6th Lausanne Young Masters

The participants: Mamedyarov, Vachier-Lagrave, Dzagnidze,
Nakamura, Volokitin, Pähtz, Carlsen and Harikrishna
Young Masters: "les duels des champions", is a prestigious tournament
with eight of the best under-20 players of the world. It was staged from September
14–19, 2005, at the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne. The winner was Ukrainian
champion and Chess Olympiad Gold medalist Andrei Volokitin, 19, who beat the
reigning US champion, 17-year-old Hikaru Nakamura, in the final. The score
was 2:0.

Andrei Volokitin, Ukraine

Hikaru Nakamura, USA
In the playoff for third Shakhiyar Mamedyarov, 20, from Azerbaidjan defeated
India's second-highest rated player and Junior World Champion Pentala Harikrishna
in the tiebreaks. The two 14-year-old grandmasters Magnus Carlsen from Norway
and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France played for fifth, Carlsen winning this
one 2-0. In the Of the two girls in the end Nana Dzagnidze from Georgia was
victorious over former Junior World Champion Elisabeth Pähtz.
Final standings:


Poster of the event, with the Open displayed at the bottom
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