Anand opens the World Junior Chess Championship 2011
Opening ceremony with the World Chess Champion, round 1 starts today
The SDAT–RAMCO 50th World Junior and 29th Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011 was oficially opened at Vani Mahal, Chennai.
A mixture of a small choreography on Lord Krishna, Spanish salsa, Japanese ballet dance, Kerala specialty Mohini Attam, poi kaal kuthirai (horse dance) and Aadu puli aatam (goat and tiger game) completed the amazing short term preparation and work of the Velammal School children.
Honorable Shri D Jayakumar, Speaker, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand inaugurated the event making the first move 1.e3 e5 on the board.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand, in his chief guest address said, "I won my world junior title after four attempts, but experience always helps in handling tougher situations. The Tamil Nadu Government has been a constant supporter to chess in the state and this time it has gone up one step up".
The TN Assembly Speaker, Shri D Jayakumar praised the great performance of Anand in the top echelons of chess. He also reminded that Anand was a one time winner of this prestigious World Junior Chess event, just as the one that starts today, and that after this achievement he has stayed among top players for two decades.
Shri M Vijayakumar, IAS, Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu spoke briefly, mentioning that the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu strives to give the right climate to raise champions, and added that TN is poised to take off in more chess events, as well as in all the sports in the next few years.
Today is the first round of the World Junior Chess Championship 2011. The games begin at 10:30 CET.
More about the WJCC: World Junior Chess Championship 2011 / Participants boys / Participants girls / Official website
Special thanks to R R Vasudevan and Peter Long, reporting for Chessdom.com directly from India.
Top 10 board pairings
1 FM Rajesh V A V 2292 - GM Matlakov Maxim 2632
2 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2629 - FM Rojas Alarcon Julian Antonio 2291
3 Aaron Deepak 2288 - GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2626
4 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2586 - Tomazini Zan 2288
5 Kozganbayev Erken 2284 - GM Nabaty Tamir 2584
6 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2558 - FM Botta Gabriele 2261
7 Ashwath R 2259 - GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2556
8 GM Robson Ray 2554 - Hemant Sharma (del) 2247
9 FM Das Sayantan 2246 - GM Swiercz Dariusz 2553
10 GM Adhiban B 2542 - Pradeep Kumar R A 2245
Girls
1 WGM Paikidze Nazi 2416 - Gevorgyan Maria 2068
2 Edes Zsofia 2067 - WGM Savina Anastasia 2398
3 WGM Cori T Deysi 2376 - Pratyusha Bodda 2064
4 Michelle Catherina P 2052 - WGM Girya Olga 2371
5 WGM Padmini Rout 2348 - Brunello Roberta 2036
6 WIM Guo Emma 2029 - CM Kulkarni Bhakti 2317
7 WIM Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi 2294 - WFM Ivana Maria Furtado 2012
8 Martinez Ayelen 2011 - WIM Bulmaga Irina 2293
9 WIM Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi 2292 - Savetha C H 1992
10 A Akshaya 1966 - WIM Eric Jovana 2282
