CalChess Contenders at World Youth

FIDE Masters Cameron (L) and Rayan (R)
smile for Cam's mother Kerrie Utsumi.

The World Youth Championships in Greece have passed the midway point.  Ten out of 22 Bay Area participants have maintained a Plus-2 score through Round 6, with another seven sitting at Plus-1!  The masters Andrew, Cameron, Rayan and Ashritha are leading the local delegation by example.  Five more rounds remain.  Go U-S-A!

Bay Area Juniors at World Youth
(Updated after Round 6) 

• Open U16
  • FM Cameron Wheeler (2356) 4.5 in 7th place
• Open U14
  • FM Rayan Taghizadeh (2240) 4.5 in 11th place
• Open U12
  • NM Andrew Hong (2136) 5.0 in 4th place
  • NM Hans Niemann## (2046) 5.0 in 6th place
  • David Pan (1848) 3.0
• Open U10
  • CM Chinguun Bayaraa (1893) 4.5
  • Christopher Yoo (1807) 2.5
  • Balaji Daggupati (1767) 3.5
  • William Sartorio (1725) 3.5
  • Rishith Susarla (1505) 4.0
  • Prarthan Ghosh (unrated) 2.0
• Open U8
  • Adrian Kondakov (1565) 4.5
  • Sriram Krishnakumar (1280) 3.5
  • CM Aghilan Nachiappan (unrated) 4.5
• Girls U16
  • WIM Eswaran Ashritha (2207) 4.0
• Girls U14
  • Simona Nayberg (1905) 3.5
  • WFM Joanna Liu## (1857) 3.0
  • Serafina Show (1593) 1.0
• Girls U12
  • Hiya Ghosh (1785) 1.0
  • WCM Chenyi Zhao (1544) 3.5
• Girls U10
  • WCM Aksithi Eswaran (1473) 3.5
  • Annapoorni Meiyappan (1246) 4.0
• Girls U8
  • Wong, Allyson (unrated) 3.0
  • Yan Rui Yang (unrated) 3.5

N.B. All ratings above are FIDE.  I am tracking a pair of players (Hans Niemann and Joanna Liu) who have ties to the Bay Area chess community, but now live out of state.