2010 World Youth Chess Championships

And speaking of Narmin Kazimova (see post below) - she is IN NUMBER 1 after Round 9, despite losing her R9 game!  You go, girl!  Here are the top 10 Girls' U-18:

Rk.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1		WIM	Kazimova Narmin Nizami	AZE	2260	7,5	17699
2		WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2368	7,0	35,0
3			Rakhmangulova Anastasiya	UKR	2153	7,0	34,0
4		WIM	Tsatsalashvili Keti	GEO	2266	7,0	32,5
5		CM	Bhakti Kulkarni	IND	2294	7,0	31,5
6		FM	Stetsko Lanita	BLR	2148	6,5	17393
7		WIM	Bulmaga Irina	ROU	2267	6,0	17606
8		WIM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	VIE	2214	6,0	17554
9		WIM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2147	6,0	17551
10			Iordanidou Zoi	GRE	2152	6,0	17267
11		WIM	Havlikova Kristyna	CZE	2318	6,0	17220
12		WFM	Warakomska Anna	POL	2188	6,0	16956
13		WFM	Efroimski Marsel	ISR	2244	6,0	16790

Here are the current standings of the entire Team USA (compare start number in first column at the left to the Rk. (Rank) column second to last, on the right):

SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Rk.	Group
56		Kumar Aravind	0	USA	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	0	½	6,0	15	Open U08
62		Liang Awonder	0	USA	1	1	½	1	0	½	0	1	1	6,0	17	Open U08
87		Praveen Balakrishnan	0	USA	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	6,0	22	Open U08
104		Taghizadeh Rayan	0	USA	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	6,0	23	Open U08
1		Sevian Samuel	2105	USA	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	0	1	6,5	10	Open U10
16	FM	He Tommy O	1830	USA	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	7,0	6	Open U10
19		Xiong Jeffrey	1824	USA	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	7,5	3	Open U10
24		Panchanatham Vignesh	1803	USA	0	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	6,5	12	Open U10
43		Chiang Jonathan	1714	USA	½	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	0	5,0	48	Open U10
153		Wheeler Cameron	0	USA	1	1	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	7,0	4	Open U10
5		Troff Kayden W	2216	USA	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	7,5	1	Open U12
12		Williams Justus D	2155	USA	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	0	6,0	19	Open U12
14		Wu Christopher	2138	USA	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	½	0	5,0	51	Open U12
20		Colas Joshua	2068	USA	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	5,5	29	Open U12
24		Chandran Kapil	2058	USA	1	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	6,5	15	Open U12
31		Viswanadha Kesav	2017	USA	½	0	1	1	½	0	1	0	½	4,5	77	Open U12
79		Lin Dachey	1805	USA	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	½	4,5	87	Open U12
120		Beilin Allan	0	USA	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	4,0	110	Open U12
25		Adelberg David	2201	USA	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	0	5,0	37	Open U14
46		Shetty Atulya	2092	USA	1	1	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	5,0	42	Open U14
26	FM	Zierk Steven C	2391	USA	1	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	7,5	2	Open U18
58		Haskel Jeffrey	2229	USA	0	1	0	1	½	0	1	0	1	4,5	61	Open U18
4	WFM	Wang Annie	0	USA	1	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	7,0	4	Girls U08
34		Joanna Liu	0	USA	1	0	1	1	½	1	½	0	0	5,0	26	Girls U08
54		Nguyen Emily	0	USA	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	6,0	11	Girls U08
64		Ramesh Kaavya	0	USA	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	6,0	15	Girls U08
41		Devina Devagharan	0	USA	½	1	½	1	0	½	0	½	0	4,0	62	Girls U10
79		Palakollu Samritha	0	USA	1	1	1	½	0	0	½	½	1	5,5	22	Girls U10
90		Singh Reva	0	USA	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	0	0	4,5	46	Girls U10
107		Zlotchevsky Nicole	0	USA	1	0	1	½	½	0	1	½	1	5,5	28	Girls U10
29	WCM	Chiang Sarah	1864	USA	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	5,0	32	Girls U14
79	WCM	Munoz Claudia	0	USA	1	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	4,5	49	Girls U14
95		Regam Jessica	0	USA	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	0	½	4,5	48	Girls U14
46		Matlin Anna	1923	USA	1	0	1	0	1	0	½	1	½	5,0	35	Girls U16
37		Datta Anjali	2025	USA	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	4,0	50	Girls U18
9		Hua Margaret	1943	USA	1	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	0	6,0	14	Girls U12
59	WFM	Liao Simone	1673	USA	1	0	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	5,5	31	Girls U12
62		Oreshko Mariya	1651	USA	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	½	4,5	63	Girls U12
82		Dong Alice	0	USA	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	0	3,5	87	Girls U12
113		Virkud Apurva	0	USA	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	1	0	3,5	90	Girls U12

As you can see, Awonder Liang, 7 years old, a member of my adopted chess club, the Southwest Chess Club, rebounded well after his R7 loss, scoring 2 wins in Rs 8 and 9.  Incredibly, all of the young men playing in the U8 Open for the USA are on 6.0, and all are far far ahead of their initial start positions (a very good thing).  Cameron Wheeler in the Open U10 is having an excellent tournament, moving from 153rd to 4th, Kayden Troff is holding down first place in the Open U12, and Steven Zierk is currently in 2nd place in the Open U18.

The chess femmes' progress in this Championship is not, perhaps, quite as striking as that of some of the boys, but notable performances include Annie Wang Girls U8 in 4th place with 7.0/9 - amazing to me she's only in 4th place with this fine score, it's obviously a very tough competition; the other three girls playing in the Girls U8 have also moved up and done well relative to their original start places:  Joanna Liu, 5.0/9; Emily Nguyen, 6.0/9; and Ramash Kaavya, 6.0/9.  There are other good performances, including Claudia Munoz, but I'm too tired tonight to write further about other girls I've noted.

The end is coming up quickly - last round (11) will be held on October 30.  At least these kids will be home for Thanksgiving!