Winners 2007 World Youth Chess Championships

Hot off the presses from Chessbase: Boys Under 18: GM Popov Ivan 2539 RUS 9 Girls Under 18: WFM Gunina Valentina 2359 RUS 9 Boys Under 16: FM Chirila Ioan Cristian 2423 ROU 8½ Girls Under 16: Tsatsalashvili Keti 2161 GEO 8½ (USA's WFM Alisa Melekhina 2208 finished in 11th place with 7½) Boys Under 14: IM Sjugirov Sanan 2422 RUS 9 (USA's Ray Robson 2368 finished in 7th place with 8 points) Girls Under 14: WFM Paikidze Nazi 2292 GEO 9½ (USA's Dai Yang 1959 finished in 14th place with 7½) Boys Under 12: Naroditsky Daniel 2124 USA 9½ Girls Under 12: Efroimski Marsel 1911 ISR 9½ Boys Under 10: Wang Tong Sen 0 CHN 10 (USA's Brian J. Luo 1946 finished in 7th place with 8) Girls Under 10: Styazhkina Anna 1869 RUS 9½ (USA's Sarah Chiang 0 finished in 2nd place with 8½) Boys Under 8: Savenkov Konstantin 0 RUS 10 (USA's Jonathan Chiang 0 finished in 6th place with 8) Girls Under 8: Furtado Ivana Maria 0 IND 9 (USA's Simone Liao 0 finished in 6th place with 8) Congratulations to the winners and to all of the chessplayers who participated in this huge event. The Russians dominated the gold medals but the USA's performances are promising, particularly in the younger ranks.