1st World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad: Canaries 1995

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Basic data

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1st World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad
Date: 1995
City: Canary Islands, Spain
Venue: N/A
Teams participating: 22 (including 3 Spanish, 2 Yugoslav and 2 Russian teams)
Players participating: 97
Games played: 308
Game system: Four board seven round Swiss.
Tie-breaks: N/A
Clock routine: N/A
Downloadable game file: 95child.zip

Tournament review

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Best game prizes

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1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Malakhov, Vladimir RUS2 6 7 85.7
2. Lékó, Péter HUN 5½ 7 78.6
2. Bakhtadze, Giorgi GEO 5½ 7 78.6

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Ács, Péter HUN 5½ 7 78.6
1. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil GEO 5½ 7 78.6
3. Þorfinnsson, Bragi ISL 5 7 71.4

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Benitah, Yohaw FRA 6½ 7 92.9
2. Hunt, Adam ENG 6 7 85.7
3. Kovchan, Alexander UKR 4½ 7 64.3
3. Wempe, Joost NED 4½ 7 64.3

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Pert, Nicholas ENG 6½ 7 92.9
2. García, Ricardo ESP 4 5 80.0
3. Þorfinnsson, Björn ISL 5½ 7 78.6

1st Reserve Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Fluvià Poyatos, Joan ESP2 3 6 50.0
Only one player completed required 4 games.

2nd Reserve Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Díaz, Cayetano CAT 3 5 60.0
2. Falcon, Beneharo ESP3 3½ 6 58.3
Only two players completed required 4 games.

Interesting games


Shortest decisive game.
Andrade, Leonardo (POR) - Moiseenko, Olexandr (UKR) 0 - 1

Another must-see game for Evans Gambit lovers.
Wempe, Joost (NED) - Álvarez, Rafael (ESP3) 1 - 0

Best tournament win of young Peter Leko.
Lékó, Péter (HUN) - Bakhtadze, Giorgi (GEO) 1 - 0