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Chess
By Rakesh Rao
Grandmaster P. Harikrishna making a move against IM Stefan Kristjansson of Island in the 8th round of Junior World chess championship at Panaji on Sunday. — Photo: R.V. Moorthy
Earlier, Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Koneru Humpy, too, attained their day's objective in different styles while providing similar joys to the Indian camp. On a day when the top two seeds met in both sections, boys' top seed Bu Xiangzhi was held by Levon Aronian in a 46-move contest in Queen's Gambit. Despite the draw, Aronian led with Russians Artyom Timofeev, Dmitry Jakovenko, former leader England's Luke McShane and our own Hari. The fifth seeded Timofeev made it at the expense of Ni Hua, the 10th seeded Chinese who shared the lead with Aronian until this afternoon. Before Humpy won, leader Zhao Xue reinforced her title-chances by destroying third seeded Russian Natalia Pogonina on the top board. The seventh seeded Zhao, runner-up to Humpy in the last edition, now has seven points _ one more than the second-placed Indian. From India's point of view, it was a very fruitful day at the top three Indian contenders gained maximum against their lesser-rated rivals. These victories are timely since Hari, Ganguly and Humpy had not done as well as expected in the competition. Hari and Ganguly needed to strike with white pieces and they did in contrasting ways. The seventh seeded Hari produced an end-game beauty in Catalan against Iceland's International Master Stefan Kjartansson in a match lasting just under five hours. The results: Eighth round (Indians unless stated): Boys: Bu Xiangzhi (Chn) (5.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm) (6); Artyom Timofeev (Rus) (6) bt Ni Hua (Chn) (5.5); David Smerdon (Aus) (5) lost to Dmitry Jakovenko (Rus) (6); P. Hari Krishna (6) bt Stefan Kristjansson (Ice) (5); Luke McShane (Eng) (6) bt Vladimir Potkin (Rus) (5); Ferenc Berkes (Hun) (5.5) bt Sergey Erenburg (Isr) (5); Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Ira) (5) drew with Miton Kamil (Pol) (5); Ernesto Inarkiev (Rus) (5.5) bt Amon Simutowe (Zam) (4.5); Surya Sekhar Ganguly (5.5) bt S. Satyapragyan (4.5); Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Pol) (5.5) bt Sandipan Chanda (4.5); Meylis Annaberdiev (Tkm) (4.5) lost to Dmitrios Masterovasislis (Gre) (5.5); S. Kidambi (4.5) drew with Neelotpal Das (4.5); Prathamesh Mokal (5) bt Sergie Azarov (Blr) (4); Mark Paragua (Phi) (5) bt Deepan Chakkravarthy (4); Yannick Gozzoli (Fra) (4.5) drew with Roman Bar (Isr) (4.5); Lim Yee Weng (Mal) (4.5) drew with Perez Candelario (Spa) (4.5); Rustem Sadykov (Kaz) (5) bt Asauskas Henrikas (Lit) (4); Jiri Jirka (Cze) (4) lost to Poobesh Anand (5); Preetham Sharma (4.5) drew with Pontus Carlsson (Swe) (4.5); Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury (4.5) bt Li Qun (4); Sayantan Dutta (3.5) lost to Jeremic Veljiko (Yug) (4.5); Rishipal Singh (3.5) lost to Stefan Bromberger (Ger) (4.5); Sam Collins (Irl) (4) drew with Soumya Ranjan (4); R. Siddharth (4) drew with G. Rohit (4); Akshayraj Kore (4) drew with Dmitry Poliakov (Blr) (4); Arjun Tiwari (3.5) lost to Varighan Darban (Ira) (4); Nikhilesh Kumar (3) lost to Bogdan Vioreanu (Rom) (4); Stephen Glinert (Can) (4) bt Harald Borchgrevink (Nor) (3); Luke Leong (Sin) (4) bt Wendali Sprenger (Aut) (3); Jonas Eriksson (Swe) (3) lost to H. D. Jagadish (4); Prateek Shriwas (3.5) drew with Steve Geinaert (Bel) (3.5); Sriram Sarja (4) bt Akash Thakur (3); G. N. Gopal (4) bt Stefan Macak (Svk) (3); David Kjartansson (Isl) (4) bt R. Naveen (3); Arghyadip Das (3.5) bt Rahul Sangma (2.5); Gurpreet Singh (2.5) lost to Vikramaditya Kamble (3.5); Athula Russel (Sri) (3.5) bt Grame Kafka (Sco) (2.5); P. Phoobalan (3.5) bt Wilson Cruz (2,5); Himanshu Kumar (2.5) drew with Alexandre Vuilleummier (Swi) (2.5); Edgar Perriera (3) bt Swapnil Hoble (2); T. S. Pradeep (3) bt Kosmo Santul (Fin) (2); Byomakesh Nayak (3) bt Franc Steenkamp (RSA) (2); Pranjal Phukan (3) bt J. S. S. Phanikanth (2); Nehal Shah (Ken) (0) lost to Sanchit Agarwal (2.5). Girls: Natalia Pogonina (Rus) (5.5) lost to Zhao Xue (Chn) (7); Tatiana Kosintseva (Rus) (5) lost to Koneru Humpy (6); Ana-Cristina Calotescu (Rom) (5.5) drew with Makka Ioulia (Gre) (5.5); Nahezhda Kosintseva (Rus) (5.5) bt Sofya Zigangirova (Kaz) (4.5); Wang Yu (Chn) (5.5) bt Sophie Millet (Fra) (4.5); Elmira Khasanova (Rus) (5.5) bt Tania Sachdev (4.5); P. Priya (5.5) bt Matras Agniszka (Pol) (4.5); Tian Tian (Chn) (5) bt Marjana Savic (Yug) (4.5); Dronavalli Harika (4) lost to Eva Moser (Aut) (5); Cindy Tsai (US) (4) lost to Ekaterina Oubienykh (Rus) (5); Ljilja Drljevic (Yug) (4.5) drew with Eesha Karavade (4.5); N. Vinuthna (4.5) bt Jana Jackova (Cze) (3.5); C. Delphin (4) drew with Leonie Helm (Ger) (4); Silje Bjerke (Nor) (4.5) bt Y. Pratibha (3.5); Polina Churun (Blr) (4.5) bt M. Kasturi (3.5); Ketaki Kulkarni (3.5) lost to Anoori Shah (4); Sarune Lapinskaite (Lit) (3) lost to Tana Holusova (Cze) (4); M. Priyadarshini (3) lost to Chandra Hawsa (4); Nimmy George (3.5) drew with C. V. Rajalakshmi (3.5); H. Nilavoli (3.5) bt M. Rajadarshini (3); Anuprita Patil (2.5) lost to Delgado Trujillo (Spa) (3.5); Veronica Breen (Swe) (3) drew with Margarida Combra (Por) (3); Nabeela Farheen (2.5) lost to Jennitha Anto (3.5); Tara Santana (Bra) (2) lost to Soumya Swaminathan (2); Liyana Indeeevarie (Sri) (2) lost to M. Kurbanova (Tkm) (2); J. E. Kavitha (3) bye.
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