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Five Golds for the US Team in Argentina! |
August 21, 2009 | |
See one of Tanuj's victories in round six, over a Brazilian representative and read more about his chess adventures on his blog. 3421 Two nice Sicilian wins by the Shen brothers: 3414 3420 Arthur Shen in the Under 12 and Andrew Shvartsman in the Under 16 took home silver medals, while Tommy He got a bronze in the Under 10. Full team results below. American Team Final Standings Sub.8 Abs. TANUJ VASUDEVA- 9, Gold! Sub.10 Abs TOMMY HE- 6.5- Bronze! Sub.10 Abs. SHYAM GANDHI- 4.5 Sub.10 Abs. STAN LIAO- 4 Sub.12 Abs. JAROD PAMATMAT- 6.5 Sub.12 Abs. JORDAN PAMATMAT- 5.5 Sub.12 Abs. ARTHUR SHEN- 7- Silver! Sub.12 Abs. MICHAEL BROWN- 5 Sub.12 Abs. SAMUEL WARANCH- 4 Sub.14 Abs. DANIEL ROZOVSKY- 7.5- Gold! Sub.14 Abs. JUSTIN KARP-4 Sub.14 Abs. MILES HINSON- 5 Sub.16 Abs. VINCENT HUANG-4.5 Sub.16 Abs. ANDREW SHVARTSMAN- 6.5- Silver! Sub.16 Abs. ADARSH JAYAKUMAR-6.5 Sub. 16 Abs. VICTOR SHEN- 7.5- Gold! Sub.18 Abs. ALISA MELEKHINA –6 Sub. 8 Fem. ANNIE WANG-7.5- Gold! Sub.10 Fem. MARYIA ORESHKO-5 Sub. 10 Fem SIMONE LIAO-7.5- Gold! Sub.14 Fem ANNA MATLIN-5 Sub.18 Fem KARSTEN MCVAY-4 Sub.18 Fem Courtney Jamison- 5 |
The American team brought home eight medals at the Pan-American Youth Championships (Mar Del Plata, Argentina, August 15-22), including five golds by Tanuj Vasudeva (perfect score!!) in the Under 8, Daniel Rozovsky in the Under 14, Victor Shen in the Under 16, Annie Wang in the Girls Under 8 and Simone Liao in the Girls Under 10. USA scored more golds than any other delegation.