Abdulla Gadimbayli and Govhar Beydullayeva win World Junior Championships

by Klaus Besenthal
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. 

 
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1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.0-0 Qe7 9.Ne5 c5 10.Nd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Ba3 12.Bxa3 Qxa3 13.f4 b6 14.Ndf3 dxc4 15.bxc4 Bb7 16.Qe2 Qd6 17.Qe3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 g6 20.Bc2 Nb8 21.Ba4 Qb4 22.Bb3 Qd6 23.Ba4 Qb4 24.Qb3 Qd6 25.h3 Ne8 26.Qb2 Ng7 27.Ng4 Kh8 28.Kh2 Nd7 29.c5 Qc7 30.Bxd7 Rxd7 31.Nf6 Rdd8 32.Rc1 Qe7 33.Ng4 f6 34.cxb6 axb6 35.Qxb6 Qd6 36.Qxd6 Rxd6 37.Nxf6 Rxd4 38.Ng4 Nh5 39.Ne5 Rdxf4 40.a4 Ra8 41.Rxf4 Nxf4
Throughout the game Kozak has been on the defensive but after reaching the time-control he has good reason to hope for a draw that would have given him the title. White's a pawn is strong and looks dangerous but with best play Black should be able to hold. 42.Ra1 Ra5 43.Nc6 Ra6 44.Nd4 Nd3 45.Nb3 Kg7 46.a5 Kf6 47.Kg3 Nb4?! Black should have continued to activate his king 47...Ke5! 48.Nc5 Rc6 Black gives the exchange to stop the pawn and hopes to save the resulting endgame. 49.a6 Rxc5 50.a7 Rc8 51.a8Q Rxa8 52.Rxa8 Nd5
Black has a pawn for the exchange and White still has to show how he wants to win. 53.Kf3 h5 54.Rf8+ Kg7 55.Rc8 Kf6 56.Ke4 h4 57.Rf8+ Ke7 58.Rh8 g5 59.Ke5
59...Nf6? Better was 59...Kf7 60.Rh7+ Kg6 61.Rd7 Nf4 and Black can still fight. 60.Ra8?! Nd7+ 61.Ke4 Kf6 62.Ra2 Nc5+ 63.Kd4 Nd7 64.Rf2+ Ke7 65.Ke4 Nf6+ 66.Ke5 Nd7+ 67.Kd4 Nf8 68.Ke4 Nd7 69.Ra2 Kf6 70.Rf2+ Ke7 71.Rb2
71...Kf6? Necessary was 71...Nf6+! to stop the white king from coming to g4. 72.Rb5! Now the rook dominates the knight. Kg6 73.Kf3 Kf6 73...Kh5 74.Rb7 Nc5 75.Rb6 Kg6 76.Rc6 and Black wins the e-pawn. 74.Kg4 Ne5+ 75.Kh5 Nf7 76.Rb1 Nd6 77.Rf1+ Nf5 78.Rf2 Ke5 79.Kxg5 Ke4 80.Re2+ Kd5 81.Re1 Kd6 82.Kf6 Nd4 83.Re5 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Mendonca,L2558Kozak,A25161–02022A06World Juniors U20-ch Open 202211.1

Results of the 11th and last round

Name Pts. Result Pts. Name
Mendonca Leon Luke 7 1 - 0 8 Kozak Adam
Gadimbayli Abdulla 7½ ½ - ½ 7 Muradli Mahammad
Nesterov Arseniy 7 ½ - ½ 7 Esipenko Andrey
Sonis Francesco 7 1 - 0 7 Iniyan P
Stoyanov Tsvetan 7 0 - 1 7 Kacharava Nikolozi
Murzin Volodar 6½ ½ - ½ 7 Petkov Momchil
Svane Frederik 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Zhu Jiner
Batsuren Dambasuren 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Gorshtein Ido
Samunenkov Ihor 6½ 1 - 0 6½ Seo Jung Min
Stefansson Vignir Vatnar 6½ 0 - 1 6½ Davtyan Artur
Blohberger Felix 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Kosakowski Jakub
Ivic Velimir 6 1 - 0 6 Olsen Filip Boe
Barseghyan Armen Ar. 6 ½ - ½ 6 Budisavljevic Luka
Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali 6 ½ - ½ 6 Horvath Dominik
Parkhov Yair 6 ½ - ½ 6 Petriashvili Nikoloz
Nogerbek Kazybek 6 1 - 0 6 Stremavicius Pijus
Prraneeth Vuppala 6 1 - 0 6 Milikow Yoav
Neelash Saha 6 1 - 0 6 Rohith Krishna S
Isik Alparslan 6 ½ - ½ 6 Gurel Ediz

Final standings after 11 rounds

Rg. Name Pts.
1 Gadimbayli Abdulla 8
2 Kozak Adam 8
3 Kacharava Nikolozi 8
4 Sonis Francesco 8
5 Mendonca Leon Luke 8
6 Esipenko Andrey 7,5
7 Nesterov Arseniy 7,5
8 Samunenkov Ihor 7,5
9 Petkov Momchil 7,5
10 Davtyan Artur 7,5
11 Muradli Mahammad 7,5
12 Svane Frederik 7
13 Murzin Volodar 7
14 Ivic Velimir 7
15 Batsuren Dambasuren 7
16 Stoyanov Tsvetan 7
17 Kosakowski Jakub 7
18 Prraneeth Vuppala 7
19 Iniyan P 7
20 Zhu Jiner 7
21 Gorshtein Ido 7
22 Nogerbek Kazybek 7
23 Blohberger Felix 7
24 Neelash Saha 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

Name Pts. Result Pts. Name
Kurmangaliyeva Liya 7 1 - 0 8½ Beydullayeva Govhar
Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta 7 0 - 1 7½ Serikbay Assel
Jarocka Liwia 7 1 - 0 7 Salimova Nurgyul
Urh Zala 7 1 - 0 7 Hajiyeva Laman
Kamalidenova Meruert 7 1 - 0 6½ Ouellet Maili-Jade
Schulze Lara 6½ 1 - 0 6½ Altantuya Boldbaatar
Nurgali Nazerke 6 ½ - ½ 6 Mkrtchyan Mariam
Malicka Maria 6 0 - 1 6 Rudzinska Michalina
Aydin Gulenay 5½ ½ - ½ 6 Kanyamarala Trisha
Levitan Ronit 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Schneider Jana
Aubert Estee 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Goltseva Ekaterina
Cassi Elisa 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Kucharska Honorata
Koubova Anna Marie 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Bucur Denisa-Andreea
Sebastian Mhage Gerriahlou 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Vanduyfhuys Daria
Gombocz Zsofia 5 ½ - ½ 5½ Pipia Ekaterine
Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen 5 1 - 0 5 Popovic Mateja
Bashylina Luisa 5 1 - 0 5 Radikovic Anamarija
Walter Ema 4½ 1 - 0 5 Simkunaite Gabija
Malikova Marjona 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Djidjeli Sarah
Ruiz Villalba Andrea 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Ishvi Aggarwal
Norlamo Sarabella 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Daniilidi Dimitra Lydia
Gabbani Sara 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Olde Grete
Le Thuy An 4½ 0 - 1 4½ Dejanovic Tereza
Saravanan Durga 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Skaslien Ingrid
Grozdanovic Anastasia 4 ½ - ½ 4½ Ortega Beltran Ximena
Femil Chelladurai 4 1 - 0 4 Badenhorst Chloe
Muha Magdalena 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Singgih Diajeng Theresa
Oliveira Beatriz Correia 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Sala Giulia
Mikic Ivana 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Shaw Laurie Ann
Velikova Gabriela 3 0 - 1 3½ Georges Lisa
Andhin Chethanah 1 0 - 1 3½ Silvera Pilar
Gardiner Noa Saxon 3 0 - 1 3 Middleton Jody
Jacobsen Shanne Hedegaard 2½ 1   bye
Priyanka Nutakki 4 0   Not drawn by lots

Final standings after 11 rounds

Rk. Name Pts.
1 Beydullayeva Govhar 8,5
2 Serikbay Assel 8,5
3 Kamalidenova Meruert 8
4 Urh Zala 8
5 Jarocka Liwia 8
6 Kurmangaliyeva Liya 8
7 Schulze Lara 7,5
8 Salimova Nurgyul 7
9 Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta 7
10 Hajiyeva Laman 7
11 Rudzinska Michalina 7
12 Mkrtchyan Mariam 6,5
13 Ouellet Maili-Jade 6,5
14 Schneider Jana 6,5
15 Nurgali Nazerke 6,5
16 Kanyamarala Trisha 6,5
17 Altantuya Boldbaatar 6,5
18 Vanduyfhuys Daria 6,5
19 Goltseva Ekaterina 6
20 Malicka Maria 6
21 Bucur Denisa-Andreea 6
22 Kucharska Honorata 6
23 Koubova Anna Marie 6
24 Bashylina Luisa 6
25 Aubert Estee 6
26 Pipia Ekaterine 6
27 Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen 6
28 Aydin Gulenay 6
29 Cassi Elisa 6
30 Walter Ema 5,5
31 Gombocz Zsofia 5,5
32 Malikova Marjona 5,5
33 Sebastian Mhage Gerriahlou 5,5
34 Levitan Ronit 5,5
35 Ruiz Villalba Andrea 5,5
36 Norlamo Sarabella 5,5

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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