World Youth

[Angus McDonald]

I notice that Felix is playing for Venezuela at the World Youth.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

I notice that Felix is playing for Venezuela at the World Youth.

Link and name (Felix Jose Ynojosa)to help give some context:

http://chess-results.com/tnr58157.aspx? ... =1&flag=30

World Youth Chess Championship - U 16 Open, 18-16/11/2011

FIDE rating card:

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=3900258

Does anyone know of a way to ascertain the previous registration history of a player?

(Looking at the results in his FIDE history, he was ENG-registered in January 2011 and VEN-registered by June 2011 - this was mentioned at the time somewhere on this forum, I believe, such as here back in July: http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... =15#p66535).

[LozCooper]

He put in a request to transfer back in 2011, having returned (with his family) to Venezeula in August/September 2010. Whilst I was sorry to see him go I fully understood his decision and wish him well for the future.

[Angus McDonald]

Did he not play for England in the World Youth in October 2010 in Greece?

[LozCooper]

Did he not play for England in the World Youth in October 2010 in Greece?

Yes, that's right. He'd qualified in the trial earlier in the year.

[Angus McDonald]

Smashing player!

Sorry to see him leave the UK!

England have a few excellent players at that age group.

Playing in English tournaments year in year out.

[Jonathan Rogers]

There was a nice moment in a Bristol v Barbican 2 match (December 2008) when Felix beat his 190 odd opponent in less than two hours with Black. I caught the eye of his rather staggered opponent, as he was resetting the pieces, and we both had to fight the temptation to laugh out loud.

[ThomasThorpe]

I'm hoping I won't have to face Felix in the U16s. I remember playing him 2 years ago and very nearly drawing with him before ruining an easily drawn K+P ending...

[ThomasThorpe]

The schedule has been changed!

We now have 9 rounds to play, only 1 double round day and a rest day after round 4. Here is the new schedule:
18th Nov: Round 1
19th Nov: Round 2
20th Nov: Rounds 3 + 4
21st Nov: Rest Day
22nd Nov: Round 5
23rd Nov: Round 6
24th Nov: Round 7
25th Nov: Round 8
26th Nov: Round 9

[Angus McDonald]

You're on the ball Thomas. I only spotted that today.

Think it's better as the previous schedule with 2 double round days and no rest day was a bit intense.

Dare I suggest, me thinks, that FIDE messed up the booking in the first place?

[ThomasThorpe]

Dare I suggest, me thinks, that FIDE messed up the booking in the first place?

That wouldn't surprise me in the slightest (yes we did just go there)

[Roger de Coverly]

Dare I suggest, me thinks, that FIDE messed up the booking in the first place?

It might have been the local organisers, but the venue was moved several hundred (or thousand?) miles to a more remote location away from international air routes. As a consequence, a day was lost at each end of the event, so the days potentially available for play reduced from eleven to nine.

[Angus McDonald]

Changing schedule 16 days before play starts is not ideal and obviously there has been a mess up somewhere.

I think the original plan was to hold it in hotels near to probably the most famous beach in the World. The Copacabana!
That was always going to cost an absolute fortune to stage and The World Youth Chess Championships is an event of
enough prestige to merit such a location. I guess though the economics beat the organisers.
Brazil is big enough and beautiful enough for them to find another outstanding venue and the move to making it a 9
round tournament is for the best for all. Whilst youngsters can give there all to represent their country and themselves in
the best way possible they will also have some time to have some fun and take in the atmosphere of being in an amazing
vibrant developing country.
Good luck to all participating and hoping that the home federations can find the funding to send more representatives
at each age group to these events in future years.
One of the most noticeable things about Brazil is just how young a country it is with half the population aged under 25.
They celebrate youth and promote their youngsters to do well in all sports. I expect the event to be absolutely buzzing!

[LozCooper]

The English player's progress can be followed here:
http://chess-results.com/tnr58156.aspx? ... =1&flag=30

The schedule is here: http://chess-results.com/tnr58158.aspx? ... NG&flag=30

Hopefully a link for live games coverage will appear soon.

[LozCooper]

Round 1 pairings for English players:

4 50 Abarca Gonzalez Nicolas 2098 0 0 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2436 4
41 41 Clarke Brandon G I 2140 0 0 Chalabi Max 1573 93 1-0
64 130 Rosa Paulo Estevao 0 0 0 Foo William J 1925 64
11 11 Haria Ravi 2045 0 0 Baterdene Tsogbayar 1647 77
58 118 Wong Wang Tat 0 0 0 Zhang Anthony 0 58

24 65 Ehr Jennifer 1509 0 0 Hakimifard Raana 2016 24 0-1
38 39 Shepherd Katherine M 1777 0 0 Hou Louisa Qianqian 0 82
28 72 Jacobsen Elise Sjottem 0 0 0 Keen Cosima C 1718 28
11 11 Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 1668 0 0 Penafiel Mendoza Josselyne 0 43

http://chess-results.com/tnr58149.aspx? ... =1&flag=30