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Mayank Chakraborty and Pratitee Bordoloi win Asian junior chess titles
Grandmaster Mayank Chakraborty and Women FIDE Master Pratitee Bordoloi have won the open and girls' sections, respectively, at the Under-20 Asian Junior Chess Championship in Mumbai. Both finished with 7.5 points from…
Grandmaster Mayank Chakraborty and Women FIDE Master Pratitee Bordoloi have won the open and girls' sections, respectively, at the Under-20 Asian Junior Chess Championship in Mumbai. Both finished with 7.5 points from nine rounds in the classical event. Chakraborty drew with International Master Artem Pingin of Russia in the final round to seal victory, with Pingin finishing runner-up on 7 points. Bordoloi drew with fellow Indian Sravyasree Bheemarasetty to secure the title, Mariya Kholyavko of Kazakhstan took second place with 7 points.
In the rapid section, Bordoloi scored 6 points from seven rounds. She tied with Lala Shohradova of Turkmenistan but finished second on tie-break. The event, organised by the Maharashtra Chess Association on behalf of the All India Chess Federation, drew participants from multiple Asian federations.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The All India Chess Federation now has two more names to add to its junior pipeline. Mayank Chakraborty, already a Grandmaster at 18, and Pratitee Bordoloi, a Women FIDE Master, have delivered the same winning score of 7.5/9, a rare symmetry across open and girls' sections in a continental championship. The event, hosted in Mumbai by the Maharashtra Chess Association, drew players from across Asia. The next milestone for both is likely the World Youth Championship or the Asian Continental open events, where they will face stronger opposition and need to convert junior titles into senior ranking points.
Source: timesnownews.com
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