No stopping the Chinese
Mirror Sports Bureau
The Chinese duo of Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited rising chess power by scoring convincing victories over Russians, Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed in fray here, and Mikhail Antipov in the 10th round of the World Junior Chess Championship in Pune on Thursday. These victories ensured that the Chinese maintained their joint leader status with eight points each.
In the girls section, top seed Aleksandra Goryachkina, who had shot into sole lead, enhanced her lead with the shortest victory in this edition of the championship defeating Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran in just 10 moves. Aleksandra has now tallied 8.5 points.
India’s strong contender for the title, Padmini Rout, slipped back farther with a draw against Meri Arabidze of Georgia as she has tallied 7 points.
SL Narayanan, after making a GM norm yesterday, ended on the losing side against Ankit Rajpara in an English game which lasted 44 moves.
Sarasadat appeared to lose way in the opening stages of a Queen’s Gambit against Aleksandra on the 9th move itself. A move later, landing in an inferior position, the Iranian preferred to resign rather than continue in agony and almost rushed out of the tournament hall in tears.
Last edition bronze medallist Vidit Gujarathi defeated FM Linus Johanssonn 27 moves to take his point tally to 6.5.
Three more rounds are remaining in this 13-round gruelling event.
Important Results (Indians unless specified): Open (10th round): Lu Shanglei (Chn)-8 bt Vladimir Fedoseev (Rus)-7; Mikhail Antipov (Rus)-6.5 lost to Wei Yi (Chn)-8; Indjic Aleksander (Srb)-7 bt Sayantan Das-6; SL Narayanan-6 lost to Ankit Rajpara-7.
Girls: Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iri)-7 lost to Aleksandra Goryachikina (Rus)-8.5; P V Nandhidhaa-6.5 drew Irina Petrukhina (Rus)-6.5; Ioana Gelip (Rou)-6 lost to Srija Seshadri-7; Pratyusha Bodda -5 lost to Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva (Uzb)-6 ; Supreeta Potluri -6 bt Tea Gucci (Ita).
The Chinese duo of Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited rising chess power by scoring convincing victories over Russians, Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed in fray here, and Mikhail Antipov in the 10th round of the World Junior Chess Championship in Pune on Thursday. These victories ensured that the Chinese maintained their joint leader status with eight points each.
In the girls section, top seed Aleksandra Goryachkina, who had shot into sole lead, enhanced her lead with the shortest victory in this edition of the championship defeating Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran in just 10 moves. Aleksandra has now tallied 8.5 points.
Bad day for Indians
India’s strong contender for the title, Padmini Rout, slipped back farther with a draw against Meri Arabidze of Georgia as she has tallied 7 points.
SL Narayanan, after making a GM norm yesterday, ended on the losing side against Ankit Rajpara in an English game which lasted 44 moves.
Sarasadat appeared to lose way in the opening stages of a Queen’s Gambit against Aleksandra on the 9th move itself. A move later, landing in an inferior position, the Iranian preferred to resign rather than continue in agony and almost rushed out of the tournament hall in tears.
Last edition bronze medallist Vidit Gujarathi defeated FM Linus Johanssonn 27 moves to take his point tally to 6.5.
Three more rounds are remaining in this 13-round gruelling event.
Important Results (Indians unless specified): Open (10th round): Lu Shanglei (Chn)-8 bt Vladimir Fedoseev (Rus)-7; Mikhail Antipov (Rus)-6.5 lost to Wei Yi (Chn)-8; Indjic Aleksander (Srb)-7 bt Sayantan Das-6; SL Narayanan-6 lost to Ankit Rajpara-7.
Girls: Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iri)-7 lost to Aleksandra Goryachikina (Rus)-8.5; P V Nandhidhaa-6.5 drew Irina Petrukhina (Rus)-6.5; Ioana Gelip (Rou)-6 lost to Srija Seshadri-7; Pratyusha Bodda -5 lost to Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva (Uzb)-6 ; Supreeta Potluri -6 bt Tea Gucci (Ita).
