Eric Rosen drew his last-round game to finish in 9th place with 6/9 (+4 =4 -1) in the World Youth Championships (under-18 section) in Caldas Novas, Brazil. His opponents included two GMs, an IM, and four FMs. His only loss was to top-rated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia, who won the tournament with an undefeated 8-1 score.
Eric started the tournament ranked 27th with a 2305 rating. This apparently gives him his first IM norm, less than 30 days after receiving his FM title! By my calculation, he had a performance rating of 2455. According to the tournament site, he gained 27 rating points, gaining rating points every round except in his one loss. Very impressive. Congratulations, Eric!
Here are his round-by-round results (link here):
1: WIN Vasconcelos, Paulo Cesar Silva (1897) BRA
2: DRAW Zhou, Yang-Fan (IM, 2436) ENG
3: DRAW Grandadam, Nicolas (FM, 2370)
4: WIN Benitez Lozano, Javier (2068) MEX
5: WIN FM Kantans, Toms (FM, 2338) LAT
6: WIN FM Rios Cristhian, Camilo (FM, 2388) COL
7: DRAW Salem, A R Saleh (GM, 2511) UAE
8: LOSS Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel (GM, 2556) ARM
9: DRAW Aghasaryan, Robert (FM, 2331) ARM
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Round 8 of World Youth Chess Championship underway
Eric Rosen is playing on Board 1 against GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia. Follow the action here!
Update 9:00 p.m. by Frederick Rhine Alas, Eric lost, leaving him with 5.5/8 (+4 =3 -1) with one round left. I haven't done the math, but according to Jon Burgess on Facebook he can still get an IM norm if he wins or draws tomorrow. Go Eric!! Update 2:05 p.m., courtesy Matt Pullin, who doesn't think it looks good. I agree.Update 12:20 p.m. I've been unable to get moves for some time. Here's the last I saw (obscure opening, still theory):
Here are the round 7 standings: Eric moves into a tie for first if he wins. Awonder Liang of Wisconsin leads the World Under-8 by a full point, while Aydin Turgut has a plus score in the same event!
Update 9:00 p.m. by Frederick Rhine Alas, Eric lost, leaving him with 5.5/8 (+4 =3 -1) with one round left. I haven't done the math, but according to Jon Burgess on Facebook he can still get an IM norm if he wins or draws tomorrow. Go Eric!! Update 2:05 p.m., courtesy Matt Pullin, who doesn't think it looks good. I agree.Update 12:20 p.m. I've been unable to get moves for some time. Here's the last I saw (obscure opening, still theory):
Here are the round 7 standings: Eric moves into a tie for first if he wins. Awonder Liang of Wisconsin leads the World Under-8 by a full point, while Aydin Turgut has a plus score in the same event!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Eric Rosen at World Youth Championship, Caldas Novas, Brazil
Round 5 pairings here! Eric is doing very well so far, with two draws against higher-rated players and two wins.
I found the draws at The Week in Chess. Eric defends a difficult Taimanov Sicilian with skill:
An exciting opening (the Ragozin QGD) fizzles out to a sterile draw:
Andi Rosen will be covering the event for Chess Life Online.
I found the draws at The Week in Chess. Eric defends a difficult Taimanov Sicilian with skill:
An exciting opening (the Ragozin QGD) fizzles out to a sterile draw:
Andi Rosen will be covering the event for Chess Life Online.
Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia leads the event: he finished second in last year's event, held in Greece.At least we got one championship yesterday!
("We"? OK, I'm over 50 and living vicariously.)
NM Sam Schmakel of Whitney Young High School won his third national championship this weekend, the 10th grade section of the K-12 Championships in Dallas, Texas.
These events are not easy for the average 2200 teenager to win: Sam scored 6½-½, including 4½-½ against two fellow NMs and three experts. The event drew 1,182 players from across the nation, including 48 in the 10th-grade section.
Crosstable here! And here's the story on USCF's home page (no mention of Sam, but more on the event).
If only the young master could master the art of being in two places at one time.
NM Sam Schmakel of Whitney Young High School won his third national championship this weekend, the 10th grade section of the K-12 Championships in Dallas, Texas.
These events are not easy for the average 2200 teenager to win: Sam scored 6½-½, including 4½-½ against two fellow NMs and three experts. The event drew 1,182 players from across the nation, including 48 in the 10th-grade section.
Crosstable here! And here's the story on USCF's home page (no mention of Sam, but more on the event).
If only the young master could master the art of being in two places at one time.
"New York Knights extinguish Chicago Blaze in chess championship"
Bummer.
Listen to the podcast of WBEZ's coverage here!
Chicago Blaze (10.0 – 2.0) vs New York Knights (7.5 – 4.5) 
Listen to the podcast of WBEZ's coverage here!
Chicago Blaze (10.0 – 2.0) vs New York Knights (7.5 – 4.5) | Chicago Blaze | New York Knights | ||
| GM Mesgen Amanov: 2576 | 0.0 | 1.0 | GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2653 |
| GM Dmitry Gurevich: 2547 | 0.5 | 0.5 | IM Irina Krush: 2560 |
| IM Angelo Young: 2415 | 0.0 | 1.0 | SM Matt Herman: 2426 |
| NM Gopal Menon: 2222 | 1.0 | 0.0 | John Fernandez: 2129 |
| Avg Rating: 2440 | Avg Rating: 2442 | ||
| Chicago Total ------- | 1.5 | 2.5 | ------- New York Total |
Sunday, November 20, 2011
U.S. Chess League finals starting NOW!
Stolen from the USCL website. I'll be stopping by shortly: good luck to the Blaze!
1. Chicago Blaze vs New York Knights 3:00 PM ET
If you are wondering why some teams have an average rating of above 2401, click here
All ratings listed below are August ratings - not always the ratings used for the league rating calculations!
Team listed first has White on Boards 1+3
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Chicago Blaze (10.0 – 2.0) vs New York Knights (7.5 – 4.5)
All Time Series Record: (This is their first match)
Starts at 2:00 PM CST Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment
*Due to the World Youth and K-12 Nationals causing many players to be unavailable, Chicago agreed to allow New York to use John Fernandez on Board Four when generally that would not have been permitted as he had not played the requisite two games during the regular season
If the match ties 2 – 2, there will be a special tiebreaker. Click here for the tiebreaker procedures.
1. Chicago Blaze vs New York Knights 3:00 PM ET
If you are wondering why some teams have an average rating of above 2401, click here
All ratings listed below are August ratings - not always the ratings used for the league rating calculations!
Team listed first has White on Boards 1+3
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Chicago Blaze (10.0 – 2.0) vs New York Knights (7.5 – 4.5)
All Time Series Record: (This is their first match)
Starts at 2:00 PM CST Time Control - Game in 90 with 30 second increment
| Chicago Blaze |
New York Knights |
||
| GM Mesgen Amanov: 2576 | GM Giorgi Kacheishvili: 2653 | ||
| GM Dmitry Gurevich: 2547 | IM Irina Krush: 2560 | ||
| IM Angelo Young: 2415 | SM Matt Herman: 2426 | ||
| NM Gopal Menon: 2222 | John Fernandez: 2129 | ||
| Avg Rating: 2440 |
Avg Rating: 2442 |
||
| Chicago Total ------- | ------- New York Total |
*Due to the World Youth and K-12 Nationals causing many players to be unavailable, Chicago agreed to allow New York to use John Fernandez on Board Four when generally that would not have been permitted as he had not played the requisite two games during the regular season
If the match ties 2 – 2, there will be a special tiebreaker. Click here for the tiebreaker procedures.
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