Wednesday
Aug032011
World Junior Championship Underway
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 8:00PM
This is the big one, the U-20 championship. Maxim Matlakov is the top seed - though he was held to a draw by an FM in round 1. If I've counted correctly, there are eighteen GMs in the field, and for my countrymen's benefit I'll note that the sixth seed is the U.S.'s Ray Robson.
Tournament site here.
Reader Comments (1)
I'd never heard of FM Nicolai Getz (2385, of Norway), who defeated Sjugirov (2629) in the first round and is at 2.5/3.0. The FIDE card for Getz says he's 20th ranked in Norway and he appears to be 20 years old, so he's not a young fast-improving prodigy. I think I saw where Sjugirov collected some elite scalps recently in a Russian Championship.
Might be an interesting story there.