Mixed fortunes for Indian chessmen

Girls’ under-10 top seed Mary Ann Gomes remained unbeaten with a 40-move win over Haamra Yulduz (Uzbekistan). Humpy, playing black, prevailed over S Rangarajan in the under-12 boys’ event.

Results
Boys’ under-14: MRVenkatesh lost to P Harikrishna (3), Valay Parikh (3) bt Annaberdyev (2), S Poobesh Anand (1.5) drew with Iskakov Atbek (1.5), Ismagambetov Anour (1.5) drew with Kartik Viswanathan (1.5), Saptarshi Roy (1) lost to R Naveen (1), Byomkesh Naik (1) lost to Elshan Moradiabadi (2), Prasanga Dissanaike (0) lost to AM Kamath(1), Ravi Purohit (0.5) drew with Himanshu Kumar (0.5)
Boys’ under-12: S Rangrajan (2) lost to K Humpy (3), Omid Norouzi (2) lost to Sayantan Dutta (3), Wong Zi Chuank (2) bt R Siddarth (1), Esenov Annarberdi (1) lost to Deepan Chakraborty (2), S Balasubramaniam (1.5) drew with Kampakyanob (1.5), Vinaykumar (1) lost to T Damir (2), Jude Ranga (1) lost to Huy Nguyen Hinh (2), Seyeed Javed Alavi (0.5) drew with Dhimant Shah (0.5), Monil Majmudar (1) bt Habib Redwankhan (0)
Boys’ under-10: G Rohit (3) bt Abhijit Gupta (2), Rahul Sangma (1.5) lost to Son Nguyen Ngoc Truong (3), Minhazuddin Ahmed (1.5) lost to K Vijay Keerthi (2.5), Akshat Kamparia (1) lost to Vijil Pujara (2.5),Soumitra M (2) bt Arask Abdullahzadeh, Varun Dattani (2) bt Akrash Rai (1), Chan Litt Bin (1.5) bt Bhavya Shah (1), T Abhay (1.5) bt Vishal Shah (0.5), Irusha Tennekoon Pal (0.5) drew with Rohil Bhat (1.5), Anand Trivedi (1) bt Iskakov Arsen Kaz (0).
Girls’ under-14: C Delphin (3) bt Tania Sachdev (2), Jaya Arunamathi (2.5) bt Sadi Paridar (2), Giang Nguyen Thu (2) bt Zeal Patel (1), Panaga Magal (2) bt Waxnoza (1), Shraddha Samani (1.5) bt T Dinara (0)
Girls’ under-12: Atousa Pour (2.5) drew with Eesha Karwade (2.5), Krutika Nadig (2.5) drew with P Priya (2.5), M Priyadarshini (1) lost to R Mahima (2.5), Azadeh Patel (1) lost to S Viktorya (2), Manjri Sowani (2) bt B Latha (1), Kallaeba (1.5) bt Fariya Zaman (0).
Girls’ under-10: Haamra Kulova Yulduz (2) lost to Mary Ann Gomes (3), Anoori Shah (2.5) drew with Ngoc Pham Bich (2.5), Soumya Swaminathan (2.5) bt Chandrika Koswatte (1), Sonam Shah (1.5) drew with Prachi Thite (1.5), Ketki Kulkarni (1.5) drew with Dhyani Dave (1),Saima Almas (0) lost to L Natasha (1.5)