World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:19 am

round 7 pairings attached. Note that today is a rest day so these games start at 3pm local (2pm UK) on 14 November.
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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Peter D Williams » Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:25 pm

Jim Wadsworth wrote:report available at http://englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/slov ... nt-update/
A very well wrote report about what it is like in Slovenia for the English Junior chess players and the parents coaches.
I really enjoyed reading it many thanks for taking the time to post it on here for all of us to be able to see it.I also like all the pictures of the players hotel and feeding the ducks!
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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:37 pm

Round 7 results below. Our 3rd best round as a team, with a cumulative score of 18.5

Balaji Ananthanarayanan 1
Batchelor Peter J 1
Gilbert Isabelle 1
Hoare Amy B 1
Horton Andrew P 1
Keen Cosima C 1
Sanitt Leo 1
Sathyanandha Saravanan 1
Taylor Adam C 1
Zhang Anthony Y 1
Zhang Roy Yinian 1
Zhang Zheming 1
Zhou Yang-Fan 1
Zhou Yang-Jian 1

Davidson Laura 1/2
Foo William J 1/2
Haria Ravi 1/2
Rajesh Gorak 1/2
Stepanyan Astghik 1/2
Tarhon Brian 1/2
Verma Aditya 1/2
Wadsworth Matthew J 1/2
Whitfield Craig M 1/2

Abbas Daniel 0
Altman Joshua 0
Fitzgerald Robert C 0
Hackner Oskar A 0
Head Louise 0
Higgs Joshua 0
Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 0
Kalavannan Koby 0
Malhotra Tarun 0
Redman David J 0
Ressel Eva 0

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:39 pm

Cumulative individual scores after round 7:

Horton Andrew P 5
Wadsworth Matthew J 5
Zhang Zheming 5
Altman Joshua 4 1/2
Verma Aditya 4 1/2
Zhou Yang-Fan 4 1/2
Batchelor Peter J 4
Hackner Oskar A 4
Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 4
Kalavannan Koby 4
Sanitt Leo 4
Tarhon Brian 4
Taylor Adam C 4
Zhang Anthony Y 4
Balaji Ananthanarayanan 3 1/2
Fitzgerald Robert C 3 1/2
Haria Ravi 3 1/2
Higgs Joshua 3 1/2
Keen Cosima C 3 1/2
Malhotra Tarun 3 1/2
Zhou Yang-Jian 3 1/2
Abbas Daniel 3
Hoare Amy B 3
Rajesh Gorak 3
Ressel Eva 3
Sathyanandha Saravanan 3
Zhang Roy Yinian 3
Davidson Laura 2 1/2
Foo William J 2 1/2
Gilbert Isabelle 2 1/2
Head Louise 2 1/2
Redman David J 2 1/2
Stepanyan Astghik 2 1/2
Whitfield Craig M 2 1/2

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:32 pm

round 8 pairings attached....
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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Krishna Shiatis » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:50 pm

Noticed something interesting/unusual. In the U12 Open, four out of the top six are all American (we are in round 8 now). Are the Americans doing something special now regards their junior chess? Does anyone know? Hillary, could you ask them for us? :) :)

They seemed to have upped the ante in the younger age groups.

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Peter D Williams » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:22 pm

Krishna Shiatis wrote:Noticed something interesting/unusual. In the U12 Open, four out of the top six are all American (we are in round 8 now). Are the Americans doing something special now regards their junior chess? Does anyone know? Hillary, could you ask them for us? :) :)

They seemed to have upped the ante in the younger age groups.
New York has a number of chess clubs which welcome Junior players giving them a lot of support and chances to play strong adults I know one club holds regular FIDE events for juniors to play in.Manhattan chess club is very strong as is the new Jersey club and Brooklyn.I would guess because many of the USA juniors can play more and against strong junior/ adult chess players this must help develop them to a higher standard than most other juniors. A number of the clubs have regular session with chess mastesr giving lectures or playing in events against club members or giving simultaneous as well as coaching. If you live in or near New York you would be able to play a great deal of chess with out to much traveling or having to stay in hotels.You have also got central park where you can play outside against strong players in blitz games and then go on to the chess club after you warmed up against some of them! Peter grand dad won a watch in central park against a USA player.
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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Krishna Shiatis » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:30 pm

Peter,

When did you guys go? That sounds awesome! We need somewhere like the Central Park set up here - but with the weather, I guess it has to be indoors like in a coffee shop or something?

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:46 pm

Krishna Shiatis wrote:Noticed something interesting/unusual. In the U12 Open, four out of the top six are all American (we are in round 8 now). Are the Americans doing something special now regards their junior chess? Does anyone know? Hillary, could you ask them for us? :) :)

They seemed to have upped the ante in the younger age groups.
One of our number talked to someone in the US delegation out here as we had the same observation...sounds as though they have done something similar to us in relation to making their selection policy more open/wider, hence they too are sending more kids vs. previous. One part of the story, no doubt.

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by David Shepherd » Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:09 pm

If the live reults are correct (sometimes they aren't) great win for Yang-Fan as black against the 2537 rated number 3 seed.

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Krishna Shiatis » Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:13 pm

Jim Wadsworth wrote:
Krishna Shiatis wrote:Noticed something interesting/unusual. In the U12 Open, four out of the top six are all American (we are in round 8 now). Are the Americans doing something special now regards their junior chess? Does anyone know? Hillary, could you ask them for us? :) :)

They seemed to have upped the ante in the younger age groups.
One of our number talked to someone in the US delegation out here as we had the same observation...sounds as though they have done something similar to us in relation to making their selection policy more open/wider, hence they too are sending more kids vs. previous. One part of the story, no doubt.
Thanks Jim, sounds like we are heading in the right direction then as well. Wondered also if maybe the Polgars are involved with the chess training of the National squad?

I have heard that a lot of GMs/IMs are heading stateside to teach chess as it is becoming big over there.

Congrats to all the team on the super results coming out so far!

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by David Shepherd » Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:04 pm

Further to my comment re Yang-Fan latest results now show wins for 5 out of six of our players who were on 4.5 points or more, with the 6th result outstanding!

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:48 pm

Round 8 results:

Altman Joshua 1
Haria Ravi 1
Hoare Amy B 1
Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 1
Malhotra Tarun 1
Redman David J 1
Verma Aditya 1
Wadsworth Matthew J 1
Whitfield Craig M 1
Zhang Zheming 1
Zhou Yang-Fan 1

Batchelor Peter J 1/2
Head Louise 1/2
Kalavannan Koby 1/2
Keen Cosima C 1/2
Sanitt Leo 1/2
Stepanyan Astghik 1/2
Tarhon Brian 1/2
Zhang Roy Yinian 1/2

Abbas Daniel 0
Balaji Ananthanarayanan 0
Davidson Laura 0
Fitzgerald Robert C 0
Foo William J 0
Gilbert Isabelle 0
Hackner Oskar A 0
Higgs Joshua 0
Horton Andrew P 0
Rajesh Gorak 0
Ressel Eva 0
Sathyanandha Saravanan 0
Taylor Adam C 0
Zhang Anthony Y 0
Zhou Yang-Jian 0

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Re: World Youth 2012 - Maribor, Slovenia

Post by Jim Wadsworth » Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:45 pm

Cumulative scores after 8 rounds:

Wadsworth Matthew J 6
Zhang Zheming 6
Altman Joshua 5 1/2
Verma Aditya 5 1/2
Zhou Yang-Fan 5 1/2
Horton Andrew P 5
Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 5
Batchelor Peter J 4 1/2
Haria Ravi 4 1/2
Kalavannan Koby 4 1/2
Malhotra Tarun 4 1/2
Sanitt Leo 4 1/2
Tarhon Brian 4 1/2
Hackner Oskar A 4
Hoare Amy B 4
Keen Cosima C 4
Taylor Adam C 4
Zhang Anthony Y 4
Balaji Ananthanarayanan 3 1/2
Fitzgerald Robert C 3 1/2
Higgs Joshua 3 1/2
Redman David J 3 1/2
Whitfield Craig M 3 1/2
Zhang Roy Yinian 3 1/2
Zhou Yang-Jian 3 1/2
Abbas Daniel 3
Head Louise 3
Rajesh Gorak 3
Ressel Eva 3
Sathyanandha Saravanan 3
Stepanyan Astghik 3
Davidson Laura 2 1/2
Foo William J 2 1/2
Gilbert Isabelle 2 1/2