Gujrathi, Sethuraman in line for medal at World Junior Chess Championship

Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and S P Sethuraman placed themselves for a medal contention as they defeated Jorge Cori of Peru and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus respectively in the 12th and penultimate round of World Juniors Chess Championship in Kocaeli, Turkey.

The victories took Gujrathi and Sethuraman to nine points out of a possible 12 and at least one of them look set to win a medal.

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Yu Yangyi of China almost assured himself of the gold medal by beating Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia. The Chinese top seed took his tally to a whopping 10.5 points and a draw with white against Gujrathi in the last round will assure him of the title.

Alexander Ipatov of Turkey is second on 9.5 points after drawing his game with Wei Yi of China. The defending champion can also ensure the silver with a draw in the last round.

Gujrathi played white and outclassed Cori from a side variation in the Grunfeld defense game. The opening gave Gujrathi a small but lasting advantage and he was quick to pounce on a pawn in the early middle game. Cori lost another pawn and did not get the desired counter play as the Indian romped home in 37 moves.

Sethuraman had to work harder against Kovalev from a King's Indian defense by the latter. Sethuraman went for an attack on the Kingside sensing his chances once black pushed the pawns ahead and got the advantage as Kovalev went for an error-filled plan. The game lasted 45 moves.

The other Indian boys had a mixed day. Grandmaster Sahaj Grover lost to Aleksander Indjic of Serbia while Debashish Das beat Simone De Filomeno to come within striking distance of becoming a Grandmaster.

In the girls' championship, Padmini Rout played out a hard fought draw with Alina Kashlinskaya of Russia and remained in with a chance to fight for the medal. Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia defeated Meri Arabidze of Georgia to lead this section on 9.5 points.

Open category Standings after Round 13:

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	RtgSum
1	1	GM	YU YANGYI	2662	CHN	10½	27865
2	2	GM	IPATOV ALEXANDER	2601	TUR	9½	27867
3	8	GM	VIDIT SANTOSH GUJRATHI	2565	IND	9	27378
4	9	GM	SETHURAMAN S.P.	2553	IND	9	27361
5	3	GM	CORI JORGE	2587	PER	8½	27238
6	12	IM	INDJIC ALEKSANDAR	2549	SRB	8½	26947
7	10	GM	WEI YI	2551	CHN	8½	26893
8	45	IM	VAKHIDOV JAHONGIR	2385	UZB	8	27547
9	55	FM	NASANJARGAL URTNASAN	2323	MGL	8	27244
10	13	IM	DUDA JAN-KRZYSZTOF	2534	POL	8	27222
11	15	IM	DEBASHIS DAS	2489	IND	8	26774
12	5	GM	TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL	2575	ARM	8	26382
13	27	IM	DIMITROV RADOSLAV	2437	BUL	8	26107
14	26	IM	YNOJOSA FELIX JOSE	2439	VEN	8	25413
15	19	GM	GROVER SAHAJ	2479	IND	7½	27227
16	14	IM	STUKOPIN ANDREY	2522	RUS	7½	26973
17	6	GM	SALEM A.R. SALEH	2570	UAE	7½	26899
18	70		WANG YIYE	2258	CHN	7½	26875
19	7	IM	KOVALEV VLADISLAV	2568	BLR	7½	26747
20	40	IM	ALI MARANDI CEMIL CAN	2403	TUR	7½	25750
21	34	IM	FIRAT BURAK	2423	TUR	7½	24199
22	11	IM	ELISEEV URII	2550	RUS	7	27252
23	64	CM	MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI	2277	INA	7	27089
24	44	FM	DE FILOMENO SIMONE	2392	ITA	7	26892
25	18	IM	IDANI POUYA	2480	IRI	7	26753
26	16	IM	KANAREK MARCEL	2483	POL	7	26435
27	21	IM	PETENYI TAMAS	2468	SVK	7	26352
28	20	IM	PAVLIDIS ANTONIOS	2471	GRE	7	26352
29	17	IM	NARAYANAN SRINATH	2483	IND	7	26133
30	43	FM	GEORGIADIS NICO	2396	SUI	7	26112
31	23	IM	JAVAKHADZE ZURAB	2457	GEO	7	26082
32	37		BAI JINSHI	2412	CHN	7	26064
33	42		LAURUSAS TOMAS	2398	LTU	7	25838
34	25	IM	DASTAN MUHAMMED BATUHAN	2455	TUR	7	25304
35	54	FM	SAIYN ZHANAT	2337	KAZ	7	25243
36	39	IM	MARTINEZ ROMERO MARTIN	2404	COL	7	24952
37	29	FM	MERIBANOV VITALY	2433	BLR	7	24075
38	41		KURAYAN RUSLAN	2398	UKR	6½	26407
39	87		BUYUKASIK DIYAP	2046	TUR	6½	26399
40	62		FANG YAN	2281	CHN	6½	26361
41	22	IM	IERMITO SEBASTIAN	2462	ARG	6½	26000
42	36		BORTNYK MYKOLA	2417	UKR	6½	25798
43	38		SUNILDUTH LYNA NARAYANAN	2408	IND	6½	25666
44	35	IM	SANAL VAHAP	2419	TUR	6½	25547
45	58	CM	BENITEZ LOZANO JAVIER	2308	MEX	6½	25203
46	31	FM	VELTEN PAUL	2427	FRA	6½	25164
47	72	FM	TOMAZINI ALJOSA	2251	SLO	6½	25097
48	75	CM	KOKSAL EGE	2207	TUR	6½	24358
49	60		GAEHWILER GABRIEL	2287	SUI	6½	24317
50	63	FM	TOMAZINI ZAN	2277	SLO	6½	23524
51	61		KULKARNI RAKESH	2283	IND	6½	23353
52	90		OZDOVER MUSTAFA BERKAY	2005	TUR	6	26694
53	76		NURI MURAD	2206	AZE	6	26379
54	51	IM	DRAGOMIRESCU ROBIN-ALEXANDRU	2349	ROU	6	26268
55	4	GM	GRANDELIUS NILS	2576	SWE	6	26238
56	98		UYSAL BURAK	1928	TUR	6	26132
57	73		DOCENA JERAD	2227	PHI	6	26024
58	33	IM	BAGHDASARYAN VAHE	2423	ARM	6	25802
59	69	CM	EMIROGLU CANKUT	2260	TUR	6	25725
60	59		RATKOVIC MILOVAN	2302	SRB	6	25081
61	57	FM	GRANDADAM NICOLAS	2309	SUI	6	24852
62	66		CHU WEI CHAO	2270	CHN	6	24808
63	67	CM	CARNEIRO VITOR ROBERTO CASTRO	2263	BRA	6	24804
64	52	FM	LOZHNIKOV VYACHESLAV	2339	KAZ	6	24760
65	56	FM	ANTAL TIBOR KENDE	2321	HUN	6	24705
66	89		KARAOKCU ERKIN	2014	TUR	6	24605
67	65	FM	BARROS RIVADENEIRA CRISTHIAN	2271	ECU	6	24184
68	50	FM	FRANKLIN SAMUEL G A	2353	ENG	6	23570
69	71		ASHIKU FRANC	2253	ALB	5½	26108
70	88		BAGLAN ESAT	2024	TUR	5½	25597
71	46		AKHMETOV AYAN	2382	KAZ	5½	25335
72	68		YURTSEVEN MELIH	2262	TUR	5½	25022
73	79		SOYSAL SERKAN	2097	TUR	5½	24094
74	28	IM	FARID FIRMAN SYAH	2433	INA	5½	24043
75	104		KITIR AHMET	1866	TUR	5½	23776
76	30	IM	WANG RICHARD	2430	CAN	5½	22867
77	49		ASGARIZADEH AHMAD	2354	IRI	5½	22734
78	84	CM	YUKSEL ATILLA KOKSAL	2060	TUR	5	25420
79	109		ZHANBAI UULU ZHOKHAR	1843	KGZ	5	25321
80	100		TEMIZKAN DENIZCAN	1921	TUR	5	25315
81	92	CM	BORNHEIM CRAIG	1973	RSA	5	25222
82	83		VUCIC MIHOVIL	2063	CRO	5	24981
83	111		MAMYRBAY ASSAD	1823	KAZ	5	24718
84	81	FM	IGONIN TEMUR	2074	UZB	5	24382
85	24	IM	NAGY GABOR	2457	HUN	5	24328
86	48	FM	ARVOLA BENJAMIN	2354	NOR	5	24309
87	32	FM	FERREIRA JORGE VITERBO	2426	POR	5	24120
88	93		YARGICI MAZHAR KUTAY	1970	TUR	5	24114
89	47	FM	OCHSNER BJORN MOLLER	2366	DEN	5	23987
90	86		MEZA PONCE JERRY	2047	ECU	5	23817
91	77		PECURICA MILOS	2190	MNE	5	23369
92	74		NEVES PEDRO	2212	POR	5	22785
93	101	FM	PON MATT	1919	RSA	4½	24823
94	96		ZOR ALBER KADIR	1948	TUR	4½	24339
95	82		GUNDOGAN CEM	2072	TUR	4½	23840
96	99		KARABAYIR MUSTAFA YILMAZ	1926	TUR	4½	23810
97	95		THOMPSON ROBERT	1966	ENG	4½	23664
98	102		CINGOZ OZAN	1918	TUR	4½	23491
99	85		DU PLESSIS HEINCO	2050	RSA	4½	23438
100	80		MEFTAHI HOUSSEM	2076	TUN	4½	22708
101	108		KILIC EFE MERT	1843	TUR	4½	22230
102	97		SUMER GUN	1928	TUR	4½	18095
103	94		ZEYDAN SALIH	1968	TUR	4	23364
104	105		SAHIN OZGUN	1857	TUR	4	23126
105	107	CM	BAASANSUREN ERDENE	1844	MGL	4	22830
106	53		KATHMALE SAMEER	2339	IND	4	22772
107	106		AYDIN HASAN BORA	1848	TUR	4	22670
108	118		MESIC VEHID	1576	BIH	4	21787
109	110		PERCIN ONDER	1838	TUR	4	21288
110	114		ATAY SERGEN	1713	TUR	4	21126
111	103		HEINECHEN JOHN	1901	PAR	3½	22419
112	117		ERTEKIN OGUZHAN	1583	TUR	3½	19221
113	115	CM	GARCIA HERRERA ENRIQUE RIC	1653	MEX	3½	18898
114	112		TOPAC AHMET EREN	1800	TUR	3	21247
115	113		ABDRASHEV ARLEN	1745	KAZ	3	21003
116	116		URAZ ABDULLAH KERIM	1602	TUR	2	18448
117	78		MENDOZA RODRIGO	2168	BOL	0	0
	91		FUENTES GODOY ARTURO IVER	1992	MEX	0	0

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