Untitled V.S. Rahul (2387) of India continues to lead alone with 5 ½ points as he drew with his colleague from India, International Master Srihari Ragunandan (2448) in the 6th round of the Asian Junior Chess Championship 2021 held at Citrus Hotel Waskaduwa in Sri Lanka. Earlier he beat International Master GB Harshawardana in the 4th round and the top seed, International Master Mitrabha Guha, both from India in the 5th round convincingly. He is meeting Sri Lanka’s top player, the National Chess Champion, Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage in the 7th round on Tuesday.
Woman International Master B Shri Savitha of India also leads the Girls division after she drew her 6th round game with Melika Mohmmedi of Iran to reach 5½ points. Earlier in 4th and 5th round she beat Devindya Oshini Gunawardena of Sri Lanka and Woman International Master K Priyanka of India convincingly. She is supposed to meet Woman FIDE Master Anousha Mahdian of Iran in the 7 the round.
Three players, India International Masters Srihari Rgunandan, GB Harshawardana and Mitrabha Guha are running behind with 4 ½ points each out of 6 games in the boys division.
Melika Mohammed from Iran is in the 2nd place with 5 points out of 6 games while Woman International Master K Priyanka of India is in the 3rd place with 4 ½ points out of 6 games in the Girls event. Sri Lanka’s Sanudula Dahamdi and Anousha Mahdian of Iran are closely following Priyanka with 4 points each.
The Asian Junior Chess Championships 2021 are conducted by the Sri lanka Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation. A total of 54 players, 32 in Open and 22 in Women, are participating in this event which is in progress from 17th to 23rd December 2021 according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds.
The winners in two categories are offered a Grandmaster norm and International Master Title by the International Chess Federation. Even two tied players to top points will also be awarded International Master Titles. Otherwise the Silver and Bronze Medalists are offered International Master Norms.
The Tournament details are at the Chess-results.com – Links
http://chess-results.com/tnr599045.aspx?lan=1
http://chess-results.com/tnr599044.aspx?lan=1
The live games off the event can be seen at the following link:
Asian Girls Chess Championship 2021
Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#1d2fce85-a004-410d-93e5-a485328ef4dd
Asian Juniors Chess Championship – 2021
Link https://view.livechesscloud.com#5b19c578-e00f-4e8d-b77e-ccf6c5e56f4f
Stay Safe! Enjoy Chess!
Luxman Wijesuriya