Saturday, August 14, 2010

2010 Juniors and Girls U-20 World Chess Championships

Girls U-20 Round 11:  Melekhina wins!

Early results in among the top boards:

1 [7.0] 16 2249 IND Bhakti, Kulkarni Pradip 0 - 1 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2527 1 [9.0] 1
2 [8.0] 3 2376 RUS Girya, Olga 1 - 0 Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat AZE 2260 13 [7.5] 2
3 [7.5] 11 2275 IND Padmini, Rout 1 - 0 Severiukhina, Zoja RUS 2341 4 [7.0] 3
4 [7.0] 25 2192 POL Warakomska, Anna 0 - 1 Guramishvili, Sopiko GEO 2298 6 [7.0] 4
5 [7.0] 12 2265 USA Melekhina, Alisa 1 - 0 Corke, Anya ENG 2257 14 [7.0] 5
7 [6.0] 22 2207 HUN Toth, Sarolta 0 - 1 Muminova, Nafisa UZB 2290 8 [6.5] 7

Muzychuk remains in first with an incredible 10.0/11!

Olga Girya, whom I confess I had not heard of before this tournament, remains ensconced in second place with 9.0/11 and continues to put unrelenting pressure on Muzychuk.  Who is this young lady?

Padmini Rout, whom I have been following for a couple of years, remains firmly in third place with 8.5/11.  This is a fabulous event for her, but I know she was going for the gold from Day 1 and may be disappointed in her result.

Who will be in fourth place - Melekhina with her win against near equal Anya Corke?  Or Guramishvili with her victory behind black pieces against 100  ELO lower rated Anna Warakomska? 

Muminova is fighting to the end.  Her victory today gives her 7.5/11, just a half point behind whoever falls into 4th and 5th places.

Two more rounds to go.  At this moment, the official website does not yet have the pairings up for R12.

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