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Oshini -Girls Under 10 World Champion

9 September 2021

By globalchess.lk

The FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth 2021 Finals was held on the Tornelo platform from 26th to 29th August 2021 under the time control of 15min+10sec/move.

Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana from Ferguson High School, Ratnapura, and one of the leading players of Akila Kavinda Chess Academy got the opportunity to play in the finals.

The finals were a knockout system tournament and Oshini became the champion by beating the players of chess-rich countries. She is the biggest hope in Sri Lanka's chess future.

Source-https://youth-worldcup.fide.com/

The games of the finals played by Oshini are given below.

[Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Chichinadze, Anastasia"] [Black "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "1373"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Georgia"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] [TimeControl "1200+90"] [WhiteClock "0:13:43"] [BlackClock "0:11:30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Na4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 c5 17. c4 d4 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Nb2 Rfe8 20. Nd3 Re7 21. Re2 Rbe8 22. Rae1 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. Kf1 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Kxe2 Kg6 29. g3 Kf5 30. a3 a5 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ke2 Kg5 33. Kf2 h4 34. gxh4+ Kxh4 35. Kg2 f5 36. f4 Kg4 37. h3+ Kh4 38. Kh2 Be7 39. Ne5 Bd6 40. Nd3 Be7 41. Kg2 Bd6 42. Kh2 {Draw by Repetition} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Black "Chichinadze, Anastasia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1373"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Georgia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] [TimeControl "1200+50"] [WhiteClock "0:18:13"] [BlackClock "0:13:17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. d4 Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Nc6 Bb7 15. Nxd8 Raxd8 16. f3 b4 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rd2 21. Rxa6 Bb7 22. Ra7 Rb8 23. Rea1 h6 24. Bxb4 Rxc2 25. Bc3 Kh7 26. Rd1 Kg6 27. Rd7 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kg3 Ba8 30. Rdxc7 Rf8 31. Ra6+ Kh7 32. Rca7 Bxe4 33. fxe4 h5 34. Ra5 h4+ 35. Kh3 Re2 36. Rh5+ Kg8 37. Rxh4 Re3+ 38. g3 Re8 39. e5 Re2 40. Raa4 Re3 41. Rh5 Kf8 42. Bb4+ Kg8 43. Bd6 g6 44. Rh6 R8xe5 45. Bxe5 Rxe5 46. Rhh4 Rb5 47. b4 Kg7 48. Ra5 Rb6 49. b5 f5 50. Rc4 Kh6 51. Rc6 Rb7 52. b6 Kh5 53. Ra7 Rb8 54. b7 g5 55. Rc8 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 g4+ 57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Rf7 Kg6 59. Rcf8 Kh6 60. Rxf5 Kg6 61. b4 Kg7 62. b5 Kg6 63. b6 Kg7 64. b7 Kg6 65. b8=Q Kh7 66. Qc7+ Kg6 67. Qf7+ Kh6 68. Rh5# 1-0 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Asachenko, Ksenia"] [Black "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1317"] [BlackElo "1373"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] [TimeControl "1200+155"] [WhiteClock "0:00:31"] [BlackClock "0:05:40"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Re1 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Ne4 Bxd5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Rec1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Re6 21. Ra5 Nd5 22. Bd2 Rf6 23. Re1 Re6 24. Rea1 Rdd6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Ne7 28. Ke2 Ke8 29. b4 Nf5 30. Bc3 Nd4+ 31. Bxd4 exd4+ 32. Kd2 Rf6 33. Ke2 Rde6+ 34. Kf1 Rxf3 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Rxd3 37. Ra7 Kd7 38. b5 Rc3 39. Ra4 Kd6 40. Ke2 Kc5 41. Ra7 Kb6 42. Ra4 Rh3 43. f3 Rxh2+ 44. Kd3 Rh4 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Rc6 Rf4 47. Ke2 h5 48. Rc5 g6 49. Rg5 h4 50. Rg2 Kb6 51. Rf2 Kc5 52. Kd3 h3 53. Rf1 h2 54. Rh1 Rxf3+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 {White Resigned} 0-1 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Black "Asachenko, Ksenia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1373"] [BlackElo "1317"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] [TimeControl "1200+155"] [WhiteClock "0:01:43"] [BlackClock "0:01:03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 Bc5 8. Nb3 d6 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rae1 Rac8 15. a3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qh3 e5 18. Qf5 Rfe8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 exf4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxf4 Re1+ 23. Rf1 Re5 24. Qh3 Rh5 25. d6 Qd8 26. Qg3 Rd5 27. Rf5 Rxd6 28. h4 c4 29. Bf1 Rd1 30. Qh3 Ne4 31. Kh2 Qd6+ 32. g3 Rd2+ 33. Bg2 Nf2 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Qg4 h6 36. Kg1 Rxc2 37. Be4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 Qf1+ 41. Bg2 Qf6 42. Be4 g6 43. h5 g5 44. Bd5 Qf1+ 45. Bg2 Qf6 46. Bd5 Rd1 47. Qxd1 Qf5+ 48. Kg2 g4 49. Qd2 Qxh5 50. Kf2 Qf5+ 51. Kg1 Qd7 52. Qd4 Qc8 53. Qf2 Qd7 54. Qc5 Qe8 55. Qf2 Qe7 56. Bg2 f6 57. Qd2 Kg7 58. Kh2 Qe5 59. Qd7+ Kg6 60. Qxg4+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kg6 62. Qd2 Qh5+ 63. Kg1 Qc5+ 64. Qf2 Qe5 65. Qc2+ Kg7 66. Qf2 Kg6 67. Qf4 Qe1+ 68. Kh2 h5 69. Be4+ Kg7 70. Qc7+ Kf8 71. Qd6+ Kf7 72. Qd7+ Kf8 73. Qd8+ Kf7 74. Bd5+ Kg6 75. Qg8+ Kf5 76. Qc8+ Kg5 77. Qg8+ Kf5 78. Qh7+ {Black Resigned} 1-0 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Preobrazhenskaya, Diana"] [Black "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1697"] [BlackElo "1373"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] [TimeControl "1200+210"] [WhiteClock "0:00:20"] [BlackClock "0:02:24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Be2 Be7 12. d3 Ne6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Nf5 Bg5 15. Bf3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf4 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. Qe1 Nb7 19. Nc3 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Ng5 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Qb4 Nd6 25. Qc3 Nb5 26. Qd2 Nd4 27. Re3 Qf4 28. Ne2 Nxf3 29. gxf3 Qh4 30. Ng3 f5 31. Ree1 f4 32. Ne4 Qh5 33. Qe2 Kh8 34. Rg1 Re7 35. Rae1 Rf8 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Qe4 Rf5 38. Qxc6 Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Rh5+ 40. Kg2 Bh3+ 41. Kh2 Bf1# 0-1 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Black "Preobrazhenskaya, Diana"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1373"] [BlackElo "1697"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] [TimeControl "1200+235"] [WhiteClock "0:07:08"] [BlackClock "0:01:54"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 b5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxe5 10. Qc3 bxa4 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. e5 O-O 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Nf5 17. Qd3 Ng3 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Qc4 Qc8 20. Nd4 dxe5 21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Ba3 Rfd8 24. Bxc5 Qf6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxa6 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Nf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rxf1 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. b4 Rc1 32. Kg3 Rxc2 33. Kf3 f5 34. g4 Rc3+ 35. Kg2 hxg4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. Bf2 e4 38. Bd4 Rb3 39. Bc5 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke2 g3 42. Kf1 e3 43. Bxe3 Rxe3 44. Kg2 Kd5 45. b5 Ke4 46. b6 cxb6 47. Kh1 Kf3 48. Kg1 Re1# 0-1 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Preobrazhenskaya, Diana"] [Black "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1697"] [BlackElo "1373"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] [TimeControl "300+33"] [WhiteClock "0:01:36"] [BlackClock "0:01:52"] {Clock started by Arbiter. Arbiter adjusted W@0:05:00.0 and B@0:04:00.0. Arbiter stopped clock for 126 seconds.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ng5 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qf5 12. Nce4 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qg4 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. Bg5 Rd6 18. h4 h6 19. Bf4 Rg6 20. g3 R8xg7 21. Re8+ Kd7 22. Rh8 Rg8 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Bxh6 Ne5 25. Kg2 Ng4 26. Bf4 c5 27. Re1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. f3 Nf6 30. Kh3 Nd5 31. Bd2 b5 32. h5 Kf7 33. g4 fxg4+ 34. fxg4 b4 35. g5 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Bc1 c4 38. g6+ Kg7 39. a3 d3 40. cxd3 cxd3 41. Kg4 d2 42. Bxd2 cxd2 43. Kg5 d1=Q 44. h6+ Kg8 45. h7+ Kg7 {White Resigned} 0-1 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Black "Paragua, Megan Althea"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1373"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"] [BlackTeam "United States"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] [TimeControl "1200+130"] [WhiteClock "0:02:53"] [BlackClock "0:05:32"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Ba3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Nbd7 14. Qe3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd3 Rxd3 19. cxd3 Rd8 20. Re3 b5 21. Kf1 a5 22. Ke2 Ra8 23. h3 a4 24. Bd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 f6 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 c4 28. d6 Rd8 29. Kd2 Rxd6 30. Kc3 Kf7 31. Re4 Rd5 32. Kb4 g6 33. Kc3 Rd6 34. Kb4 f5 35. Re2 Rxd4 36. Kxb5 c3 37. Rc2 Rd2 38. Rxc3 Rxf2 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Rxa2 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. Rxh7 Kg5 43. Rg7 a3 44. Kb4 Kf6 45. Ra7 Ra1 46. Kb3 Rh1 47. Ka2 Rh3 48. Ra5 Rg3 49. Rb5 g5 50. Rf5+ Kg6 51. Ra5 Rxg4 52. Rxa3 Kf5 53. Kb2 Rf4 54. Kc2 Kg4 55. Kd2 Rf3 56. Ra5 Kf4 57. Ke2 g4 58. Ra1 Rb3 59. Kf2 Rb2+ 60. Kg1 Kg3 61. Ra3+ Kh4 62. Ra1 Kh3 63. Kh1 g3 64. Kg1 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rb2 66. Kg1 Rb3 67. Kh1 g2+ 68. Kg1 Kg3 69. Rc1 Kh3 70. Ra1 Rg3 71. Ra8 Rb3 72. Rh8+ Kg3 73. Rg8+ Kf3 74. Rxg2 Rb1+ 75. Kh2 Rb8 76. Rg3+ Kf4 77. Ra3 Rh8+ 78. Kg2 { Black offered a draw. Agreed a Draw} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Youth Cup FINALS Under 10 - Girls"] [Site "Tornelo INT"] [Date "2021.08.26"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Paragua, Megan Althea"] [Black "Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1373"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "United States"] [BlackTeam "Sri Lanka"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "SRI"] [TimeControl "1200+350"] [WhiteClock "0:02:16"] [BlackClock "0:02:56"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Re8 8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Nf5 10. c4 c6 11. Nd3 Bb8 12. Bg4 Qc7 13. g3 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 e5 15. Qd1 e4 16. Nf4 Qa5 17. Ng2 Nh6 18. a3 Qd8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. f3 Bh3 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qa5 b6 25. Qd5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Bd6 27. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Nxe4 Bf8 29. Rac1 Ng4 30. Rfe1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 Rc8 32. Kh3 f5 33. Nd2 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Rd1 Nxc1 36. b4 Rc2 37. Kf3 Na2 38. e4 Nc3 39. Re1 Rxd2 40. e5 Rxd4 41. e6 Nd5 42. Rc1 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Rxa3 44. Rc8 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Rxe6 46. Rc1 Nxb4 47. Ra1 a5 48. Rb1 Bc5+ 49. Kg2 a4 50. Kf3 a3 51. Ra1 Re3+ 52. Kg2 a2 53. Kh3 Bd4 54. Rxa2 Nxa2 55. Kh4 Re2 56. Kh3 h5 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kg3 Be5+ 59. Kh4 Rxh2+ 60. Kg5 g3 61. Kxf5 g2 62. Kxe5 g1=Q 63. Kd5 Rd2+ 64. Kc4 Qc1+ 65. Kb5 Qc5+ 66. Ka6 Nb4+ 67. Kb7 Rd7+ 68. Kb8 Qc7+ 69. Ka8 Qb7# 0-1