European Youth - Prague

[Andrew Camp]

I'm heading out there today as HoD for the Wales team but just wanted to say, very much looking forward to meeting up with players, parents, coaches and officials of England, Scotland and Ireland and hope we can all have a superb experience, make new friends and shine a fantastic light on junior chess in our home Federations.

Safe journeys to all involved.

Andy

[Kevin Thurlow]

Good luck to everybody - and let us know what the food's like.

[Peter D Williams]

Good luck to all and i like to know what the food is like to!

[LawrenceCooper]

All the best to everyone, especially the English and the Welsh

[Krishna Shiatis]

Everyone has gone in for the first round from team England/Wales/Scotland as far as I can tell. Can confirm that the food is interesting...

Thank you to Debbie, Phil, Jim and everyone involved with organising such a large group.

It is a nice hotel and the accommodation is similar to Premier Inn in terms of size of rooms. The hotel itself is very large as it seems to have lots of large halls contained within. Lovely facilities like swimming pool, jacuzzi and green landscaped gardens all around. It is great that we do not have to travel anywhere to play the chess as it is on site.

Weather is comfortable and I am told much cooler than Greece. Prague itself is beautiful and the people are very friendly. Underground and buses very easy and lots to see and do.

[Krishna Shiatis]

Andrew,

Come and say hello, I am hanging out in the lobby...

Kind regards, Krishna

[Andrew Camp]

Must have missed you, Krishna but look out for a large, fat, bald bloke in a Welsh shirt tonight.

Just chilling up in my room night now after Imogen's game.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 1 results:

Results of the last round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 18 57 Portokalski Yordan 0 0 0 - 1 0 Altman Joshua 0 18
1 21 21 Aslanov Umid 0 0 0 - 1 0 Sanitt Leo 0 60
1 37 37 Glozar Petr 0 0 0 - 1 0 Verma Aditya 0 76
1 66 133 Zhang Zheming 0 0 1 - 0 0 Rousos Stamatios 1350 66
1 2 77 Haridas Girinath 1739 0 ½ - ½ 0 Sorokin Aleksey 2110 2
1 10 85 Gupta Arul 1728 0 0 - 1 0 FM Martirosyan Haik M 2019 10
1 32 107 Zhou Yang-Jian 1617 0 0 - 1 0 CM Drori Saar 1905 32
1 60 135 Huang Dion 0 0 0 - 1 0 Poleg Dan 1806 60
1 24 94 Balaji Ananthanarayanan 1859 0 0 - 1 0 Tarasov Alexandr 2124 24
1 29 29 Pak Alexander 2104 0 1 - 0 0 Tsoi Leo Z 1849 99
1 41 41 Haria Ravi 2054 0 1 - 0 0 Yaver Faik Emre 1782 111
1 56 126 Erdogan Anil Berk 1681 0 ½ - ½ 0 Malhotra Tarun 2005 56
1 64 134 Bennett Owen 0 0 0 - 1 0 Murphy Conor E 1976 64
1 69 69 Taylor Adam C 1962 0 1 - 0 0 Kapetanos Konstantinos 0 139
1 70 140 Shiatis Rohan 0 0 1 - 0 0 Kavon Rastislav 1959 70
1 37 37 Shen Yue 2139 0 0 - 1 0 Oliver Martin 1838 92
1 43 43 Nuri Murad 2097 0 1 - 0 0 Smith Patrick L 1771 98
1 10 53 Silva Rodriguez Julio 2165 0 0 - 1 0 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2430 10
1 31 31 CM Emiroglu Cankut 2299 0 ½ - ½ 0 Foster James M 2037 74
1 32 75 Scott Gordon W 2026 0 ½ - ½ 0 FM Ostovic Matija 2290 32
1 37 37 Franklin Samuel G A 2264 0 1 - 0 0 Konvicka Martin 1937 80
1 38 81 Archer-Lock Adrian 1923 0 0 - 1 0 Pagerka Martin 2258 38
1 40 86 Tomczak Marta 0 0 1 - 0 0 Cohen Meytal 0 40
1 42 88 Van Harten Eva 0 0 1 - 0 0 Davidson Laura 0 42
1 30 80 Kralova Josefina 0 0 ½ - ½ 0 Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 1675 30
1 39 39 Looijer Cheryl 1631 0 1 - 0 0 Ressel Eva 0 89
1 43 43 Ischenko Iryna 1599 0 1 - 0 0 Steele Beatrice 0 93
1 14 53 Foster Chantelle L 1824 0 0 - 1 0 WFM Visanescu Daria-Ioana 2019 14
1 21 21 Hoare Amy B 1958 0 1 - 0 0 Rodsmoen Maud 1777 60
1 25 25 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 1938 0 ½ - ½ 0 Shepherd Katherine M 1766 64

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 2 pairings:

Pairings of the next round for ENG
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
2 10 60 Sanitt Leo 0 1 1 Alizade Emin 0 17
2 11 18 Altman Joshua 0 1 1 Nguyen Thai Dai Vinh 0 53
2 17 76 Verma Aditya 0 1 ½ Stoyanov Tsvetan 1634 3
2 31 4 Lomasov Semen 1954 ½ 1 Zhang Zheming 0 133
2 38 46 Anaskin Arsenij 1861 ½ ½ Haridas Girinath 1739 77
2 45 20 Navrodskiy Boris 1953 0 0 Zhou Yang-Jian 1617 107
2 63 124 Borekcioglu Yusuf 0 0 0 Gupta Arul 1728 85
2 66 90 Dujava Jonas 1711 0 0 Huang Dion 0 135
2 15 64 Murphy Conor E 1976 1 1 Blahynka Martin 2145 21
2 19 26 Grigorian Spartak 2118 1 1 Taylor Adam C 1962 69
2 28 103 Miknevicius Laurynas 1830 1 1 Haria Ravi 2054 41
2 32 46 Snihur Piotr 2038 1 1 Shiatis Rohan 0 140
2 39 56 Malhotra Tarun 2005 ½ ½ Lukic Lazar 1692 124
2 41 99 Tsoi Leo Z 1849 0 0 Stremavicius Titas 2195 15
2 68 135 Bennett Rhys 0 0 0 Balaji Ananthanarayanan 1859 94
2 25 92 Oliver Martin 1838 1 1 Ivekovic Bozidar 2200 31
2 46 98 Smith Patrick L 1771 0 0 Eggink Mateusz 2013 67
2 7 10 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2430 1 1 Franklin Samuel G A 2264 37
2 22 22 FM Savitskiy Sergey 2368 ½ ½ Scott Gordon W 2026 75
2 23 74 Foster James M 2037 ½ ½ FM Godart Francois 2337 29
2 40 56 Pecurica Milos 2132 0 0 Archer-Lock Adrian 1923 81
2 37 40 Cohen Meytal 0 0 0 Ostrin Anat 0 66
2 39 42 Davidson Laura 0 0 0 Pribylova Sofie 0 70
2 25 30 Kalaiyalahan Akshaya 1675 ½ ½ Hrescak Ivana 1709 23
2 43 89 Ressel Eva 0 0 0 Grigorita Anastasia 1412 62
2 46 93 Steele Beatrice 0 0 0 Bikmukhametova Mariam 0 66
2 1 21 Hoare Amy B 1958 1 1 Varga Melinda 2232 1
2 22 64 Shepherd Katherine M 1766 ½ ½ Jacimovic Sara 1933 27
2 38 76 Goian Valeria 1411 0 0 Foster Chantelle L 1824 53

[David Sedgwick]

Round 2 pairings:
2 7 10 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2430 1 1 Franklin Samuel G A 2264 37

How unfortunate

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 2 pairings:
2 7 10 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2430 1 1 Franklin Samuel G A 2264 37

How unfortunate

Especially as they have the same coach in Prague

[Leonard Barden]

Zhou v Franklin is on the live boards, as is Amy Hoare in the U16 girls. Tough for Hoare, meeting the 2232-rated Hungarian top seed.


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

[Colin Patterson]

Thanks for the link Leonard; it seems Amy has a decent enough position out of the opening.

Nice Guardian article too. 1990 was indeed a good year for chess player births; you might also have included Ian Nepomniachtchi and Anna Muzychuk, two more who could soon reach for the summit.

[Andrew Camp]

Krishna, Krishna, where for art thou, Krishna?

[Leonard Barden]

Thanks for the link Leonard; it seems Amy has a decent enough position out of the opening.

Nice Guardian article too. 1990 was indeed a good year for chess player births; you might also have included Ian Nepomniachtchi and Anna Muzychuk, two more who could soon reach for the summit.

When the print version of your article is cut as regularly as mine is, you become cautious about using Vachier-Lagrave and Nepomniachtchi in the same sentence......

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... chess-year

Amy has the edge on the board, but 26 moves to make in 20 minutes. She missed a chance to go a pawn up by 15 Be4 with Rxb7 and Bxc6.