World Junior Chess Championship 2009
Puerto Madrin, Argentina
Report by Chessdom.com
The World Junior Chess Championship 2009 is going to take place in Puerto Madrin, Argentina, October 21st – November 4th. It will include some of the strongest players U20, including many titled players.
Top seeded in the boys section is the French star GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. His main competition are GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Sergey Zhigalko, GM Wesley So, GM David Howell, GM Maxim Rodshtein, GM Li Chao, and GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, all of them seeking a position in the world’s top 100 players list. Serious opposition is expected from GM Eltaj Safarli and the newest GM of USA – GM Ray Robson, while the Brazilian champion GM Andre Diamant, the German talent GM Falko Bindrich, and the Italian top star IM Daniele Vocaturo will also be seeking medals.
In the girls section top seeded is WGM Mary Ann Gomez. Within close ELO distance are WIM Xiaowen Zhang, WIM Deysi Cori, WGM Iozefina Paulet, WIM Severiukhina, and WIM Padmini Rout, scroll down for full list of players.
The list of participating countries includes Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Kazahstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab U.S., Ukraine, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela.
Here are the top 20 seeds:
1 GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2718 FRA
2 GM ANDREIKIN Dmitry 2659 RUS
3 GM ZHIGALKO Sergei 2646 BLR
4 GM SO Wesley 2644 PHI
5 GM HOWELL David W L 2624 ENG
6 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim 2623 ISR
7 GM LI Chao B 2617 CHN
8 GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo 2605 VEN
9 GM SAFARLI Eltaj 2587 AZE
10 GM POPOV Ivan 2582 RUS
11 GM JUMABAYEV Rinat 2548 KAZ
12 GM OLSZEWSKI Michal 2544 POL
13 GM-elect LENDERMAN Alex 2542 USA
14 IM BRUNELLO Sabino 2533 ITA
15 GM-elect ROBSON Ray 2527 USA
16 GM DIAMANT Andre 2526 BRA
17 GM BINDRICH Falko 2516 GER
18 GM LEON HOYOS Manuel 2516 MEX
19 GM GRIGORYAN Avetik 2515 ARM
20 IM VOCATURO Daniele 2510 ITA
More here: http://previews.chessdom.com/world-junior-chess-championship-2009
Go Ray!
I expect big things from Alex Lenderman!
Go Alex!
Lets see Lenderman boogie again!
Why isn’t Hou Yifan playing? Anyone know?
Where are other strong Americans like Robert Hess and Sam Shankland?
I think Alex Lenderman will surprise a lot of people!
Go where?
Does anyone know the website for this tournament?
“Why isn’t Hou Yifan playing? Anyone know?”
Hou Yifan competed in 2008 World Junior Chess Championship – Turkey, where she came equal 3rd with 9/13 points and earned a GM norm. So Wesley, also competed in the same tournament, managed equal 8th with 8.5 points.