Picture courtesy of ChessBase GM So still unbeaten in world junior chess meet By Marlon BernardinoCebu Daily NewsFirst Posted 15:36:00 08/06/2008 Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored 1.5 points in two rounds to remain unbeaten in the ongoing 2008 World Junior Chess Championship for Boys and Girls at the Gaziantep, Turkey, on Monday. The 14-year-old […]
Safarli leads World Junior
2008 World Junior ChampionshipLeaders after 4 rounds: 1 GM SAFARLI Eltaj 2527 AZE 4 2 GM LI Chao B 2590 CHN 3½GM HOWELL David 2561 ENG 3½WGM HOU Yifan 2557 CHN 3½GM BRKIC Ante 2530 CRO 3½LIN Chen 2417 CHN 3½ Here is the full standings. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
World Junior Championship
World Junior Chess Championship U20 pairings round 1GM Mamedov with difficult opponent, WGM Hou Yifan to play in the men sectionReport by Chessdom.com The pairings for round 1 of the World Junior Chess Championship U20 are already known. The top seeded GM Rauf Mamedov will have a difficult opponent – IM Pandian Karthiekeyan. Similar draw […]
Unlikely hero at the World Junior
Ahmed Adly was one of the early leaders at the World Championship. But after a couple losses, he fell out of 1st place. But a strong finish gave him the prestigious World Junior Championship title, 1/2 point ahead of Ivan Popov of Russia. Pre-tournament favorites such as Wang Hao, Stellwagen and Laznicka all under performed. […]
3 lead World Junior Championship
Leaders after 10 rounds: 1 IM Grigoryan Avetik 2489 ARM 7.52 GM Wang Hao 2643 CHN 7.53 GM Popov Ivan 2539 RUS 7.5 4 GM Meier Georg 2558 GER 7.05 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2555 RUS 7.06 GM Adly Ahmed 2494 EGY 7.07 IM Gupta Abhijeet 2470 IND 7.0 Here is the official website: http://www.armchess.am/WJGCC07/wjgcc.html Chess […]
Adly leads World Junior Championship
After 7 rounds, GM Adly of Egypt is the surprised leader of the World Junior Championship. Half point behind is GM Laznicka of the Czech Republic, followed by 9 with 1 point back. 1 GM Adly Ahmed 2494 EGY 6.0 2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2610 CZE 5.5 3 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2615 ISR 5.04 GM […]