PUNE, Oct 19:
Lu Shanglei of China defeated Aleksander Indjic of Serbia in the 13th and final round to win the World junior Chess title here today.
Starting with a four-way tie at the top on nine points, Shenglei was the only winner among the overnight leaders and the Chinese ended with 10 points in all to win the title solely.
After Yu Yangyi of China won the title last year, the Chinese domination continues in the premier event of the players under-20 years of age.
It was a rare double for China as Wei Yi ended up with the silver medal with his superior tiebreak over top seed Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia in a three-way tie for the second spot on 9.5 points. Fedoseev bagged bronze while Duda Jan Krzysztof had to be content with the fourth spot after the tie-break was resolved under the Bucholz system.
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi emerged as the best Indian finisher with nine points and was placed fifth after crashing through the defenses of Dutch Quinten Ducarmon. Gujrathi was awarded the Pune Mayor Cup in the Open section as the best finishing Indian.(PTI)
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