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Chess Life Online 2011 April Kudrin wins Senior; Michaelides wins Junior
Chess Life Online 2011 April Kudrin wins Senior; Michaelides wins Junior | Kudrin wins Senior; Michaelides wins Junior |
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| By Franc Guadalupe | |
| July 27, 2011 | |
GM Sergey Kudrin, Photo Jennifer Shahade 2006
5738  The road to the U21 Championship of the U.S. Junior Open
was full of excitement. Andrew Ng,
2257, beat top seed Warren Harper, 2412, in the fourth round. Local expert Matthew Michaelides, 2182, then
went on to defeat Ng in the fifth round to get into the mix. The last round pairings of
Harper-Michaelides, Ng - Bob Shao, and Jarod Pamatmat - Dipro Chakraborty
resulted in three draws giving the 18-year old Michaelides clear first, a $500
check, Champion's Plaque, and a spot at the 2012 U.S. Junior Closed! And, the icing on the cake for Matthew was
that his outstanding performance earned him 33 rating points which made him a
National Master.5739 5740 A near-record attendance of 237 players competed in the U.S. Junior Open. In the U15 Division, four players, Steven Chen, Andy Shao, Andrew Jacob, and Annie Zhao, tied for the Championship, all with five points in six games. Chen won first place on tie-breaks. The U11 produced a clear Champion, Tianming Xie, 5.5 points, who finished half-a-point ahead of four other players - Jeffrey Tao, Dex Webster, Anthony Nguyen, and Sudarshana Jagadeeshi. In the U8 Division, Jason Metpally and Tristan Ma tied for the Championship with 5.5 points. See full results of the Junior Open on cajunchess and USCF rated results on MSA. Besides these two National events, the Chess Festival had the Not-a-Senior-Not-a-Junior Open which was open to all but was mainly scheduled to accommodate players who were not eligible for the other two events. This event drew 58 players, for a combined attendance at the Festival of 369 players. The Open Section was won by Saurabh Deshpande. Julian Hernandez and Luis Gonzalez tied for first in the U2000 while Hongbiao Zeng was the clear winner in the U1600. For rated results of this event, please see the USCF MSA. Look for more details and games at a future issue of Chess Life Magazine. |