Srinath Narayanan of India and Charlene Mikee Suede of the Philippines won the Asian Juniors and Girls Championships, respectively, held from 28 November to 5 December 2014 in Tagaytay City, Philippines.
Naranyan, the defending Asian junior champion, was way above the field as he retained his crown without a doubt, beating back strong opposition from Asian under-18 champion IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia and FM Paulo Bersamina, both of the Philippines, to finish with a convincing 8 points in the 9-round Swiss.
Bersamina won the silver medal with 7 points followed by Garcia with 6,5 points for the bronze medal.
Suede came from behind after losing to compatriot Jerlyn Mae San Diego, the youngest participant, in the first round. She bounced back with a draw in the second round then scored four straight wins to tie for the lead. She won the crucial 7th round game against 2012 Asian Girls champion Ivana Maria Furtado of India and got her revenge against San Diego sister Marie Antoinette in the penultimate round. She won in the 9th round to finish alone with 7,5 points.
WFM J. Saranya placed second with 6,5 points followed by WIM Ivana Maria Furtado with 6 points. Also tied with 6 points but losing in the tie break was WFM Sholpan Zhyulkaidarova of Kazakhstan.
All participants at the opening of the Asian Juniors and Girls championships with host FIDE Secretary General Abraham Tolentino.
Final standings, Boys:
1 IM NARAYANAN Srinath IND 2461 – 8
2 FM BERSAMINA Paulo PHI 2391 – 7
3 IM GARCIA Jan Emmanuel PHI 2396 – 6.5
4 FM BILGUUN Sumiya MGL 2249 – 5.5
5 SAMANTILA Daryl Unix PHI 1948 – 5.5
6 THING Bibek NEP 1970 – 5
7 CM NAZARIO Marc Christian PHI 2058 – 4.5
8 RILLORAZA Istraelito PHI 1736 – 4.5
9 JACUTINA John Merill PHI 1947 – 4.5
10 IKRAMUL Haque Siam BAN 2090 – 4
11 MAYED Al-Rashedi UAE 1908 – 3
12 PARAS Radcliffe GUM 0 – 3
13 AHMAD Alzarovni UAE 1721 – 1
14 SANTOS Renz Marvin PHI 0 – 1
Final standings, Girls:
1 SUEDE Mikee Charlene PHI 1938 – 7.5
2 WFM SARANYA J IND 2104 – 6.5
3 WIM IVANA MARIA Furtado IND 2219 – 6
4 WFM ZHYLKAIDAROVA Sholpan KAZ 2149 – 6
5 WFM SAN DIEGO Marie Antoinette PHI 2063 – 5.5
6 WFM PUJARI Rucha IND 2109 – 5.5
7 NANDHIDHAA Pv IND 2177 – 5
8 WFM MENDOZA Shania Mae PHI 1907 – 5
9 SAN DIEGO Jerlyn Mae PHI 1411 – 5
10 SUPRIYA Joshi IND 1895 – 5
11 ROMERO Gladys Hazelle PHI 1838 – 4
12 MARIANO Karen PHI 0 – 4
13 SHAIKHA Abdallah Aldhaheri UAE 1555 – 3
14 ZISHA Zahuratul Zannat BAN 1736 – 1.5
15 JAISWAL Bina NEP 1557 – 1.5
16 WFM AL-MOAAMARI Mozah UAE 1457 – 1
