Indian Sub juniors at Spain

by Anupama Gokhale,
 

Indian Sub Junior contingent of 12 players showed a lot of promise at the end of the 6th round in the 29th Villa De Benasque Chess Open tournament at Benasque, Spain. National Sub-junior Champion R. Bharathi lead the Indian Girls challenge with 4 points from 6 rounds which includes a win against FM Sanchez Carlos from White side of French Tarrasch. She has also scored a draw against highly rated Debashish Das of India. Shalmali Gagare and J. Saranya are both on 3.5 points. Shalmali has scored a creditable draw against IM Alexander Colovic with Black pieces in a Queen pawn Opening. Saranya displayed her excellent form to hold GM Aroshidze Levan to a draw.

Pallabi Roy is on 3 points from 6 games which includes a draw against highly rated FM Priyadarshan of India. Shrishti Shetty and Rucha Pujari are both on 2.5 points. Shrishti created a mild flutter when she beat WGM Jana Bellin of England earlier in the tournament.

Among the Indian Sub-junior boys, Aditya Udeshi and Priyadarshan lead the Indian challange with 4.5 points each at the end of the 6th round. Aditya has scored a sensational win over GM Mateo Roman of Republic of Dominica. Aditya also held GM Gomez Esteban of Spain to a creditable draw. Rakesh Kulkarni of Mumbai is on 4 points. 12 years old Girish Kaushik became darling of the crowd when he drew his fifth round game against GM Kotronias of Greece. Girish has 3.5 points after 6 games.Debashish Das and Deepthamesh Reddy are on 3.5 points. Deepthamesh has scored a creditable draw against IM Lawrence Trent of England.

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