Eight round of the WYCO 2019 have played today. With 2 draws on the first 2 boards Azerbaijan team remained in the single leadership with 14 points. Uzbekistan team is carrying their championship hopes to the final round with 13 points.

Azerbeijan team played with the Ukraine team on the first board. With the early draws on the even board, which Azerbeijan team had the blackside, Azerbeaijan team was seen to win the game. They also won the game on board 3 with an amazing endgame technique from IM Ahmad Ahmadzada; however, Ukraine team stole a point from their opponent with the winning with blackside on first board. 

On the second board Armenia – Kazakhstan match was also very exciting. Every games were lasted more than 68 moves. On the fourth board, Albert Gevorgyan took a win fort he Armenia team in a very close endgame. On the first board, Armenia team took the advantage from the middlegame and beat their opponent but Kazakhstan team managed to win the games on board 2 and 3. Therefore, match has ended with a draw. 

Pairings for the first three boards are as follows: China – Azerbaijan, Ukraine – Uzbekistan, Armenia – Belarus 

Final round of the WYCO is going to start at 10:00 Turkish time (GMT +3) tomorrow.

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After the break yesterday, World Youth Chess Olympiad has continued with rounds 6 and 7 today. While stepping into the penultimate round, young Azeri stars are leading the competition by a two match points margin.

Speaking about round 6, WFM Nazerke Nurgali(2194) who has been the consistent fourth board of Kazakshtan could not be stopped yet another round. Nevertheless, this did not prevent Azerbaijan from reaching the win by 2.5 – 1.5. Meanwhile, Uzbekistan overcame Belarus where all individual games ended in a draw except the one that GM Javokhir Sindarov(2513) did not let his opponent get away with the huge blunder on move 17 (depicted below):

 

The money move here is 17…Qxf3+!! Where 18.gxf3 Rxf3 19.Kg2 Bh3+ does not lead any cozy place for White.

Uzbek team, however, could not keep their pace at round 7. Biggest upset for them possibly was the loss of GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov(2608) leading a team loss against Kazakhstan which meant they are behind the leader by 2 points now.

Round 8 of the WYCO is going to start at 15:00 Turkish time (GMT +3) tomorrow. Pairings for the first three boards are as follows: Azerbaijan – Ukraine, Armenia – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan – Colombia.

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Round 5 of the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2019 has been played today. There were a lot of tense fights in today’s match-ups and most of them ended in a decisive result.

Kazkhstan has been the winner of the top board against Belarus with a 3 – 1 score. Belarusian team was hit from boards 3 and 4 where FM Arystan Isanzhulov(2305) won the complex Sicilian struggle with White pieces while WFM Nazerke Nurgali (2194) picked the solid Carokann correctly for the win.

Boards 2, 3, 4 and 5 saw the same result of 2.5 – 1.5 which indicates the intensity of the fight. Top seed Azerbaijan defeated Israel for the second place after the fifth round. Meanwhile, Abdusattorov’s Uzbekistan beat United States for 9 match points and the third place. With this result, 3 teams share the lead with 9 points.

Round 6 starts at 10:00 local time (GMT +3) and pairings for top 3 boards are as follows: 

Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan – Belarus, China – Bulgaria.

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Fourth round of the WYCO has been played today. After four rounds, only the Belarusian team have perfect 8 match points. Four teams, including the top seed Azerbaijan, are following the leader with 7 points.

Second and third round of the WYCO 2019 have played today. After very excited and satisfied battles Israel, Bulgaria, Belarus and Kazakhstan teams share the leadership with full points.

Today’s most excited match is the match between 1st seed Azerbaijan team and last year’s champion Uzbekistan team. This match was looked like a early championship match and it started with 2 draws in first two boards. On the third board IM Ahmad Ahmadzada gave first win to Azerbaijan with a precise win. Therefore, the result of the match was determined by the game between Mukhiddin Madaminov – WFM Govhar Beydullayeva on the fourth board. After a solid opening by White, black started to weaken its kingside and White crushed his opponent with a wonderful knight sacrifice. As a result Uzbek player gifted a point to his country with an amazing game. 

Other matches played for the leadership also had some sensational moments. On the first board, Kazakhstan team beat India team with score of 2.5-1.5. On the second board Belarus team played with Turkey-White team. While all games were going equally, FM Siniauski, fourth board of the Belarus team, took advantage of the his opponent’s mistake and score the winning point of his team. Isreal team beat the Turkey White team, tournament’s most underdog team with 2 win in first two rounds, with 3-1.  Bulgaria team played with the 3rd seed Ukraine team and crushed their strong opponent with the score of 2.5-1.5.

Fourth round of the tournament is starting at 15:00 (GMT +3) tomorrow.