World Cadets Chess Championships 22 – Update Round 9
World Cadets Chess Championships 22
15th to 28th Sept 22
Euphoria Hotel – Batumi – Georgia on the Black Sea Coast
Report Update: 25th Sept 22
Rishi wins rounds 7 & 8 to move to 5½ points and 25th in the table! This is more like it Rishi!
Round 7: Win with white against a 1599 from Sri Lanka.
Round 8: Win with black against a 1385 from Moldova.
Rishi is only 1½ points behind the leaders with 3 rounds left!
What an incredible experience this is for Rishi Vijayakumar J11 to be playing at this level and in Georgia by the Black Sea! As the tournament has gone on, Rishi has moved up a gear and is sitting pretty at position 25 with 11 other players on 5½ points. Another couple of wins and he will shoot up the table. Not bad for the number 43rd seed!
But when you win you have to face the consequences! Rishi`s round 9 opponent today (Sun 25th Sept) is the number 7 seed from Spain graded 2184! Rishi has white and you just never know.
COME ON RISHI!
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