The Sixth World School Chess Championship (under seven, under nine, under eleven,
under thirteen, under fifteen and under seventeen years old – open and
girls) is taking place between July the 20th and July 31st, 2010 in Kayseri,
Turkey, under the aegis of the Turkish First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül.
The event has been organized by Turkish Chess Federation (TFC).
Sixth World School Chess Championship: Seventh day report
Text and pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich
The 6th World School Chess Championship is still in progress! A total of 355
players and 506 participants are present in Kayseri (Turkey). In spite of the
competitive spirit, the children have found new friends, and very often you
see them talking, laughing and playing with each other before the start of the
games. The fifth round determined leaders in some of the groups. Turkey is represented
by 250 kids and therefore it is not a surprise that many Turkish players are
among the leaders of the groups. During the rest day the participants could
visit the old capital Karum Kanesh and a museum which was used as a hospital
in XII century.
Girls from Sri Lanka. The little one, Asani Sankalpana, is six years old.
Her friend Lithmi Mindula Abeykoon is 11. They are from the same Southland College
Gallee. Asani scored seven points in nine games.
Aygyl Roziyeva, 15, from Turkmenistan, poses with Caka Olta from Albania. Aygul
is very a friendly girl who also likes to take pictures. She is a champion among
girls in Ashkhabad and bronze prize-winner among girls U-16 in her country.
More girls from Turkmenistan participating in the WSCC. FM Govher Jorayewa
(2158) is a rating-favorite among girls U-17, but has only 4 out 8 points. Her
friend Abadan Gurtgeldiyeva (right) plays under 15.
Players from the UAE in conversation before the game
Boys under 11 always have fun together before the games...
... exhanging secrets
which the girls also have plenty of.
Showing magic tricks before the start of a game
Meet Alya Abdullah Abdelrahman from the UAE. This charming
girl studies chess at “Sharjah”, a private chess club for ladies
Mohamed Hassan is the head of the big delegation (more then 50 participants)
from the UAE. They are playing in the World School Chess Championship for the
first time and would like to come back again. Mr. Hassan thinks that this event
is a very good experience for the pupils.
Prepared to do battle
Players often need some parental support...
... sometimes quite urgently
You want to know how many points I have scored so far?
Handshakes before the start of the game five
The leader of U-11 group, Sevgi Volkan from Turkey, with 4.5 out of 5 points.
He is a bronze prize winner in European Youth U8 Championship and also finished
in third place in the European School U11 Championship in Thessaloniki in 2010.
The proper fighting spirit
The game between the two rating favorites, FM Javakhadze Zurab from Georgia
and
FM Firat Burak of Turkey, finished peacefully
The leader among girls U17, Emel Kaya, with 6.5 points from eight games.
She also showed good result in Angora
tournament in February this year
The leader among girls U15 Adriana Pachon with 4.5 points
The leader of U15 group, Nafis Talipov from Russia, with 5.5 out of 7. He was
a champion of Republic of Tatarstan and was the silver prize-winner in the World
Team Championship U14 as a member of Russian team in 2008. Besides chess he
likes to play football, hockey and ping-pong.
Diyar Buyukasik from Turkey is on 11th place with 4.0 out of 7 in the U15
category.
He shared 1-2 places at the WSCC U13 in Thessaloniki (Greece) 2009.
Ramila Zamalova, 12 years old, from Kazan (Russia), has 5.5 out 7 (second
place)
This young fellow has mastered the thinking pose of the chess master
Darshan Samir Shah from Kenya waiting for his opponent’s move. He
is a champion
of Kenya U7 and is playing in the U7 category, with 2.5 points out of 7.
Ridit Nimdia from India is the world’s youngest rated player. At the
age of four years 270 days he got his first official Elo rating: 1283. He started
playing chess and reading when he was 3½ . Right now he is five years
and eleven months, and was a participant of two national and school championships
in India.
Dita Karenza from Indonesia. She is an Asean U10 Champion in 2010 among girls,
with three gold medals – (in classic chess, rapid and blitz! Her grandfather
taught her the rules when she was six. After seven rounds in Kayseri Dita has
five points and shares the 2-4 places.
Emirhan Tarlabasi, Turkey, was the European School Champion U7 in 2010. He
won eight games in nine rounds in Thessaloniki, after he lost to a mate in the
first round when he had a big advantage. After seven rounds he shares 3-4 places
with five points.
A future Ivanchuk? The pose would suggest it...
One of the arbiters, Sevan Muradian, waiting for the last game to finish
Arbiting the U7 section
On the rest day the organizers arranged an excursion to Kârum Kaneš
("merchant-colony city of Kaneš"). It was a capital trading center
of the Assyrian merchants in Anatoliya in the first quarter of the second millennium
B.C.
The kids and their parents admire the ruins of Kârum Kaneš and
listen to their guide
About the author
Anastasiya (Nastja) Karlovich was Ukrainian champion
and vice-champion among girls under 16, 18 and 20. She was European
Champion with the Ukrainian team in the Youth Team Championships. She
is also
- a candidate officer in the National Law Academy “Yaroslav the Wise”,
- a member of the chess club “Law Academy”
- a member of the German club Grosslehna
- one of the organisers of WGM and GM closed tournaments “Cup of
Rector”.
- a Woman Grandmaster since 2003
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