Match between UPState U-9 and Keny's U-7 National champion

A series of games were played by Ayush Pandey ( UP state U-9 Champ) and Sharanya Iyengar  U-7 girls national champion of Kenya last week. On Sunday Aug 8 Ayush played a mature game. First he shattered Sharnya's q-side pawns then captured one of them. He maintained this advantage inspite of some good dynamic defence by Sharanya and then converted it in a win . On Tuseday too he got advantage in both games ( was piece up in first game) but Sharanya fought well and counter attacked resolutely to win both of them. On Thurseday again Ayush handled opening much better than Sharanaya, who had several weaknesses in pawn structure etc. This time Ayush maintained advantages to win both matches. In another game Ayush lost his queen due to mouse slip. Final score 3-2 in favour of Ayush.
   One can easily draw some conclusions
1-Ayush had better opening preparation and positional understanding. What he lacked was killer stint and played some slopy chess to allowed opponent to get away from good positons in game 2 and 3. He needs to be more tough mentally to perform well at nationals.
2-Sharanya played opening badly and got in trouble in most of games. She must understand that isolated pawns are are too weak to defend in long run. And it is very difficult to create enough counter play tactically, against tough opponent , to neutralize positional weaknesses. But her temperament and fighting spirit were better than Ayush.