Ray Robson celebrates his twelfth birthday at the World Youth in Batumi, Georgia (October 19-28). After six rounds of competition, leading scores for the U.S. delegation are Ray's 4.5/6 in the U12 along with Evan Xiang, who has 4.5/6 in the Girls U8 section. (Scroll down for updated results after 8 rounds.)
Unfortunately Tatev Abrahayman, who was 4-0 at the time of our last update, has faltered and lost her last two games. Here is her sixth round hard fought loss:
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Unfortunately, the games of our youngest contenders are not yet avaliable, but Chess Life Online will bring you more game highlights as soon as possible. For now, enjoy our photo gallery supplied by father of Darwin Yang, Duiju Yang. 
All twenty-one of our representatives decked out in red, white and blue! 
Evan Xiang has 4.5/6 in the Girls Under 8 section.
The U.S. Squad celebrates Ray's birthday. 
Ray Robson and Atulya Shetty (Boys U10) expectantly eye the cake.
U.S. Individual standings after 8 rounds:
| SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts. | Rk. | Rp | ||
| 28 | Banawa Joel Cholo | USA | 2272 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 22 | 2207 | Boys U18 | |
| 20 | Tanaka Christian T | USA | 2135 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4,5 | 25 | 1864 | Boys U14 | |
| 29 | Shen Victor C | USA | 2066 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,5 | 27 | 2133 | Boys U14 | |
| 4 | FM | Robson Ray | USA | 2217 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 6,0 | 5 | 2193 | Boys U12 |
| 23 | Naroditsky Daniel | USA | 2040 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5,0 | 21 | 1843 | Boys U12 | |
| 68 | Liao Eric | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3,0 | 78 | 1373 | Boys U10 | |
| 81 | Shetty Atulya | USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4,5 | 32 | 1761 | Boys U10 | |
| 93 | Yang Darwin | USA | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4,0 | 43 | 1471 | Boys U10 | |
| 95 | Zhang Eric | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5,0 | 17 | 1657 | Boys U10 | |
| 58 | Nip Nicholas | USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5,0 | 19 | 1554 | Boys U8 | |
| 9 | WFM | Abrahamyan Tatev | USA | 2292 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5,0 | 9 | 2256 | Girls U18 |
| 13 | WFM | Melekhina Alisa | USA | 2088 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 25 | 1928 | Girls U16 |
| 44 | Kuzniatsova Lena | USA | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5,0 | 16 | 1836 | Girls U12 | |
| 54 | Robinson Darrian | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 3,5 | 44 | 1635 | Girls U12 | |
| 23 | Dai Eileen | USA | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3,5 | 42 | 1357 | Girls U10 | |
| 61 | Xiang Ellen | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 10 | 1619 | Girls U10 | |
| 62 | Yang Sylvia Siyuan | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5,0 | 16 | 1450 | Girls U10 | |
| 64 | Zhurbinskiy Eve | USA | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,0 | 6 | 1622 | Girls U10 | |
| 22 | Lee Fei-Tzin | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,0 | 23 | 1400 | Girls U8 | |
| 45 | Xiang Evan | USA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4,5 | 16 | 1443 | Girls U8 | |
| 47 | Zhu Jessica | USA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4,0 | 25 | 1350 | Girls U8 |