GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus gained the Below 13 ChessKid Youth Championship 2024 per week in the past and has now booked his place within the knockout Finals of the Below 16 Championship. As soon as once more he gained his group with 8/10, as did GM Abhimanyu Mishra, whereas GMs-elect Ivan Zemlyanskii and Andy Woodward be part of them within the Knockout levels. 10-year-old IM-elect Faustino Oro had some huge moments however could not attain the Finals towards his older rivals.
The Knockout begins on July 7 at 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CEST / 8:30 p.m. IST.
Knockout Bracket
Every week in the past 13-year-old Erdogmus triumphed within the Below 13 ChessKid Youth Championship, whereas this weekend the Below 16 champion might be topped.
The occasion is held over two days. On the primary, 12 gamers are divided into two teams. In every group, the gamers take part in a double round-robin, and the highest two finishers transfer on to the single-elimination Knockout on Sunday.
Group A: Erdogmus Does It Once more, Zemlyanskii Takes 2nd
No draw presents are allowed within the group levels, however it was nonetheless outstanding that of 30 video games in Group A, only one was drawn!
Erdogmus, now 13 and holding the document because the highest-ever rated 12-year-old, was as soon as once more the participant to catch, as he raced to five/5. Essentially the most thrilling sport in that sequence got here towards Zemlyanskii, one other 13-year-old and the participant who finally completed second.
With below three seconds on his clock, Erdogmus went for 39.Nf7+, which was, strictly talking, a shedding transfer, however within the chaos that adopted he took dwelling the complete level!
The world’s youngest GM, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, strikes to three/3 after beating the co-leader in a wild time scramble! https://t.co/H0uhNqDaTk pic.twitter.com/w9xci10CI8
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 6, 2024
It wasn’t a runaway victory for Erdogmus, nonetheless, since going into the ultimate spherical he might have been taken to a playoff by both Zemlyanskii or Iranian FM Reza Mahdavi, every a degree behind.
Mahdavi-Erdogmus from spherical 4 was one other memorable sport, since Mahdavi missed a one-move probability to win with 28.Nf6+!! earlier than his Turkish opponent discovered a pleasant technique to convert his benefit on the finish—with a rook sacrifice and an underpromotion.
A classy win by Erdogmus to maneuver to 4/4 — he sacs a rook after which underpromotes to a bishop! (autoqueen would have drawn by stalemate) https://t.co/lHIVLkr9tk pic.twitter.com/dcJeDHQEBW
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 6, 2024
Within the closing spherical Mahdavi misplaced whereas Zemlyanskii and Erdogmus each gained, although Erdogmus did briefly slip right into a misplaced place towards WGM Lu Miaoyi.
The 14-year-old, one of many nice hopes of ladies’s chess, had a tricky time as she performed her first-ever video games on Chess.com, with a missed trick in spherical one setting the tone. Can you notice how Uzbekistan IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov gained their conflict?
Black to play and win!
That was solely half the day’s motion, nonetheless, with Group B gathering extra well-known names.
Group B: Mishra Dominates, Woodward Via After Dash End
Essentially the most anticipated participant to look at in Group B was 10-year-old Oro, with the Argentinian prodigy having simply develop into the world’s youngest-ever worldwide grasp. He was additionally completely at dwelling on Chess.com, the place he’d not too long ago overwhelmed world number-two GM Hikaru Nakamura…
10-year-old 🇦🇷 Fausti dancing once more, this time as he beats Nakamura! https://t.co/n5o1VMlAE2
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 4, 2024
…and reached a 3052 peak blitz ranking within the run-up to the occasion. That made him a possible favourite, however in the long run he completed behind his older opponents.
There was no scarcity of record-holders within the discipline, with 15-year-old Mishra nonetheless holding the document because the youngest grandmaster of all time. He additionally had the best classical ranking within the discipline and defined afterward that he’d been assured:
“I felt like I used to be the favourite. Earlier than this occasion, I simply performed one Titled Tuesday simply to arrange. I nearly tied for third. Sadly, I had a profitable place within the closing spherical towards Nihal Sarin, a profitable queen ending, and I someway managed to blow it utterly and misplaced the sport. However that gave me numerous confidence that I ought to have the ability to stand my floor right here.
[Titled Tuesday] gave me numerous confidence that I ought to have the ability to stand my floor right here.
—Abhimanyu Mishra
Mishra did far more than stand his floor.
Mishra stored management in many of the video games, although there have been adventures. For example, in his first win over Oro, he pounced on a blunder to realize a profitable place on transfer 17 however then very practically misplaced the sport earlier than turning it round once more.
Oro made numerous one-move blunders, however he additionally confirmed unbelievable combating spirit and had some moments for celebration.
10-year-old Faustino Oro already has one of the best profitable celebrations! pic.twitter.com/crenaoDnyz
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 6, 2024
His round-seven win over Spanish FM Jaime Rey Martinez was, the truth is, removed from only a comfort win, since whereas Mishra was far forward, Rey was in second place and only a level away from last-placed Oro. It was nonetheless attainable to dream of second place and reaching the Knockout, although losses to Mishra and Woodward ended Oro’s problem.
The participant to emerge from the pack on the finish was Woodward, who Mishra was glad to see do nicely. “He’s one in all my good pals and I used to be rooting for him. I hoped that first I’ll qualify after which the second particular person to qualify could be him.”
He is one in all my good pals and I used to be rooting for him.
—Abhimanru Mishra on Andy Woodward
Mishra, the truth is, scored 2-0 towards his U.S. pal, with Woodward blundering a rook in a single transfer of their round-seven sport.
From there on, nonetheless, Woodward gained the final three video games, with the conflict towards England’s Shreyas Royal within the subsequent spherical key. The 15-year-old English IM, who not too long ago crossed 2500 for the primary time, had 56 seconds to his opponent’s 5 when he ruined a profitable place in a single transfer.
It nonetheless got here all the way down to the ultimate spherical, the place all rested on the sport towards the participant who was the world’s youngest GM earlier than Woodward changed him, Ukraine’s Ihor Samunenkov. Woodward, who was half a degree forward, wanted solely a draw with the white items, however in the long run he went on to win.
Andy Woodward wins the ultimate sport and joins Abhimanyu Mishra in tomorrow’s knockout Finals! pic.twitter.com/zHXyj2XwmJ
— chess24 (@chess24com) July 6, 2024
Woodward now faces Erdogmus, the participant who changed him because the world’s youngest GM, within the Semifinals, whereas Mishra takes on Zemlyanskii.
The ChessKid Youth Championships are Chess.com’s prime occasions for the following era of the chess elite. The 2 sections, for gamers below 13 and below 16, happen June 29-July 7. All video games are performed with the three+1 time management, and the prize fund is $15,000.
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