If Jeffery Xiong was nervous because he was close to winning the World Junior title when he sat down to play against Paolo Bersamina in round 12 of the World Juniors he did not let it influence his play. With good preparation, a fine positional feeling, a keen tactical eye and good endgame technique Xiong outplayed his opponent and scored a smooth and crucial win:
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World Junior Champion Jeffery Xiong (right) with his dad
Meanwhile Grzegorz Nasuta and Vladislav Artemiev both shuffled their pieces back and forth though neither side made any visible progress. After 48 moves and with most of the pieces still on the board they agreed to a draw.
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Grzegorz Nasuta from Poland
Vladislav Artemiev from Russia
Standings after 12 rounds
| Rank |
Title |
Name |
Elo |
Country |
Pts |
| 1 |
GM |
Xiong Jeffery |
2633 |
USA |
10 |
| 2 |
GM |
Artemiev Vladislav |
2665 |
RUS |
8½ |
| 3 |
IM |
Nasuta Grzegorz |
2442 |
POL |
8½ |
| 4 |
GM |
Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. |
2543 |
IND |
8 |
| 5 |
GM |
Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan |
2515 |
IND |
8 |
| 6 |
|
Maghsoodloo Parham |
2576 |
IRI |
8 |
| 7 |
IM |
Mosadeghpour Masoud |
2437 |
IRI |
8 |
| 8 |
FM |
Xu Yi |
2371 |
CHN |
8 |
| 9 |
GM |
Karthikeyan Murali |
2514 |
IND |
7½ |
| 10 |
|
Xu Yinglun |
2516 |
CHN |
7½ |
| 11 |
IM |
Svane Rasmus |
2546 |
GER |
7½ |
| 12 |
GM |
Gagare Shardul |
2486 |
IND |
7½ |
| 13 |
IM |
Bersamina Paulo |
2402 |
PHI |
7½ |
| 14 |
IM |
Henriquez Villagra Cristobal |
2520 |
CHI |
7½ |
| 15 |
IM |
Lorparizangeneh Shahin |
2478 |
IRI |
7½ |
| 16 |
IM |
Menezes Christoph |
2408 |
AUT |
7 |
| 17 |
|
Ivekovic Bozidar |
2351 |
CRO |
7 |
| 18 |
|
Srijit Paul |
2217 |
IND |
7 |
| 19 |
IM |
Tran Tuan Minh |
2473 |
VIE |
7 |
| 20 |
GM |
Wagner Dennis |
2572 |
GER |
7 |
... 80 players
Games - Rounds 1 to 12
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