IM S. Aswath of India (above left) crushed the Sicilian defense of IM Artem Uskov of Russia (right), playing under FIDE flag, in 44 moves to remain in close second with 6 points before facing solo leader GM Aleksey Grebnev of Russia, playing under FIDE flag, in the exciting final round.
Aswath vs. Uskov after 42.Qg4-f5
Grebnev (below left) beat IM Imangali Akilbay of Kazakhstan (below right) to maintain solo lead with 7 points.
IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia beat FM Arjun Adireddy of India to tie Aswath at 5 points each and remain within striking distance as he faces top Philippine junior IM Michael Concio in the final round.
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A total of 30 juniors and 22 girls are participating from thirteen countries, namely Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia under FIDE flag, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam and host Philippines. The event is hosted by the Tagaytay Chess Club under the auspices of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Asian Chess Federation and International Chess Federation in cooperation with the City of Tagaytay, Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee
Top Seed Tejaswini Beats Mendoza to Remain Half a Point behind solo leader Anna Shukhman
Top seed WIM G. Tejaswini of India (above left) beat Jemaicah Yap Mendoza of the Philippines (above right) in the Asian Girls Chess Championship penultimate round 8 to tally 6.5 points, only half a point behind solo leader WIM Anna Shukhman of Russia (below right), playing under the FIDE flag. Shukhman (below right) beat WIM Zeinep Sultanbek of Kazakhstan (below left) to register 7 points.
Halder Sneha of India beat compatriot WFM Muykherjee Bristy to trail in third slot with 6 points. WFM Kristina Popandopulo of Kazakhstan beat Malaysian Ainul Mardhia Mohd Afif to follow with 5 points within striking distance in the medal race.
The strong Indian delegation: Seated, from left, Saritha Reddy (Coach); Sneha Halder; WFM Shubhi Gupta; WFM Bristy Mukherjee; WFM V. Rindhiya; WIM G. Tejaswini; Khairmode Dhanashree
Standing, from left, Gupta Kumar Paradeep; GM Himanshu Sharma (Coach); FM Arjun Adireddy; IM Anto Christian F. Manish; IM S. Aswath; CM Velavaa Ragavesh; Akshat Sureka; CM Yash Bharadia; IM Rohith S. Krishna; Mr. Santosh Kumar (Manager and Head of Delegation); Vandana Bharadia