World Junior: Battle of the prodigies to decide gold
9/25/2013 – The 2013 World Junior Championship has now rounded the last turn for the final sprint to the finish. The Open section is seeing a dominant performance by Yu Yangyi, followed closely by defending champion Alexander Ipatov, while the Girl’s section has seen Russian prodigy Aleksandra Goryachkina take sole lead, followed closely by 13-year-old Kazakh phenom Zhansaya Abdumalik. Large pictorial.
In May 22 earlier this year the Turkish Chess Federation announced that the World Junior Chess Championship for boys and girls would be held in the city of Hatay, Turkey. Many chess players and federations were unhappy with this decision, as Hatay is a mere 20 kilometers away from the Syrian border – a stone's throw away from Aleppo. With accusations of the Syrian government engaging in chemical warfare, and the threat of US missile strikes, the TCF decided to change the venue of the tournament to Kocaeli, which is as far away from Syria as you can get in Turkey.
Video impressions
Vijay Kumar has been providing daily videos of the playing hall and surroundings
Impressions by Vijay Kumar from the ninth round
Impressions by Vijay Kumar from the eleventh round
Open section
Yu Yangyi continues his power run and leads alone with 9.5/11
Aleksandar Ipatov (left), the defending champion, has two rounds to overcome his half-point deficit
Houssem Meftahi is representing Tunisia
Nils Grandelius, came in as the fourth seed, but has had a dismal event so far and is 37th with 6.0/11
Serbian IM Aleksandar Indjic is due to receive his grandmaster title in a couple of weeks
Cankut Emiroglu from Turkey
FM Urtnasan Nasanjargal from Mongolia
Top standings Open group after eleven rounds
|
Rk
|
SNo.
|
Tit. | Name |
Rtg
|
Fed
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
1
|
GM
|
Yu Yangyi |
2662
|
CHN
|
9½
|
|
2
|
2
|
GM
|
Ipatov Alexander |
2601
|
TUR
|
9
|
|
3
|
3
|
GM
|
Cori Jorge |
2587
|
PER
|
8½
|
|
4
|
9
|
GM
|
Sethuraman S.P. |
2553
|
IND
|
8
|
|
5
|
8
|
GM
|
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi |
2565
|
IND
|
8
|
|
6
|
10
|
GM
|
Wei Yi |
2551
|
CHN
|
8
|
|
7
|
5
|
GM
|
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel |
2575
|
ARM
|
8
|
|
8
|
19
|
GM
|
Grover Sahaj |
2479
|
IND
|
7½
|
|
9
|
12
|
IM
|
Indjic Aleksandar |
2549
|
SRB
|
7½
|
|
10
|
7
|
IM
|
Kovalev Vladislav |
2568
|
BLR
|
7½
|
|
11
|
45
|
IM
|
Vakhidov Jahongir |
2385
|
UZB
|
7
|
|
12
|
11
|
IM
|
Eliseev Urii |
2550
|
RUS
|
7
|
|
13
|
13
|
IM
|
Duda Jan-Krzysztof |
2534
|
POL
|
7
|
|
14
|
55
|
FM
|
Nasanjargal Urtnasan |
2323
|
MGL
|
7
|
|
15
|
64
|
CM
|
Muhammad Luthfi Ali |
2277
|
INA
|
7
|
|
16
|
14
|
IM
|
Stukopin Andrey |
2522
|
RUS
|
7
|
|
17
|
70
|
Wang Yiye |
2258
|
CHN
|
7
|
|
|
18
|
44
|
FM
|
De Filomeno Simone |
2392
|
ITA
|
7
|
|
19
|
15
|
IM
|
Debashis Das |
2489
|
IND
|
7
|
|
20
|
16
|
IM
|
Kanarek Marcel |
2483
|
POL
|
7
|
|
21
|
17
|
IM
|
Narayanan Srinath |
2483
|
IND
|
7
|
|
22
|
27
|
IM
|
Dimitrov Radoslav |
2437
|
BUL
|
7
|
|
23
|
37
|
Bai Jinshi |
2412
|
CHN
|
7
|
|
|
24
|
40
|
IM
|
Ali Marandi Cemil Can |
2403
|
TUR
|
7
|
|
25
|
26
|
IM
|
Ynojosa Felix Jose |
2439
|
VEN
|
7
|
Girls
11-year-old Bibissara Assaubayeva from Kazakhstan
Aleksandra Goryachkina has moved into the sole lead at round eleven with 8.5. She has hot competition on her tail though.
13-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik from Kazakhstan has moved into second with 8.0/11, making the girl's section a battle of the prodigies. Although she is still listed as a WIM, she already has three WGM norms, the second youngest in history, only two months older than Hou Yifan's record.
Zivile Urbonaviciute from Lithuania
Turkey's Ayca Nuriye Gulay
WIM Anna Styazhkina fom Russia with Love
Dinara Saduakassova is also part of the strong Kazakh contingent with 7.5/11
The top boards between Irina Bulmaga and Aleksandra Goryachkina
Melisa Birgelir from Turkey
Indian WFM J. Saranya
Ani Krumova and Deniz Firat
Busra Soydan from Turkey
Zsofia Edes
Photos by Zeynep Yetisgin and Fatma Koc Ozturk
Top standings girls after eleven rounds
|
Rk
|
SNo.
|
Tit | Name |
Rtg
|
Fed
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
3
|
WGM
|
Goryachkina Aleksandra |
2418
|
RUS
|
8½
|
|
2
|
5
|
WGM
|
Bulmaga Irina |
2387
|
ROU
|
8
|
|
3
|
13
|
WIM
|
Abdumalik Zhansaya |
2277
|
KAZ
|
8
|
|
4
|
1
|
WGM
|
Kashlinskaya Alina |
2434
|
RUS
|
7½
|
|
5
|
11
|
WIM
|
Medina Warda Aulia |
2301
|
INA
|
7½
|
|
6
|
2
|
WGM
|
Cori T. Deysi |
2433
|
PER
|
7½
|
|
7
|
6
|
WGM
|
Arabidze Meri |
2379
|
GEO
|
7½
|
|
8
|
7
|
WGM
|
Saduakassova Dinara |
2326
|
KAZ
|
7½
|
|
9
|
8
|
WGM
|
Padmini Rout |
2312
|
IND
|
7½
|
|
10
|
16
|
WIM
|
Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea |
2225
|
COL
|
7½
|
|
11
|
27
|
WFM
|
Xiao Yiyi |
2163
|
CHN
|
7
|
|
12
|
14
|
WIM
|
Hejazipour Mitra |
2256
|
IRI
|
7
|
|
13
|
22
|
WIM
|
Enkhtuul Altanulzii |
2202
|
MGL
|
7
|
|
14
|
29
|
WFM
|
Gevorgyan Maria |
2143
|
ARM
|
7
|
|
15
|
19
|
WIM
|
Pavlidou Ekaterini |
2216
|
GRE
|
7
|
|
16
|
23
|
WIM
|
Ibrahimova Sabina |
2202
|
AZE
|
6½
|
|
17
|
20
|
FM
|
Stetsko Lanita |
2213
|
BLR
|
6½
|
|
18
|
9
|
WIM
|
Zhai Mo |
2309
|
CHN
|
6½
|
|
19
|
10
|
WIM
|
Khademalsharieh Sarasadat |
2303
|
IRI
|
6½
|
|
20
|
31
|
WFM
|
Kurbonboeva Sarvinoz |
2120
|
UZB
|
6½
|
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