15 October 2019
World Junior Championships Begin in India
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the first symbolic move.
The World Junior Championships started in New Delhi. After the official opening ceremony, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the first symbolic move in the M. Amin Tabatabaei - Ghosh Aronyak game.
It didn't go without unexpected results in the first round. For example, rating favourites scored only 50% on the top five boards: M. Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), Murali Karthikeyan and Aravindh Chitambaram (both from India) made draws with lower rated opponents, while Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera from Cuba suffered a loss.
The majority of Russian players won their games.
Tournament on Chess-Results
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Photos by Ekaterina Murzina
