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ORISSA
CHESS FRATERNITY WISHES DEBASIS DAS TO
FETCH LAURELS FOR INDIA IN THE YOUTH
(U-16) OLYMPIAD.....................
India seeks hat-trick in Youth
Olympiad, Debasis Das PARTICIPATES
NEW DELHI: Two-time champion India will
be looking for a hat-trick when the
World Youth (under-16) chess Olympiad
begins at Akhisar-Manisa, Turkey, on
Friday.
The team comprising Aditya Udeshi, K.
Priyadarshan, Girish Koushik, Debashis
Das and Deepthamsh Reddy is seeded
second behind Russia. Coached by K.
Visweswaran, the team accompanied by
International Master P.D.S. Girinath,
faces an uphill task of successfully
defending the title in this 10-round
event. India was victorious in Singapore
and Turkey in the two previous editions
of the Olympiad.
Russia, with players an average rating
of 2421 as against India’s 2339, appears
the strongest in the field of 22 teams
from 15 countries. Russia’s quartet of
Ivan Bukanvshin (rated 2417), Daniil
Dubov (2416), Vladimir Belous (2426) and
Ilia Iljiushenok (2426) looks the most
balanced combination. Azerbaijan’s
International Master Nijat Abasov (2504)
is highest rated player in the
competition while Armenia’s Samvel
Ter-Sahakyan (2504) is the only
Grandmaster in the field.
The teams (as per seeding): 1. Russia,
2. India, 3. Armenia, 4. Azerbaijan, 5.
Hungary, 6. Georgia, 7. Uzbekistan, 8.
Turkey, 9. England, 10. Greece, 11.
Turkey Red, 12 Turkey Girls White, 13.
Sri Lanka, 14. Turkey White, 15. Turkey
Girls Red, 16. South Africa ‘B’, 17.
Turkmenistan, 18. New Zealand, 19. South
Africa ‘A’, 20. Libya ‘A’, 21. Libya
‘B’, 22. Turkey Akhisar.
Published on
25th Sep, 2009
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