Awonder Liang, winner of the 2011 Susan Polgar Foundation World Open for Boys (picture above) in Chicago, has just captured the Gold medal at the World Youth under 8 in Brazil. He was a full point ahead of the field going into the final round. In spite of the last round lost, he still won on tiebreaks.
Boys under 8
| Rk. | Nome | FED | EloI | Pts. | Des 1 | Des 2 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | Liang Awonder | USA | 1872 | 7.5 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 1.85 | 0.15 | 15 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | Ram Aravind L N | IND | 1869 | 7.5 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0.90 | 1.10 | 15 | 16.5 | ||
| 3 | Yu Kaifeng | CHN | 0 | 7.5 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.5 | ||||||
| 4 | Thilakaratne G M H | SRI | 1528 | 7.5 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.92 | 30 | 27.6 | ||
| 5 | Teclaf Pawel | POL | 1594 | 7.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | -0.17 | 30 | -5.1 | ||
| 6 | Medvedyk Volodymir | UKR | 0 | 6.5 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.5 | ||||||
| 7 | Peng David T | USA | 1945 | 6.5 | 34.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.60 | -0.60 | 30 | -18.0 | ||
| 8 | Gavrilescu David | ROU | 1800 | 6.5 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30 | 0.0 |
Boys under 10
Silver medalist Li Ruifeng, recent participant of the SPICE Cup Amateur Open in Lubbock, Texas
| Rk. | Nome | FED | EloI | Pts. | Des 1 | Des 2 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | Zhu Yi | CHN | 0 | 7.5 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| 2 | Li Ruifeng | USA | 1919 | 7.0 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | 4.22 | 1.78 | 15 | 26.7 | ||
| 3 | Rathanvel V S | IND | 1906 | 7.0 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | 4.33 | 1.67 | 15 | 25.0 | ||
| 4 | Aleksandrov Zakhar | RUS | 2116 | 7.0 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5.5 | 5.96 | -0.46 | 30 | -13.8 | ||
| 5 | Rakesh Kumar Jena | IND | 1865 | 7.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.31 | 0.69 | 15 | 10.4 | ||
| 6 | FM | Tabatabaei M Amin | IRI | 2028 | 7.0 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.5 | 4.65 | -0.15 | 15 | -2.3 | |
| 7 | Poghosyan Tigran | GER | 1770 | 7.0 | 34.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 1.79 | 0.21 | 15 | 3.2 | ||
| 8 | Xie Tianming | USA | 0 | 7.0 | 33.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.5 |
Jeffrey Xiong, recent winner of the SPICE Cup Amateur Open in Lubbock, Texas
Boys under 12
| Rk. | Nome | FED | EloI | Pts. | Des 1 | Des 2 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2154 | 7.5 | 39.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 7.5 | 5.97 | 1.53 | 15 | 23.0 | ||
| 2 | FM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2230 | 7.5 | 39.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6.5 | 6.26 | 0.24 | 15 | 3.6 | |
| 3 | Song Michael | CAN | 2032 | 7.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 5.11 | 1.89 | 15 | 28.4 | ||
| 4 | FM | Lorparizangeneh Shahin | IRI | 2175 | 7.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 7.02 | -0.02 | 15 | -0.3 | |
| 5 | FM | Xiong Jeffrey | USA | 2056 | 7.0 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 5.76 | 1.24 | 15 | 18.6 | |
| 6 | Haria Ravi | ENG | 2045 | 7.0 | 35.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 5.68 | 1.32 | 15 | 19.8 | ||
| 7 | Tari Aryan | NOR | 2227 | 7.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | 5.61 | -0.61 | 15 | -9.1 |
Boys under 18
| Rk. | Nome | FED | EloI | Pts. | Des 1 | Des 2 | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2556 | 8.0 | 43.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | 6.68 | 1.32 | 10 | 13.2 | |
| 2 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2523 | 7.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 6.53 | 0.47 | 10 | 4.7 | |
| 3 | IM | Debashis Das | IND | 2369 | 7.0 | 36.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 5.04 | 1.96 | 10 | 19.6 | |
| 4 | Stany G A | IND | 2395 | 7.0 | 33.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 5.92 | 1.08 | 10 | 10.8 | ||
| 5 | Kozganbay Erken | KAZ | 2249 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 3.00 | 15 | 45.0 | ||
| 6 | IM | Zhou Yang-Fan | ENG | 2436 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 6.5 | 6.26 | 0.24 | 10 | 2.4 | |
| 7 | Graf Felix | GER | 2356 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 6.5 | 5.79 | 0.71 | 15 | 10.6 | ||
| 8 | IM | Mammadov Zaur Fazahir Oglu | AZE | 2349 | 6.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | 5.07 | 0.93 | 10 | 9.3 | |
| 9 | FM | Rosen Eric S | USA | 2305 | 6.0 | 33.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | 4.18 | 1.82 | 15 | 27.3 | |
| 10 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi * |
PER | 2414 | 6.0 | 32.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | 5.62 | 0.38 | 10 | 3. |
Full standings in all sections here: http://chess-results.com/tnr58159.aspx
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Peruvian GM Jorge Cori prevailed at the U-16 category. Another crown for the Cori’s! Yes.