India wins World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad
India has emerged the overall winner in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad held in Singapore. It beat opponents from 24 countries. It won seven rounds, drew two and lost one of the 10 rounds tournament.
The Indians started well defeating United States 4-0 and following that up by trouncing top seeds Hungary 3.5-0.5. The team lost 1-3 to the Philippines in the seventh round but came back to win the last three matches finishing on top with 28 points out of 40 to romp home the gold..
The nine-day tournament, which started on 4 August, saw a record 34 teams taking part. Australia send 4 teams which finished 5th, 8th, 10th and 21th. The players comprising the team are:
Australia 1: Ly Moulthun(2295) keda Junta(2194) Lin Zhigen Wilson(2174) Song Raymond(2182) Illingworth Max(2137)
Australia 2: WFM Song Angela(2015), Guo Emma(1747), Kinder Jessica(1725) and Oliver Tamzin L
Australia 3: Brown Andrew(1953), Zulfic Fedja(1940), Chibnall Alana and Kanagarajah Abbie
Australia 4: Yu Derek(1996) Lau Joshua , Ng Isaac and Chitturi Satya
On the individual performances, the honour goes to Wesley So of the Philippines, the only IM on the tournament. He could have a perfect 10 score, had he not have to halve the point in the ninth round against Ly Moulthun. Click here to view the game .
The Games
Good work boys and girls!
| Final Ranking after 10 Rounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Win | Draw | Loss | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | India |  | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28,0 | 235,0 | 16 |
| 2 | Hungary |  | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27,5 | 232,0 | 16 |
| 3 | Philippines |  | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25,5 | 233,0 | 16 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan |  | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24,5 | 230,0 | 14 |
| 5 | Australia 1 |  | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24,0 | 236,5 | 13 |
| 6 | Turkey |  | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23,5 | 238,5 | 11 |
| 7 | Indonesia |  | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23,5 | 217,0 | 13 |
| 8 | Iran | | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23,0 | 232,0 | 10 |
| 9 | Singapore 2 |  | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22,5 | 217,0 | 12 |
| 10 | England | | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22,5 | 209,5 | 12 |
| 11 | Vietnam |  | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22,0 | 212,0 | 10 |
| 12 | Malaysia |  | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22,0 | 210,5 | 8 |
| 13 | Singapore 1 | | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21,5 | 225,0 | 10 |
| 14 | United States 1 |  | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21,5 | 211,5 | 13 |
| 15 | South Africa |  | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21,0 | 204,5 | 9 |
| 16 | Switzerland |  | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20,5 | 223,0 | 11 |
| 17 | Iceland |  | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20,5 | 212,5 | 13 |
| 18 | Singapore 3 | | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20,5 | 193,5 | 10 |
| 19 | Hong Kong 1 |  | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20,0 | 195,0 | 9 |
| 20 | Chinese Taipei |  | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19,5 | 174,5 | 9 |
| 21 | Australia 2 | | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19,0 | 183,0 | 10 |
| 22 | Japan |  | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18,5 | 191,0 | 8 |
| 23 | Australia 4 | | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18,5 | 167,0 | 9 |
| 24 | Singapore 4 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18,0 | 201,0 | 11 |
| 25 | Sri Lanka 1 |  | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18,0 | 200,0 | 7 |
| 26 | Australia 3 | | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18,0 | 182,0 | 8 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka 2 | | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18,0 | 174,0 | 9 |
| 28 | United States 2 | | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17,5 | 176,0 | 10 |
| 29 | Korea 1 |  | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17,5 | 163,5 | 9 |
| 30 | Zambia |  | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17,5 | 162,5 | 7 |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates |  | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12,0 | 160,0 | 4 |
| 32 | Hong Kong 2 | | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11,5 | 167,5 | 5 |
| 33 | Korea 2 | | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11,5 | 162,5 | 5 |
| 34 | Macau |  | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11,0 | 167,5 | 3 |
| Annotation:
TB1 - Tie Break1: points (game-points) TB2 - Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (sum of team-points of the opponents) TB3 - Tie Break3: Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses) |
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Best Players
Best Players - According to Points earned No. Name Rtg Team Pts. Games % Board Rp 1 IM So Wesley 2516 Philippines 9,5 10 95,0 1 2736 2 Pap Gyula 2424 Hungary 8,5 10 85,0 1 2377 3 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 2230 Malaysia 8,5 10 85,0 1 2278 4 Gondwe Lhnganiso 0 Zambia 8,0 10 80,0 2 1754 5 Adhiban B 2406 India 7,5 10 75,0 1 2459 6 Brown Andrew 1953 Australia 3 7,5 10 75,0 1 2054 16 Ikeda Junta 2194 Australia 1 6,5 8 81,3 1 2231 22 Yu Derek 1996 Australia 4 6,5 10 65,0 1 1741 23 Zulfic Fedja 1940 Australia 3 6,5 10 65,0 2 1852 25 Kinder Jessica 1725 Australia 2 6,5 10 65,0 3 1625 55 Song Raymond 2182 Australia 1 5,0 8 62,5 3 2070 56 Illingworth Max 2137 Australia 1 5,0 8 62,5 4 1983 57 Ly Moulthun 2295 Australia 1 5,0 9 55,6 1 2359 67 WFM Song Angela 2015 Australia 2 5,0 10 50,0 1 1796 71 Lau Joshua 0 Australia 4 5,0 10 50,0 2 1531 85 Ng Isaac 0 Australia 4 4,5 10 45,0 3 1482 Best Players - According to Individual rating performance No. Name Rtg Team Rp Pts. Games % Board 1 IM So Wesley 2516 Philippines 2736 9,5 10 95,0 1 2 Adhiban B 2406 India 2459 7,5 10 75,0 1 3 Pap Gyula 2424 Hungary 2377 8,5 10 85,0 1 4 Ly Moulthun 2295 Australia 1 2359 5,0 9 55,6 1 5 Pascua Haridas 0 Philippines 2338 7,5 10 75,0 3 6 Mustafaev Jamshid 2270 Uzbekistan 2288 5,5 10 55,0 1 7 FM Anas Nazreen Bakri 2230 Malaysia 2278 8,5 10 85,0 1 8 FM Fodor Tamas Jr 2436 Hungary 2275 5,0 9 55,6 1 9 WFM S.Irine Kharisma 2259 Indonesia 2270 7,0 10 70,0 1 10 Mustafaev Khurshed 2268 Uzbekistan 2263 7,5 10 75,0 2 13 Ikeda Junta 2194 Australia 1 2231 6,5 8 81,3 1 28 Song Raymond 2182 Australia 1 2070 5,0 8 62,5 3 30 Brown Andrew 1953 Australia 3 2054 7,5 10 75,0 1 source: http://www.singaporechess.org.sg