World Junior Chess Championship 2009
Padmini Jumps to second spot

Report by IWM Mrunalini and GM Magesh

WIM Padmini Rout scored a victory over WIM Kalinina Ogla of Ukrain to jump to the second spot. WIM Zhang Xiaowen of China has taken sole lead at the end of 5th round at World Jr Chess Championship (girls) 2009, being held at Puerto Mydren, Argentina. Padmini Shares the second spot with WIM cori Tello Deysi. Today Padmini will play on the top board with WIM Zhang.

WGM Soumya playing with white pieces missed a winning chance in the opening, after a long fight, game ended in a draw. WIM Kiran and WGM Mary scored easy wins. Harini lost to Hayraptan.   In the boys section Lalith Babu suffered his first defeat in the hands of the Chinese GM Li Chao. Lalith had a good position out of the Anti Grunfeld opening, but blundered in time trouble to hand over the full point to his opponent. P Karthikeyan gave a run for the young and the latest GM Ray Robson for his money. Karthikeyan took the upper hand right from the beginning in the Catalan opening. Eventually he went on to win a pawn in the endgame, but could not convert his advantage and both the players decided to split the point. Ashwin Jeyaram, Shyam Sundar and Adibhan had a smooth sail against their lower rated rivals.

Vishnu Prasanna played a fine game agains the polish GM Swiercz Dariusz. Vishnu got a clear advantage from the word go and kept pusing for a win. He sacrificed an exchange in the endgame and still held a comfortable position. Eventually as both the players neared end of the time control, errors began to pour in and Vishnu eventually paid a price for overstretching his position.

Results – Round 5 (Girls)

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 WIM ZHANG Xiaowen 2391 (3½) 1 - 0 (3½) WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2224
2 WIM KALININA Olga 2229 (3½) 0 - 1 (3) WIM PADMINI Rout 2331
3 WIM CORI TELLO Deysi 2361 (3) 1 - 0 (3)WIM PAIKIDZE Nazi 2279
5 WGM SOUMYA Swaminathan 2297 (2½) ½ - ½ (3) WIM MIKADZE Miranda 2317
8 WFM HAYRAPETYAN Anna 2212 (2½) 1 - 0 (2½) HARINI Sankaran 2109
13HEREDIA SERRANO Carla 2152 (2) 0 - 1 (2) WIM KIRAN Manisha Mohanty 2153
15 WGM GOMES Mary Ann 2396 (1½) 1 - 0 (1½) FLORES Nancy 1927

Results – Round 5

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 YU Yangyi 2509 (4) 0 - 1 (3½) GM ZHIGALKO Sergei 2646
2 GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2718 (3½) 1 - 0 (3½) GM OLSZEWSKI Michal 2544
3 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim 2623 (3½) ½ - ½ (3) GM ANDREIKIN Dmitry 2659
5 IM LALITH Babu M R 2477 (3) 0 - 1 (3) GM LI Chao B 2617
11 IM KARTHIKEYAN P 2449 (2½) ½ - ½ (2½) IM ROBSON Ray 2527
15 FM VISHNU Prasanna V 2342 (2½) 0 - 1 (2½) GM SWIERCZ Dariusz 2492
22 CUBERLI Emiliano 2161 (2) 0 - 1 (2) IM SHYAM Sundar M 2403
26 IM ADHIBAN Baskaran 2490 (1½) 1 - 0 (1½) CATELLI Hernan 2200
27 IM ASHWIN Jayaram 2451 (1½) 1 - 0 (1½) GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig 2119
 

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