World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R3: India suffers a loss against Kazakhstan by a minimum margin

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/10/2022

India suffered a loss against Kazakhstan in the third round of World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. IM Pranesh M scored the sole win for the team. GM Pranav V drew his game. Mrittika Mallick and Rohit S lost their respective games. India will face Uzbekistan-2 in the fourth round. FM Harshad S and Tanisha S Boramanikar will be replacing Mrittika and Rohit respectively in the fourth round. Top three boards are rated much higher than their Uzbek counterparts. Top seed of the event, Iran was held to a 2-2 draw by Georgia-1. Round 4 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Islam Igshid

Azerbaijan-1, Kazakhstan and Turkiye Red share the lead

The top three matches in round 3 were a close one. Each of them were decided in a minimum margin score. Both rating favorites, second seeded Uzbekistan-1 and third seed India lost their respective matches.

The tournament hall | Photo: Islam Igshid

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

India - Kazakhstan: 1.5-2.5

IM Pranesh M (2442) scored the sole victory of the team. GM Pranav Venkatesh (2530) drew with FM Daniyal Sapenonv (2323). Mrittika Mallick (1879) and Rohit S (2181) lost to WIM Alua Nurmanova (2188) and Imangali Akhilbay (2098) respectively.

Amina - Pranesh

Position after 19.Bg5

White's all-out attack 19.Bg5 does not work. 19...hxg5 20.Nxg6 Rf8 21.Nxf8+ Qxf8 and Black gains a substantial advantage. White might have managed to expose the black king by giving up her two pieces for a rook, however, the lack of development hinders White from causing any damage. Pranesh had no difficulty converting his advantage into a win.

India - Kazakhstan: 1.5-2.5

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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.

Round 3 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	5	TUR-1	Turkiye-Red	6	4	2½	:	1½	4	6½	Uzbekistan-1	UZB	2
2	3	IND	India	7½	4	1½	:	2½	4	6½	Kazakhstan	KAZ	6
3	8	CUB	Cuba	5½	4	1½	:	2½	4	5½	Azerbaijan-1	AZE	4
4	17	GEO-1	Georgia-1	8	4	2	:	2	3	5½	Iran	IRI	1
5	7	TUR-2	Turkiye-White	6	3	1	:	3	3	5	Turkiye-Anatolia	TUR	9
6	10	AZE-2	Azerbaijan-2	5	2	2½	:	1½	2	4	Latvia	LAT	16
7	18	UZB-2	Uzbekistan-2	4½	2	3	:	1	2	4½	Mexico	MEX	11
8	12	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	4½	2	3½	:	½	2	2½	Panama	PAN	20
9	23	AZE-4	Azerbaijan-4	4½	2	2	:	2	2	5	Mongolia	MGL	13
10	14	MDA	Moldova	3	2	2	:	2	2	5	Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan	AZE	25

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Round 4 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	4	AZE-1	Azerbaijan-1	8	6		:		6	8½	Turkiye-Red	TUR	5
2	6	KAZ	Kazakhstan	9	6		:		5	8	Turkiye-Anatolia	TUR	9
3	2	UZB-1	Uzbekistan-1	8	4		:		5	10	Georgia-1	GEO	17
4	1	IRI	Iran	7½	4		:		4	7½	Azerbaijan-2	AZE	10
5	3	IND	India	9	4		:		4	7½	Uzbekistan-2	UZB	18
6	12	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	8	4		:		4	7	Cuba	CUB	8
7	26	MAS	Malaysia	8	4		:		3	7	Turkiye-White	TUR	7
8	13	MGL	Mongolia	7	3		:		3	6	Canada	CAN	21
9	14	MDA	Moldova	5	3		:		3	6½	Azerbaijan-4	AZE	23
10	25	AZE-5	Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan	7	3		:		3	4½	Sri Lanka	SRI	19

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