Jeffery Xiong leads World Junior U20 Chess Championships

by Johannes Fischer
8/18/2016 – The World Junior Chess Championships U20 take place from 7th to 22nd August in Bhubaneswan, India. In a 13-round Swiss some of the world's most promising juniors play for the prestigious title of World Junior Champion. After nine rounds 15-year old US Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong has good chances to secure the title. After a wild attacking win in round 8 and a quiet positional victory in round 9 Xiong now has 7.5/9 and is sole leader with four rounds to go.
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The 15-year old Jeffery Xiong (born 30th October 2000) is one of the greatest talents in the US - and in the world. Which he shows again at the World Junior Chess Championships. With four rounds to go he leads the field with 7.5/9 and has good chances to add another prestigious title to his already long list of impressive wins. With a current rating of 2633 Xiong is number 139 in the world, number 9 in the US and number 6 at the Juniors, but in Bhubaneswar he started as second seed behind Vladislav Artemiev from Russia who has a rating of 2665.

In round eight Xiong scored a crucial win against Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram (born 9th November 1999), another great talent. In a wild game both players tried to mate the enemy king at all costs but it was Xiong who handled the complications a bit better and won.

Jeffery Xiong (left) against Aravindh Chithambaram

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 0-0 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Nh2 e5 11.0-0-0 (#) White castles queenside to attack on the kingside which gives Black good targets for an attack on the queenside. a5 12.Na4?! Be6 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Ng4 Qe7 15.Nh6+ Kh8 16.h4 b5 17.Nc3 f6 18.h5 Both sides try to open lines at all costs. Bxh6 19.Bxh6 g5 20.Rdf1 Striving for f2-f4 - practically White's only possibility to open the position. Qf7 21.g3 White leaves the a-pawn - and the queenside - to its fate and hopes to be the first to mate. b4 22.Na4 Bxa2+ 23.Ka1 c4 24.f4 (#) Of course not 24.Kxa2?? c3+ 24...exf4 The position is phantastically complicated and the text move might be a mistake. Maybe it was better to play 24...cxd3 immediately because White now has nothing better than 25.b3 After 25.fxg5 dxc2 26.gxf6 Bb1 27.Bg7+ Kg8 28.b3 Qxb3 29.f7+ Kxg7 the black king can hide behind the pawn on e5 and White's attack comes to a halt after 30.fxe8N+ Kh8 a line that was not possible in the game because after 24...exf4 Black no longer had a pawn on e5 - and without a pawn on e5 here White would mate with Qd4+. 25...Bxb3 26.cxb3 exf4 27.gxf4 Qxb3 28.Qa2 Qxa2+ 29.Kxa2 gxf4 and with four pawns for the piece Black is better. 25.gxf4 cxd3 26.fxg5 dxc2 27.gxf6 Bb1 28.Bg7+ Kg8 29.b3 (#) After this move - which, as mentioned above - would not have been possible had Black not played 24...exf4 Black has difficulties to continue with his attack. However, though both kings are dangerously exposed and both sides have far advanced pawns the engine keep calm and consider the position to be equal. Nc5 Black sacrifices a piece to open lines to fuel his attack. 29...Qxb3? does not work because White wins with 30.f7+ Kxg7 31.fxe8N+ According to the engines Black's best move here is 29...c1Q However, the endgame resulting after 30.Qxc1 Qxb3 31.f7+ Kxg7 32.Rhg1+ Kh8 33.fxe8Q+ Rxe8 34.Qxb1 Qxa4+ 35.Qa2 Qxa2+ 36.Kxa2 Nc5 is still clearly better for White. And who would give up his strongest pawn in such a nonchalant fashion? 30.Nxc5 a4 31.Kb2 axb3 31...a3+ yields nothing. White's king simply retreats to safety with 32.Ka1 to safety. 32.Nxb3? (#) More precise was 32.Nd3 32...c1Q+? Black wants to activate his bishop and misses the best continuation. After 32...Red8! White had to be careful not to lose. After, for example, 33.Qf4?? Black mates with 33.Rhg1 Rxd2 34.Bh6+ Kh8 35.Bg7+ Kg8 36.Bh6+ is better and leads to a perpetual. 33...Ra2+ 34.Kc1 Rd1+ 35.Rxd1 cxd1Q+ 36.Rxd1 Qc4+ 37.Kxb1 Qc2# 33.Nxc1 Bxe4 34.Rhg1 Ra5 35.Rg5 c5 36.Rfg1 c4 37.Qxb4 c3+ 38.Qxc3
Black is lost. The white knight is strong enough to protect its king. 38...Rb8+ 39.Nb3 Rxg5 40.Rxg5 Bd5 41.Bh6+ Kh8 42.Rxd5 Rxb3+ 43.Qxb3 1–0
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Xiong,J2633Aravindh,C25431–02016B31World Junior Open 20168.2

In round nine Xiong showed his stylistic versatility by exploiting two small inaccuracies of his opponent to turn a seemingly harmless and quiet position into a better endgame which he won with good and solid technique. With this win Xiong defended his position as sole leader and has a current rating-performance of 2741.

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 c5 8.e3 d5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qh4 After an unassuming opening White decides to leave the queens on board. Had he been in an entirely peaceful mood he might have played 13.Qxd7 Nxd7 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Rac1 which leads to a completely equal position with strong drawish tendencies. 13...Rad8 14.Rad1 Qc8! The queen is heading for a8. 15.Nb5
15...a6?! Giving White a good tactical opportunity. Safer is 15...Rxd1 16.Rxd1 a6 17.Nc3 White now cannot play 17.Nd6 because Black counters with Qd8 with a clear advantage for Black. 17...Rd8 with equality. 16.Nbd4?! It seems as if White starts to drift and fails to see the tactical nuances of this apparently harmless position. Here he misses 16.Nd6! e.g. Rxd6 17.Rxd6 exd6 18.Bxf6 Ne5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qd4 and White is slightly better. 16...Qa8 17.Nxc6 Bxc6
Now it is Black who exerts pressure. Black attacks the white knight on f3 which is surprisingly difficult to defend. 18.Rxd8 18.Qf4?? loses after Nh5 and 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.Bxc6 Bxh4 21.Bxa8 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rxa8 24.Rd7 Kf8 25.Rb7 b5 26.Rb6 Ke8 27.a4 leads to an endgame in which White is a pawn down though he has good drawing chances. 18...Rxd8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qf4 Kg7 Threatening 21...e5 22.Qg4 h5. 21.Ne1
Allowing the black rook to enter the second rank but it is difficult to propoase better alternatives for White. 21...Rd2 22.Qb4 Rxa2 23.Qxb6 Bd5 24.Qb4 Rb2 25.Qb6 a5 26.Qb5 e6 27.Bxd5 Qxd5 28.Qxd5 exd5 29.Nf3 Rxb3
Black won a pawn and reached a winning endgame which Xiong converts without much trouble. 30.Rd1 Rb5 31.Nd4 Rb6 32.Nc2 Rc6 33.Nd4 Ra6 34.Nb5 a4 35.Nc7 Rc6 36.Ne8+ Kf8 37.Nxf6 Rxf6 38.Rxd5 Ra6 39.Kf1 a3 40.Rd1 Ke7 41.Ke1 a2 42.Ra1 Kd6 43.Kd2 Kd5 44.Kd3 Ra3+ 45.Kd2 h5 46.h3 g5 47.g4 h4 48.Kd1 Ke4 49.Ke2 f6 50.f3+ Kd5 51.Kd2 Kc4 52.Kc2 Rxe3 0–1
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Maghsoodloo,P2576Xiong,J26330–12016A30World Junior Open 20169.1

Standings after 9 rounds

Rk.   Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1   TB2  Rp
1 GM Xiong Jeffery USA 2633 7,5 0,0 46,0 2741
2 IM Nasuta Grzegorz POL 2442 7,0 0,0 42,5 2593
3   Xu Yinglun CHN 2516 6,5 0,0 46,0 2616
4 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2665 6,5 0,0 44,0 2614
5   Ivekovic Bozidar CRO 2351 6,5 0,0 41,0 2525
6 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2514 6,0 0,0 47,5 2562
7 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2543 6,0 0,0 46,0 2531
8   Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2576 6,0 0,0 45,5 2514
9 IM Svane Rasmus GER 2546 6,0 0,0 44,0 2542
10   Beradze Irakli GEO 2440 6,0 0,0 42,5 2511
11 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2515 5,5 0,0 48,5 2548
12 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2582 5,5 0,0 45,0 2453
13 IM Menezes Christoph AUT 2408 5,5 0,0 44,0 2456
14 FM Xu Yi CHN 2371 5,5 0,0 43,5 2477
15 IM Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2437 5,5 0,0 43,5 2520
16 GM Gagare Shardul IND 2486 5,5 0,0 42,0 2446
17 IM Visakh N R IND 2431 5,5 0,0 42,0 2477
18 IM Bersamina Paulo PHI 2402 5,5 0,0 41,0 2371
19 IM Beukema Stefan BEL 2380 5,5 0,0 40,5 2470
20 GM Wagner Dennis GER 2572 5,5 0,0 40,0 2384
21   Srijit Paul IND 2217 5,5 0,0 40,0 2464
22 FM Grandadam Patrik SUI 2325 5,5 0,0 39,0 2386
23 IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2478 5,5 0,0 37,0 2417
24 IM Henriquez Villagra Cristobal CHI 2520 5,5 0,0 37,0 2438
25 FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2429 5,0 0,0 44,5 2445

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Games rounds 1 to 9

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.0-0 Rb8 7.e3 b5 8.b3 cxb3 9.axb3 Bb7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bd2 Ne4 12.Be1 Bd6 13.Qc2 f5 14.Rxa6 Nb4 15.Bxb4 Bxa6 16.Qc6+ Qd7 17.Qxa6 Bxb4 18.Ne5 Rb6 19.Qa8+ Qd8 20.Qxd8+ Kxd8 21.Nf7+ Ke7 22.Nxh8 Nc3 23.Nxc3 Bxc3 24.Rc1 b4 25.Rc2 Ra6 26.Bf1 Ra8 27.f4 Rxh8 28.Ra2 Rb8 29.Bc4 h6 30.Kf2 Rb7 31.Ra5 Rb6 32.Kf3 g6 33.h3 h5 34.g4 hxg4+ 35.hxg4 Rb8 36.Ra6 Rb6 37.Ra8 Bd2 38.g5 Rb7 39.Rg8 Kf7 40.Rh8 Ra7 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Re7 Ra2 43.Rxe6 Kg7 44.Re7+ Kf8 45.Rxc7 Be1 46.e4 Rf2+ 47.Ke3 fxe4 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.Ra7+ Kf8 50.Ra1 1–0
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Artemiev,V2665Viennot,D23421–02016E04World Junior Open 20161.1
Erigaisi,A2337Xiong,J26330–12016E46World Junior Open 20161.2
Alekseenko,K2582Grandadam,P23251–02016B47World Junior Open 20161.3
Rydstrom,T2315Maghsoodloo,P2576½–½2016B42World Junior Open 20161.4
Wagner,D2572Karthik,V23051–02016E16World Junior Open 20161.5
Arjun,K2292Svane,R25460–12016C11World Junior Open 20161.6
Aravindh,C2543Krishna Teja,N22821–02016C10World Junior Open 20161.7
Gajwa,A2282Henriquez Villagra,C2520½–½2016B61World Junior Open 20161.8
Xu,Y2516Rahul,S22801–02016E97World Junior Open 20161.9
Dhulipalla,B2276Narayanan,S25150–12016A45World Junior Open 20161.10
Karthikeyan,M2514Ivic,V22701–02016B30World Junior Open 20161.11
Yogit,S2270Gagare,S24860–12016C11World Junior Open 20161.12
Lorparizangeneh,S2478Sahoo,U22660–12016A07World Junior Open 20161.13
Ritviz,P2259Studer,N2477½–½2016C11World Junior Open 20161.14
Tran Tuan Minh2473Sammed Jaykumar,S22531–02016E70World Junior Open 20161.15
Salles,L2235Gholami,A24610–12016B43World Junior Open 20161.16
Basso,P2455Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228½–½2016D10World Junior Open 20161.17
Shailesh,D2224Nasuta,G2442½–½2016B94World Junior Open 20161.18
Beradze,I2440Fan,H22231–02016A05World Junior Open 20161.19
Srijit,P2217Mosadeghpour,M24370–12016C99World Junior Open 20161.20
Visakh,N2431Squella Lavin,C22031–02016A15World Junior Open 20161.21
Barath,K2197Yakubboev,N24311–02016A40World Junior Open 20161.22
Praggnanandhaa,R2429Subhayan,K21891–02016A05World Junior Open 20161.23
Taalaibekov,T2182Mousavi,S2422½–½2016D40World Junior Open 20161.24
Menezes,C2408Papakonstantinou,D21801–02016E90World Junior Open 20161.25
Thogersen,R2171Bersamina,P2402½–½2016B32World Junior Open 20161.26
Martins,D2402Rakesh,K2161½–½2016A04World Junior Open 20161.27
Gandhi,A2156Akash,G24001–02016B06World Junior Open 20161.28
Beukema,S2380Holleland,S21061–02016C53World Junior Open 20161.29
Tahay,A2098Xu,Y23710–12016B47World Junior Open 20161.30
Yuan,Q2366Evangelista,P20201–02016A41World Junior Open 20161.31
Nyamdorj,D2015Lokander,M23651–02016C78World Junior Open 20161.32
Pirverdiyev,A2364Avik,S20001–02016A31World Junior Open 20161.33
Palucha,S1932Nihal,S23580–12016B90World Junior Open 20161.34
Tran,M2353Subramaniam,S18631–02016B87World Junior Open 20161.35
Dassanayake,D1859Rajdeep,S2351½–½2016D52World Junior Open 20161.36
Ivekovic,B2351Weerasinghe,C17851–02016D80World Junior Open 20161.37
Hsu,C1777Harsha,B23440–12016B40World Junior Open 20161.38
Belous,M2343Seppala,J17651–02016E10World Junior Open 20161.39
Skettos,N1561Gheorghiu,C23430–12016C11World Junior Open 20161.40
Praggnanandhaa,R2429Artemiev,V26650–12016A07World Junior Open 20162.1
Xiong,J2633Menezes,C24081–02016E06World Junior Open 20162.2
Beukema,S2380Alekseenko,K25820–12016B09World Junior Open 20162.3
Xu,Y2371Wagner,D25721–02016C53World Junior Open 20162.4
Svane,R2546Yuan,Q2366½–½2016E17World Junior Open 20162.5
Pirverdiyev,A2364Aravindh,C25430–12016A50World Junior Open 20162.6
Nihal,S2358Xu,Y2516½–½2016D58World Junior Open 20162.7
Narayanan,S2515Tran,M23531–02016A78World Junior Open 20162.8
Harsha,B2344Karthikeyan,M2514½–½2016B40World Junior Open 20162.9
Gagare,S2486Ivekovic,B23510–12016E60World Junior Open 20162.10
Gheorghiu,C2343Tran Tuan Minh24730–12016E46World Junior Open 20162.11
Gholami,A2461Belous,M2343½–½2016E67World Junior Open 20162.12
Sahoo,U2266Beradze,I24400–12016E12World Junior Open 20162.13
Mosadeghpour,M2437Gandhi,A2156½–½2016B92World Junior Open 20162.14
Barath,K2197Visakh,N24310–12016A10World Junior Open 20162.15
Maghsoodloo,P2576Nyamdorj,D20151–02016D78World Junior Open 20162.16
Henriquez Villagra,C2520Rydstrom,T23151–02016E10World Junior Open 20162.17
Studer,N2477Gajwa,A22820–12016E97World Junior Open 20162.18
Rakesh,K2161Basso,P24551–02016B10World Junior Open 20162.19
Nasuta,G2442Ritviz,P22591–02016C84World Junior Open 20162.20
Mousavi,S2422Shailesh,D22241–02016A13World Junior Open 20162.21
Bersamina,P2402Taalaibekov,T21821–02016B23World Junior Open 20162.22
Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228Martins,D24021–02016A84World Junior Open 20162.23
Rajdeep,S2351Thogersen,R21711–02016D78World Junior Open 20162.24
Akash,G2400Dassanayake,D18591–02016B32World Junior Open 20162.25
Fan,H2223Lorparizangeneh,S24780–12016C95World Junior Open 20162.26
Lokander,M2365Srijit,P22170–12016A85World Junior Open 20162.27
Viennot,D2342Squella Lavin,C22031–02016C03World Junior Open 20162.28
Subhayan,K2189Erigaisi,A23370–12016C11World Junior Open 20162.29
Grandadam,P2325Papakonstantinou,D21801–02016E91World Junior Open 20162.30
Karthik,V2305Holleland,S21061–02016E21World Junior Open 20162.31
Evangelista,P2020Arjun,K22921–02016C24World Junior Open 20162.32
Krishna Teja,N2282Tahay,A20981–02016A57World Junior Open 20162.33
Rahul,S2280Palucha,S1932½–½2016D85World Junior Open 20162.34
Avik,S2000Dhulipalla,B22760–12016D85World Junior Open 20162.35
Ivic,V2270Hsu,C17771–02016B06World Junior Open 20162.36
Subramaniam,S1863Yogit,S22701–02016C53World Junior Open 20162.37
Sammed Jaykumar,S2253Skettos,N15611–02016A08World Junior Open 20162.38
Weerasinghe,C1785Salles,L2235½–½2016D43World Junior Open 20162.39
Artemiev,V2665Tran Tuan Minh24731–02016E22World Junior Open 20163.1
Beradze,I2440Xiong,J2633½–½2016B52World Junior Open 20163.2
Alekseenko,K2582Visakh,N2431½–½2016C42World Junior Open 20163.3
Aravindh,C2543Xu,Y2371½–½2016A18World Junior Open 20163.4
Ivekovic,B2351Narayanan,S25150–12016D58World Junior Open 20163.5
Bersamina,P2402Maghsoodloo,P2576½–½2016C44World Junior Open 20163.6
Nihal,S2358Svane,R25460–12016E15World Junior Open 20163.7
Yuan,Q2366Henriquez Villagra,C25201–02016A37World Junior Open 20163.8
Xu,Y2516Rajdeep,S2351½–½2016E51World Junior Open 20163.9
Karthikeyan,M2514Chakravarthi Reddy,M22281–02016C00World Junior Open 20163.10
Harsha,B2344Gholami,A24611–02016B40World Junior Open 20163.11
Belous,M2343Nasuta,G2442½–½2016D86World Junior Open 20163.12
Gajwa,A2282Mosadeghpour,M24370–12016B94World Junior Open 20163.13
Gandhi,A2156Mousavi,S24221–02016C19World Junior Open 20163.14
Wagner,D2572Rakesh,K2161½–½2016D15World Junior Open 20163.15
Karthik,V2305Gagare,S24860–12016E21World Junior Open 20163.16
Lorparizangeneh,S2478Krishna Teja,N22821–02016A37World Junior Open 20163.17
Dhulipalla,B2276Praggnanandhaa,R24290–12016A05World Junior Open 20163.18
Menezes,C2408Ivic,V22701–02016E90World Junior Open 20163.19
Sahoo,U2266Akash,G24000–12016A41World Junior Open 20163.20
Sammed Jaykumar,S2253Beukema,S2380½–½2016C53World Junior Open 20163.21
Srijit,P2217Pirverdiyev,A23641–02016B90World Junior Open 20163.22
Tran,M2353Barath,K21970–12016E11World Junior Open 20163.23
Evangelista,P2020Gheorghiu,C23431–02016C00World Junior Open 20163.24
Nyamdorj,D2015Viennot,D23420–12016C11World Junior Open 20163.25
Erigaisi,A2337Subramaniam,S18631–02016D35World Junior Open 20163.26
Seppala,J1765Grandadam,P23250–12016D38World Junior Open 20163.27
Salles,L2235Studer,N24770–12016C00World Junior Open 20163.28
Basso,P2455Shailesh,D22240–12016A49World Junior Open 20163.29
Martins,D2402Taalaibekov,T2182½–½2016A29World Junior Open 20163.30
Rydstrom,T2315Thogersen,R2171½–½2016B97World Junior Open 20163.31
Dassanayake,D1859Rahul,S2280½–½2016E63World Junior Open 20163.32
Ritviz,P2259Weerasinghe,C17851–02016B23World Junior Open 20163.33
Palucha,S1932Lokander,M23651–02016B07World Junior Open 20163.34
Papakonstantinou,D2180Arjun,K22921–02016C70World Junior Open 20163.35
Holleland,S2106Yogit,S22700–12016A24World Junior Open 20163.36
Tahay,A2098Fan,H22230–12016C42World Junior Open 20163.37
Squella Lavin,C2203Avik,S20001–02016D35World Junior Open 20163.38
Hsu,C1777Subhayan,K21890–12016C00World Junior Open 20163.39
Narayanan,S2515Artemiev,V2665½–½2016D85World Junior Open 20164.1
Xiong,J2633Yuan,Q23661–02016A17World Junior Open 20164.2
Mosadeghpour,M2437Alekseenko,K25821–02016B21World Junior Open 20164.3
Svane,R2546Harsha,B23441–02016A20World Junior Open 20164.4
Visakh,N2431Aravindh,C2543½–½2016D12World Junior Open 20164.5
Xu,Y2371Karthikeyan,M25140–12016B51World Junior Open 20164.6
Gandhi,A2156Beradze,I2440½–½2016C92World Junior Open 20164.7
Maghsoodloo,P2576Ivekovic,B23511–02016A04World Junior Open 20164.8
Viennot,D2342Xu,Y25160–12016B90World Junior Open 20164.9
Gagare,S2486Belous,M23431–02016E68World Junior Open 20164.10
Rajdeep,S2351Lorparizangeneh,S2478½–½2016A48World Junior Open 20164.11
Tran Tuan Minh2473Erigaisi,A2337½–½2016E44World Junior Open 20164.12
Nasuta,G2442Srijit,P22171–02016B46World Junior Open 20164.13
Grandadam,P2325Praggnanandhaa,R24290–12016D59World Junior Open 20164.14
Barath,K2197Menezes,C2408½–½2016E00World Junior Open 20164.15
Rakesh,K2161Bersamina,P24021–02016B30World Junior Open 20164.16
Akash,G2400Evangelista,P20201–02016C11World Junior Open 20164.17
Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228Wagner,D2572½–½2016D43World Junior Open 20164.18
Henriquez Villagra,C2520Nihal,S23581–02016E14World Junior Open 20164.19
Studer,N2477Sammed Jaykumar,S22530–12016E97World Junior Open 20164.20
Gholami,A2461Gajwa,A22820–12016E69World Junior Open 20164.21
Mousavi,S2422Palucha,S19321–02016A16World Junior Open 20164.22
Shailesh,D2224Beukema,S23800–12016C60World Junior Open 20164.23
Gheorghiu,C2343Ritviz,P22591–02016E84World Junior Open 20164.24
Fan,H2223Martins,D2402½–½2016B07World Junior Open 20164.25
Squella Lavin,C2203Pirverdiyev,A23640–12016E17World Junior Open 20164.26
Subhayan,K2189Tran,M23531–02016B48World Junior Open 20164.27
Taalaibekov,T2182Rydstrom,T23150–12016A47World Junior Open 20164.28
Papakonstantinou,D2180Karthik,V23051–02016C91World Junior Open 20164.29
Krishna Teja,N2282Nyamdorj,D20151–02016D37World Junior Open 20164.30
Rahul,S2280Seppala,J17651–02016A07World Junior Open 20164.31
Thogersen,R2171Dhulipalla,B22760–12016D97World Junior Open 20164.32
Ivic,V2270Dassanayake,D18591–02016A15World Junior Open 20164.33
Yogit,S2270Skettos,N15611–02016B84World Junior Open 20164.34
Subramaniam,S1863Sahoo,U2266½–½2016C53World Junior Open 20164.35
Weerasinghe,C1785Basso,P24550–12016D37World Junior Open 20164.36
Arjun,K2292Salles,L22351–02016B90World Junior Open 20164.37
Lokander,M2365Tahay,A2098½–½2016A45World Junior Open 20164.38
Holleland,S2106Hsu,C17771–02016A10World Junior Open 20164.39
Artemiev,V2665Mosadeghpour,M2437½–½2016A16World Junior Open 20165.1
Narayanan,S2515Xiong,J2633½–½2016D85World Junior Open 20165.2
Karthikeyan,M2514Svane,R25461–02016B12World Junior Open 20165.3
Beradze,I2440Maghsoodloo,P2576½–½2016A48World Junior Open 20165.4
Aravindh,C2543Akash,G24001–02016B32World Junior Open 20165.5
Xu,Y2516Visakh,N24311–02016D31World Junior Open 20165.6
Praggnanandhaa,R2429Gagare,S2486½–½2016C11World Junior Open 20165.7
Rakesh,K2161Nasuta,G24420–12016D77World Junior Open 20165.8
Alekseenko,K2582Gandhi,A21561–02016B90World Junior Open 20165.9
Harsha,B2344Henriquez Villagra,C2520½–½2016B51World Junior Open 20165.10
Lorparizangeneh,S2478Yuan,Q2366½–½2016A14World Junior Open 20165.11
Gajwa,A2282Tran Tuan Minh24730–12016B98World Junior Open 20165.12
Erigaisi,A2337Mousavi,S2422½–½2016E46World Junior Open 20165.13
Menezes,C2408Rajdeep,S23511–02016E09World Junior Open 20165.14
Beukema,S2380Barath,K21971–02016B40World Junior Open 20165.15
Sammed Jaykumar,S2253Xu,Y2371½–½2016C53World Junior Open 20165.16
Wagner,D2572Krishna Teja,N22821–02016E21World Junior Open 20165.17
Bersamina,P2402Rahul,S22801–02016B23World Junior Open 20165.18
Pirverdiyev,A2364Ivic,V2270½–½2016B38World Junior Open 20165.19
Ivekovic,B2351Yogit,S22701–02016E11World Junior Open 20165.20
Belous,M2343Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228½–½2016D11World Junior Open 20165.21
Dhulipalla,B2276Gheorghiu,C23431–02016B50World Junior Open 20165.22
Srijit,P2217Viennot,D23421–02016C15World Junior Open 20165.23
Evangelista,P2020Grandadam,P23250–12016B23World Junior Open 20165.24
Rydstrom,T2315Subhayan,K21890–12016C11World Junior Open 20165.25
Basso,P2455Papakonstantinou,D21801–02016E81World Junior Open 20165.26
Palucha,S1932Studer,N24770–12016C03World Junior Open 20165.27
Ritviz,P2259Gholami,A24610–12016B40World Junior Open 20165.28
Martins,D2402Shailesh,D22241–02016A15World Junior Open 20165.29
Nihal,S2358Subramaniam,S1863½–½2016D37World Junior Open 20165.30
Sahoo,U2266Fan,H22230–12016E11World Junior Open 20165.31
Tran,M2353Holleland,S21061–02016A45World Junior Open 20165.32
Nyamdorj,D2015Karthik,V2305½–½2016B00World Junior Open 20165.33
Avik,S2000Arjun,K22920–12016D10World Junior Open 20165.34
Dassanayake,D1859Squella Lavin,C22030–12016D31World Junior Open 20165.35
Seppala,J1765Taalaibekov,T21820–12016E11World Junior Open 20165.36
Skettos,N1561Thogersen,R21710–12016C77World Junior Open 20165.37
Salles,L2235Lokander,M2365½–½2016C45World Junior Open 20165.38
Tahay,A2098Weerasinghe,C17851–02016B32World Junior Open 20165.39
Artemiev,V2665Karthikeyan,M2514½–½2016E93World Junior Open 20166.1
Xiong,J2633Xu,Y2516½–½2016D00World Junior Open 20166.2
Nasuta,G2442Aravindh,C2543½–½2016C10World Junior Open 20166.3
Mosadeghpour,M2437Narayanan,S2515½–½2016B90World Junior Open 20166.4
Tran Tuan Minh2473Alekseenko,K25820–12016D80World Junior Open 20166.5
Maghsoodloo,P2576Praggnanandhaa,R2429½–½2016D78World Junior Open 20166.6
Svane,R2546Beradze,I24401–02016E15World Junior Open 20166.7
Gagare,S2486Menezes,C2408½–½2016E15World Junior Open 20166.8
Beukema,S2380Wagner,D2572½–½2016C53World Junior Open 20166.9
Henriquez Villagra,C2520Erigaisi,A2337½–½2016D45World Junior Open 20166.10
Lorparizangeneh,S2478Harsha,B2344½–½2016A20World Junior Open 20166.11
Visakh,N2431Dhulipalla,B2276½–½2016A45World Junior Open 20166.12
Mousavi,S2422Sammed Jaykumar,S22531–02016A16World Junior Open 20166.13
Grandadam,P2325Bersamina,P2402½–½2016E20World Junior Open 20166.14
Akash,G2400Srijit,P22171–02016A04World Junior Open 20166.15
Xu,Y2371Rakesh,K21611–02016B30World Junior Open 20166.16
Yuan,Q2366Gandhi,A21561–02016A16World Junior Open 20166.17
Subhayan,K2189Ivekovic,B23510–12016B70World Junior Open 20166.18
Studer,N2477Belous,M2343½–½2016E68World Junior Open 20166.19
Gholami,A2461Barath,K21971–02016A28World Junior Open 20166.20
Fan,H2223Basso,P2455½–½2016C67World Junior Open 20166.21
Ivic,V2270Martins,D24021–02016C01World Junior Open 20166.22
Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228Pirverdiyev,A2364½–½2016E12World Junior Open 20166.23
Rajdeep,S2351Gajwa,A2282½–½2016A48World Junior Open 20166.24
Rahul,S2280Nihal,S23580–12016E20World Junior Open 20166.25
Yogit,S2270Tran,M23530–12016B40World Junior Open 20166.26
Gheorghiu,C2343Squella Lavin,C22031–02016C18World Junior Open 20166.27
Taalaibekov,T2182Viennot,D23420–12016E10World Junior Open 20166.28
Papakonstantinou,D2180Rydstrom,T23151–02016B41World Junior Open 20166.29
Arjun,K2292Thogersen,R21711–02016B90World Junior Open 20166.30
Krishna Teja,N2282Evangelista,P20201–02016A41World Junior Open 20166.31
Subramaniam,S1863Ritviz,P22590–12016C55World Junior Open 20166.32
Karthik,V2305Tahay,A2098½–½2016D01World Junior Open 20166.33
Nyamdorj,D2015Sahoo,U22660–12016C92World Junior Open 20166.34
Shailesh,D2224Palucha,S19321–02016B26World Junior Open 20166.35
Lokander,M2365Dassanayake,D18591–02016B12World Junior Open 20166.36
Hsu,C1777Salles,L22350–12016B96World Junior Open 20166.37
Holleland,S2106Seppala,J1765½–½2016D78World Junior Open 20166.38
Skettos,N1561Avik,S20001–02016C14World Junior Open 20166.39
Karthikeyan,M2514Xiong,J26330–12016A04World Junior Open 20167.1
Xu,Y2516Artemiev,V26651–02016A04World Junior Open 20167.2
Alekseenko,K2582Nasuta,G24420–12016B90World Junior Open 20167.3
Narayanan,S2515Svane,R2546½–½2016D45World Junior Open 20167.4
Aravindh,C2543Mosadeghpour,M2437½–½2016A16World Junior Open 20167.5
Akash,G2400Maghsoodloo,P25760–12016A01World Junior Open 20167.6
Gagare,S2486Beukema,S2380½–½2016A81World Junior Open 20167.7
Praggnanandhaa,R2429Xu,Y2371½–½2016A05World Junior Open 20167.8
Ivekovic,B2351Mousavi,S2422½–½2016D81World Junior Open 20167.9
Menezes,C2408Yuan,Q23661–02016A15World Junior Open 20167.10
Wagner,D2572Visakh,N2431½–½2016C72World Junior Open 20167.11
Bersamina,P2402Henriquez Villagra,C2520½–½2016B23World Junior Open 20167.12
Erigaisi,A2337Lorparizangeneh,S2478½–½2016E46World Junior Open 20167.13
Harsha,B2344Tran Tuan Minh2473½–½2016B52World Junior Open 20167.14
Dhulipalla,B2276Gholami,A2461½–½2016A45World Junior Open 20167.15
Beradze,I2440Grandadam,P2325½–½2016A07World Junior Open 20167.16
Nihal,S2358Ivic,V2270½–½2016E97World Junior Open 20167.17
Srijit,P2217Studer,N2477½–½2016C11World Junior Open 20167.18
Basso,P2455Krishna Teja,N22821–02016E32World Junior Open 20167.19
Pirverdiyev,A2364Fan,H22230–12016C48World Junior Open 20167.20
Tran,M2353Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228½–½2016A44World Junior Open 20167.21
Sammed Jaykumar,S2253Rajdeep,S23510–12016C77World Junior Open 20167.22
Belous,M2343Subhayan,K21891–02016E81World Junior Open 20167.23
Gajwa,A2282Gheorghiu,C23430–12016C11World Junior Open 20167.24
Viennot,D2342Papakonstantinou,D21800–12016B00World Junior Open 20167.25
Gandhi,A2156Arjun,K22920–12016C70World Junior Open 20167.26
Sahoo,U2266Rakesh,K2161½–½2016D10World Junior Open 20167.27
Barath,K2197Martins,D2402½–½2016A41World Junior Open 20167.28
Ritviz,P2259Shailesh,D22240–12016B23World Junior Open 20167.29
Squella Lavin,C2203Lokander,M23650–12016D02World Junior Open 20167.30
Rydstrom,T2315Subramaniam,S18631–02016B98World Junior Open 20167.31
Thogersen,R2171Karthik,V2305½–½2016B00World Junior Open 20167.32
Tahay,A2098Rahul,S22800–12016B47World Junior Open 20167.33
Evangelista,P2020Yogit,S22700–12016C24World Junior Open 20167.34
Salles,L2235Taalaibekov,T21820–12016B40World Junior Open 20167.35
Palucha,S1932Skettos,N15611–02016B01World Junior Open 20167.36
Weerasinghe,C1785Holleland,S21061–02016E32World Junior Open 20167.37
Seppala,J1765Nyamdorj,D20150–12016D37World Junior Open 20167.38
Avik,S2000Hsu,C1777½–½2016B06World Junior Open 20167.39
Nasuta,G2442Xu,Y2516½–½2016B94World Junior Open 20168.1
Xiong,J2633Aravindh,C25431–02016B31World Junior Open 20168.2
Maghsoodloo,P2576Narayanan,S25151–02016A00World Junior Open 20168.3
Svane,R2546Menezes,C2408½–½2016A33World Junior Open 20168.4
Mosadeghpour,M2437Karthikeyan,M25140–12016B09World Junior Open 20168.5
Mousavi,S2422Artemiev,V26650–12016A21World Junior Open 20168.6
Ivekovic,B2351Alekseenko,K25821–02016A01World Junior Open 20168.7
Xu,Y2371Gagare,S2486½–½2016C07World Junior Open 20168.8
Beukema,S2380Praggnanandhaa,R24291–02016C50World Junior Open 20168.9
Rajdeep,S2351Wagner,D2572½–½2016A47World Junior Open 20168.10
Henriquez Villagra,C2520Belous,M23431–02016E62World Junior Open 20168.11
Gheorghiu,C2343Lorparizangeneh,S24780–12016E20World Junior Open 20168.12
Tran Tuan Minh2473Grandadam,P2325½–½2016A13World Junior Open 20168.13
Gholami,A2461Erigaisi,A2337½–½2016D45World Junior Open 20168.14
Arjun,K2292Basso,P24551–02016B19World Junior Open 20168.15
Ivic,V2270Beradze,I24400–12016C92World Junior Open 20168.16
Visakh,N2431Harsha,B2344½–½2016B43World Junior Open 20168.17
Fan,H2223Bersamina,P2402½–½2016B32World Junior Open 20168.18
Papakonstantinou,D2180Akash,G2400½–½2016B33World Junior Open 20168.19
Yuan,Q2366Dhulipalla,B2276½–½2016A22World Junior Open 20168.20
Studer,N2477Tran,M23531–02016B48World Junior Open 20168.21
Rakesh,K2161Nihal,S23581–02016A04World Junior Open 20168.22
Chakravarthi Reddy,M2228Srijit,P22170–12016A85World Junior Open 20168.23
Shailesh,D2224Lokander,M2365½–½2016C00World Junior Open 20168.24
Martins,D2402Sahoo,U22661–02016A14World Junior Open 20168.25
Subhayan,K2189Pirverdiyev,A23640–12016B14World Junior Open 20168.26
Viennot,D2342Sammed Jaykumar,S22530–12016A48World Junior Open 20168.27
Yogit,S2270Rydstrom,T23150–12016C84World Junior Open 20168.28
Krishna Teja,N2282Barath,K21970–12016E11World Junior Open 20168.29
Taalaibekov,T2182Gajwa,A22821–02016A45World Junior Open 20168.30
Rahul,S2280Gandhi,A21561–02016E90World Junior Open 20168.31
Karthik,V2305Palucha,S19321–02016B96World Junior Open 20168.32
Thogersen,R2171Ritviz,P22590–12016E98World Junior Open 20168.33
Weerasinghe,C1785Nyamdorj,D2015½–½2016D37World Junior Open 20168.34
Subramaniam,S1863Salles,L22351–02016C11World Junior Open 20168.35
Dassanayake,D1859Tahay,A2098½–½2016A57World Junior Open 20168.36
Skettos,N1561Evangelista,P20200–12016B07World Junior Open 20168.37
Squella Lavin,C2203Hsu,C17771–02016E63World Junior Open 20168.38
Seppala,J1765Avik,S20000–12016D37World Junior Open 20168.39
Maghsoodloo,P2576Xiong,J26330–12016A05World Junior Open 20169.1
Karthikeyan,M2514Nasuta,G24420–12016B90World Junior Open 20169.2
Xu,Y2516Svane,R2546½–½2016D45World Junior Open 20169.3
Artemiev,V2665Beukema,S23801–02016A81World Junior Open 20169.4
Menezes,C2408Ivekovic,B23510–12016E00World Junior Open 20169.5
Aravindh,C2543Arjun,K22921–02016B81World Junior Open 20169.6
Lorparizangeneh,S2478Henriquez Villagra,C2520½–½2016E10World Junior Open 20169.7
Sunilduth Lyna,N2515Xu,Y2371½–½2016D38World Junior Open 20169.8
Gagare,S2486Mosadeghpour,M2437½–½2016A16World Junior Open 20169.9
Beradze,I2440Studer,N24771–02016D37World Junior Open 20169.10
Alekseenko,K2582Yuan,Q23661–02016B50World Junior Open 20169.11
Wagner,D2572Fan,H22231–02016A14World Junior Open 20169.12
Dhulipalla,B2276Tran,T2473½–½2016A45World Junior Open 20169.13
Grandadam,P2325Gholami,A24611–02016B42World Junior Open 20169.14
Erigaisi,A2337Visakh,N24310–12016D31World Junior Open 20169.15
Praggnanandhaa,R2429Rajdeep,S2351½–½2016C55World Junior Open 20169.16
Harsha,B2344Mousavi,S2422½–½2016D37World Junior Open 20169.17
Bersamina,P2402Papakonstantinou,D21801–02016B23World Junior Open 20169.18
Akash,G2400Rakesh,K2161½–½2016B52World Junior Open 20169.19
Srijit,P2217Martins,D24021–02016B07World Junior Open 20169.20
Basso,P2455Rahul,S22800–12016E12World Junior Open 20169.21
Pirverdiyev,A2364Shailesh,D22241–02016E69World Junior Open 20169.22
Belous,M2343Taalaibekov,T21820–12016A84World Junior Open 20169.23
Sammed Jaykumar,S2253Gheorghiu,C23431–02016B22World Junior Open 20169.24
Rydstrom,T2315Ivic,V2270½–½2016B23World Junior Open 20169.25
Barath,K2197Karthik,V23050–12016E11World Junior Open 20169.26
Lokander,M2365Tran,M23531–02016D91World Junior Open 20169.27
Nihal,S2358Chakravarthi Reddy,M22280–12016A44World Junior Open 20169.28
Ritviz,P2259Viennot,D2342½–½2016C11World Junior Open 20169.29
Gandhi,A2156Krishna Teja,N22820–12016C05World Junior Open 20169.30
Gajwa,A2282Subhayan,K21890–12016C11World Junior Open 20169.31
Nyamdorj,D2015Yogit,S22700–12016C92World Junior Open 20169.32
Sahoo,U2266Weerasinghe,C17851–02016D91World Junior Open 20169.33
Evangelista,P2020Squella Lavin,C22030–12016C00World Junior Open 20169.34
Holleland,S2106Subramaniam,S18630–12016A36World Junior Open 20169.35
Tahay,A2098Thogersen,R21711–02016C95World Junior Open 20169.36
Avik,S2000Dassanayake,D18590–12016D91World Junior Open 20169.37
Palucha,S1932Seppala,J17651–02016B90World Junior Open 20169.38
Hsu,C1777Skettos,N15611–02016B98World Junior Open 20169.39

But what exactly is a junior? The organisers in Bhubaneswar offer a clear answer: All players have to born on 1st January 1996 or later, that is, you have to be 20 or younger to play in the World Juniors.

These two young players look as if they would like to win a huge number of games before their 20th birthday

Vishy Anand supports the young talents. In 1987 Anand was the first Indian to become World Junior Champion.

Indian flair

The tournament hall

Top seed Vladislav Artemiev from Russia

In July Jeffery Xiong (right) won the US Junior Championships, one month later he has chances to become World Junior Champion

Photos: Tournament page

 

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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