Dariusz Swiercz and Deysi Cori new World U-20 Champions

Polish GM Dariusz Swiercz and Peruvian WGM Cori T Deysi emerged champions in the SDAT- Ramco 50th World Junior & 29th World Junior Girls Championship in Chennai, India. Swiercz caught leader Robert Hovhannisyan in the very last round and finished with 10.5 points. A superior tie-break gave Swiercz the title, while IM Sahaj Grover took bronze.

The winners of the 2011 World Juniors | Photo © official website

General info

The 50th World Junior and 29th Junior Girls Championships took place August 1-16 in Chennai, India. A total of 18 GMs were participating, the highest rated being Maxim Matlakov (RUS, 2632), Sanan Sjugirov (RUS, 2629), Ivan Salgado Lopez (ESP, 2626), Aleksandr Shimanov (RUS, 2586), Tamir Nabaty (ISR, 2584) and Ray Robson (USA, 2560). In the Girls section the top three in the starting list are Nazi Paikidze (GEO, 2416), Anastasia Savina (RUS, 2398) and Cori T Deysi (PER, 2376).

Rounds 9-13

We left the tournament after round 8, when FM Koushik Girish of India was the surprising leader, together with GM Robert Hovhannisyan of Armenia. The two faced each other in the 9th round and the GM proved too strong for the FM. The fun was clearly over for Girish, who lost his games in rounds 10, 11 and 12 as well. Still, after a draw in the final round (and with a K factor of 15) he still takes home 48.2 rating points!

Now that we're at it, we might as well discuss the second part of Alex Rombaldoni's tournament. The Italian IM only did slightly better: after his stunning 6.5/7 he lost in rounds 8, 9 and 10, but then scored a good draw against the strong Sjugirov, then another loss and then a win in the last round. Rombaldoni not only takes home his final GM norm but also 19.7 rating points.

After 12 rounds Hovhannisyan was in clear first place with 10 points, half a point ahead of Poland's Dariusz Swiercz. Four players were at 9/11: Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus), Vasif Durarbeyli (Azerbaijan), IM Sahaj Grover (India) and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia).



Then, India's Independence Day turned into a black day for Armenia. In the final round Hovhannisyan drew with Black against Durarbeyli, and to his horror he saw Swiercz beating Kovalev. The Polish GM finished with a better tie-break and therefore won the gold medal. Silver went to Hovhannisyan and local hero Grover won bronze.

WGM Cori T Deysi won the girls section with 11/13. She owes a big thanks to India’s Padmini Rout, who defeated leader WGM Olga Girya of Russia in the final round. Olga’s defeat enabled Cori to overtake the Russian, and emerge as clear winner. It was the first time a player from Peru has claimed the World Junior Girls title. The second place and silver medal went to Girya, while top seed Georgian WGM Nazi Paikidze, with 9.5 points, settled for bronze.

Selection of games rounds 8-13

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World Junior Championship 2011 | Round 13 (Final) Standings (top 30)

Rk.	Ti.	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3	rtg+/-
1	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2553	10.5	2441	2457	2472	19.0
2	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2556	10.5	2437	2454	2470	18.2
3	IM	Grover Sahaj	IND	2496	9.5	2458	2472	2485	20.4
4	GM	Robson Ray	USA	2560	9.0	2466	2475	2486	6.6
5	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	ESP	2626	9.0	2465	2474	2484	-3.8
6	GM	Durarbeyli Vasif	AZE	2515	9.0	2442	2454	2465	10.1
7	GM	Sethuraman S P	IND	2529	9.0	2427	2444	2457	5.6
8	IM	Goganov Aleksey	RUS	2489	9.0	2421	2443	2458	10.7
9	GM	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	2558	8.5	2502	2514	2528	7.3
10	FM	Kovalev Vladislav	BLR	2439	8.5	2454	2482	2502	29.0
11	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2629	8.5	2423	2435	2448	-14.6
12	GM	Adhiban B	IND	2542	8.5	2421	2438	2458	-2.3
13	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2632	8.5	2416	2428	2435	-16.2
14	GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2542	8.5	2407	2418	2429	-4.6
15	IM	Lalith Babu M R	IND	2495	8.5	2391	2405	2421	0.1
16	IM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2492	8.0	2519	2540	2564	16.1
17	IM	Rombaldoni Axel	ITA	2459	8.0	2511	2543	2561	19.7
18	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	2586	8.0	2437	2451	2459	-11.9
19	IM	Piorun Kacper	POL	2514	8.0	2434	2455	2477	-0.8
20	IM	Roganovic Milos	SRB	2476	8.0	2427	2450	2471	4.2
21	FM	Barbosa Evandro Amorim	BRA	2343	8.0	2406	2436	2471	33.0
22	GM	Martinovic Sasa	CRO	2521	8.0	2404	2421	2426	-7.7
23	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya	IND	2429	8.0	2374	2400	2426	3.2
24		K Praneeth Surya	IND	2036	8.0	2366	2376	2384	92.4
25	IM	Krejci Jan	CZE	2503	8.0	2335	2349	2365	-13.9
26	GM	Pap Gyula	HUN	2513	8.0	2293	2307	2319	-21.3
27	FM	Girish A Koushik	IND	2309	7.5	2477	2518	2528	48.2
28	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	GER	2521	7.5	2451	2465	2479	-4.5
29	GM	Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu	AZE	2522	7.5	2432	2451	2465	-8.0
30	IM	Urkedal Frode	NOR	2448	7.5	2410	2433	2447	0.7

Links

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