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World Junior: Free day outing to Mahabalipuram

8/24/2011 – It is a 7th century port city with extraordinary architectural works, and the participants of the Sdat-RAMCO World Junior were taken there during the event in Chennai. Press officer R.R. Vasudevan has sent us a beautiful pictorial report which is meticulously captioned – a relief from the photo dumps that are usually thrown at chess fans. His report also contains a lot of videos. Take time and enjoy.

World Junior: Swiercz and Cori take Gold in Chennai

8/16/2011 – It was a dramatic finish, with everything decided in the last two rounds. Tournament leader Robert Hovhannisyan stopped the ambitious GM Ray Robson in round twelve, while himself being caught by Polish GM Dariusz Swiercz in the very last round. India's Padmini Rout did Deysi Cori a great favour by knocking out Olga Girya, giving the Peruvian WGM Gold in the girl's section. Final standings.

World Junior: Hovhannisyan and Cori+Girya lead

8/14/2011 – 14-year-old Girish Koushik, who was on a meteoric winning streak in our last report, has been brought crashing down to earth by older and more experienced GMs. In the lead after eleven (or thirteen) rounds are GM Robert Hovhannisyan in the Open section (9.0/11) and WGMs Olga Girya and Deysi Cori with 9.5/11 each. Once again our report includes endgame lessons by GM Karsten Müller.

World Junior: Girish leads with maiden GM norm 2732 performance

8/11/2011 – He is just 14, winner of multiple national junior championships, trained by his father. Girish Koushik has chalked up four successive wins against GMs and leads at the Sdat–Ramco 50th World Junior in Chennai. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi defeated Russian GM Aleksandr Shimanov in a 23-move miniature masterpiece. Our round eight report includes an endgame lesson by GM Karsten Müller.

World Junior: Rombaldoni rampage continues with 6.0/6

8/9/2011 – He's just a lowly IM, ranked 28th on the seeding list. But the Italian IM Axel Rombaldoni is making mincemeat of the competition. After six rounds of the World Junior in Chennai he still has a perfect score, and the official results page calculates a 3218 performance for the 2459 rated player. In the girls' section WGM Olga Girya has conceded a draw and has a 2626 performance. Round six report.

World Junior: Rombaldoni and Girya lead with perfect scores

8/7/2011 – Italian IM Axel Rombaldoni, rated 2459 and 28th seed in the 50th World Junior Championship, has scored a clean 5.0/5 and is leading ahead of 18 GMs. In the girls' section fourth seed WGM Olga Girya of Russia, rated 2371, has likewise swept away all her opponents in the first five rounds. There have again been many upsets, with local lads stealing points from international GMs. Round five report.

World Junior & Girls Chess Championships under way

8/5/2011 – There are a total of 196 participants, almost half of them from India, in the SDAT–RAMCO 50th World Junior & 29th Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011, which is taking place from August 3 to 15 in Chennai, India. 80 of the players are titled. In the first three rounds there were plenty of surprises, with GMs being taken down by 13-year-old half-pints. Big pictorial report.
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