Team USA in the Cadet: Crushing at the Midway Point

Nico Chasin, Photo Grant Oen

Midway through the World Cadet Championships in Santiago, Spain, the the U.S. team is looking great, both in their Two Sigma jackets, and on the scoreboards. In the Open Under 12, Americans are doing particularly well. Americans will play on boards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 in round five. Nico Chasin leads the section with a perfect 5-0, including a round five victory against top seed and team-mate, Christopher Yoo.

[pgn] [Event "U12 World Cadet Championship"] [Date "2018.11.08"] [White "Makhmudjonov, Davlatbek"] [Black "Chasin, Nico"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "2189"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"] [BlackTeam "United States"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nh2 e5 13. Bf3 e4 14. Be2 h5 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Nhf1 h4 17. Bh2 f5 18. Bc4 Kh7 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rc1 c5 22. Nb3 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Red1 cxd4 25. exd4 d5 26. Ne3 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Qb4 28. Nbd2 Bxd4 29. b3 Nf6 30. Kh1 Qf8 31. f3 Bd5 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Rd2 Bc5 35. Rcd1 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Re8 37. Bd6 Bxd6 38. Qxd6 Bc2 39. Qxf8 Rxf8 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. Nxb6 Bxb3 42. Rd3 Bc2 43. Rd6 Re8 44. Kg1 Re4 45. Rc6 Bxa4 46. Rc5 Rb4 47. Rxa5 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Bc6 49. Nc4 Re1 50. Ne5 Bb7 51. Rb5 Be4 52. Rb6 f4 53. Nf7+ Kg7 54. Ng5 Bd5 55. Rb5 Rd1 56. Rb2 Rd3 57. Re2 Kh6 58. Ne6 g5 59. Nc7 Bb7 60. Re6+ Kg7 61. Nb5 Bd5 62. Re2 Kf6 63. Nc7 Bf7 64. Na6 Bc4 65. Nc5 Rxh3+ 66. gxh3 Bxe2 67. Kg2 Kf5 68. Nb3 Ke4 69. Kf2 Bd1 70. Nc5+ Kf5 71. Kg2 Be2 72. Nb3 Bc4 73. Nd2 Bd5+ 74. Kf2 Ke5 75. Nf1 Be6 76. Kg2 Ke4 77. Nh2 Ke3 78. Nf1+ Ke2 79. Nh2 f3+ 80. Nxf3 Bxh3+ 0-1[/pgn]

[pgn] [Event "U12 World Cadet Championship"] [Date "2018.11.09"] [White "Chasin, Nico"] [Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2189"] [BlackElo "2407"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "United States"] [BlackTeam "United States"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Nc6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 f5 11. Nd2 f4 12. Bc5 Be6 13. f3 a6 14. a4 Kf7 15. Kc2 b6 16. Bf2 Rhd8 17. Be2 Na5 18. Rad1 c5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb6 bxc3 21. Bxa5 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 cxd2 23. Rb1 Bf6 24. Rb7+ Kg8 25. Bxd2 Rc8+ 26. Kb2 Rc6 27. a5 Bd8 28. Bc3 Bc8 29. Ra7 Rc5 30. Bxa6 Bxa6 31. Rxa6 Bxh4 32. Re6 Kf7 33. Rxe5 Rc6 34. Rb5 Bd8 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Rxh7 Ra6 37. Rg7 Kf8 38. Rb7 Bxa5 39. Bg7+ Ke8 40. Kc2 Be1 41. Kd3 Bh4 42. Kc4 g5 43. Kd5 g4 44. Ke5 Ra2 45. Kxf4 Rxg2 46. fxg4 Rf2+ 47. Ke5 Rg2 48. Kf5 Rf2+ 49. Ke6 Rf4 50. Rb8+ Bd8 51. e5 Ra4 52. Bf6 Ra6+ 53. Kf5 Kf7 54. Bxd8 Rh6 55. Rb7+ 1-0[/pgn]

Kirk Ghazarian, Photo Grant Oen

Jason Wang, Evan Park, Arthur Xu, Noah Thomforde-Toates and Arthur Guo all have 4/5.

Arthur Guo, Photo Grant Oen

Arthur won a 112 move game in round 5 from a dead equal position.

[pgn] [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Guo, Arthur"] [Black "Ohanyan, Emin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [PlyCount "223"] [SourceDate "2018.11.09"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. b4 f6 13. Rfc1 Be6 14. Qb2 Bf7 15. h3 Rfd8 16. a4 b6 17. a5 c5 18. Kh2 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5 Nb4 22. Be2 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. f3 Bf7 25. e4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Ra6 Rb3 28. Qe2 c4 29. Rxb6 Qc5 30. Rd6 Qxb5 31. Rcd1 Qe8 32. e5 fxe5 33. Bg5 Rd3 34. R1xd3 cxd3 35. Qxd3 e4 36. fxe4 Qe5+ 37. Qg3 Re8 38. Bf4 Qxe4 39. Rd7 Qg6 40. Qxg6 Bxg6 41. g4 Bf7 42. Kg3 Be6 43. Ra7 Rf8 44. h4 Re8 45. Be5 Bf7 46. Kf4 Rf8 47. Ke4 Bg6+ 48. Ke3 Rf7 49. Ra5 Re7 50. h5 Be8 51. Kf4 Rf7+ 52. Kg5 Re7 53. Rc5 Bf7 54. Bd6 Re6 55. Rc8+ Re8 56. Rc7 Rd8 57. Be5 Re8 58. Bc3 Re4 59. Rb7 Re6 60. Kf4 Re8 61. Rd7 Rf8 62. Kg3 Re8 63. Bd4 Re4 64. Kf3 Re6 65. Kf4 Re8 66. Be5 Rf8 67. Kg3 Re8 68. Bf4 Re4 69. Ra7 Re2 70. Kf3 Re8 71. Rd7 Be6 72. Rc7 Bf7 73. Rc5 Re6 74. Be5 Re8 75. Kf4 Rf8 76. Kg3 Re8 77. Bc3 Re4 78. Be5 Rc4 79. Ra5 Rc8 80. Ra7 Re8 81. Ba1 Re4 82. g5 g6 83. h6 Re8 84. Bf6 Rc8 85. Kf4 Re8 86. Be7 Rc8 87. Ke5 Rb8 88. Kd6 Re8 89. Kd7 Rb8 90. Bd8 Bd5 91. Ra5 Bf7 92. Kc7 Rb1 93. Be7 Be8 94. Bd6 Re1 95. Be5 Rd1 96. Bd6 Re1 97. Kd8 Bf7 98. Be5 Kf8 99. Kd7 Be8+ 100. Kd6 Rd1+ 101. Kc5 Rd7 102. Ra8 Kf7 103. Bd6 Rb7 104. Kd5 Rb5+ 105. Bc5 Rb7 106. Ra6 Rd7+ 107. Ke5 Kg8 108. Ke6 Rd8 109. Ra7 Bd7+ 110. Ke7 Rf8 111. Kxd7 Rf7+ 112. Be7 1-0 [/pgn]

 Yuvraj Chennareddy, Photo Grant Oen

Our other perfect score is in the Open Under Eight: Yuvraj Chennareddy has 5/5. He plays the only other 5-0 tomorrow, Alexander Usov from Russia.

[pgn] [Event "U8 World Cadet Championship"] [Date "2018.11.09"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Lu, Miaoyi"] [Black "Chennareddy, Yuvraj"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "1497"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "United States"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "USA"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. e4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bc8 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Nb4 14. Ne5 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Bf4 g5 17. Ng6 gxf4 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. b3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Nd3 21. Rc2 Bxc5 22. bxc4 Qxg3 23. Rc3 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Ng4 25. Qxd3 Ne3+ 26. Ke2 Qxg2 27. Qd7 Bc8 28. Qd4 Nd5 29. Qxf2 Nxc3+ 30. Ke3 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 bxc4 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. Nxc4 Nxe4+ 34. Ke3 Nf6 35. Rg1+ Kf8 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Kf4 Nh5+ 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kf3 Rxe5 40. Rh1 Bb7+ 0-1 [/pgn]

[pgn] [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Tse, Whitney"] [Black "Kantserova, Ildana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "129"] [SourceDate "2018.11.10"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.11.10"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Nf1 b6 10. Ng3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. b4 Nb7 13. Ba6 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Ndf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Nxe4 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qd5 Nc3 19. Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. bxc5 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxf4 24. cxd6 Rd8 25. Rd1 g6 26. Ne3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. g3 Ne6 29. Nc4 Bb4 30. Ke2 Nc5 31. Bc6 f5 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34. Nc8 a5 35. Nxb6 Kd6 36. Bb5 Ne6 37. Nc4+ Kc5 38. Kd3 Nc7 39. c3 Nxb5 40. cxb4+ Kxb4 41. axb5 Kxb5 42. Kc3 a4 43. Na3+ Kc5 44. Nc2 h5 45. f4 Kd5 46. Kd3 Kc5 47. Na3 Kb4 48. Nc2+ Kb3 49. Kd2 Kb2 50. Ne3 Kb3 51. Kd3 a3 52. Nc2 a2 53. Nd4+ Kb2 54. Nc2 Kb3 55. Na1+ Kb2 56. Nc2 Kb3 57. Kd2 Kb2 58. Kd1 Kb1 59. Na1 Kxa1 60. Kc2 h4 61. gxh4 g5 62. h5 gxf4 63. h6 f3 64. h7 f2 65. h8=Q# 1-0[/pgn]

Rachael Li

Whitney Tse

Dimitar Mardov 4.5/5 is tied for first in the Open Under 10, while Bach Ngo, Jed Sloan and Brewington Hardaway  are all doing well with 4/5.

Dimitar Mardov, Photo Grant Oen

Kelsey Liu has 4/5 in the Girls Under 10.

Kelsey Liu, Photo Grant Oen

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