Thursday, September 26, 2013

Yu Yangyi and Goryachkina 2013 World Junior Chess Champions

World Junior Chess Championship 2013 concluded by round thirteen. GM Yu Yangi and WGM Alexandra Goryachkina became the champion on Open section and Girl section. GM Alexander Ipatov took the second rank and Santosh Gujrathi Vidit took the third place in the open category. In the Girls category, the second place goes to 13-years old sensation from Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdulmalik and third place is Alina Kashlinskaya.

The top seeds in Open reflected closely to the final ranking. Except GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and GM Nils Grandelius that catapulted out of the top ten, despited they seeded quite high in the tournament.

Top Ten Result for 2013 Junior Chess Championship, Kocaeli Turkey
1. (1) GM YU YANGYI 2662 CHN 11
2. (2) GM  IPATOV ALEXANDER 2601 TUR 10½
3. (8) GM VIDIT SANTOSH GUJRATHI 2565 IND 9½
4. (3) GM  CORI JORGE 2587 PER 9½
5. (9) GM SETHURAMAN S.P. 2553 IND 9
6. (45) IM VAKHIDOV JAHONGIR 2385 UZB 9
7. (10) GM  WEI YI 2551 CHN 9
8. (13) IM DUDA JAN-KRZYSZTOF 2534 POL 8½
9. (12) IM  INDJIC ALEKSANDAR 2549 SRB 8½
10. (70) WANG YIYE 2258 CHN 8½

24. (64) CM  MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI  2277 INA 7½
76. (28) IM FARID FIRMAN SYAH 2433 INA 6   - more results

While in Girl section, the seed is more spread into the final ranks. Zhansaya in 2nd place is one of great surprises of the event.

 Top Ten Result for 2013 Junior Chess Championship GIRLs, Kocaeli Turkey 
1. (3) WGM GORYACHKINA ALEKSANDRA 2418 RUS 10½
2. (13) WIM ABDUMALIK ZHANSAYA 2277 KAZ 9½
3. (1) WGM KASHLINSKAYA ALINA 2434 RUS 9
4. (14) WIM HEJAZIPOUR MITRA 2256 IRI 9
5. (5) WGM BULMAGA IRINA 2387 ROU 8½
6. (2) WGM CORI T. DEYSI 2433 PER 8½
7. (7) WGM SADUAKASSOVA DINARA 2326 KAZ 8½
8. (8) WGM PADMINI ROUT 2312 IND 8½
9. (16) WIM RODRIGUEZ RUEDA PAULA ANDREA 2225 COL 8½
10. (11) WIM  MEDINA WARDA AULIA 2301 INA 8

20. (12) WIM  SIHITE CHELSIE MONICA 2282 INA 7½

We also need to give more attention to the new talents and title holders by now, as the norm produced in Kocaeli. Newest GM is Duda Jan-Kryzsztof from Poland.


Kejuaraan dunia catur Junior 2013 di kota Kocaeli, Turki telah berakhir. Pemenang untuk Juara Junior 2013 ini adalah GM Yu Yangyi dari China. Grandmaster Yu Yangyi kelahiran kota Huangshi, umur 19 memang adalah seeded/unggulan pertama. Yu Yangyi sudah sangat sering bermain di turnamen manca negara dan kerap kali memenangkannya. Ini adalah gelar  terbaik Yu Yangi. Runner up adalah pecatur tuan rumah Alexander Ipatov.

Di bagian puteri, unggulan ketiga Alexandra Goryachkina jadi juaranya. Kekalahan satu-satunya Goryachkina ini adalah di tangan Medina Aulia. Alexandra melaju dengan nilai 9 dari 13 babak. Di susul pecatur belia usia 13 tahun dari Kazakhstan , Zhansaya Abdumalik, yang sama seperti Medina, akan memperoleh gelar WGM. Zhansaya dikabarkan adalah puteri kedua termuda yang meraih gelar WGM setelah Hou Yifan, hanya kalah tua 2 bulan-an.

Selamat bagi pecatur Indo yang main di Kocaeli Turki: Farid Firmansyah, Muh Luthfi Ali, Chelsie Monica Sihite dan Medina Aulia Warda. Oleh-oleh dari Kocaeli adalah gelar WGM untuk Medina. Sedangkan untuk Luhfi Ali, dikabarkan ini adalah norm IM pertama-nya.

World Junior Chess Championship 2013 Turkey - Random photo gallery
Photos by: Zeynep Yetisgin and Bengu Atli

2013 Girl Champion - WGM Alexandra Goryachkina - just 15 years old in about two days (born 28-Sept-1998)

Indonesia's Chelsie Monica Sihite

#30 WFM Irina Petrova 2117 UKR 7

#21 WFM Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva 2120 UZB  7½

2013 Junior Chess World Champion - GM Yu Yangyi  余泱漪

Zhansaya Abdumalik , 13 years old WGM- elected by now and 2013 Girl Runner Up

#51 Zsofia Edes 2044 SVK 6


Former Chess World Champion Garry Kasparov in Turkey 2013

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