Here are the current leaders of the World Junior Championship after 7 rounds:
1 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy 2581 UKR 6
2 GM Pantsulaia, Levan 2596 GEO 5.5
3 IM Vitiugov, Nikita 2596 RUS 5.5
4 IM Frolyanov, Dmitry 2498 RUS 5.5
5 GM Wang, Yue 2644 CHN 5
6 GM Stellwagen, Daniel 2576 NED 5
7 IM Khairullin, Ildar 2543 RUS 5
8 IM Pashikian, Arman 2527 ARM 5
9 GM Zhou, Jianchao 2522 CHN 5
10 Li, Chao(b) 2508 CHN 5
11 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 2501 IND 5
12 IM Meier, Georg 2484 GER 5
Girl’s section
1 WGM Melia, Salome 2395 GEO 5.5
2 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 2383 MGL 5.5
3 WGM Tania, Sachdev 2383 IND 5.5
4 WFM Hou, Yifan 2481 CHN 5
5 WGM Shen, Yang 2468 CHN 5
6 WIM Zhang, Jilin 2292 CHN 5
7 WFM Abrahamyan, Tatev 2292 USA 5
Here is the official website.
China will catch up to Russia in a couple of years, and the Chinese might even fund the sport of chess a bit more than the Russians!
Bravissimo for our local girl Tatev!!!!! It sure does seem China and Russia are equals in upcoming talent.