2011 World Junior Championships Conclude
The 50th World Junior Chess Championships took place from 1-16 August in Chennai, India.
Over 120 boys and 60 girls competed for the World U-20 titles in separate 13-round Swiss events. After a thrilling competition, the boy's title went to GM Dariusz Swiercz of Poland on tie-break from GM Robert Hovhannisyan of Armenia. The girl's title was won by WGM Cori T Desi of Peru.
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Previous champions include Boris Spassky (1955), Anatoly Karpov (1969), Yasser Seirawan (1979), Garry Kasparov (1980), Vishy Anand (1987) and Lev Aronian (2002).
The top finishers in the boy's championship:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | ||
| 1 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | POL | 2553 | 10.5 |
| 2 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2556 | 10.5 |
| 3 | IM | Grover Sahaj | IND | 2496 | 9.5 |
| 4 | GM | Robson Ray | USA | 2560 | 9.0 |
| 5 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | ESP | 2626 | 9.0 |
| 6 | GM | Durarbeyli Vasif | AZE | 2515 | 9.0 |
| 7 | GM | Sethuraman S P | IND | 2529 | 9.0 |
| 8 | IM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2489 | 9.0 |
| 9 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2558 | 8.5 |
| 10 | FM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2439 | 8.5 |
| 11 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2629 | 8.5 |
| 12 | GM | Adhiban B | IND | 2542 | 8.5 |
| 13 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2632 | 8.5 |
| 14 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2542 | 8.5 |
| 15 | IM |
Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2495 | 8.5 |
The top finishers in the girl's championship:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts. | ||
| 1 | WGM | Cori T Deysi | PER | 2376 | 11.0 |
| 2 | WGM | Girya Olga | RUS | 2371 | 10.5 |
| 3 | WGM | Paikidze Nazi | GEO | 2416 | 9.5 |
| 4 | WGM | Padmini Rout | IND | 2348 | 9.0 |
| 5 | WIM | Ozturk Kubra | TUR | 2258 | 9.0 |
| 6 | WIM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2293 | 8.5 |
| 7 | WIM | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2317 | 8.5 |
| 8 | WIM | Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi | AZE | 2294 | 8.0 |
| 9 | WIM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | KAZ | 2222 | 8.0 |
| 10 | WFM | Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar | MGL | 2163 | 8.0 |
| 11 | WIM | Hoang Thi Nhu Y | VIE | 2204 | 8.0 |
| 12 | WIM | Eric Jovana | SRB | 2282 | 8.0 |
The official website with photos, videos and all the games is here.
Pictures from the official website.
