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The closing ceremony, attended by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE Director of Special Tasks and President of the Georgian Chess Federation Akaki Iashvili, and other distinguished guests, was filled with a warm atmosphere of joy, celebration, and heartfelt farewells. It opened with the official FIDE anthem, followed by a performance of the Georgian national anthem by a children’s ensemble. The winners received their well-deserved awards, and all participants were recognized for their dedication, effort, and passion for chess.

“It is wonderful that a top chess event, the FIDE World Cup Under 12, returned to Batumi, Georgia. Thanks to the Georgian Chess Federation and its President Akaki Iashvili, this competition was a great success. I would like to thank everyone involved—the officials, media team, technicians, and volunteers who worked on site. And of course, our special thanks go to the parents. This is your success as well. You helped your kids achieve what they did here. Thank you for supporting them and making them happy,” said FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich.

Open U-8 (replay)
Omer Taha Dede
Mikhail Ev. Markov
Adinur Adilbek

Girls U-8 (replay)
Alisha Bissaliyeva
Varvara Volkova
Tharshan Kajishana

Open U-10 (replay)
Sarbartho Mani
Mondal Oishik
Kapil Aarit

Girls U-10 (replay)
Brijesh Divi
Zhihan Chen
Sharvaanica A S

Open U-12 (replay)
Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed
Chenxuan Ling
Damir Bulgak

Girls U-12 (replay)
Pratitee Bordoloi
Dowda Aadya
Idea Tselmuun

Open U-8

1st place: Omer Taha Dede (Türkiye)
2nd place: Mikhail Ev. Markov (FIDE)
3rd place: Adinur Adilbek (Kazakhstan)

Girls U-8

1st place: Alisha Bissaliyeva (Kazakhstan)
2nd place: Varvara Volkova (FIDE)
3rd place: Tharshan Kajishana (Sri Lanka)

Open U-10

1st place: Sarbartho Mani (India)
2nd place: Mondal Oishik (India)
3rd place: Kapil Aarit (India)

Girls U-10

1st place: Brijesh Divi (India)
2nd place: Zhihan Chen (China)
3rd place: Sharvaanica A S (India)

Open U-12

1st place: Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed (Egypt)
2nd place: Chenxuan Ling (USA)
3rd place: Damir Bulgak (FIDE)

Girls U-12

1st place: Pratitee Bordoloi (India)
2nd place: Dowda Aadya (India)
3rd place: Idea Tselmuun (Mongolia)

The closing ceremony, attended by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE Director of Special Tasks and President of the Georgian Chess Federation Akaki Iashvili, and other distinguished guests, was filled with a warm atmosphere of joy, celebration, and heartfelt farewells. It opened with the official FIDE anthem, followed by a performance of the Georgian national anthem by a children’s ensemble.

The winners received their well-deserved awards, and all participants were recognized for their dedication, effort, and passion for chess.

Report by FIDE

In the end of the video the organiser of the championship and the President of the Chess Federation of Belarus invited all participants to come back for the 2nd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, which will take place in Minsk in 2018.

Director: Ioannis Makropoulos
Cinematography: Jean Pierre Borg Cuschieri
Editing: Ioannis Makropoulos & Jean Pierre Borg Cuschieri

The venue is the Convention Center of the Golden Park Hotel (300 meters from Thermas World Resort 160 meters from Golden Park Hotel and 120 meters from Village Inn hotel.)

The tournament will be played using the Swiss system with 9 rounds. The national rankings will not be taken into account for pairings. The rate of play will be in accordance with the FIDE rules: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

Golden Park Hotel Poços de Caldas

Participation

Each federation can register one (1) invited player in each of the categories – under 8, 10, and 12 (boys and girls). The total of six (6) invited players and one accompanying official (captain/trainer with a valid FIDE Trainer license) belonging to the national federation are invited by the Organizers. A player must not have reached his 8th, 10th, 12th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2017.

The players placed 1-3 in the previous World Cadet Championships and respective Champions of the Continental Youth Championships, shall have the personal right to participate in the World Cadet Championships of the corresponding age – category or a higher age-category if the age stipulation mentioned above is met. Such players shall also be classified as invited players and have to be registered by the national federation.

Other than invited players, players shall be classified as Additional players. All persons, besides the players or the Accompanying Officials, shall be classified as Accompanying Persons. A federation may register any number of Additional players and Accompanying Persons but only upon confirmation by the Organizing Committee.
The national Federation shall be responsible for the costs of their Additional Players and accompanying persons.

In order to provide appropriate tournament conditions, the Federations must complete carefully the official registration form (in the website and also send to National Federations) and send it back to the organizing committee by 21st June 2017. Any other form will not be accepted.

Contacts:

General Information: AI Elcio Mourão email: wccc2017brasil@gmail.com Phone/Fax : 55 21 32586760
Accommodation: email: wccc2017brasil@gmail.com
Transportation: email: wccc2017brasil@gmail.com
Registration: email: wccc2017brasil@gmail.com

The venue of the Seminar was the Pella Hall of Sithonia Hotel, in Porto Carras. The Seminar was held concurrently with the FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015.

The lecturer was IA Panagiotis Nikolopoulos (GRE), Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturers were IA Argiris Kitharidis (GRE) and IA Ioannis Mitrou (GRE).

30 people from Greece, India, Ireland, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Armenia and Canada participated in the Seminar.

Twenty two (22) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures and the following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm for the title of the FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:

NAME FED. FIDE I.D.
MAKRIS, XENOPHON GRE 4201531
VEERABHADRA RAO BOBBA IND –
CHRYSOSTOMIDOU, IOANNA GRE 25852892
COLM O MUIREAGAIN IRL 2507382
SOTIRAKIS, IOANNIS GRE 4226658
PAHAKI, HRISTINA-DESPOINA GRE 4238621
PAPAGIANNOPOULOU, ISMINI-IOANNA GRE 4227590
TZIFERI, ALEXANDRA GRE 4271939
POLYDOROPOULOU, EFTYCHIA GRE 4227611
DOMBI, RUDOLF ROU 1215477
KARTERI, DIMITRA GRE 4216288
BOUSIOS, HRISTOS GRE 4201590
FREGIDIS, NIKOLAOS GRE 4218329
MANELIDIS, SAVVAS GRE 4210433
ERDELYI, ADAM HUN 770027
SERNTEDAKIS, ATHANASIOS GRE 4239423

IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission

The players from India dominated the event, winning as many as 11 medals, among them 5 gold. Russia and USA took 4 medals each, but none of them was gold. Iran, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have one gold medal each. Full list of the winners below.

Mosadeghpour Masoud cruised to the victory in the Open U18 leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. In the Girls U18 WFM Mahalakshmi M lost her game, but she already secured the gold medal with one round to spare.

One of the most dramatic sections was Open U16. After the multiple change of the leaders throughout the event Vogel Roven emerged as the winner. The local hero WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula won five games in a row to claim the gold medal in Girls U16.

Vokhidov Shamsiddin won the Open U14 on better tie-break. WFM Vaishali R was rather convincing in the Girls U14.

The Open U12 finished in a three-way tie on the first place. CM Muradli Mahammad took the gold medal on best tie-break score. Among the Girls U12 WFM Salimova Nurgyul won the medal on the better tie-break.

Both U10 sections ended in a two-way ties where the winners were to be decided on additional criteria. The Indians were the most successful – FM Praggnanandhaa R claimed the gold in Open, while Rakshitta Ravi was best among the Girls.

As was expected, Bharath Subramaniyam H won the gold in the Open U8. After the dramatic finish in the Girls U8, WCM Nguyen Le Cam Hien took the gold medal on better tie-break.

The list of title norms

Replay the games
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10/ Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10

Open U18:
1. Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2420 9,5
2. GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2539 8,5
3. IM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2485 8,5

Girls U18:
1. WFM Mahalakshmi M IND 2019 9,0
2. WFM Varshini V IND 2105 8,5
3. WIM Blagojevic Tijana MNE 2315 8,0 (tie-break)

Open U16:
1. Vogel Roven GER 2417 9,0
2. FM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2460 8,5
3. FM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2366 8,5 (tie-break)

Girls U16:
1. WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2279 9,0
2. WFM Gazikova Veronika SVK 2190 8,5
3. WIM Bykovtsev Agata USA 2117 8,0 (tie-break)

Open U14:
1.Vokhidov Shamsiddin UZB 2336 9,0
2. FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2384 9,0
3. FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2400 8,5 (tie-break)

Girls U14:
1. WFM Vaishali R IND 2314 9,5
2. WFM Sliwicka Alicja POL 2129 8,5
3. Vantika Agrawal IND 2039 8,0 (tie-break)

Open U12:
1. CM Muradli Mahammad AZE 2121 9,0
2. CM Nihal Sarin IND 2096 9,0
3. CM Peng David T USA 2231 9,0

Girls U12:
1. WFM Salimova Nurgyul BUL 2144 9,5
2. Yip Carissa USA 2007 9,5
3. WCM Salonika Saina IND 1858 8,5

Open U10:
1. FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2077 9,0
2. Makoveev Ilya RUS 1982 9,0
3. Wang Justin USA 2046 8,5 (tie-break)

Girls U10:
1. Rakshitta Ravi IND 1516 9,0
2. Song Yuxin CHN 1700 9,0
3. WFM Divya Deshmukh IND 1772 8,5

Open U8:
1. Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 1602 9,5
2. Dev Shah IND 1521 9,0
3. Fiszer Bartosz POL 1443 8,5 (tie-break)

Girls U8:
1. WCM Nguyen Le Cam Hien VIE 1299 9,0
2. Gaal Zsoka HUN 1534 9,0
3. Ivanova Dilyana BUL 1369 8,5 (tie-break)

Results of round 11
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10 / Open U08 / Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10 / Girls U08

WFM Kiolbasa Oliwia POL – WIM norm
WFM Harazinska Ewa POL – WIM norm
Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI – IM norm
FM Marek Matyas CZE – IM norm
FM Faizrakhmanov Ramil RUS – IM norm
Kaczur Florian HUN – IM norm
Daskalov Dimitar BUL – IM norm
Aradhya Garg IND – IM norm

Congratulations!

Mosadeghpour Masoud

Porto Carras aerial view

The penultimate round of the FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 was played today in Porto Carras, Halkidiki.

Mosadeghpour Masoud made a quick draw to reach 9,0 points and maintain the lead in the Open U18 section half a point ahead of GM Alekseenko Kirill.

In Girls U18 WFM Mahalakshmi M of India is already celebrating as she secured the title with one round to go with 9/10 points.

In the Open U16 section there has been another change of the leaders. Agmanov Zhandos lost and now Vogel Roven (GER), FM Luca Jr Moroni (ITA) and FM Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM) are on top with 8 points each.

The local star WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula defeated the co-leader WFM Kiolbasa Oliwia in Girls U16 and now she is sharing the lead with WIM Bykovtsev Agata (USA) and WFM Sieber Fiona (GER) with 8 points each.

In the Open U14 the overnight leaders Vokhidov Shamsiddin and FM Esipenko Andrey are now joined by FM Fakhrutdinov Timur. In Girls U14 WFM Vaishali R from India won another game and maintained the lead with 8,5 points.

In the Open U12 section anything is possible as five players share the first place with 8 points each: CM Nihal Sarin (IND), CM Muradli Mahammad (AZE), Firouzja Alireza (IRI), Nesterov Arseniy (RUS) and CM David T Peng (USA).

In Girls U12 WFM Salimova Nurgyul (BUL) is on the winning row, holding the lead with 9,0 points, but Yip Carissa (USA) is following the pace and is only half a point behind.

In the Open U10 FM Praggnanandhaa R. (IND) and Makoveev Ilya (RUS) enter the final round with equal number of the points – 8,5. In the respective Girls section Song Yuxin (CHN) lost her game but is still on the top together with WCM Mungunzul Bat-Erdene (MGL) and Rakshitta Ravi (IND).

In Open U8 Subramaniyam H Bharath (IND) is the biggest candidate for the title, as he leads with 9 points, full point ahead of the followers.

In Girls U8 Ivanova Dilyana (BUL) emerged clear leader with 8,5 points.

The following players have achieved title norms after the completion of the 10th round:
Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2420 IM
Marek Matyas CZE 2398 IM
Faizrakhmanov Ramil RUS 2389 IM
Kaczur Florian HUN 2376 IM
Daskalov Dimitar BUL 2338 IM
Aradhya Garg IND 2180 IM
Harazinska Ewa POL 2087 WIM
Kiolbasa Oliwia POL 2182 WIM

Replay the games
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10/ Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10

Results of round 10
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10 / Open U08 / Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10 / Girls U08

Porto Carras Olympic Hall

The FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 continued with round 9 here in Porto Carras, Halkidiki.

Mosadeghpour Masoud resumed the winning row in the Open U18 to reach 8,5 points and extend the lead to a full point ahead of GM Alekseenko Kirill.

WFM Mahalakshmi M won another game in the Girls U18 section to maintain a full point margin ahead of the group of followers.

Agmanov Zhandos from Kazakhstan defeated the long-time leader in Open U16, FM Fawzy Adham, to overtake the top position with 7,5 points. A large group follows only half a point behind.

In Girls U16 WFM Sieber Fiona (2180) from Germany and WFM Kiolbasa Oliwia (2182) from Poland share the first place with 7,5 points each, after making a draw in the direct encounter of the 9th round.

In the Open U14 there is again a tie for the first place as Vokhidov Shamsiddin caught up with FM Esipenko Andrey on 7,5 points each. In Girls U14 WFM Vaishali R from India maintained the lead with the same number of points.

The top seed and long-time leader in Open U12, FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek, was defeated and now a group consisting of Firouzja Alireza, CM Nihal Sarin and Andrew Z Hong shares the first place with 7,5 points each.

In Girls U12 WFM Salimova Nurgyul won another game to preserve half a point lead ahead of the rest of the field.

In the Open U10 Oglaza Oskar singled out on the top after defeating the earlier co-leader Wang Justin. In the respective Girls section Song Yuxin scored another victory and is now alone on the top of the rankings.

Bharath Subramaniyam H is still the leader in the Open U8 section, while among the Girls there has been a change on the top as now Ivanova Dilyana and Wei Yaqing share the first place with 7,5 points each.

Title norms after the completion of the 9th round

Replay the games
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10/ Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10

Results of round 9
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10 / Open U08 / Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10 / Girls U08

Mosadeghpour Masoud IRI 2420 IM
Kaczur Florian HUN 2376 IM
Daskalov Dimitar BUL 2338 IM
Aradhya Garg IND 2180 IM

Congratulations!

Mosadeghpour Masoud

Porto Carras playing hall

The FIDE World Youth & Cadets Championship 2015 continued with round 8 here in Porto Carras, Halkidiki.

Mosadeghpour Masoud conceded a first draw in the Open U18 but he still remained half a point ahead of GM Alekseenko Kirill.

WFM Mahalakshmi M with 7,0 points in the Girls U18 section has extended her lead to a full point ahead of the large group of followers.

FM Fawzy Adham is still alone on the top in the Open U16 group, but in the Girls U16 the long-time leader WFM Abdusattorova Bakhora lost, and now WFM Kiolbasa Oliwia and WFM Sieber Fiona are on the shared first place.

In the Open U14 there is finally a single leader as FM Esipenko Andrey won his game to surge ahead in the standings. In Girls U14 WFM Vaishali R also moved into sole lead with the same number of points.

Top seed in Open U12, FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek, was held to a draw but nevertheless he remained leader with 7,0 points. In Girls U12 WFM Salimova Nurgyul broke the lock on the top by winning her 8th round game to move into sole lead.

In the Open U10 Oglaza Oskar joined Wang Justin on the shared first place with 7,0 points each. The earlier leader in the Girls section, WCM Mungunzul Bat-Erdene, was defeated and now Lomaia Diana and Song Yuxin are on the top of the rankings.

The Indian players are still topping the U8 sections. Bharath Subramaniyam H is in charge in the Open section with 7,5 points. Savitha Shri B is first among the Girls with 7,0 points.

Replay the games
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10/ Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10

Results of round 8
Open U18/ Open U16/ Open U14/ Open U12/ Open U10 / Open U08 / Girls U18/ Girls U16/ Girls U14/ Girls U12/ Girls U10 / Girls U08