FIDE World Schools starts in Albania

by Tarun Kanyamarala - 22/04/2018

The FIDE World School Championships is taking place in Durres, Albania from the 21st-29th of April 2018. Siblings Tarun and Trisha Kanyamarala, who originally hail from India, but now represent the Irish flag are present at the tournament. The Kanyamaralas have been on the road travelling from one tournament to the next in the last four months. Tarun sends us a report from Albania about their travelling experience and also video analysis of his and Trisha's (his sister) first round encounter.

Round 1 report from Durres, Albania

by Tarun Kanyamarala

We traveled from Tatry to Budapest by road for five hours, then Budapest to Sarajevo by flight and in between dangerous mountains and valleys crossed Montenegro and arrived midnight at Durres. It is a horrific road between Sarajevo and Durres. We had to close our eyes and sit tight on the bends.

What an adventure!

The arrangements were good except huge road works going on in front of the venue, and one of the participant, broke his leg, while walking. We are three Irish players playing at the World School Chess Championships. I am playing in the under 15 open, Nemeth in under-17 open and Trisha under-13 girls.

Trisha (my sister) is the top seed in the under-13 section and I hope she continues until the last round.

Trisha explains her game and her calculations

I had quite a complicated game. My opponent blundered towards the end and I won!

It's going to be tough day tomorrow, as I am playing with the top seed in my category. See you to tomorrow with some more updates.

The Kanyamaralas in front of the official hotel

The bright and spacious playing hall | Photo: Rekha Nahar

The tournament hall is close to the Adriatic Sea | Photo: Rekha Nahar

Rajveer and Anaishaa Nahar - two Indian siblings who will make it big in the years to come | Photo: Rekha Nahar

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	Pts.	Rk.	K	rtg+/-	Group
6		Raj Jaivardhan	1119	IND	1	1,0	3	40	0,00	U7
8		Rosh Jain	1112	IND	1	1,0	4	40	0,00	U7
19		Ishaan Singh Khanuja	0	IND	0	0,0	27	0	0,00	U7
21		Khandhadia Nivaan Rathin	0	IND	0	0,0	29	0	0,00	U7
7	CM	Bhagat Kush	1434	IND	1	1,0	12	40	3,20	U9
13		Aarav Lakhani	1363	IND	1	1,0	15	40	0,00	U9
26		Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar	1097	IND	0	0,0	31	40	-3,20	U9
12		Colaco Reuben	1560	IND	1	1,0	5	40	0,00	U11
15		Bang Atharva	1516	IND	1	1,0	19	40	0,00	U11
15		Jaisingh Anugraha	1717	IND	½	0,5	12	40	16,80	U17
4		Aggarwal Tashna	0	IND	1	1,0	2	0	0,00	G7
6		Anaishaa Pinkesh Nahar	0	IND	1	1,0	3	0	0,00	G7
18		Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi	0	IND	0	0,0	24	0	0,00	G7
20		Lakshana Subramanian	0	IND	0	0,0	26	0	0,00	G7
21		Luxshana B K	0	IND	1	1,0	6	40	0,00	G7
11		Indira Priyadharshini Subbu	1161	IND	1	1,0	4	40	0,00	G9
17		Cera Dagaria	1264	IND	½	0,5	17	40	15,60	G11
22		Aarna Chugh	1123	IND	0	0,0	23	40	-6,00	G11
14		Kiyarra Sunil Khaturia	1390	IND	1	1,0	6	40	0,00	G13
21		Rhythm Singhal	1202	IND	0	0,0	24	40	-3,20	G13
4		Jain Nityata	1894	IND	½	0,5	7	40	-16,80	G15

Complete list of results

About the author:

Tarun (right) and Trisha (left) Kanyamarala are the strongest juniors of Ireland. They recently changed their nationality from being Indians to Irish citizens. They do not go to school and have dedicated their life in improving at chess. They have been travelling since last four months playing one tournament after another. They are also entrepreneurs and founders of ATC - Anytime Chess.