The Youngsters, WFM Bodhana Sivanandan and CM Antoni Radzimski, defeated the Stars, WGM Nemo Zhou and FM Anna-Maja Kazarian, by a five-point margin within the second version of Youngsters vs. Stars.
Whereas the Stars scored their share of victories, the Youngsters in the end prevailed, largely as a result of Sivanandan’s endgame prowess and Radzimski’s tactical consciousness.
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Two in style streamers and formidable gamers made up the Stars group, Nemo and Kazarian. Nemo hosts one of many most-watched chess streams on Twitch with over 300k followers. When she was a chess youth herself, she gained gold on the World Youth Championship within the Women Below-14 part.
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Kazarian is a well-liked content material creator on Twitch and YouTube. She gained the 2020 Dutch Girls’s Web Championship. Additionally profitable in her youth, Kazarian was the Women Below-16 European Youth Champion.
The Youngsters group featured two rapidly-rising skills. Sivanandan is presently the very best rated 9-year-old lady in historical past in addition to quantity three on the planet no matter gender. Final 12 months, she gained triple gold medals on the world youth championships, capturing the classical, speedy, and blitz titles for Women Below-8. She’s set to compete within the upcoming Olympiad as England’s youngest ever consultant.
Radzimski reached quantity 5 on the planet for 12-year-olds in Could. Final month, he gained gold each individually and for his group on the European Youth Staff Championship within the Below-12 part.
Match 1: Sivanandan vs. Nemo, Radzimski vs. Kazarian
Kazarian scored the primary victory with a tactical strike that started within the middle and radiated into Radzimski’s kingside.
In spherical two, the Youngsters went 2-0. Sivanandan had the final phrase in an ending the place each gamers promoted, taking the primary lead of her match. Nemo mirrored afterwards: “She is excellent at endgames. I suppose that is the way you change into the very best rated age [9] lady within the historical past of the world.”
I suppose that is the way you change into the very best rated age 9 lady within the historical past of the world.
—Nemo Zhou on Bodhana Sivanandan
All of the gamers drew recreation three. Radzimski rigorously eradicated all of Kazarian’s pawns to achieve a rook and knight vs. rook ending. As he looked for successful possibilities, back-to-back disasters befell the gamers.
Within the subsequent recreation, Sivanandan discovered a tactical gap in Nemo’s attacking play and stretched her result in two factors. In the meantime, Kazarian and Radzimski set off twin king hunts, chasing the enemy monarchs out of their castled positions. The Star prevailed, reclaiming her lead.
Sivanandan and Nemo completed in a peaceable vogue with two shut attracts. In the meantime, Radzimski and Kazarian continued to duke it out, buying and selling victories in two extra attacking duels.
Sivanandan’s undefeated rating and Radzimski’s tactical wins secured the Youngsters a one-point lead as they headed into the second match.
Match 2: Sivanandan vs. Kazarian, Radzimski vs. Nemo
Unfortuntely for the Stars, the as soon as shut matchups quickly grew to become a dire struggle. After half-time, the Youngsters returned to realize back-to-back 2-0 rounds. Closing in on Kazarian’s aspect of the board, Sivanandan discovered a crucial defensive transfer to seal her benefit in recreation one.
In spherical two, unfazed by his substantial materials deficit, Radzimski countered by establishing vicious attacking threats.
Radzimski gained once more in recreation 4. But, Kazarian scored the primary victory vs. Sivanandan of the day to carry off the Youngsters reaching a decisive 12.5 rating. With two rounds left, the Stars discovered themselves in a must-win-all place. Might they rating their very own double 2-0?
Radzimski dashed their hopes within the very subsequent recreation. Whereas the Youngsters clinched the match, Kazarian set off a blazing mating assault to complete with a bang.
When requested what the important thing to their victory was, Radzimski revealed: “We did not hand over.”
Of their interview, the Stars mirrored on the expertise of as soon as being chess youngsters themselves to competing in opposition to them now. Nemo began the dialogue:
Funnily sufficient, Anna and I are mainly precisely the identical age to the day. She is someday older than I’m. We have been enjoying chess collectively without end. I keep in mind seeing Anna at like 2010 in Greece. We have been of their footwear… It is all the time fascinating seeing all these youngsters and pondering: ‘Again in my day…’ It is actually enjoyable seeing younger expertise as a result of they maintain getting youthful and youthful.
WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili added a stunning enjoyable truth: “Again in 2016 once you guys have been on the peak of your ranking, Bodhana was just one 12 months outdated.”
Again in 2016 once you guys have been on the peak of your ranking, Bodhana was just one 12 months outdated.
—Keti Tsatsalashvili
Kazarian additionally shared: “It was an superior expertise. Taking part in in opposition to these youngsters, now I’ve a great likelihood in opposition to them, however possibly in just a few years, it is over for me!”
Beloved enjoying in opposition to Bodhana and Antek! I’m lucky to have gotten some factors off of them, as a result of in just a few years I gained’t stand an opportunity anymore!
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— Anna-Maja Kazarian (@AMKazarian) July 16, 2024
Youngsters vs. Stars is a brand new sequence of matches between the generations of shiny younger expertise going through your favourite stars and content material creators. The gamers will battle it out in a group match. The children will play every star six occasions in a 3+1 time management. The group with probably the most factors on the finish of this 24-game conflict will win the match.
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