World Youth 2019 Rd.9: Four sole leaders

by Sagar Shah - 11/10/2019

The ninth round was a critical one to determine some of the sole leaders. In the under-14 open section it is Aydin Suleymanli, who seems to be firmly in the driver's seat with 7.5/9. Eline Roebers has been the surprise of the tournament as she leads the under-14 girls section. The under-16 open section saw a huge upset on board one when the top seeded Hans Niemann lost his game to Aronyak Ghosh. In the girls section, the deadlock between Nurgali and Garifullina hasn't been resolved. Under-18 open saw Praggnanandhaa pick up the sole lead by beating Zarubitski. He is closely pursued by Shant Sargsyan. Polina Shuvalova mantains her lead in the girls under-18. Round nine report from Mumbai by Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal.

Aydin Suleymanli (right) managed to beat the giant killer of the tournament Abinandhan with the black pieces | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Speaking to ChessBase India after the game, Aydin said, "My coach (Farid Abasov) said to me that my opponent is a tactical player. Hence, I must play positionally. This is the reason why I chose the French Winawer." It turned out to be the right decision as Abinandhan couldn't really match Suleymanli's positional acumen. The game ended in a smooth positional win for the Azeri youngster, who is now the sole leader in the under-14 open section.

Aydin Suleymanli speaks about his win over Abinandhan

Sreeshwan suffered another loss in round 9, this time at the hands of the talented Russian youngster Marc Morgunov | Photo: Amruta Mokal

We are aware about Abinandhan's exploits at the event, but do you know about Vo Pham Thien Phuc? The Vietnamese youngster has performed admirably at the event to gain 239 Elo points and is currently on 7.0/9 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Vo Pham Thien Phuc's astonishing performance at the under-14 World Youth 2019

Standings of Round 9 of under-14 open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	IM	Suleymanli Aydin	AZE	2426	7,5	0,0	50,5	55,0	5	6
2	12	FM	Srihari L R	IND	2283	7,0	0,0	48,5	51,5	5	7
3	55		Abinandhan R	IND	1830	7,0	0,0	47,0	52,0	4	6
4	13	FM	Morgunov Marc	AUT	2280	7,0	0,0	46,0	49,0	4	5
5	60		Vo Pham Thien Phuc	VIE	1807	7,0	0,0	44,0	48,0	4	5
6	17		Kolay Alex	USA	2164	6,5	0,0	49,5	53,5	4	5
7	1	FM	Sreeshwan Maralakshikari	IND	2449	6,0	0,0	49,0	53,5	4	5
8	8	FM	Chyzy Jakub	POL	2327	6,0	0,0	48,0	53,5	5	5
9	20	CM	Luczak Filip	POL	2136	6,0	0,0	47,5	52,0	4	4
10	6		Samant Aditya S	IND	2334	6,0	0,0	45,5	49,0	5	5

In the all important top board clash Eline Roebers beat katerina Nasyrova and moved to the sole first spot. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Rakshitta Ravi suffered a loss at the hands of Ayan Allahsverdiyeva and was pushed to the fourth spot. Bat-Erdene Mungunzul won her game against Astghik Hakobyan to move to the second spot.

Standings of Round 9 of under-14 girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	5		Roebers Eline	w	NED	2083	7,5	0,0	47,5	52,5	4	6
2	16	WCM	Mungunzul Bat-Erdene	w	MGL	1912	7,0	0,0	44,0	46,5	4	6
3	3	WFM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	w	AZE	2160	7,0	0,0	42,5	46,0	4	7
4	2	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	w	IND	2310	6,5	0,0	49,0	53,5	5	5
5	4	WFM	Nasyrova Ekaterina	w	RUS	2137	6,5	0,0	48,0	52,5	5	5
6	1	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	w	IND	2358	6,5	0,0	47,0	51,5	4	6
7	12		Wikar Martyna	w	POL	1969	6,5	0,0	44,5	49,0	5	4
8	8	WFM	Kamalidenova Meruert	w	KAZ	2025	6,5	0,0	44,5	49,0	4	5
9	30		Velpula Sarayu	w	IND	1717	6,0	0,0	47,5	50,5	5	6
10	9	WFM	Dhyana Patel	w	IND	1995	6,0	0,0	47,0	50,0	4	5

Aronyak Ghosh managed to create the upset of the day, by defeating the in form Hans Niemann | Photo: Amruta Mokal

For his efforts Aronyak wins the ChessBase best game of the day award

Kushagra Mohan held Rudik Makarian to a draw and made his maiden IM norm! | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The under-16 section has only five IMs and you need to play three of them in order to make a norm. Kushagra not only played with them, but also scored so well that he achieved the norm with a score of 6.5/9.

Kushagra Mohan speaks about his win over Moksh Doshi in round 8

Standings of Round 9 of under-16 open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	8	CM	Aronyak Ghosh	IND	2380	7,0	1,5	46,0	50,0	4	5
2	1	IM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2439	7,0	1,0	47,0	51,5	5	6
3	7	IM	Makarian Rudik	RUS	2386	7,0	0,5	49,0	53,0	5	6
4	13	IM	Pogosyan Stefan	RUS	2364	6,5	0,0	45,5	49,0	5	4
5	20	CM	Kushagra Mohan	IND	2309	6,5	0,0	45,5	49,0	4	4
6	5	FM	Daghli Arash	IRI	2387	6,5	0,0	45,0	49,0	4	6
7	23		Bilych Olexiy	UKR	2281	6,5	0,0	42,5	45,5	4	6
8	14		Harshavardhan G B	IND	2362	6,5	0,0	39,0	41,5	4	6
9	17	FM	Moksh Amit Doshi	IND	2328	6,0	0,0	47,0	51,5	5	5
10	9	IM	Raja Rithvik R	IND	2369	6,0	0,0	43,0	47,0	4	4

Nazerke Nurgali was held to a draw by Akshaya Bommini Mounika | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Leya Garifullina was better in her game against Saina, but didn't manage to win | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Standings of Round 9 of under-16 girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	4	WFM	Nurgali Nazerke	w	KAZ	2194	7,5	0,5	49,0	53,5	5	6
2	1	WCM	Garifullina Leya	w	RUS	2330	7,5	0,5	49,0	53,0	4	6
3	7	WFM	Mahdian Anousha	w	IRI	2103	6,5	0,0	48,5	52,5	5	5
4	11	WFM	Salonika Saina	w	IND	2051	6,5	0,0	45,5	48,5	5	5
5	5	WFM	Bulatova Kamaliya	w	RUS	2181	6,5	0,0	43,0	46,5	4	5
6	12	WFM	Hajiyeva Laman	w	AZE	2038	6,5	0,0	41,5	45,5	4	5
7	10		Zhang Xiao	w	CHN	2053	6,5	0,0	39,5	43,5	5	5
8	14	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	w	IND	2017	6,0	0,0	49,0	52,5	5	4
9	2	WFM	Beydullayeva Govhar	w	AZE	2289	6,0	0,0	45,5	49,5	5	5
10	9	WFM	Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela	w	ROU	2095	6,0	0,0	44,5	48,0	4	4

Praggnanandhaa beat Zaurbitski in round 9 in a long drawn out rook endgame | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Zarubitski vs Praggnanandhaa, round 9

Although Pragg had an extra pawn, it seemed as if the game was heading towards a draw. This was until Zarubitski made a big mistake with the move f3. The main drawback of this move is that the second rank opens up. So Black could move his king to c3 or d3 and then play Rc1 when Rxa2 would be met with Rc2+, exchanging the rooks and the game would be won.

Praggnanandhaa shows his win against Viachaslau Zarubitski

Shant played a daring piece sacrifice to get the better of Aryan Gholami | Photo: Amruta Mokal

It seems like Black is winning a piece. What is the powerful move that White had prepared?

Find the way to continue White's initiative

The top seed is now half a point behind Praggnanandhaa. The tenth round will be interesting as Shant takes on Mitrabha Guha and Pragg is up against Paulius Pultinevicius | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Standings of Round 9 of under-18 open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	2	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2567	7,5	0,0	46,5	50,0	5	6
2	1	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2580	7,0	0,0	49,5	54,5	4	5
3	3	IM	Gholami Aryan	IRI	2554	6,5	0,0	47,5	51,5	4	5
4	16	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2430	6,5	0,0	45,5	49,5	4	4
5	15	IM	Mitrabha Guha	IND	2434	6,5	0,0	44,5	49,0	4	4
6	7	IM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2503	6,5	0,0	42,0	46,0	4	5
7	14	IM	Zarubitski Viachaslau	BLR	2435	6,0	0,0	46,5	51,0	5	5
8	12	IM	Buckels Valentin	GER	2442	6,0	0,0	45,0	50,0	5	4
9	38	FM	Sydoryka Vladyslav	UKR	2247	6,0	0,0	44,5	47,5	5	5
10	8	IM	Arjun Kalyan	IND	2483	6,0	0,0	44,0	48,0	4	5

The all Russian battle on the top board between Shuvalova and Obolentseva ended in a draw. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

In spite of this draw, Polina Shuvalova maintained her half point lead over the field as other games also ended in draws. As many as five players are on 6.5/9, half a point behind Polina. It will be exciting finish in this section.

Standings of Round 9 of under-18 girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	WIM	Shuvalova Polina	w	RUS	2412	7,0	0,0	46,0	48,5	4	5
2	6	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	w	IND	2283	6,5	0,0	48,0	52,5	5	4
3	3	FM	Schulze Lara	w	GER	2327	6,5	0,0	44,5	49,0	4	4
4	7	WGM	Obolentseva Alexandra	w	RUS	2282	6,5	0,0	44,0	48,5	5	4
5	19	WFM	Urh Zala	w	SLO	2105	6,5	0,0	42,5	44,0	4	6
6	10		Yan Tianqi	w	CHN	2236	6,5	0,0	42,0	45,5	5	6
7	21	WFM	Makhija Aashna	w	IND	2084	6,0	0,0	46,0	49,5	5	3
8	2	WIM	Munkhzul Turmunkh	w	MGL	2332	6,0	0,0	45,5	49,5	4	3
9	13	WFM	Serikbay Assel	w	KAZ	2208	6,0	0,0	43,5	47,5	4	4
10	18	WFM	Kucharska Honorata	w	POL	2114	6,0	0,0	43,0	46,5	4	4

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