Girish wins Gold in Asian Youth!

Karnataka wonderkid Girish Kaushik won
the Asian Youth Chess Championships
Boys Under 12 section in grand style by
a margin of one and a half points to get
his second Asian youth Gold medal.

Although Girish had lost to topseeded
Shiven Khosla of Maharshtra in the third
round, the young FIDE Master subsequently
recovered to win 5 games in a row. In the last
round, he completed the formality of a draw
with Vietnamese Tran Truan Minh to register
an ELO rating performance of 2258. Girish's
next big test will be the World Youth Chess
Championships to be played in Vietnam in the
month of October.

Shardul Gagare who lost to Girish in the seventh
round finished third in the same section. K. Manasa,
the other player from Karnataka, finished eighth
in the Girls Under 18 section with a fifty percent
score in seven rounds. P. Uthra of Tamil Nadu won
the Gold medal in this section.

Girish Kaushik's Gold medal was one of the six won
by India, and the contingent finished with a whopping
tally of 21 medals which is indeed a remarkable feat.

Viani gains twelve ELO points in Benasque

Name ANTONIO Viani D'cunha
Starting rank 193
Rating national 0
Rating international 2114
Ratingperformance 2192
FIDE rtg +/- 12,0
Points 5,5
Rank 160
Federation IND
Ident-Number 0
Fide-ID 5027330



Rd. SNo Name RtgI RtgN FED Club/City Pts. Res. we w-we K rtg+/-
1 466 AGÜES MONTOLIU Maria 0 1890 ESP Val 3,5 w 1
2 45 GM DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Maria 2458 2468 ESP Nav 6,5 s 0 0,12 -0,12 25 -3,00
3 344 ALONSO IGUAL Ignacio 1906 1880 ESP Val 3,5 w ½ 0,77 -0,27 25 -6,75
4 330 PLO PALACIAN Sandra 1925 1909 ESP Ara 4,0 s 1 0,75 0,25 25 6,25
5 73 FM RECUERO GUERRA David 2417 2400 ESP Ast 6,5 w 1 0,14 0,86 25 21,50
6 57 IM COLLAS Didier 2439 0 FRA 7,0 s 0 0,13 -0,13 25 -3,25
7 56 FM ANTOLI ROYO Joaquin Miguel 2441 2410 ESP Ara 6,0 w 0 0,13 -0,13 25 -3,25
8 306 SANMARTIN AGUSTIN Alvaro 1951 1974 ESP Ara 5,0 s 1 0,72 0,28 25 7,00
9 117 FM PRIYADHARSHAN K 2297 0 IND 6,5 w 0 0,26 -0,26 25 -6,50
10 324 MAZA BROTO Pablo 1934 1903 ESP Ara 4,5 s 1K