Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

[John Upper]

Qiyu won the 2014 WYCC U14g Championship today!

Congratulations Qiyu!!

She finished =1st but had better tie-breaks (as she should since she lead since round 3... but you never know)


Below is a brief summary I'm sending to news orgs
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Qiyu Zhou from Ottawa won the World Youth Chess Championship for girls U14 today in Durban, South Africa.


She scored 8.5 out of 11, going undefeated (six wins, five draws). Her score tied her with Oliwia Kiolbasa (Poland), but Qiyu had better tie-breaks after leading the event since round 3.

Born in 2000, this is (incredibly) Qiyu's ninth World Youth Championship. Earlier this year she represented Canada at the Chess Olympiad in Tromso Norway against teams from 177 countries.

This is the fifth time a Canadian has won at the WYCC.
In 2013 Harmony Zhu won the girls' Under 8 championship in Al Ain, UAE.
In 2010 Jason Cao won the U10 championship in Halkidiki, Greece.
In 1986 Jeff Sarwer and his sister Julia both won the U10 (boys and girls) championship at the first ever WYCC, in Puerto Rico.


The WYCC is the first major chess event to be held in Africa, and attracted nearly 1000 players from around the world to compete in sections ranging from Under 8 to Under 18.


Facebook page for photos of Canadians at the WYCC:
https://www.facebook.com/Canadianwycc2014

Facebook page for Qiyu Zhou (includes photos from 2014 Olympiad in Norway)
https://www.facebook.com/AleriaQiyuZhou


2014 WYCC U14g Final Crosstable:
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr1442...flag=30&wi=984


2014 Interview at WYCC (before tie-breaks calcuated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGD-d_F5HvY

starts at 5:08

Wordpress page for Qiyu Zhou:
http://qiyuzhou.wordpress.com/

Two of her games from the WYCC annotated on the Chess Federation of Canada Newsfeed:
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/

- John Upper
editor, Chess Canada

[Bator Sambuev]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations Qiyu! We are proud of you!

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations Qiyu!!

Fantastic effort and great determination. You have made all of us proud.

[Andrei Botez]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Qiyu won the 2014 WYCC U14g Championship today!

This is the fourth time a Canadian has won at the WYCC.
In 2013 Harmony Zhu won the girls' Under 8 championship in Al Ain, UAE.
In 1986 Jeff Sarwer and his sister Julia both won the U10 (boys and girls) championship in Puerto Rico.

- John Upper
editor, Chess Canada

I know BC is far but remember Jason Cao? ;-)

Also comparing Canada with USA:
Canada - 16 participating players - 1 Gold medal
USA - 70 participating players - 1 Gold medal

Congrats to Qiyi and to all the Canadian delegation!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations!!! Great result.

[Victor Plotkin]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations Qiyu.

Many times I was attending events there she was playing, including 1 Olympiad and 3 WYCC. She is so charming, friendly and nice girl!

Just don't stop here, you can achieve much more in chess!

[Mikhail Egorov]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations Qiyu!!!

Your very hard work really payed off! You make Canada and Canadian Chess proud!

[George Zhou]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations to Qiyu! She made history for Canada(older age group world champion), I am wondering if CFC will give her cash prize to reimburse all her expenses in WYCC as she was not the official player of Canada(no free accommodation I assume)?

[John Upper]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

I know BC is far but remember Jason Cao? ;-)

fixed.

When I started writing I remembered Harmony and Jason had won (I had to look up the fact that Julia Sarwer had also won), but then forgot when I was writing... I def need more sleep.

[Robert Song]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations to Qiyu! She made history for Canada(older age group world champion), I am wondering if CFC will give her cash prize to reimburse all her expenses in WYCC as she was not the official player of Canada(no free accommodation I assume)?

Stongly support George's suggest. Congrats to Qiyu and her parents, Your hard work and determination paid off! mission accomplished!

[Hans Jung]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations Qiyu!

[Garland Best]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Congratulations to Qiyu from all of the members of the RA Chess Club in Ottawa. We couldn't be more proud!

Garland Best
President, RA Chess Club

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Time to learn something :)

How do you pronounce her name - Qiyu?

[Jeff Boyd]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

In case it's not on your list, you might send a note to the PMO's Director of Communications, and follow it with a phone call. We have a PM who might think it a great idea to announce this in the House of Commons.

(And if the PMO doesn't think it's worth the effort, try the NDP and Liberals.]

[John Upper]

Re: Qiyu Zhou: WYCC Champ (history made)

Time to learn something :)

How do you pronounce her name - Qiyu?

CHEE-you Jo

as in the video:
2014 Interview at WYCC (before tie-breaks calculated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGD-d_F5HvY

starts at 3:01:50