The World Junior Championship is taking place in Yerevan, Armenia between October 4-16, 2006. Below is the list of some of the top players in both sections:
World Junior Championship
1 GM Wang, Yue 2644 CHN
2 GM Wang, Hao 2622 CHN
3 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2596 GEO
4 IM Vitiugov, Nikita 2596 RUS
5 GM Baramidze, David 2585 GER
6 IM Grachev, Boris 2583 RUS
7 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2581 UKR
8 GM Stellwagen, Daniel 2576 NED
9 IM Khairullin, Ildar 2543 RUS
10 GM Zhao, Jun 2539 CHN
11 IM Pashikian, Arman 2527 ARM
12 GM Zhou, Jianchao 2522 CHN
13 GM Le, Quang Liem 2519 VIE
14 IM Rodshtein, Maxim 2517 ISR
15 Li, Chao(b) 2508 CHN
16 IM Andreikin, Dmitry 2507 RUS
17 IM Amin, Bassem 2504 EGY
18 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2501 IND
19 IM Filippov, Anton 2501 UZB
20 IM Geller, Jakov 2501 RUS
21 IM Romanov, Evgeny 2500 RUS
Girl’s Championship
1 WFM Hou, Yifan 2481 CHN
2 WGM Shen, Yang 2468 CHN
3 WGM Tairova, Elena 2415 RUS
4 WGM Melia, Salome 2395 GEO
5 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 2383 MGL
6 WGM Tania, Sachdev 2383 IND
7 WGM Arutyunova, Diana 2362 UKR
8 WGM Harika, Dronavalli 2353 IND
9 WGM Kadziolka, Beata 2346 POL
10 WGM Hoang, Thi Bao Tram 2345 VIE
11 WIM Muhren, Bianca 2336 NED
12 WIM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2330 IRI
13 IM Purtseladze, Maka 2329 GEO
14 WGM Karavade, Eesha 2321 IND
15 WIM Aketaeva, Dana 2312 KAZ
16 WIM Zhang, Jilin 2292 CHN
17 WFM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2292 USA
18 WIM Rudolf, Anna 2265 HUN
China and India will dominate chess in 10-15 years. Their stars are getting younger and younger and by sheer numbers, they will produce immense talent. I have been told that there are other talents coming up that are in younger. Is Grover of India playing? Watch out for this kid!