World Youth Chess Cup 2007
The World Youth Chess Cup 2007 is heading towards the crucial last rounds. Every version of the World Youth Chess seems to be losing its strongest players. The reason for this is that many of the teenagers are already top players in the World. Examples are Magnus Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov and others.
It is debatable if the parents of such stars should allow them to continue at their age level before letting them swim among the sharks such as Vishwanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. But players like Carlsen and Radjabov have proved that they can handle the stress of the topmost level of chess. Some have struggled, the most recent case being that of Zaven Adriasian scoring a zero in a field that was not even the best. Ironically, Zaven had recently won the World Junior Championships. One hopes that this is just an isolated case. One other junior star and a former World Junior champion Shakriyar Mamedyarov. Shak is already a star at the world level and has proved that he is more than a match for just about any chess star.
Official Website - http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,en/
Results Page - http://chess-results.com/Tnr8920.aspx?lan=1
It is debatable if the parents of such stars should allow them to continue at their age level before letting them swim among the sharks such as Vishwanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. But players like Carlsen and Radjabov have proved that they can handle the stress of the topmost level of chess. Some have struggled, the most recent case being that of Zaven Adriasian scoring a zero in a field that was not even the best. Ironically, Zaven had recently won the World Junior Championships. One hopes that this is just an isolated case. One other junior star and a former World Junior champion Shakriyar Mamedyarov. Shak is already a star at the world level and has proved that he is more than a match for just about any chess star.
Official Website - http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,en/
Results Page - http://chess-results.com/Tnr8920.aspx?lan=1
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