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NM TheOldReb
Mar 24, 2011
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#1

How many of them went on to become World Champion ??  

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WGM Natalia_Pogonina
Mar 24, 2011
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#2
No.↓ Year↓ Location↓ Champion↓ Country↓
1 1951 Coventry/Birmingham Ivkov, Borislav !Borislav Ivkov  Yugoslavia
2 1953 Copenhagen Panno, Oscar !Oscar Panno  Argentina
3 1955 Antwerp Spassky, Boris !Boris Spassky  Soviet Union
4 1957 Toronto Lombardy, William !William Lombardy  United States
5 1959 Münchenstein Bielicki, Carlos !Carlos Bielicki  Argentina
6 1961 The Hague Parma, Bruno !Bruno Parma  Yugoslavia
7 1963 Vrnjacka Banja Gheorghiu, Florin !Florin Gheorghiu  Romania
8 1965 Barcelona Kurajica, Bojan !Bojan Kurajica  Yugoslavia
9 1967 Jerusalem Kaplan, Julio !Julio Kaplan  Puerto Rico
10 1969 Stockholm Karpov, Anatoly !Anatoly Karpov  Soviet Union
11 1971 Athens Hug, Werner !Werner Hug  Switzerland
12 1973 Teesside Beliavsky, Alexander !Alexander Beliavsky  Soviet Union
13 1974 Manila Miles, Anthony !Anthony Miles  England
14 1975 Tjentiste Chekhov, Valery !Valery Chekhov  Soviet Union
15 1976 Groningen Diesen, Mark !Mark Diesen  United States
16 1977 Innsbruck Yusupov, Artur !Artur Yusupov  Soviet Union
17 1978 Graz Dolmatov, Sergey !Sergey Dolmatov  Soviet Union
18 1979 Skien Seirawan, Yasser !Yasser Seirawan  United States
19 1980 Dortmund Kasparov, Garry !Garry Kasparov  Soviet Union
20 1981 Mexico City Cvitan, Ognjen !Ognjen Cvitan  Yugoslavia
21 1982 Copenhagen Sokolov, Andrei !Andrei Sokolov  Soviet Union
22 1983 Belfort Georgiev, Kiril !Kiril Georgiev  Bulgaria
23 1984 Kiljava Hansen, Curt !Curt Hansen  Denmark
24 1985 Sharjah Dlugy, Maxim !Maxim Dlugy  United States
25 1986 Gausdal Arencibia, Walter !Walter Arencibia  Cuba
26 1987 Baguio Anand, Viswanathan !Viswanathan Anand  India
27 1988 Adelaide Lautier, Joel !Joël Lautier  France
28 1989 Tunja Spasov, Vasil !Vasil Spasov  Bulgaria
29 1990 Santiago Gurevich, Ilya !Ilya Gurevich  United States
30 1991 Mamaja Akopian, Vladimir !Vladimir Akopian  Armenia
31 1992 Buenos Aires Zarnicki, Pablo !Pablo Zarnicki  Argentina
32 1993 Kozhikode Miladinovic, Igor !Igor Miladinović  Yugoslavia
33 1994 Caiobá Grétarsson, Helgi !Helgi Grétarsson  Iceland
34 1995 Halle, Saxony-Anhalt Slobodjan, Roman !Roman Slobodjan  Germany
35 1996 Medellín Sutovsky, Emil !Emil Sutovsky  Israel
36 1997 Żagań Shaked, Tal !Tal Shaked  United States
37 1998 Kozhikode Sadvakasov, Darmen !Darmen Sadvakasov  Kazakhstan
38 1999 Yerevan Galkin, Alexander !Alexander Galkin  Russia
39 2000 Yerevan Bruzón, Lázaro !Lázaro Bruzón  Cuba
40 2001 Athens Acs, Peter !Peter Acs  Hungary
41 2002 Goa Aronian, Levon !Levon Aronian  Armenia
42 2003 Nakhchivan Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar !Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  Azerbaijan
43 2004 Kochi Harikrishna, Pentala !Pentala Harikrishna  India
44 2005 Istanbul Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar !Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  Azerbaijan
45 2006 Yerevan Andriasian, Zaven !Zaven Andriasian  Armenia
46 2007 Yerevan Adly, Ahmed !Ahmed Adly  Egypt
47 2008 Gaziantep Gupta, Abhijeet !Abhijeet Gupta  India
48 2009 Puerto Madryn Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime !Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  France
49 2010 Chotowa Dmitry Andreikin !Dmitry Andreikin

 Russia

 

 
Avatar of Natalia_Pogonina
WGM Natalia_Pogonina
Mar 24, 2011
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#3

Four + Aronian has high chances of becoming the 5th Smile

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NM TheOldReb
Mar 24, 2011
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#4
Natalia_Pogonina wrote:

Four + Aronian has high chances of becoming the 5th

In that case :  GO  ARONIAN !!! 

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NM ozzie_c_cobblepot
Mar 24, 2011
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#5

But isn't the real question: How many World Junior champions have beaten a world champion using the 1...a6 opening??!?

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WGM Natalia_Pogonina
Mar 24, 2011
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#6
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:

But isn't the real question: How many World Junior champions have beaten a world champion using the 1...a6 opening??!?

Year 1980 :)

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NM ozzie_c_cobblepot
Mar 24, 2011
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#7
Fezzik wrote:

It would be interesting to count how many World Junior Champs didn't make it to the top 10 in the world.

And how many are currently millionaires working at [deleted by Kohai - do not post personal information].

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NM FrederickRhine
Nov 16, 2013
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#8

But Lombardy had the greatest result: 11-0 in 1957! I don't think anyone else has ever come close. That result will probably never be equaled.