IM Munkhdalai Amilal of Mongolia (above left) and IM Michael Concio, Jr. of the Philippines beat their respective sixth round opponents yesterday, 16th October, to share the lead with GM Aleksey Grebnev at 5 points each after six rounds of the Asian Juniors Chess Championship at the Knights Templar hotel in Tagaytay City, Philippines.
Concio unleashed a sacrificial attack against FM Arjun Adireddy of India. In a Ruy Lopez game, the Filipino created a protected passed pawn on the 19th move, gave the exchange and then sacrificed a Knight and Bishop to force resignation on the 32nd move.
Concio (left) unleashed a sacrificial attack against FM Arjun Adireddy of India.
Amilal essayed the Sicilian Defense against Yash Bharadia of India and won a Knight on the 27th move. With one piece disadvantage, Bharadia resigned on the 40th move.
GM Aleksey Grebnev of Russia, playing under the FIDE flag, drew with compatriot IM Artem Uskov in 51 moves of a minor piece endgame to tally 5 points.
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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
In the Asian Girls division, top seed WIM G. Tejaswini of India beat solo leader WIM Anna Shukman to halt the winning streak of the Russian, playing under FIDE flag, and open the race for the crown.
Tejaswini crushed the Nimzo Indian defense of Shukman in only 22 moves. The Indian gave her Rook in order to weave a mating net with her Queen and Knight.
Tejaswini vs Shukman final position after 22.Bxf5
Tejaswini is in second slot with 4.5 points out of six rounds together with compatriot Halder Sneha, only a half point behind Shukman who is alone in the lead. Sneha used the Bird’s Opening to beat Malaysian Ainul Mardhiah Mohd Afif, delivering checkmate on the 53rd move.
Mohd Afif and WFM Kristina Popandopulo of Kazakhstan follow with 4 points each.
