Carissa Yip wins 2020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship

by André Schulz
10/12/2020 – From October 8 to October 29, the St. Louis Chess Club organizes the U.S. Championships, but this year all Championship tournaments are played online and in rapid format. The series began with the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, and with a smooth and convincing performance Carissa Yip won the tournament and her third title in a row.

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The U.S. Championships 2020

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all Championship tournament are played online, a first in the long history of U.S. Championships. However, all Championship tournaments still have a very attractive prize fund.

Schedule:

Girls' Junior Championship

October 9 - 11
$10,300 Prize Fund
$6,000 Scholarship for Winner

Junior Championship

October 13 - 15
$20,600 Prize Fund
$6,000 Scholarship for Winner

Senior Championship

Oktober 17 - 19
$50,000 Prize Fund

Women's Championship

October 21 - 24
$100,000 Prize Fund

Chess Championship

October 26 - 29
$150,000 Prize Fund

Girls' Championship

With Carrisa Yip (6th in the girls' world rankings), Annie Wang (10th), and reigning U.S. Women's Champion Jennifer Yu (23rd), the U.S. Chess Federation has three very strong young talents in the girls' world rankings. All three took part in this year's Girls' Junior Championship and all three were considered to have good chances to win the title.

But it was defending champion Carissa Yip, the winner of the previous Girls' Junior Championships, who soon dominated the tournament. On day 1 she started with one win and two draws, and on day 2 she scored 2½/3, defeated co-favourite Annie Wang, and after six rounds was clear first with 4½/6.

Yip against Wu

However, on day 3, the 17-year scored even better and won all of her three games to become U.S. Girls' Junior Champion 2020. Annie Wang finished second, Rochelle won bronze, and Jennifer Yu finished fourth.

Final standings

Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 IM Yip, Carissa 2421 x 1  1  1  1  ½  ½  1  ½  1  7.5
2 IM Wang, Annie 2384 0  x ½  1  1  0  ½  1  1  1  6.0
3 WIM Wu, Rochelle 2029 0  ½  x 0  1  ½  ½  1  1  1  5.5
4 FM Yu, Jennifer 2315 0  0  1  x 1  1  ½  ½  0  1  5.0
5 FM Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia 2311 0  0  0  0  x 1  1  1  1  1  5.0
6 WIM Nguyen, Emily 2280 ½  1  ½  0  0  x ½  1  1  0  4.5
7 WCM Yan, Ruiyang 2093 ½  ½  ½  ½  0  ½  x ½  0  1  4.0
8 WFM Samadashvili, Martha 2215 0  0  0  ½  0  0  ½  x 1  ½  2.5
9 WFM Morris-Suzuki, Sophie 2043 ½  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  x 0  2.5
10 WCM Lee, Alice 1967 0  0  0  0  0  1  0  ½  1  x 2.5

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Jennifer Yu2426Annie Wang24580–12020B51Casual Classical game
Martha Samadashvili2340Emily Nguyen23480–12020B40Casual Classical game
Rochelle Wu2281Thalia Cervantes23421–02020D20Casual Classical game
Alice Lee2200Carissa Yip24930–12020D31Casual Classical game
S. Morris-Suzuki2249Ruiyang Yan22421–02020A45Casual Classical game
Annie Wang2458Ruiyang Yan2242½–½2020D38Casual Classical game2.1
Carissa Yip2493S. Morris-Suzuki2249½–½2020B32Casual Classical game2.2
Thalia Cervantes2342Alice Lee22001–02020D37Casual Classical game2.3
Emily Nguyen2348Rochelle Wu2281½–½2020D15Casual Classical game2.4
Jennifer Yu2426Martha Samadashvili2340½–½2020B23Casual Classical game2.5
Martha Samadashvili2340Annie Wang24580–12020B51Casual Classical game3.1
Rochelle Wu2281Jennifer Yu24260–12020D10Casual Classical game3.2
Alice Lee2200Emily Nguyen23481–02020D15Casual Classical game3.3
S. Morris-Suzuki2249Thalia Cervantes23420–12020C25Casual Classical game3.4
Ruiyang Yan2242Carissa Yip2493½–½2020C70Casual Classical game3.5
Annie Wang2458Carissa Yip24930–12020E92Casual Classical game4.1
Thalia Cervantes2342Ruiyang Yan22421–02020D38Casual Classical game4.2
Emily Nguyen2348S. Morris-Suzuki22491–02020E15Casual Classical game4.3
Jennifer Yu2426Alice Lee22001–02020A13Casual Classical game4.4
Martha Samadashvili2340Rochelle Wu22810–12020B52Casual Classical game4.5
Rochelle Wu2281Annie Wang2458½–½2020E04Casual Classical game5.1
Alice Lee2200Martha Samadashvili2340½–½2020E52Casual Classical game5.2
S. Morris-Suzuki2249Jennifer Yu24261–02020C29Casual Classical game5.3
Ruiyang Yan2242Emily Nguyen2348½–½2020C77Casual Classical game5.4
Carissa Yip2493Thalia Cervantes23421–02020B96Casual Classical game5.5
Annie Wang2458Thalia Cervantes23421–02020D85Casual Classical game6.1
Emily Nguyen2348Carissa Yip2493½–½2020D38Casual Classical game6.2
Jennifer Yu2426Ruiyang Yan2242½–½2020A18Casual Classical game6.3
Martha Samadashvili2340S. Morris-Suzuki22491–02020B27Casual Classical game6.4
Rochelle Wu2281Alice Lee22001–02020D31Casual Classical game6.5
Alice Lee2200Annie Wang24580–12020E522020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship7.1
S. Morris-Suzuki2249Rochelle Wu22810–12020B232020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship7.2
Ruiyang Yan2242Martha Samadashvili2340½–½2020B472020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship7.3
Carissa Yip2493Jennifer Yu24261–02020C782020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship7.4
Thalia Cervantes2342Emily Nguyen23481–02020D122020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship7.5
Annie Wang2458Emily Nguyen23480–12020D452020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship8.1
Jennifer Yu2426Thalia Cervantes23421–02020A202020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship8.2
Martha Samadashvili2340Carissa Yip24930–12020C532020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship8.3
Rochelle Wu2281Ruiyang Yan2242½–½2020E352020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship8.4
Alice Lee2200S. Morris-Suzuki22491–02020D202020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship8.5
S. Morris-Suzuki2249Annie Wang24580–12020A462020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship9.1
Ruiyang Yan2242Alice Lee22001–02020B112020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship9.2
Carissa Yip2493Rochelle Wu22811–02020B902020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship9.3
Thalia Cervantes2342Martha Samadashvili23401–02020D382020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship9.4
Emily Nguyen2348Jennifer Yu24260–12020D312020 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship9.5

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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