Brazil: Diptayan Ghosh in Under-14 and Karthikeyan Murali in Under-12 kept the Indian hopes alive for the yellow metal finish in their respective categories after registering contrasting victories in the seventh round of the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship here at Caldas Novas, Brazil on Thursday.
In the seventh round encounters, ninth seed Diptayan shocked second seed International Master Antipov Mikhail of Russia while Karthikeyan got better off Chiku Ratte Oliver Kenta of Canada. These crucial victories enabled them to maintain their joint lead at top of point table with six points in their categories. In the penultimate round tomorrow, Karthikeyan takes on team mate and top seed Arvindh Chithambaram.
In other important results in the day, Debashis Das in Under-18 category, Rathanvel in Under-10 and Ram Aravind in Under-8 kept the chances intact for a podium finish by beating Fide Master Espinoza Palomino Willyam of Peru, Rakesh Kumar Jena and Metpally Jason of USA respectively in the seventh round battle while Under-16 Girls category Nandhidhaa P V suffered defeat against Salazar Aura Cristina of Colombia and Monnisha G K had the same fate against Goyachkina Aleksandra of Russia in Under-14 Girls event.
Seventh Round Results of Indian Players (Indians otherwise stated)
Under-8 Girls :- Assaubayeva Bibissara of Kazakhstan (6) beat Bommini Mounika Akshaya (5); Zhao Chenyi of USA (4) lost to Lakshmi C (5); Ramesh Kaavya of USa (4) lost to Salonika Saina (5); Gombocz Zsofia of Hungry (4.5) beat Tanishka Kotia (4).
Under-8 Open :- Ram Aravind L N (5.5) beat Metpally Jason of USA (4.5); Rood Ben of USA (4.5) drew with Ritam Nag (4.5); Landa Medrano Gabriel of Peru (4) beat Sai Krishna S (3).
Under-10 Girls :- WCM Obolentseva Alexandra (6.5) beat Bansi Prathima M (5); WFM Tarini Goyal (5) beat Devagharan Devina of USA (4); Priyanka K (4) lost to WCM Serikbay Assel of Kazakhstan (4); Zevallos Ponce Andrea of Peru (4) lost to Bidhar Rutumbara (5).
Under-10 Open :- FM Mitrabha Guha (4.5) lost to Deac Bogdan Daniel of Romania (5.5); Rakesh Kumar Jena (5) lost to Rathanvel V S (6); Anand Nadar (4.5) beat Vera S Pavel of Bolivia (3.5); Santillan Alejandro of Argentina (3) lost to CM Nitish Belurkar (4).
Under-12 Girls :- WFM Ivana Maria Furtado (5.5) beat WCM Savant Riya (4.5); WCM Dordzhieva Dinara of Russia (5) beat Priyamvada Karamcheti (4); Brandl Lea Maria of Germany (4) drew with WCM Tejaswini Sagar (4).
Under-12 Open :- Aravindh Chithambaram V R (5.5) drew with FM Martinez Alcantara Jose Deuardo of Peru (5.5); Karthikeyan Murali (6) beat Chiku Ratte Oliver Kenta of Canada (5); Hetul Shah (5.5) beat Chen Michael of USA (4.5); FM Harshal Shahi (4) beat Caceres Recalde Gonzalo of Argentina (3); Ismayil Shahaliyev of Azerbaijan (4) lost to CM Abhimanyu Puranik (5).
Under-14 Girls :- WFM Goyachkina Aleksandra of Russia (7) beat WFM Monnisha G K (5); WFM Srija Seshadri (5) lost to WIM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat of Iran (6); Hincu Olga of Maldova (4.5) lost to Lasya G (5.5); WFM Mahalakshmi M (4.5) beat Correa Lucila of Argentina (3.5).
Under-14 Open :- IM Antipov Mikhail Al of Russia (5) lost to FM Diptayan Ghosh (6); Huber Martin Christian of Austria (4.5) lost to FM Girish A Koushik (5.5); Satvik M (4) beat Istona Martin of Slovakia (3).
Under-16 Girls :- Nandhidhaa P V (5) lost to WFM Salazar Aura Cristina of Colombia (5.5); Smirnova Ekaterina of Russia (4) drew with Anjana Krishna S (4); Dragieva Denitza of Bulgaria (4) lost to Pratyusha Bodda (5); Biciuc Valentina of Maldova (3) lost to Bala Kannamma P (4).
Under-16 Open :- IM Shiven Khosla (4) lost to CM Emiroglu Cankut of Turkey (5); Antonio Viani D’cunha (5) beat Vizzotto Bernado of Brazil (4); Thorpe Thomas of Wales (2.5) lost to Sarang Ponkshe (3.5).
Under-18 Girls :- A Akshaya (3.5) lost to Schulz Anuja of Germany (4); Visalatchi R (3) lost to WFM Saranya J (4).
Under-18 Open :- IM Debashis Das (5.5) beat FM Espinoza Palomino Willyam of Peru (4.5); Salinas Herrera Pablo of Chile (4.5) lost to Stany G A (5.5); FM Caprio Guido of Italy (3.5) lost to Gusan Himal (4.5).
