World Junior Championship (Girls) (2007)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Dronavalli Harika, Bela Khotenashvili, Salome Melia, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Elena Tairova, Sopiko Guramishvili, Jolanta Zawadzka, Eesha Karavade, Sabrina Vega Gutierrez, Mary Ann Gomes, Padmini Rout, Vera Nebolsina, Soumya Swaminathan, Diana Arutyunova, Anna Rudolf, Tatev Abrahamyan, Sarah Hoolt, Zuzana Borosova, Klaudia Kulon, Gulmira Dauletova, Ghazal Hakimifard, Katrine Tjolsen, Anna Gasik, Anna Hairapetian, Simona Limontaite, Marine Grigorian, Tatevik Airapetian, Haritomeni Markantonaki, P Priya, Irina Gevorgyan, Mona Khaled, Madona Bokuchava, Sarah N Hegarty, Anahit Kharatyan, Karelle Bolon, Lia Martirosyan, Nune Darbinyan, Shohreh Bayat, Varduhi Kalashyan, Alicia Abigail Gutierrez Mancillas, Ani Darbinyan, Ruth Lovece, Lusine Alaverdyan, Diana Mnatsakanyan, Amira Hamza, Hanieh Khalaji, A Salvador, Elisabed Zarkua, Elena van Hoecke, Lusine Karapetyan, Sona Pertlova, Jelsen Yemi, Nita Nurmala Febriana, Arusyak Karhanyan, Narine Ghazaryan

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Melia vs A Darbinyan   ½-½ 15 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B01 Scandinavian 2. S Swaminathan vs L Alaverdyan   1-0 25 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 3. D Mnatsakanyan vs G Dauletova   0-1 23 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 4. L Karapetyan vs P Rout   0-1 23 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 5. E van Hoecke vs T Airapetian   0-1 33 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 6. D Harika vs A Hamza   1-0 36 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. G Hakimifard vs E Tairova   0-1 36 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. B Munguntuul vs A Kharatyan   1-0 23 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) A80 Dutch 9. N Darbinyan vs J Zawadzka   ½-½ 47 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) E97 King's Indian 10. M Grigorian vs S Vega Gutierrez   ½-½ 34 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B23 Sicilian, Closed 11. S Hoolt vs A Salvador   1-0 45 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) C00 French Defense 12. K Tjolsen vs V Nebolsina 0-1 39 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) A07 King's Indian Attack 13. E Karavade vs I Gevorgyan   1-0 38 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 14. B Khotenashvili vs S Bayat   1-0 32 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) C01 French, Exchange 15. R Lovece vs M A Gomes   0-1 31 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 16. V Kalashyan vs S Guramishvili   0-1 39 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 17. A Rudolf vs A Hairapetian 0-1 28 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B33 Sicilian 18. M Khaled vs T Abrahamyan   0-1 38 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) A45 Queen's Pawn Game 19. D Arutyunova vs E Zarkua   ½-½ 37 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B56 Sicilian 20. Z Borosova vs S Hegarty   1-0 43 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 21. S Guramishvili vs H Markantonaki   1-0 56 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) A30 English, Symmetrical 22. A Hairapetian vs Z Borosova   1-0 54 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) A48 King's Indian 23. S Vega Gutierrez vs A Gutierrez Mancillas   1-0 53 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) C60 Ruy Lopez 24. T Abrahamyan vs L Martirosyan   1-0 45 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 25. S Limontaite vs B Khotenashvili   0-1 71 2007 World Junior Championship (Girls) E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Oct-08-07    PhilFeeley: Official site: http://www.armchess.am/WJGCC07/wjgc... Oct-08-07    posoo: i would like to see hou yifan here. she would stomp all over everyone. stomp stomp stomp! Oct-09-07    s4life: she and shen yang won this last year.. I guess this year there was no point in repeating. Oct-10-07    samsal27: <i would like to see hou yifan here. she would stomp all over everyone. stomp stomp stomp!> Traditionally, in age group tournaments the rating and ELO points do not matter. Case in point is Padmini Rout defeating D. Harika in this event ... Oct-10-07    nummerzwei: Iīm not quite sure if this game is the best of example for your idea. It is clear there were some psychological factors supporting the weaker side in this game. 1)Padmini (born 1994) and Harika (born 1991) are both from India and the latter is rated 254 points higher. Who wouldnīt be at least a bit nervous under such circumstances? 2)Their playing styles are almost the opposite of each other, Padmini plays open positions, while Harika prefers closed ones. Also, Harika often deviates from the main lines (at least I think so), while Padmini has quite a lot of highly theoretical openings in her repertoire, most notably the Najdorf Sicilian and the Gruenfeld-Indian as black. This means that if one player succeeds putting her opponent into "her own" type of position, she will probably win the game. But well, the intention to stereotypedly stick to a certain type of position often leads to unbelievable mistakes, as we see in lots of games like these. It is quite similar to what happens when Naiditsch plays Gustafsson, for example (their score is 5-1 in favour of Gustafsson despite Naiditsch being constantly rated 50-100 Elo-points higher). Nevertheless, I think that in principle, you are right when you say that Elo matters much less than usual in these youth tournaments. I also donīt want to be told that I had belittled the achievment of Padminiīs, because I havenīt. I think she is extremely talented and I also enjoyed the game itself, which she played extremely well. I would not be surprised if she was as good as Hou in only a few years. I only wanted to show what Routs of this patricular success of hers are. Oct-13-07    Karpova: After Round 9 Vera Nebolsina is in the lead with 8/9 followed by Harika Dronavalli with 7.5/9 and then 3 girls with 6.5/9. Oct-14-07    Karpova: Zawadzka managed to beat Nebolsina and Harika so that those three girls have 8.5/11 before the final round. Oct-14-07    slomarko: go Jola! Oct-14-07    Mameluk: <slomarko> For once I completely agree with you:) Oct-14-07    samsal27: <nummerzwei> I am impressed by your knowledge of our Indian players and that too at such a young age. All the best to you in your chess career! Oct-15-07    Maroczy: Anyone know what time the round is today? Or is today a free day? Oct-15-07    Karpova: They play today at 15 o'clock (just like every day except for tomorrow when the last round starts at 11 o'clock). Oct-15-07    Maroczy: 3 pm EST/USA? Oct-15-07    Karpova: I don't know, they just wrote 15:00 so I don't know if it's 15:00 in the USA or in Armenia. But now you know at least that the games start at the same time as yesterday. Oct-15-07    Maroczy: Thanks, must be local time. Oct-15-07    slomarko: is it possible to watch the games somewhere? Oct-15-07    pawnofdoom: Nebolsina's back! After losing a game after her great start, she fell back and was tied for first with three people. But then she went back and won some games, and she's in the sole lead by a full point (9.5/12) with only one round to go. She's guaranteed first place, and alone if she doesn't lose tomorrow. There are five girls with 8.5 points that might possibly catch up to Vera. Oct-16-07    Karpova: Vera Nebolsina won! http://www.chess-results.com/tnr823... A draw against Tairova in the last round was enough - 10/13 is an excellent result! Zawadzka (9.5) came in second ahead of Melia (9.5 also) and Tairova (9.0) Oct-17-07    nummerzwei: @samsal27: I was very pleased to read your post. It even encouraged me to improve my playchess.com rating by more than 50 points on one day! Oct-21-07    samsal27: <nummerzwei> Most welcome!

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