World Youth U16 Olympiad 2022 R6: India squashes Mongolia

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/10/2022

Mongolia got crushed by India 1-3 in the sixth round of FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad 2022. GM Pranav V, IM Pranesh M and Mrittika Mallick - all three of them scored emphatic victories over their respective opponents. Rohit S suffered the sole loss. Turkiye-Red maintains their sole lead with a perfect 12/12. Four teams - India, Iran, Uzbekistan-1 and Azerbaijan-1 are currently sharing second place 9/12. India will face Uzbekistan-1 in the seventh round. FM Harshad will be replacing S Rohit, while Uzbekistan-1 makes one change. Round 7 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

Only decisive games

The Mongolia-India encounter had four decisive games. Turkiye-Red continues their momentum as they score their sixth consecutive win and increase their lead by three points.

FM Munkhdalai Amilal (MGL) - Mrittika Mallick: 0-1 | Photo: Nakhchivan Chess Federation

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

Mongolia - India: 1-3

GM Pranav Venkatesh (2530), IM Pranesh M (2442) and Mrittika Mallick (1879) scored emphatic victories over their opponents. S Rohit (2181) suffered the sole loss of the team.

Munkhdalai - Mrittika

Position after 36.Rb8

36.Rc7 would have given White some more fighting chances as b5 would have met with 37.d7. However, 36.Rb8 b5 and now White no longer has d7. 37.Rb6 a5 and now Black is winning.

Mongolia - India: 1-3

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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 6 results

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	8	CUB	Cuba	12	8	1	:	3	10	15	Turkiye-Red	TUR	5
2	6	KAZ	Kazakhstan	12½	8	1	:	3	7	12	Iran	IRI	1
3	2	UZB-1	Uzbekistan-1	13	7	3½	:	½	7	12	Turkiye-Anatolia	TUR	9
4	13	MGL	Mongolia	14½	7	1	:	3	7	14½	India	IND	3
5	23	AZE-4	Azerbaijan-4	12½	7	1	:	3	7	11	Azerbaijan-1	AZE	4
6	12	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	13½	6	2½	:	1½	6	11½	Mexico	MEX	11
7	18	UZB-2	Uzbekistan-2	11½	6	3½	:	½	5	12	Turkiye-White	TUR	7
8	14	MDA	Moldova	9½	5	2½	:	1½	5	7	Sri Lanka	SRI	19
9	17	GEO-1	Georgia-1	12	5	4	:	0	5	9½	England	ENG	22
10	10	AZE-2	Azerbaijan-2	10	4	2½	:	1½	4	8½	Malaysia	MAS	26

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Round 7 pairings

No.	SNo	Team	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	Team	SNo
1	5	TUR-1	Turkiye-Red	18	12		:		9	15	Iran	IRI	1
2	3	IND	India	17½	9		:		9	16½	Uzbekistan-1	UZB	2
3	4	AZE-1	Azerbaijan-1	14	9		:		8	13½	Kazakhstan	KAZ	6
4	18	UZB-2	Uzbekistan-2	15	8		:		8	13	Cuba	CUB	8
5	9	TUR-3	Turkiye-Anatolia	12½	7		:		8	16	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	12
6	14	MDA	Moldova	12	7		:		7	15½	Mongolia	MGL	13
7	23	AZE-4	Azerbaijan-4	13½	7		:		7	16	Georgia-1	GEO	17
8	11	MEX	Mexico	13	6		:		6	12½	Azerbaijan-2	AZE	10
9	15	BAN	Bangladesh	12	6		:		6	12½	Latvia	LAT	16
10	21	CAN	Canada	12	6		:		5	12½	Turkiye-White	TUR	7

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