World Junior and Girls U20 Championship 2018 - 4-Sep-2018 - 16-Sep-2018

[Wayne Komer]

World Junior Championships U20 2018

September 13, 2018

Round Nine (continued)

Games

Round 9, September 13
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Liang, Awonder
A04 Reti

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.b4 d6 9.e4 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Qb3 h6 13.Rfe1 Kh7 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Nf3 Ng8 18.Nxd4 Nf6 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.f3 Rac8 21.Bf1 a6 22.b5 Ra8 23.bxa6 Bxa6 24.Nb5 Re6 25.a4 Bxb5 26.axb5 Qc7 27.Rc1 Qa7 28.Ra1 Qb7 29.Ra6 d5 30.Rea1 Rf8 31.Bh3 Ree8 32.e5 Nd7 33.Ra7 Nc5 34.Qc2 Qb8 35.f4 Ne6 36.Bxe6 Rxe6 37.Qd3 Kg8 38.Qxd5 Rd8 39.Qf3 Bf8 40.Ra8 Qc7 41.Rxd8 Qxd8 42.Ra8 Qd7 43.Ba3 Re8 44.Rxe8 Qxe8 45.Qc6 Qd8 46.Bd6 Kg7 47.Kg2 h5 48.Kh3 Kg8 49.Kg2 Kg7 50.Kf3 Kg8 51.Ke4 Kg7 52.Kd5 Kg8 53.Qb7 1-0

Position after White’s 46.Bd6



Round 9, September 13
Bai, Jinshi – Sindarov, Javokhir
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.b3 c5 7.c4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 Qa5 11.Qd2 Qxd2 12.Nxd2 Rd8 13.Rfd1 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nc6 15.Bb2 Bg4 16.Nf3 Ndb4 17.a3 Nc2 18.Rac1 Bxf3 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bxf3 N2d4 21.Bxd4 Nxd4 22.Rc7 Nxf3+ 23.exf3 Rd3 24.Rxb7 a5 25.f4 a4 26.bxa4 Rxa3 27.Ra7 Kg7 28.Kg2 h5 29.a5 Kf6 30.a6 Ke6 31.Ra8 Kf5 32.Ra7 Kf6 33.h3 e6 34.h4 Kg7 35.Kf1 Ra2 36.Kg1 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Ra3 38.f3 Ra2+ 39.Kf1 Ra3 40.Ke2 Ra2+ 41.Kd3 Ra3+ 42.Kc4 Rxf3 43.Rb7 Ra3 44.a7 Kf6 45.Kb5 Kf5 46.Kb4 Ra6 47.Rb5+ Kg4 48.Ra5 Rxa7 49.Rxa7 Kxg3 50.Rxf7 Kxh4 51.Kc3 Kg3 52.Kd4 h4 53.Ke5 h3 54.Rg7 1-0

Round 9, September 13
Huber, Martin Christian – Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn
A13 English, Neo-Catalan

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Qc2 a6 7.Bf4 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd5 9.Nc3 b5 10.Qd3 Bb7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rc2 Qe7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Rfc1 c6 17.Bh3 Nb6 18.b3 Rfe8 19.Ne5 f6 20.Nf3 g6 21.e3 a5 22.Qc3 a4 23.Qc5 Qxc5 24.dxc5 Nc8 25.Nd4 Ne7 26.Be6+ Kg7 27.Bd7 Rh8 28.Bg4 axb3 29.axb3 Ra3 30.Bf3 f5 31.Kf1 Kf6 32.Ke2 Rha8 33.Kd2 R3a5 34.Be2 1/2-1/2

Round 9, September 13
Caxita, Esperanca – Tian, Shi Yuan
C02 French, Advance, Euwe variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Qc7 9.Qe2 Nge7 10.Bf4 a6 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Nb3 Ba7 13.Bg3 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Rfe1 Bb5 16.Bxb5+ axb5 17.a3 O-O 18.Rad1 Nf5 19.Bf4 Rc4 20.Bc1 Rfc8 21.h3 Qa4 22.Qd3 Qa5 23.Nd2 R4c6 24.Nf3 Rc4 25.g4 Ne7 26.Be3 h6 27.Nd2 Bxe3 28.Nxc4 Bxf2+ 29.Kxf2 bxc4 30.Qe3 Qc7 31.Kg2 Ng6 32.Rd2 Nf8 33.Rf2 Ng6 34.Qg3 Rf8 35.h4 Qd8 36.h5 Nh8 37.Qe3 Qh4 38.Qf4 f5 39.exf6 Rxf6 40.Qg3 Rxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Qf6+ 42.Kg2 Nf7 43.Rf1 Qe7 44.Qf4 Nd6 45.Rf2 e5 46.Re2 Ne4 47.Qf5 Qh4 48.Rxe4 dxe4 49.Qxe4 b5 50.a4 bxa4 51.Qxc4+ Kh8 52.Qxa4 Qe1 53.Qe8+ Kh7 54.Qg6+ Kh8 55.Qc2 e4 56.Qf2 Qc1 57.Qe2 Qf4 58.b4 e3 1/2-1/2


Round Ten Pairings

Open

Bo. NameFED Rtg Pts.Result Pts. NameFED Rtg

1 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2649 8½ vs 7 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2559
2 GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2524 7 vs 7 GM Bai Jinshi CHN 2556
3 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2525 7 vs 7 GM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2554
4 FM Gavrilescu David ROU 2470 6½ vs 6½ GM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2593
5 GM Liang Awonder USA 2575 6½ vs 6½ IM Lobanov Sergei RUS 2535
6 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2597 6 vs 6 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2524
7 FM Lagunow Raphael GER 2403 6 vs 6 GM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2582
8 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2581 6 vs 6 IM Karthik Venkataraman IND 2519
9 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2576 6 vs 6 IM Thybo Jesper Sondergaard DEN 2499
10 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2573 6 vs 6 IM Sindarov Javokhir UZB 2484
11 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2562 6 vs 6 GM Bellahcene Bilel ALG 2501
12 FM Lee Jun Hyeok KOR 2263 6 vs 6 IM Lomasov Semyon RUS 2545
13 IM Nikitenko Mihail BLR 2368 6 vs 5½ GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2605
14 IM Janik Igor POL 2447 5½ vs 5½ GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2624
15 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2614 5½ vs 5½ IM Batsuren Dambasuren MGL 2446
16 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2586 5½ vs 5½ IM Escalante Ramirez Brian Sebasti PER 2436
17 IM Zarubitski Viachaslau BLR 2425 5½ vs 5½ GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2578
18 IM Gokerkan Cem Kaan TUR 2416 5½ vs 5½ GM Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo PER 2565
19 GM Kollars Dmitrij GER 2536 5½ vs 5½ FM Gorshtein Ido ISR 2383
20 Pang Tao CHN 2290 5½ vs 5½ IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2521

54 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn CAN 2250 4 vs 4 FM Nastase Robert-Paul ROU2313

Girls

Bo. NameFED Rtg Pts.Result Pts. NameFED Rtg

1 WIMDordzhieva Dinara RUS 2318 7 vs 7 FM Assaubayeva Bibisara RUS 2371
2 WFMPotapova Margarita RUS 2277 7 vs 7 WGM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim UZB 2369
3 WFMNurgali Nazerke KAZ 2080 6½ vs 7 Maltsevskaya Aleksandra RUS 2234
4 WIMVarshini V IND 2173 6½ vs 6½ WIMKhomeriki Nino GEO 2313
5 IM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2393 6 vs 6 WIMUnuk Laura SLO 2299
6 Diakonova Ekaterina RUS 2243 6 vs 6 IM Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel MGL 2377
7 WIMZhu Jiner CHN 2364 6 vs 6 WFMKanakova Natalie CZE 2201
8 WGMParamzina Anastasya RUS 2222 6 vs 6 WGM Hojjatova Aydan AZE 2356
9 WFMBeydullayeva Govhar AZE 2202 5½ vs 5½ FM Gorti Akshita USA 2315
10 WFMSerikbay Assel KAZ 2125 5½ vs 5½ FM Antova Gabriela FID 2292
11 WFMOzbay Ece TUR 2114 5½ vs 5½ WIMChitlange Sakshi IND 2279
12 WIMSieber Fiona GER 2277 5½ vs 5½ Bai Xue CHN 2073
13 WCMIsha Sharma IND 2012 5½ vs 5½ WFMSliwicka Alicja POL 2272
14 WFMLingur Zalina RUS 2061 5½ vs 5½ WFMCaglar Sila TUR 2208
15 FM Schneider Jana GER 2190 5 vs 5 WIMHaussernot Cecile FRA 2237
16 WGMWafa Shahenda EGY 2129 5 vs 5 WFMAltantuya Boldbaatar MGL 2210
17 Meenal Gupta IND 1963 5 vs 5 WIMGhukasyan Siranush ARM 2205
18 WFMAuvray Honorine FRA 2050 5 vs 5 WIMKubicka Anna POL 2204
19 Salah Nadezhda UKR 1918 5 vs 5 WFMHilario Aleyla PER 2203
20 WFMPychova Nela CZE 2173 5 vs 5 WFMLi Yunshan CHN 2060
38 Tian Shi Yuan CAN 1923 3½ vs 3½ WIM Caballero Quijano Mitzy Mishell PER 2034

[Hans Jung]

GM Maghsoodloo won his rd 10 game against the young Russian with checkmate. Nice attacking display. 9.5 out of 10. Win of the World Junior wrapped up!

[Hans Jung]

GM Maghsoodloo's live rating is 2690.3 or number 53 in the world. (just 2 points out of top 50)

[Wayne Komer]

World Junior Championships U20 2018

September 14, 2018

Round Ten

Round 10, September 14
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Vavulin, Maksim
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 g6 12.O-O-O Bh6+ 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Qa3 Nc5 15.Nec3 O-O 16.h4 b5 17.f3 f5 18.Be2 Bg7 19.g4 hxg4 20.fxg4 fxg4 21.Rhg1 Rb8 22.Bxg4 Bf7 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bf5 Kh8 25.Ne2 Bh6 26.Qh3 Rg8 27.Rxg8+ Qxg8 28.Rg1 Qf8 29.Ng3 Rb7 30.Nf6 b4 31.Ngxh5 a5 32.Nh7 Bxa2+ 33.Kxa2 Rxh7 34.Bxh7 Kxh7 35.Qg4 Qf7+ 36.Kb1 Ne6 37.Nf6+ 1-0

Round 10, September 14
Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn – Nastase, Robert-Paul
C05 French, Tarrasch, Closed variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 Be7 9.h4 a5 10.a3 cxd4 11.cxd4 h5 12.Ne2 Ndb8 13.Nc3 g6 14.Rh2 Bd7 15.Be3 Na7 16.Bd3 Qd8 17.Qc2 Rg8 18.Qe2 Bc6 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.g4 hxg4 21.Qxg4 Na6 22.Rg2 O-O-O 23.Nxf7 Bxh4+ 24.Qxh4 Qxf7 25.Kd2 b5 26.Rag1 Qb7 27.Rxg6 Rxg6 28.Rxg6 b4 29.axb4 Nxb4 30.Qf6 Nxd3 31.Kxd3 Qxb2 32.Qxe6+ Kb8 33.Bd2 Qb6 34.Ke3 a4 35.Nxa4 Qb1 36.Nc3 Qf1 37.Qg4 Bb5 38.Nxb5 Nxb5 39.Qe6 Nc7 40.Qb6+ Kc8 41.Ba5 Qc1+ 42.Ke2 Qc2+ 43.Kf3 Qd1+ 44.Kf2 Qc2+ 45.Kg3 Qd3+ 46.Kg4 Qe2+ 47.Kg5 Qg2+ 48.Kf6 Ne8+ 49.Ke7 Rd7+ 50.Kxe8 Re7+ 51.Kxe7 Qg5+ 52.Qf6 1-0

Round 10, September 14
Narayanan, S.L. – Sindarov, Javokhir
A61 Benoni Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.e4 O-O 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Be2 a6 13.a4 Bg4 14.f3 Nh5 15.Be3 Bc8 16.Nc4 Nd7 17.g4 Nhf6 18.Bf4 Bf8 19.h4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.a5 Rb8 22.h5 g5 23.Qb6 Qxb6 24.axb6 Bd7 25.Ra5 Ra8 26.Kd2 Ba4 1-0

Round 10, September 14
Tian, Shi Yuan – Caballero Quijano, Mitzy Mishell
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Nbxd2 O-O 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.Nb3 d5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Qxd4 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.Qf4 Qa5 16.a3 Rfd8 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bf3 Qc7 19.e3 Re8 20.Nd3 Qb6 21.Rc2 a5 22.Qh4 h6 23.Qh3 c4 24.Nc1 Rc5 25.Ne2 Rb5 26.Nc3 Rb3 27.Nxd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Rxb2 29.Rxc4 Rxf2 30.Rc8 Qxe3 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Kh1 Rd2 33.Qh5 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qxa3 35.Bb3 Qe7 36.Qd5 Nf6 37.Qa8+ Kh7 38.Bc2+ g6 39.Qxa5 Qe2 40.Qa1 Ng4 41.Bxg6+ Kxg6 42.Qb1+ Kg7 43.Qa1+ f6 44.Qa7+ Kg6 45.Qg1 h5 46.Qb1+ Kh6 47.Qc1+ Ne3 0-1

Final Round Pairings

Girls

Bo. NameFED Rtg Pts.Result Pts. NameFED Rtg

1 WGMTokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim UZB 2369 8 vs 7½ WIMDordzhieva Dinara RUS 2318
2 FM Assaubayeva Bibisara RUS 2371 7½ vs 7 WIMZhu Jiner CHN 2364
3 Maltsevskaya Aleksandra RUS 2234 7½ vs 7 WFM Potapova Margarita RUS 2277
4 WIMVarshini V IND 2173 7 vs 7 IM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2393
5 IM Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel MGL 2377 7 vs 7 WFMNurgali Nazerke KAZ 2080
6 WIMKhomeriki Nino GEO 2313 7 vs 7 WGMParamzina Anastasya RUS 2222
7 FM Antova Gabriela FID 2292 6½ vs 6½ WFMSliwicka Alicja POL 2272
8 WFMCaglar Sila TUR 2208 6½ vs 6½ WIMChitlange Sakshi IND 2279
9 Bai Xue CHN 2073 6½ vs 6 WGMHojjatova Aydan AZE 2356
10 FM Gorti Akshita USA 2315 6 vs 6 WIMGomez Barrera Javiera Belen CHI 2035
11 WIMUnuk Laura SLO 2299 6 vs 6 WFMBeydullayeva Govhar AZE 2202
12 WFMKanakova Natalie CZE 2201 6 vs 6 Diakonova Ekaterina RUS 2243
13 WIMGhukasyan Siranush ARM 2205 6 vs 6 WFMHilario Aleyla PER 2203
14 WFMLi Yunshan CHN 2060 6 vs 5½ WIMSieber Fiona GER 2277
15 WIMHaussernot Cecile FRA 2237 5½ vs 5½ WFM Serikbay Assel KAZ 2125
16 WFMAltantuya Boldbaatar MGL 2210 5½ vs 5½ WFMOzbay Ece TUR 2114
17 WIMKubicka Anna POL 2204 5½ vs 5½ WGMWafa Shahenda EGY 2129
18 WFMLingur Zalina RUS 2061 5½ vs 5½ WIMChu Ruotong CHN 2199
19 WFMAuvray Honorine FRA 2050 5½ vs 5½ FM Schneider Jana GER 2190
20 WCMIsha Sharma IND 2012 5½ vs 5½ WCMSong Yuxin CHN 2156

43 Aubert Laurane FRA 1970 3½ vs 3½ Tian Shi Yuan CAN 1923

Open

Bo. NameFED Rtg Pts.Result Pts. NameFED Rtg

1 GM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2593 7½ vs 9½ GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2649
2 GM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2554 7½ vs 7½ GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2524
3 IM Lobanov Sergei RUS 2535 7½ vs 7½ IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2525
4 GM Bai Jinshi CHN 2556 7½ vs 7 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2597
5 GM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2582 7 vs 7 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2573
6 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2559 7 vs 7 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2576
7 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2614 6½ vs 7 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2562
8 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2624 6½ vs 6½ FM Gavrilescu David ROU 2470
9 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2605 6½ vs 6½ IM Lodici Lorenzo ITA 2458
10 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2521 6½ vs 6½ GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2581
11 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2578 6½ vs 6½ IM Barseghyan Harutyun FRA 2466
12 IM Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2474 6½ vs 6½ GM Liang Awonder USA 2575
13 IM Lomasov Semyon RUS 2545 6½ vs 6½ FM Zou Chen CHN 2365
14 IM Karthik Venkataraman IND 2519 6½ vs 6½ GM Kollars Dmitrij GER 2536
15 GM Martinez Alcantara Jose Eduardo PER 2565 6 vs 6½ FM Lee Jun Hyeok KOR 2263
16 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh IND 2443 6 vs 6 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2586
17 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2524 6 vs 6 FM Lagunow Raphael GER 2403
18 IM Escalante Ramirez Brian Sebasti PER 2436 6 vs 6 GM Sanal Vahap TUR 2502
19 GM Bellahcene Bilel ALG 2501 6 vs 6 IM Gokerkan Cem Kaan TUR 2416
20 IM Thybo Jesper Sondergaard DEN 2499 6 vs 6 IM Nikitenko Mihail BLR 2368

50 Galperin Platon UKR 2348 5 vs 5 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn CAN 2250

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Tarjei J. Svensen - Congrats Iranian star GM Parham Maghsoodloo becoming World Junior Champion 2018 with a round to spare! He just won again and his 9,5/10 is such an incredible score that I am lost for words.

[Hans Jung]

GM Maghsoodloo reached move 40 in a playable position but must have relaxed in the last 10 moves of the game as his position slid and his king position cracked (in the last round) and he lost. It matters not as he totally dominated the rest of the tournament.

[Hans Jung]

IM Sindarov was amongst the leaders until he lost a tough game to GM Maghsoodloo. He was then .5 out of 4 in his next 4 games against GMs which brought his final tally against 7 GM's to minus 1 (just missing the GM norm) A tough lesson but lessons like that just make you tougher. The 12 yr old has amazing tactical abilities and we will soon see him as a top GM.

[Hans Jung]

GM Awonder Liang lost to GM Maghsoodloo in rd 9 and then lost his last two games. A tough finish. This might be the key needed for him to crack 2600 and get to the top 100 in the world.

[Wayne Komer]

World Junior Championships U20 2018

September 15, 2018

Round Eleven

Final Standings

Open

Rk. NameRtg FED Pts.

1 GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2649 IRI 9.5
2 GM Puranik Abhimanyu 2524 IND 8.5
3 IM Lobanov Sergei 2535 RUS 8.5
4 GM Esipenko Andrey 2593 RUS 8.5
5 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin 2576 IRI 8
6 GM Bai Jinshi 2556 CHN 8
7 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2525 NOR 7.5
8 GM Hakobyan Aram 2554 ARM 7.5
9 IM Harsha Bharathakoti 2474 IND 7.5
10 GM Firouzja Alireza 2582 IRI 7.5
11 GM Donchenko Alexander 2614 GER 7.5
12 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2573 IND 7.5
13 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2624 NED 7.5
14 GM Karthikeyan Murali 2605 IND 7.5
15 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2578 IND 7.5
16 GM Martirosyan Haik M. 2597 ARM 7.5
17 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek 2521 UZB 7.5
18 IM Lomasov Semyon 2545 RUS 7.5
19 IM Sindarov Javokhir 2484 UZB 7
20 IM Karthik Venkataraman 2519 IND 7
21 IM Vavulin Maksim 2559 RUS 7
22 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2536 GER 7
23 GM Pichot Alan 2562 ARG 7
24 FM Lee Jun Hyeok 2263 KOR 7
25 IM Schekachikhin Maksim 2356 RUS 7
26 GM Xu Xiangyu 2586 CHN 7
27 GM Sanal Vahap 2502 TUR 7
28 GM Liang Awonder 2575 USA 6.5
29 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2524 ESP 6.5
30 GM Bellahcene Bilel 2501 ALG 6.5
31 IM Batsuren Dambasuren 2446 MGL 6.5
32 GM Petrosyan Manuel 2581 ARM 6.5
33 IM Muradli Mahammad 2407 AZE 6.5
34 IM Thybo Jesper Sondergaard 2499 DEN 6.5
35 FM Zou Chen 2365 CHN 6.5
36 FM Gavrilescu David 2470 ROU 6.5
37 FM Can Isik 2361 TUR 6.5
38 IM Lodici Lorenzo 2458 ITA 6.5
39 IM Nikitenko Mihail 2368 BLR 6.5
40 IM Sadikhov Ulvi 2491 AZE 6.5
71 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn 2250 CAN 6

Girls


Rk. NameRtg FED Pts.

1 Maltsevskaya Aleksandra 2234 RUS 8.5
2 WGMTokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim 2369 UZB 8.5
3 WIMKhomeriki Nino 2313 GEO 8
4 WFMNurgali Nazerke 2080 KAZ 8
5 WIMDordzhieva Dinara 2318 RUS 8
6 IM Tsolakidou Stavroula 2393 GRE 8
7 WIMZhu Jiner 2364 CHN 8
8 FM Assaubayeva Bibisara 2371 RUS 7.5
9 FM Antova Gabriela 2292 FID 7.5
10 Bai Xue 2073 CHN 7.5
11 WFMCaglar Sila 2208 TUR 7.5
12 WGMParamzina Anastasya 2222 RUS 7
13 WIMVarshini V 2173 IND 7
14 FM Gorti Akshita 2315 USA 7
15 WIMGhukasyan Siranush 2205 ARM 7
16 WFMPotapova Margarita 2277 RUS 7
17 IM Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel 2377 MGL 7
18 WFMSliwicka Alicja 2272 POL 6.5
19 WFMKanakova Natalie 2201 CZE 6.5
20 WIMUnuk Laura 2299 SLO 6.5
21 Diakonova Ekaterina 2243 RUS 6.5
22 WCMIsha Sharma 2012 IND 6.5
23 WIMChitlange Sakshi 2279 IND 6.5
24 WFMBeydullayeva Govhar 2202 AZE 6.5
25 WFMSerikbay Assel 2125 KAZ 6.5
26 WIMSieber Fiona 2277 GER 6.5
27 WFMLingur Zalina 2061 RUS 6.5
28 WFMHilario Aleyla 2203 PER 6
29 WGMHojjatova Aydan 2356 AZE 6
30 WIMGomez Barrera Javiera Belen 2035 CHI 6
31 FM Schneider Jana 2190 GER 6
32 WFMAltantuya Boldbaatar 2210 MGL 6
33 WIMMahalakshmi M 2213 IND 6
34 WFMOzbay Ece 2114 TUR 6
35 WGMWafa Shahenda 2129 EGY 6
36 WIMKubicka Anna 2204 POL 6
37 WFMUrh Zala 2128 SLO 6
38 Li Xinyu 2086 CHN 6
39 WFMLi Yunshan 2060 CHN 6
40 Kocyigit Buse Naz 1944 TUR 6
89 Tian Shi Yuan 1923 CAN 3.5

[Vadim Tsypin]

Bravo Tian Shi Yuan, FM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, Nicole Zhao and Isabelle Rodrigue! Ladies and young gentleman, you made Canada proud. Your indomitable spirit and fighting chess that you demonstrated at this World U-20 are remarkable and worth of wide recognition.

Shawn has amassed +65.60 FIDE rating points (unofficial calculation), which puts him above the 2300 threshold for the first time. Keep up the great work!

[Vadim Tsypin]

Congratulations to WIM-elect Aleksandra Maltsevskaya for a great finish that allowed her to win the Girls' U-20 title.

This is a remarkable young lady who already has a great track record in international competitions. I had a privilege to arbiter events with her participation last month. Her poise and perseverance make her a formidable competitor.

[Wayne Komer]

World Junior Championships U20 2018

September 15, 2018

Round Eleven (Final) continued

Games

Round 11, September 15
Esipenko, Andrey – Maghsoodloo, Parham
E10 Dzindzikhashvili Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qb3 b5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.O-O h6 13.Bh4 Be7 14.Nd4 O-O 15.Qd1 Nfd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nce2 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Ne5 19.Qd1 Bg4 20.b3 Nc6 21.Qd2 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Qa3 24.h3 Rd6 25.Rac1 Rcd8 26.Nf4 d4 27.e4 Nb4 28.e5 Rc6 29.Rxc6 Nxc6 30.Nd3 Ne7 31.Nf4 Nc6 32.e6 fxe6 33.Nxe6 Re8 34.Nf4 Qd6 35.Nd3 a5 36.Qc1 Re2 37.a4 bxa4 38.bxa4 Kh8 39.Qc4 Qf6 40.Kf1 Re6 41.Rb1 Qf5 42.Qb5 Qf6 43.Rd1 Qf8 44.Rc1 Qa3 45.Kg1 Ne7 46.Rc7 Kh7 47.Rd7 Qc3 48.Qb1 Ng6 49.h4 h5 50.Rd5 Kh6 51.Qd1 Kh7 52.Rc5 Qa3 53.Qxh5+ Kg8 54.Qd5 Kf7 55.Rc7+ Ne7 56.Nf4 1-0

Position after White’s 44.Rc1



Parham started to lose focus at this point in the game

Round 11, September 15
Sindarov, Javokhir – Schitco, Ivan
B10 Caro-Kann Defence

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Ne5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.c3 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Ne4 11.Nd2 f5 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Bd3 a6 14.a4 Rab8 15.Qe2 Na5 16.Be3 Qc7 17.g3 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.a5 Qc6 20.Rfd1 Nf6 21.Bf2 Rfe8 22.Nd2 Rbc8 23.Ra2 Re7 24.Rda1 Qb5 25.Nf3 h6 26.Ra4 Nd5 27.R1a2 Kf7 28.h4 Nf6 29.Nd2 Rec7 30.h5 Rc6 31.b3 cxb3 32.c4 bxa2 33.cxb5 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 a1=Q 35.Rxa1 Rxa1 36.Nc4 Ba3 37.bxa6 bxa6 38.Ne5+ Ke7 39.Qxa6 Rac1 40.Qb5 R1c2 41.a6 Rb2 42.Qa4 Bd6 43.a7 Rd2 44.Nc4 Rxc4 45.Qxc4 Ng4 46.Kg1 Rd1+ 47.Qf1 Nxf2 48.Kxf2 Rd2+ 49.Qe2 1-0

Round 11, September 15
Galperin, Platon – Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.f3 O-O 8.Be2 Re8 9.O-O d6 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.e5 Ne8 15.f4 Bf5 16.Nd5 Be4 17.Rad1 c6 18.Nc3 Bc2 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.f5 g6 21.g4 gxf5 22.gxf5 Ng7 23.f6 Nf5 24.Kf2 Re8 25.Bd1 Bd3 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.Bh5 Bxc4 28.b3 Be6 29.Ne4 Bd5 30.Nxc5 Rxe5 31.Nxb7 Nh6 32.Be2 Rf5+ 33.Ke3 Rxf6 34.Nc5 Nf5+ 35.Kd3 Rh6 36.Rf1 Nd6 37.Rf2 Kg7 38.Kd4 f6 39.Nd3 Rh4+ 40.Nf4 Ne4 41.Rf1 Ng5 42.Kc3 Bf7 43.h3 Nxh3 44.Ng2 Re4 45.Bf3 Re5 46.Ne1 Ng5 47.Nd3 Rf5 48.Bg2 Rxf1 49.Bxf1 Bd5 50.Nf4 Bf3 51.b4 h5 52.Kd4 Kf7 53.Ke3 h4 54.a4 Be4 55.Ne2 Ke7 56.Nd4 f5 57.Kf4 Kf6 58.b5 c5 59.Nb3 Ne6+ 60.Ke3 c4 61.Nc1 c3 62.a5 Ke5 63.Nd3+ Kd6 64.Nf2 f4+ 65.Ke2 Nd4+ 66.Ke1 Bf5 67.Bd3 Bxd3 68.Nxd3 h3 69.b6 axb6 70.a6 h2 71.Nf2 c2 72.Kd2 Kc7 0-1

Round 11, September 15, 2018
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra – Potapova, Margarita
B30 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 d6 9.b4 h6 10.Rb1 Nd4 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 Rb8 14.Bf4 Ra8 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.h3 b5 17.g4 a5 18.f4 f5 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Ng3 Kh7 21.Kh2 b4 22.Rg1 Rb6 23.Qe2 Bd7 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Bf3 Qe8 26.Rg2 Ng6 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Nh4 29.Be4 Bf6 30.Rg4 h5 31.Rg3 Kh8 32.Rbg1 Rb7 33.Qf2 Re7 34.Re1 Qc8 35.Qe2 Qxc2 36.Reg1 Qc7 37.Rg6 Rh7 38.R6g3 Qd7 39.Qf2 Nxf5 40.Rg6 Bg7 41.Bc1 a4 42.Bb2 Ne3 43.R6g5 Bf6 44.Qxe3 a3 45.Qg3 Qe6 46.Bd5 Bxg5 1-0

Mate in six

Round 11, September 15, 2018
Aubert, Laurane – Tian, Shi Yuan
C02 French, Advance, Euwe variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 fxe5 8.dxe5 Qc7 9.Qe2 Nge7 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 g6 12.Re1 Bg7 13.Nbd2 b5 14.b3 O-O 15.a4 a6 16.Ba3 Rfe8 17.Bd6 Qc8 18.g4 Na5 19.Qe3 Nb7 20.Ba3 cxb3 21.Nxb3 bxa4 22.Nbd4 Nc6 23.h4 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Na5 25.Qg3 Nc4 26.Bc1 Rf8 27.h5 Qe8 28.Kg2 Nxe5 29.Rxe5 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qf7 31.f3 Qg7 32.Qg5 e5 33.Ne2 gxh5 34.Qxh5 Qf7 35.Qg5+ Qg7 36.Qh5 Qf7 37.Qg5+ Qg7 38.Qh4 e4 39.fxe4 Bxg4 40.Ng3 Bf3+ 41.Kh2 Bxe4 42.Nxe4 Qe5+ 43.Kh1 dxe4 44.Be3 Qf6 45.Rg1+ Kf7 46.Qh5+ Ke6 47.Bxe4 Qe5 48.Qg4+ Rf5 49.Re1 Kf6 50.Bd4 Rh5+ 51.Qxh5 1-0

Final position, mate in 5

[Hans Jung]

Nice finish for Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux

[Wayne Komer]

World Junior Championships U20 2018

September 17, 2018

What is next for Parham?

He is on the Iranian Olympiad Team, at what looks like First Board.

and this:

Tarjei J. Svensen - Maghsoodloo says he will play in Tata Steel Chess B group next year.