Shanglei, Goryachkina crowned champions of 64 squares

Lu Shanglei of China bagged the World Junior Chess title at Pune on Sunday after winning the defeating Aleksander Indjic of Serbia. There was a four way tie from second to fourth position where Wei Yi of China secured Silver, Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia bagged bronze.Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was the best Indian finisher with 9 points and was placed fifth.

In the Girls section 16-year-old Alexandra Goryachkina had successfully defended her title with a round to spare on Saturday and settled for a short draw against Anna Iwanova to raise her points tally to 11. Ann Chumpitaz of Peru also drew against Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva while Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran defeated Srija Seshadri of India to bag the bronze, both tallying 9.5 points each. After the tie-breaks Sarasadat secured the Silver medal and Chumpitaz had to settle for the bronze. Padmini Rout was the best Indian finisher with 9 points and was placed fourth.

Both Lu Shanglei and Aleksandra Goryachkina earned a qualification slot for the World Cup 2015 for Open and Women respectively.

Final standings:
Open: 1. L Shanglei (China, 10), 2. W Yi (China, 9.5), 3. V Fedoseev (Russia, 9.5), 4. D Jan-Krzysztof (Poland, 9.5), 5. V Gujrathi (India, 9)
Girls: 1. A Goryachkina (Russia, 11), 2. S Khademalsharieh (Iran, 9.5), 3. A Chumpitaz (Peru, 9.5), 4. P Rout (India, 9), 5. Z Mo (China, 8.5)