The CFC Regular Chess Post – August 16/12 – World Junior/Junior Girls Results

[Bob Armstrong]

The CFC Regular Chess Post – August 16/12 – World Junior/Junior Girls Results

World Junior:

Alexander Ipatov of Turkey and Richard Rapport of Hungary tied for 1st. Ipatov wins on tie-break.

FM Shiyam Thavandiran ( 2012 Canadian Junior 3rd place finisher ), official Canadian representative, scored 6/13 pts. He achieved an IM Norm! This is his third norm, but he needs his rating to get to 2400 to be awarded the title. His rating at the start of the WJC was 2301. Congratulations Shiyam.

In addition, CFC authorized 4 other Canadian Juniors to attend, at their own expense. Here are their results:

IM Eric Hansen – 2012 Canadian Open winner - 9/13 pts.- tied 5th/10th!!
FM Aman Hambleton ( former SCC junior ) - 7/13 pts. – despite losing his final game, earned a full 13-game IM norm..
FM Michael Kleinman - 6/13 pts.
Kevin Wu - 4/13 pts

World Junior Girls:

The winner was WGM Guo Qi of China, with 9.5/13 pts., on a 3-way tie-break. Veronicka Kalaydina, 2012 Canadian Junior Girls Champion, and official Canadian representative, scored 6.5/13 pts.

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator
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