Monday, August 25, 2008

World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad: India wins the gold, Philippines finished 3rd


Philippine youth chess team settled for third overall.


Philippines defeated Isek Aquamatch of Turkey 3-1 in the final round to finished the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in third place with a total of 27 points, a point and a half behind India and Russia with 28 1/2 points. The last edition of the Olympiad also saw the Philippines finished third overall behind India and Hungary. Meanwhile India, the defending champion, won on a tiebreak against second place Russia. Russia defeated Azerbaijan narrowly with 2.5-1.5 but that was not sufficient for the top seeds to win the gold medal since they were caught by India who defeated England with 3.5-0.5 to take the gold. Grandmaster Wesley So was the top scorer among the Board One players with 8 wins, two draws and no losses beating Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan (7 pts.) and IM Aleksandr Shimanov of Russia (7.5 pts.).

Below is the final team and board 1 ranking

- Photo courtesy of the official website
- Tournament official site


Final Ranking


RankTeamPts.BH.MPSB.BH.
1INDIA28½23516188,00186
2RUSSIA28½23416178,50185½
3PHILIPPINES2723115166,25185½
4AZERBAIJAN24½237½14155,00189
5ARMENIA2423812137,00189½
6GEORGIA24231½12125,75189
7TURKIYE-A2323612132,00189½
8TURKIYE-B22187½13107,50150½
9SLOVAKIA2123010103,75183½
10TURKIYE-C212071198,50168½
11GREECE21194½1190,00154½
12TURKIYE-MERSIN21184½1188,50150
13ENGLAND20½218½980,00181½
14SWITZERLAND-A20½201½1085,00163
15SRI LANKA20205½978,00165½
16ISEK AQUAMATCH20169½1068,00134
17SOUTH AFRICA-A19½1721071,50141½
18SWITZERLAND-B19193½1095,25157½
19BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA18191755,50158
20SYRIA18165745,50135½
21SOUTH AFRICA-B18161½954,00131
22TURKIYE-GIRLS-A17191974,50155½
23TURKIYE-GIRLS-B14173½849,50141
24AUSTRALIA11½170536,50140½
25KENYA10170½315,75141
26ALBANIA170½15,00138½



BOARD STANDINGS 1st B0ARD


SURNAME NameCOUNTRYRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDPTS% PERFORMANCEGAME ELO PERFORMANCEST


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DURARBEYLI VasifAZE
1







1100.00

OLCUM AhmetTUR M

1






1100.00

SO WesleyPHI11110.511110.5990.0010
1
SAFARLI EltajAZE1
10.5111100.5777.789
2
SHIMANOV AleksandrRUS1011110110.57.575.001025113
ASHIKU FrancALB0110.50111117.575.00101954
SETHURAMAN S PIND0.5






1
1.575.00

ATMAN BerkanTUR B0.511
1010
15.568.75

KANNEMEYER WernerRSA B0110.5

11105.568.75

JEFIC SrdjanBHI010.510.50110.516.565.00

TER-SAHAKYAN SamvelARM10.5110.50100.516.565.00

MALIKENTZOS SotiriosGRE10.50101010.51660.00

EMIROGLU CankutTUR C00
1101011555.56

UZUN SarpTUR M00
1110101555.56

YILMAZ MustafaTUR A10.500101100.5550.00

BREGADZE LevanGEO110001010.50.5550.00

ZEYTINOGLU Nasir EkinTUR Q0100.5100110.5550.00

NURI KambezSUI A10.50.500.500.5101550.00

ZHOU Yang-FanENG1010.51100
04.550.00

ADHIBAN BIND
1000011
1450.00

BORNHEIM CraigRSA A


0
1



150.00

KOMUT KaanTUR C

0.5






0.550.00

KILPATRICK CallumENG







0.5
0.550.00

RINDLISBACHER JanSUI B110.500100104.545.00

PETENYI TamasSVK1001010010440.00

KAPLAN EbruTURgb00
0.50111003.538.89

KAVINDA AkhilaSRI1001000.50103.535.00

KHATIB HoussenSYR010.511000003.535.00

KAYA EmelTURga00
0111000333.33

MEYER AndreRSA A001
0
0001225.00

KANLI KaanTUR B


0



0.5
0.525.00

GROSSMAN AlexAUS000.501000001.515.00

HOWORTH AneurinKEN000000000000.00

ENSLIN StefanRSA B



00



00.00

ASAN ElvanTURgb

0






00.00

TULAY SerayTURga

0






00.00


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