World Youth Chess Championship 2013 in Al-Ain: Registrations Open
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
A total of 1,640 chess players from 95 countries have registered for the World Youth Chess Championship 2013 in Al Ain, U.A.E.
Registrations for the chess event are open till 17th November.
Last year, at the World Youth Chess Championship, in Maribor, Slovenia, a participation record was achieved with 1584 chess players from 91 countries.
At the FIDE Chess Congress in Tallinn the organizers presented a video with many details about the venue.
FIDE Trainers, Organizers and Arbiters' Seminars are included in the parallel program. Al Ain Classic A & B International Open tournaments will take place concurrently with the World Youth.
All the information and the players lists by category and country on the official site: http://www.worldyouth2013.com.
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World Youth Chess Championships 2012 – India and Russia with greatest number of medals
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
We have a comprehensive report on the World Youth Chess Championship 2012 via Chessdom. The World Youth Chess Championships 2012 were held in Maribor, Slovenia, on 7-19th November. This year around 158 young players participated in twelve age categories.
In the oldest group the top rated player of the whole event and last year World Junior U20 Champion, GM Dariusz Swiercz from Poland, took the gold medal in the U18 Open section. He left the talented Armenian GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan half a point behind, while GM Jorge Cori of Peru grabbed the bronze medal after edging the opposition on tie-break.
In the U18 Girls section the 2nd-seeded WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina convincingly won the gold with 9,5 points, a full point ahead of Lisa Schut of Netherlands. 12th seed Maria Severina of Russia won the bronze.
There is an interesting pattern in that the Russian girls dominated the older groups while the girls from India massively won the medals in younger categories. In the U16 Girls section none of the nine top rated players took the medal.
FM Nguyen Anh Khoi from Vietnam has been impressive in the U10 Open group where he took the first place with Fischer-like perfect score 11 out of 11.
Asadi Motahare from Iran has also been convincing in the U8 Girls section where she collected 10,5 points.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan justified the position of the top seed in the U8 Open group where he finished with 10 points. The complete list of all the medal winners is in the extended post.
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Vancouver Chess Kid Ashley Tapp Continues 'I-Will-Play-in-Slovenia Mission'
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Remember Ashley Tapp from Vancouver? The 12-year-old chess kid is determined to compete in the World Youth Chess Championship in Slovenia in November. The straight-A student is on a fundraising spree for her participation. Ashley was fundraising at the PNE Monday afternoon by playing any fairgoers willing to donate money and go head-to-head against Canada’s chess-playing girl qualified to play for the world title girls under 12.
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12-Year-Old Chess Player Ashley Tapp from Canada on Exciting Fundraising Mission
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Ashley Tapp is a 12-year-old chess player from Canada. She has qualified to play for the World Youth Chess Championship, Maribor, Slovenia, Nov 7-19, 2012. That's where she hopes to play among thousands of chess players from around the world. But, she's doing something very interesting before that!
Ashley is now fundraising to go to the World Youth Chess Championship in Slovenia and trying to raise enough money for the trip. The media is very interested in her fundraising as there is no sponsorship in Canada for her. Check out her Facebook link, her Twitter page, or her blog, and encourage Ashley with her chess adventure. Her nickname is "AshleyChessGirl" which we find very cool!
The talented kid has been holding fundraising events for her trip and we wish her the best in her chess endeavours.
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