The very talented Tatev Abrahamyan and Elliott Liu captured Gold for the US! Tatev scored a perfect 9/9 to decisively win the girl’s under 18 and Elliot scored 7/9 to win the boy’s under 18.
Here are two games from Elliott and Tatev:
White: Abrahamyan, Tatev
Black: Herrera, Milena
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O d5 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.c4 Bb7 10.Qa4 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nc5 12.Qc2 d4 13.b4 Nd7 14.Bb2 e5 15.c5 Be7 16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Nc4 g5 18.g3 h5 19.f4 h4 20.fxe5 hxg3 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.cxd6 gxh2+ 23.Kh1 Qd8 24.Bxd4 Rh6 25.Qf2 f6 26.e6 1-0
White: Jorquera, Paulo
Black: Liu, Elliott
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.f3 Qa5 8.Ndb5 d5 9.Bd2 a6 10.Na3 b5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Ncb1 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 b4 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Nb1 O-O 16.c3 Re8 17.Nd4 bxc3 18.bxc3 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Qb2 20.Nd2 Rxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Bd7 22.g3 Qxd4 23.Kf1 Bh3+ 24.Ke2 Re8+ 25.Ne4 Rxe4+ 26.fxe4 Bg4+ 27.Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1
Here are the final standings of the US youngsters:
Boys U18 – Elliot Liu – 7/9 – Gold Medal!
Girls U18 -Tatev Abrahayman – 9/0 Gold Medal!
Girls U16 – Alisa Melekhina – 7/9 – Silver Medal (Co-Champion of the 2005 SP National Invitational for Girls), Julia Kerr – 6.5/9 (member of the Polgar Chess Club) and Nicole Maffeo – 5.5/9
Boys U14 – Alec Getz – 6.5/9, Marc Arnold – 6/9 and Christian Tanaka – 4.5/9
Girls U14 – Karsten McVay – 4.5/9
Boys U12 – Ray Robson – 8/9 – Silver Medal (tied for first, Silver on tiebreak), Daniel Naroditsky – 6.5/9-Bronze Medal, Christopher Hueng – 5/9 and Justin Karp – 4/9.
Girls U12 – Darrian Robinson and Helen Chu – 5/9
Boys U10 – Darwin Yang-7.5/9 – Silver Medal (tied for first, silver on tiebreak), Aleksander Ostrovskiy – 6/9 and Aaron Schein – 5/9
Girls U10 – Eileen Dai – 7/9 – Silver Medal
Here is the official website of the event.
Here are some words from the team captain and coach Aviv Friedman. He is also a valuable member of the USCF Scholastic Council.
Congrats to the entire team! 
Good going USA! How come the USCF didn’t talk about this?
Hmpf. No mention on USCF Online, either.
Actually it was mentionned on the USCF Online Site – it has a picture of Elliot Liu – scroll down a bit and look for the Ecuador tournament reference. The event wrapped up earlier in the month. Here is clip from the web page…Much as there are things wrong with the USCF – they did get this one right.
Seven medals, and controversy in Ecuador
By Aviv Friedman/J.Shahade | 12 Aug 2006
We got seven medals in Cuenca,Ecuador including two golds and a 9-0 sweep by Tatev Abrahamyan. Elliott Liu, winner of the U18 Gold Medal is happy to be home, and not just to show off his medal. Read the full report for games, photos and the scoop on the cheating dispute involving Elliott’s competition….
Ah, there it is! Thanks for the pointer.