Padmini Rout of Orissa moved closer to the top with a win in the
penultimate round of the World Junior Girls chess championship.
Padmini is half a point behind two leaders and has an outside
chance of the title. Both leaders, jolted Anna Muzychuk of
Slovenia and Olga Girya play white in the final round on August
16 while Padmini plays black. Padmini is sure of a medal, the
last round will decide the colour of the medal.
Bhakti Kulkarni is in eighth place with 8 points. Both Padmini
Rout and Bhakti are playing above their expected rating levels.
Muzychuk and Girya are on 10 points and Padmini is on 9.5
points. The rest of the players are on 8.5 points.
Indians may have lost the chance to win the title but they are
fighting each game in the spirit of the sport and for rating
gains. Both Parimarjan Negi and S.P. Sethuraman won in the
twelfth and penultimate round to reach 8 and 7.5 points.
Russian grandmasters, Dmitry Andreikin and Sanan Sjugirov are
jointly leading with 9.5/12 and both are ahead of the others by
one clear point. They both play black in the final round on
Monday.
Having scored three wins in a row Sagar Shah is on seven points
and 37th place. Others: 40 Lalith Babu 6.5; 46 Swapnil Dhopade
6.5; 58 Debashis Das 6; 60 Anwesh Upadhyaya 6; 70 Arun Karthik
6; 71 Ashwin Jayaram 6.
July 07 2010 - This is to inform all chess
players / organisers / officials that any chess event organized
under the banner of "Chess Association of India" is not
recognized by the All India Chess Federation... more news
Kind Attention : Tournament Organizers / State
Associations
May 06 2010 - Please be informed that the FIDE has announced that, here after
all the rating tournaments should be registered 30 days in
advance. We therefore request all the organizers / State chess
associations to send their Bidform along with prescribed fee to
organize any FIDE rating events, 45 days in advance to All India
Chess Federation for onward submission to FIDE and enable us to
allot the FIDE / AICF event code for the event. Download the Bidform
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