World Junior: Hovhannisyan and Cori+Girya lead
8/14/2011 – 14-year-old Girish Koushik, who was on a meteoric winning streak in our last report, has been brought crashing down to earth by older and more experienced GMs. In the lead after eleven (or thirteen) rounds are GM Robert Hovhannisyan in the Open section (9.0/11) and WGMs Olga Girya and Deysi Cori with 9.5/11 each. Once again our report includes endgame lessons by GM Karsten Müller.
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Round nine
Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan (right) brought down FM Koushik Girish
The win moved Hovhannisyan into sole lead with 8.0 points followed by fellow Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan at 7.5 points. Girish Koushik (India) and GM Dariusz Swiercz (Poland) share the third spot with 7.0 points. In another big upset, Milos Roganovic of Serbia defeated top seed GM Maxim Matlakov of Russia, whose second successive defeat put his title chances in a jeopardy.
Chandika Divyasree (India) playing WGM Anastasia Savina (Russia)
Deysi Corie vs Paikidze Nazi in round nine (1-0 in 44 moves)
Inna Agrest, Sweden, beat Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar, Mongolia, in 29
The girls section saw WGM Deysi Cori from Peru take the sole lead with 8.0 points. Russian Olga Girya is in the second spot with 7.5 points. Earlier, Cori defeated top seeded WGM Nazi Paikidze of Georgia, even as the top board game between two Russian girls, Elena Semenova and Girya ended in a draw.
Catherina P Michelle of India made a nine-gam WIM norm
The day belonged to the quartet of performers who made their respective norms. Nine-game WIM norms were achieved by Elena Semenova of Russia and Catherina P Michelle of India, while the IM norms were achieved by S L Narayanan and V A V Rajesh (both India). FIDE Master V.A.V. Rajesh defeated Peruvian Grandmaster Jorge Cori, completing his third and final IM norm. He now needs to cross Elo 2400 to become India's latest International Master. Promising Kerala lad S.L. Narayanan scored over Polish IM Piorun Kacper achieving his maiden IM norm.
Round ten
The Armenian GM duo Robert Hovhannisyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (above) drew their top board game, which meant that Hovhannisyan kept his half-point lead at 8.5 points, followed by fellow Armenian Ter-Sahakyan and Dariusz Swiercz (Poland) at 8.0 points. Sharing the fourth spot were GMs Adhiban Baskaran (India) and Ray Robson (USA) at 7.5 points.
On second board Swiercz Dariusz of Poland (above left) inflicted Indian FM Girish A Koushik his second consecutive defeat. Also facing continuous defeat was Italian Axel Rombaldoni, who went down to Indian GM Adhiban Baskaran.
WGM Deysi Cori Tello of Peru maintained her stay on top, holding Ozturk Kubra of Turkey to a draw. The Peruvian girl pressed for victory and stretched herself as the game went into a knight versus three pawns ending. Kubra defended accurately, as the marathon game concluded after 75 moves. Russian Girya Olga joing Deysi on the top, scoring over Gulnar Marfat Qizi Mammadova of Azerbaijan. Cori and Girya lead the table with 8.5 points, followed by Ozturk, Irina Bulmaga (Romania) and Julia Dogodkina (Russia) at 7.0 points. A seizable 1.5 lead with three rounds to go, makes the leading duo strong title contenders.
Chief Arbiter R Antharam confirmed the following nine game norms: GM norm for Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India), and IM norms for Tihomir Janev of Bulgaria and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus. Among girls, Klaudia Kulon of Poland gained a nine-game WIM Norm. Israel GM Tamir Nabaty withdrew from the event on health grounds.
Round eleven
With comfortable wins WGMs Deysi Cori (Peru) and Olga Girya (Russia) built a huge two point lead in the Girls Section, followed by Rout Padmini (India), Nazi Paikidze, Keti Tsatsalasvili (both Georgia), Bulmaga Irina (Romania) and Dogodkina Julia (Russia) at 7.5 points.
In the Open ection, Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan drew his game against Polish GM Swiercz Dariusz and maintained his lead with 9.0 points. Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia) and Dariusz Swiercz (Poland) followed with 8.5 points. Sharing the fourth spot at 8.0 points were Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus), Vasif Durarbeyli (Azerbaijan), Ray Robson (USA) and Adhiban Baskaran (India). With two rounds to go, the games are bound to intense, as the big medals are at stake.
Top rankings after eleven rounds: Open – Girls
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Endgame analysis by GM Karsten Müller
The following are two interesting didactic analyses submitted by our endgame expert for the CBM Blog.
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