The World Amateur Chess Championships 2016 took place from 19-27th April, 2016, in Halkidiki, Greece on the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
For the first time the Championships were held in three sections: Under-2300, Under-2000 and Under-1700. The total prize fund was 9000 EUR.
The U2300 section had 43 participants. Zhuban Bigabylov (Kazakhstan) and Toomas Valgmae (Estonia) shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each. Bigabylov was declared champion on better tie-break score. Valgmae is silver, while Ganzorig Gantsooj (Mongolia) took the bronze with 6,5 points.
The U2000 section had 64 participants. The 21-years old Khulan Enkhsaikhan from Mongolia is the new champion with 7,5/9 points. Silver is Ajith M.P. (India) with 7 points and bronze is his compatriot Aparajita Gochhikar with 6,5 points.
The U1700 section had 45 participants. The 15-years old Jatin S N from India is the convincing winner with 8,5 points. Ioan-Dan Gaspar (Romania) is silver with 7 points and Meir Reem (Israel) is bronze with 6,5 points.
Full standings for all sections below.
Website: http://www.chess2016.org
Under 2300 final standings:
1. Bigabylov Zhuban KAZ 2152 – 7.5
2. Valgmae Toomas EST 2226 – 7.5
3. Gantsooj Ganzorig MGL 2172 – 6.5
4. Kesidis Odyseas GRE 2228 – 6.5
5. Mitrandzas Athanasios GRE 2108 – 6.5
6. Tserendorj Batsaikhan USA 2081 – 6
7. Lam Daniel King-Wai HKG 2164 – 5.5
8. Villar Juan PER 2177 – 5.5
9. Florencio Yuri Matos BRA 2040 – 5.5
10. Papadimitriou Loukas GRE 2085 – 5.5
11. WFM Grapsa Georgia GRE 2039 – 5.5
12. Papasimakopoulos Alexandros GRE 2182 – 5.5
13. WFM Orshonova Elena RUS 2116 – 5
14. Pahomov Ruslan RUS 2211 – 5
15. CM Al-Hajiri Bader KUW 2194 – 5
16. Mircov Nicola-Alexandru ROU 1939 – 5
17. Athanasiadis Mihail GRE 2025 – 5
18. WFM Belova Olga RUS 2047 – 5
19. Robertson Ian C. SCO 2146 – 5
20. Karmov Mazhmudin RUS 2216 – 4.5
21. Subbotsky Mikhail RUS 2014 – 4.5
22. FM Damia Angelo ITA 2268 – 4.5
23. Neizvestnykh Vitalij RUS 2120 – 4.5
24. Bhopal Raj SCO 1998 – 4
25. Nemeth Junior Henrique BRA 2020 – 4
26. WFM Chkhan Viktoria RUS 2156 – 4
27. Abdilkhair Abilmansur KAZ 2007 – 4
28. FM Bognar Csaba Dr. HUN 2217 – 4
29. FM Wegerer Fred AUT 2128 – 4
30. Adamova Tuyara RUS 2027 – 4
31. Hrisanthopoulos Dimitrios GRE 2010 – 4
32. Baasanjav Mijid MGL 2091 – 4
33. Richards John MLT 1820 – 3.5
34. Al Ansi Amin OMA 1981 – 3.5
35. Sandhya G IND 1787 – 3.5
36. Sideris Nikiforos GRE 2005 – 3.5
37. Gonem Sherif ENG 0 – 3.5
38. Fletcher John WLS 1977 – 3.5
39. Robinson Stephen SCO 1823 – 3
40. Ahlqvist Esa FIN 1918 – 3
41. Fadhil Salim Ahmed OMA 0 – 3
42. Mc Roberts Holly J USA 1737 – 2
43. Papaefstratiou Andreas GRE 1569 – 1.5
Under 2000 final standings:
1. Khulan Enkhsaikhan MGL 1918 – 7.5
2. Ajith M.P. IND 1927 – 7
3. Aparajita Gochhikar IND 1767 – 6.5
4. Tqavadze Giorgi GEO 1988 – 6.5
5. Said Ahmed Ali Jidal Fadhil OMA 1936 – 6.5
6. Jonkus Lukas LTU 1890 – 6.5
7. Kolupaev Vadim RUS 1970 – 6
8. CM Fanha Paulo POR 1956 – 6
9. Itgelt Khuyagtsogt MGL 1947 – 6
10. Moldovan Gheorghe-Zamfir ROU 1992 – 6
11. Carcamo Matias ARG 1995 – 6
12. WCM Koutsogiannopoulou Theodora GRE 1916 – 6
13. Kozlowski Thierry FRA 1979 – 6
14. Celik Berkay TUR 1844 – 6
15. Sharma Pankaj IND 1933 – 5.5
16. Guzman Paola ARG 1925 – 5.5
17. Boesch Heinz GER 1929 – 5.5
18. CM Zimmermann Kleber Renato P. BRA 1943 – 5
19. Shyam Sundar T. IND 1841 – 5
20. Makropoulos Ioannis GRE 1833 – 5
21. Rishabh Nishad IND 1917 – 5
22. Themelis Georgios GRE 1871 – 5
23. Hasinski Krystian POL 1863 – 5
24. Tardi Oscar FRA 1852 – 5
25. Vozinaki Anthi – Maria GRE 1685 – 5
26. Gibbs Dominic V ENG 1926 – 5
27. Tsivelekidou Evgenia GRE 1745 – 5
28. Serafim Junior Arnor BRA 1879 – 4.5
29. WCM Panesso Lina COL 1882 – 4.5
30. Ramil Rumusud PHI 1910 – 4.5
31. Pais Bruno Miguel Dos Santos POR 1768 – 4.5
32. Guzman Ezequiel ARG 1894 – 4.5
33. AGM Georgiou Andreas CYP 1759 – 4.5
34. Luu Duc Hai VIE 1888 – 4.5
35. Limono Handjojo INA 1889 – 4.5
36. Quijada Leonardo CHI 1980 – 4.5
37. Havumaki Jani FIN 1882 – 4
38. Nagy Laszlo GER 1968 – 4
39. Zakharov Denis RUS 1851 – 4
40. Liberman Alexander RUS 1974 – 4
41. Kainz Josef AUT 1905 – 4
42. Davidenko Stanislav RUS 1931 – 4
43. Serra Azul Neto Francisco BRA 1983 – 4
44. AGM Karaivanov Alexander BUL 1895 – 4
45. Ingham William ENG 1788 – 4
46. Canonne Antoine FRA 1966 – 4
47. Storkebaum Ulrike GER 1769 – 4
48. Dermatopoulos Konstantinos GRE 1811 – 3.5
49. Mosutha Thuso BOT 1987 – 3.5
50. Kambli Pushkaraj IND 1683 – 3.5
51. Mohnblatt Daniel FRA 1778 – 3.5
52. Wlogalski Olivier BEL 1867 – 3
53. Musallam Salim Al Aamri OMA 1821 – 3
54. Korcz Daniel POL 1805 – 3
55. Al Azmi Khalaf KUW 1842 – 3
56. Matei Raul-Cornel ROU 1775 – 3
57. Roser Ludwig GER 1814 – 3
58. Bessarab Vsevolod RUS 1784 – 3
59. Galani Anna GRE 1453 – 2.5
60. Galani Dimitra GRE 1471 – 2.5
61. Reis Virginia Lagrange M. BRA 1823 – 2.5
62. Bornand Herbert SUI 1830 – 2.5
63. Blitsas Orestis GRE 1362 – 2.5
64. El Kader Maria UKR 1738 – 2
Under 1700 final standings:
1. Jatin S N IND 1575 – 8.5
2. Gaspar Ioan-Dan ROU 1698 – 7
3. Reem Meir ISR 1420 – 6.5
4. Zakharova Diana RUS 1535 – 6.5
5. Reem Rami ISR 1524 – 6
6. Minamoto Marcos Cesar JPN 0 – 6
7. Lemery Jon Thor ISL 1575 – 6
8. Bayanochir Tulgabat MGL 1443 – 6
9. Thomre Abhishek IND 1546 – 6
10. AGM Pathak Anshu Kr IND 1672 – 5.5
11. Keskin Cengiz TUR 1554 – 5.5
12. Naveen Kumar T IND 1413 – 5.5
13. Nunes Urbano POR 1533 – 5.5
14. Hosseinali Mehdi IRI 1666 – 5.5
15. Binder Oleg RUS 1601 – 5
16. ACM Crowe Jonathan Joseph USA 1433 – 5
17. Fischer Thorange FRA 1653 – 5
18. Mitsakos Achilleas GRE 1555 – 5
19. Preda Iulian Cosmin ESP 1652 – 5
20. Glyptis Georgios GRE 1529 – 4.5
21. Tsogzolmaa Nanjid MGL 1307 – 4.5
22. Zygourakis Themistoklis GRE 1605 – 4.5
23. Agorastoudi-Vlahou Fotini GRE 1414 – 4.5
24. Rosero Hugo Alberto COL 1682 – 4
25. Gupta Niti IND 1422 – 4
26. Ni Mhuireagain Eibhia IRL 1385 – 4
27. Reischer Gerhard AUT 1572 – 4
28. Antipev Vladimir RUS 0 – 4
29. Dolgopolov Oleksandr UKR 0 – 4
30. O`muireagain Colm IRL 0 – 4
31. Enkhnasan Namjiljav MGL 1588 – 4
32. Mpuisang Alex B BOT 0 – 4
33. Badrakova Kseniya RUS 1376 – 4
34. Alrashidi Yousef KUW 1631 – 3.5
35. Papasimakopoulos Dimitrios GRE 1205 – 3.5
36. Scardini Leonardo BRA 1443 – 3.5
37. Mplitsa Artemis GRE 1079 – 3
38. Alawadhi Amenah KUW 1376 – 3
39. Mlaihan Adel KUW 1322 – 3
40. Alazmi Eid KUW 1172 – 3
41. Shriya Madan IND 1248 – 2
42. Alazmi Abdulrahman KUW 1396 – 2
43. Fonseca Mesquita Mariana BRA 0 – 1.5
44. Atmatzidis-Hatziris Konstanti GRE 1552 – 1
45. Santanu Karmakar IND 0 – 1
