Girish Koushik and G A Stany showed their mettle at the Asian Youth meet
All set for the next move
Josey Samuel
To call Girish A Koushik and Stany G A wizards of chess might be an exaggeration.
In their brief careers so far, the teenagers, however, have shown plenty of promise and their recent exploits at the Asian Youth Championship affirmed the belief that the two are bright prospects for the future.
The Karnataka players have been a force to reckon with in age-group categories, coming up with some glittering performances in the last few years. Girish, who had done well previously on the international circuit, once again proved his class by picking up the under-14 gold at Subic City, Philippines while Stany picked up the silver in the under-18 category.
“There were some tough matches. But real battle was off the board as I could reach the city only an hour before the competition due to delay in flight. To make things difficult, there was hardly any vegetarian food. Winning gold after all these struggles have given me immense satisfaction,” said Girish, who tallied 7.5 points out of a possible nine to emerge champion.
Stany’s silver in the under-18 category was a testimony to the Shimoga lad’s never-say-die-attitude. “I was leading for most part of the tournament. I lost to Debashis Das in the fourth round and after that I kept my composure to level with him at seven points.
But Das was declared the winner on the basis of better head-to-head record,” said Stany.
“I am not at all disappointed as it is my first international medal and for me it was a great experience.”
For the record, Girish had won the World under-10 title in his breakthrough year in 2006. The Mysorean also has in his kitty the Asian under-14, U-12 and U-8 crowns besides the National U-11 and U-9 titles. Girish is also the under-14 Commonwealth champion. “World under-10 title was the biggest victory in my career since it was a very tough competition.
That helped me to become mentally tough,” said Girish.
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he has no promise at all, I saw her games. mark my words.
Girish games look Ok, he grabs his chances with both hands. He downed 4 GMs in a row, all due to his opponents adventures. That shows, he is cool and compact in the face of adversity. He has to be careful. Shouldnt end up as Hari or Sasi. Try to go for Top-5 in the world.