World Youth Chess Festival, Belfort, France - Final placings

While the two Indians were lucky with higher tie-break score to win the titles a few others like K.Sai Nirupama (G-10) did not have it when they tied for the second to fourth place and did not win a medal. Lakshmi Sahiti tied for second to sixth places and also missed the medal. Two titles went to India, Georgia, Russia and one each to Vietnam, China, Slovenia, United States.

Final placings:

Boys U-10

 1. Grover Sahaj (IND), 2. Bukavshin Ivan (RUS), 3. Bajarani Ulvi (AZE).

Girls U-10

 1. Wang Jue (CHN), 2. Lach Aleksandra (POL), 3. Iwanowa Anna (POL).

Boys U-12

 1. Narayanan Srinath (IND), 2. Sjurirov Sanan (RUS), 3. Ter Sahakyan Samuel (ARM).

Girls U-12

 1. Arabidze Meri (GEO), 2. Paikidze Nazi (GEO), 3. Daniela Mariam (GEO).

Boys U-14

 1. Le Quang Liam (VIE), 2. Boychev Mariyam (BUL), 3. Matlakov Maxim (RUS).

Girls U-14

 1. Tairova Elena (RUS), 2. Bodnaruk Anastasia (RUS), 3. Muzychuk Mariya (UKR).

Boys U-16

 1. Lenderman Alex (USA), 2. Nepomnachtchi Ian (RUS) 3. Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA).

Girls U-16

 1. Muzychuk Anna (SLO), 2. Mkadze Mranda (GEO), 3. Hamrakulova Yulduz (UZB).

Boys U-18

 1. Khairullin Ildar (RUS), 2. Wojtaszek Radislaw (POL), 3. Stopa Jacek (POL).

Girls U-18

 1. Purtseladze Maka (GEO), 2. Mongontuul Bathyag (MGL), 3. Madjan Joanna (POL).

INDIAN RESULTS TABLE: A QUICK LOOK

BOYS GIRLS
U-18 Deepan Chakravarthy 1 0 1 1 0 = 1 = = = 1 7.0
U-18 Deep Sengupta = 1 0 1 = 1 1 = = = 0 6.5
104 players
U-16 G.Rohit 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = = 0 7.5
U-16 K.Vijay Keerthi 1 = 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 = 6.0
U-16 Dasari Sai Srinivas 1 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 0 0 6.0
U-16 S.Ravindran 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 1 = 5.0
152 players
U-14 Y.Sandeep 1 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
134 players
U-12 Parimarjan Negi 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 8.0 Tied for 5th
U-12 S.P.Sethuraman 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 0 7.5
U-12 V.A.V.Rajesh 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 0 1 0 7.5
U-12 N.Srinath 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = = 0 8.5 1st place
U-14 R.R.Prasanna 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 = 6.5
124 players Note - Negi is top seed
U-10 Sahaj Grover 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 = 9 1st place
U-10 Shiven Khosla 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8
U-10 Rishi Theriani 1 = 1 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 5
U-10 Mohan Varman 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
122 players
U-18 Soumya Swaminathan 1 1 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 0 1 6.5
U-18 N.Vinuthna = 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6.5
76 players
U-16 Dronavalli Harika 1 1 = 1 = = 1 0 1 1 = 8.0 Tied for fourth
U-16  Mary Ann Gomes 1 = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 = = 7.0
U-16 Saheli Nath 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
94 players, Harika highest rated
U-14 I.Ramya Krishna 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0
U-14 Pon Krithika = 1 1 0 = 1 1 = = 0 1 7.0
102 players Note - Ramya Krishna 2165 is third seed
U-12 P.Lakshmi Sahiti 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 8.0 Tied 2-6
U-12 Rucha Pujari 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7.5
U-12 Vempati Gayatri 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 = 0 5.5
U-12 G.Srisha Gutta 0 0 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 0 1 6.0
96 players
U-10 K.Sai Nirupama 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8.5 Tied 2-4.
90 players

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