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Chess Life Online 2010 August World Youth Underway
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| October 20, 2010 | |
 Justus Williams, Photo Shaun Smith The World Youth Championship (Halkidiki, Greece, October 19-31 is underway! Coach Aviv Friedman reports that all 40 U.S. players have arrived safely in Halkidiki and are ready for battle--the first round just began. Watch top boards live on the official site. The rounds begin at 4:00 PM local time, which is 9 AM EST. See the full schedule here. Also look to CLO for reportage and photos by Shaun Smith of Chess-in-the-Schools. Shaun traveled to Athens with Justus Williams of the CIS program and they got a chance to see a few sites before the chess festivities begin. Justus, 12, recently broke the record for the youngest African-American master ever.  The Acropolis, Photo Shaun Smith  Justus prepares for the weeks ahead! Photo Shaun Smith US Squad Coaches: GM John Fedorowicz GM Sam Palatnik FST (FIDE Senior Trainer) Michael Khodarkovsky FST and IM Armen Ambartsoumiam FST and FM Aviv Friedman U8 Girls Annie Wang Kaavya Ramesh Emily Nguyen Joanna Liu U10 Girls Devina Devagharan Reve Singh Nicole Zlotchevsky Samritha Palakollu U12 Girls Simone Liao Alice Dong Apurva Virkud Mariya Oreshko Margaret Hua U14 Girls Sarah Chiang Jessica Regam Claudia Munoz U16 Girls Anna Matlin U18 Girls Anjali Datta U8 Boys Aravind Kumar Awonder Liang Rayan Taghizadeh Praveen Balakrishnan U10 Boys Samuel Sevian Tommy He Jeffery Xiong Jonathan Chiang Vignesh Panchanatham Cameron Wheeler U12 Boys Kayden Troff Christopher Wu Joshua Colas Kapil Chandran Dachey Lim Justus Williams Kesav Viswanadha Allan Beilin U14 Boys David Adelberg Atulya Shetty U18 Boys Steve Zierk Jeffrey Haskel |