European Youth - Prague

[Leonard Barden]

Amy Hoare lost in 60 moves after a hard fight, Franklin and Zhou drew though at one point Franklin had a winning ending.

Chess Results is now showing most of the England round 2 results and it looks as if Joshua Altman in the U8s will be our only 2/2. There are 15 other U8s on this score. The overall England result, if I've calculated right, was 50 per cent in round 1 and will be below that in round 2.

One can say that it's early days and that there are still seven rounds left, but as far as medal contenders go that's not completely true. These are large fields with, especially in the younger age groups, fairly random early pairings. The critical point for this event, as I remember well when I was helping Gawain Jones and David Howell when they played 10-15 years ago, is that the primary tie-breaker is sum of progressive scores, which means that if you drop points early on it will probably equate to being half a point behind your rivals at the business end of the tournament.

So basically for those of our players who could be medal or top ten contenders and dropped points today, a good round 3-4 result is very important.

[Krishna Shiatis]

Krishna, Krishna, where for art thou, Krishna?

Andrew, t'were in the lobby for lattermost of the aft. I am the lady in pink with the moustache...

Not really, just joking about the pink...

Everyone still in good spirits here as far as I can tell. It is early days and hoping for a quiet but strong surge tomorrow....

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 2 results:

2 10 60 Sanitt Leo 0 1 0 - 1 1 Alizade Emin 0 17
2 11 18 Altman Joshua 0 1 1 - 0 1 Nguyen Thai Dai Vinh 0 53
2 17 76 Verma Aditya 0 1 0 - 1 ½ Stoyanov Tsvetan 1634 3
2 31 4 Lomasov Semen 1954 ½ 1 - 0 1 Zhang Zheming 0 133
2 38 46 Anaskin Arsenij 1861 ½ 1 - 0 ½ Haridas Girinath 1739 77
2 45 20 Navrodskiy Boris 1953 0 1 - 0 0 Zhou Yang-Jian 1617 107
2 63 124 Borekcioglu Yusuf 0 0 0 - 1 0 Gupta Arul 1728 85
2 66 90 Dujava Jonas 1711 0 0 - 1 0 Huang Dion 0 135
2 15 64 Murphy Conor E 1976 1 ½ - ½ 1 Blahynka Martin 2145 21
2 19 26 Grigorian Spartak 2118 1 1 - 0 1 Taylor Adam C 1962 69
2 28 103 Miknevicius Laurynas 1830 1 1 - 0 1 Haria Ravi 2054 41
2 32 46 Snihur Piotr 2038 1 1 - 0 1 Shiatis Rohan 0 140
2 39 56 Malhotra Tarun 2005 ½ ½ - ½ ½ Lukic Lazar 1692 124
2 41 99 Tsoi Leo Z 1849 0 0 - 1 0 Stremavicius Titas 2195 15
2 68 135 Bennett Rhys 0 0 0 - 1 0 Balaji Ananthanarayanan 1859 94
2 25 92 Oliver Martin 1838 1 0 - 1 1 Ivekovic Bozidar 2200 31
2 46 98 Smith Patrick L 1771 0 0 - 1 0 Eggink Mateusz 2013 67
2 7 10 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2430 1 ½ - ½ 1 Franklin Samuel G A 2264 37
2 22 22 FM Savitskiy Sergey 2368 ½ 1 - 0 ½ Scott Gordon W 2026 75
2 23 74 Foster James M 2037 ½ 0 - 1 ½ FM Godart Francois 2337 29
2 40 56 Pecurica Milos 2132 0 1 - 0 0 Archer-Lock Adrian 1923 81
2 37 40 Cohen Meytal 0 0 1 - 0 0 Ostrin Anat 0 66
2 39 42 Davidson Laura 0 0 1 - 0 0 Pribylova Sofie 0 70
2 25 30 Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 1675 ½ 1 - 0 ½ Hrescak Ivana 1709 23
2 43 89 Ressel Eva 0 0 1 - 0 0 Grigorita Anastasia 1412 62
2 46 93 Steele Beatrice 0 0 ½ - ½ 0 Bikmukhametova Mariam 0 66
2 1 21 Hoare Amy B 1958 1 0 - 1 1 Varga Melinda 2232 1
2 22 64 Shepherd Katherine M 1766 ½ 1 - 0 ½ Jacimovic Sara 1933 27
2 38 76 Goian Valeria 1411 0 ½ - ½ 0 Foster Chantelle L 1824 53

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 3 pairings:

3 7 73 Uzumcu Ahmet Utku 0 2 2 Altman Joshua 0 18
3 20 19 Anchikov Vladimir 0 1 1 Sanitt Leo 0 60
3 27 38 Gucaga Augustas 0 1 1 Verma Aditya 0 76
3 46 133 Zhang Zheming 0 1 1 Dolansky Lukas 1470 64
3 28 85 Gupta Arul 1728 1 1 Kazakovskiy Valeriy 1951 22
3 49 135 Huang Dion 0 1 1 Asadli Vugar 1785 64
3 56 77 Haridas Girinath 1739 ½ ½ Wallmueller Peter 1589 110
3 69 107 Zhou Yang-Jian 1617 0 0 Borekcioglu Yusuf 0 124
3 19 92 Lappalainen Matias 1870 1½ 1½ Murphy Conor E 1976 64
3 21 69 Taylor Adam C 1962 1 1 Van Foreest Jorden 2225 12
3 29 94 Balaji Ananthanarayanan 1859 1 1 Rudakov Aleksandr 2086 32
3 33 41 Haria Ravi 2054 1 1 Lopatik Nikita 1869 93
3 42 139 Kapetanos Konstantinos 0 1 1 Malhotra Tarun 2005 56
3 48 140 Shiatis Rohan 0 1 1 Maslov Ivan 1975 66
3 67 130 Cavadas Francisco 1649 0 0 Tsoi Leo Z 1849 99
3 35 55 Machan Jan 2055 1 1 Oliver Martin 1838 92
3 49 81 Ramsdal Jens Albert 1943 0 0 Smith Patrick L 1771 98
3 8 29 FM Godart Francois 2337 1½ 1½ IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2430 10
3 14 37 Franklin Samuel G A 2264 1½ 1½ Shahinyan David 2351 24
3 30 75 Scott Gordon W 2026 ½ ½ FM Altini Nicola 2379 18
3 34 59 Sosovicka Juraj 2108 ½ ½ Foster James M 2037 74
3 39 81 Archer-Lock Adrian 1923 0 0 Pospisil Martin 2084 66
3 30 82 Soyumez Ilayda 0 1 1 Cohen Meytal 0 40
3 31 86 Tomczak Marta 0 1 1 Davidson Laura 0 42
3 10 30 Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 1675 1½ 1½ WFM Obolentseva Alexandra 1950 2
3 35 49 Ibrahimli Leyla 1547 1 1 Ressel Eva 0 89
3 37 54 Milton Anna 1514 ½ ½ Steele Beatrice 0 93
3 14 5 WFM Styazhkina Anna 2150 1 1½ Shepherd Katherine M 1766 64
3 18 59 Zamanova Bikakhanim 1788 1 1 Hoare Amy B 1958 21
3 34 53 Foster Chantelle L 1824 ½ ½ Hatasova Michaela 1641 72

[Krishna Shiatis]

Everyone settled in for Round 3 - temperatures soaring outside the playing halls; luckily air conditioned (a little) inside. Best of luck to all the children.

[Andrew Camp]

Where are you camped out?

[Leonard Barden]

FM Godart FRA v Yang-Fan Zhou available on the live games, looks like Y-F has outbooked his opponent in the Tromp.

http://www.eycc2012.eu/games/live-coverage

[John Moore]

I do wonder why certain people get picked year on year - is there an element of paying for a place! Maybe not a problem if there is.

[Roger de Coverly]

I do wonder why certain people get picked year on year - is there an element of paying for a place! Maybe not a problem if there is.

There is a selection process in place, but if you are best in your age group, you can hold that slot for several years, thereby getting repeated invitations. The finance comes from the John Robinson Trust and the player's family.

One of the changes introduced by the election of Phil Ehr last year, was the notion that you can and should send multiple players in the same age group.

[John Moore]

Thank you Roger - but does it matter if you are not very good. Actually you have answered that as well.

[Peter D Williams]

I do wonder why certain people get picked year on year - is there an element of paying for a place! Maybe not a problem if there is.

There is a selection process in place, but if you are best in your age group, you can hold that slot for several years, thereby getting repeated invitations. The finance comes from the John Robinson Trust and the player's family.

One of the changes introduced by the election of Phil Ehr last year, was the notion that you can and should send multiple players in the same age group.

Finance for each player from the John Robinson trust? When Peter played in the Europeans we as his parents paid the full amount both times which was over £1300 and no mention was ever made of funds for players or parents as far as i know! Roger is correct about sending multiple players for each year group a change introduced by the election of Phil Ehr but had been sought for many years by many people but resisted by Peter Purland.

[Roger de Coverly]

Finance for each player from the John Robinson trust? When Peter played in the Europeans we as his parents paid the full amount both times which was over £1300 and no mention was ever made of funds for players or parents as far as i know!

I lose track of how the JRT money is employed. I had the idea that it paid in part for coaching, but I might be mistaken.

[LawrenceCooper]

Finance for each player from the John Robinson trust? When Peter played in the Europeans we as his parents paid the full amount both times which was over £1300 and no mention was ever made of funds for players or parents as far as i know!

I lose track of how the JRT money is employed. I had the idea that it paid in part for coaching, but I might be mistaken.

They certainly contributed towards the cost of a coach for Yang-Fan at the World Junior. Yang-Fan chose Mark Hebden and he was also utilised to coach both Callum & Ravi. The JRT help, combined with me coaching without a fee meant I was able to offer a less expensive package than is often the case at junior events which meant that some players who would not otherwise have been able to afford it got an opportunity to go and hopefully benefitted from the experience.

[Peter D Williams]

[quote="LawrenceCoope

They certainly contributed towards the cost of a coach for Yang-Fan at the World Junior. Yang-Fan chose Mark Hebden and he was also utilised to coach both Callum & Ravi. The JRT help, combined with me coaching without a fee meant I was able to offer a less expensive package than is often the case at junior events which meant that some players who would not otherwise have been able to afford it got an opportunity to go and hopefully benefitted from the experience.[/quote]

A very good way to use any finance giving by the trust towards coaching and you be willing to coach with out a fee thus helping to reduce the amount a trip may cost so allowing more juniors to go who may not have been able to afford it.
Yang Fan game looks interesting!

[LawrenceCooper]

Some results coming through here: http://chess-results.com/tnr79016.aspx? ... =1&flag=30