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Soumya Swaminathan & Maxime Vachier-Lagrave emerge World Junior Champions @ Argentina
Written on 20 Nov, 2009 at 23:59 in News | viewed 420 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Pune based Woman Grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan (9.5) has done the country and herself proud winning the World Junior Champion title in the Girls section in the 48th world junior chess championship at Puerto Mandryn, Argentina. With a well crafted final round... (Continue reading)
World Juniors 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – Conclusion part 2
Written on 9 Nov, 2009 at 12:41 in GM Blogs, Magesh Panchanathan | viewed 742 views times and users have made 5 comments so far
After a good night’s sleep I made sure that all the rooms got at least two wakeup calls the next morning. I went down to have breakfast around 9.30 am and half the team had already finished their breakfast while... (Continue reading)
World Juniors 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – Conclusion part 1…
Written on 7 Nov, 2009 at 15:17 in GM Blogs, Magesh Panchanathan | viewed 1,417 views times and users have made 11 comments so far
I was hopping around the spectators area in the tournament hall like a mad frog in total anxiety as Soumya Swaminathan, the only medal aspirant for the Indian team, was finishing her penultimate (12th)round game against the Peruvian WIM Cori... (Continue reading)
Zhigalko 10/12 closes in on Boys title, Soumya slips to second spot
Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 22:09 in News | viewed 141 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
3rd seed Sergei Zhigalko (10.0) of Belarus holds half a point edge moving into the final round in the Boys section, while Woman International Master Cori Tello Deysi of Peru derailed Indian Gold medal prospect Soumya Swaminathan in the 12th and penultimate... (Continue reading)
Soumya leads 8.5/11, Vachier-Lagrave catches up with Zhigalko in Boys section
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 20:23 in News | viewed 186 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Pune girl Soumya Swaminathan(8.5) is on a home run, and leads the pack with just two rounds to go in the Girls section at the 48th World Junior Chess Championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Despite a draw from a winning... (Continue reading)
World Junior 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – End of round 10
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 10:56 in GM Blogs, Magesh Panchanathan | viewed 586 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
If you are a parent with two kids and one of them is going through tremendous success while the other is just downright depressed? What do you do? Very delicate aint it? I guess only a parent will be able... (Continue reading)
Soumya Swaminathan & Zhigalko in lead @ World Juniors, Argentina
Written on 1 Nov, 2009 at 14:35 in News | viewed 198 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Third seed Sergei Zhigalko (8.5) of Belarus and India’s WGM Soumya Swaminathan (8.0) led the table after ten rounds in the 48th World Junior Chess Championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Indian boys improved with IMs Adhiban Baskaran, Ashwin Jayaram, Pandian... (Continue reading)
Soumya Swaminathan 7/9 in joint lead, Adhiban, Lalith, Karthikeyan improve
Written on 31 Oct, 2009 at 15:59 in News | viewed 156 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Ninth seed Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan (7.0) shared the lead with WGM Paulet Iozefina of Romania after the ninth round in the 48th World Junior Chess Championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Kiran Monisha Mohanty (5.5), Padmini Rout (5.0) and top seed... (Continue reading)
Vachier-Lagrave catches up with Zhigalko, Soumya Swaminathan 6/8 among leaders
Written on 30 Oct, 2009 at 23:57 in News | viewed 179 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Top seed French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Elo 2718) shared the lead with GM Zhigalko of Belarus with 6.5 points after the eighth round of the 48th World Junior Chess Championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Indian hope Woman Grandmaster Sowmya Swaminathan (6.0)... (Continue reading)
Soumya joins Padmini in the second spot, Adhiban & Ashwin Jayaram move ahead
Written on 28 Oct, 2009 at 21:03 in News | viewed 181 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Woman International Master Soumya Swaminathan (5.0) joined fellow WIM Padmini Rout in the second spot after seven rounds in the 48th World Junior Chess Championship at Puerto Madryn, Argentina. International Masters Baskaran Adhiban, Lalith Babu and Ashwin Jayaram brought cheers... (Continue reading)
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