Sunday, September 21

Team USA at World Youth - Top Scores

Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel in Durban (Photo: Franc Guadalupe)

Team USA started off on a roll at the World Youth Champs in South Africa, scoring a collective 75% in the first round.  Four players won the first 3 games, and 13 scored the very respectable 2.5.  Moreover, 49 of the 70 American representatives (70%) claim a plus score at this early stage.  Special recognition goes to Aydin Turgut (B10), Awonder Liang (B12), Jennifer Yu (G12) and Vignesh Panchanatham (B14) for beginning with a perfect 3-0.  Of course, it is a long tournament (11 rounds) and the competition is fierce (ratings often mean nothing).

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Team USA -- Average Score: 1.9 out of 3 (64%).

Boys-U8
  • Jason Yu 2.5
  • 9 tied with 2.0

Girls-U8
  • Aksithi Eswaran 2.5 (CalChess)
  • Rochelle Wu 2.0

Boys-U10
  • Aydin Turgut 3.0
  • Andrew Hong 2.5
  • Wesley Wang 2.5
  • Christopher Shen 2.5 
  • Cole Frutos 2.5
  • 2 tied with 2.0

Girls-U10
  • Martha Samadashvili 2.5
  • 6 tied with 2.0

Boys-U12
  • Awonder Liang 3.0
  • David Brodsky 2.5
  • 6 tied with 2.0

Girls-U12
  • Jennifer Yu 3.0
  • Akshita Gorti 2.5
  • Ramitha Ravishankar 2.0

Boys-U14
  • Vignesh Panchanatham 3.0 (CalChess)
  • Craig Hilby 2.0
  • Angel Hernandez-Camen 2.0

Girls-U14
  • Ashritha Eswaran 2.5 (CalChess)
  • Priya Trakru 2.5

Boys-U16
  • Kapil Chandran 2.0
  • Christopher Wu 2.0

Girls-U16
  • Agata Bykovtsev 2.5
  • Apurva Virkud 2.5
  • Shaileja Jain 2.0

Boys-U18
  • Atulya Shetty 2.0 

Girls-U18
  • Jessica Regam 2.0

Note: Due to my travel schedule, I will not be able to update this blog until midweek.

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