World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad

8/14/2016 – Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, dominated by its mountainous surroundings. Poprad city, the biggest town of the Spiš, recently organized the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad, attracting 261 chess players from 40 countries, , and thus establishing a new record for the number of countries participating. In a field with traditional chess nations such as Russia and Armenia, the winner was Iran, conceding only one draw. An illustrated report.

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By Shohreh Bayat and Sahar Noori

Photos by Richard Hurai for the official site

A park in the quiet town of Poprad

The spacious playing hall where the competiton took place

Russia's first board IM Golubov Saveliy (2481) lost to Parham Maghsoodloo (2576) from Iran

The talented Indian player WIM Vaishali R played on board three

Team Canada finished in 20th

Sometimes calculations go wrong!

Anuar Ismagambetov, the Kazhak captain, prefers not to watch

The winners: Iran (gold), Russia (silver), and Armenia (bronze)

The Iranian team took clear first. Interestingly, several of the players will also play on the team in Baku!

The Russian team finished in second place

The Armenians came in third

International Arbiter Ivan Syrovy was the chief arbiter of the event

Three best players of board one: Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) took gold, Mihail Nikitenko (Belarus) took silver, and Haik Martitorosyan (Armenia) was bronze

The three best players of board two: Luis Engel (Germany) took gold, Andrey Esipenko (Russia) was silver, and Alireza Firouzja (Iran) took bronze

Final ranking after nine rounds

Rk SNo Team
Gms
+ 
= 
- 
TB 
1 1 Iran
9
8
1
0
17
2 2 Russia
9
7
1
1
15
3 3 Armenia
9
6
2
1
14
4 7 India
9
5
2
2
12
5 6 Hungary 1
9
6
0
3
12
6 12 Belarus
9
5
2
2
12
7 15 China 1
9
4
4
1
12
8 5 Germany 1
9
4
4
1
12
9 21 Moldova
9
5
1
3
11
10 16 Denmark
9
5
1
3
11

Click for complete standings and statistics

Links

The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 13 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.

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PASTA4TWO PASTA4TWO 8/15/2016 05:32

SO SAD!!! NO USA???
jergus jergus 8/15/2016 02:31
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wlk1977 wlk1977 8/15/2016 09:37
Thank you for nice article.
Board results were probably determined by Rating performance, not according to rank on http://chess-results.com/tnr229224.aspx?lan=4&art=21&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984
Thus bronze medals were given to Martirosyan and Esipenko (theese boys are on pics), not Gorodetzky resp. Peng, asi it is written above.
sayros87 sayros87 8/15/2016 09:09
Phiestcole , without a question these kids gonna make it to the 2600 level , they have already beated 2650 players before and some drew 2700. the question is if they gonna get enough support to progress more and reach 2700 time will tell. i believe their federations should seek to hire the best coaches out there.
phiestcole phiestcole 8/15/2016 07:29
good, hope we could see future grandmaster from these elites!
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