Asian Junior 2026 R2: Pratitee and Mayank Maintain Flawless Start

by Devansh Singh - 21/08/2026

The 2nd Round of the Asian Junior Championship is concluded, and all the top seeds are unshaken. In the Open, GM Mayank Chakroborty, GM Artim Pingin, and IM Apoorv Kamble won their games today, and in the Girls section, WFM Pratitee Bordoloi, WFM Mariya Kholyakov, and WFM Lala Shohradova scored wins and are on a perfect 2/2 so far. 21st August will be an interesting day, as there are two rounds of Classical Chess. Photos: Tushar Damor

Open Section

In the upsets of the day, untitled Guru Prakash defeated Vivaan Vishal Shah. All other top seeds scored comfortable wins.

India's 69th Grand Master GM Harshit Raja and his father Harnish Raja made the ceremonial moves at the top Board for Round 2/9.

GM Mayank Chakraborty defeated Vivaan Sardana on the top board

IM Apoorv Kamble defeated Tijil Singh

Games in action

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Round 2 Results Open

Bo.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg
1	IM	Mayank Chakraborty,	IND	2500	1	1 - 0	1	AIM	Vivaan Sardana,	IND	2171
2		Agnivo, Chakraborty	IND	2148	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Pingin, Artem	RUS	2477
3	IM	Apoorv Kamble,	IND	2441	1	1 - 0	1		Tijil Singh,	IND	2119
4		Hardik Shah,	IND	2124	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Hommadov, Amanmuhammet	TKM	2409
5		Jumanazarov, Ibrohim	UZB	2102	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Aaditya Dhingra,	IND	2403
6		Mehul Sondhi,	IND	2091	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma,	IND	2363
7	FM	Vivaan Vishal Shah,	IND	2339	1	0 - 1	1		Guru Prakash,	IND	2113
8		Dishank, Sachin Bajaj	IND	2084	1	0 - 1	1		Jagesia Daksh,	IND	2332
9		Alluri Bhaskara Ratna Shanmukha ,	IND	2075	1	0 - 1	1	FM	Jaiveer Mahendru,	IND	2326
10	FM	Aditya Varun Gampa,	IND	2323	1	½ - ½	1		Charyyev, Ilhan	TKM	2098

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Round 3 Pairings

Bo.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg
1	FM	Nandish V S,	IND	2304	2		2	IM	Mayank Chakraborty,	IND	2500
2	IM	Pingin, Artem	RUS	2477	2		2	FM	Sharnarthi Viresh,	IND	2272
3	CM	Kurbandurdyyev, Shageldi	TKM	2199	2		2	IM	Apoorv Kamble,	IND	2441
4	IM	Aaditya Dhingra,	IND	2403	2		2		Alekhya Mukhopadhyay,	IND	2177
5		Jagesia Daksh,	IND	2332	2		2		Guru Prakash,	IND	2113
6	FM	Jaiveer Mahendru,	IND	2326	2		2		Chukka Vineel Radha Karthik,	IND	1916
7		Manav Kumar,	IND	2072	2		1½	FM	Hommadov, Amanmuhammet	TKM	2409
8		Charyyev, Ilhan	TKM	2098	1½		1½	FM	Akhilbay, Imangali	KAZ	2378
9	FM	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma,	IND	2363	1½		1½		Hardik Shah,	IND	2124
10		Sanjeeban Mandal,	IND	2087	1½		1½	FM	Arshpreet Singh,	IND	2328

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Girls Section

Harshit Raja made the ceremonial 1st move on the top board game of Sanudula K M Dahamdi vs. Pratitee Bordoloi

Sanudula K M Dahamdi vs. Pratitee Bordoloi (0-1)

Replay Round 2 Games

Round 2 Results Girls

Bo.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg
1	WFM	Pratitee Bordoloi,	IND	2252	1	1 - 0	1	WFM	Sanudula, K M Dahamdi	SRI	1950
2	WCM	Sravyasree Bheemarasetty,	IND	1954	1	0 - 1	1	WFM	Kholyavko, Mariya	KAZ	2217
3	WFM	Shohradova, Lala	TKM	2159	1	1 - 0	1		Shreya G Hipparagi,	IND	1939
4	WFM	Marium Fatima,	IND	1947	1	½ - ½	1		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	IND	2131
5		Sunetra Dey,	IND	1920	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Prishita Gupta,	IND	2112
6	WCM	Patil, Divya	IND	1911	1	0 - 1	1	WCM	Shohradova, Leyla	TKM	2086
7	AIM	Tripurambika V,	IND	1903	1	1 - 0	1	WCM	Anushka Bapu Kutwal,	IND	2072
8	WFM	Begmuratova, Sarvinoz	UZB	2067	1	0 - 1	1		Pranavasri S,	IND	1901
9	WCM	Wankhade Sanskruti,	IND	1891	1	0 - 1	1		Shivamshika G,	IND	2053
10	WCM	Aaradhya Das,	IND	1883	1	½ - ½	1	WCM	Dakshita Kumawat,	IND	2001

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Pairings Round 3

Bo.		White	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	FED	Rtg
1	WCM	Kashthuri Bhai R,	IND	1978	2		2	WFM	Pratitee Bordoloi,	IND	2252
2	WFM	Kholyavko, Mariya	KAZ	2217	2		2	WCM	Akshaya Sathi,	IND	1980
3		Pranavasri S,	IND	1901	2		2	WFM	Shohradova, Lala	TKM	2159
4	WCM	Shohradova, Leyla	TKM	2086	2		2	AIM	Tripurambika V,	IND	1903
5		Shivamshika G,	IND	2053	2		2		Aditri Shome,	IND	1796
6		Bhat, Sannidhi Ramakrishna	IND	2131	1½		1½		Sunetra Dey,	IND	1920
7	WCM	Aadya Gowda,	IND	1857	1½		1½	WFM	Saranya Devi Narahari,	IND	2123
8	FM	Prishita Gupta,	IND	2112	1½		1½	WCM	Aaradhya Das,	IND	1883
9	WCM	Dakshita Kumawat,	IND	2001	1½		1½	WFM	Marium Fatima,	IND	1947
10		Bajaj, Shraddha	IND	1850	1½		1½	WFM	Nivedita V C,	IND	1991

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Venue: ITC Maratha, Mumbai

Such a beautiful venue for this amazing tournament

Playing schedule

Round	Date	Time
1	2026/08/19	15:00
2	2026/08/20	15:00
3	2026/08/21	09:30
4	2026/08/21	15:30
5	2026/08/22	15:00
6	2026/08/23	09:30
7	2026/08/23	15:30
8	2026/08/24	15:00
9	2026/08/25	10:00

Playing Conditions

The tournament is played according to the FIDE Laws of Chess, using electronic clocks.
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment per move from move 1. Forfeit time is 30 minutes.
Rapid: 15 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move from move 1.
Blitz: 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move from move 1.
Per FIDE regulations, players from the same federation may be paired against each other in the last round.

Titles and Awards

A minimum of 5 federations per category and 10 participants is required for direct titles in Standard chess (see the FIDE Handbook). Direct titles are awarded for Standard chess per the FIDE Handbook:

Gold medalists are awarded a GM norm and the International Master (IM) title (for women, a WGM norm and the Woman International Master (WIM) title). Players scoring the same number of points as the champion also receive the IM/WIM title.
The silver & bronze medal winners are awarded the IM/WIM norm in addition to the FIDE Master (FM)/Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title.

Minimum Ratings (for immediate award): IM 2200 · WIM 2000 · FM 2100 · WFM 1900