Richard Rapport and Alexander Ipatov successfully defended with black pieces in the 12th round of the World Junior Chess Championship to sign draws against Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Wei Yi respectively and maintain the joint lead heading into the final day of the competition.

Top seed and reigning China champion Ding Liren finally made a move towards the top of the scoreboard as he defeated the Russian representative Aleksandr Shimanov.

Ding Liren is now sharing the 3rd place with Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and there follow Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi and Nils Grandelius with 8,5 points each.

Top round 13 pairings are GM Ding Liren – GM Rapport Richard, GM Ipatov Alexander – GM Shimanov Aleksandr, GM Zherebukh Yaroslav – GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel, GM Grandelius Nils – FM Wei Yi and GM Van Kampen Robin – GM Yu Yangyi. Full pairings here. The last round starts at 11:00 local time, closing ceremony is at 19:00.

Leaders after 12 rounds

Rk Name Rtg FED Pts Ra Rp
1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2577 TUR 9½ 2506 2736
2 GM Rapport Richard 2605 HUN 9½ 2470 2700
3 GM Ding Liren 2695 CHN 9 2491 2684
4 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2567 ARM 9 2486 2679
5 FM Wei Yi 2418 CHN 8½ 2498 2656
6 GM Yu Yangyi 2635 CHN 8½ 2514 2672
7 GM Grandelius Nils 2562 SWE 8½ 2474 2632
8 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2596 RUS 8 2485 2610
9 IM Grover Sahaj 2516 IND 8 2452 2577
10 GM Cori Jorge 2487 PER 8 2453 2578
11 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2629 UKR 8 2419 2542
12 GM Van Kampen Robin 2565 NED 8 2412 2507
13 IM Indjic Aleksandar 2481 SRB 8 2392 2517
14 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2532 GER 8 2398 2523
15 IM Heimann Andreas 2493 GER 8 2372 2497
16 IM Hansen Eric 2472 CAN 8 2356 2481

Full standings here: http://wjcc2012.chessdom.com/standings-open/

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar August 15, 2012 General News 1 Comment
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