World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R1: India whitewashes Panama 4-0

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/10/2022

Team India defeated Panama convincingly in the first round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. Unlike the regular Olympiad, the youth is a combined event where each team must have a girl in their four member playing team. Team India is comprises - GM Pranav Venkatesh, IM Pranesh M, FM Harshad S, Tanisha S Boramanikar, Rohit S and Mrittika Mallick. Harshad and Mrittika were rested in the first round. The remaining four won their games comfortably. GM FST Tejas Bakre is the Captain of the team. India will face Mexico in Round 2 with only one change, Harshad will replace Rohit. Round 2 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Sara Asadova

Team India off to a flying start

India starts as the third seed in the FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. The top two seeds are Iran and Uzbekistan 1. A total of 34 teams from 23 countries across the world are taking part in this event. The host nation has the highest number of teams - six.

Team India (L to R): Tanisha S Boramanikar, Mrittika Mallick, WGM Swati Ghate, Rohit S, GM FST Tejas Bakre, FM Harshad S (behind), IM Pranesh M and GM Pranav Venkatesh | Photo: Sara Asadova

FIDE World Youth Chess Olympiad 2022 Official logo | Photo: Official site

India - Panama: 4-0

GM Pranav Venkatesh (2530), IM Pranesh M (2442), Rohit S (2181) and Tanisha S Boramanikar (1808) each scored a victory against CM Andre Mendez Machado (2009), Nicolas Arturo Batista Rosas (1941), Sebastian Narayana Schnell (1847) and Ashley Alexandra Castillo Beitia (1674).

Pranav - Machado

Position after 23.Nd4

India's 75th GM Pranav is certainly ready to do what needs to be done. He is the spearhead of the team and truly played like one. 23.Nd4 has two threats of Qxf7+ and Nc6. Black can only save one of them. 23...exd4 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.exd4 Qe7 26.Qxg6 White won the game in another six moves. The reason why 23.Nd4 worked is Black's pieces are cramped on the queenside and White's pieces were well coordinated.

India - Panama: 4-0

Highlights of Round 1 and Opening Ceremony | Video: Nakhchivan Television/Wyco2022nakhchivan fb

Inaugural first moves are being made | Photo: Wyco2022nakhchivan fb

The tournament hall | Photo: Sara Asadova

Schedule

Everyday round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST from 2nd to 9th October 2022. The final round on 10th October starts 10 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST.

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Round 1 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	1	IRI	Iran	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Uzbekistan-2	UZB	18
2	19	SRI	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Uzbekistan-1	UZB	2
3	3	IND	India	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Panama	PAN	20
4	21	CAN	Canada	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Azerbaijan-1	AZE	4
5	5	TUR-1	Turkiye-Red	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	England	ENG	22
6	23	AZE-4	Azerbaijan-4	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	Kazakhstan	KAZ	6
7	7	TUR-2	Turkiye-White	0	0	2	:	2	0	0	South Africa-1	RSA	24
8	25	AZE-5	Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Cuba	CUB	8
9	9	TUR-3	Turkiye-Anatolia	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	Malaysia	MAS	26
10	27	AZE-3	Azerbaijan-3	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	Azerbaijan-2	AZE	10

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Round 2 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	9	TUR-3	Turkiye-Anatolia	3	2		:		2	3½	Iran	IRI	1
2	2	UZB-1	Uzbekistan-1	4	2		:		2	3½	Azerbaijan-2	AZE	10
3	11	MEX	Mexico	4	2		:		2	4	India	IND	3
4	4	AZE-1	Azerbaijan-1	2½	2		:		2	3½	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	12
5	13	MGL	Mongolia	4	2		:		2	3	Turkiye-Red	TUR	5
6	6	KAZ	Kazakhstan	3	2		:		2	2½	Moldova	MDA	14
7	8	CUB	Cuba	2½	2		:		2	3	Bangladesh	BAN	15
8	16	LAT	Latvia	4	2		:		1	2	Turkiye-White	TUR	7
9	24	RSA-1	South Africa-1	2	1		:		2	4	Georgia-1	GEO	17
10	18	UZB-2	Uzbekistan-2	½	0		:		0	½	Azerbaijan-3	AZE	27

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Links

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