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Saduakassova wins among the Girls
It was a half-point margin for the winner in the Girls Section of World Junior Chess Championship 2016. And yet, a win is a win.
The top-seeded Kazakhstani Dinara Saduakassova bagged home the title when she drew her last round game against Mongolian Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya.

The winners of World Junior Chess Championships 2016 Girls Division: P V Nandhidhaa (Runner Up), Dinara Saduakassova (Champion), and Dinara Dordzhieva (2nd Runner Up). Photo credit: wjcc2016india.com.
Filipino WIM Janelle Mae Frayna, who led the race until she faltered in Round 11, settled for 5th place instead.
Replay all the games of the Girls Section.
The final ranking of the Girls section follows:
World Junior Chess Championships 2016 Girls Final Ranking
Rank | Name | IRtg | Club | Type | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2423 | KAZ | U20 | 9½ |
2 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | 2151 | IND | U20 | 9 |
3 | WIM | Dordzhieva Dinara | 2304 | RUS | U18 | 9 |
4 | IM | Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea | 2321 | COL | U20 | 8½ |
5 | WIM | Frayna Janelle Mae | 2292 | PHI | U20 | 8½ |
6 | WIM | Vaishali R | 2284 | IND | U16 | 8½ |
7 | WIM | Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh | 2199 | MGL | U18 | 8½ |
8 | WIM | Parnali S Dharia | 2203 | IND | U20 | 8½ |
9 | WIM | Bivol Alina | 2362 | RUS | U20 | 8 |
10 | WIM | Michelle Catherina P | 2205 | IND | U20 | 8 |
11 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | 2101 | IND | U18 | 8 |
12 | WIM | Styazhkina Anna | 2315 | RUS | U20 | 8 |
13 | Du Yuxin | 1957 | CHN | U16 | 8 | |
14 | WGM | Buksa Nataliya | 2261 | UKR | U20 | 7½ |
15 | WFM | Ivanova Karina | 2129 | RUS | U20 | 7½ |
16 | WIM | Gu Tianlu | 2239 | CHN | U20 | 7½ |
17 | WFM | Alinasab Mobina | 2199 | IRI | U16 | 7½ |
18 | Priyanka K | 2048 | IND | U16 | 7½ | |
19 | WFM | Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen | 2055 | CHI | U14 | 7½ |
20 | WFM | Injac Teodora | 2252 | SRB | U16 | 7 |
21 | WIM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | 2328 | UZB | U18 | 7 |
22 | WFM | Lasya.G | 2084 | IND | U20 | 7 |
23 | WFM | Varshini V | 2129 | IND | U18 | 7 |
24 | Bala Kannamma P | 2039 | IND | U20 | 7 | |
25 | WCM | Chandreyee Hajra | 1931 | IND | U18 | 7 |
26 | WCM | Salonika Saina | 2131 | IND | U14 | 6½ |
27 | Soyunlu Narmin | 2074 | AZE | U20 | 6½ | |
28 | WIM | Monnisha G K | 2101 | IND | U18 | 6½ |
29 | WIM | Blagojevic Tijana | 2267 | MNE | U20 | 6½ |
30 | Harshita Guddanti | 2180 | IND | U16 | 6½ | |
31 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2014 | IND | U16 | 6½ |
32 | WFM | Mendoza Shania Mae | 2191 | PHI | U18 | 6½ |
33 | Barchuk Irina | 2163 | UKR | U20 | 6 | |
34 | WFM | Visanescu Daria-Ioana | 2067 | ROU | U20 | 6 |
35 | WIM | Kiolbasa Oliwia | 2319 | POL | U16 | 6 |
36 | Vantika Agrawal | 1974 | IND | U14 | 6 | |
37 | WFM | Yanjinlkham Bayarsaikhan | 1990 | MGL | U20 | 6 |
38 | WFM | Srija Seshadri | 2102 | IND | U20 | 5½ |
39 | Priyanka Nutakki | 2234 | IND | U14 | 5½ | |
40 | Divya Lakshmi R | 1864 | IND | U18 | 5½ | |
41 | Thomas Anysia | 2049 | FRA | U20 | 5½ | |
42 | Hoare Amy B | 2017 | ENG | U20 | 5½ | |
43 | WFM | Choladze Mariami | 2077 | GEO | U20 | 5½ |
44 | Omurbekova Diana | 1886 | KGZ | U18 | 5½ | |
45 | WFM | Santeramo Alessia | 2137 | ITA | U18 | 5 |
46 | WFM | Hiebler Laura | 2110 | AUT | U20 | 5 |
47 | WFM | Leonardi Caterina | 2061 | SLO | U20 | 5 |
48 | WCM | Sapale Saloni | 2080 | IND | U18 | 5 |
49 | Albekova Dilyara | 1732 | KAZ | U18 | 5 | |
50 | WIM | Eswaran Ashritha | 2226 | USA | U16 | 4½ |
51 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | 2329 | IND | U20 | 4 |
52 | Kakulidis Ellen | 1989 | DEN | U20 | 4 | |
53 | Ayinala Shree | 1464 | USA | U12 | 4 | |
54 | Gamage Nethmi Nirasha | 1559 | SRI | U16 | 4 | |
55 | Barbier Astrid | 1853 | BEL | U20 | 4 | |
56 | Minaud Emily | 1721 | FRA | U20 | 2½ | |
57 | Hamedi Nia Vesal | 1904 | IRI | U14 | 0 |