World Cadet Championship 2019: 7 Medals for China
2019 FIDE World Cadet Chess Championship finished in Weifang International Leisure Sports Town, Shandong Province. China hosted this championship for the first time in its history. More than 580 boys and girls from 55 federations competed in under 8, 10 and 12 years old age categories (girls and open to all). After 12 days and 11 rounds of competition, all 18 medals were awarded to the best youngsters in each group. China won 7 medals, including a clean sweep in the Girls Under 8. The USA got 4 medals, with 2 gold. Russian kids took home 3 medals, but all of them are gold. Kazakhstan, Vietnam, and Mongolia also can boast of winning championship medals. The closing ceremony of the World Chess Youth Championship, held at the International Art Exhibition Center of Qilu Winery, was attended by Mr. Ye Jiangchuan (Vice Director of Board and Card Games Center of General Administration of Sports of China), Mikhail Kobalia (Director of Youth World Chess Federation), Laurent Freyd (Chief Arbiter of this Championship), Li Ping (Vice Mayor of Weifang Municipal Government), Ms. Tian Hongwei, (Director of Board and Card Games Center of General Administration of Sports of China) and many other leaders and guests, as well as more than 200 participants, award-winning chess players and their parents. Mr. Ye Jiangchuan spoke highly of the preparation and organization of the contest: “Tight organization, smooth competition, thoughtful service, ensure safety.“ In his speech, he mentioned in particular that, a cultural fair was held during the competition, exhibiting Weifang’s local characteristics, carrying forward China’s traditional culture, promoting friendship and exchanges among countries around the world. Mikhail Kobalia, Director of Youth World Chess Federation also complimented the host country, organizers and arbiters: “I am very glad that for the first time in the history World Cadet Championship was held in one of the most mysterious and amazing countries in the world – China. And as a member of the Appeal Committee, I have to note that for the entire tournament not a single protest was filed, which indicates the high professionalism of the arbiters.” Final standings: Under 8 – Open:?Lebedev Artem S. RU – 9/11?Tulendinov Dinmukhammed KZ – 9/11?Dau Khuong Duy VN – 8,5/11 Under 8 – Girls:?Yuan Zhilin CN – 9/11?Wang Qinxuanyi CN – 8,5/11?Gao Muziyan CN – 8/11 Under 10 – Open:?Vetokhin Savva – RU – 9/11?Meng Yihan CN – 8,5/11?Wei Jianzhou CN – 8,5/11 Under 10 – Girls:?Lee Alice US – 10/11?Chen Yining CN – 10/11?Li Rachael US – 8/11 Under 12 – Open:?Zhou Liran US – 9,5/11?Chen Yuan CN – 9/11?Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts MN – 8/11 Under 12 – Girls:?Mikheeva Galina RU – 9,5/11?Nurmanova Alua KZ – 9,5/11?Yan Ruiyang US – 9/11
Ding closes on Caruana in September Rating List
Each month FIDE publishes a rating list of chess players based on the formula taking into account their tournament and match results over the last thirty days. Right after the release we take a closer look at a new rating list to detect the most interesting developments. All the key changes in the September rating list are featured in a special video on FIDE Facebook page. Check it out here. Top 10 September FIDE Rating Rank Player Rating Change 1 Carlsen, Magnus 2876 -6 2 Caruana, Fabiano 2812 -6 3 Ding, Liren 2811 6 4 Giri, Anish 2780 1 5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2776 2 6 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2774 -4 7 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2767 3 8 So, Wesley 2767 -9 9 Anand, Viswanathan 2765 9 10-11 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2763 0 10-11 Yu, Yangyi 2763 11 Magnus Carlsen (2876) lost six points in the 2019 Sinquefield Cup, while Ding Liren (2811) picked up exactly as many and virtually closed the gap with Fabiano Caruana (2812). Levon Aronian left the top ten giving way to Viswanathan Anand (+9 points) who also did an excellent job in Sent Louis. Yu Yangyi caught up with Leinier Dominguez to tie for tenth in this elite group. Vishy Anand is back in the top-10 (Photos courtesy of Grand Chess Tour) Welcome to TOP 100 FIDE Rating Rank Player Rating 67 Kovalenko, Igor 2674 85 Kovalev, Vladislav 2661 89 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 2658 92 Lagarde, Maxime 2657 93 Predke, Alexandr 2657 97 Guseinov, Gadir 2654 There are six new names inside Top-100 with Igor Kovalenko (67th) the highest-ranked of the newcomers after moving up from 102nd position thanks to his victory in the Riga Tech Open and a good showing in the Josef Kupper Memorial in Zurich (tied for second place). Alexander Predke’s decent result in a quite strong Russian Championship helped him to earn 7 rating points and secure his own slot in the top 100. As for the other newcomers we are going to cover their achievements just below. Biggest Gains Rank Player Rating Change 1 Lagarde, Maxim 2657 60 2 Kovalenko, Igor 2674 20 3 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 2658 20 4 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2718 13 5 Shirov, Alexei 2671 13 6 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2718 12 7 Kamsky, Gata 2685 12 8 Kovalev, Vladislav 2661 12 9 Yu, Yangyi 2763 11 10 Karjakin, Sergey 2760 10 A newly-fledged French champion Maxim Lagarde became the biggest gainer of August picking up a whole 60 rating points. Before winning a national championship in Chartre, Maxim delivered a very impressive performance at the Andorra Open, scoring 8.5 out of 9. Surya Shekhar Ganguly was first in the Belt and Road Open 2019 collecting 20 points along the way. Yu Yangyi tied for the second in this event and netted 11 points. Evgeny Tomashevsky repeated his success of 2015 to win his second Russian Chess Championship, an achievement worth 13 rating points. Another GM from India Santosh Gujrathi Vidit won the traditional tournament in Biel adding 13 points to his balance. Along with Vishy Anand, Sergey Karjakin was the main rating beneficiary in the 2019 Sinquefield Cup, improving by 10 points. Maxime Lagarde picked up 60 points and broke into the top 100 All players can check out new ratings on the new FIDE ratings website.