World Juniors play in paradise
14.12.2002 Goa, popularly known as "Rome of the East", "Tourist Paradise"
and "Pearl of the Orient", is a land of abundant sunshine, seashores,
sandy beaches and warm, friendly, hospitable people. The World Junior and the
World Girls U-20 Chess Championships is being held there from 9th December 2002
to 20th December 2002, at the palacious 5-Star Hotel Cidade de Goa, Vainguinim Beach, Panaji, Goa. Photos, games, links.
Visitors to Goa are fascinated by its magnificent scenic beauty, architectural
splendors of its temples, churches, ancient buildings, sunny beaches and most
of all its unique history and rich culture. Ever since the Portuguese navigator
Vasco-da-Gama landed in Goa in the 15th centura, the erstwhile Muslim port with
a pre-dominant Hindu population became a Portuguese colony, and stayed that
way for the next 450 years. Goa was liberated by the Indian Army from Portuguese
colonization on December 19, 1961 and became a Union Territory.
The influence of religions and cultures of East and West over the centuries
has provided Goa a multi-hued and distinctive lifestyle quite different from
the rest of India. Hindu and Catholic communities make up almost the entire
population with minority representation of Muslims and other religions. All
the communities have mutual respect towards one another and their secular outlook
has given Goa a long and an unbroken tradition of religious harmony. The warm
and tolerant nature of the Goan people allows them to celebrate and enjoy the
festivals of various religions with equal enthusiasm. Konkani and Marathi are
the state languages, English is widely spoken all over Goa
Panaji (Panjim), the state capital is located on the banks of the Mandovi
river. Goa is blessed with palm-fringed coastline, lapped by the warm waters
of the Arabian sea, lush green paddy fields, coconut and cashew plantations
and gently meandering rivers. The sea and rivers are abound in seafood
prawns, mackerels, sardines, crabs and lobsters that are popular with the locals
and the visitors.
Goan cuisine is a blend of different influences the Goans had to endure during
the centuries. The staple food in Goa is fish and rice, both among the Hindus
and the Catholics. Unlike the Christian food the Hindu Goan food is not strongly
influenced by the Portuguese cuisine Feni and Toddy, the local drinks
The tourist season in Goa begins in late September and carries on through early
March. The weather in these months is usually dry and pleasantly cool. Then
the weather gets really hot around May and by end of June, Goa receives the
full blast of the Indian monsoon with sudden downpours and tropical thunderstorms.
However it is also during the monsoon that Goa is at its most beautiful, with
greenery sprouting all around.
Schedule of play
December 08
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Arrival Day, Technical Meeting |
December 09
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10.30
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Opening Ceremony |
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 1 |
December 10
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09.00 - 13.00
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Round 2 |
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16.00 - 20.00
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Round 3 |
December 11
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 4 |
December 12
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09.00 - 13.00
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Round 5 |
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16.00 - 20.00
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Round 6 |
December 13
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 7 |
December 14
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Rest Day |
December 15
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 8 |
December 16
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 9 |
December 17
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 10 |
December 18
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 11 |
December 19
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14.00 - 18.00
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Round 12 |
December 20
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10.00 - 14.00
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Round 13 |
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19.00
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Closing Ceremony / Prize Distribution |
December 21
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Before 12 noon
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Departure |
Stand after Round 7
GM Aronian of Armenia maintained his position on the top board with a draw
against Ni Hua of China. Aronian is to play on the top board against Bu Xiangzhi
in the 8th round Schedule on Dec 15. GM Pentyala Harikrishna remained within
striking distance of the leaders after settling for peace with Grandmaster Luke
McShane of England. Harikrishna along with 8 others is on 5 points and is expected
to do well after the rest day on Saturday.
WGM Zhoa Xue (6) of China regained the sole leader position with a resounding
victory over Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia in the 7th round of the 19th World
Juniors Girls chess championship here at Cidade de Goa. Natalia Pogonina
of Russia, trails by half a point, is placed second. Top seed and hot favorite
Koneru Humpy of India slipped to joint third position after a tough seventh
round draw with Elmira Hasanova of Russia.
Sl.No |
Name |
Title |
Fed |
Points |
Boys
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1 |
Aronian Levon |
GM |
Armenia |
5.5 |
2 |
Ni Hua |
IM |
China |
5.5 |
3 |
Bu Xiangzhi |
GM |
China |
5.0 |
4 |
David Craig Smerdon |
IM |
Australia |
5.0 |
5 |
Erenburg Sergey |
IM |
Israel |
5.0 |
6 |
Harikrishna P |
GM |
India |
5.0 |
7 |
Luke McShane |
GM |
England |
5.0 |
8 |
Potkin Vladimir |
GM |
Russia |
5.0 |
9 |
Stefan Kristjansson |
IM |
Iceland |
5.0 |
10 |
Timofeev Artyom |
IM |
Russia |
5.0 |
11 |
Yakovenko Dmitri |
GM |
Russia |
5.0 |
12 |
Amon Simutowe |
IM |
Zambia |
4.5 |
13 |
Annaberdiev Meylis |
FM |
Turkmenistan |
4.5 |
14 |
Berkes Ferenc |
GM |
Hungary |
4.5 |
15 |
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan |
GM |
Iran |
4.5 |
16 |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
GM |
Russia |
4.5 |
17 |
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios |
|
Greece |
4.5 |
18 |
Miton Kamil |
IM |
Poland |
4.5 |
19 |
Neelotpal Das |
IM |
India |
4.5 |
20 |
Sandipan Chanda |
IM |
India |
4.5 |
21 |
Satyapragyan S |
IM |
India |
4.5 |
22 |
Surya Sekhar Ganguly |
IM |
India |
4.5 |
23 |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw |
|
Poland |
4.5 |
24 |
Azarov Sergei |
IM |
Belarus |
4.0 |
25 |
Bar Roman |
IM |
Israel |
4.0 |
26 |
Carlsson Pontus |
|
Sweden |
4.0 |
27 |
Deepan Chakravarthy J. |
IM |
India |
4.0 |
28 |
Henrikas Asauskas |
|
Lithuania |
4.0 |
29 |
Jirka Jiri |
|
Czech |
4.0 |
30 |
Kidambi S |
IM |
India |
4.0 |
31 |
Li Qun |
FM |
China |
4.0 |
32 |
Lim Yee Weng |
|
Malaysia |
4.0 |
33 |
Paragua Mark |
IM |
Philippines |
4.0 |
34 |
Perez Candelario, Manuel |
IM |
Spain |
4.0 |
35 |
Poobesh Anand S. |
|
India |
4.0 |
36 |
Prathamesh Mokal |
|
India |
4.0 |
37 |
Preetham Sharma |
|
India |
4.0 |
38 |
Sadykov Rustem |
|
Kazakhstan |
4.0 |
39 |
Yannick Gozzoli |
|
France |
4.0 |
40 |
Akshay Raj Kore |
|
India |
3.5 |
41 |
Arjun Deepak Tiwari |
|
India |
3.5 |
42 |
Jeremic Veljiko |
IM |
Yugoslavia |
3.5 |
43 |
Poliakov Dmitry |
|
Belarus |
3.5 |
44 |
Rishipal Singh |
|
India |
3.5 |
45 |
Rohit G |
|
India |
3.5 |
46 |
Sam Collins |
|
Ireland |
3.5 |
47 |
Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury |
|
India |
3.5 |
48 |
Sayantan Dutta |
|
India |
3.5 |
49 |
Siddharth R. |
|
India |
3.5 |
50 |
Soumya Ranjan Misra |
|
India |
3.5 |
51 |
Stefan Bromberger |
IM |
Germany |
3.5 |
52 |
Akash Thakur |
|
India |
3.0 |
53 |
Borchgrevink Harald |
|
Norway |
3.0 |
54 |
Darban Varighani Morteza |
|
Iran |
3.0 |
55 |
David Kjartansson |
|
Iceland |
3.0 |
56 |
Eriksson Jonas |
|
Sweden |
3.0 |
57 |
Gopal G.N. |
|
India |
3.0 |
58 |
Jagadish H.D. |
|
India |
3.0 |
59 |
Leong Luke |
|
Singapore |
3.0 |
60 |
Naveen R. |
|
India |
3.0 |
61 |
Nikhilesh Kumar |
FM |
India |
3.0 |
62 |
Prateek Shriwas |
|
India |
3.0 |
63 |
Sprenger Wolfgang Wendelin |
|
Austria |
3.0 |
64 |
Sriram Sarja |
|
India |
3.0 |
65 |
Stefan Macak |
|
Slovak |
3.0 |
66 |
Stephen Glinert |
IM |
Canada |
3.0 |
67 |
Steven Geirnaert |
|
Belgium |
3.0 |
68 |
Vioreanu Bogdan |
|
Romania |
3.0 |
69 |
Arghyadip Das |
|
India |
2.5 |
70 |
Athula Russell M.K. |
|
Sri Lanka |
2.5 |
71 |
Graeme Kafka |
|
Scotland |
2.5 |
72 |
Gurpreet Singh Maras |
|
India |
2.5 |
73 |
Kample Vikramaditya |
|
India |
2.5 |
74 |
Phoobalan P. |
|
India |
2.5 |
75 |
Rahul Sangma |
|
India |
2.5 |
76 |
Wilson Cruz |
|
India |
2.5 |
77 |
Alexandre Vuilleumier |
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Switzerland |
2.0 |
78 |
Byomakesh Nayak |
|
India |
2.0 |
79 |
Francois Steenkamp |
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South Africa |
2.0 |
80 |
Himanshu Kumar |
|
India |
2.0 |
81 |
Kosmo Santul |
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Finland |
2.0 |
82 |
Pereira Edgar |
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Portugal |
2.0 |
83 |
Pradeep T.S. |
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India |
2.0 |
84 |
Pranjal Phukan |
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India |
2.0 |
85 |
Swapnil Hoble |
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India |
2.0 |
86 |
Phanikanth J.S.S. |
|
India |
1.5 |
87 |
Sachit S Agarwal |
|
India |
1.5 |
88 |
Nehal Ashok Shah |
|
Kenya |
0.0 |
Girls
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1 |
Zhao Xue |
WGM |
China |
6.0 |
2 |
Pogonina Natalia |
WIM |
Russia |
5.5 |
3 |
Calotescu Ana-Cristina |
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Romania |
5.0 |
4 |
Koneru Humpy |
WGM |
India |
5.0 |
5 |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
WGM |
Russia |
5.0 |
6 |
Makka Ioulia |
|
Greece |
5.0 |
7 |
Khasanova Elmira |
WIM |
Russia |
4.5 |
8 |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
WGM |
Russia |
4.5 |
9 |
Matras Agnieszka |
|
Poland |
4.5 |
10 |
Priya P |
|
India |
4.5 |
11 |
Savic Marjana |
IM |
Yugoslavia |
4.5 |
12 |
Sophie Milliet |
|
France |
4.5 |
13 |
Tania Sachdev |
|
India |
4.5 |
14 |
Wang Yu |
WGM |
China |
4.5 |
15 |
Zigangirova Sofya |
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Kazakhstan |
4.5 |
16 |
Cindy Tsai |
WIM |
US |
4.0 |
17 |
Drijevic Ljilja |
WFM |
Yugoslavia |
4.0 |
18 |
Dronavalli Harika |
|
India |
4.0 |
19 |
Eesha Karavade |
|
India |
4.0 |
20 |
Moser Eva |
WGM |
Austria |
4.0 |
21 |
Oubiennykh Ekaterina |
WFM |
Russia |
4.0 |
22 |
Tian Tian |
WGM |
China |
4.0 |
23 |
Bjerke Silje |
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Norway |
3.5 |
24 |
Churun Polina |
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Belarus |
3.5 |
25 |
Delphin C. |
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India |
3.5 |
26 |
Jackova Jana |
WGM |
Czech |
3.5 |
27 |
Kasturi M |
WIM |
India |
3.5 |
28 |
Ketaki Shrirang Kulkarni |
|
India |
3.5 |
29 |
Leonie Helm |
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Germany |
3.5 |
30 |
Pratibha Y. |
|
India |
3.5 |
31 |
Vinuthna N |
|
India |
3.5 |
32 |
Anoori Mehul Shah |
|
India |
3.0 |
33 |
Holusova Tana |
|
Czech |
3.0 |
34 |
Koneru Chandra Hawsa |
|
India |
3.0 |
35 |
Nimmy George |
|
India |
3.0 |
36 |
Priyadarshini M. |
|
India |
3.0 |
37 |
Rajadarshini M. |
|
India |
3.0 |
38 |
Rajalakshmi C.V. |
|
India |
3.0 |
39 |
Sarune Lapinskaite |
|
Lithuania |
3.0 |
40 |
Anuprita Anil Patil |
|
India |
2.5 |
41 |
Breen Veronica |
|
Sweden |
2.5 |
42 |
Coimbra Margarida |
WFM |
Portugal |
2.5 |
43 |
Jennitha Anto |
|
India |
2.5 |
44 |
Nabeela Farheen |
|
India |
2.5 |
45 |
Nilavoli H. |
|
India |
2.5 |
46 |
Trujillo Delgado, Defnae |
|
Spain |
2.5 |
47 |
Ayodhya Indeevarie Liyanagedera |
|
Sri Lanka |
2.0 |
48 |
Iara Santana |
|
Brazil |
2.0 |
49 |
Kavitha J.E. |
|
India |
2.0 |
50 |
Soumya Swaminathan |
|
India |
2.0 |
51 |
Kurbanova Maygozel |
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Turkmenistan |
1.0 |
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