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Noel Studer was born in 1996 and became the youngest grandmaster in Swiss chess history in 2017, at the age of 20. As Studer states on the Accentus Young Masters website, he would like to be one of the top 50 in the world. With a current Elo rating of 2494, Studer is still a bit off the mark at the moment, but if he plays like he did in Bad Ragaz, then he may yet have a shot: 7½ out of 9 (six wins, three draws) with an Elo performance of 2740 is an impressive way to win.
The tournament was also a success for the German International Master Lev Yankelevich (born in 1997), who is currently studying at the Vienna University of Economics International Business School. He shared second and third places with Russian GM Nikita Petrov, but picked up a GM norm with 6½ points from nine games.
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Let's look at a few highlights:
In Round 4, Yankelevich achieved a theoretically interesting victory with Black against fellow German Dennis Wagner:
Here's a tactics test passed by Luis Engel, also from the fourth round:
Can you spot the winning move?
During his winning streak, Studer successfully essayed a King's Gambit!
This DVD concentrates on the King's Gambit accepted with 3.Bc4. Williams has included a lot of novelties and interesting attacking variations that should wet the lips of any attacking player, looking for an interesting way of meeting 1...e5!
Translation from German: Macauley Peterson
