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At the start of the 11th round, Asian Silver medallist Ivana Furtado was in
the lead with 7.5 points and was sharing the lead with two
others Navyavaishnavi and Mahalakshmi with the same number of points. There
were 4 girls trailing narrowly on 7 points so everything was pointing
towards a razor sharp finish. However, the prayers of all the Goans were
answered when Ivana demolished Shoumi Mukherjee to become the Under 8 World
Champion. Although Navyavaishnavi also finished with level points 7 year old
Ivana edged her out on a better cut progressive tiebreak. In a never before
accomplished feat, India swept the medals tally here when Mahalakshmi won
the bronze medal in the section. Wonder girl Ivana's feat is even more
significant as this was the first time that the Under 8 category was
introduced at the World level. She will become thus the first World Champion
in this category as well as the first Goan to win a medal at this level!
Olympiad player and second seed WGM Dronavalli Harika (ELO 2353) smashed
Iran's seventh seeded WIM Pourkashiyan Atousa (2329) in a short game to win
the Girls Under 18 section of the World Youth Chess Championships. In this
section WIM Mary Ann Gomes (2264) won the bronze medal by beating Meskhi
Teona (2088) of Georgia.
Ch Sahajashri (1936) won gold as well in Under 12 Girls by drawing with
unrated Imnadze Natoto of Georgia to take India's tally to 5
golds. The young hardworking chess players of India won an astounding total
of 10 medals which is considerably more than the two we won last year in
France and reimposed the faith that the Ministry of Sports had placed in
them by clearing a mammonth squad of 41. Significantly, India picked up the
World Youth Chess Championship for maximum number of medals for the first
time in its chess history.
Goa's WFM and Asian Gold medallist Bhakti Kulkarni (2062) beat 10th seed Le
Hoan Tran Chau of Vietnam (2072) today in a dazzling diplay to finish in a
creditable eight place. She was seeded 11th before this tournament started
so she has surpassed the expectations that people had of her. Significantly,
she finished ahead of two time National Subjunior Champion and Asian Under
16 Champion P. Lakshmi Sahiti (2136) who had to be content with 12th place
after suffering defeat at the hands of Georgia's eight seeded Tsatsalashvili
Keti (2082) in the last round. This is the second consecutive time that
Bhakti has upstaged Sahiti, the previous one being in the National 'B' in
Chennai.
SOURCE: Sameer A. Salgaocar - President, GSCA
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