See? Those guys are hard!
If I would have gone I'd have FAILED. Good job though, even if it was a tough win.
Yeah, just don't be disappointed in yourself. Just do better in the next game.c
World Youth Results after Round 3
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!!!GO SHADOWKNIGHT!!!
Last game in the under 14 boys (or open it must be) list.
Woow! What a game! Nice one! Thanks for sharing!
shadowknight, that game looks like several my otb games, completely mess up the start of the game, then beat the opponent with better endgame technique. Once I was white against 2350 FM, got about -2 after 13 moves, my king was really weak. But I managed to defend and he resigned 30 moves later.
Not sure how your opponent missed such a simple win on move 31 though, even in time trouble it's easy to see. 31.Re3 would have probably been better.
also 23.Qg3 looks better than 23.g3.
Samsch wrote:
piphilologist wrote:
shadowknight, that game looks like several my otb games, completely mess up the start of the game, then beat the opponent with better endgame technique. Once I was white against 2350 FM, got about -2 after 13 moves, my king was really weak. But I managed to defend and he resigned 30 moves later.
Not sure how your opponent missed such a simple win on move 31 though, even in time trouble it's easy to see. 31.Re3 would have probably been better.
also 23.Qg3 looks better than 23.g3.
Nice!!!
to be fair he was having a bad tournament. It was surprising where he resigned because although it was a technical win for me there was still some work to be done.
While we're talking about great games, check out super-powerhouse Samuel Sevian's accurately calculated blow-to-chuncks attack against (until that point) perfect scorer Nicolas Checa in round 5. Round 6 results will be up soon.
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BTW, Here is a hilarious video of Samuel Sevian:
Come ooon xD
Mr Shahade took that very well. Props to him.
Oh, I've seen that video a million times! Although he was clearly an extremely strong player then, at 2100, he now has zoomed to 2450!! I remember when I was in 2nd grade with an 800 rating, I saw his name at the top of the rating list at like,2040. It had to be a misprint, I thought. Can a rating really start with a 2? Ps samsch I will post that game as soon as i can.
He didn't follow the touch move rule and someone on youtube says they do clock move not touch move in blitz?
Never heard that?
Favorite quote from that video? "I've never seen an international master blunder on move 5" "Classic" "Stalemate" Too many!
This is how the young man stands at the moment in Slovenia (after 6 rounds)
| 1 | Sevian Samuel | 2347 | USA | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | U12 Open |
You can find the standings and pairings for the US team here
http://chess-results.com/tnr84660.aspx?art=25&fedb=USA&lan=1&flag=30
To-day, Tuesday, is a rest day - chance to have a swim in Lake Bled or go to the casino or catch a trout.
English standings
http://chess-results.com/tnr84660.aspx?art=25&fedb=ENG&lan=1&flag=30
and Portuguese
http://chess-results.com/tnr84660.aspx?art=25&fedb=POR&lan=1&flag=30
In round 5 and 6, Praveen Balakrishnan in Under 10 from New Jersey, who had a perfect score, simply collapsed and lost 2 in a row. My heart goes out to him. Plus, he should have had at least 1.5 out of 2 from those games I believe!
I did a very detailed thingy for the round 8 results. I also made a seperate thread for it, but I thought it would be easy to put it here as well.
The past few rounds have been heartbreaking for me and the USA team. I am seeing incredible starts simply fall apart with a string of losses. Hopefully they could pull it together in the last few rounds.
Under 8 Open
This section's USA heartbreak is probably Tan Nguyen, who is falling back after a great start. Christopher Shen is clearly in superhuman form. One of my picks for a great result, Joaquin Perkins, has come out of nowhere to be near the top of the list.
Christopher Shen-6.5
Balaji Daggupati-5.5
Ben Rood-5.5
Tan Nguyen-5
Joaquin Perkins-5
Aydin Turgot-4.5
Kevin Chor-4.5
Anthony He-4.5
Atreya Vaidya-4.5
Logan Wu-4.5
Kelvin Jiang-4.5
Daniel Levkov-4.5
Eric Wang-4
Milind Maiti-4
Harry Wang-4
Ethan Tang-4
Anish Vivekananthan-4
Cole Frutos-3
Under 8 Girls
Aasa was doing incredibly until a round 8 loss, but will still get a medal I'm sure!
Aasa Dommalapati-6
Jessica Rattray-5.5
Zhiyi Wang-4.5
Sadie Edelman-4
Sara Lin-4
Carol Chen-3.5
Iris Zhou-3
Under 10 Open
This is the most heartbreaking section, with Praveen Balakrishnan getting 1/4 in the last 4 rounds after a 4/4 start. Previous year's Under 8 Open Champion Awonder Liang bounced back from a mediocre start with a round 8 win. Trung Nguyen lost 2 in a row. With challengers dropping like flies, you have to give credit to Aravind Kumar, who is Steady Eddie in this so far. He will surely put on a finishing spurt and get in the top 10. Awonder has been here before and will also do great in the end. I can only hope Praveen will do the same, but such a traumatic last few rounds must scar him. I am so thankful that the penultimate and final rounds are on Saturday and Sunday, so I can watch the drama unfold fully since there is no school. Go USA!
Aravind Kumar-6
Awonder Liang-5.5
Praveen Balakrishnan-5
Trung Nguyen-5
Rayan Taghizadeh-5
Marcus Miyasaka-4.5
Andrew Titus-4.5
Under 10 Open
Jennifer Yu won the last 5 in a row. She will get a medal I believe. If it is gold, well, we shall see.
Jennifer Yu-6.5
Annie Wang-6
Joanna Liu-6
Emily Nguyen-5
Ramitha Ravishankar-4.5
Meghana Bhanuprasad-4.5
Akshita Gorti-4
Alara Balasaygun-4
Camille Kao-4
Naomi Bashkansky-3.5
Carissa Yip-3.5
Under 12 Open
Boy, I have a lot to talk about here. First the heartbreaks. Nicolas Checa was perfect 4/4 until he went loss,draw,loss. However, he is still doing quite well. Kevin Moy was 3/4 until he went loss,draw,loss,loss. This is quite unfortunate as ShadowKnight911 really is a great player. He will win the last 3 in a row and have a great result. When it happens, don't say I didn't call it! The star right now, of course, is Cameron Wheeler. Since a second round loss, he has won 6 straight and is tied for the lead. If he holds on for the next couple of rounds for the gold, it will be the biggest World Youth success in history. (If you are reading this Cameron, sorry if I just pressured you!) Since this is also probably the strongest section in World Youth history,(I mean, you have USA players like Sam Sevian, Jeffery Xiong, Bryce Tiglon, Vignesh Panchantham, Jonathan Chiang, Roland Feng, John Ludwig, Joshua Sheng, Craig Hilby, Nicolas Checa, Tommy O He, etc etc etc etc. And if all the invited players actually went, it would be an astronomically strong section.) I can't wait to see how this section will turn out. Post who you're betting on! I'm not making any predictions, because really anything can happen. Samuel Sevian was in fact leading until he lost in round 8, allowing Cameron and Sam's opponent to take the lead.
Cameron Wheeler-7
Samuel Sevian-6.5
Jeffery Xiong-6.5
Bryce Tiglon-6
Vignesh Panchantham-6
Roland Feng-6
John Ludwig-6
Jonathan Chiang-5.5
Ethan Li-5.5
Nicolas Checa-5.5
Craig Hilby-5
Siddharth Banik-5
Joshua Sheng-4.5
Tommy O He-4.5
Alexander Crump-4.5
Amir Moazami-4
Kevin Moy-3.5
Kadhir Pillai-3.5
Under 12 Girls
The heartbreak here is Maggie Feng, who started with 3.5/4 but only got 0.5 out of the last 3 rounds. Ashritha is USA's best hope in the section to win a medal.
Ashritha Eswaran-6
Maggie Feng-4.5
Clarissa Abella-4
Anupama Rajendra-4
Katherine Davis-4
Priya Trakru-4
Under 14 Open
Everyone in this section is doing great, most notably Kayden Troff, with real medal chances heading into the last few rounds. He needs 2.5 out of 3 in the last 3 rounds to have any chance. Justus and Kapil need to go 3 for 3 to have any shot at a medal. So they better play for wins!
Kayden Troff-6
Justus Williams-5.5
Kapil Chandran-5.5
Christopher Gu-5
Christopher Wu-5
Safal Bora-5
Under 14 Girls
This section's heartbreak is Kimberly Ding. After a 4/4 start she went 0/3 in rounds 5-7, but managed to break that streak with a draw in round 8. That is a good sign that she could hopefully pull herself together and finish strong. Agata was doing great until a round 8 loss, and now must go at least 2.5/3 to finish with a shot at a medal.
Agata Bykovtsev-5.5
Kimberly Ding-4.5
Rachel Gologorsky-4.5
Apurva Virkud-4.5
Annie Zhao-4
Stephanie Shao-3
Under 16 Open
No medal chances
Michael Brown-5
Sean Vibbert-5
Under 16 Girls
Sarah Chiang must finish perfectly to have medal chances.
Sarah Chiang-5.5
Jessica Regam-4.5
Lilia Poteat-4
Becca Lampman-3.5
Under 18 Open
Maybe William Fisher can get an with a great finish.
William Fisher-5.5
Robert Perez-4
Under 18 Girls
Anna Matlin-4
If anyone's interested I posted round 4 results. What is incredible is the outstanding succes for the US in the Under 12 Open section so far! Here is round 4-
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/world-youth-results-after-round-4-for-usa