exciting finish at World Junior Chess championship
Results round 12, juniors
GM Meier Georg – GM Popov Ivan ½ – ½
GM Pashikian Arman – GM Wang Hao ½ – ½
GM Adly Ahmed – IM Jojua Davit 1 – 0
GM Andreikin Dmitry – IM Grigoryan Avetik 1 – 0
GM Rodshtein Maxim – IM Gupta Abhijeet ½ – ½
GM Negi Parimarjan – GM Jones Gawain C. B. ½ – ½
IM Rohit Gogineni – IM Romanov Evgeny 0 – 1
IM Ragger Markus – GM Stellwagen Daniel 0 – 1
IM Corrales Jimenez Fidel – GM Laznicka Viktor 1 – 0
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. – GM Amin Bassem 0 – 1
Ashwin Jayaram – IM Gopal Geetha Narayanan 1 – 0
GM Khairullin Ildar – Kulakov Viacheslav 1 – 0
IM Banusz Tamas – IM So Wesley ½ – ½
FM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel – GM Howell David Wei Ling 0 – 1
IM Brandenburg Daan – Khamrakulov Dzhurabek 1 – 0
The World Junior Championship could not have a more exciting finish. Five players have the chance to grab the title in the last moment and four of them will meet in direct matches! The current standings are GM Popov 9.0/12, GM Adly 9.0/12, GM Andreikin 8,5/12, GM Meier 8,5/12, and GM Wang Hao 8,5/12.
The final round tomorrow has a clear pattern. In the direct matches will meet the two leaders (GM Popov and GM Adly with 9,0) against the two who have not lost a single game, but are 1/2 point behind (GM Andreikin and GM Meier). GM Wang Hao will have the difficult task to be with black against GM Stellwagen. In case the top board produces a draw and decisive results are sen in the other two games we may see up to a four way tie. In that case the average rating of the opponents will be the tie break.
Standings round 12, juniors
1 RUS GM Popov Ivan RUS 2539 9,0
2 EGY GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2494 9,0
3 GER GM Meier Georg GER 2558 8,5
4 CHN GM Wang Hao CHN 2643 8,5
5 RUS GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2555 8,5
6 ARM GM Pashikian Arman ARM 2534 8,0
7 RUS IM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2515 8,0
8 GEO IM Jojua Davit GEO 2434 7,5
9 ARM IM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2489 7,5
10 ISR GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2615 7,5
11 NED GM Stellwagen Daniel NED 2639 7,5
12 IND GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2514 7,5
13 ENG GM Jones Gawain C. B. ENG 2567 7,5
14 IND IM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2470 7,5
15 IND Ashwin Jayaram IND 2478 7,5
16 CUB IM Corrales Jimenez Fidel CUB 2513 7,5
17 EGY GM Amin Bassem EGY 2561 7,5
18 ENG GM Howell David Wei Ling ENG 2527 7,0
19 IND IM Rohit Gogineni IND 2491 7,0
20 RUS GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2567 7,0
21 NED IM Brandenburg Daan NED 2483 7,0
22 IND IM Gopal Geetha Narayanan IND 2520 6,5
23 CZE GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2610 6,5
24 PHI IM So Wesley PHI 2531 6,5
25 RUS Kulakov Viacheslav RUS 2261 6,5
Pairings round 13, juniors
GM Popov Ivan – GM Andreikin Dmitry
GM Adly Ahmed – GM Meier Georg
GM Stellwagen Daniel – GM Wang Hao
GM Amin Bassem – GM Pashikian Arman
IM Romanov Evgeny – GM Negi Parimarjan
IM Grigoryan Avetik – GM Rodshtein Maxim
GM Jones Gawain C. B. – Ashwin Jayaram
IM Jojua Davit – IM Corrales Jimenez Fidel
IM Gupta Abhijeet – IM Brandenburg Daan
GM Howell David – GM Khairullin Ildar
IM Vovk Yuri – IM Rohit Gogineni
GM Laznicka Viktor – IM Kaplan Sasha
IM So Wesley – IM Margvelashvili Giorgi
IM Simonian Hrair – IM Ragger Markus
IM Gopal Geetha Narayanan – FM Bregadze Levan
The girls section remained a hair away from a 7 way tie. IM Tairova coninued her comeback and won against IM Harika to equalize her with 8,5 points. Similar turn of events happened as WGM Melia won against WGM Zawadzka and the two also have 8,5 points after this round. It could not get more exciting after WGM Mongontuul won against WGM Arutyunova to join the 8,5 points pack. But the real winner of the ady was WIM Vera Nebolsina. She won a very important game with black against Priya Panneer Ramachandran to take the lead with 9,5/12. Tomorow she will have a direct encounter for the first place with IM Tairova.
Round 12 standings, girls
1 WIM Nebolsina Vera RUS 2349 9,5
2 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2480 8,5
3 WGM Mongontuul Bathuyag MGL 2389 8,5
4 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2371 8,5
5 IM Tairova Elena RUS 2391 8,5
6 WGM Melia Salome GEO 2364 8,5
7 WIM Dauletova Gulmira KAZ 2240 8,0
8 WGM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina ESP 2331 7,5
9 WGM Arutyunova Diana UKR 2256 7,5
10 WFM Gasik Anna POL 2191 7,5
11 WIM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2244 7,5
12 Priya Panneer Ramachandran IND 2129 7,5
13 WGM Karavade Eesha Sanjay IND 2331 7,0
14 WFM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2305 7,0
15 WGM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2307 7,0
16 WFM Pertlova Sona CZE 2169 7,0
17 WIM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2262 7,0
18 Darbinyan Nune ARM 2089 7,0
19 Limontaite Simona LTU 2141 7,0
20 WFM Kulon Klaudia POL 2139 7,0
Round 13 pairings, girls
WIM Nebolsina Vera – IM Tairova Elena
IM Harika Dronavalli – WGM Melia Salome
WGM Zawadzka Jolanta – WIM Dauletova Gulmira
WGM Mongontuul Bathuyag – WIM Soumya Swaminathan
Priya Panneer Ramachandran – WGM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina
WFM Gasik Anna – WGM Arutyunova Diana
WGM Karavade Eesha Sanjay – WIM Gomes Mary Ann
WFM Bokuchava Madona – WGM Khotenashvili Bela
Darbinyan Nune – WFM Guramishvili Sopiko
WFM Pertlova Sona – Limontaite Simona
