MEX	Mexico	15	7		:		7	13	South Africa-1	RSA	24

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Links

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