North America Youth Chess Championship 2009

[Michael Barron]

Dear chess friends,

North America Youth Chess Championship 2009 will take place in Mazatlan, Mexico from October 1 to 5.

We have registered Canadian delegation for this event:

Surname Name Category

Zhang Yuanchen U-8 Open
Awatramani Janak U-10 Open
Fu James U-12 Open
Liu Jiaxin U-8 Girls

Head of delegation: Anna Jin

Good luck and good chess to all players!

[Michael Barron]

North America Youth Chess Championship 2009 started today in Mazatlan, Mexico.

Head of Canadian delegation Anna Jin reports from Mazatlan:

This championship looks not very well organized, all girls and boys within age category play together with bye. FIDE does not allow more than two games/day, but tomorrow we have three rounds. Organizer promised American and Canadian delegates bottled water for players during a game, but not provided. For Under 8 category also will not give WCM and CM titels.

Anyway our Canadian team will try their best to play for Canada.

No results yet - round 2 is underway...

[Andrei Botez]

Under 10
Round 1: PEINADO QUINTERO Juan Car (MEX) 0 - 1 AWATRAMAMI Janak CAN
Round 2: AWATRAMAMI Janak 1 - 0 REAL PEREYRA Jeronim (MEX)
Round 3 pairing: GILCHRIST Ian (USA) - AWATRAMAMI Janak

Under 8
Round 1: LIU Jiaxin (girls) 1-0 VILLA DUARTE Rodolfo (MEX)
MALDONADO MONTOYA Isaac (MEX)0 - 1 ZHANG Yuanchen
Round 2: ZHANG Yuanchen 1 - 0 LIU Jiaxin
Round 3 pairing: TAGHIZADEH Rayan (USA) - ZHANG Yuanchen
LIU Jiaxin - CASTRO FLORES Aldoza Vict (MEX)

Under 12
Round 1: FU James 0 - 1 TORRES LOPEZ- YAÑEZ Carlos (MEX)
Round 2: MENDOZA RECIO Luis Patrick (MEX) 0 - 1 FU James
Round 3 pairing: FU James -SANDOVAL RODRIGUEZ Andres (MEX)

[Andrei Botez]

Under 8

2-3 ZHANG Yuanchen CAN 4,0(out of 5)
4-6 LIU Jiaxin CAN 3,0 (top girl)



Round 3:

LIU Jiaxin 1 - 0 CASTRO FLORES Aldoza Vict (MEX)
TAGHIZADEH Rayan (USA) 0 - 1 ZHANG Yuanchen

Round 4:

LICHUT VALLES Ingrid(MEX) 0 - 1 LIU Jiaxin
ZENG Winston (USA) 1 - 0 ZHANG Yuanchen

Round 5:

ZHANG Yuanchen 1 - 0 NGUYEN Emily (USA) - Maybe the best 2 girls in the U8 group
LIU Jiaxin 0 - 1 ZENG Winston (USA)

In this round Canada 1 - 1 USA

Round 6 pairings:

Board 2: ZHANG Yuanchen - HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Ashl (MEX)
Board 3: ZHANG Yuanchen - HERNANDEZ GUTIERREZ Ashl (MEX)

Under 10:

1. AWATRAMAMI Janak 5,0

Round 3:

GILCHRIST Ian (USA) 0 - 1 AWATRAMAMI Janak

Round 4:

AWATRAMAMI Janak 1 - 0 ALCANTARA Guillermo (MEX)


Round 5:

TELLO CHAVEZ Isaac Valent (MEX) 0 - 1 AWATRAMAMI Janak

Round 6 pairings:

Board 1: AWATRAMAMI Janak - CASTELLANOS HERNANDEZ Emi (MEX)


Under 12:

3-6: FU James CAN 4,0

Round 3:
FU James 1 - 0 SANDOVAL RODRIGUEZ Andres (MEX)

Round 4:
MARTINEZ BRAVO Carlos Fern (MEX) 0 - 1 FU James

Round 5:
FU James 1 - 0 VALENCIA HERNANDEZ Rubi (MEX)

Round 6 pairing
KARAMSETTY Jeevan 1894 (USA)- FU James