Asian (Under 16 & 18) Chess Championship 2004, Tehran

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Asian (Under 16 & 18) Chess Championship 2004, Tehran
2nd to 9th April 2004

Arun Prasad and Vinuthna strike Gold

India's Nalluri Vinuthna and National Sub-Junior Champion S Arun Prasad reigned supreme clinching under-18 girls' and under-16 Asian Chess titles respectively at Tehran in Iran.

Indian boys and girls asserted their supremacy at the Asian level claiming nine out of 12 medals, including two gold, three silver and four bronze medals in four categories.

Indian girls proved best in the under-18 category winning all the medals. Eesha Karvade claimed the silver and Women Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika settled for the bronze.

Vinuthana, who defeated compatriot M Rajadharshini in the ninth and final round, was under pressure to score the full point and she did precisely that with black pieces in the last round to reach 7.5.

In the boys section, Anton Fillipov of Uzbekistan claimed the top prize with the highest score of seven points out of a possible 9.

Double IM-Norm holder Abhijeet Gupta, who was just a half point behind finishing second while former Asian Junior Champion Deepan Chakravarthy claimed the third spot.

Medal winners with points (Indians unless specified):

Under 16 boys: 1-2. S Arun Prasad, Le, Quang Liem (Vie) 7.5 pts each; 3. G N Gopal 6
Under 18 boys: 1. Anton Filippov (Uzb, 7); 2-3 Abhijeet Gupta, Deepan Chakkravarthy 6.5 each
Under 16 girls: 1-2 Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iri), Mary Ann Gomes 8 each; 3. Kruttika Nadig 6
Under 18 girls: 1. N Vinuthna 7.5; 2. Eesha Karvade 7; 3. Dronavalli Harika 6.5

Le, Quang Leim - Arun Prasad, S

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 Re8 18. N2f3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nf6 20. Rfc1 Rc7 21. Qf4 Ree7 22. h3 Ne4 23. Nd4 g6 24. f3 Nc3 25. Qg5 0.5-0.5

Pourkashian, Atousa - Gomes, Mary Ann

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 h6 22. Qa6 Qe8 23. Rc4 Ne7 24. Qxd6 Rd8 25. Qc5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qf7 27. Nc7 Rd3 28. h4 Be3 29. Qc6 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. g4 Rh3+ 32. Kg2 Qd3 33. Rh1 Rxh1 0-1

Gupta, Abhijieet - Akbarinia, Syed Arash

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Nd3 f6 14. Nc3 fxe5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 exd4 18. Rd1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 e5 20. f3 c5 21. b3 Rfc8 22. Bd2 c4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rb1 Rc2 25. a3 Rac8 26. Rb7 R8c7 27. Rb8+ Kf7 28. Kf1 Ra2 29. Ke1 0.5-0.5

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