Despite this good news, nobody wearing the stars-and-stripes has a perfect 6-0 score, and most players already lost at least once. It is a really tough event! After half a dozen years of closely watching the results at World Youth, I have drawn a few conclusions. The two toughest countries overall tend to be Russia (no surprise) and India (surprise). Apparently some national coaches organize extensive training programs just to prepare for this one event. However, skill and preparation alone are insufficient to reach the top of the world. Those who bring home the medals invariably are physically and mentally tough enough to handle this high level of competition. Rarely does someone manage to taste success the first time.
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| Main Playing Hall (Older Sections) |
The tournament takes a well-deserved rest day on Tuesday 11/13. Many players, parents and coaches go on sightseeing tours near Maribor, both in Slovenia (or here) and across the nearby border to Austria. The kids, of course, will continue to talk, eat and breathe chess. After all, five more rounds remain to be played, from Wednesday through Sunday 11/18. The American delegation will fly home just in time for Thanksgiving.
Northern California Scores After 6 Rounds
- U12 - SM Sam Sevian 5.5 (1st, shared with teammate FM Jeffery Xiong)
- U12 - NM Cameron Wheeler 5.0 (5th, tied for 3rd)
- U12 - Vignesh Panchanatham 4.0
- U12 - Siddharth Banik 4.0
- U12 - Kevin Moy 3.5
- G12 - Ashritha Eswaran 4.5 (13th)
- U10 - Rayan Taghizadeh 4.5 (20th)
- G10 - Joanna Liu 4.5 (8th)
- U8 - Balaji Daggupati 4.5 (14th)
- U8 - Ben Rood 4.5 (19th)
- U8 - Milind Maiti 3.0
- U8 - Kelvin Jiang 2.5
- G8 - Zhiyi Wang 3.0
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| Secondary Playing Hall (Younger Sections) |
Additional Links for World Youth 2012
- Team USA Results and Pairings
- Tournament Facebook Page (photos)
- Chess Life Online including first report by GM Alejandro Ramirez
- Cameron Wheeler Chess Blog (penned by father Rob)
- Vignesh Panchanatham Chess Blog
- GM Ben Finegold Chess Blog
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