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Canadian Junior Chess Championship 2012: NM Zhang is in the lead!
Canadian U16 Champion, Canadian Master David Zhang, drew with top seed, FM Shiyam Thavandiran, in the fifth round to take a commanding lead in the Canadian Junior Chess Championship. David also managed to make upset victories against NM Keith Mackinnon and NM Richard Wang in round 2 and round 4, respectively. In the current standings (after round 5), NM Richard Wang and FM Shiyam Thavandiran are 0.5 and 1.0 point, respectively, behind the leader.
In the girls’ section, we see that Nicka Kalaydina is in the lead with 3.5 out of 4.0. Jill Ding of B.C. and Melissa Lee of Ontario are 0.5 and 1.0 point, respectively, behind the leader.
Interesting Games of the our current leaders of the event:
[Event “2012 Canadian Junior”]
[Site “Calgary Chess Club”]
[Date “2012.01.05”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Mackinnon, Keith”]
[Black “Zhang, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2349”]
[BlackElo “2227”]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 dxc4 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Bxc4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. Qa4 Rxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bd3 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxe5 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Qb3 O-O 22. Qxb7 Nd4 23. Qd7 Nf5 24. Rc8 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Bc5+ 0-1
[Event “2012 Canadian Junior”]
[Site “Calgary”]
[Date “2012.01.06”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Lee, Melissa”]
[Black “Kalaydina, Regina”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “1594”]
[BlackElo “1947”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. f4 f5 18. Bd3 e4 19. Be2 Bf6 20. c3 Qd8 21. Rg1 Nb6 22. g4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. g5 Rff8 28. Kg2 Rc5 29. Rgd1 Rb8 30. Rc2 a5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. h4 h6 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. a4 Re8 35. Rh2 Kf7 36. h5 hxg5 37. fxg5 Kg8 38. Kf4 Re5 39. h6 Rexd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. h7+ Kh8 42. g6 Re5 43. Rd2 Re6 44. Kxf5 Re5+ 1/2-1/2
All games from this event can be found on the following website: http://albertachess.org/12CanJr.html
Live games can be found on http://www.calgarychess.com/2012CJ.html
Current Standings on the official website: http://www.cjcc2012.ca/
Additional information about the Canadian Junior Chess Championship:
There are a total of 12 participants competing in the Open Section and 6 participants in the Girl Section. Other than the cash & plaques prizes, the top male and female winner will receive travel flight vouchers to attend the World Junior Chess Championship in Athens, Greece (value of $1300 per winner)!
The Canadian Junior Chess Championship is an official event of the Chess Federation of Canada organized by team consisting of Frank Klutymans (chief organizer), IA Vlad Rekhson, Paul Gagne, Tony Ficzere, Angelo Tolentino, NM Dan Kazmaier, IO Simon Ong, Nicka/Alex Kalaydina.
Good luck!