Today was the third day of 2019 World Schools Chess Championship. Again young players showed great fighting spirit and enthusiasm and there were many hard-fought battles!
Let’s have a look at the age categories in the open section one by one. In u-7 we see two Indian players Dolas and Khandhadia and an English player Damodaran sharing the lead with 3 points. This number will certainly decrease in the fourth round. In u-9 there are six players with full points including the top seed Begmuratov (UZB) and third seed Mamedov (KAZ). In u-11 there are four players with full points but all with starting ranks no more than 8th. The top seeds in this category have all shed points in the first three rounds. In u-13 we see a Turkish dominance with only two players at 3/3 and both being Turkish: Öztürk and Yavuz. U-15 we have a heavy favourite: the Uzbek phenomenon GM Javokhir Sindarov. He’s sharing the lead with a local player, Biçer, a situation which won’t last long as they face each other in the 4th round. Finally u-17 is also where Uzbeks expect to finish on top, this time for first two places as they have both IM Yakubboev and IM Vokhidov in this category. As expected by now they already have a gap of a full point with others and soon we might see a race between two Uzbeks only.
In the girls section also with the third round things have started to take shape. In u-7 there are three players with full points Asachenko (RUS), Amanzhol (KAZ) and Uygun (TUR). Top two seeds are in full command at u-9 and in fourth round we’ll see an early final. The top seed Zakirova lost half a point at u-11 however the second seed Khamdamova (UZB) is at 3/3 together with the Sri Lankan Ramanayake. The top seed Omonova has been going on full throttle in u-13 so far and is alone at top with 3/3. In u-15 many top seeds lost points including the first seed Nurgali (KAZ) and it is the 6th seeded local player Kara who is leading the field. There is a Mongolian hegemony in u-17 with Ulziikhishigjargal at 3 points followed by Naran-Erdene and Hryschenko (UKR) at 2,5 points.
The fourth round of the championship will start on Sunday April 21 at 15:00 local time. We wish good luck to all players!
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