World Junior Chess R10 - GM Richard Rapport Holds on to Sole Lead
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As the World Junior Chess Championship nears the conclusion, the tenth round was played in Athens on Monday. All games were decisive on the top six boards, according to the round-up report via Chessdom. GM Richard Rapport held on to his sole lead with a win at 8.5/10. GM Alexander Ipatov won on the second board and is just half-a-point behind. GM Yu Yangyi, GM Ding Liren, GM Nils Grandelius and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan are in third place at 7.5 points. Some interesting results saw IM Eric Hansen draw with GM Zherebukh, norm winner Mark Lapidus held to a draw by IM Heimann and FM Wei Yi beat IM Shyam Nikil.
Labels: alexander ipatov, deysi cori, ding liren, eric hansen, guo qi, meri arabidze, Nils Grandelius, richard rapport, samvel ter-sahakyan, world junior chess, yu yangyi
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 12:45 PM
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