By Jennifer Shahade
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October 22, 2006 |
Tatev Abrahayman, courtesy of monroi.com
The World Youth Championship(October 19-28, Batumi Georgia)is underway! 21 young talents are playing for the United States in twelve sections. After four rounds of play top U.S. scorers are Tatev Abrahamyan, who is 4-0 in the Girls U18 and Ray Robson, with 3.5/4 in the Boys U12.
Georgia has a strong chess tradition. Georgian heroine five-time Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili is so revered that a perfume was named "Nona" in her honor and a statue in her likeness stands in Zugdidi, Nona's hometown. The Georgian passion for chess was evident in their spectacular opening ceremony, pictured below:
Photo courtesy of Monroi.
Tatev and Ray lead U.S. Squad
Pan American Youth Champ Tatev Abrahayman is off to a confident 4-0 start. Her best game so far was against Iranian WIM Atousa Pourkashian. Tatev's queen sack on move 23 was the prettiest way to win.:
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Ray Robson has 3.5/4 in the Boys U12. Photo Courtesy Duiju Yang
Gem by Banawa
The following Trompowsky triumph by Joel Banawa, features a deep positional exchange sacrifice:
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In Soviet times, Georgia was known for having the best food of all Soviet republics. Although this doesn't appear to be kid-friendly fare, Darwin Yang and Eric Liao seem to be having a good time. Photo Dujiu Yang.
U.S. Team results so far are listed below. Keep up to date on the U.S. squad with this shortcut
SNo |
|
Name |
FED |
Rtg |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Pts. |
Rk. |
|
28 |
|
Banawa Joel |
USA |
2272 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2,0 |
26 |
Boys U18 |
20 |
|
Tanaka Christian T |
USA |
2135 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
2,5 |
21 |
Boys U14 |
29 |
|
Shen Victor C |
USA |
2066 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
17 |
Boys U14 |
4 |
FM |
Robson Ray |
USA |
2217 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
3,5 |
4 |
Boys U12 |
23 |
|
Naroditsky Daniel |
USA |
2040 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
2,5 |
20 |
Boys U12 |
68 |
|
Liao Eric |
USA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0,5 |
92 |
Boys U10 |
81 |
|
Shetty Atulya |
USA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3,0 |
10 |
Boys U10 |
93 |
|
Yang Darwin |
USA |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
2,5 |
27 |
Boys U10 |
95 |
|
Zhang Eric |
USA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
17 |
Boys U10 |
58 |
|
Nip Nicholas |
USA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
2,5 |
26 |
Boys U8 |
9 |
WFM |
Abrahamyan Tatev |
USA |
2292 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4,0 |
2 |
Girls U18 |
13 |
WFM |
Melekhina Alisa |
USA |
2088 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2,0 |
27 |
Girls U16 |
44 |
|
Kuzniatsova Lena |
USA |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2,5 |
22 |
Girls U12 |
54 |
|
Robinson Darrian |
USA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2,0 |
35 |
Girls U12 |
23 |
|
Dai Eileen |
USA |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1,5 |
48 |
Girls U10 |
61 |
|
Xiang Ellen |
USA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
2,5 |
18 |
Girls U10 |
62 |
|
Yang Sylvia Siyuan |
USA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
2,5 |
24 |
Girls U10 |
64 |
|
Zhurbinskiy Eve |
USA |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2,5 |
26 |
Girls U10 |
22 |
|
Lee Fei-Tzin |
USA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
10 |
Girls U8 |
45 |
|
Xiang Evan |
USA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3,0 |
9 |
Girls U8 |
47 |
|
Zhu Jessica |
USA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2,0 |
31 |
Girls U8 |
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