Nitish wins, Ivana, Riya draw in 9th round at World youth Chess
Championship, 2011, Brazil
WFM Ivana Furtado and WCM Riya Savant drew their ninth and final round
while CM Nitish Belurkar won the ninth round in the World Youth Chess
Championship 2011, held at Gioania, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ivana Furtado drew with Oreshku Mariya of USA in a hard fought battle
while Riya Savant gave Zhou Qiyu of Canada a very tough fight before
accepting a draw. Nitish Belurkar was locked in an intense duel with
Zhalmakhanov Ramazan of Khazhakastan and finally Nitish outwitted his
opponent to win the game. All three scored six points and for them it
was a case of so near yet so far as they fell short of one point to be
in the medals tally.
The World Youth Chess Championship concluded with a grand closing
ceremony with India bagging 5 medals. Altogether about 1200 participants
from 25 countries around the world participated in the tournament. Ivana
Furtado finished 13th, while Geno brand ambassadors, Riya Savant and
Nitish Belurkar finished 14th in under 12 girls category and 24th in
under 10 open category respectively. Riya Savant leaves for Singapore
Open Chess Championship in December while Nitish Belurkar leaves for
Hungary to play in the Swiss and Czech Open Chess Championships in
January 2012.
Source: Sanjay Belurkar in Gioania, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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