Zhao stuns Humpy

KOZHIKODE, AUG. 28. Koneru Humpy suffered a setback, when she was shocked by Zhao Xue of China, the eighth seed, in the 11th round of the World junior chess championship in Athens on Monday.

S. Meenkashi, with seven points, moved to the joint third place beating Katarzyn Jurkiewicz of Poland, while Aarthie Ramaswamy held tenth seed Maria Sergeeva of Kazakhstan to a draw. M. Kasturi, though, was beaten by Russia's Ekaterina Korbut.

P. Magesh Chandran bounced back to form in the boys' section with a win against another higher seeded rival, Simon Amutowe of Zambia, to take his tally to seven points, while there were defeats for Tejas Bakre and M.R. Venkatesh.

Important results (eleventh round):

Boys: Gabriel Sargissian (Arm) 8 lost to Ni Hua (Chn) 8.5; Peter Acs (Hun) 8 bt Merab Gagunashvili (Geo) 7.5; David Navara (Cze) 7 lost to Levon Aronian (Arm) 8; Bu Xiangzhi (Chn) 7.5 drew with Evgeny Shaposhnikov (Rus) 7; Sergei Azarov (Blr) 7.5 drew with Kamil Miton (Pol) 7; Anton Korobov (Ukr) 7 drew with Adam Horvath 7; Tejas Bakre 6.5 (Ind) lost to Emanuel Berg (Swe) 7.5; Neiksans Artur (Lat) 6.5 lost to Zviad Izoria (Geo) 7.5; P. Magesh Chandran (Ind) 7 bt Amon Simutowe (Zam) 6; Du Shan (Chn) 6.5 bt M.R. Venkatesh (Ind) 5.5; Luis Landei Ribeiro (Por) 4 lost to K. Ratnakaran (Ind) 5.

Girls: Xu Yuanyuan (Chn) 7.5 lost to Lilit Mkrtchian (Arm) 8; Zhao Xue (Chn) 8 bt Koneru Humpy (Ind) 7.5; Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) 8 bt Elisabeth Paehtz (Ger) 7; Sopiko Khukhashvili (Geo) 7 drew with Olga Zimina (Rus) 7.5; Iweta Radziewicz (Pol) 6.5 lost to Nadezhda Kosintseva (Rus) 7.5; Jana Jackova (Cze) 6.5 drew with Tatiana Kosintseva (Rus) 7; S. Meenakshi (Ind) 7 bt Katarzyn Jurkiewicz (Pol) 6; Aarthie Ramaswamy (Ind) 6 drew with Maria Sergeeva (Kaz) 6; Ekaterina Korbut (Rus) 5.5 bt M. Kasturi (Ind) 4.5.

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