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FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
Re: FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
Tnank you Gary for organizing such a well-run national championship this summer that allowed two extremely worthy juniors to represent Canada in the WJCC.
Good luck in Italy, Cynthia and Richard! A bucolic winter scene at the academy's main page is amazing.
Here's a good way to track results of Canadian players in both Girls and Open sections simultaneously.
Re: FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
Looks like a 9 game GM norm for India's 12 year old prodigy Praggnanandhaa. He his performing over 2700 and has faced 5 GMs already. He drew on board one today and remains half a point back of the leader, Aryan Tari from Norway. I don't know if Pragg has any other GM norms yet but he sure is making it look easy.
Looks like a 9 game GM norm for India's 12 year old prodigy Praggnanandhaa. He his performing over 2700 and has faced 5 GMs already. He drew on board one today and remains half a point back of the leader, Aryan Tari from Norway. I don't know if Pragg has any other GM norms yet but he sure is making it look easy.
I believe this will be his first GM norm. I read elsewhere (chessbase?) that if he wins the World Junior he is awarded the GM title outright ... in any case, he has about 3 months or so to get a GM title and beat Karjakin's record of the youngest GM in history.
Re: FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
November 24, 2017
Round Ten
Standings after Round Ten
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2581 8
2 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2563 7.5
3 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2509 7.5
4 IM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2543 7.5
5 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2616 7.5
6 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2572 7.5
7 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2554 7.5
8 IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2490 7
9 FM Liu Yan CHN 2422 7
10 FM Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2483 7
11 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2578 7
12 GM Kobo Ori ISR 2460 7
13 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2587 7
14 IM Zanan Evgeny ISR 2471 7
15 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2606 6.5
16 GM Bai Jinshi CHN 2553 6.5
17 GM Gagare Shardul IND 2482 6.5
18 IM Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2508 6.5
19 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2561 6.5
20 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2543 6.5
21 GM Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2538 6.5
22 GM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2506 6.5
23 Zhao Yuanhe CHN 2377 6.5
24 IM Lobanov Sergei RUS 2435 6.5
25 IM Kevlishvili Robby NED 2445 6.5
26 IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 2460 6.5
27 IM Livaic Leon CRO 2470 6.5
28 GM Liang Awonder USA 2558 6
29 IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2461 6
30 GM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2550 6
31 IM Gholami Aryan IRI 2483 6
32 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2585 6
33 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2527 6
34 IM Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2445 6
35 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2468 6
36 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2476 6
37 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2567 6
38 GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2560 6
39 IM Kantor Gergely HUN 2514 6
40 GM Boruchovsky Avital ISR 2565 6
41 IM Van Foreest Lucas NED 2474 6
42 IM Gomez Sanchez Jorge Marcos CUB 2426 6
43 GM Ladva Ottomar EST 2543 6
44 IM Villegas Franco ARG 2328 6
45 IM Saiyn Zhanat KAZ 2374 6
46 IM Nikitenko Mihail BLR 2376 6
47 IM Petrov Martin FID 2431 5.5
48 IM Haria Ravi ENG 2364 5.5
49 IM Tin Jingyao SGP 2404 5.5
50 IM Bellahcene Bilel FRA 2510 5.5
51 IM Li Di CHN 2479 5.5
52 GM Sanal Vahap TUR 2557 5.5
53 IM Sidhant Mohapatra IND 2371 5.5
54 IM Jarmula Lukasz POL 2470 5.5
55 IM Percivaldi Martin DEN 2388 5.5
56 IM Makhnev Denis KAZ 2379 5.5
57 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2568 5.5
58 FM Milosevic Milos SRB 2249 5.5
59 IM Acosta Pablo Ismael ARG 2402 5.5
60 IM Krishna Teja N IND 2363 5.5
61 IM Tran Minh Thang VIE 2361 5.5
62 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2508 5.5
63 FM Begmuratov Alisher UZB 2401 5
64 Xu Yining CHN 2321 5
65 IM Bersamina Paulo PHI 2404 5
66 Pang Tao CHN 2192 5
67 IM Basso Pier Luigi ITA 2470 5
68 IM Sosa Tomas ARG 2469 5
69 Bakhmatsky Vladislav UKR 2404 5
70 IM Morozov Nichita MDA 2467 5
71 FM Macovei Andrei MDA 2343 5
72 Wang Tongsen CHN 2396 5
73 Peng Xiongjian CHN 2412 5
74 CM Zuo Yifan CHN 2346 5
75 FM Vrolijk Liam NED 2425 5
76 CM Urazayev Arystanbek KAZ 2349 5
77 IM Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina MAD 2414 5
IM Keymer Vincent GER 2405 5
79 IM Batsuren Dambasuren MGL 2352 5
80 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh IND 2394 5
81 FM Nikolovski Nikola MKD 2412 5
82 FM Vykouk Jan CZE 2430 5
83 FM Dimic Pavle SRB 2357 5
84 FM Zarubitski Viachaslau BLR 2344 5
85 FM Zhu Yi CHN 2432 5
86 Brazdzionis Andrius LTU 2322 5
87 IM Huber Martin Christian AUT 2396 5
88 FM Lamard Guillaume FRA 2376 5
89 Nowak Lukasz POL 2310 5
90 IM Lopez Gonzalez Abel Fabian CUB 2384 5
91 FM Tutisani Noe GEO 2361 4.5
92 FM Doluweera Minul Sanjula SRI 2154 4.5
93 FM Timerkhanov Alexander RUS 2312 4.5
94 FM Micottis Dorian FRA 2273 4.5
95 Nie Xinyang CHN 2288 4.5
96 FM Urbanc Peter SLO 2290 4.5
97 Bayramov Elkhan AZE 2065 4.5
98 FM Ioannidis Evgenios GRE 2302 4.5
99 FM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2339 4.5
100 Taalaibekov Tagir KGZ 2219 4.5
111 FM Chen Richard CAN 2309 4
Final Round Pairings/Results
Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2616 7½ - 8 GM Tari Aryan 2581
2 IM Xu Xiangyu 2543 7½ - 7½ GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2572
3 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2563 7½ - 7½ GM Petrosyan Manuel 2554
4 GM Svane Rasmus 2587 7 - 7½ IM Praggnanandhaa R 2509
5 GM Karthikeyan Murali 2578 7 - 7 IM Zanan Evgeny 2471
6 IM Lomasov Semen 2490 7 - 7 FM Liu Yan 2422
7 GM Kobo Ori 2460 7 - 7 FM Sorokin Aleksey 2483
8 GM Gagare Shardul 2482 6½ - 6½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2606
9 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2506 6½ - 6½ GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2561
10 GM Bai Jinshi 2553 6½ - 6½ IM Livaic Leon 2470
11 IM Kevlishvili Robby 2445 6½ - 6½ GM Sarana Alexey 2543
12 IM Lobanov Sergei 2435 6½ - 6½ GM Tran Tuan Minh 2538
13 Zhao Yuanhe 2377 6½ - 6½ IM Triapishko Alexandr 2508
14 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2585 6 - 6½ IM Bilguun Sumiya 2460
15 GM Salomon Johan 2476 6 - 6 GM Donchenko Alexander 2567
16 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2468 6 - 6 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2565
17 GM Vaibhav Suri 2560 6 - 6 IM Van Foreest Lucas 2474
18 GM Liang Awonder 2558 6 - 6 IM Dragnev Valentin 2461
19 IM Gomez Sanchez Jorge Marcos 2426 6 - 6 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2550
20 GM Ladva Ottomar 2543 6 - 6 IM Nikitenko Mihail 2376
21 GM Yuffa Daniil 2527 6 - 6 IM Saiyn Zhanat 2374
22 IM Harsha Bharathakoti 2445 6 - 6 IM Gholami Aryan 2483
23 IM Bellahcene Bilel 2510 5½ - 6 IM Villegas Franco 2328
24 IM Acosta Pablo Ismael 2402 5½ - 5½ GM Pichot Alan 2568
25 GM Sanal Vahap 2557 5½ - 5½ IM Makhnev Denis 2379
26 IM Percivaldi Martin 2388 5½ - 5½ IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2508
27 IM Sidhant Mohapatra 2371 5½ - 5½ IM Li Di 2479
28 IM Jarmula Lukasz 2470 5½ - 5½ IM Tran Minh Thang 2361
29 IM Haria Ravi 2364 5½ - 5½ IM Petrov Martin 2431
30 IM Tin Jingyao 2404 5½ - 5½ FM Milosevic Milos 2249
31 IM Krishna Teja N 2363 5½ - 5 IM Sosa Tomas 2469
32 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2394 5 - 5 IM Basso Pier Luigi 2470
33 IM Morozov Nichita 2467 5 - 5 Wang Tongsen 2396
34 FM Zhu Yi 2432 5 - 5 IM Lopez Gonzalez Abel Fabian 2384
35 CM Urazayev Arystanbek 2349 5 - 5 FM Vykouk Jan 2430
36 FM Vrolijk Liam 2425 5 - 5 FM Lamard Guillaume 2376
37 IM Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina 2414 5 - 5 FM Dimic Pavle 2357
38 Brazdzionis Andrius 2322 5 - 5 FM Nikolovski Nikola 2412
39 Peng Xiongjian 2412 5 - 5 IM Batsuren Dambasuren 2352
40 FM Zarubitski Viachaslau 2344 5 - 5 IM Keymer Vincent 2405
41 IM Bersamina Paulo 2404 5 - 5 FM Macovei Andrei 2343
42 Xu Yining 2321 5 - 5 Bakhmatsky Vladislav 2404
43 FM Begmuratov Alisher 2401 5 - 5 CM Zuo Yifan 2346
44 Nowak Lukasz 2310 5 - 5 IM Huber Martin Christian 2396
45 Pang Tao 2192 5 - 4½ IM Schoppen Casper 2432
46 FM Tutisani Noe 2361 4½ - 4½ FM Micottis Dorian 2273
47 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2339 4½ - 4½ Miciano John Marvin 2151
48 Taalaibekov Tagir 2219 4½ - 4½ FM Timerkhanov Alexander 2312
49 FM Doluweera Minul Sanjula 2154 4½ - 4½ FM Ioannidis Evgenios 2302
50 FM Urbanc Peter 2290 4½ - 4½ Bayramov Elkhan 2065
51 Hiebert Kenji 2017 4½ - 4½ Nie Xinyang 2288
52 Signorelli Gaetano 2193 4 - 4 FM Noboa Kevin 2356
53 FM Abdulla Murad 2316 4 - 4 CM Thilakarathne G M H 2141 54 De Block Yordi 2119 4 - 4 FM Chen Richard 2309
55 Kumar Gaurav 2297 4 - 4 Schweighoffer Martin 2123
Re: FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
FIDE World Junior and Girls Under 20 Chess Championship 2017 Tarvisio (Italy)
November 25, 2017
Round Eleven
Results of Round 11
Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2616 7½ ½ - ½ 8 GM Tari Aryan 2581
2 IM Xu Xiangyu 2543 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2572
3 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2563 7½ 0 - 1 7½ GM Petrosyan Manuel 2554
4 GM Svane Rasmus 2587 7 ½ - ½ 7½ IM Praggnanandhaa R 2509
5 GM Karthikeyan Murali 2578 7 1 - 0 7 IM Zanan Evgeny 2471
6 IM Lomasov Semen 2490 7 ½ - ½ 7 FM Liu Yan 2422
7 GM Kobo Ori 2460 7 0 - 1 7 FM Sorokin Aleksey 2483
8 GM Gagare Shardul 2482 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2606
9 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2506 6½ 0 - 1 6½ GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2561
10 GM Bai Jinshi 2553 6½ 1 - 0 6½ IM Livaic Leon 2470 54 De Block Yordi 2119 4 ½ - ½ 4 FM Chen Richard 2309
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. Rp
1 GM Tari Aryan 2581 NOR 8.5 2718
2 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2554 ARM 8.5 2670
3 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2572 IND 8.5 2645
4 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2509 IND 8 2688
5 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2616 NED 8 2631
6 FM Sorokin Aleksey 2483 RUS 8 2673
7 GM Karthikeyan Murali 2578 IND 8 2654
8 IM Lomasov Semen 2490 RUS 7.5 2630
9 GM Alekseenko Kirill 2563 RUS 7.5 2628
10 IM Xu Xiangyu 2543 CHN 7.5 2597
11 FM Liu Yan 2422 CHN 7.5 2634
12 GM Bai Jinshi 2553 CHN 7.5 2587
13 IM Triapishko Alexandr 2508 RUS 7.5 2572
14 GM Tran Tuan Minh 2538 VIE 7.5 2577
15 GM Sarana Alexey 2543 RUS 7.5 2557
16 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2561 ARM 7.5 2599
17 GM Svane Rasmus 2587 GER 7.5 2546
18 GM Kobo Ori 2460 ISR 7 2563
19 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2606 RUS 7 2564
20 GM Gagare Shardul 2482 IND 7 2559
21 GM Liang Awonder 2558 USA 7 2573
22 IM Zanan Evgeny 2471 ISR 7 2531
23 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2585 IND 7 2546
24 GM Shevchenko Kirill 2550 UKR 7 2527
25 GM Donchenko Alexander 2567 GER 7 2531
26 IM Van Foreest Lucas 2474 NED 7 2488
27 IM Nikitenko Mihail 2376 BLR 7 2398
28 IM Gholami Aryan 2483 IRI 6.5 2516
29 GM Yuffa Daniil 2527 RUS 6.5 2489
30 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2468 NOR 6.5 2531
31 IM Harsha Bharathakoti 2445 IND 6.5 2476
32 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2506 ITA 6.5 2517
33 IM Tin Jingyao 2404 SGP 6.5 2437
34 IM Lobanov Sergei 2435 RUS 6.5 2456
35 Zhao Yuanhe 2377 CHN 6.5 2433
36 IM Kevlishvili Robby 2445 NED 6.5 2485
37 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2565 ISR 6.5 2455
38 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2460 MGL 6.5 2445
39 IM Livaic Leon 2470 CRO 6.5 2428
40 GM Pichot Alan 2568 ARG 6.5 2442
41 IM Saiyn Zhanat 2374 KAZ 6.5 2382
42 IM Villegas Franco 2328 ARG 6.5 2401
43 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. 2508 ARM 6.5 2320
44 IM Dragnev Valentin 2461 AUT 6 2494
45 GM Salomon Johan 2476 NOR 6 2482
46 IM Petrov Martin 2431 FID 6 2438
47 Xu Yining 2321 CHN 6 2450
48 IM Haria Ravi 2364 ENG 6 2435
49 IM Bersamina Paulo 2404 PHI 6 2401
50 IM Li Di 2479 CHN 6 2423
51 GM Vaibhav Suri 2560 IND 6 2438
52 IM Bellahcene Bilel 2510 FRA 6 2445
53 IM Sidhant Mohapatra 2371 IND 6 2427
54 IM Kantor Gergely 2514 HUN 6 2463
55 Pang Tao 2192 CHN 6 2350
56 IM Jarmula Lukasz 2470 POL 6 2415
57 IM Gomez Sanchez Jorge Marcos 2426 CUB 6 2391
58 GM Sanal Vahap 2557 TUR 6 2398
59 IM Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina 2414 MAD 6 2407
60 IM Makhnev Denis 2379 KAZ 6 2376
61 GM Ladva Ottomar 2543 EST 6 2395
62 IM Keymer Vincent 2405 GER 6 2399
63 FM Vykouk Jan 2430 CZE 6 2353
64 IM Tran Minh Thang 2361 VIE 6 2348
65 IM Krishna Teja N 2363 IND 6 2391
66 FM Zhu Yi 2432 CHN 6 2362
67 FM Lamard Guillaume 2376 FRA 6 2146
68 Nowak Lukasz 2310 POL 6 2210
69 FM Begmuratov Alisher 2401 UZB 5.5 2451
70 IM Sosa Tomas 2469 ARG 5.5 2404
71 IM Basso Pier Luigi 2470 ITA 5.5 2391
72 IM Percivaldi Martin 2388 DEN 5.5 2376
73 Peng Xiongjian 2412 CHN 5.5 2364
74 IM Morozov Nichita 2467 MDA 5.5 2367
75 IM Acosta Pablo Ismael 2402 ARG 5.5 2373
76 CM Zuo Yifan 2346 CHN 5.5 2362
77 Wang Tongsen 2396 CHN 5.5 2372
78 IM Batsuren Dambasuren 2352 MGL 5.5 2343
79 FM Milosevic Milos 2249 SRB 5.5 2260
80 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2394 IND 5.5 2273
81 FM Nikolovski Nikola 2412 MKD 5.5 2332
82 Hiebert Kenji 2017 JPN 5.5 2322
83 Brazdzionis Andrius 2322 LTU 5.5 2201
84 Miciano John Marvin 2151 PHI 5.5 2286
85 FM Tutisani Noe 2361 GEO 5 2375
86 Bakhmatsky Vladislav 2404 UKR 5 2379
87 FM Doluweera Minul Sanjula 2154 SRI 5 2333
88 FM Macovei Andrei 2343 MDA 5 2366
89 FM Timerkhanov Alexander 2312 RUS 5 2359
90 FM Vrolijk Liam 2425 NED 5 2336
91 FM Micottis Dorian 2273 FRA 5 2292
92 CM Urazayev Arystanbek 2349 KAZ 5 2334
93 Tasdogen Dincer 2235 TUR 5 2296
94 FM Dimic Pavle 2357 SRB 5 2329
95 FM Zarubitski Viachaslau 2344 BLR 5 2290
96 FM Ioannidis Evgenios 2302 GRE 5 2246
97 Bayramov Elkhan 2065 AZE 5 2338
98 FM Urbanc Peter 2290 SLO 5 2206
99 Taalaibekov Tagir 2219 KGZ 5 2225
100 IM Huber Martin Christian 2396 AUT 5 2181
101 IM Lopez Gonzalez Abel Fabian 2384 CUB 5 2128
102 IM Silva David 2285 ANG 5 2136
103 Nie Xinyang 2288 CHN 4.5 2249
104 Kumar Gaurav 2297 IND 4.5 2275
105 Signorelli Gaetano 2193 ITA 4.5 2303
106 Peng Hongchi 2223 CHN 4.5 2206
107 FM Tahay Alexis 2285 FRA 4.5 2259
108 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2339 IND 4.5 2214
109 FM Tuomainen Felix 2214 SWE 4.5 2234
110 Sukovic Andrej 2306 MNE 4.5 2132
111 FM Holtman Teodor 2296 SVK 4.5 2182
112 CM Sezdbekov Ruslan 2188 KGZ 4.5 2191
113 FM Piyumantha M Sasith Nipun 2032 SRI 4.5 2261 114 FM Chen Richard 2309 CAN 4.5 2138
Magnus Carlsen - The amazing Aryan Tari is the new junior world champion!! Kept his cool in a difficult position in the last round-the mark of a champion
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 25th November, 2017, 12:38 PM.
18-year-old Aryan Tari has won the 2017 World Junior Championship in Tarvisio, Italy so that we now have two Norwegian World Champions. He held his nerve in a tense last-round clash with top seed Jorden van Foreest, while 12-year-old Praggnanandhaa couldn’t get anything with Black against Rasmus Svane and had to settle for fourth place despite a brilliant tournament. Manuel Petrosyan and Aravindh sneaked into the medal places after slow starts. 17-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik took the girls title by a full point, improving on her previous bronze and silver medals.
Praggnanandhaa almost makes history
Despite being six or more years younger than those who finished above him he remained unbeaten, scored the second best rating performance (2688) and came incredibly close to scoring more points, winning the tournament and smashing Sergey Karjakin’s record as the youngest grandmaster ever.
We already saw he had some chances in the game against Aryan Tari in Round 9, although to be fair, given his time management, he could also look back on that game with relief. The greatest missed chances, though, were in Round 7, where he agreed a draw in an almost won position against Kirill Alekseenko, and then in Round 10, when he agreed a draw in what was definitely a won position. His opponent was 15-year-old Semen Lomasov, the 2016 World U14 Champion and the youngest player other than Praggnanandhaa to finish in the top 10.
Praggnanandhaa still had a fantastic tournament and earned his first grandmaster norm, but he didn’t get the automatic grandmaster title he would have received for winning the tournament. That means for the next few months he’s going to have to live with the hype and pressure of the chase to beat Sergey Karjakin’s record of earning the GM title at the age of 12 years and 7 months. Next up is the Lidums Australian Young Masters that starts on December 2nd in Adelaide. The event is a 10-player all-play-all event that’s designed to meet all the requirements for GM norms (playing 3 grandmasters and players from enough different countries).
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