Padma Vibhushan Awardee and former 5-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will inaugurate the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship at Radisson GIFT City Club at Gandhinagar on Sunday. The Gujarat State Chess Association (GSCA), under the .
In the seventh round of the World Junior Championship, decisive results were seen on the top three boards, with Marc’Andria Maurizzi, Gleb Dudin (pictured) and Santiago Avila winning to enter the next round as co-leaders. Carissa Yip, in the meantime, is now the sole leader in the women’s section. | Photo: David Llada
The 2023 FIDE Junior Chess Championships are officially past the halfway point, with six rounds played and five more to follow. IM Carissa Yip leads the Girls Under-20 section with a 5½/6 score.