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2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
Re: 2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
I see that Jason Cao is playing an FM who has a 1900 FIDE rating. How, exactly, does a 10 year old kid with a FIDE rating of 1900 get a FM title? Or am I missing something here?
Re: 2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
By placing in a higher-level FIDE junior event, such as a continental championship (similiar to obtaining an FM or IM title from a Zonal tournament without having to fulfill the usual requirements).
Re: 2010 World Youth Chess Championship starts Wednesday Oct 20th
This summary from the site
SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 Pts. Rk. Group
30 Doknjas Joshua 0 CAN 1 ½ ½ 0 2,0 50 Boys U08
83 Bellissimo Joseph F 0 CAN ½ 1 1 ½ 3,0 23 Boys U10
89 Cao Jason 0 CAN ½ 1 1 1 3,5 13 Boys U10
155 Zhang Yuanchen 0 CAN 1 1 0 ½ 2,5 41 Boys U10
125 Doknjas John 0 CAN ½ 1 ½ 0 2,0 62 Boys U12
139 Plotkin Mark 0 CAN 0 1 1 0 2,0 74 Boys U12
146 Song Edward 0 CAN ½ 1 1 ½ 3,0 27 Boys U12
147 Song Guannan Terry 0 CAN 0 ½ 1 ½ 2,0 88 Boys U12
59 Sohal Tanraj 2038 CAN ½ 0 ½ 0 1,0 108 Boys U14
99 Itkin David 1819 CAN 0 0 1 1 2,0 75 Boys U14
41 Sapozhnikov Roman 2226 CAN 1 ½ 0 1 2,5 43 Boys U16
78 Xiong Jerry 2102 CAN ½ ½ 1 ½ 2,5 47 Boys U16
14 Birarov Nicole 0 CAN 1 0 1 0 2,0 34 Girls U08
15 Botez Andrea 0 CAN 1 0 0 1 2,0 43 Girls U08
32 Bai Minya 0 CAN 0 ½ 0 1 1,5 79 Girls U10
81 Peng Janet 0 CAN ½ 0 1 ½ 2,0 60 Girls U10
99 Wang Kelly 0 CAN 1 ½ ½ 0 2,0 41 Girls U10
35 WCM Peng Jackie 1793 CAN 1 1 ½ ½ 3,0 12 Girls U12
88 Giblon Melissa 0 CAN 0 ½ 1 0 1,5 78 Girls U12
33 Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 1839 CAN 1 0 1 1 3,0 22 Girls U14
52 Giblon Rebecca 1763 CAN 0 1 0 ½ 1,5 66 Girls U14
36 WCM Botez Alexandra 1998 CAN 1 0 ½ 0 1,5 63 Girls U16
66 Yang Marguerite 1574 CAN 0 0 0 0 0,0 71 Girls U18
I see 6 players below 50% thus far, 8 above 50%, and 9 players breaking even. Quite respectable. I hope the double day bodes well for us. Go Canada!
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