India Starts Bang Bang In Turkey
By Arvind Aaron

Two-time champions India who are seeking a hat-trick in the World Youth Chess Olympiad at Turkey.

In the opening round, second seeded India blanked Sri Lanka 4-0 and in the second we have defeated ninth seed England also by 4-0. With this new power in our Under-16 Sub-Junior teams, our teaching and selection methods are now going to be copied by other nations. Already for many years our Youth Teams are dominating the show.

In the 22-team competition, second seed India and fifth seed Georgia are leading with full eight points. They face each other in the third round later on September 26. It is a nine round Swiss and the maximum possible points is 36. Four players from one nation face four players from another in each match. Top seed Russia is behind on 5.5 points after a 3.5-0.5 win and a 2-2 draw with Azerbaijan.

India had won the title in Singapore in 2007 and in Turkey in 2008 and there is plenty of hope for a hat-trick.
In the opening round, India rested Debashis Das on board two and fielded the rest of the players to win 4-0. K. Priyadharshan, Aditya Udeshi, Girish Koushik and Preethamsh Reddy won. AICF's coaching co-ordinator K. Visweswaran of Chennai has travelled with the team at the last minute following sickness of International Master P.D.S. Girinath.

In the second round, we overcame England by the same 4-0 margin. Aditya Udeshi, our National Sub-Junior champion from Mumbai was rested. Priyadharshan, Debashis Das, Girisk Koushik and Deepthamsh Reddy scored wins over lower rated British opponents on all four tables.

India's test comes in the third round when we face Georgia

Round 2 on 2009/09/26 at 10:00

No. SNo. Team Pts Res. Pts Team SNo.
1 2 India 4 4 - 0 4 England 9
2 10 Greece 4 0 - 4 4 Georgia 5
3 8 Turkey-Turkuaz 4 3 - 1 4 Turkey-Red 11
4 6 Azerbaijan 3½ 2 - 2 3½ Russia 1
5 4 Hungary 3½ 2½ - 1½ 3½ Uzbekistan 7
6 12 Turkey-Girls White ½ ½ - 3½ 3 Armenia 3
7 14 Turkey-White 1 3½ - ½ ½ Turkey-Girls Red 15
8 18 South Africa A ½ 1 - 3 ½ Turkmenistan 17
9 20 Libya-A 0 2½ - 1½ 0 Sri Lanka 13
10 16 South Africa B 0 4 - 0 0 Libya-B 21
11 22 Turkey-Akhisar 0 ½ - 3½ 0 New Zealand 19

ROUND ONE
No. SNo. Team Pts Res. Pts Team SNo.
1 1 Russia 0 3½ - ½ 0 Turkey-Girls White 12
2 13 Sri Lanka 0 0 - 4 0 India 2
3 3 Armenia 0 3 - 1 0 Turkey-White 14
4 15 Turkey-Girls Red 0 ½ - 3½ 0 Hungary 4
5 5 Georgia 0 4 - 0 0 South Africa B 16
6 17 Turkmenistan 0 ½ - 3½ 0 Azerbaijan 6
7 7 Uzbekistan 0 3½ - ½ 0 South Africa A 18
8 19 New Zealand 0 0 - 4 0 Turkey-Turkuaz 8
9 9 England 0 4 - 0 0 Libya-A 20
10 21 Libya-B 0 0 - 4 0 Greece 10
11 11 Turkey-Red 0 4 - 0 0 Turkey-Akhisar 22

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