Another Day, Another Win: Chennareddy 9-0 in World Cadet

With two rounds to go in the World Cadet Championship in Santiago, Spain, the U.S. squad is in great spirits, with plenty of medal chances. Grant Oen told CLO, "Santiago started off with some terrible weather (they had to reschedule a round because of flooding) but the recent sun has brought a lot of smiles back to our team."

The biggest smiles are for Yuvraj Chennareddy of Illinois, who has started the event with an incredible 9/9. Chennareddy is now a point and a half ahead of second place, and can clinch gold tomorrow with a victory, and in some cases, with a draw.

[pgn][Event "U8 World Cadet Championship"][Date "2018.11.13"]
[White "Chennareddy, Yuvraj"]
[Black "Chen, Ryo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Japan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "JPN"]1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. Nxb5 Qb6 11. e6 Qxb5 12. exd7 Bxd7 13. a4 Qb7 14. Nc3 Na6
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. b4 Rac8
21. Rfe1 e6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Qd7 25. Qa2 Rd8 26. Be3 Bc3 27.
Rb1 Qb7 28. b5 Rd7 29. Qb3 Ba5 30. Rd1 Bb6 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. a5
bxa5 34. b6 a4 35. Qb4 Qb7 36. Qc5 Qd7 37. h4 a3 38. Qxa3 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qd5+ 40.
Qf3 Qb5 41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. b7 1-0[/pgn]

Other players with at least 6.5/9 and great chances to finish strong include:

U8 Girls - Evelyn Qiao 7/9 and Rachael Li 6.5/9

U10 Girls - Sophie Velea 7/9, Kally Wen, Serena Evans 6.5/9

U10 Open - Dimitar Mardov, Erick Zhao 7/9, Bach Ngo 6.5/9

U12 Open - Nico Chasin 7/9, Jason Wang, Arthur Guo, Christopher Yoo 6.5/9

 

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