World Youth Chess Championships 20-30 October

[LozCooper]

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[Paul Sanders]

No, the current policy is only to send the winners (or co-winners) from the selection trials. Isn't the 2011 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 12-22 November?

That is not what Peter Purland said at the trial itself. He offered the possibility of an extra place to children who turned up and did well at his 'National Chess Junior Squad' tournament. He made it quite clear that there was no 'co-winner' policy.

[Leonard Barden]

Yang-fan Zhou a pawn up in a rook ending against the Dutch IM.

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Yang-fan Zhou a pawn up in a rook ending against the Dutch IM.

Equal material now but Yang-Fan must have a winning advantage.

http://chessbomb.com/o/2010-wycc/09-Zho ... pen_Robin/

I like the way the moves are colour-coded to show what the engine thinks of the players' choices. 1. ... c5 (in reply to 1. e4) is marked as "suboptimal", which is what I've always suspected.

Edit. Damn, Yang-Fang was only able to draw it:
http://chessbomb.com/o/2010-wycc/09-Zho ... pen_Robin/

Did he miss any winning chances in the last part of the game (say, move 28 onwards)?

[LozCooper]

Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. Group
10 60 113 Kenyon Mark A 0 3½ 3½ Carstens Dobuchak Thiago 1838 15 Open U10
10 18 30 FM Lorparizangeneh Shahin 2021 5½ 5½ Malhotra Tarun 1908 58 Open U12
10 29 104 Molnar Erno 1659 5 5 Haria Ravi 1940 47 Open U12
10 15 19 Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 5½ 5½ Meng Roger 2085 50 Open U14
10 6 1 IM Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu 2517 6 6½ FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 21 Open U16
10 48 89 Lydiard Robert G 1988 3 3 Alnami Salaheddin 1692 104 Open U18
10 51 98 Tambini Jasper 1930 2½ 3 Stander Jacques 0 109 Open U18
10 31 60 Wang Maria 1732 4 4 Sanders Catheleijne 1861 30 Girls U14
10 30 72 Saag Enith Li 0 3½ 3 Dines Sheila J 1936 49 Girls U18
10 31 45 Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 4½ 4½ WFM Anastasia Patrick 1802 107 Girls U12

Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. Group
9 63 154 Yao Winston Yow-Jen 0 3 ½ - ½ 3 Kenyon Mark A 0 113 Open U10
9 35 47 Haria Ravi 1940 4 1 - 0 4 Tsiros Fragkiskos Vlasios 1764 88 Open U12
9 29 143 Shapiatsiuk Siarhei 0 4½ 0 - 1 4½ Malhotra Tarun 1908 58 Open U12
9 16 49 Dastan Batuhan 2087 5 ½ - ½ 5 Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 19 Open U14
9 5 21 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 6 ½ - ½ 6 IM Van Kampen Robin 2430 6 Open U16
9 43 78 Vasques Antonio Pedro Freixial 2115 3 1 - 0 3 Lydiard Robert G 1988 89 Open U18
9 53 96 Khanan Ragsit 1949 2 ½ - ½ 2 Tambini Jasper 1930 98 Open U18
9 40 94 Olmann Maria 0 3 0 - 1 3 Wang Maria 1732 60 Girls U14
9 29 49 Dines Sheila J 1936 3 0 - 1 3 De Seroux Camille 2020 39 Girls U18
9 28 78 Albekova Dilara 0 4 ½ - ½ 4 Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 45 Girls U12

[LozCooper]

Did he miss any winning chances in the last part of the game (say, move 28 onwards)?

Yes, after Rxc3 Kd1 is winning as there is no way to stop white's kingside pawns

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Did he miss any winning chances in the last part of the game (say, move 28 onwards)?

Yes, after Rxc3 Kd1 is winning as there is no way to stop white's kingside pawns

Of course. It looks really obvious now you've pointed it out!

[LozCooper]

So far so good today, wins for Mark, Ravi, Robert and Sheila

[LozCooper]

Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. Group
11 51 55 Ieong Seak Hin 1657 4½ 4½ Kenyon Mark A 0 113 Open U10
11 21 47 Haria Ravi 1940 6 6 Striechman Orri 1797 80 Open U12
11 23 58 Malhotra Tarun 1908 5½ 5½ Tatekhin Vyacheslav 2113 16 Open U12
11 11 29 FM Lamard Guillaume 2186 6½ 6½ Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 19 Open U14
11 4 21 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 7 7 IM Bok Benjamin 2453 3 Open U16
11 46 74 Jefic Srdjan 2152 3½ 4 Lydiard Robert G 1988 89 Open U18
11 55 98 Tambini Jasper 1930 3 bye Open U18
11 35 52 Giblon Rebecca 1763 4½ 4½ Wang Maria 1732 60 Girls U14
11 27 49 Dines Sheila J 1936 4 4 Nguyen Minh Thuy 1918 53 Girls U18
11 37 95 Kyrkjebo Marte B 0 4½ 4½ Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 45 Girls U12

Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. Group
10 60 113 Kenyon Mark A 0 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Carstens Dobuchak Thiago 1838 15 Open U10
10 18 30 FM Lorparizangeneh Shahin 2021 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Malhotra Tarun 1908 58 Open U12
10 29 104 Molnar Erno 1659 5 0 - 1 5 Haria Ravi 1940 47 Open U12
10 15 19 Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Meng Roger 2085 50 Open U14
10 6 1 IM Abasov Nijat Azad 2517 6 ½ - ½ 6½ FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 21 Open U16
10 48 89 Lydiard Robert G 1988 3 1 - 0 3 Alnami Salaheddin 1692 104 Open U18
10 51 98 Tambini Jasper 1930 2½ ½ - ½ 3 Stander Jacques 0 109 Open U18
10 31 60 Wang Maria 1732 4 ½ - ½ 4 Sanders Catheleijne 1861 30 Girls U14
10 30 72 Saag Enith Li 0 3½ 0 - 1 3 Dines Sheila J 1936 49 Girls U18
10 31 45 Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 4½ 0 - 1 4½ WFM Anastasia Patrick 1802

[LozCooper]

Last round results for ENG:

Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. Group
11 51 55 Ieong Seak Hin 1657 4½ 4½ Kenyon Mark A 0 113 Open U10 1-0
11 21 47 Haria Ravi 1940 6 6 Striechman Orri 1797 80 Open U12 0.5-0.5
11 23 58 Malhotra Tarun 1908 5½ 5½ Tatekhin Vyacheslav 2113 16 Open U12 0.5-0.5
11 11 29 FM Lamard Guillaume 2186 6½ 6½ Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 19 Open U14 0-1
11 4 21 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 7 7 IM Bok Benjamin 2453 3 Open U16 0-1
11 46 74 Jefic Srdjan 2152 3½ 4 Lydiard Robert G 1988 89 Open U18 0.5-0.5
11 55 98 Tambini Jasper 1930 3 bye Open U18
11 35 52 Giblon Rebecca 1763 4½ 4½ Wang Maria 1732 60 Girls U14 0-1
11 27 49 Dines Sheila J 1936 4 4 Nguyen Minh Thuy 1918 53 Girls U18 0-1
11 37 95 Kyrkjebo Marte B 0 4½ 4½ Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 45 Girls U12 0-1

Final scores:

Mark 4.5
Ravi 6.5 Tarun 6
Anna 5.5
Felix 7.5
Maria 5.5
Yang-Fan 7
Robert 4.5, Jasper 4
Sheila 4

[Phil Makepeace]

I remember losing to Daniel Sadzikowski, 1st= in the Open U16, in Krakow on a Junior Squad trip in 2005. He was tipped to be big news - looks like he's getting there.

[andrew martin]

I'd just like to thank all the players who represented England. Congratulations!

Further thanks should be given to the coaches and parents, who so ably supported the children on this trip.

We must give very serious thought to the way forward for junior chess in England.