GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus defeated FM Henry Tudor within the Ultimate of the ChessKid Youth Championship 2024 for gamers below 13. Whereas the Turkish prodigy was the clear favourite to win this occasion, Tudor managed to complete the common video games with a tied 2-2 rating, and it was solely in additional time that Erdogmus powered via with a 2-0 sweep.
The under-16 part, that includes a number of grandmasters and the newly-minted world’s youngest IM at age 10, begins subsequent weekend. Do not miss the motion, beginning on July 6 at 9 a.m. ET / 15:00 CEST / 6:30 p.m. IST.
Knockout Bracket
Semifinals: Favorites Win, Progress To Ultimate
The matches within the single-elimination bracket have been greatest of 4 (i.e. first participant to 2.5 factors), with the identical time management of three+1. Each gamers who completed first of their teams on the day gone by received their semifinal matches.
Erdogmus 3-0 Mendes
Erdogmus got here out of the gates with a convincing 3-0 sweep within the first spherical. The very first recreation was a positional win, the place he exploited an remoted queen’s pawn and a weak f5-square.
Sport two was a glimmer of hope for Mendes, who in a French Protection appeared like he was going to blow Erdogmus off the board a number of occasions. The teenage GM-elect, nevertheless, simply saved on surviving till, quickly sufficient, he managed to win.
Mendes was so near successful recreation two, however Erdogmus doesn’t go light into that good night time!
Erdogmus now has a 2-0 rating. pic.twitter.com/0FC8MGPVMu
— chess24 (@chess24com) June 30, 2024
The Turkish prodigy received a 3rd time to maneuver onto the Ultimate.
Tudor 4-2 Radzimski
This match was a lot nearer, no less than at first. Tudor was forward, misplaced management close to the top, however narrowly took over as soon as once more.
After recreation three, Tudor led 2-1 and will have closed out the match if, within the time scramble, he had discovered 43…Rh8!. As a substitute, he resigned a number of strikes after the essential second.
With a 2-2 rating now, the match was as soon as once more an open query. The drama was short-lived, nevertheless, as Radzimski blended up his transfer order in a sequence and left his queen hanging:
Henry Tudor is presented the Botez Gambit and now wants only a draw with White! pic.twitter.com/egDlnzLyR2
— chess24 (@chess24com) June 30, 2024
Tudor went on to win the ultimate recreation, the place he wanted solely a draw with White, and joined Erdogmus within the Ultimate.
Ultimate: Tudor Wins On Demand To Attain Extra time, Erdogmus Then Wins 2-0Â
Particularly contemplating the distinction in score, it was an extremely shut ultimate match. Tudor managed to power additional time with a clutch ultimate victory, however Erdogmus shut down additional goals of a comeback after that.
The start of the match was a powerful begin for the Romanian FM. They went toe-to-toe in a time scramble in recreation one, however Tudor misplaced after blundering his queen to a tactic. He rebounded in recreation two, nevertheless, when his opponent blundered a knight in one other scramble:
Yagiz loses his first recreation right now and we’ve a tied rating! pic.twitter.com/QLgvOi1J2F
— chess24 (@chess24com) June 30, 2024
Erdogmus discovered 23.Bxh6! in recreation three, a stunning mixture to complete the sport.
However Tudor pulled off a mix of his personal, successful on demand to power additional time with a 2-2 rating.
Erdogmus pulled away within the tiebreaks, successful each video games. The primary one featured the tactical theme of “LPDO” (Unfastened Items Drop Off) because the undefended white queen on d2 allowed two bulldozer strikes, 29…Bxg4! and 30…Bxh3!. Â
Erdogmus, actually, received two titles this weekend. After enjoying within the round-robin stage on the day gone by, he additionally went forward and have become the first junior to win Bullet Brawl. That is $1,500 earned within the ChessKid Youth Championship, and one other $400 within the Bullet Brawl.
He can even be taking part in subsequent weekend’s under-16 match, however he can be met with a lot stiffer resistance. Listed here are the opposite younger stars in that match:
The ChessKid Youth Championships are Chess.com’s high occasions for the subsequent technology of the chess elite. The 2 sections, for gamers below 13 and below 16, happen from 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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