Mayank and Nazerke crowned Asian junior rapid chess champions
The Hindu
India's Mayank Chakraborty and Kazakhstan's Nazerke Nurgali won gold in the Tata Steel Asian Rapid Chess Championship in Jamshedpur. India won four of the six medals on offer, with L. Srihari and Rohith S. Krishna taking silver and bronze in the Open section. L. Jyothsna and Mrudul Dehankar won silver and bronze in the Girls' event.
ndia’s Mayank Chakraborty and Kazakhstan’s Nazerke Nurgali emerged the winners in the Tata Steel Asian junior rapid chess championship at the JRD Tata Complex here on Friday. The host had an excellent day, winning four of the six medals on offer.
In the Open section, L. Srihari and Rohith S. Krishna took the silver and bronze, respectively, behind Mayank’s gold. In the girls’ event, L. Jyothsna and Mrudul Dehankar won silver and bronze medals.
The classical section of the tournament starts on Saturday.
The standings: Open: 1. Mayank Chakraborty 7; 2-8. L. Srihari, Rohith S. Krishna, L.R. Srihari, G.B. Harshavardhan, Abilmansur Abdilkhair (Kaz), Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE) and Dilshan Liyanage (SL) 6.5; 9-11. Ritvik Krishnan, S. Aswath and Zhangir Bizhigitov (Kaz) 6; 12-15. M. Anees Mohamed, Dhyey Agarwal, Manish Crstiano and Kushagra Mohan 5.5.
Girls: 1. Nazerke Nurgali (Kaz) 7.5; 2-4. L. Jyothsna, Mrudul Dehankar and Masanam Divyabharathi 7; 5. Mrittika Mallick 6.5; 6-11. V. Rindhya, Sachi Jain, Zeinep Sultanbek (Kaz), Ayaululm Kaldrovva (Kaz), Bhagyashree Patil and G. Tejaswini 6; 12-16. Anastasia Ivanova, Keerti Reddy, Bristy Mukherjee and Dakshita Kumawat 5.5.
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