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The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) will take place in Kemer Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 and November the 23th, 2009.
With all the accompanying persons, VIPs, staff of TCF, journalists, coaches etc. more than 2600 people have arrived for this tournament.
Here are all the participants lists and the development after 2 rounds of the event.
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Participants boys: Boys U8 / Boys U10 / Boys U12 / Boys U14 / Boys U16 / Boys U18
Participants girls: Girls U8 / Girls U10 / Girls U12 / Girls U14 / Girls U16 / Girls U18
The World youth chess championship started with multiple surprises in the U18 group. The top seede IM Matlakov was held to a draw right from the start, while GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel was defeated by the Indian Shreyansh Daklia Jain.
Similar was the fate of IM Abasov and GM Chirila, defeated in round 2 by Viacheslav Kulakov and FM Narmontas, while the strong Spanish IM Recuero was held to a draw by Antonios Pavlidis (GRE)
With full pints continues the Spanish U18 champion GM Salgado Lopez, his round 2 game can be replayed here.
Results boys R1 / Results boys R2 / Photo gallery
Anastasia Savina is heading firmly in the U18 girls group with 2,0/2. With her opposition falling appart, her chances for first increase right from the start: WGM Sopiko Guramishvili and WGM Jovana Vojinovic were defeated right from the start, while WGM Olga Girya and WFM Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni lost their round 2 games.
In other interesting encounters WFM Marina Brunello drew with WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili and Ekaterini Pavlidou defeated WFM Nakhbayeva.
Results girls R1 / Results girls R2 / Photo gallery
IM Nils Grandelius looks unstoppable in the U16 section of the World youth chess championship. With strong chess and convincing victories, as well as high rating advantage on his side, Grandelius is leading with 2,0/2. His main opposition IM Illya Nyzhnyk won a round 1 game that could have been a draw (replay here) and drew his second round game against FM Saeed.
GM Swiercz, M Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, IM Sethuraman continue undefeated and will surely challenge the dominance of IM Nils Grandelius.
Results boys R1 / Results boys R2 / Photo gallery
WIM Deysi Cori and WIM Padmini Rout started their indirect battle for first place. Both praised by their national media, in Peru and India respectively, have good chance for medals after perfect take off with 2,0/2. Petra Papp, WIM Lisa Schut, and WIM Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi are one of the few following them closely, while WIM Nazi Paikidze was held to a draw.
Results girls R1 / Results girls R2 / Photo gallery
IM Kiprian Berbatov, cousin of the famous Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov, was held to a draw in the U14 World yoth section right from the start. This was immediatelly used by the conditional on rating youngest grandmaster Jorge Cori, who snatched full 2,0/2 in the first rounds.
Results boys R1 / Results boys R2 / Photo gallery
WFM Samigullina and WFM Efroimski continue undefeated in the very balanced U14 girls section. The same could not be said about their competition as WFM Aleksandra Lach lost to Patricija Vujnovic and WFM Anna Iwanow was defeated by Ana Shamatava.
Results girls R1 / Results girls R2 / Photo gallery
Vaibhav Suri won his first games with ease to take the lead in the U12 section. The top rated player is joined by his countrymate FM Girish A Koushik, confirming the Indian dominance in the group.
Results boys R1 / Results boys R2 / Photo gallery
From the top 10 encounters, only the first table came with a logical outcome based on rating, as top seeded WFM Khademalsharieh won her game in round 1. Even that victory was not to be trusted, as WFM Khademalsharieh drew with Elisavet Papathanasiou (GRE) in round two to let WFM Styazhkina take the lead in the section.
Results girls R1 / Results girls R2 / Photo gallery
Evgeny Shtembuliak, Milan Zajic, and Murali Karthikeyan are among the players with perfect score in the U10 group. Right again all expectations, the matches until now are following the general rating difference.
Results boys R1 / Results boys R2 / Photo gallery
Only three titled players in this group, and WFM Anna Vasenina was already held to a draw in round 2, despite the fighting spirit of the game. WCM Dordzhieva and WCM Ivana Maria Furtado continue undefeated, as well as one of the hidden favorites in the group Veronika Gazikova.
Results girls R1 / Results girls R2 / Photo gallery
CM Acosta Cubides, a player with high enough rating to play even in the U10 or U12 sections, is the highest seeded of the competition. However, after a round 1 easy victory, he was defeated by Viktor Gazik in round 2. That leaves the group competition wide open and in the rounds to come there surely will be many changes of leadership.
Results boys R1 / Results boys R2 / Photo gallery
With no one rated over 1600, this is an exciting starter group. It is the right place to look for future talents, as opening preparation is still undeveloped at this age. The interst is quite high with players from many countries participating. After two rounds Bansi Prathima (IND), Alexandra Obolentseva (RUS) are among the better known players with full points.
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