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Harikrishna and Petrosian in joint lead :
Press Trust of India, India
Nov 21 2004
Kochi, Nov 21 : Grandmaster P Harikrishna of India and Armenian GM
Petrosian Tigran are leading the table with four points each after
the completion of four rounds in the World Junior Chess championship
here today.
In the fourth round, Harikrishna defeated Tikkanen Hans of Sweden
in the Nimzo-Indian defence in 40 moves while on the top board,
Petrosian Tigran edged out top seed and GM Berkes Ferenc of Hungary,
a former under-18 world champion in a Queens Gambit exchange variation
in 40 moves. Petrosian sacrificed his rook for a mating combination,
which was fruitful.
Third seed GM Alekseev Evgeny of Russia justified his seeding,
defeating IM Quezada Perez Yunieski of Cuba in Queens Gambit in 60
moves, while Poland's IM Radoslaw Wojtaszek got the better of IM Jianu
Vlad-Cristian of Romania and IM Paragua Mark of Philippines defeated
India's FM Abhijeet Gupta.
Aleekseev, Radoslaw and Paragua Mark with 3.5 points apiece are in
the second slot.
India's IM Deepan Chakravarthy, a former Asian Junior champion,
shocked GM Timur Gareyev of Uzbekhistan in Sicilian Defence in 30
moves, while GM Koneru Humpy of India, who suffered a loss in the
third round, defeated South African (RPT South African) Johannes
Manyedi in Nimzo-Indian defence in 32 moves.
In the World Girls Under-20 championship, simultaneously being played
here, four players - Zhang Jilin of China, WGM Paehtz Elisabeth of
Germany, Majdan Joanna of Poland and WGM Ushenina Anna of Ukraine -
are leading with 3.5 points each after four rounds. PTI
Press Trust of India, India
Nov 21 2004
Kochi, Nov 21 : Grandmaster P Harikrishna of India and Armenian GM
Petrosian Tigran are leading the table with four points each after
the completion of four rounds in the World Junior Chess championship
here today.
In the fourth round, Harikrishna defeated Tikkanen Hans of Sweden
in the Nimzo-Indian defence in 40 moves while on the top board,
Petrosian Tigran edged out top seed and GM Berkes Ferenc of Hungary,
a former under-18 world champion in a Queens Gambit exchange variation
in 40 moves. Petrosian sacrificed his rook for a mating combination,
which was fruitful.
Third seed GM Alekseev Evgeny of Russia justified his seeding,
defeating IM Quezada Perez Yunieski of Cuba in Queens Gambit in 60
moves, while Poland's IM Radoslaw Wojtaszek got the better of IM Jianu
Vlad-Cristian of Romania and IM Paragua Mark of Philippines defeated
India's FM Abhijeet Gupta.
Aleekseev, Radoslaw and Paragua Mark with 3.5 points apiece are in
the second slot.
India's IM Deepan Chakravarthy, a former Asian Junior champion,
shocked GM Timur Gareyev of Uzbekhistan in Sicilian Defence in 30
moves, while GM Koneru Humpy of India, who suffered a loss in the
third round, defeated South African (RPT South African) Johannes
Manyedi in Nimzo-Indian defence in 32 moves.
In the World Girls Under-20 championship, simultaneously being played
here, four players - Zhang Jilin of China, WGM Paehtz Elisabeth of
Germany, Majdan Joanna of Poland and WGM Ushenina Anna of Ukraine -
are leading with 3.5 points each after four rounds. PTI