Gandhinagar, India's extremely talented Divya Deshmukh defeated Beloslava Krasteva of Bulgaria to win the World Junior Girls Chess Championship here on Thursday.
With the win, Divya, an International Master, finished the tournament with 10 points out of a possible 11, half a point ahead of second-placed Mariam Mkrtchyan of Armenia in GIFT City.
Mkrtchyan dashed Rakshita Ravi's medal hopes in a one-sided game.
Third place went to Azerbaijan's Ayana Allahverdiyeva, who won over Russia's Norman Ksenia and reached 8.5 points.
In the open category, Nogarbek Kazybek of Kazakhstan defeated sole leader Mamikon Gharbyan of Armenia to win the title on tiebreak, getting the better of Armenian Emin Ohanyan.Ohanian played well against Daniel Quizon, but missed the tiebreak points and had to settle for second place despite both scoring 8.5 points.
Serbia's Luka Budisavljevic (8 points) was also on the right side of the tiebreak points and was eliminated from the tournament in third place ahead of Germany's Tobias Koele.
The best Indian performer in the open category was Grandmaster Pranav Anand, who finished 10th with 7.5 points after winning against Armenia's Arsen Davytyan.
Among other Indians, Aditya Samant finished 11th while Anuj Srivatri finished 12th.
But the day emphatically belonged to 18-year-old Divya, a native of Nagpur.The middle game against Beloslava was slightly better as a result of a queen pawn opening by the Indian.
The sustained pressure allowed Divya to increase her lead, significantly weakening Black's pawn structure.
This exchange caused no trouble to Divya because in the ensuing queen and rook game, the Indian kept a pawn, weakening Beloslava's king.
At one point the exchange was about to reach the end of the pawns for a completely winning king and queen, when the Bulgarian canceled it.
Later, Divya described her win over Ayana Allahverdiyeva as an important moment for her in the tournament.“I wasn't up to the expected level in that game. If I had lost that game, I wouldn't have been champion,” she said.
Top results in the final round: Open (Indian unless stated): Nogerbek Kazybek (Kaz, 8.5) beat Mamikon Gharibyan (Arm, 8); Emin Ohanian (Arm, 8.5) defeated Daniel Quizon (Phi, 7.5); Luka Budisavljevic (SRB, 8) played out a draw with Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL, 7); Anuj Srivatri (7.5) played out a draw with Rudik Makaryan (FID, 7.5); Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Can, 7.5) drew with Aditya Samant (7.5); Tobias Koele (Ger, 8) defeated Ozénir Akin Baris (Tur, 7); Domlchuk-Jonasson Alexander (ISL, 6.5) lost to Alexey Grebnev (FIDE, 7.5); Pranab Anand (7.5) beats Arsen Davtyan (Arm, 6.5); El Srihari (6.5) lost to Avila Pavas Santiago (Col, 7.5); LR Srihari (7) played out a draw with Pham Tran Gia Phuc (V, 7).
Girls: Divya Deshmukh (10) beat Krasteva Beloslava (Bull, 7); Mariam Mkrtchyan (Arm, 9.5) beat Rakshita Ravi (7.5); Norman Ksenia (FID, 7) lost to Ayana Allahverdiyeva (AZ, 8.5); Sachi Jain (7) lost to Shubhi Gupta (8); Mridul Dehankar (7.5) beat Martina Vikar (pol, 7); Kaldarova Ayulim (Kaz, 7) played a draw with Balabayeva Xenia (Kaz, 7); G Tejaswini (7) played out a draw with Sofia Hryzlova (Sui, 7); Bristi Mukherjee (7) played out a draw with Anna Zurova (fid, 7); V Rindhya (7.5) beats Oshini Gunawardhana Devindya (6.5); Suliok Ezter (Hun, 6) lost to Nermin Abdinova (Eze, 7.5).or ung
With the win, Divya, an International Master, finished the tournament with 10 points out of a possible 11, half a point ahead of second-placed Mariam Mkrtchyan of Armenia in GIFT City.
Mkrtchyan dashed Rakshita Ravi's medal hopes in a one-sided game.
Third place went to Azerbaijan's Ayana Allahverdiyeva, who won over Russia's Norman Ksenia and reached 8.5 points.
In the open category, Nogarbek Kazybek of Kazakhstan defeated sole leader Mamikon Gharbyan of Armenia to win the title on tiebreak, getting the better of Armenian Emin Ohanyan.Ohanian played well against Daniel Quizon, but missed the tiebreak points and had to settle for second place despite both scoring 8.5 points.
Serbia's Luka Budisavljevic (8 points) was also on the right side of the tiebreak points and was eliminated from the tournament in third place ahead of Germany's Tobias Koele.
The best Indian performer in the open category was Grandmaster Pranav Anand, who finished 10th with 7.5 points after winning against Armenia's Arsen Davytyan.
Among other Indians, Aditya Samant finished 11th while Anuj Srivatri finished 12th.
But the day emphatically belonged to 18-year-old Divya, a native of Nagpur.The middle game against Beloslava was slightly better as a result of a queen pawn opening by the Indian.
The sustained pressure allowed Divya to increase her lead, significantly weakening Black's pawn structure.
This exchange caused no trouble to Divya because in the ensuing queen and rook game, the Indian kept a pawn, weakening Beloslava's king.
At one point the exchange was about to reach the end of the pawns for a completely winning king and queen, when the Bulgarian canceled it.
Later, Divya described her win over Ayana Allahverdiyeva as an important moment for her in the tournament.“I wasn't up to the expected level in that game. If I had lost that game, I wouldn't have been champion,” she said.
Top results in the final round: Open (Indian unless stated): Nogerbek Kazybek (Kaz, 8.5) beat Mamikon Gharibyan (Arm, 8); Emin Ohanian (Arm, 8.5) defeated Daniel Quizon (Phi, 7.5); Luka Budisavljevic (SRB, 8) played out a draw with Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL, 7); Anuj Srivatri (7.5) played out a draw with Rudik Makaryan (FID, 7.5); Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Can, 7.5) drew with Aditya Samant (7.5); Tobias Koele (Ger, 8) defeated Ozénir Akin Baris (Tur, 7); Domlchuk-Jonasson Alexander (ISL, 6.5) lost to Alexey Grebnev (FIDE, 7.5); Pranab Anand (7.5) beats Arsen Davtyan (Arm, 6.5); El Srihari (6.5) lost to Avila Pavas Santiago (Col, 7.5); LR Srihari (7) played out a draw with Pham Tran Gia Phuc (V, 7).
Girls: Divya Deshmukh (10) beat Krasteva Beloslava (Bull, 7); Mariam Mkrtchyan (Arm, 9.5) beat Rakshita Ravi (7.5); Norman Ksenia (FID, 7) lost to Ayana Allahverdiyeva (AZ, 8.5); Sachi Jain (7) lost to Shubhi Gupta (8); Mridul Dehankar (7.5) beat Martina Vikar (pol, 7); Kaldarova Ayulim (Kaz, 7) played a draw with Balabayeva Xenia (Kaz, 7); G Tejaswini (7) played out a draw with Sofia Hryzlova (Sui, 7); Bristi Mukherjee (7) played out a draw with Anna Zurova (fid, 7); V Rindhya (7.5) beats Oshini Gunawardhana Devindya (6.5); Suliok Ezter (Hun, 6) lost to Nermin Abdinova (Eze, 7.5).or ung
