Vachier-Lagrave catches up with Zhigalko, Soumya Swaminathan 6/8 among leaders

Top seed French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Elo 2718) shared the lead with GM Zhigalko of Belarus with 6.5 points after the eighth round of the 48th World Junior Chess Championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Indian hope Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan (6.0) moved into top gear sharing the lead with three others in the Girls section. Sowmya’s ascent to the top came at the cost of fellow Indian as she overcame WIM Padmini Rout in the crucial encounter.

Indian boys were off color today, as IMs Lalith Babu, Adhiban Baskaran, Shyam Sundar and Ashwin Jayaram lost their games to Grandmaster opponents. Former Asian Junior Champion Pandian Karthikeyan was the lone exception as he defeated FIDE Master Meza Hugo of Argentina moving into 4.5 points. In a game between two prospects, Karthikeyan meets Adhiban on the morrow.

Top seed WGM Mary Ann Gomes moved to 4.5 points, thanks to her second successive win. She would need some catching up to do, to save her seeding and precious Elos. Padmini with her second successive loss dampened her chances, but still has five more rounds to make up for her mid tournament crisis.

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Pairings/Results (Girls)

Round 8 on 2009/10/29 at 17:00

Bo.	No.			Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg		No.
1	2		WIM	ZHANG Xiaowen	2391	5	1 – 0	5½	WIM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	2339		5
2	4		WGM	PAULET Iozefina	2342	5	1 – 0	5	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	2317		7
3	6		WIM	PADMINI Rout	2331	5	0 – 1	5	WGM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	2297		9
4	14		WIM	YILDIZ Betul Cemre	2224	5	0 – 1	5	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	2178		17
5	22		WIM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	2153	4½	0 – 1	4½	WIM	CORI TELLO Deysi	2361		3
6	20		WFM	AMED Stephanie	2159	4½	½ – ½	4½	WFM	STEIL-ANTONI Fiona	2152		23
7	10		WIM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	2279	4	0 – 1	4½	WFM	HAYRAPETYAN Anna	2212		15
8	8		WGM	DAULYTE Deimante	2307	4	½ – ½	4	WFM	HERRERA Milena	2141		27
9	16			FUCHS Judith	2207	4	1 – 0	4	WIM	UMUDOVA Nargiz	2254		11
10	26		WIM	CONGIU Mathilde	2149	4	½ – ½	4	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	2249		12
11	28		WFM	COLOMBO Camila	2129	4	0 – 1	4	WIM	KALININA Olga	2229		13
12	18		WIM	OZTURK Kubra	2176	3½	0 – 1	3½	WGM	GOMES Mary Ann	2396		1
13	25			OLSAROVA Tereza	2150	3	½ – ½	3½		GUO Emma	1920		38
14	31			MOTYCAKOVA Monika	2038	3	0 – 1	3	WIM	LEKS Hanna	2169		19
15	33		WIM	MENDOZA VELAZQUEZ Lorena Alejand	1973	3	½ – ½	3		FERNANDEZ Maria Florencia	2159		21
16	40			ANU Bayar	1876	3	½ – ½	3		HARINI Sankaran	2109		29
17	44			FERREIRA Susana Carolina G	1660	3	0 – 1	3	WIM	GREEFF Melissa	2081		30
18	37			FLORES Nancy	1927	2½	0 – 1	2½		HEREDIA SERRANO Carla	2152		24
19	39			REGINATO Sabrina	1880	2½	1 – 0	2½		JORQUERA CABELLO Valentina	1997		32
20	35			MARTINEZ Janine	1948	2½	1 – 0	2½		BUCAR Natasa	1972		34

Pairings/Results

Round 8 on 2009/10/29 at 17:00

Bo.	No.			Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg		No.
1	3		GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2646	6	½ – ½	5½	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	2605		7
2	15		GM	BINDRICH Falko	2516	5½	0 – 1	5½	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	2718		1
3	4		GM	HOWELL David W L	2624	5	1 – 0	5	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	2548		9
4	6		GM	LI Chao B	2617	5	1 – 0	5	IM	LENDERMAN Alex	2542		11
5	20		IM	MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi	2509	5	0 – 1	5	GM	POPOV Ivan	2582		8
6	2		GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2659	4½	1 – 0	5	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	2515		17
7	23		IM	ADHIBAN Baskaran	2490	4½	0 – 1	4½	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2623		5
8	10		GM	OLSZEWSKI Michal	2544	4½	1 – 0	4½	IM	LALITH Babu M R	2477		25
9	19		GM	YU Yangyi	2509	4½	0 – 1	4½	IM	ROBSON Ray	2527		13
10	14		GM	DIAMANT Andre	2526	4½	1 – 0	4½	FM	YILMAZ Mustafa	2475		27
11	29		IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	2451	4½	0 – 1	4½	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2516		16
12	12		IM	BRUNELLO Sabino	2533	4	1 – 0	4	IM	TRISTAN Leonardo	2412		34
13	18		IM	VOCATURO Daniele	2510	4	1 – 0	4	IM	PEREZ PONSA Federico	2422		33
14	36		IM	SHYAM Sundar M	2403	4	0 – 1	4	GM	CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian	2504		21
15	42			BLIT Jacques	2350	4	1 – 0	4	GM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	2492		22
16	26			GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	2477	4	1 – 0	4	FM	SCHIENDORFER Emanuel	2311		47
17	31		FM	CORI Jorge	2445	4	1 – 0	4	FM	ZASLAVSKY Mikhail	2392		39
18	48		FM	HOURIEZ Clement	2304	4	0 – 1	4	IM	IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando	2393		37
19	30		IM	KARTHIKEYAN P	2449	3½	1 – 0	3½	FM	MEZA Hugo	2276		51
20	32		IM	POTAPOV Pavel	2429	3½	½ – ½	3½		GARNELIS Julius	2228		55
21	38		FM	BAJARANI Ulvi	2392	3½	½ – ½	3½		DIMURO Matias	2214		56
22	40		FM	MACIAS MURILLO Bryan	2363	3½	1 – 0	3½		BOMANS Arno	2085		65
23	43		FM	VISHNU Prasanna V	2342	3½	½ – ½	3½		HUGAERT Arthur	2066		67
24	50		FM	MAENHOUT Thibaut	2303	3½	1 – 0	3½		CRESPO Eugenio	2019		70
25	28		IM	CAN Emre	2455	3	1 – 0	3		AHARON Ofir	2192		58
26	46		FM	LOVIK Lasse Ostebo	2320	3	½ – ½	3		CUBERLI Emiliano	2161		60
27	49			ONDRUS Martin	2304	3	½ – ½	3		GRYSON Wouter	2145		61
28	52			STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis	2273	3	0 – 1	3		SALINAS HERRERA Pablo	2129		63
29	66			DOLE Anant	2068	3	0 – 1	3		GOMEZ GUSTAV Pizzocaro	2176		59
30	75			TAHER Rami	1946	3	0 – 1	2½		GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe	2404		35
31	44		FM	STELLA Andrea	2330	2½	1 – 0	2½		MALDONADO Federico	2003		72
32	68			OCAMPOS Ian	2047	2½	0 – 1	2½	FM	KOKOL Peter	2322		45
33	64			GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig	2119	2½	1 – 0	2½	CM	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	2259		53
34	77			RAMOS Vasco Miguel De Matos	1915	2½	0 – 1	2½		SOARES Erikson	2255		54
35	76			MORALES Ramon Alejandro	1941	2½	0 – 1	2½		CATELLI Hernan	2200		57
36	62			GATOR Mosab	2139	2	1 – 0	2½		JOAO Mario	0		84
37	82			CHAVARRIA Bily	0	2	0 – 1	2		LEHTIMAKI Tero	2000		73
38	74			GUO-YUTHOK Sherab	1966	1½	0 – 1	2		BEN FARAHAT Ramadan	0		79
39	78			GONCALVES Marcus Vinicius M	1865	1½	0 – 1	1½		CADELAGO Cristian	0		80
40	69			DECUADRO Sebastian	2034	1	½ – ½	1½		AGUINAGA Maximiliano	2009		71

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