Annie Wang Wins Crucial World Youth Game, Plays for Hardware in Final Round

In the tenth round of the World Youth in Khanty-Mansiysk, Girls Under 14 US representative Annie Wang defeated then tournament leader Jiner Zhu of China on board one.

[pgn][Event "WYCC2016"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2016.10.02"] [White "Wang Annie (USA)"] [Black "Zhu Jiner (CHN)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E91"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteClock "0:34:22"] [BlackClock "0:00:36"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 c6 13. c5 Qe7 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Nc7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rcd1 Ne6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Rd6 h6 22. R1d3 Rfe8 23. Qd1 Bc8 24. Qa4 Bb7 25. Ne2 f5 26. Qc4 Bc8 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Nh4 f4 29. Bd2 Bf8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. b4 Qf7 32. Nf3 Bg7 33. Nc3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Nd4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Ne4 Qxa2 37. Bxf4 Be6 38. Nd6 Bf7 39. Nf5 Qc4 40. Qg3 1-0 [/pgn]

This catapults Annie herself to a tie for first with Agrawal Vantika of India going into the final round. The two already faced each other in round four (Annie won), so will play side by side on boards one and two tomorrow: Annie plays Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Russia) while Agrawal Vantika is facing Jiner Zhu.

[pgn] [Event "World Youth Chess Championships 2016 G14"] [Site "Khanty Mansiysk"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [White "Wang, Annie"] [Black "Vantika, Agrawal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2013"] [BlackElo "2012"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2016.09.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. O-O Qe8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nde4 b6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Rf5 20. Qxg4 Rxf2 21. Qg3 Rf4 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rae1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Re3 Qf8 26. Rfe1 Rb3 27. b5 Rb4 28. Nd2 Bg6 29. Nce4 Bh6 30. Ra3 Qf7 31. Qc3 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rb1+ 34. Re1 Qg6 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Bf4 37. Qf3 h5 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. h4 Qf5 40. Rg1 e4 41. g4 exf3 42. gxf5+ Kf6 43. Rf1 Kxf5 44. Rxf3 Ke5 45. Kg2 Bd2 46. Rf7 Kd4 47. Rxc7 Bb4 48. Kf3 Bc5 49. Rh7 Kxc4 50. Rxh5 Kxb5 51. Rg5 Bd4 52. h5 Kc5 53. Ke4 b5 54. Rg8 Be5 55. h6 b4 56. h7 b3 57. h8=Q Bxh8 58. Rxh8 Kb4 59. Rb8+ Kc3 60. Kf5 1-0[/pgn]

David Peng

Team US Chess after ten rounds Open Under 14 David Peng-6.5 Gabriel Sam and Marcus Miyasaka- 5.5 Open Under 16 Craig Hilby- 6 Bryce Tiglon-5 Open Under 18 Christopher Wu-5 Girls Under 14 Annie Wang -8 Shreya B Mangalam -5.5 Ritika Pandey- 5 Simona Nayberg-4.5 Girls Under 16 Tianhui Jie- 5 Julia Sevilla- 3 Girls Under 18 Evan Xiang- 5 Follow along on the official site and find out more about the Two Sigma sponsorship here.