Harshavardhan clinches Gold at Asian Junior 2022, Rakshitta Ravi Silver in Girls

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/11/2022

IM Harshavardhan G B drew his final round game as it was enough to become Asian Junior 2022 champion. He scored an unbeaten 7/9, finished a half point ahead of the field to clinch the Gold and score a GM-norm. For the second consecutive year, an Indian player has won the Asian Junior title. The reigning National Junior Girls (Under-19) 2022 champion, WIM Rakshitta Ravi bagged a Silver in Classical and Bronze in Blitz event. She scored 7/9 and 6/9 respectively. WFM Bhagyashree Patil won Gold in the Blitz event scoring 7/9. Even a last round loss did not deter her championship hopes. The defending champion, IM Raahul V S made 6/9 to finish sixth. Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Bhagyashree Patil claims Gold in Blitz, Rakshitta Bronze

WFM Bhagyashree Patil had a fantastic year. It is quite possibly the best year she had in her chess career. She won the National Under-18 Girls in April, double Gold in Western Asia Under-18 Girls Rapid and Blitz 2022 in June, National Under-17 Girls in July, Second Runner-up in National Junior (Under-19) Girls 2022 in July, double Gold in Asian Youth Under-18 Girls Rapid and Blitz 2022 in October and now Gold in Asian Junior Blitz 2022 Girls in November. That makes it seven Gold and one Bronze individual medals combining National, Asian and World events.

Asian Junior 2022 Open champion - IM Harshavardhan G B 7/9 | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Asian Junior Girls 2022 Top 3 (L to R): Silver - WIM Rakshitta Ravi 7/9, Gold - Ngoc Thuy Duong Bach (VIE) 7.5/9 and Bronze - WIM Amina Kairbekova (KAZ) 6/9 | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Asian Junior 2022 Blitz Girls Top 3 (L to R): Silver - WIM Nazerke Nurgali (KAZ) 6.5/9, Gold - WFM Bhagyashree Patil 7/9 and Bronze - WIM Rakshitta Ravi 6/9 | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Harshavardhan - Gan-Erdene

Position after 22.g5

IM Harshavardhan G B (2426) got himself a substantial positional advantage against IM Sugar Gan-Erdene (2419). 22.g5 Bxc4 23.bxc4 fxg5 24.hxg5 Rhg8 25.Nf6 Rxg5 26.Nd5+ and White drew the game in the nexxt few moves as it was enough for him to clinch the Gold.

Team India | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Team India Coaches - GM FT Akash G and WIM FI Mrunalini Kunte | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo shares a few words | Photo: Asian Chess Federation

A total of 32 players including 8 IMs in the Open and 20 players including 5 WIMs took part from Guam, Indonesia, India, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines and Vietnam. The tournament was organized by Asian Chess Federation at Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay, Philippines from 19th to 25th November 2022. The time control of the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 9 Open games

Replay Round 9 Girls games

Round 9 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Gr	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Gr	Rtg	No.
9	1	2	IM	Harshavardhan G B		2426	6½	½ - ½	5½	IM	Gan-Erdene Sugar		2419	4
9	2	7	IM	Concio Michael Jr.	U18	2343	5½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Neelash Saha		2436	1
9	3	5	FM	Hakemi Arman		2412	5½	½ - ½	5½		Utsab Chatterjee		2349	6
9	5	15		Daluz Christian Mark		2010	4½	0 - 1	5	IM	Raahul V S		2311	11
9	6	8	IM	Avinash Ramesh	U18	2338	4½	½ - ½	5		Bacojo Mark Jay	U16	1949	18

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	2	IM	Harshavardhan G B		IND	2426	7	45	49,5	0	2292	5	10	10,7
2	7	IM	Concio Michael Jr.	U18	PHI	2343	6,5	42	45,5	0	2092	4	20	1,6
3	4	IM	Gan-Erdene Sugar		MGL	2419	6	46	49,5	0	2267	3	10	2,9
4	6		Utsab Chatterjee		IND	2349	6	45,5	49,5	0	2199	4	10	5,1
5	14		Labog Eric Jr.		PHI	2138	6	45	48	0	2204	5	40	124,8
6	11	IM	Raahul V S		IND	2311	6	43,5	44	0	1994	5	10	-6,2
7	5	FM	Hakemi Arman		IRI	2412	6	43	47,5	0	2118	4	10	-8,7
8	1	IM	Neelash Saha		IND	2436	5,5	47,5	52	0	2270	4	10	-6,6
9	10	FM	Sapenov Daniyal	U14	KAZ	2324	5,5	43	47	0	2105	4	20	-0,8
10	18		Bacojo Mark Jay	U16	PHI	1949	5,5	38,5	41,5	0	1979	4	40	8

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Round 9 Girls results

9	1	2	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	U18	2219	6½	½ - ½	5½	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	U16	2212	3
9	3	15		Femil Chelladurai	U18	1657	5	1 - 0	6	WFM	Asgharzadeh Mitra		2001	8
9	6	10	WCM	Chua Jia-Tien		1858	4	0 - 1	4	WFM	Bhagyashree Patil	U18	1921	9
9	7	17		Susmita Bhowmick	U18	1331	2	0 - 1	4		Dhea Safitri		1787	13

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	5	WIM	Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong		VIE	2164	7,5	45,5	49,5	0	2034	7	20	37
2	2	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	U18	IND	2219	7	45,5	49,5	0	1984	6	20	6,8
3	3	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	U16	KAZ	2212	6	47	51,5	0	2022	5	20	-6,4
4	15		Femil Chelladurai	U18	IND	1657	6	46,5	47	0	1965	5	40	164,4
5	8	WFM	Asgharzadeh Mitra		IRI	2001	6	44,5	45	0	1907	6	20	23,2

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Final standings in Blitz Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	IM	Quizon Daniel	U18	PHI	2380	7	46,5	50,5	0	2170	6
2	15		Labog Eric Jr.		PHI	2038	6,5	46	46	0	2125	5
3	4	IM	Gan-Erdene Sugar		MGL	2319	6,5	45	48,5	0	2156	5
4	16		Dau Khuong Duy	U16	VIE	2031	6,5	43,5	47	0	1963	5
5	9	IM	Concio Michael Jr.	U18	PHI	2236	6	48	51	0	2095	5
6	8	IM	Avinash Ramesh	U18	IND	2238	6	40	43,5	0	1957	5
7	6		Utsab Chatterjee		IND	2245	5,5	47,5	52	0	2047	5
8	11		Dziththauly Ramadhan		INA	2194	5,5	39	41	0	1998	5
9	2	IM	Neelash Saha		IND	2346	5,5	38,5	41,5	0	1924	4
10	14	FM	Tobing Daniel Hermawan Lumban		INA	2062	5,5	36,5	39,5	0	1862	5

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Final standings in Blitz Girls

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	8	WFM	Bhagyashree Patil	U18	IND	1902	7	45,5	47	0	1854	7	20	50,2
2	3	WIM	Nurgali Nazerke	U18	KAZ	2069	6,5	42	45	0	1860	6	20	-1,6
3	1	WIM	Rakshitta Ravi	U18	IND	2095	6	45	49	0	1907	6	20	-6,6
4	5	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	U16	KAZ	2043	6	43	46	0	1853	6	20	-5,4
5	9	WFM	Asgharzadeh Mitra		IRI	1901	6	43	45	0	1770	6	20	16,2

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