Archive for October 20th, 2008

Top 10 players in World Youth

Posted by GilaChess
October 20, 2008

These are the top 10 players in terms of rating from the World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
 

No.
Name
FED
Rtg
Under

1
Howell David W L
ENG
2593
18

2
Le Quang Liem 
VIE
2583
18

3
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 
VIE
2567
18

4
Saric Ivan 
CRO
2516
18

5
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 
ARM
2495
18

6
Matlakov Maxim 
RUS
2490
18

7
Swiercz Dariusz 
POL
2478
14

8
Shimanov Aleksandr 
RUS
2476
16

9
Toufighi Homayoon 
IRI
2470
18

10
Grandelius Nils 
SWE
2464
16

 
Today is the first round. At the time of writing the 1st round is still on-going.
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Reception Dinner

Posted by GilaChess
October 20, 2008

Buffet style. Took lots of potato, fish and prawns. Since Vung Tau is by the sea, the sea food is fresh.
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Look who’s here

Posted by GilaChess
October 20, 2008

Haslindah Ruslan and all of the Malaysian contingent have arrived safely in Vietnam. She is now in the process of getting the player’s identification cards for the tournament. She was definitely surprised to see me sitting here in the P&T Hotel meeting room
With participants staying in 16 different hotels it’s a coincidence [...]

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