The CFC Regular Chess Post June 24/14 – North American Youth Chess Championships.
The CFC Regular Chess Post June 24/14 – North American Youth Chess Championships.
This tournament took place June 12-16, 2014, in Tarrytown, New York, USA. The main countries participating were USA, Canada, and Mexico. Canada had over 45 players participating.
Here are the top finishing Canadians:
U 8 Open
Nameer Issani, of Scarborough CC in Toronto, came second, ½ pt. out of first. Aahil Noorali, of Scarborough CC, came tied 3/5, 1 pt. out of first. Congratulations Nameer and Aahil!
U 10 Open
Nicolas Vettese, of both the Scarborough and Annex CC’s in Toronto, finished 2nd. He won 7.5 out of his 9 games (only ½ pt. out of first) He earned not only a nice trophy - but also his first international title: Candidate Master (CM). Congratulations Nicolas! Kevin Low also did well – 5/8 finish.
U 10 Girls
Kylie Tan finished 1/ 2. She took the championship on tie-break. Congratulations Kylie!
U 12 Open
Joshua Doknjas finished 5/10.
U 12 Girls
Lily Zhou finished clear 3rd, only ½ pt. behind the co-winners. Congratulations Lily!
U 14 Open
Richard Chen and Kevin Low finished 3/5. Richard took the bronze medal on tie-break. Congratulations Richard and Kevin.
U 14 Girls
Qiyu Zhou earned the FIDE WFM title! She played in the U 18 Girls section. She came second, 1 pt. behind the U 18 Girls Champion (couldn’t confirm if she was the NAYCC U 14 Girls Champion, but I think so).
U 16 Open
John Doknjas tied 2/6 and came third on the tie-break. Congratulations John!
U 18 Open
FM Jason Cao tied for 4th /5th with 5.5/9 (one point back of the three co-winners)
Official Website: http://www.chesseducators.com/northa...uth/standings/
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U 8 Girls - Canadian Results - NAYCC 2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Michael Barron
Thank you, Bob, for information!
What about U 8 Girls section, where Canadians had the biggest success?
I apologize for the omission of the U 8 Girls results. The normal format had been altered, and the official site did not seem to clearly list the results. Here is now the complete information:
U 8 Girls
The U8 Open/U8 Girls sections were merged as there were less than 9 - U8 Girls. The U8 Girls results have been recorded in the U8 Open section, as they all played together.
Julian Kuleshov won first place in U8 Girls and is the U8 Girls - 2014 North American Youth Chess Champion; and receives the WCM title.
Mysha Gilani won 2nd place in U8 Girls in the 2014 North American Youth Chess Championship; and had previously earned the WCM title.
Congratulations Julian and Mysha!
Bob A
