Naroditsky Heads to Board One |
By Jennifer Shahade | |
November 24, 2007 | |
http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/content/view/20/24/lang,en/ In Daniel's game against Han Chao, everything went downhill for the Chinese representative after he allowed Daniel the following tactic: Here is the full game: 1386 World Youth (November 18-28, Antalya, Turkey) U.S. Team member scores after 7 rounds Girls U18 Ettie Nikolova 4 Elina Kats 2.5 Julia Kerr 3 Girls U16 WFM Alisa Melekhina 4.5 Abby Marshall 4.5 Courtney Jamison 4 Louiza Livschitz 3.5 Girls U14 Dai Yang 4.5 Jennie Liu 2.5 Gayatri Vempati 3 Girls U12 Alena Kuzniatsova 4 Anna Matlin 4 Girls U10 Sarah Chiang 6 Ellen Xiang 3.5 Girls U8 Evan Xiang 4.5 Simone Liao 5 Boys U18 FM Elliot Liu 3.5 Boys U16 Marc Tyler Arnold 4.5 Warren Harper 3.5 Samuel Shankland 4.5 Boys U14 FM Ray Robson 5.5 Victor Shen 4 Alec Getz 5 Michael Yee 4 Christian Tanaka 4 Boys Under 12 Daniel Naroditsky 6.5 FM Darwin Yang 4.5 Christopher Heung 3.5 Boys Under 10 Brian Luo 6 Varun Krishnan 4 Jarod Pamatmat 4 Boys Under 8 Jonathan Chiang 5 Dachey Lin 5 |
The U.S. team scored 19.5 out of 33 in round 7 of the World Youth
Championship (Antalya, Turkey, November 18-22.) Daniel Naroditsky won again,
and plays on board one tomorrow against the only other 6.5/7, FM Ulvi
Barjarani from Azerbaijan. Other likely medal contenders with four rounds to go are Sarah Chiang, with 6/7 in the Girls Under 10, Brian Luo, with 6/7 in the Boys Under 10 and Ray Robson, with 5.5/7 in the Boys Under 14. You will definitely be able to watch Daniel's game live tomorrow (and probably Sarah's and Brian's also) at 7 AM EST at this link: