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Rakshitta, Gukesh & Nihal win gold at World Cadets Chess C ships
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Wed, Dec 23 2020 12:33 IST |
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Chennai, Dec 23 : Three Indian players one girl and two boys won gold and another boy clinched the bronze medal at the recently concluded FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships.
Woman International Master (WIM) Rakshitta Ravi won gold in the Girls U16 category while Grandmaster (GM) D.Gukesh (U14) and GM Nihal Sarin bagged the top honours in the open category. The bronze medal was won by Mrinmoy Rajkhowa in the U10 open category.
Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Meet: Nihal Sarin, Gukesh advance to semifinals
December 22, 2020
Four Indians, including Grand Masters (GMs), Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh, advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships in their respective categories yesterday.
Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four.
The highly-rated Sarin (Elo rating 2620) was in impressive form as he beat Justin Wang (USA) 1.5-0.5 in the last eight clash of the Open U-18 section.
In the U-14 section, Gukesh eliminated compatriot V. Pravav 2-1 via the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break).
NAGPUR: A total of 12 Indian juniors of the participating 16 masters registered victories in contrasting fashion to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Fide Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships being played from home in five age categories in both the Open and Girls’ group.
On the opening day of the four-day global meet, four players failed to qualify for the last eight stage of the International Chess Federation (Fide) organized tourney. As many as six Indian players each of the open and girls’ group advanced to the third round.
In the Open section, young Indian Grandmasters (GM) Nihal Sarin and D Gukesh won both the rounds they played to garner full points in the U-18 and U-14 age group respectively. Both Nihal and Gukesh got the better of their respective South African opponents Schnabel Johann Emil and Simpson Michael in the round-robin opening game.
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