Abdulla Gadimbayli and Govhar Beydullayeva win World Junior Championships

10/25/2022 – The World Junior Championships in Sardinia ended on Saturday with a double success for players from Azerbaijan. In the Open, the 18th seed IM Abdulla Gadimbayli (photo) finished with 8.0/11 and shared first place with four other players but won the tournament on tiebreak. In the "Girls" section WGM Govhar Beydullayeva scored 8.5/11 to share first place with Assel Seribay from Kazakhstan but also won because of her better tiebreak-score. | Photos: Przemek Nikiel

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World Junior Championship - Open

Before the last round, Adam Kozak from Hungary had 8.0/11 and was half a point ahead of the new World Champion Gadimbayli - and a last-round-draw would have been enough for Kozak to win the title. But the Hungarian faltered just before the finish line when he failed to save a worse but tenable ending against Leon Luke Mendonca from India.

Results of the 11th and last round

Bd.	No.		Name	Elo	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Elo	No.
1	4	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke	2558	7	1 - 0	8	GM	Kozak Adam	2516	14
2	18	IM	Gadimbayli Abdulla	2499	7½	½ - ½	7	GM	Muradli Mahammad	2550	7
3	2	GM	Nesterov Arseniy	2567	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Esipenko Andrey	2668	1
4	9	GM	Sonis Francesco	2531	7	1 - 0	7	GM	Iniyan P	2541	8
5	29	IM	Stoyanov Tsvetan	2449	7	0 - 1	7	IM	Kacharava Nikolozi	2512	15
6	5	IM	Murzin Volodar	2557	6½	½ - ½	7	GM	Petkov Momchil	2511	16
7	3	GM	Svane Frederik	2566	6½	½ - ½	6½	WGM	Zhu Jiner	2484	21
8	11	GM	Batsuren Dambasuren	2522	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Gorshtein Ido	2471	23
9	22	IM	Samunenkov Ihor	2473	6½	1 - 0	6½	IM	Seo Jung Min	2520	12
10	24	IM	Stefansson Vignir Vatnar	2471	6½	0 - 1	6½	IM	Davtyan Artur	2517	13
11	19	GM	Blohberger Felix	2493	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Kosakowski Jakub	2465	26
12	6	GM	Ivic Velimir	2553	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Olsen Filip Boe	2433	37
13	46	IM	Barseghyan Armen Ar.	2402	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	2524	10
14	62	FM	Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali	2345	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Horvath Dominik	2505	17
15	20	IM	Parkhov Yair	2484	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Petriashvili Nikoloz	2428	39
16	25	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek	2467	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Stremavicius Pijus	2363	58
17	27	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	2451	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Milikow Yoav	2412	43
18	30	IM	Neelash Saha	2446	6	1 - 0	6	FM	Rohith Krishna S	2370	56
19	52	FM	Isik Alparslan	2377	6	½ - ½	6	IM	Gurel Ediz	2445	32

Final standings after 11 rounds

Rg.	Snr		Name	Country	Elo	Pts.
1	18	IM	Gadimbayli Abdulla		2499	8
2	14	GM	Kozak Adam		2516	8
3	15	IM	Kacharava Nikolozi		2512	8
4	9	GM	Sonis Francesco		2531	8
5	4	GM	Mendonca Leon Luke		2558	8
6	1	GM	Esipenko Andrey		2668	7,5
7	2	GM	Nesterov Arseniy		2567	7,5
8	22	IM	Samunenkov Ihor		2473	7,5
9	16	GM	Petkov Momchil		2511	7,5
10	13	IM	Davtyan Artur		2517	7,5
11	7	GM	Muradli Mahammad		2550	7,5
12	3	GM	Svane Frederik		2566	7
13	5	IM	Murzin Volodar		2557	7
14	6	GM	Ivic Velimir		2553	7
15	11	GM	Batsuren Dambasuren		2522	7
16	29	IM	Stoyanov Tsvetan		2449	7
17	26	IM	Kosakowski Jakub		2465	7
18	27	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala		2451	7
19	8	GM	Iniyan P		2541	7
20	21	WGM	Zhu Jiner		2484	7
21	23	IM	Gorshtein Ido		2471	7
22	25	IM	Nogerbek Kazybek		2467	7
23	19	GM	Blohberger Felix		2493	7
24	30	IM	Neelash Saha		2446	7

...120 players

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World Junior Championship Girls

Things were much clearer in the "Girls" section where WGM Govhar Beydullayeva started with 8.5/10. And though she lost the final round, she still won the tournament on tiebreak.

WGM Govhar Beydullayeva from Azerbaijan (born in 2003) is new World Junior Champion

Results of the 11th and final round

Bd.	No.		Name	Elo	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Elo	No.
1	15	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	2199	7	1 - 0	8½	WGM	Beydullayeva Govhar	2356	4
2	9		Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta	2268	7	0 - 1	7½	WIM	Serikbay Assel	2181	16
3	25	FM	Jarocka Liwia	2089	7	1 - 0	7	IM	Salimova Nurgyul	2415	1
4	13	WIM	Urh Zala	2221	7	1 - 0	7	WFM	Hajiyeva Laman	2138	21
5	2	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	2376	7	1 - 0	6½	WGM	Ouellet Maili-Jade	2177	18
6	10	FM	Schulze Lara	2266	6½	1 - 0	6½	WFM	Altantuya Boldbaatar	2223	12
7	20	WIM	Nurgali Nazerke	2169	6	½ - ½	6	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam	2374	3
8	6	FM	Malicka Maria	2327	6	0 - 1	6	WFM	Rudzinska Michalina	2259	11
9	24	WFM	Aydin Gulenay	2109	5½	½ - ½	6	WIM	Kanyamarala Trisha	2174	19
10	31	WFM	Levitan Ronit	2024	5½	0 - 1	5½	WGM	Schneider Jana	2331	5
11	32		Aubert Estee	2019	5½	½ - ½	5½	FM	Goltseva Ekaterina	2300	8
12	35		Cassi Elisa	1965	5½	½ - ½	5½	WFM	Kucharska Honorata	2179	17
13	26		Koubova Anna Marie	2089	5½	½ - ½	5½		Bucur Denisa-Andreea	1946	37
14	44		Sebastian Mhage Gerriahlou	1865	5½	0 - 1	5½	WFM	Vanduyfhuys Daria	2073	29
15	22	WFM	Gombocz Zsofia	2118	5	½ - ½	5½		Pipia Ekaterine	1926	41
16	14	WIM	Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen	2219	5	1 - 0	5		Popovic Mateja	1718	55
17	28	WFM	Bashylina Luisa	2073	5	1 - 0	5	WFM	Radikovic Anamarija	2112	23
18	30		Walter Ema	2062	4½	1 - 0	5	WFM	Simkunaite Gabija	2014	33
19	47		Malikova Marjona	1830	4½	1 - 0	4½	WFM	Djidjeli Sarah	2082	27
20	52		Ruiz Villalba Andrea	1764	4½	1 - 0	4½		Ishvi Aggarwal	1964	36
21	38		Norlamo Sarabella	1946	4½	1 - 0	4½		Daniilidi Dimitra Lydia	1498	61
22	39		Gabbani Sara	1944	4½	½ - ½	4½	WCM	Olde Grete	1862	45
23	54		Le Thuy An	1728	4½	0 - 1	4½		Dejanovic Tereza	1943	40
24	53		Saravanan Durga	1736	4½	1 - 0	4½		Skaslien Ingrid	1909	42
25	48		Grozdanovic Anastasia	1824	4	½ - ½	4½		Ortega Beltran Ximena	1820	49
26	58		Femil Chelladurai	1562	4	1 - 0	4		Badenhorst Chloe	1687	57
27	56		Muha Magdalena	1706	3½	0 - 1	3½	WFM	Singgih Diajeng Theresa	1991	34
28	59		Oliveira Beatriz Correia	1538	3½	1 - 0	3½	WFM	Sala Giulia	1869	43
29	51		Mikic Ivana	1783	3½	0 - 1	3½		Shaw Laurie Ann	1409	65
30	60		Velikova Gabriela	1500	3	0 - 1	3½		Georges Lisa	1799	50
31	62		Andhin Chethanah	1493	1	0 - 1	3½		Silvera Pilar	1470	63
32	66	WFM	Gardiner Noa Saxon	1266	3	0 - 1	3		Middleton Jody	1850	46
33	64		Jacobsen Shanne Hedegaard	1412	2½	1			bye
34	7	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2326	4	0			Not drawn by lots

Final standings after 11 rounds

Rk.	Snr		Name	Country	Elo	Pts.
1	4	WGM	Beydullayeva Govhar		2356	8,5
2	16	WIM	Serikbay Assel		2181	8,5
3	2	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert		2376	8
4	13	WIM	Urh Zala		2221	8
5	25	FM	Jarocka Liwia		2089	8
6	15	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya		2199	8
7	10	FM	Schulze Lara		2266	7,5
8	1	IM	Salimova Nurgyul		2415	7
9	9		Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta		2268	7
10	21	WFM	Hajiyeva Laman		2138	7
11	11	WFM	Rudzinska Michalina		2259	7
12	3	WIM	Mkrtchyan Mariam		2374	6,5
13	18	WGM	Ouellet Maili-Jade		2177	6,5
14	5	WGM	Schneider Jana		2331	6,5
15	20	WIM	Nurgali Nazerke		2169	6,5
16	19	WIM	Kanyamarala Trisha		2174	6,5
17	12	WFM	Altantuya Boldbaatar		2223	6,5
18	29	WFM	Vanduyfhuys Daria		2073	6,5
19	8	FM	Goltseva Ekaterina		2300	6
20	6	FM	Malicka Maria		2327	6
21	37		Bucur Denisa-Andreea		1946	6
22	17	WFM	Kucharska Honorata		2179	6
23	26		Koubova Anna Marie		2089	6
24	28	WFM	Bashylina Luisa		2073	6
25	32		Aubert Estee		2019	6
26	41		Pipia Ekaterine		1926	6
27	14	WIM	Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen		2219	6
28	24	WFM	Aydin Gulenay		2109	6
29	35		Cassi Elisa		1965	6
30	30		Walter Ema		2062	5,5
31	22	WFM	Gombocz Zsofia		2118	5,5
32	47		Malikova Marjona		1830	5,5
33	44		Sebastian Mhage Gerriahlou		1865	5,5
34	31	WFM	Levitan Ronit		2024	5,5
35	52		Ruiz Villalba Andrea		1764	5,5
36	38		Norlamo Sarabella		1946	5,5

... 66 participants

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