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    Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

    July 25, 2017

    From the official FIDE site:

    USA vs The World
    26-29 July, 2017


    The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation, U.S. Chess Federation, World Chess Federation and FIDE Trainers’ Commission will organize the Match of the Millennials. Eight American players will face some of the best juniors from around the world.

    Teams consist of four players under 17, two boys under 14 and two girls under 14 years old. The four players under 17 years old will face each member of the opposing team in two game matches, while the under 14 players will similarly play two-game matches against their two corresponding opponents.

    The prize fund of the match is $30,000. The winning team will receive $20,000, while the runner-up will receive $10,000. Prizes will be split evenly should the match end in a tie.

    Regulations

    See:

    http://www.fide.com/images/stories/N...egulations.pdf

    Schedule:

    July 25 Opening Ceremony
    July 26 Rounds 1 and 2
    July 27 Rounds 3 and 4
    July 28 Rounds 5 and 6
    July 29 Rounds 7 and 8

    The daily rounds are at 10 AM and 5 PM

    The Fields

    US Team

    Captains: Michael Khodarkovsky and Armen Ambartsumian; Coach Alex Onischuk

    U17 Jeffery Xiong
    U17 Sam Sevian
    U17 Ruifeng Li
    U17 John Michael Burke
    U17 Nicolas Checa
    U14 Awonder Liang
    U14 Andrew Hong
    U14 Carissa Yip
    U14 Martha Samadashvili

    World Team

    Captains: Efstratios Grivas (Greece) and Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia), Head of delegation/Coach Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia).

    U17 Haik Martirosyan – Armenia
    U17 Andrey Esipenko – Russia
    U17 Aleksey Sarana - Russia
    U17 Anton Smirnov – Australia
    U17 Aryan Chopra – India
    U14 Praggnanandhaa Ramesh Babu – India
    U14 Nodirbek Abdusattorov – Uzbekistan
    U14 Bibisara Assaubayeva – Russia
    U14 Nurgyul Salimova – Bulgaria

    http://uschesschamps.com/information/match-millennials

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    Re: Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

    Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

    July 26, 2017

    Rounds One and Two

    U17

    Burke-Aryan 0-1
    Esipenko-Sevian 0-1
    Li-Smirnov 0.5-0.5
    Martirosyan-Xiong 0.5-0.5

    Aryan-Checa 1-0
    Sarana-Li 0.5-0.5
    Sevian-Martirosyan 1—0
    Xiong-Smirnov 0.5-0.5

    USA-World 4-4

    U14

    Assaubayeva-Yip 1-0
    Hong-Abdusattorov 0-1
    Praggnanandhaa-Liang 0.5-0.5
    Samadashvili-Salimova 1-0

    USA-World 1.5-2.5

    Selection of Games

    U14 Match of the Millennials
    Round 1, July 26, 2017
    Praggnanandhaa, R. – Liang, Awonder
    B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 Nc6 7.h5 h6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Bc4 Nf6 12.Qf3 Bg4 13.Qe3 e6 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Rxb6 16.f3 Bxh5 17.O-O-O Bg6 18.Ba4 Kd7 19.e5 Ne8 20.exd6 Bxd6 21.Be3 Rb8 22.Rd4 Rc8 23.Rhd1 Ke7 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Be5 26.Rd7+ Kf6 27.Rf1+ Kg6 28.Rfxf7 Nd6 29.Rfe7 Rhe8 30.Bb3 Nxe4 31.Bxe6 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Rc7 33.Rxc7 Bxc7 34.Bc8 a5 35.Bb7 Kf5 36.Bxc6 h5 37.c4 Nf6 38.Kd2 g5 39.Ke2 h4 40.a3 g4 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4 h3 43.gxh3 gxh3 44.Kf3 h2 45.Kg2 Ng4 46.Bd4 Ne5 47.Bd5 Nd3 48.b5 Nf4+ 49.Kh1 Nxd5 50.cxd5 Ke4 51.Ba7 Kxd5 52.b6 Kc6 53.bxc7 Kxc7 54.Bb8+ Kxb8 55.Kxh2 1/2-1/2

    U14 Match
    Round 1, July 26, 2017
    Hong, Andrew – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
    C70 Ruy Lopez, Cozio Defence deferred

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bc2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Be6 11.Re1 Bg7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd7 15.Bb3 Bf5 16.Qd2 a5 17.d5 Na7 18.Re7 Qd6 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Rae1 Nc8 21.R7e2 a4 22.Bc2 Qc5 23.Bh6 Ra6 24.Re4 Nd6 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rh4 Nf5 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Ne6+ fxe6 29.dxe6 Bxe6 30.Qh6+ Kf7 31.Qxh7+ Ke8 32.Qg6+ Kd8 33.Rxe6 Qxc3 34.h3 Qe1+ 35.Rxe1 Rxg6 36.Re5 Rb6 37.a3 f4 38.Re4 Rf5 39.Rh7 Rc6 40.Rd4+ Kc8 41.Rd3 Rfc5 42.Kf1 Rc1+ 43.Ke2 R6c2+ 44.Kf3 Rc3 45.Rd7 c5 46.Kxf4 Rxd3 47.Rxd3 b4 48.axb4 cxb4 49.Rd4 Rb1 50.Rd5 a3 51.Ra5 Rb2 52.h4 a2 53.h5 b3 54.h6 Rxf2+ 55.Kg3 Rf7 56.Ra8+ Kb7 57.Ra3 b2 58.Rb3+ Kc6 59.Rxb2 a1=Q 60.Rc2+ Kd5 61.Rd2+ Ke4 62.Re2+ Kd3 63.Re6 Qd4 64.Rg6 Qf4+ 65.Kh3 Qf5+ 66.Rg4 Rh7 67.Kg3 Rxh6 68.Rd4+ Kc3 69.Rc4+ Kd2 70.Rd4+ Qd3+ 71.Rxd3+ Kxd3 72.Kf4 Rf6+ 73.Kg5 Rf2 74.g4 Ke4 75.Kh6 Kf4 76.g5 Kf5 77.g6 Kf6 78.Kh5 Rg2 0-1

    U17 Match
    Round 1, July 26, 2017
    Burke, John – Aryan Chopra
    C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange variation

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nxe5 Qh4 9.Qf3 f6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Kg2 g5 12.Rh1 Ne7 13.d3 O-O-O 14.Be3 Qh7 15.Kf1 Kb8 16.Nd2 Qg8 17.Nc4 Ng6 18.Qf5 Rh6 19.a4 Bb4 20.Qf3 Qh7 21.Ke2 Rh8 22.c3 Be7 23.Qf5 Nf8 24.Qxh7 R6xh7 25.b4 Rxh3 26.Rhb1 b6 27.b5 cxb5 28.axb5 a5 29.Nxa5 bxa5 30.Rxa5 Nd7 31.Rba1 Rxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Rh3+ 33.Ke2 Nb6 34.Rc1 Bd6 35.Rc2 Kb7 36.Raa2 Nd7 37.d4 Nf8 38.Ra6 Ne6 39.Rc1 Nf4+ 40.Kd2 Rf3 41.Rf1 Nh3 42.c4 Bb4+ 43.Ke2 Rc3 44.c5 Nf4+ 45.Kd1 Nd3 46.c6+ Kb8 47.Ra1 Rc4 48.d5 Nb2+ 49.Ke2 Rxe4+ 50.Kf3 Rf4+ 51.Kg3 Bd6 52.Rh1 Ra4+ 53.Kf3 Rxa1 54.Rxa1 Nc4 55.Ke4 Bc5 56.Kf5 Bxf2 57.Ke6 Bb6 58.Ra6 Bc5 59.Kd7 Nb6+ 60.Ke6 Nc4 61.Ra4 Nd6 62.Ra2 Bb6 63.Kd7 g6 64.Rg2 Bd4 65.Rd2 Bb6 66.Rg2 Ka7 67.Ra2+ Kb8 68.Rg2 Ne4 69.Ke6 Bd4 70.Ra2 Nd6 71.Ra4 Be5 72.b6 cxb6 73.Kd7 b5 74.Ra5 b4 75.c7+ Kb7 76.Rb5+ Nxb5 77.c8=Q+ Kb6 78.Qc6+ Ka5 79.Qa8+ Kb6 80.Qa4 Kc5 81.Ke6 Nc7+ 82.Kf7 Nxd5 83.Kxg6 Ne7+ 84.Kf7 Nc6 85.Qc2+ Kb5 86.Qd3+ Kc5 87.Ke6 Nd4+ 88.Kd7 b3 89.Qc3+ Kd5 90.Ke7 Nc6+ 0-1

    U17 Match
    Round 2, July 26, 2017
    Sevian, Samuel – Martirosyan, Halk
    A60 Benoni, Fianchetto variation

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Nfd2 h5 10.h4 Nbd7 11.Nc4 a5 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Nxc4 14.Bxc4 Be7 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.O-O Nd7 17.Re1 f6 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Qf3 Kg8 20.e5 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bh3 23.Qe4 Bf8 24.Bf4 Qf7 25.Bd3 Ra7 26.Kh2 Bg4 27.Qg6 Bf3 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.Bc4 Bg4 30.Re3 Re7 31.Rf1 Rxe3 32.fxe3 Ke8 33.e4 Be7 34.e5 dxe5 35.Bxe5 Bf6 36.Bc7 Bxb2 37.Bb5+ Ke7 38.d6+ Ke6 39.Bc4+ Kd7 40.Bb5+ Ke6 41.d7 Bf6 42.Re1+ Kd5 43.Re8 Bxd7 44.Bxd7 Rxe8 45.Bxe8 c4 46.Bxa5 Kc5 47.Bf7 b3 48.Kg2 g5 49.hxg5 Bxg5 50.Bc3 h4 51.g4 Be3 52.a5 Kb5 53.a6 Ka4 54.Bxc4 1-0

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    • #3
      Re: Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

      A great idea by the St. Louis club with no less than Garry Kasparov as an interested spectator!

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      • #4
        Re: Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

        The World dominated the US (who were much higher rated). The positive is there will be much chess food for Garry and team to analyse.

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          Re: Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

          Match of the Millennials – USA vs the World

          July 31, 2017

          Results

          U17 Round Three

          Smirnov-Burke 0.5-0.5
          Esipenko-Li 1-0
          Xiong-Chopra 1-0
          Sevian-Sarana 0.5-0.5

          USA-World 2-2


          U17 Round Four

          Checa-Martirosyan 1-0
          Burke-Esipenko 0-1
          Smirnov-Sevian 1-0
          Sarana-Xiong 0.5-0.5

          USA-World 1.5-2.5

          U17 Round Five

          Xiong-Martirosyan 0-1
          Sevian-Esipenko 0.5-0.5
          Chopra-Li 0.5-0.5
          Sarana-Checa 1-0

          USA-World 1-3

          U17 Round Six

          Esipenko-Xiong 0.5-0.5
          Martirosyan-Sevian 1-0
          Burke-Sarana 0-1
          Li-Smirnov 0-1

          USA-World 0.5-3.5

          U17 Round Seven

          Xiong-Chopra 0.5-0.5
          Sevian-Smirnov 1-0
          Martirosyan-Li 0.5-0.5
          Esipenko-Checa 1-0

          USA-World 2-2

          U17 Round Eight

          Chopra-Sevian 0.5-0.5
          Checa-Martirosyan 0-1
          Li-Esipenko 1-0
          Sarana-Xiong 0.5-0.5

          USA-World 2-2

          U14 Round Two

          Hong-Praggnanandhaa 0.5-0.5
          Abdusattorov-Liang 0.5-0.5
          Samadashvili-Assaubayeva 0-1
          Salimova-Yip 0-1

          USA-World 2-2

          U14 Round Three

          Liang-Praggnanandhaa 0-1
          Abdusattorov-Hong 1-0
          Yip-Assaubayeva 0-1
          Salimova-Samadashvili 1-0

          USA-World 0-4

          U14 Round Four

          Abdusattorov-Liang 0-1
          Hong-Praggnanandhaa 0-1
          Salimova-Yip 1-0
          Samadashvili-Assaubayeva 0-1

          USA-World 1-3

          Final Result

          The total score was 30.5 - 17.5 for the World. The Under-17 was won by the World team 19-13, while the Under 14 was won 11.5-4.5 by the World.

          World juniors crush the USA in St. Louis

          World Junior Champion Jeffery Xiong said “they managed to blow us out of the building” as his US team was crushed 30.5:17.5 in the Match of the Millennials by a world team featuring the likes of Praggnanandhaa and Abdusattorov. What had looked and begun as a balanced contest was all but decided on the third of four days, when the world racked up a 10.5:1.5 score. Vishy Anand and Wesley So were on hand to award the trophies as they returned to St. Louis for the Sinquefield Cup, which starts on Wednesday.

          Colin McGourty at:

          https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wor...sa-in-st-louis

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