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July, 2008 (scroll down for most current news)
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July 24, 2008:

2008 Asian Youth Chess Championships
July 15 - 22, 2008
Tehran, Iran
The boys and girls played in segregated rooms and some of the girls who were not Muslims wore headscarfs anyway.  What a crock of you know what!  Chessbase reported (with photos) on the tournament.  The Indian contingent did very well medal wise.  Here are the standings for all of the girls:


Girls U-8
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 0 6.5
2 Sagar Tejaswini IND 0 6.0
3 Vu Thi Dieu Uyen VIE 0 5.0
4 Savant Riya IND 1407 4.0
5 Al Mansouri Mouza UAE 0 4.0
6 Najib Rezvan IRI 0 4.0
7 Dilmi Udaransi Jayawardhana SRI 0 4.0
8 Fatehi Kimia IRI 0 3.5
9 Nominerdene Davaademberel MGL 0 3.0
10 Nosratian Ava IRI 0 3.0
11 Praveena Dimagi Diyagu Hennadige SRI 0 3.0
12 Abdulzahra Sali IRQ 0 2.5
13 Al Neyadi Aysha UAE 0 2.5
14 Partouvi Fatemeh IRI 0 2.0
15 Silva Kashmira Anjali SRI 0 1.5
16 Humaid Wadima UAE 0 1.5

Girls U-10

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 Mahalakshmi M. IND 1682 8.0
2 Ivana Maria Furtado IND 1836 6.5
3 Monnisha G K. IND 1741 6.0
4 Sweety Patel IND 1902 6.0
5 Derakhshani Dorsa IRI 0 5.5
6 Ghaziolsharif Kimiya IRI 0 5.5
7 Shoumi Mukerjee IND 1790 5.5
8 Vu Thi Dieu Ai VIE 0 5.0
9 Seyfikar Sima IRI 0 5.0
10 Tokhirjonova Gulrunhbergin UZB 0 5.0
11 Alijanzadeh Mohadeseh IRI 0 4.5
12 Omurbekova Diana KGZ 0 4.5
13 Jargalmaa Sarantuya MGL 0 4.5
14 Tharusha Nirmanie SRI 0 4.5
15 Sadykova Yasmin KAZ 0 4.5
16 Muhsen Suhila IRQ 0 4.0
17 Albekova Dilara KAZ 0 4.0
18 Jayaratne J P S S SRI 0 4.0
19 Al Zadjali Maram UAE 0 3.0
20 Sayali Mokhpochoi TJK 0 2.5
21 Mariyam Abdulaziz UAE 0 0.5
22 Al-dhahrei Sheikha UAE 0 0.5

Girls U-12

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 1769 8.0
2 Rathore Sonakshi IND 1838 7.0
3 Pratyusha Bodda IND 1933 7.0
4 Saduakasova Dinara KAZ 0 6.5
5 Nandhidhaa P.V., IND 1797 5.0
6 Do Hoang MinhTho VIE 0 5.0
7 Moradi Kimia IRI 1790 5.0
8 Tran Le Dan Thuy VIE 0 5.0
9 Kahramanova Mohinur UZB 1886 4.5
10 Parpieva Nodirabegin UZB 0 4.5
11 Navya Vyshnavi Mannepalli IND 1752 4.5
12 Bagheri Taleghani Nadia IRI 0 4.0
13 Zhaksybek Yenglik KAZ 0 4.0
14 Bayarsaikhan Yanjinilkham MGL 0 3.0
15 Momynalieva Shaadat KGZ 0 3.0
16 Afolayyan Marjona UZB 0 3.0
17 Egodage Y.p. SRI 0 1.0
18 Reem Al Zadjali UAE 0 1.0
Girls U-14
Rk.   Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 WIM Padmini Rout IND 2257 5.5
2   Qurbonboyeva Sarvinoz UZB 1963 5.0
3   Priyanka Kumari IND 1925 4.5
4   Mohana Priya J. IND 2048 4.5
5   Azadvari Zahra IRI 0 4.5
6   Velieva Hurma TKM 0 4.5
7   Asgarizadeh Minoo IRI 1846 4.0
8 WFM Hakimifard Ghazal IRI 2018 4.0
9 WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 2158 3.5
10 WFM Nguyen Thao Han VIE 1923 3.0
11   Nlv Anusha IND 2033 3.0
12   Vakilpour Azin IRI 1777 3.0
13   Karabayeva Zhanna KAZ 2016 3.0
14   Sydykova Myrzagul KGZ 0 2.0
15   Ranasinghe S.D. SRI 1796 1.0
16 WFM Amal Abdulaziz UAE 1637 1.0

Girls U-16

Rk.   Name FED Rtg Pts.
1 WFM Hoang Thi Nhu Y VIE 2103 7.5
2 WFM Hejazipour Mitra IRI 2137 6.5
3 WFM Bhakti Kulkarni IND 2166 6.0
4 WFM Pon N Krithika IND 2156 6.0
5   Rysbayeva Korlan KAZ 1959 5.5
6   Gagare Shalmali IND 2092 5.0
7   Mamatkulova Maftuna UZB 0 5.0
8 WFM Chan Wei-Yi Victoria SIN 1898 5.0
9   Niji A IND 2015 5.0
10   Enxtuul Altanolzii MGL 1997 4.5
11   Mohammadi Pari IRI 0 4.5
12   Muhtojzoda Asila TJK 1655 4.0
13   Vardkar Mariam IRI 1732 4.0
14   Fatima Abdulghani UAE 0 4.0
15   Esenbaeva Alina KGZ 0 3.5
16   Ataei Mahdieh IRI 0 2.5
17   Chathuri Karunanayake SRI 0 2.5
18   Velmamedova Zeykina TKM 0 0.0

Girls U-18

Rk.   Name FED Rtg Pts.
1   Uthra P. IND 2067 5.5
2   Muminova Nafisa UZB 2242 5.0
3   Preethi R. IND 2183 5.0
4 WFM Rysbayeva Aigerim KAZ 2163 4.0
5   Esonboeva Gulruhsor UZB 1998 4.0
6   Alavi Homa IRI 1723 4.0
7   Jafari Golnaz IRI 2046 3.5
8   Manasa K. IND 1987 3.5
9   Shalukhina Tatyana KAZ 2004 3.5
10   Nazriddimova Morvorid TJK 0 3.5
11   Rahimi Tara IRI 1903 3.5
12   Faiga Saleh UAE 0 3.0
13   Karunanayake Mayuri SRI 1706 3.0
14   Goli Pour Haleh IRI 0 2.5
15   Yashmada Lokunarangoda SRI 0 1.5
16   Jayathilake Navoda SRI 0 1.0


 

July 30, 2008:

In the News:

bulletJuly 30, 2008, Living in Peru:  Peru's Deysi Cori wins Girls U-15 4th World Schools Chess Championship in Singapore.  (Article at FIDE with further links).  How ironic that Deysi may likely be foreclosed from playing in the Olympiad in November because the Peru Chess Federation changed its rules and declared that Deysi will not receive automatic qualification by virtue of her ELO, she must play in a qualification tournament!  

July 31, 2008:

In the News:

bulletJuly 31, 2008, 2nd FiNet Chess960 Women's Rapid World Championship: Chessbase has a report on this event.  Featuring Natalia Zhukova, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lahno and Victoria Cmilyte (photo), It's played using the set-up for Fischer Random.  In the final match, it's Kosteniuk versus Lahno.  This event is part of the Mainz Chess Classic 2008.  In the "main" event, Judit Polgar will be competing against Anand, Carlsen and Morozevich for The Grenkeleasing Rapid Chess World Championship starting Friday, August 1, 2008.  Anand "preview" on the event.

2008 North Urals Cup
July 26 - August 3, 2008
Standings after Round 4:

# Name
Fed.
Title
Rating
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Score
1 Cramling Pia
SWE
GM
2544
 
0 0 ½       ½
1
2 Xu Yuhua
CHN
GM
2483
1
 
½       ½ ½
2½
3 Koneru Humpy
IND
GM
2622
1 ½
 
    0 0  
1½
4 Pogonina Natalya
RUS
WGM
2469
½    
 
½ 0 ½  
1½
5 Ushenina Anna
UKR
IM
2476
      ½
 
½ ½ 1
2½
6 Stefanova Antoaneta
BUL
GM
2550
    1 1 ½
 
  ½
3
7 Sebag Marie
FRA
IM
2529
  ½ 1 ½ ½  
 
 
2½
8 Muzychuk Anna
SLO
IM
2504
½ ½     0 ½  
1½

2008 Susan Polgar Invitational
July 26 - August 1, 2008
Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech University)
Courtney Jamison (2046) is running away with the Invitational, going 5 for 5, the only player with a perfect score.  The final round is tomorrow.  

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