Norway and Kazakhstan win gold at World Junior Championship

by Georgios Souleidis
11/27/2017 – Norway has a second World Champion: in Tarvisio, Italy, Aryan Tari won the World Junior Championship with 8½/11. He shared first place with Manuel Petrosyan from Armenia and the Indian Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. but had the best tiebreak. At the World Junior Championship for Girls Zhansaya Abdumalik took clear first with 9½/11. | Photo: Bernd Vökler

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"Mark of a champion"

The World Junior Championship was a hard-fought tournament and before the tournament a lot of players were given chances to win. Aryan Tari (pictured above) started with a draw in round 1 but then won five games in a row. In round 6 he took the lead and defended it to the very end to win the tournament and to become World Junior Champion 2017. A famous fellow countryman of Tari was one of the first to congratulate.

Tari, who did not lose a single game in the tournament, also used twitter to thank his supporters and fans.

Tari shared first place with Manuel Petrosyan (Armenia) and Aravindh Chithambaram (India) who both also finished with 8½/11. Petrosyan won silver by beating Kirill Alekseenko in the last round. Alekseenko had an unlucky finish: up to round nine he had shared the lead with Tari but then nerves got the better of him and he lost his last two games.

Aravindh Chithambaram, however, had a fantastic finish: he won his last three games and the bronze medal. Three Indian players finished among the top seven.

Aravindh Chithambaram

Aravindh Chithambaram | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Pragg comes up short

Before the last round the Indian fans put their hopes also on Praggnanandhaa. If the 12-year old "Wunderkind" had won his final game he might have become World Champion and the youngest grandmaster of all time, as the GM title is automatically awarded to the winner. Considering his age, playing (and nearly winning) the under-20 World Junior is an astounding feat. He finished undefeated with 8.0/11. He missed a key chance in the penultimate round against Russian IM Semen Lomasov.

Praggnanandhaa R. - Lomasov, Semen (Tactical Analysis by ChessBase India)
 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Nb4 6.Na3 Nf6 7.Bf4 3 D02:1 d4 d5 2 Nf sidelines, including 2. ..Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 Be7 7...c6 8.c3 Na6 9.Nc2 Be7 10.Ne5 h6 11.Ne1 0-0 12.N1d3 Rc8 13.b4 Nb8 14.a4 a5 0-1 (48) Caruana,F (2829)-Kramnik,V (2769) London 2014 8.c3 Na6 9.Qb3 Qc8 10.c4N Predecessor: 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.f3 Bh5 12.e4 0-0 13.g4 dxe4 14.gxh5 Nxh5 0-1 (30) Lagashin,P (2111) -Dobrovolsky,O (2294) Moscow 2011 10...c6 11.Rac1 LiveBook: 3 Games 0-0 12.Nb1 h6 13.Nc3 Rd8 14.Ne5 Nc7 15.Rfd1 Bd6 16.c5 Bf8 17.Qa4 Nd7 18.Nd3 g5 19.Be3 b5 20.Qa5 Qa6 21.Qb4 Qb7 22.Qa5 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 e5 24.b4 24.h4 24...e4 25.Rdd1 Nb6! 26.Qa3 Nc4 27.Qb3 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 28...Nxa5 29.Qb4 Bg7 29.Nxe4!= Be7 30.Nd2 30.Bd2 Ra3 31.Qb1 30...Qa8 31.Ra1 Ne6 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Qc2 Bf6 34.Bh3 Threatens to win with Bxe6. Kg7 35.a4 Rb8 Black should try 35...Re8 36.Bxe6!± fxe6 37.Bd2 Bxd4 38.Bxa5 Bxa1 39.Bc7 Rb7 40.Rxa1 Black must now prevent Be5+. Rxc7 Endgame KQR-KQR 41.Qc3+ Kh7 42.Qc2+ Kg7! 43.Qc3+ Kh7 44.Qe5 White is really pushing. Ra7 45.Qxe6 And now Rb1 would win. Rxa4? 45...Qb7± 46.Qf5+ Kg7 47.Rb1 c3 48.Qe5+ Kg6 49.Qxc3 49.Qd6+ Kf7 50.Rb8 50.Qxh6 Ra1± 49...Qe8? 49...Re4 50.Qd3 Kg7 51.Qc3+ Kg6 50.e3? 50.Rb7+- Qe4 51.Qg7+ Kh5 52.h3 50...Rc4 51.Qa5 Qe4 52.Ra1 52.Qb6± Rxc5 53.h3 52...Qe7? 52...g4= and Black stays safe. 53.Qa8+- Rxc5? 53...Qe6 54.h3 d4 54.h3! Qe6 55.Qf8 Qf6 56.Qg8+ Weaker is 56.Qxc5 Qxa1+ 57.Kg2 Qf6= 56...Qg7
57.Qe6+? 57.Qa8!+- Hoping for Ra7. Qf6 58.Ra7 Rc1+ 59.Kg2 57...Qf6= 58.Qg8+? 58.Qe8+= Qf7 59.Qe5 58...Qg7!+-
59.Qe6+? 59.Qa8!+- 59...Qf6= 60.Qg8+ Precision: White = 49%, Black = 43%. ½–½
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Praggnanandhaa R2509Lomasov,S2490½–½2017D02WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.3

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The youngster misevaluated the weakness of Black's king.

In the final round, a draw against Rasmus Svane from Germany, left Praggnananda in fourth place.

Rasmus Svane

Rasmus Svane | Photo: Bernd Vökler

It is no small consolation that Praggnananda neverthless scored his first GM norm in fine style, and still is well capable of breaking Sergey Karjakin's all-time youngest GM record in the coming months. Plus he continues to impress his idol:

Selected games from rounds 8 to 11

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.d5 Qc7 14.Nbd2 c4 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nb1 Nc5 17.Na3 Ba6 18.Be3 Rfb8 19.Ra2 b4 20.cxb4 Rxb4 21.Bd2 Rbb8 22.Bc3 Nd3 23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Nb1 Bc4 25.Ra3 Nb3 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Na3 h6 28.Kh2 Rb8 29.Nxc4 Qxc4 30.Re3 Nc5 31.Nd2 Qb5 32.Nf3 f5 33.exf5 Bf6 34.b4 Na4 35.Be1 Nb6 36.Qb3 Nc4 37.Re4 Nb6 38.Re3 Nc4 39.Re4 Nb6 ½–½
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Liang,A2558Tari,A2581½–½2017C92WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.1
Alekseenko,K2563Praggnanandhaa R2509½–½2017C79WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.2
Xu,X2543Dragnev,V2461½–½2017D41WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.3
Bellahcene,B2510Oparin,G26060–12017B31WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.4
Gholami,A2483Karthikeyan,M2578½–½2017A30WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.5
Aravindh,C2572Liu,Y2422½–½2017E20WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.6
Lomasov,S2490Martirosyan,H25611–02017B12WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.7
Gagare,S2482Petrosyan,M2554½–½2017D35WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.8
Zanan,E2471Shevchenko,K2550½–½2017E06WJCC U20 Juniors 20177.9
Oparin,G2606Tari,A25810–12017B12WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.1
Dragnev,V2461Alekseenko,K25630–12017B31WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.2
Praggnanandhaa R2509Liang,A25581–02017C54WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.3
Sorokin,A2483Xu,X2543½–½2017D28WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.4
Tran,T2538Lomasov,S2490½–½2017E11WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.5
Karthikeyan,M2578Gagare,S24821–02017C77WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.6
Triapishko,A2508Aravindh,C2572½–½2017B90WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.7
Petrosyan,M2554Gholami,A24831–02017D04WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.8
Zanan,E2471Bai,J25530–12017A12WJCC U20 Juniors 20178.9
Tari,A2581Praggnanandhaa R2509½–½2017C78WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.1
Alekseenko,K2563Karthikeyan,M25781–02017C84WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.2
Lomasov,S2490Petrosyan,M2554½–½2017C52WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.3
Bai,J2553Tran,T2538½–½2017A14WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.4
Xu,X2543Liu,Y24221–02017A17WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.5
Van Foreest,J2616Sorokin,A24831–02017B92WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.6
Kantor,G2514Oparin,G2606½–½2017B07WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.7
Svane,R2587Triapishko,A2508½–½2017A84WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.8
Aravindh,C2572Dragnev,V24611–02017C88WJCC U20 Juniors 20179.9
Tari,A2581Xu,X2543½–½2017B12WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.1
Aravindh,C2572Alekseenko,K25631–02017C88WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.2
Praggnanandhaa R2509Lomasov,S2490½–½2017D02WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.3
Tran,T2538Van Foreest,J26160–12017E61WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.4
Petrosyan,M2554Bai,J25531–02017D70WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.5
Oparin,G2606Moroni,L2506½–½2017E01WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.6
Gholami,A2483Svane,R25870–12017D02WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.7
Karthikeyan,M2578Salomon,J24761–02017B81WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.8
Martirosyan,H2561Gagare,S2482½–½2017E11WJCC U20 Juniors 201710.9
Van Foreest,J2616Tari,A2581½–½2017C54WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.1
Xu,X2543Aravindh,C25720–12017E33WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.2
Alekseenko,K2563Petrosyan,M25540–12017C65WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.3
Svane,R2587Praggnanandhaa R2509½–½2017D24WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.4
Karthikeyan,M2578Zanan,E24711–02017A04WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.5
Lomasov,S2490Liu,Y2422½–½2017A45WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.6
Kobo,O2460Sorokin,A24830–12017B12WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.7
Gagare,S2482Oparin,G2606½–½2017A87WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.8
Moroni,L2506Martirosyan,H25610–12017A22WJCC U20 Juniors 201711.9

Final standings (top 25)

Rk. Name Pts.
1 Tari Aryan 8,5
2 Petrosyan Manuel 8,5
3 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 8,5
4 Praggnanandhaa R 8,0
5 Van Foreest Jorden 8,0
6 Sorokin Aleksey 8,0
7 Karthikeyan Murali 8,0
8 Lomasov Semen 7,5
9 Alekseenko Kirill 7,5
10 Xu Xiangyu 7,5
11 Liu Yan 7,5
12 Bai Jinshi 7,5
13 Triapishko Alexandr 7,5
14 Tran Tuan Minh 7,5
15 Sarana Alexey 7,5
16 Martirosyan Haik M. 7,5
17 Svane Rasmus 7,5
18 Kobo Ori 7,0
19 Oparin Grigoriy 7,0
20 Gagare Shardul 7,0
21 Liang Awonder 7,0
22 Zanan Evgeny 7,0
23 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 7,0
24 Shevchenko Kirill 7,0
25 Donchenko Alexander 7,0

...148 players

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Abdumalik takes Junior Girls

The World Junior Championship for Girls was much more one-sided and dominated by one player: Zhansaya Abdumalik started as top-seed and won with 9½/11. In the end the 17-year old from Kazakhstan was a whole point ahead of Anastasya Paramzina from Russia who won silver. Jennifer Yu from the USA suffered a last round loss against Abdumalik but still won bronze.

Zhansaya Abdumalik | Photo: Bernd Vökler

After winning silver in 2013 and bronze in 2015 gold in 2017 is Abdumalik's third medal at the World Junior Championship U20 for Girls. Before that she had won won silver at the U10 and gold at the U12. Now she might start to think about a career as professional chess player. For Kazakhstan it was the second gold in a row at the World Junior Championship U20 for Girls — in 2016 Dinara Saduakassova had won gold in Bhubaneswar, India.

Selected games from rounds 8 to 11

 

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Paramzina,A2123Abdumalik,Z24281–02017C54WJCC U20 Girls 20178.10
Osmak,I2345Tsolakidou,S2340½–½2017A45WJCC U20 Girls 20178.11
Vaishali R2325Yu,J2321½–½2017C42WJCC U20 Girls 20178.12
Assaubayeva,B2395Obolentseva,A23200–12017E81WJCC U20 Girls 20178.13
Zhu,J2363Aakanksha Hagawane2312½–½2017C78WJCC U20 Girls 20178.14
Tokhirjonova,G2306Khomeriki,N23471–02017C58WJCC U20 Girls 20178.15
Shuvalova,P2386Dordzhieva,D22951–02017C41WJCC U20 Girls 20178.16
Badelka,O2374Chernyak,V22361–02017D31WJCC U20 Girls 20178.17
Nomin-Erdene,D2358Heinemann,J22931–02017C83WJCC U20 Girls 20178.18
Abdumalik,Z2428Tokhirjonova,G23061–02017C88WJCC U20 Girls 20179.10
Yu,J2321Paramzina,A21231–02017A18WJCC U20 Girls 20179.11
Obolentseva,A2320Osmak,I2345½–½2017A90WJCC U20 Girls 20179.12
Tsolakidou,S2340Zhu,J23631–02017B81WJCC U20 Girls 20179.13
Vaishali R2325Shuvalova,P23860–12017B51WJCC U20 Girls 20179.14
Aakanksha Hagawane2312Badelka,O2374½–½2017B33WJCC U20 Girls 20179.15
Injac,T2244Nomin-Erdene,D23580–12017A87WJCC U20 Girls 20179.16
Nie,X2106Assaubayeva,B23950–12017D85WJCC U20 Girls 20179.17
Mammadzada,G2393Uuriintuya,U22130–12017B56WJCC U20 Girls 20179.18
Tsolakidou,S2340Abdumalik,Z24280–12017A31WJCC U20 Girls 201710.10
Nomin-Erdene,D2358Yu,J23210–12017C70WJCC U20 Girls 201710.11
Osmak,I2345Shuvalova,P23861–02017A45WJCC U20 Girls 201710.12
Paramzina,A2123Obolentseva,A23201–02017B90WJCC U20 Girls 201710.13
Tokhirjonova,G2306Assaubayeva,B23951–02017B81WJCC U20 Girls 201710.14
Badelka,O2374Antova,G22571–02017E42WJCC U20 Girls 201710.15
Uuriintuya,U2213Dordzhieva,D22950–12017B85WJCC U20 Girls 201710.16
Terbe,J2263Aakanksha Hagawane23121–02017C55WJCC U20 Girls 201710.17
Khademalsharieh,S2419Injac,T22440–12017E90WJCC U20 Girls 201710.18
Yu,J2321Abdumalik,Z24280–12017A36WJCC U20 Girls 201711.10
Paramzina,A2123Osmak,I23451–02017C11WJCC U20 Girls 201711.11
Tokhirjonova,G2306Badelka,O23741–02017B45WJCC U20 Girls 201711.12
Dordzhieva,D2295Tsolakidou,S23400–12017A11WJCC U20 Girls 201711.13
Shuvalova,P2386Terbe,J22631–02017B31WJCC U20 Girls 201711.14
Janzelj,L2192Nomin-Erdene,D2358½–½2017E92WJCC U20 Girls 201711.15
Khomeriki,N2347Injac,T22440–12017E68WJCC U20 Girls 201711.16
Vaishali R2325Kanakova,N21340–12017B38WJCC U20 Girls 201711.17
Aakanksha Hagawane2312Obolentseva,A23201–02017B93WJCC U20 Girls 201711.18

Final standings (top 20)

Rk. Name Pts.
1 Abdumalik Zhansaya 9,5
2 Paramzina Anastasya 8,5
3 Yu Jennifer 8,0
4 Tsolakidou Stavroula 8,0
5 Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim 8,0
6 Osmak Iulija 7,5
7 Shuvalova Polina 7,5
8 Injac Teodora 7,5
9 Kanakova Natalie 7,5
10 Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel 7,0
11 Aakanksha Hagawane 7,0
12 Badelka Olga 7,0
13 Dordzhieva Dinara 7,0
14 Antova Gabriela 7,0
15 Janzelj Lara 7,0
16 Chernyak Viktoria 7,0
17 Vaishali R 6,5
18 Khomeriki Nino 6,5
19 Obolentseva Alexandra 6,5
20 Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 6,5

...89 players

Translation from German: Johannes Fischer

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Georgios Souleidis is an International Master with a degree in media and communication studies. He is an experienced journalist, author, photographer, chess trainer, editor-in-chief for the German Bundesliga, YouTuber, a regular contributor to the chessbase website, German chess magazine SCHACH, and previously blogged on his own site entwicklungsvorsprung.de.

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