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NEW DELHI: The strong Indian contingent made its presence felt in most sections after two rounds of the Asian Youth chess championship in Teheran on Wednesday.
Important results (second round):
Boys U-8: Y. Grahesh (2) bt Alireza Olamaei (Iri, 1); Dostan Turar (Kaz, 0) lost to Adarsh Srivastava (1); U-10: C.H. Mohineesh (1) lost to Nguyen Ngoc Minh Tri (Vie, 2); U-12: Praveen Kumar (1) lost to Shiven Khosla (2); U-14: Prasanna Rao (2) bt Alibek Igambergenov (Kaz, 1).
U-16: K. Priyadarshan (1) lost to Saleh Salem (UAE, 2); S.P. Sethuraman (2) bt Assylkhan Karayev (Kaz, 1); Ishaq Saeed (UAE, 1) lost to B. Adhiban (2); Shyam Sundar (2) bt Rahmatjon Rahimov (Uzb, 1); Nguyen van Thanh (Vie, 1.5) drew with S. Nitin (1.5); U-18: Semetey Tologontegin (Kgz, 2) bt P. Saravana Krishnan (1); Debashish Das (1.5) bt Pradeep Kumar (0).
Girls: U-8: Zhansaya Abdulmalik (Kaz, 2) bt Tejaswini Sagar (1); U-10: Suhila Muhsen (Irq, 1) lost to M. Mahalakshmi (2); G.K. Monnisha (1) bt Yasmin Sadykova (Kaz, 1); U-12: Dinara Saduokasova (Kaz, 2) bt P.V. Nandhidhaa (1); U-14: Priyanka (1.5) drew with Mohana Priya (1.5); N. Anusha (1.5) drew with Ghazal Hakimifard (Iri, 1.5).
U-16: A. Niji (1) lost to Bhakti Kulkarni (2); Pon N. Krithika (2) bt Shalmali Gagare (1); U-18: P. Uthra (2) bt Gulruhsor Esonboeva (Uzb, 1); R. Preethi (1) drew with Aigerim Rysbayeva (Kaz, 1); K. Manasa (1) bt Haleh Golipur (Iri, 0).
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