Ivana conquers the world!
At the start of the 11th round, Asian Silver medallist Ivana Furtado
was in the lead with 7.5 points and was sharing the lead with two
others Navyavaishnavi and Mahalakshmi with the same number of points.
There were 4 girls trailing narrowly on 7 points so everything was
pointing towards a razor sharp finish. However, the prayers of all the
Goans were answered when Ivana demolished Shoumi Mukherjee to become
the Under 8 World Champion. Although Navyavaishnavi also finished with
level points 7 year old Ivana edged her out on a better cut
progressive tiebreak. In a never before accomplished feat, India swept
the medals tally here when Mahalakshmi won the bronze medal in the
section. Wonder girl Ivana's feat is even more significant as this was
the first time that the Under 8 category was introduced at the World
level. She will become thus the first World Champion in this category
as well as the first Goan to win a medal at this level!
Olympiad player and second seed WGM Dronavalli Harika (ELO 2353)
smashed Iran's seventh seeded WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa (2329) in a
short game to win the Girls Under 18 section of the World Youth Chess
Championships. In this section WIM Mary Ann Gomes (2264) won the
bronze medal by beating Meskhi Teona (2088) of Georgia.
Ch Sahajashri (1936) won gold as well in Under 12 Girls by drawing
with unrated Imnadze Natoto of Georgia to take India's tally to 5
golds.
The young hardworking chess players of India won an astounding total
of 10 medals which is considerably more than the two we won last year
in France and reimposed the faith that the Ministry of Sports had
placed in them by clearing a mammonth squad of 41. Significantly,
India picked up the World Youth Chess Championship for maximum number
of medals for the first time in its chess history.
Goa's WFM and Asian Gold medallist Bhakti Kulkarni (2062) beat
10th seed Le Hoan Tran Chau of Vietnam (2072) today in a dazzling
display to finish in a creditable eight place. She was seeded 11th
before this tournament started so she has surpassed the expectations
that people had of her. Significantly, she finished ahead of two time
National Subjunior Champion and Asian Under 16 Champion P. Lakshmi
Sahiti (2136) who had to be content with 12th place after suffering
defeat at the hands of Georgia's eight seeded Tsatsalashvili Keti
(2082) in the last round. This is the second consecutive time that
Bhakti has upstaged Sahiti, the previous one being in the National 'B'
in Chennai.
The website for the official results - http://chess-results.com/tnr4615.aspx?tnr=4615&art=4&lan=1&flag=30&style=2&mm=1&m=-1
was in the lead with 7.5 points and was sharing the lead with two
others Navyavaishnavi and Mahalakshmi with the same number of points.
There were 4 girls trailing narrowly on 7 points so everything was
pointing towards a razor sharp finish. However, the prayers of all the
Goans were answered when Ivana demolished Shoumi Mukherjee to become
the Under 8 World Champion. Although Navyavaishnavi also finished with
level points 7 year old Ivana edged her out on a better cut
progressive tiebreak. In a never before accomplished feat, India swept
the medals tally here when Mahalakshmi won the bronze medal in the
section. Wonder girl Ivana's feat is even more significant as this was
the first time that the Under 8 category was introduced at the World
level. She will become thus the first World Champion in this category
as well as the first Goan to win a medal at this level!
Olympiad player and second seed WGM Dronavalli Harika (ELO 2353)
smashed Iran's seventh seeded WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa (2329) in a
short game to win the Girls Under 18 section of the World Youth Chess
Championships. In this section WIM Mary Ann Gomes (2264) won the
bronze medal by beating Meskhi Teona (2088) of Georgia.
Ch Sahajashri (1936) won gold as well in Under 12 Girls by drawing
with unrated Imnadze Natoto of Georgia to take India's tally to 5
golds.
The young hardworking chess players of India won an astounding total
of 10 medals which is considerably more than the two we won last year
in France and reimposed the faith that the Ministry of Sports had
placed in them by clearing a mammonth squad of 41. Significantly,
India picked up the World Youth Chess Championship for maximum number
of medals for the first time in its chess history.
Goa's WFM and Asian Gold medallist Bhakti Kulkarni (2062) beat
10th seed Le Hoan Tran Chau of Vietnam (2072) today in a dazzling
display to finish in a creditable eight place. She was seeded 11th
before this tournament started so she has surpassed the expectations
that people had of her. Significantly, she finished ahead of two time
National Subjunior Champion and Asian Under 16 Champion P. Lakshmi
Sahiti (2136) who had to be content with 12th place after suffering
defeat at the hands of Georgia's eight seeded Tsatsalashvili Keti
(2082) in the last round. This is the second consecutive time that
Bhakti has upstaged Sahiti, the previous one being in the National 'B'
in Chennai.
The website for the official results - http://chess-results.com/tnr4615.aspx?tnr=4615&art=4&lan=1&flag=30&style=2&mm=1&m=-1
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