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Two Rounds to Go in the World Youth! Print E-mail
November 20, 2009
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Samritha Palakollu, Photo Gene Ng

With two rounds to go in the World Youth Championship (Antalya, Turkey, November 13-22) , Samritha Palakollu is in clear first in the Girls Under 8 with 8/9. She has been winning most of her games convincingly, but in round nine her opponent missed an early opportunity:

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Can White take advantage of Black's last move, Nbd7?

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Samritha faces Gulziya Demeuova of Kazakhstan in round 10. Catch it live on the official website at 8 AM EST on 11/21/09.
 
Unfortunately, Tanuj Vasudeva lost today to the Iranian representative, blundering after a long struggle that looked headed for a draw. Tanuj is still ranked tied for second so has ample chances in the last two games.
 
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Jarod Pamatmat drew against Mikhail Antipov, keeping him tied for first in the Under 12 Open.

Another player steadily climbing the standings is Annie Wang, also in the Girls Under 8--she currently has 7/9 and plays on board two tomorrow against Samritha's closest rival, Ruotong Chu of China.
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Tanuj Vasudeva and Annie Wang, from Tanuj's blog


Overall today's round was not one of the best for the USA, with almost as many losses as wins (13/25). But with many players on 6.5 points and up, the USA medal hunt is very much on. Wish the team luck and check the official website, chessdom , Tanuj's blog, Simone's blog and CLO for more information.

US Squad Scores after nine rounds

VASUDEVA TANUJ U-8 Open

7

ZENG WINSTON U-8 Open

5

LIN DACHEY U-10 Open

5.5

HE TOMMY U-10 Open

5

CHIANG JONATHAN U-10 Open

6.5

GUREVICH-GRIGORIEV DANIEL U-12 Open

4.5

PAMATMAT JAROD U-12 Open

7.5

KRISHNAN VARUN U-12 Open

5.5

SHEN ARTHUR U-12 Open

6

BROWN MICHAEL U-12 Open

5.5

ROZOVSKY DANIEL U-14 Open

4

ADELBERG DAVID U-14 Open

6

FINNEY STUART  U-14 Open

5

NG ANDREW U-16 Open

5

FM GETZ ALEC U-16 Open

5

VIGNA LIZA U-8 Girls

5

WANG ANNIE U-8 Girls

7

CHAWLA ALISHA U-8 Girls

5.5

PALAKOLLU SAMRITHA U-8 Girls

8

LIAO SIMONE U-10 Girls

5

WCM CHIANG SARAH U-12 Girls

6.5

MATLIN ANNA U-14 Girls

4.5

KATS ALENA U-14 Girls

6.5

ROBINSON DARRIAN U-16 Girls 

5

WFM MARSHALL ABBY U-18 Girls

5

 
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