2012 FIDE World Junior Chess Championships

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Here is the list of female U-20 participants.  The USA contingent is - minimal:

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Name
15	IM	Holt Conrad	2034387	USA	2498	Open
56	WFM	Liao Simone	2035782	USA	1933	Girls

Canada has a much more respectable presence:

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg	Name
25	IM	Hansen Eric	2606771	CAN	2472	Open
60	FM	Kleinman Michael	2609479	CAN	2330	Open
65	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	2605058	CAN	2301	Open
77	FM	Hambleton Aman	2606577	CAN	2244	Open
122		Wu Kevin	2609720	CAN	1905	Open
57		Kalaydina Regina Veronicka	2600129	CAN	1928	Girls

China is sending a typically extremely strong contingent of players:

No. Name FideID FED Rtg Name 1 GM Ding Liren 8603677 CHN 2695 Open 2 GM Yu Yangyi 8603820 CHN 2629 Open 33 IM Gao Rui 8602387 CHN 2442 Open 41 FM Wei Yi 8603405 CHN 2418 Open 7 WGM Guo Qi 8604002 CHN 2358 Girls 8 Wang Jue 8604070 CHN 2355 Girls

Russia sent a large contingent: No. Name FideID FED Rtg Name 5 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 4198603 RUS 2596 Open 18 IM Oparin Grigoriy 24125890 RUS 2488 Open 28 IM Antipov Mikhail Al 4107012 RUS 2462 Open 73 Minko Vladimir 24146706 RUS 2257 Open 1 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 4181751 RUS 2414 Girls 3 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 4198026 RUS 2391 Girls 6 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 4147103 RUS 2361 Girls 27 WIM Semenova Elena 24125148 RUS 2134 Girls 33 Imeeva Aisa 24116157 RUS 2095 Girls

So, let's see what develops. Play starts August 2, 2012 at 17:00.