|
|
U-10 Boys:
1 Nguyen Ngoc Truong (Vie) 9.5; 2-3 Dmitri Andreikine (Rus), Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 8.5; 10 Mekala Abhinav 7.5; 20 D.Sai Srinivas 6.5.
92 players.
U-10 Girls:
1-2 Zhong Yi Tan (Chn), D.Harika (Ind) 9; 3 Ana Muzychuk (Ukr) 8.5;
15 V.K.Sindhu 6;
56 players.
U-12 Boys:
Deep Sengupta (Ind) 9; 2-3 Laszlo Gonda (Hun), Ante Brkic (Cro) 8.5;
9 Akshayraj Kore 7; 27 Abhijeet Gupta 6; 89 players.
U-12 Girls:
1 Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iran) 9.5; 2 Vera Nebolsina (Rus) 9; 3 Diana
Arutyunova (Ukr) 8; 27 Iswarya Shobana 6; 29 Kruttika Nadig 6; 75 players.
U-14 Boys:
1 Oleksandr Aryeshchenko (Ukr) 9; 2 Xue Wang (Chn) 8.5; 3 Zhou Weiqi
(Chn) 8;
11 P.Harikrishna 7.5; 31 Saptarshi Roy 6; 86 Himanshu Kumar 4; 95 players.
U-14 Girls:
1-2 Koneru Humpy (Ind), Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) 9; Nataliya Hrygorenko
(Ukr) 8.5; 7 Tania Sachdev 7.5; 14 Eesha Karavade 6.5; 52 Nabeela Farheen
5; 74 players.
U-16 Boys:
1 Zviad Izoria (Geo) 9.5; 2-3 Denis Khismatoulline (Rus), Mark Paragua
(Phi) 8; 69 Yashpal Singh Sonwani 4; 84 players.
U-16 Girls:
1-2 Sopico Khukhashvili (Geo), Xue Zhao (Chn) 8.5; 3 Ana Novikova (Rus)
8; 25 Shraddha Samani 6; 74 players.
U-18 Boys:
GM Vallejo Pons (Spain) 8.5; 2-3 Leinier Dominguez (Cuba), Baadur Jobava
(Geo) 8; 31 P.Mageshchandran 6; 75 players.
U-18 Girls:
Zeynab Mamedyarova (Aze) 8.5; 2-3 Yu Wang (Chn), Ngoc Dang Bich (Vie)
8; 40 J.E.Kavitha 5; 56 players.
Asia took five of the ten golds and the Americas, none. China was the
most successful nation at Oropesa this year. Apart from winning one gold,
three silvers and one bronze they had a number
of players finishing fourth and fifth. And they had the same number
of players as India, 20.
The organisation of the Festival was not like in past years. Though
many of the apartments were empty, they put more participants into the
same, cramped accommodation, than previously. They changed the sheets,
towels once in four days, and gave a small 10-gram toilet soap three times
during the whole tournament! The apartments which they allotted to players
had two bedrooms with four beds, a toilet, a toilet cum bath, a drawing
room with TV, Washing Machine, Cooking Range, cutlery, cooking vessels
and pans plus a beautiful view of the Mediterranean.
The Press room was a total disaster. There was a Press Officer who
had no information for the press and brought out no press releases. He
spoke only Spanish and French. They had just one Internet connection which
they said was frequently out of service. The daily bulletins cost 500 pesetas.
Only one bulletin per country was given free. They cost the equivalent
of Rs 145 for each. Unlike in other parts of the world this bulletin was
not free for the press. They had to wait and buy it themselves.
This festival is going to be held by the same organisers for the fourth
successive year in 2001.
Harika was one player who, for all practical purposes never left the
shores of India. She was accompanied by her parents and coach Mr N.V.S.Ramaraju.
Her mother cooked all their meals in their apartment even though they had
paid the organisers US $45 per day for each. She ate her Andhra food in
her apartment. She was either seen in her apartment or at the playing hall.
Nowhere
else.
The last two rounds of the Festival suffered from heavy rains, lightning
and thunder. Because of this the traditional display of fireworks could
not be done. Two huge trucks with the fireworks
mechanisms was waiting for the closing ceremony. They stood in the
rain for two days and left, unopened. The closing ceremony was shifted
to the U-18 Tournament hall. Therefore there was no victory stand like
in previous years. With our advantage of knowing the pluses and minuses
of Oropesa over the past few years, we should do really well next time
as it is going to be held once again there.