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Seven medals for India at the World Youth 2019

by Sagar Shah - 12/10/2019

The World Youth 2019 turned out to be a good event for India as the contingent won seven out of the 18 medals at stake. Praggnanandhaa provided the biggest cheer with the gold in under-18 open. The silver medals were won by Vantika Agrawal in under-18 girls, Srihari LR in under-14 open and Divya Deshmukh in under-14 girls. Bronze medals went to Sreeshwan Maralakshikari in under-14 open, Rakshitta Ravi in under-14 girls and Aronyak Ghosh in under-16 open. Although in terms of number of medals, India had the highest, Russia was the best performing nation with three gold medals! In this article we give you the summary of all the champions in different age categories.

Under-14 Open:

Aydin Suleymanli of Azerbaijan won the gold

Srihari LR of India took home the silver medal

Sreeshwan Maralakshikari from India won the bronze medal

The winner of the under-14 open section Aydin Suleymanli was definitely the most deserving player of the section. He remained unbeaten and was solid through the majority part of the event. Srihari LR was also deserving for his silver medal. True, he lost his game to Suleymanli and Abinandhan, but apart from that he showcased high class chess to beat players like Sreeshwan and Pranav Anand. There were many players who tied for the third spot with 8.0/11, but finally the bronze medal went to Sreeshwan. Definitely the best performers of the tournament were Vo Pham Thien Phuc from Vietnam and Abinandhan R. Both of them gained over 200 Elo points.

Rank after round 11 in under-14 open

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
13IMSuleymanli AydinAZE24269,00,073,079,067
212FMSrihari L RIND22838,00,073,577,067
31FMSreeshwan MaralakshikariIND24498,00,072,077,067
417Kolay AlexUSA21648,00,071,576,556
513FMMorgunov MarcAUT22808,00,070,075,055
60Vo Pham Thien PhucVIE18078,00,070,075,055
74FMTsvetkov AndreyRUS23828,00,058,562,057
855Abinandhan RIND18307,51,075,582,056
92FMMurzin VolodarRUS24337,50,063,568,566
106Samant Aditya SIND23347,00,069,073,565

 

Under-14 girls

Meruert Kamlaidenova from Kazakhstan won the gold

The never-say-die girl Divya Deshmukh came out of the blue and clinched the silver medal

Rakshitta Ravi won the bronze

Rank after round 11 in under-14 girls

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
18
WFMKamalidenova MeruertwKAZ20258,50,068,073,057
21
WIMDivya DeshmukhwIND23588,00,073,078,557
32
WIMRakshitta RaviwIND23108,00,073,077,566
416
WCMMungunzul Bat-ErdenewMGL19128,00,069,073,057
53
WFMAllahverdiyeva AyanwAZE21608,00,067,571,558
65
Roebers ElinewNED20837,50,073,578,556
74
WFMNasyrova EkaterinawRUS21377,50,071,076,566
830
Velpula SarayuwIND17177,50,070,574,567
912
Wikar MartynawPOL19697,50,068,073,565
107
Poliakova VarvarawBLR20427,50,068,073,057

Rudik Makarian of Russia won the gold medal in the under-16 open section

Stefan Pogosyan from Russia won the silver medal

Aronyak Ghosh of India managed to win the bronze medal

Rank after round 11 in under-16 open

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
17IMMakarian RudikRUS23868,50,072,077,067
213IMPogosyan StefanRUS23648,00,069,574,555
38CMAronyak GhoshIND23808,00,067,572,055
45FMDaghli ArashIRI23878,00,067,071,557
519FMCardoso Cardoso Jose GabrielCOL23138,00,060,565,058
620CMKushagra MohanIND23097,50,071,075,564
723Bilych OlexiyUKR22817,50,065,569,557
814Harshavardhan G BIND23627,50,061,565,557
91IMNiemann Hans MokeUSA24397,00,072,077,566
102FMKacharava NikoloziGEO24287,00,067,572,064

 

Under-16 girls

Leya Garifullina drew her last round and edged out her rival Nurgali on tiebreaks to win the gold

Nazerke Nurgali was very close to winning the gold medal, but a last round loss to Govhar Beydullayeva derailed her first place chances

Anousha Mahdian won the bronze medal in the under-16 girls

Rank after round 11 in under-16 girls

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11
WCMGarifullina LeyawRUS23308,50,574,580,556
24
WFMNurgali NazerkewKAZ21948,50,572,577,567
37
WFMMahdian AnoushawIRI21038,01,073,078,066
42
WFMBeydullayeva GovharwAZE22898,00,071,076,057
522
WFMDemchenko SvitlanawCAN19537,50,070,074,066
611
WFMSalonika SainawIND20517,50,069,574,065
75
WFMBulatova KamaliyawRUS21817,50,067,572,055
86
WFMLoskutova ViktoriyawRUS21497,50,066,571,566
910
Zhang XiaowCHN20537,50,063,068,065
1014
WFMBommini Mounika AkshayawIND20177,00,070,074,065

Under-18 Open

Praggnanandhaa R. of India won the gold medal

Shant Sargsyan from Armenia won the silver

Artur Davtyan from Armenia won the bronze medal

Rank after round 11 in under-18 open

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
12
GMPraggnanandhaa RIND25679,00,071,075,557
21
GMSargsyan ShantARM25808,50,071,077,066
317
IMDavtyan ArturARM24188,00,067,571,056
412
IMBuckels ValentinGER24427,50,069,575,065
53
IMGholami AryanIRI25547,50,069,574,056
68
IMArjun KalyanIND24837,50,068,573,556
77
IMPultinevicius PauliusLTU25037,50,065,570,556
822
Wang Shixu BCHN23707,50,064,569,066
99
IMRahul Srivatshav PIND24607,50,057,562,057
1021
Bykov OlegRUS23707,50,055,059,555

Under-18 girls

Polina Shuvalova from Russia led right from the start and won the gold

Vantika Agrawal won the silver medal

The bronze medal was won by Alexandra Obolentseva (right)

Rank after round 11 in under-18 girls

Rk.SNo NamesexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
11
WIMShuvalova PolinawRUS24128,50,069,574,066
26
WIMVantika AgrawalwIND22838,00,070,576,065
37
WGMObolentseva AlexandrawRUS22827,50,070,075,054
43
FMSchulze LarawGER23277,50,069,575,055
513
WFMSerikbay AsselwKAZ22087,50,068,572,555
619
WFMUrh ZalawSLO21057,50,066,067,556
721
WFMMakhija AashnawIND20847,00,068,072,564
84
WFMAfonasieva AnnawRUS23127,00,068,072,056
99
WIMMuetsch AnnmariewGER22667,00,066,071,056
102
WIMMunkhzul TurmunkhwMGL23327,00,065,570,053

A detailed final report will follow soon.



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