World Junior Chess Championship 2009 - Padmini leads

 Report by IWM Mrunalini and GM Magesh

WIM Padmini defeated second seed WIM Zhang Xiaowen of china in a fine game to take the sole lead at the end of 6^th round. Padmini opted for the classical system against Zhang’s French defense. Padmini defended well early only to launch her own attack later in the middle game. She sacrificed a pawn and forced the issue on her Chinese counter part.

WIM Kiran manisha, showed excellent endgame skills to snatch a full point against Fernandez Maria of Argentina. WGM Soumya Swaminathan outplayed WIM Ivakhinova  from Russia. Soumya went up an exchange in the middlgame and converted her advantage into a whole point.

Top seed WGM Mary Ann Gomes suffered another shocking defeat at the hands of WFM Amed Stephanie of Argentina after blundering a piece early in the game. Harini blundered in the opening and went down against WFM Herrera of Columbia.

In the boys/open section top seed GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime of France is jointly leading with GM Zhigalko Sergei of Belarus. Lalith Babu with 4 points continued to show promise after defeating his team mate Shyam Sundar from an apparently equal position. Shyam missed a few opportunities to push for a win for himself and in the end made a fatal error in a queen and pawn endgame. The other 3 pointer Karthikeyan lost against IM IBARRA CHAMI Luis F from Mexico in a difficult game. Karthikeyan’s minor calculation glitch cost him dearly as he had to suffer a very passive position through out the game. Vishnu Prasanna and Ashwiin Jeyaram outclassed their lower rated opponents without much of a problem.

Girls - Results - Round 6

Bo.. Name                                Rtg Pts.            Result Pts. Name                                 Rtg

1 WIM PADMINI Rout                 2331 (4)            1 – 0    ( 4½) WIM ZHANG Xiaowen        2391

2 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre         2224 (3½)          1 - 0     (4) WIM CORI TELLO Deysi        2361

3 WGM PAULET Iozefina           2342 (3½)          ½ - ½   (3½) WFM HAYRAPETYAN Anna 2212

8 WIM IVAKHINOVA Inna           2249 (3)            0 - 1     (3) WGM SOUMYA Swaminathan 2297

10WIM KIRAN Manisha Mohant 2153 (3)             1 - 0      (3) FERNANDEZ Maria Florencia 2159

11WFM AMED Stephanie           2159 (2½)          1 - 0     (2½) WGM GOMES Mary Ann    2396

13HARINI Sankaran                   2109 (2½)          0 - 1     (2½) WFM HERRERA Milena     2141

 Boys/open - Results - Round 6

Bo.Name                                  Rtg Pts.            Result Pts. Name                                Rtg

1 GM ZHIGALKO Sergei             2646 (4½)          ½ - ½   (4½)GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2718

2 YU Yangyi                              2509 (4)            ½ - ½   (4)GM RODSHTEIN Maxim         2623

3 GM LI Chao B                         2617 (4)            ½ - ½   (4) GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo     2605

13IM SHYAM Sundar M             2403 (3)            0 - 1     (3) IM LALITH Babu M R             2477

15IM IBARRA CHAMI Luis F       2393 (3)            1 - 0     (3) IM KARTHIKEYAN P             2449

20STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis          2273 (2½)          0 - 1     (2½) IM ADHIBAN Baskaran       2490

22BOMANS Arno                       2085 (2½)          0 - 1     (2½) IM ASHWIN Jayaram          2451

26CRESPO Eugenio                  2019 (2½)          0 - 1     (2½) FM VISHNU Prasanna V     2342

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