Swiercz and Cori victorious in Chennai

Dariusz Swiercz emerges champion in Open section

Arvind Aaron

CHENNAI, August 16, 2011

Dariusz Swiercz of Tarnowshie Gory, Poland and Cori Deysi of Lima, Peru, won the SDAT-Ramco World junior chess championship which concluded here on Monday.

Both players remained undefeated and both became the first from their countries to win the prestigious World junior championship.

Overnight leader Hovhannisyan of Armenia drew a difficult rook ending against Azerbaijan's Durarbeyli in 60 moves which allowed Sziercz to win and catch up. Swiercz who finished third last time won the final round after a marathon 92-move win which gave him a tie for the first place. His tie-break was surprisingly higher and he pipped Hovhannisyan.

“I have a very great feeling today,” said Swiercz, the new 17-year-old champion. “My game against Ter-Sahakyan on Sunday was my best,” he said.

Swiercz aims higher

Swiercz, who learnt the game from his grandfather when he was a four-year-old, wants to become World champion. His parents do not travel with him. “When I arrived in Chennai I believed that I can try to win this event,” said Swiercz who remained undefeated along with Hovhannisyan.

Hovhannisyan of Armenia was second on the same 10.5 points. India's Sahaj Grover played a brilliant final game to down Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia in a 66-move rook ending. Sahaj played with plenty of energy in the crucial phase to finish third on 9.5 points.

Last year, India won a bronze medal in girls, this time it has moved to the Open section.

Padmini fourth

Padmini Rout slid from her third place finish last year to fourth this time. She became the queen maker in the sense that she defeated Olga Girya of Russia by winning a pawn (move 28) and using that in the endgame after 58 moves.

Cori Deysi who had picked up a rook for knight on move 23 converted the win in 45 moves against Tsatsalashvili of Georgia. It was Deysi's second World title; she had won the World under-16 crown at Turkey in 2009.

Silver for Girya

Olga Girya did well but was pipped in the end. Last year she finished second on tie-break and this time she was clear second. She had suffered defeats to Padmini on each occasion.

Top seed Nazi Paikidze of Georgia took the third place. Padmini who started as the fifth seed finished fourth and gains 4 Elo points.

Bhakti Kulkarni finished seventh but loses 22 Elo points. At the closing ceremony Mrs. Nirmala Raja, Ramco Group of Companies, gave away the prizes.

During the closing ceremony, Prof. Anantharam, chief arbiter, said Chennai was a norm destination. In the Chennai open 2011, eleven norms were made. In the World junior 13 were made. Sahaj completed a GM norm on the final day. “Sahaj was lucky,” said his coach Vishal Sareen. “He was losing yesterday and probably his opponent had a draw in the ending today,” he added.

More here.

Deysi Cori scores cluctch final round win to capture 2nd crown

Deysi Cori scored a clutch win with Black while Olga Girya lost her final round with White! This allows Deysi to overcome a half point deficit to win her second World Girl's Championship title!



Final top 10 standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2376	11.0	2261	2276	2292	2542	8.63	2.37	10	23.7
2	WGM	Girya Olga	RUS	2371	10.5	2268	2283	2300	2502	8.46	2.04	10	20.4
3	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	2416	9.5	2274	2290	2305	2434	9.07	0.43	15	6.4
4	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2348	9.0	2227	2241	2254	2353	8.73	0.27	15	4.1
5	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	TUR	2258	9.0	2207	2231	2248	2323	7.65	1.35	15	20.3
6	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	ROU	2293	8.5	2260	2277	2295	2351	7.35	1.15	15	17.3
7	WIM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2317	8.5	2116	2124	2131	2211	9.98	-1.48	15	-22.2
8	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi	AZE	2294	8.0	2199	2216	2237	2268	8.29	-0.29	15	-4.3
9	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2222	8.0	2173	2186	2199	2241	7.64	0.36	15	5.4
10	WFM	Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar	MGL	2163	8.0	2104	2123	2145	2174	7.73	0.27	15	4.1
11	WIM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	VIE	2204	8.0	2093	2111	2131	2199	7.68	0.32	15	4.8
12	WIM	Eric Jovana	SRB	2282	8.0	2030	2043	2057	2105	10.50	-2.50	15	-37.5

Final standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr54523.aspx?art=1&rd=13&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30

Swiercz wins final round to edge Hovhannisyan on tiebreaks

Swiercz won his last round to edge Hovhannisyan on tiebreaks. Robson also won his final game with Black to finish 4th on tiebreaks.



Final top 15 standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2553	10.5	2441	2457	2472	10.5	8.60	1.90	10	19.0
2	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2556	10.5	2437	2454	2470	10.5	8.68	1.82	10	18.2
3	IM	Grover Sahaj	IND	2496	9.5	2458	2472	2485	9.5	7.46	2.04	10	20.4
4	GM	Robson Ray	USA	2560	9.0	2466	2475	2486	9	8.34	0.66	10	6.6
5	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	ESP	2626	9.0	2465	2474	2484	9	9.38	-0.38	10	-3.8
6	GM	Durarbeyli Vasif	AZE	2515	9.0	2442	2454	2465	9	7.99	1.01	10	10.1
7	GM	Sethuraman S P	IND	2529	9.0	2427	2444	2457	9	8.44	0.56	10	5.6
8	IM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2489	9.0	2421	2443	2458	9	7.93	1.07	10	10.7
9	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2558	8.5	2502	2514	2528	8.5	7.77	0.73	10	7.3
10	FM	Kovalev Vladislav	BLR	2439	8.5	2454	2482	2502	8.5	6.57	1.93	15	29.0
11	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2629	8.5	2423	2435	2448	8.5	9.96	-1.46	10	-14.6
12	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2542	8.5	2421	2438	2458	8.5	8.73	-0.23	10	-2.3
13	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2632	8.5	2416	2428	2435	8.5	10.12	-1.62	10	-16.2
14	GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2542	8.5	2407	2418	2429	8.5	8.96	-0.46	10	-4.6
15	IM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2495	8.5	2391	2405	2421	8.5	8.49	0.01	10	0.1

Full results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr54522.aspx

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Girya leads Cori by 1/2 pt with 1 to go at World Girls' Championship

Leaders after 12 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	w	we	w-we	rtg+/-
1	WGM	Girya Olga	RUS	2371	10.5	2260	2277	2294	2579	10.5	7.93	2.57	25.7
2	WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2376	10.0	2256	2272	2289	2513	10	8.05	1.95	19.5
3	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	2416	8.5	2263	2279	2294	2405	8.5	8.54	-0.04	-0.6
4	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	ROU	2293	8.5	2260	2279	2299	2397	8.5	6.80	1.70	25.5
5	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2348	8.0	2214	2228	2241	2324	8	8.26	-0.26	-3.9
6	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	TUR	2258	8.0	2199	2225	2242	2298	8	7.20	0.80	12.0
7	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi	AZE	2294	7.5	2199	2218	2240	2274	7.5	7.67	-0.17	-2.5
8		Dogodkina Julia	RUS	2193	7.5	2149	2174	2201	2223	7.5	6.91	0.59	8.9
9	WFM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya Hasil Qizi	AZE	2107	7.5	2146	2174	2201	2214	7.5	5.84	1.66	24.9
10	WIM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2317	7.5	2109	2117	2124	2189	7.5	9.31	-1.81	-27.1
11	WGM	Savina Anastasia	RUS	2398	7.5	2087	2108	2120	2164	7.5	10.21	-2.71	-27.1
12	WIM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	VIE	2204	7.5	2074	2093	2113	2187	7.5	7.30	0.20	3.0
13	WGM	Tsatsalashvili Keti	GEO	2318	7.5	2056	2077	2096	2172	7.5	8.85	-1.35	-20.3

Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr54523.aspx

Hovhannisyan leads World Junior after 12 rounds

Leaders after 12 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2556	10.0	2430	2448	2465	10	8.12	1.88	10	18.8
2	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2553	9.5	2441	2459	2476	9.5	7.94	1.56	10	15.6
3	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2558	8.5	2502	2516	2531	8.5	7.18	1.32	10	13.2
4	IM	Grover Sahaj	IND	2496	8.5	2449	2464	2477	8.5	7.05	1.45	10	14.5
5	FM	Kovalev Vladislav	BLR	2439	8.5	2445	2475	2496	8.5	6.23	2.27	15	34.0
6	GM	Durarbeyli Vasif	AZE	2515	8.5	2432	2444	2455	8.5	7.55	0.95	10	9.5
7	IM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2492	8.0	2522	2546	2572	8	5.89	2.11	10	21.1
8	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	ESP	2626	8.0	2462	2471	2482	8	8.71	-0.71	10	-7.1
	GM	Robson Ray	USA	2560	8.0	2462	2471	2482	8	7.78	0.22	10	2.2
10	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	2586	8.0	2429	2443	2451	8	8.61	-0.61	10	-6.1
11	IM	Piorun Kacper	POL	2514	8.0	2423	2445	2468	8	7.64	0.36	10	3.6
12	IM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2489	8.0	2415	2438	2454	8	7.43	0.57	10	5.7
13	GM	Sethuraman S P	IND	2529	8.0	2413	2430	2443	8	8.02	-0.02	10	-0.2
14	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2629	8.0	2412	2424	2437	8	9.34	-1.34	10	-13.4
15	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2542	8.0	2402	2419	2439	8	8.35	-0.35	10	-3.5
16	IM	Krejci Jan	CZE	2503	8.0	2308	2321	2336	8	9.06	-1.06	10	-10.6

Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr54522.aspx

Moscow edged Chennai for the big match

Moscow outbid Chennai: FIDE



Explaining the circumstances that led to the World chess championship match between Grandmaster V. Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel being allotted to Moscow, FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, in a letter to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, said: “after due evaluation of respective bids, we have awarded the event to the Russian Chess Federation which had bid just under $400,000 more than the AICF.”



It may be recalled that Ms Jayalalithaa had readily consented to organise the event, and even sanctioned an amount of $4.4 million which included $2.25m as prize money, when a FIDE delegation led by Mr. Ilyumzhinov called on her to discuss the possibility of Chennai hosting this prestigious match.



In his letter, the FIDE president also noted that he was impressed with the Chief Minister's interest in sports, and chess in particular, and offered the 2013 World championship match to Chennai.



An AICF press release said this was perhaps the first time that FIDE was offering a title match to any one directly.



Source: http://www.thehindu.com

Hovhannisyan shines at World Junior

Hovhannisyan ends Girish winning pace

August 12, 2011 - 10:59 AMT



PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Robert Hovhannisyan has ended the winning pace of Girish Koushik of India, defeating him in the 9th round to take the lead with 8 points at the World Junior Chess Championship.



Another Armenian grandmaster Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is second in the standings with 7.5 points.



In the girls’ tournament, Armenia’s Maria Gevorgyan defeated Savithri Narenthran of Australia and is currently 42nd with 4 points.



Source: http://www.panarmenian.net

India gets 2013 World Championship instead of the upcoming one

Chennai gets World Chess Championship match

Press Trust Of India

Updated Aug 11, 2011 at 07:38pm IST



Chennai: In an apparent bid to placate India after Chennai was deprived of the World Chess Championship Match between Vishwanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand of Israel next year, the game's world governing body has now offered the 2013 edition of the prestigious event to the city.



In a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said the world body would want All India Chess Federation to host the 2013 Match.



"This is to recall that the FIDE delegation headed by President called on the Chief Minister for the organisation of this match at Chennai. The Hon'ble Cheif Minister was spontaneous in giving her consent to organise this match at Chennai and sanctioned an amount of USD 4.4 million towards expenses which included USD 2.25 million as prize money," Ilyumzhinov said in the letter released by AICF Vice-President D V Sundar.



"However, the match was allotted to Moscow as their bid towards prize money was USD 2.55 million. Impressed by the Chief Minister's love for the game of chess and graciously agreeing to his request, the FIDE President has offered the 2013 match to the All India Chess Federation," according to the letter.



The FIDE president said "to our knowledge this is the first time ever that FIDE has offered a title match to anyone directly."



Chennai was tipped to host the Championship Match and the chess fraternity was waiting in anticipation that world champion Anand will defend his title at his home city. The match was later given to Moscow, apparently because the Russian capital had offered more prize money.



Source: http://ibnlive.in.com

India: We are thoroughly disappointed

Was India's World Chess Championship bid price leaked?

Hari Hara NandananHari Hara Nandanan, TNN | Aug 11, 2011, 12.46AM IST



CHENNAI: Has the world chess federation (Fide) tricked India into a future deal when it finalised the bid for the title match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in 2012? The answer seems to be both yes and no as the Chennai bid has fallen flat in front of Moscow, which got the Fide vote on Tuesday.



Technically, Fide is right in allotting the match to Russia, as its bid was better than that of Chennai. But there is at least one section from the Indian bidding group that is unhappy over the way the world body coaxed the Indian organisers into believing that their bid had all but won the deal. "We are thoroughly disappointed," said All India Chess Federation president JCD Prabhakar. "Madam (chief minister J Jayalalithaa) was so gracious to release the money for the conduct of the match."



Curiously, Russia had put up a bid initially for the match and then revised it after sensing Chennai would better it in the last minute. This has come as a big surprise to the chess fraternity in general, especially as it came at 11.59 pm on July 31, one minute before the deadline. "This was a big setback to us," said Prabhakar. However, he refrained from commenting further on Fide's decision.



AICF secretary Bharat Singh told TOI from New Delhi that Russia was well within its right to revise the bid, but he too sounded unhappy with the way the bidding procedure went. "We don't run the Fide," he said, when asked whether the world body had fooled India in the bidding process.



The big question is, whether the Russian federation had got wind of the actual amount of the Indian bid so that it could better that in the last minute? Someone had known the Indian bid price and if that is the case, who is the black sheep? This has no answer as the envelopes are sealed when they are given to Fide and there is no chance, in normal circumstances, for the amount to be leaked.



However, the revised figure from the Russian Chess Federation ($2.55m against Chennai's bid of $2.25m) and the two separate press releases issued by Fide on Tuesday point to some dark areas in the whole process.



Nevertheless, Fide vice-president DV Sundar, who hails from Chennai, does not think there is anything wrong in the allotment. "Russia simply had a better bid. It is also a neutral venue. But look at the positive side, Fide has already given us the option of hosting the 2013 world championship," he defended the Fide decision.



But what is Anand's position in 2013 when the bidding reopens three months from his match against Gelfand in 2012? "If he wins (against Gelfand), we will forward the bid again to Fide. If he loses, we will say goodbye," said Sundar, who seemed equal to the task.



Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Girya leads World Girl's Championship after 5

Leaders after 5 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WGM	Girya Olga	RUS	2371	5.0	2230	2276	2354	2995	5	3.56	1.44	10	14.4
2	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	ROU	2293	4.5	2224	2275	2362	2548	4.5	3.18	1.32	15	19.8
3	WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2376	4.5	2198	2230	2258	2537	4.5	3.77	0.73	10	7.3
4	WFM	Semenova Elena	RUS	2175	4.0	2121	2190	2250	2314	4	3.11	0.89	15	13.4
5		Tokhirjanova Hulkar	UZB	2119	4.0	2115	2195	2344	2303	4	2.83	1.17	15	17.5
6	WIM	Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi	AZE	2292	4.0	2099	2155	2236	2299	4	3.81	0.19	15	2.8
7	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	2416	3.5	2271	2326	2360	2379	3.5	3.61	-0.11	15	-1.6
8	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2348	3.5	2238	2292	2355	2347	3.5	3.42	0.08	15	1.2
9	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2222	3.5	2174	2222	2298	2274	3.5	3.09	0.41	15	6.2
10	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	TUR	2258	3.5	2138	2204	2259	2236	3.5	3.49	0.01	15	0.2
11	WFM	Terao Juliana Sayumi	BRA	2168	3.5	2090	2157	2210	2195	3.5	3.23	0.27	15	4.1
12	WFM	Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar	MGL	2163	3.5	2062	2115	2193	2176	3.5	3.33	0.17	15	2.5
13	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi	AZE	2294	3.5	2062	2078	2112	2190	3.5	4.03	-0.53	15	-7.9
14	WIM	Eric Jovana	SRB	2282	3.5	2057	2087	2098	2174	3.5	4.03	-0.53	15	-7.9
15	WFM	Kulon Klaudia	POL	2227	3.5	2050	2069	2072	2175	3.5	3.77	-0.27	15	-4.1
16		Dogodkina Julia	RUS	2193	3.5	1967	1989	2018	2100	3.5	3.98	-0.48	15	-7.2
17	WFM	Saranya J	IND	2121	3.5	1961	1986	2009	2091	3.5	3.66	-0.16	15	-2.4

Full standings here.

Girya leads World Girl's Championship after 5

Leaders after 5 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	WGM	Girya Olga	RUS	2371	5.0	2230	2276	2354	2995	5	3.56	1.44	10	14.4
2	WIM	Bulmaga Irina	ROU	2293	4.5	2224	2275	2362	2548	4.5	3.18	1.32	15	19.8
3	WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2376	4.5	2198	2230	2258	2537	4.5	3.77	0.73	10	7.3
4	WFM	Semenova Elena	RUS	2175	4.0	2121	2190	2250	2314	4	3.11	0.89	15	13.4
5		Tokhirjanova Hulkar	UZB	2119	4.0	2115	2195	2344	2303	4	2.83	1.17	15	17.5
6	WIM	Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi	AZE	2292	4.0	2099	2155	2236	2299	4	3.81	0.19	15	2.8
7	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	GEO	2416	3.5	2271	2326	2360	2379	3.5	3.61	-0.11	15	-1.6
8	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2348	3.5	2238	2292	2355	2347	3.5	3.42	0.08	15	1.2
9	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2222	3.5	2174	2222	2298	2274	3.5	3.09	0.41	15	6.2
10	WIM	Ozturk Kubra	TUR	2258	3.5	2138	2204	2259	2236	3.5	3.49	0.01	15	0.2
11	WFM	Terao Juliana Sayumi	BRA	2168	3.5	2090	2157	2210	2195	3.5	3.23	0.27	15	4.1
12	WFM	Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar	MGL	2163	3.5	2062	2115	2193	2176	3.5	3.33	0.17	15	2.5
13	WIM	Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi	AZE	2294	3.5	2062	2078	2112	2190	3.5	4.03	-0.53	15	-7.9
14	WIM	Eric Jovana	SRB	2282	3.5	2057	2087	2098	2174	3.5	4.03	-0.53	15	-7.9
15	WFM	Kulon Klaudia	POL	2227	3.5	2050	2069	2072	2175	3.5	3.77	-0.27	15	-4.1
16		Dogodkina Julia	RUS	2193	3.5	1967	1989	2018	2100	3.5	3.98	-0.48	15	-7.2
17	WFM	Saranya J	IND	2121	3.5	1961	1986	2009	2091	3.5	3.66	-0.16	15	-2.4

Full standings here.

Rombaldoni leads World Junior after 5

Leaders after 5 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	IM	Rombaldoni Axel	ITA	2459	5.0	2477	2584	2605	3198	5	2.77	2.23	10	22.3
2	IM	Piorun Kacper	POL	2514	4.5	2465	2507	2561	2780	4.5	3.13	1.37	10	13.7
3	IM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2489	4.0	2491	2555	2572	2669	4	2.84	1.16	10	11.6
4		Stany G A	IND	2435	4.0	2425	2519	2522	2607	4	2.85	1.15	15	17.3
5	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2558	4.0	2417	2433	2462	2626	4	3.60	0.40	10	4.0
6	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	GER	2521	4.0	2403	2427	2449	2605	4	3.48	0.52	10	5.2
7	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2553	4.0	2389	2432	2462	2600	4	3.70	0.30	10	3.0
8	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	2586	4.0	2383	2415	2437	2596	4	3.89	0.11	10	1.1
9	FM	Girish A Koushik	IND	2309	4.0	2365	2476	2504	2533	4	2.54	1.46	15	21.9
10		Swayams Mishra	IND	2378	4.0	2361	2445	2574	2529	4	2.98	1.02	15	15.3
11	GM	Sethuraman S P	IND	2529	4.0	2356	2393	2404	2571	4	3.74	0.26	10	2.6
12	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2556	4.0	2335	2360	2394	2552	4	3.98	0.02	10	0.2

Full standings here.

Rombaldoni leads World Junior after 5

Leaders after 5 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	IM	Rombaldoni Axel	ITA	2459	5.0	2477	2584	2605	3198	5	2.77	2.23	10	22.3
2	IM	Piorun Kacper	POL	2514	4.5	2465	2507	2561	2780	4.5	3.13	1.37	10	13.7
3	IM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2489	4.0	2491	2555	2572	2669	4	2.84	1.16	10	11.6
4		Stany G A	IND	2435	4.0	2425	2519	2522	2607	4	2.85	1.15	15	17.3
5	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2558	4.0	2417	2433	2462	2626	4	3.60	0.40	10	4.0
6	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	GER	2521	4.0	2403	2427	2449	2605	4	3.48	0.52	10	5.2
7	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2553	4.0	2389	2432	2462	2600	4	3.70	0.30	10	3.0
8	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	2586	4.0	2383	2415	2437	2596	4	3.89	0.11	10	1.1
9	FM	Girish A Koushik	IND	2309	4.0	2365	2476	2504	2533	4	2.54	1.46	15	21.9
10		Swayams Mishra	IND	2378	4.0	2361	2445	2574	2529	4	2.98	1.02	15	15.3
11	GM	Sethuraman S P	IND	2529	4.0	2356	2393	2404	2571	4	3.74	0.26	10	2.6
12	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2556	4.0	2335	2360	2394	2552	4	3.98	0.02	10	0.2

Full standings here.

Anand opens the World Junior Chess Championship 2011

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

Anand opens the World Junior Chess Championship 2011

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

World Junior Championship

Info Centre

History of World Junior and Girls U-20 Championships http://www.wjcc2011.org

The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry and he organized the 1951 inaugural event to take place in England. Borislav Ivkov was the first champion. Since then it has been held every two years until 1973, when an annual schedule was adopted. The first tournament was 11-round Swiss, but in subsequent years preliminary tournament have been played with players divided into sections of approximately equal strength. From these preliminaries sections, players qualified for the top, middle and lowest sections i.e. A, B, C and D finals. In the period 1951-1973 finals were held as Round-Robin tournaments. Since then preliminaries were cancelled and a 13-round Swiss event was adopted. In 1982, a separate tournament for girls U-20 was organized. The first winner was Agnieszka Brustman of Poland. The first event was also called the World Cup. Since then the World Girls U-20 Championships have been held every year except the 1984 year. There are many top junior players of all continents are taking part in Championships. Champions under 20: Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand became World Champions. The World Girls U-20 Champion Zhu Chen became the World Women Champion. In the 2008 year in Turkey 109 juniors and 67 girls from 50 countries took part. In the 2009 year in Argentina 80 juniors and 45 girls from 61 countries took part. Indian players have been regularly participating in World Junior Chess Championships. The current World Champion and World No.1 GM Viswanathan Anand made India proud by becoming the First World Junior Champion in 1987. Since then, GM Pentala Harikrishna (2004), and GM Abhijeet Gupta (2008), had won World Junior Championship. The current World Women’s Champion contender GM Koneru Humpy became the First Indian Girl to win the World Junior Girls Championship in 2002. After her Dronavalli Harika (2008), and Soumya Swaminathan (2010) emerged as Champions in World Junior Girls Championship. The rise of Viswanathan Anand and koneru Humpy in the world arena has inspired many Indian Juniors to take up chess more professionally. We expect a large contingent of Indian players to take part this time as this prestigious event is to be organized in the historical city Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

Indian World Junior Champions

World Champion Viswanathan Anand Grandmaster Elect Dronavalli Harika Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Asian Champion Pentala Harikrishna Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan

World Junior Championship

Info Centre

History of World Junior and Girls U-20 Championships http://www.wjcc2011.org

The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry and he organized the 1951 inaugural event to take place in England. Borislav Ivkov was the first champion. Since then it has been held every two years until 1973, when an annual schedule was adopted. The first tournament was 11-round Swiss, but in subsequent years preliminary tournament have been played with players divided into sections of approximately equal strength. From these preliminaries sections, players qualified for the top, middle and lowest sections i.e. A, B, C and D finals. In the period 1951-1973 finals were held as Round-Robin tournaments. Since then preliminaries were cancelled and a 13-round Swiss event was adopted. In 1982, a separate tournament for girls U-20 was organized. The first winner was Agnieszka Brustman of Poland. The first event was also called the World Cup. Since then the World Girls U-20 Championships have been held every year except the 1984 year. There are many top junior players of all continents are taking part in Championships. Champions under 20: Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand became World Champions. The World Girls U-20 Champion Zhu Chen became the World Women Champion. In the 2008 year in Turkey 109 juniors and 67 girls from 50 countries took part. In the 2009 year in Argentina 80 juniors and 45 girls from 61 countries took part. Indian players have been regularly participating in World Junior Chess Championships. The current World Champion and World No.1 GM Viswanathan Anand made India proud by becoming the First World Junior Champion in 1987. Since then, GM Pentala Harikrishna (2004), and GM Abhijeet Gupta (2008), had won World Junior Championship. The current World Women’s Champion contender GM Koneru Humpy became the First Indian Girl to win the World Junior Girls Championship in 2002. After her Dronavalli Harika (2008), and Soumya Swaminathan (2010) emerged as Champions in World Junior Girls Championship. The rise of Viswanathan Anand and koneru Humpy in the world arena has inspired many Indian Juniors to take up chess more professionally. We expect a large contingent of Indian players to take part this time as this prestigious event is to be organized in the historical city Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

Indian World Junior Champions

World Champion Viswanathan Anand Grandmaster Elect Dronavalli Harika Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Asian Champion Pentala Harikrishna Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan

World Girl's and World Junior begin

World junior chess starts in Chennai on Sunday
Hari Hara NandananHari Hara Nandanan, TNN | Jul 31, 2011, 05.57PM IST

CHENNAI: Times have changed and with that the focus too. The world junior chess championships used to be a stage that helped young talents acquire GM norms two decades ago and a straight GM title in the last 10 years. But today, if you go by the ratings and grades of the top competitors in the recent championships, it is clear that they are no longer there to pocket the norms or a GM title, they want to win the championship and get noticed at the highest level for invitations from elite tournaments.

In the 50th world junior and 29th world junior girls championships that get underway for the first time in Chennai on Monday, there are 19 Grandmasters in the open section and so is the case with the girls section where the top four are Women GMs. Which means that they are not here for the old motive of just making some grades in their careers, but something bigger: the world junior champions traditionally enjoyed some special advantages as they got invitations from super tournaments by virtue of their status as the No 1 among juniors, even if they are not No 1 in the ranking list. GM Maxim Matlakov (Elo 2632) and GM Sanan Sjugirov (Elo 2629) of Russia are the top two seeds in the open section. Sjugirov had just missed the world junior title on tiebreak last year in Poland.

This was the field that launched the career of India's one and only Viswanathan Anand, but today he is not the only one Indian who enjoys the privilege. In the last 10 years, India added five more world junior champions, two in the open and three in the girls sections. But then times have changed and most of the junior champions in the last two decades have not had the chance to play in the world title match, leave alone winning it. For the record, the last world junior champion in the open section was also Viswanathan Anand.

Pentala Harikrishna and Abhijeet Gupta did India proud by winning the titles in 2004 and 2008 respectively but they have not got into the same league as their illustrious predecessors such as Kasparov, Karpov or an Anand, who were among the top 10 in the next three or four years. It is a hard fact and it is also unfair on the young Indian talents that they tend to be compared with Anand because he had set a new benchmark for the country, not only with the world junior title but with the accolades and rating grades that he climbed soon after that.

Having said that there is still one among the top players in the current field, No 10 in fact, who is capable of emulating the deeds of Anand, Hari and Gupta in the open section. Baskaran Adhiban has made some impact with his world under-16 title and also becoming the youngest GM from Tamil Nadu, his grade coming a shade faster than Anand's at the age of 17. But the bigger test for these young lions such as Parimarjan Negi, Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy or Adhiban, who have set new marks for youngest GMs in India is that they have got to convert those initial promise into top notch performances and in that only Humpy has so far come anywhere close to Anand. In fact, Negi in eligible to participate in the current championship but his rating is beyond 2600 and he has already realised that the field has nothing to offer him.

In the girls divison, the early favourites are WGM Nazi Paikidze (Elo 2416 ) of Georgia, WGM Anastasia Savina (ELO 2398) of Russia, WGM Olga Girya (Elo 2371) of Russia, WGM Rout Padmini (Elo 2348) of India and WIM Irina Bulmaga (Elo 2293) of Romania.

Padmini Rout at 17 is one of the frontrunners in the girls section having won the bronze medal last year. But in women's chess, you certainly can't judge the strength of the Russians and Georgians, who invariably perform much above their rating expectations.

Yes, expectations are what keep this championship alive year after year.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com