World Youth Chess Championships 20-30 October

[Matthew Turner]

Still waiting for the U12 Boys' results, but England have 6/8 so far.

[Matthew Turner]

Felix hasn't got a nice pairing, 2418 IM.

[Matthew Turner]

Results from round 7
7 58 151 Vandeputte Samuel 0 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ Kenyon Mark A 0 113 Boys U10
7 13 17 Schroeder Jan-Christian 2108 4 ½ - ½ 4 Malhotra Tarun 1908 58 Boys U12
7 24 47 Haria Ravi 1940 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Wu Christopher 2138 14 Boys U12
7 3 1 GM Rapport Richard 2523 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 19 Boys U14
7 11 42 Handler Lukas 2225 4 0 - 1 4 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 21 Boys U16
7 48 66 Borisenko Maxim 2198 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Tambini Jasper 1930 98 Boys U18
7 51 89 Lydiard Robert G 1988 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Amarasena Kaveesha 1899 100 Boys U18
7 41 88 Kogler Alexandra 0 2 0 - 1 2 Wang Maria 1732 60 Girls U14
7 31 67 Selkirk Rebecca 1545 2 0 - 1 2 Dines Sheila J 1936 49 Girls U18
7 28 45 Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 3 1 - 0 3 Loginova Tatiana 0 100 Girls U12

Pairing round 8
8 56 113 Kenyon Mark A 0 3 3 Hoghmrtsyan Artur 0 103 Boys U10
8 16 58 Malhotra Tarun 1908 4½ 4½ CM Xu Yi 2039 26 Boys U12
8 37 91 Karpacz Piotr 1743 3½ 3½ Haria Ravi 1940 47 Boys U12
8 6 19 Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 5 5 IM Vaibhav Suri 2418 3 Boys U14
8 9 21 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 5 5 Ochsner Bjorn Moller 2195 50 Boys U16
8 45 83 Larmuseau Michiel 2085 2½ 2½ Lydiard Robert G 1988 89 Boys U18
8 53 98 Tambini Jasper 1930 1½ 1½ Esenbek Uulu Beknazar 1985 90 Boys U18
8 35 60 Wang Maria 1732 3 3 Szurek Dagmara 1653 71 Girls U14
8 22 49 Dines Sheila J 1936 3 3 Kolaric Spela 2041 36 Girls U18
8 24 91 Jargalmaa Sarantuya 0 4 4 Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 45 Girls U12

[Matthew Turner]

Just a quick return to the question of James Holland. It seems he is a very rapidly improving player. Assuming the ECF sends a limited group to Major Championships (so they can all have great support), I doubt that James would have been 'selected' via any selection method. In fact the system in place at the moment probably gives him the best possible opportunity of wresting a place from more established players. I looked up James' results from the selection tournament

Victor Jones 191 Draw
Jude Lenier 165 WIN
Craig Whitfield 185 Loss
Jean-Luc Weller 184 Loss
james Foster 175 Draw

With the benefit of hindsight and seeing James' results at Uxbridge it is easy to say he should have gone, but I don't really see how the Junior Director could really select him. At least with the system we have in place, James had his chance.

[Sean Hewitt]

Just a quick return to the question of James Holland. It seems he is a very rapidly improving player. Assuming the ECF sends a limited group to Major Championships (so they can all have great support), I doubt that James would have been 'selected' via any selection method. In fact the system in place at the moment probably gives him the best possible opportunity of wresting a place from more established players. I looked up Jmaes' results from the selection tournament

Victor Jones 191 Draw
Jude Lenier 165 WIN
Craig Whitfield 185 Loss
Jean-Luc Weller 184 Loss
james Foster 175 Draw

With the benefit of hindsight and seeing James' results at Uxbridge it is easy to say he should have gone, but I don't really see how the Junior Director could really select him. At least with the system we have in place, James had his chance.

Matthew, just to make the point crystal clear. I'm not criticising the decision who to send / not to send. I'm criticising the policy of only sending one player be age group for each sex.

[Leonard Barden]

[quote="Sean Hewitt} I'm not criticising the decision who to send / not to send. I'm criticising the policy of only sending one player be age group for each sex.[/quote]

The 2011 World Youth championships are scheduled for Mar del Plata, Argentina. I suspect that on cost grounds alone it will be a question then of sending fewer players rather than more.

[Sean Hewitt]

[quote="Sean Hewitt} I'm not criticising the decision who to send / not to send. I'm criticising the policy of only sending one player be age group for each sex.

The 2011 World Youth championships are scheduled for Mar del Plata, Argentina. I suspect that on cost grounds alone it will be a question then of sending fewer players rather than more.[/quote]

If parents are prepared to foot the bill (and I accept that there may be fewer parents prepared to do so) why not let them go?

[Alan Walton]

Just been browsing the results from the other home nations, and two players are having an excellent tournament.

Alex Bullen (WLS, U-16) and Ian McDonald (SCO, U-14) are both performing significantly above the ratings both currently gaining 50 points plus

Hopefully those English players, who have a small loss of rating points, can finish strongly to turn their performances around, I always believe gaining rating points is always a sign off good performance and should be the foremost expectation, medals are a bonus at the end of the day

[Ola Winfridsson]

[quote="Sean Hewitt} I'm not criticising the decision who to send / not to send. I'm criticising the policy of only sending one player be age group for each sex.

The 2011 World Youth championships are scheduled for Mar del Plata, Argentina. I suspect that on cost grounds alone it will be a question then of sending fewer players rather than more.

If parents are prepared to foot the bill (and I accept that there may be fewer parents prepared to do so) why not let them go?[/quote]

Isn't that the case today, already?

[LozCooper]

[quote="Sean Hewitt} I'm not criticising the decision who to send / not to send. I'm criticising the policy of only sending one player be age group for each sex.

The 2011 World Youth championships are scheduled for Mar del Plata, Argentina. I suspect that on cost grounds alone it will be a question then of sending fewer players rather than more.

If parents are prepared to foot the bill (and I accept that there may be fewer parents prepared to do so) why not let them go?

Isn't that the case today, already?[/quote]

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?

Results so far: Yang-Fan won, Ravi drew, Anna, Tarun & Sheila lost. Felix is a pawn down after the time scramble in an ending after a promising position in the early middle game.

[Matthew Turner]

Felix lost and so did Maria. That is 1.5/7 so far, very disappointing not to be able to follow up on a really good seventh round.

[Matthew Turner]

Scotland are also having a bad round 0.5/8 for the Scots so far.

[Matthew Turner]

Robert and Jasper both drew, so just waiting for Mark Kenyon's result, 2.5/9 so far.

[LozCooper]

Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. Group
9 63 154 Yao Winston Yow-Jen 0 3 3 Kenyon Mark A 0 113 Open U10
9 35 47 Haria Ravi 1940 4 4 Tsiros Fragkiskos Vlasios 1764 88 Open U12
9 29 143 Shapiatsiuk Siarhei 0 4½ 4½ Malhotra Tarun 1908 58 Open U12
9 16 49 Dastan Batuhan 2087 5 5 Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 19 Open U14
9 5 21 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 6 6 IM Van Kampen Robin 2430 6 Open U16
9 43 78 Vasques Antonio Pedro Freixial 2115 3 3 Lydiard Robert G 1988 89 Open U18
9 53 96 Khanan Ragsit 1949 2 2 Tambini Jasper 1930 98 Open U18
9 40 94 Olmann Maria 0 3 3 Wang Maria 1732 60 Girls U14
9 29 49 Dines Sheila J 1936 3 3 De Seroux Camille 2020 39 Girls U18
9 28 78 Albekova Dilara 0 4 4 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
8 56 113 Kenyon Mark A 0 3 0 - 1 3 Hoghmrtsyan Artur 0 103 Open U10
8 16 58 Malhotra Tarun 1908 4½ 0 - 1 4½ CM Xu Yi 2039 26 Open U12
8 37 91 Karpacz Piotr 1743 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ Haria Ravi 1940 47 Open U12
8 6 19 Ynojosa Felix Jose 2229 5 0 - 1 5 IM Vaibhav Suri 2418 3 Open U14
8 9 21 FM Zhou Yang-Fan 2320 5 1 - 0 5 Ochsner Bjorn Moller 2195 50 Open U16
8 45 83 Larmuseau Michiel 2085 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ Lydiard Robert G 1988 89 Open U18
8 53 98 Tambini Jasper 1930 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ Esenbek Uulu Beknazar 1985 90 Open U18
8 35 60 Wang Maria 1732 3 0 - 1 3 Szurek Dagmara 1653 71 Girls U14
8 22 49 Dines Sheila J 1936 3 0 - 1 3 Kolaric Spela 2041 36 Girls U18
8 24 91 Jargalmaa Sarantuya 0 4 1 - 0 4 Wang Xingliang Anna 1763 45 Girls U12

[LozCooper]

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