Chennareddy on a Perfect 7-0 in World Cadet as Team USA Eyes Medals

Yuvraj Chennareddy has a perfect 7-0 score in the Under 8 Open section of the World Cadet Championships, underway in Santiago, Spain (November 4-15). Yuvraj was the only 6-0 and defeated the only 5.5/6 player, Bogdan Golovchenko (Russia) in round seven. He is now leading the section by a full point. Chennareddy has been playing a marathon schedule as his last two games were over 100 moves.

[pgn] [Event "?"] [White "Chennareddy, Yuvraj (USA) "] [Black "Golovchenko, Bogdan (RUS)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [PlyCount "209"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceDate "2018.11.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. dxc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd5 Qc7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Qe3 c4 15. Bh6 Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Nd8 18. Rbd1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ne6 20. Qd2 Red8 21. Rd1 Ra7 22. Qe3 Rb7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. R5xd4 Qc5 25. Qe4 Rc7 26. Rd5 Qc6 27. Qd4 Qe6 28. Rd6 Qf5 29. e6+ Qf6 30. Rxd7 Qxd4 31. R1xd4 Rcxd7 32. Rxd7 Re8 33. exf7 Kxf7 34. Kf1 Ra8 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Rb7 Rd8 37. Rb6+ Rd6 38. Rb8 h5 39. Rc8 Kf5 40. Rc5+ e5 41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxc4 Rb6 43. Rb4 Rb5 44. h4 e4 45. Ke3 Ra5 46. Rxe4 a3 47. bxa3 Rxa3 48. Rc4 a5 49. f3 Ra1 50. g4+ hxg4 51. fxg4+ Ke5 52. Rc6 a4 53. Rxg6 a3 54. Ra6 a2 55. Kd2 Kf4 56. Ra4+ Ke5 57. h5 Kf6 58. Ra5 Rg1 59. Rxa2 Rxg4 60. h6 Rh4 61. Kc1 Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kd6 63. Kb2 Kc6 64. Ra6+ Kb5 65. Rg6 Kc4 66. Rc6+ Kb5 67. Rg6 Kc4 68. Rf6 Kb5 69. Kb3 Rb4+ 70. Ka3 Ra4+ 71. Kb2 Rh4 72. h7 Rxh7 73. Kb3 Rh5 74. c4+ Kc5 75. Rf8 Rh3+ 76. c3 Rh1 77. Rc8+ Kb6 78. c5+ Kb7 79. Rd8 Kc6 80. Kc4 Rh4+ 81. Rd4 Rh5 82. Rd6+ Kc7 83. Kb5 Rh1 84. Rd4 Rh3 85. Rc4 Rh1 86. c6 Rb1+ 87. Kc5 Rb6 88. Kd5 Rb5+ 89. Rc5 Rb1 90. Ra5 Kb6 91. Ra4 Rd1+ 92. Rd4 Rh1 93. Rb4+ Kc7 94. Rb7+ Kc8 95. Kc5 Rc1 96. c4 Rd1 97. Rd7 Rb1 98. Rh7 Rd1 99. c7 Rc1 100. Kd6 Kb7 101. Rh5 Kc8 102. Rh8+ Kb7 103. c8=Q+ Kb6 104. Qc7+ Ka6 105. Ra8# 1-0[/pgn]

Yuvraj plays the second seed tomorrow, Khumoyun Begmuratov (Uzbekistan, 1880, 6/7). Beyond, Yuvraj's perfect score, the American squad has lots of medal chances.

In the Under 12 Open, Nico Chasin and Kirk Ghazarian both have 6/7 - Nico played a great game with Black against Sebastian Kostolansky (Slovakia 2323) in round seven.

[pgn] [Event "?"] [White "Kostolansky, Sebastian Lukas "] [Black "Chasin, Nico Werner (USA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceDate "2018.11.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Qc7 8. O-O-O b5 9. g4 b4 10. Nce2 Bb7 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. f4 a3 18. b3 g6 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bc4 O-O 24. h4 Bd7 25. h5 Be6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rh6 Qf7 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qf3 30. Qe1 Rbd8 31. d6 e4 32. Ne2 e3 33. Nd4 Qg4 34. Qh1 Ne4 35. Nc6 Nc3+ 36. Kc1 Nxa2+ 37. Kb1 Nc3+ 38. Kc1 Qxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Nxd1 40. Nxd8 Rxd8 41. Kxd1 a2 0-1[/pgn]

Kirk also won, against Quoc Hy Nguyen (Vietnam 2117).

[pgn] [Event "?"] [White "Nguyen, Quoc Hy (VIE)"] [Black "Ghazarian, Kirk Vagho "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceDate "2018.11.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Bb1 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bg3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bd4 22. Qe4 g6 23. Bh4 Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Bxb2 26. Ra2 Bc3 27. Be4 Rac8 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rb1 Rfe8 30. Bg5 Nc5 31. Be3 Red8 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. h3 a5 34. Rc2 Rc7 35. Kf1 Rcd7 36. Ke2 Rd4 37. Ke3 Kh6 38. Kf4 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Rxd1 40. Bc6 Bf6 41. Rc5 b3 42. Be4 b2 43. Rb5 Rd4 44. h4 Rxa4 45. h5 Bc3 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. Rb3 Rxe4+ 48. fxe4 a4 49. Rb8 a3 50. e5 a2 51. e6 b1=Q 0-1[/pgn]

Jason Wang has 5.5/7.

In the Under 12 Girls, Rianne Ke, the first girl ever to win the Elementary Championships, has 5.5/7.

In the Girls Under 8, Evelyn Qiao has 5.5/7. Evelyn defeated fellow American Whitney Tse in round 7.

[pgn] [Event " "] [Date "2018.10.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Tse, Whitney (USA) "] [Black "Qiao, Evelyn (USA)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceDate "2018.11.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Re8 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bc5 14. Nxd7 Bxd4 15. Bxc7 Bxd7 16. Rae1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Ba5 b6 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bf3 axb4 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. cxb4 Rxa2 24. Rd1 Rxc2 25. Rxd5 Rc4 26. b5 Rb4 27. Kf1 Bxb5+ 28. Ke1 Bc6 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. g3 b5 31. Rb8 Rd4 32. Ke2 b4 33. Ke3 Re4+ 34. Kd3 f5 35. Rb6 Bd5 36. f3 Bc4+ 37. Kd2 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 b3 40. Rb4 Bd5 41. Kxf5 Rxf3+ 42. Ke5 Bg8 43. g4 Rf2 44. Ke4 b2 45. Ke3 Rh2 46. Ke4 Ba2 47. Kf3 b1=Q 48. Rxb1 Bxb1 49. Kg3 Ra2 50. Kh4 Ra3 51. g5 hxg5+ 52. Kxg5 Ra4 53. h4 Bd3 54. h5 Bc2 55. h6 gxh6+ 56. Kf6 h5 57. Ke5 h4 58. Kd5 h3 59. Kc5 0-1[/pgn]

Evelyn is now half a point behind 5 girls tied for 1st place, while tournament top seed and US Chess Expert Rachael Li has 5/7.

In the Under 10 Open, Erick Zhao has 5.5/7 after winning a nice game in round seven.

[pgn] [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Zhao, Erick (USA)"] [Black "Erten, Kerem (TUR)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [PlyCount "103"] [SourceDate "2018.11.11"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.11"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd4 h6 17. h4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Be3 Qd8 20. f4 Qxh4 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Qf2 Rc8 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. c3 Rfc8 27. Bc2 h5 28. Bd4 a5 29. Ng5 Ba6 30. Rab1 Rb7 31. b3 Rcb8 32. g3 Bf8 33. Qd2 Bh6 34. Nf3 Qd8 35. b4 Bc4 36. b5 Bf8 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nd4 Ne4 40. Qe3 Qf8 41. Nc6 Ra8 42. Qd4 Nc5 43. Rh1 Nd7 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rh4 Be2 46. Bd1 Bxd1 47. Rxd1 Nb8 48. Rdh1 Qg7 49. Nd8 Re7 50. Qc5 Re8 51. Qc7 Na6 52. Rh8+ 1-0[/pgn]

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