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Sunday, 07 August 2011 23:33 |
Italian International Master Axel Rombaldoni (6.0) continued to impress as he stylishly put it across Polish Grandmaster Piorun Kacper for his sixth win in a row, in the SDAT-RAMCO 50th World Junior & 29th Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011, at Hotel Vijay Park, Chennai, here today.
A full point behind Rombaldoni, at 5.0 points were Ter-Sahakyan Samvel, Hovhannisyan Robert (both Armenia), Huschenbeth Niclas (Germany) and Girish A Koushik (India).
In the top board Grunfeld game that lasted 35 moves, Rombaldoni showed superior middle game prowess as he outclasses Piorun Kacper of Poland. A series of attacks on the queenside netted the Italian an exchange advantage which he converted with precision.
With a rest day scheduled for tomorrow, Rombaldoni appears the player to beat in the second half of the tournament.
Russian Olga Girya remained steady on top of the table with 5.5 points, holding the talented Peru girl Cori T Deysi. A draw in the top board, helps players further down in the points position, to catch up as the race for the top place hots up.
The second spot is shared by Cori T Deysi (Peru), Bulmaga Irina (Romania) and Elena Semenova (Russia) with 5.0 points.
 WGM Cori T Deysi of Peru
Girish Koushik continued to make news for the second day in a row. Today Girish showed that he is a gritty customer, showing dogged defence against Grandmaster S P Sethuraman, and finally pulling out a crucial full point. In a standard Queens Indian game, after a flurry of early exchanges, Sethuraman held the initiative. Side stepping repetition of moves, the Chennai based Grandmaster went for a kingside inititative.
 Grandmaster R B Ramesh enthralling with analysis of LIVE games at the playing arena
Top seed Russian Grandmaster Maxim Matlakov found the going tough, as he was held to his fourth draw against five Indian players. Today, it was Maharashtra lad Vidit Santosh Gujrathi who pulled a precious half point from Matlakov. The Nimzo Indian game saw Vidit holding fort without much ado, as the Russian preferred to move into a double bishop versus double knight middle game.
 Top seed GM Maxim Matlakov (Russia) playing IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)
In the girls section, ONGC sponsored J Saranya celebrated her birthday in a grand fashion, defeating favorite Padmini Rout. The Sicilian Moscow variation game saw, black getting into early equality. With the game slightly off balance, Padmini started taking risks and failed to notice the knight trap on the kingside.
 Chief Arbiter R Anantharam wishing happy birthday to Woman FIDE Master J Saranya
Take a look at the large photo gallery, courtesy of Peter Long.
More about the WJCC: World Junior Chess Championship 2011 / Participants boys / Participants girls / Official website
 GM Robert Hovhannisyan  IM Norm holder G A Stany
Piorun Kacper(POL) 4.5 lost to Rombaldoni Axel(ITA) 6, Ter-Sahakyan Samvel(ARM) 5 beat Goganov Aleksey (RUS) 4, Hovhannisyan Robert (ARM) 5 beat Stany G A (4), Swayams Mishra (4.5) drew with Swiercz Dariusz (POL) 4.5, Grover Sahaj (3.5) lost to Sjugirov Sanan (RUS) 4.5, Nitin S (3.5) lost to Robson Ray (USA) 4.5, Grandelius Nils (SWE) 4.5 beat Rajesh V A V (3.5), Artemenko Oleg (UZB) 3 lost to Lalith Babu M R (4), Narayanan Srinath (3) lost to Durarbeyli Vasif (AZE) 4, Anwesh Upadhyaya (4) beat Benitez Lozano Javier (Mex) 3.
Round 6 Results (Girls, Indians unless specified):
Girya Olga (RUS) 5.5 drew with Cori T Deysi (PER) 5, Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi (AZE) 4.5 drew with Bulmaga Irina (ROM) 5, Semenova Elena (RUS) 5 beat Tokhirjanova Hulkar (UZB) 4, Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (KAZ) 4 drew with Paikidze Nazi (GEO) 4, J Saranya 4.5 beat Padmini Rout 3.5, Terao Juliana Sayumi (BRA) 3.5 lost to Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi (AZE) 4.5, Ozturk Kubra (TUR) 4 drew with Dogodkina Julia (RUS) 4, Savina Anastasia (RUS) 4 beat Hema Priya N (3).
K Muralimohan,
Championship Director, WJCC 2011
General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association
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