World Junior Chess Championship 2012

[Bob Armstrong]

Here are the Canadian team results after 12 rounds:

SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. Rk. Group

26 IM Hansen Eric 2472 CAN 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8.0 16 Boys (Open)
61 FM Kleinman Michael 2330 CAN 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 91 Boys (Open)
66 FM Thavandiran Shiyam 2301 CAN 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 6.0 59 Boys (Open)
79 FM Hambleton Aman 2244 CAN 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 7.0 27 Boys (Open)
122 Wu Kevin 1905 CAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 3.5 125 Boys (Open)

Pairings of round 13 ( final ) for CAN:

Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.

13 8 17 IM Heimann Andreas 2493 8 8 IM Hansen Eric 2472 26
13 16 23 IM Shyam Nikil P 2484 7 7 FM Hambleton Aman 2244 79
13 33 66 FM Thavandiran Shiyam 2301 6 6 IM Anwesh Upadhyaya 2374 48
13 45 96 Naoum Spyridon 2146 5½ 5 FM Kleinman Michael 2330 61
13 61 106 Caetano Hugo Zanotti Mendonca 2109 4 3½ Wu Kevin 1905 122

( can't seem to locate the Junior Girls results - re Veronicka Kalaydina - anyone help? )

[Michael Barron]

Results after 12 rounds:

SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts. Rk. Group

56 Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 1928 CAN 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 5,5 47 Girls

Pairings for round 13 ( final ) for CAN:

Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.

13 25 43 WFM Frey Alisa 2035 5½ 5½ Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 1928 56

[Bob Armstrong]

Eric Hansen won in Rd. 13 - finishes 9/13 pts.
Aman Hambleton lost in Rd. 13 - finishes with 7/13 pts., but still good enough for a 13-game IM norm.

Other results will be posted as they come available.

[Christopher Mallon]

Shiyam lost, Michael won, Kevin drew. Kalaydina won in the Girls.

[Christopher Mallon]

In the final standings, IM Eric Hansen tied for 5th!

[Kerry Liles]

In the final standings, IM Eric Hansen tied for 5th!

Very good work by the Canadian "contingent" - congratulations to all for a dedicated effort and admirable results.