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Junior World ChampionshipsThe 43rd World Junior and 21st World Junior Girls Championship start at Casino Hotel, Cochin, India on Thursday, 18th November 2004 at 12 Noon, and will last till 1st December 2004. This world mega event will be a 13 Round affair. Already 108 players from different countries confirmed their participation. |
After 12 rounds of the Junior World Championship in Cochin we see India's Pentala Harikrishna and China's Zhao Jun in the lead – with an incredible score of 9½ points each.
Standings after round 12| 1 | 2 | GM | Harikrishna P (IND) | 2612 | IND | 9½ |
| 2 | 12 | Zhao Jun (CHN) | 2511 | CHN | 9½ | |
| 3 | 4 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. (ARM) | 2539 | ARM | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny V. (RUS) | 2604 | RUS | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Berkes Ferenc (HUN) | 2630 | HUN | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | IM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw (POL) | 2536 | POL | 8 |
| 7 | 13 | GM | Drozdovsky Yuri (UKR) | 2510 | UKR | 8 |
| 8 | 18 | IM | Moradiabadi Elshan (IRI) | 2445 | IRI | 8 |
In the girls' section Germany's U18 world champion Elisabeth Pähtz is in the lead, together with Ekaterina Korbut of Russia. Both won their round 12 games and thus have a commanding lead. We only have the standing after eleven rounds.
Sanding after round 11| 1 | 2 | WGM | Paehtz Elisabeth (GER) | 2398 | GER | 8½ |
| 2 | 1 | WGM | Korbut Ekaterina (RUS) | 2400 | RUS | 8½ |
| 3 | 6 | WIM | Eesha Karavade (IND) | 2307 | IND | 7½ |
| 4 | 4 | WGM | Ushenina Anna (UKR) | 2370 | UKR | 7½ |
| 5 | 7 | Zhang Jilin (CHN) | 2287 | CHN | 7½ | |
| 6 | 12 | Majdan Joanna (POL) | 2219 | POL | 7 | |
| 7 | 20 | Saheli Nath (IND) | 2130 | IND | 6½ | |
| 8 | 18 | WFM | Siti Zulaikha (MAS) | 2162 | MAS | 6½ |
| 9 | 10 | WFM | Vinuthna N. (IND) | 2229 | IND | 6½ |
| 10 | 16 | Nadig Kruttika (IND) | 2182 | IND | 6½ | |
| 11 | 9 | WIM | Sachdev Tania (IND) | 2256 | IND | 6½ |
| 12 | 13 | WIM | Bensdorp Marties (NED) | 2214 | NED | 6½ |
| 13 | 17 | WFM | Perez R. Jennifer (CUB) | 2162 | CUB | 6½ |
The final round begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10 a.m. Indian time, which translates to 04:30h GMT, 05:30h Central European Time and 11:30 p.m. on Monday night in New York.
WGM Elisabeth Pähtz, U-18 world champion from Germany
A girl in the men's section: Indian GMs Koneru
Humpy and Pentala Harikrishna
Leading (with Pähtz) in the girls' section: WGM Ekaterina Korbut, Russia
One of India's greatest chess talents: GM Koneru Humpy
In great form: WIM Eesha Karavade of India
WFM Alina Motoc of Romania
Dressed to kill: Elli Pähtz (right) in action against Eesha Karavade
Leading in the boys' section: India's Pentala Harikrishna
The playing hall at the Junior World Championship in Cochin
A trip to the famous backwaters of Kerala
A trip on a boat through the backwaters is a must for any visitor
| Year | Venue | Boys | Girls | |||
| 2004 | Cochin, India | |||||
| 2003 | Nakchievan | Mamedyarov, Shakh. | Azerbaijan | Nana Dzandze | Georgia | |
| 2002 | Goa, India | Levon Aronian | Armenia | Xue Zhao | China | |
| 2001 | Athens | Peter Acs | Hungary | Humpy Koneru | India | |
| 2000 | Yerevan | Lazaro Bruzon | Cuba | Xu Yuanyuan | China | |
| 1999 | Yerevan | Alexander Galkin | Russia | Maria Kouvatsou | Greece | |
| 1998 | Calicut, India | Darmen Sadvakasov | Kazakhstan | Hoang Thang Trang | Vietnam | |
| 1997 | Zagan | Tal Shaked | USA | Harriet Hunt | England | |
| 1996 | Medellin | Emil Sutovskij | Israel | Zhu Chen | China | |
| 1995 | Halle | Roman Slobodjan | Germany | Nino Khurtsidze | Georgia | |
| 1994 | Caioba | Helgi Gretarsson | Iceland | Zhu Chen | China | |
| 1993 | Calicut, India | Igor Miladinovic | Yugoslavia | Nino Khurtsidze | Georgia | |
| 1992 | Buenos Aires | Pablo Zarnicki | Argentina | Krystina Dabrowska | Poland | |
| 1991 | Mamaja | Vladimir Akopian | Armenia | Natasa Bojkovic | Yugoslavia | |
| 1990 | Santiago | Ilya Gurevich | USA | Ketevan Kakhiani | USSR | |
| 1989 | Tunja | Vasil Spasov | Bulgaria | Ketevan Kakhiani | USSR | |
| 1988 | Adelaide | Joel Lautier | France | Alisa Galliamova | USSR | |
| 1987 | Bagujo | Viswanathan Anand | India | |||
| 1986 | Causdal | Walter Arenciba | Cuba | Ketevan Arakhamia | USSR | |
| 1985 | Dubai | Maxim Dlugy | USA | |||
| 1984 | Kiljava | Curt Hansen | Denmark | |||
| 1983 | Belfort | Kiril Georgiuev | Bulgaria | |||
| 1982 | Copenhagen | Andrey Sokolov | USSR | |||
| 1981 | Mexico | Ognjen Cvitan | Yugoslavia | |||
| 1980 | Dortmund | Garry Kasparov | USSR | |||
| 1979 | Skien | Yasser Seirawan | USA | |||
| 1978 | Graz | Sergey Dolmatov | USSR | |||
| 1977 | Innsbruck | Artur Yusupov | USSR | |||
| 1976 | Groningen | Mark Diesen | USA | |||
| 1975 | Tjentiste | Valery Chekhov | USSR | |||
| 1974 | Manila | Anthony Miles | England | |||
| 1973 | Tesside | Alexander Beliavsky | USSR | |||
| 1971 | Athens | Werner Hug | Switzerland | |||
| 1969 | Stoccolma | Anatoly Karpov | USSR | |||
| 1967 | Jerusalem | Julio Kaplan | Puerto Rico | |||
| 1965 | Barcelona | Bojan Kurajica | Yugoslavia | |||
| 1963 | Belgrado | Florin Gheorghiu | Romania | |||
| 1961 | L'Aia | Bruno Parma | Yugoslavia | |||
| 1959 | Muenchestein | Carlos Bielicky | Argentina | |||
| 1957 | Canada | William Lombardy | USA | |||
| 1955 | Amberes | Boris Spassky | USSR | |||
| 1953 | Copenhagen | Oscar Panno | Argentina | |||
| 1951 | Birmingham | Boris Ivkov | Yugoslavia | |||
Full information, results, games and standings may be found at the official web site.
