World Junior Championships
The 49th World Junior Chess Championships took place in Chotowa, Poland from 2-17 August.
The relevance of junior titles in the modern era of prodigies competing in mainstream events is arguable, but that in no way diminishes the achievement of Dmitry Andreikin of Russia and Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia on taking the prestigious Junior and U-20 Women's titles respectively.
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Pictures from the official website
The format was a 13-round Swiss event and both winners were the ratings favourites. The top finishers were:
| 1 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2650 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2610 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Swiercz, Dariusz | POL | 2492 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2603 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2469 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2636 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Cordova Daza, Emilio Arturo | PER | 2560 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Tomczak, Jacek | POL | 2509 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Stupak, Kirill | BLR | 2504 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Bindrich, Falko | GER | 2522 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Negi, Parimarjan | IND | 2615 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Nabaty, Tamir | ISR | 2523 | 8.5 |
| 13 | Martinovic, Sasa | CRO | 2505 | 8.5 |
| 14 | Can, Emre | TUR | 2477 | 8.5 |
| 15 | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2603 | 8.5 |
| 16 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2543 | 8.5 |
Girls U-20:
| 1 | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2527 | 11.0 |
| 2 | Girya, Olga | RUS | 2376 | 10.5 |
| 3 | Padmini, Rout | IND | 2275 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Muminova, Nafisa | UZB | 2290 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Bhakti, Kulkarni Pradip | IND | 2249 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat | AZE | 2260 | 8.5 |
| 7 | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | KAZ | 2216 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | GEO | 2298 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Melekhina, Alisa | USA | 2265 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Severiukhina, Zoja | RUS | 2341 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Andrenko, Irina | UKR | 2133 | 8.5 |
| 12 | Cori Tello, Deysi Estela | PER | 2403 | 8.5 |
| 13 | Corke, Anya | ENG | 2257 | 8.5 |
A sample of games from the winners:
