Focus on Humpy, Hari

The championship, to be played in five categories 8212; u-10, u-12, u-14, u-16, u-18 8212; in both boys and girls section, will see ten World champions being crowned at the end of the 11-round Swiss system.

Young prodigy Tania Sachdev will lead India8217;s challenge in girls u-14 category. Tania, who won a bronze medal in the u-12 event in the previous championship, will meet France8217;s Melissa Levocic in the 1st round.

Tania will face a challenge from, among others, teammate Shraddha Somani, whoopens her campaign against Nesrin Gokdemir of Turkey.

The other Indian girls in fray are, Soumya Swaminathan u-10, Y Pratibha u-16 and Aarthie Ramaswamy u-18.

Soumya is pitted against Luong Huyen Ngoc Vietnam, Pratibha meets Katarina Jonoska and Aarthie faces Austrian Nadine Jauk.

In the boys8217; section, Indian hopes rely on P Harikrishna, who is vying for the World title in the u-16 category.

Harikrishna opens his campaign with white pieces against local lad Oscar Gutierrez Castillo.

Rahul Sangma u-10, Sunil Rangarajan u-12, MR Venkatesh u-14 and Valay Parikh u-18 will be the other Indian boys trying their luck.