Brazil: Tamil Nadu youngster Nandhidhaa P V has taken sole lead with perfect score after fourth round matches in the Under-16 girls’ category of the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship at Caldas Novas, Brazil on Sunday. Playing with white pieces against Women Fide Master Fataliyeva Ulviyya, Nandhidhaa had shown her supremacy in bishop and pawn ending to garner full point against her Azerbaijan rival. After a rest day on Monday Nandhidhaa will takes on top seed Ziaziulkina Nastassia of Bulgaria with black pieces in fifth round on Tuesday.
Mean while in the Under-14 Open category Diptyan Ghosh defeated Ding Jialin of USA to occupy the joint first spot along with Fide Master Bellahcene Bilel of France with four points. In the Under-10 open category Rakesh Kumar Jena and Rathanvel V S are in joint lead with full points after fourth round encounters along with Li Ruifeng of USA and Zhu Yi of China while Bommini Mounika Akshaya sharing the lead in Under-8 girls category with full point in her kitty.
Earlier in the third round, Nandhidhaa beat Adriana Pachon of Columbia while her team mate in the same category Anjana Krishna shocked third seed and two times World Youth Champion Women International Master Marsel Efroimski of Israel.
Fourth Round Results of Indian Players
Under-8 Girls :- Salonika Saina (3) lost to Bommini Mounika Akshaya (4); Lakshmi C (3) beat De Talance Berencice of France; Tanishka Kotia (3) beat Rocha Herrera Nicole Nathaly of Peru (2).
Under-8 Open :- Baasanuren Erdene of Mongolia (3.5) drew with Ram Aravind L N (3.5); Ritam Nag (3) beat Lin Yi of China (2); Sai Krishna S (2) lost to Mursalli Matin of Azerbaijan (3).
Under-10 Girls :- Bansi Prathima M (3) beat Hoshino Karen of Japan (2); Bidhar Rutumbara (2) lost to Du Toit Stephanie of Wales; WFM Tarini Goyal (3) lost to WCM Obolentseva Alexandra of Russia (4), Korenova Magdalena of Czech Republic (2) lost to Priyanka (3).
Under-10 Open :- Rathanvel V S (4) beat Ganjali Hossein of Iran (3); Rakesh Kumar Jena (4) beat Wang Michael of USA (3); Anand Nadar (2.5) drew with Jaramillo David of Ecuador (2.5); CM Nitish Belurkar (2) beat Reveco Toledo Luciano Agusto of Chile (1); Nydick Brandon (3.5) beat FM Mitrabha Guha (2.5).
Under- 12 Girls :- Priyamvada Karamcheti (3) lost to Gazikova Veronika of Slovakia (3.5); Keen Cosima C of England (2.5) lost to WFM Ivana Maria Furtado (3); Bykovtsev Agata of USA (2) lost to WCM Savant Riya (3); Kossybekova Bibissara (2.5) beat WCM Tejaswini Sagar (1.5).
Under-12 Open :- Karthikeyan Murali (3.5) drew with CM Abhimanyu Puranik (3.5); Plenca Jadranko of Croatia (2.5) lost to Aravindh Chithambaram (3.5); Vykouk Jan of Czech Republic (2) lost to Hetul shah (3); Virtanen Teemu of Finland (2) lost to Harshal Shahi (3).
Under-14 Girls :- WFM Styazhkina Anna of Russia (3.5) drew with WFM Monnisha G K (3.5); Lasya G (3.5) drew with WFM Hauusernot Cecile of France (3); WFM Srija Seshadri (3.5) beat WCM Derkhashani Dorsa of Iran (2.5); Apone Oriana Isabel of Venezuela (2.5) lost to WFM Mahalakshmi (2.5).
Under-14 Open :- FM Girish A Koushik (2.5) beat Azua Avial Vicente of Ecuador (1.5); Ding Jialin of USA lost to Diptayan Ghosh (4); Roy Kiron of Scotland (1) lost to Satvik M (2).
Under-16 Girls :- Nandhidhaa P V (4) beat WFM Fataliyeva Ulviyya of Azerbaijan (3); WFM Osmanodja Filiz of Germany (2) beat Bala kannamma P (2); Pratyusha Bodda (2.5) lost to Severina Maria of Russia (3.5); Anjana Krishna S (2.5) lost to Tantsuiura Marja of Ukraine (3.5).
Under-16 Open :- Verstraeten Reinaert of Belgium (3) beat IM Shiven Khosla (2); CM Emiroglu Cankut of Turkey (3) beat Sarang Ponkshe (2); Benavente Vazquez Juan Jose of Mexico (2.5) drew with Antonio Viani D’cunha (2.5).
Under-18 Girls :- WIM Tjolsen Katrine of Norway (2.5) beat Visalatchi R (1.5); WIM Vo Thi Kim Phung (3) beat A Akshaya (2); WFM Saranya J (3) drew with WFM Baciu Diana of Maldova (3).
Under-18 Open :- FM Petenyi Tamas of Slovakia (3.5) beat Himal Gusain (2.5); IM Deabshis Das (3.5) beat WGM Cori T Deyse of Peru (2.5); Gaehwiler Gabriel of Switzerland (2.5) drew with Stany G A (2.5).
