China crushed Turkiye 3.5-0.5 in Round 6. Then they were held to a draw by Armenia 2-2. In the penultimate round, China scored their second whitewash of the event, against Hungary 4-0. They will face Austria in the final round where a draw is enough to win the tournament. They are now at 15/16. Turkiye is at sole second place 13/16.
Round 8: France – India: 2-2 | Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes
FIDE World Youth Chess Olympiad 2023 Official logo | Photo: Official site
Round 6: Uzbekistan – India: 3.5-0.5
India suffered a crushing defeated Uzbekistan by 3.5-0.5. Aswath S (2229) scored the only game point of the match. He drew his game against FM Khumoyun Begmuratov (2270). CM Arjun Adireddy (1987), FM Harsh Suresh (2158) and Tejaswini G (1733) lost to FM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev (2144), Asrorjon Omonov (2051) and WFM Afruza Khamdamova (2112) respectively.
Uzbekistan – India: 3.5-0.5
Round 7: India – Italy: 3-1
Aswath S and FM Harsh Suresh won against Nicolas Perossa (2062) and Leonardo Vincenti (2180), CM Arjun Adireddy and Tejaswini G drew with Lorenzo Candian (1922) and Enrica Zito (1625) respectively.
Round 8: France – India: 2-2
Tejaswini G scored the sole victory against Noam Patole (1916). Aswath and Harsh drew against Ewen Pichon (2194) and Bilguun Bat (2220) respectively. Arjun lost against WFM Manon Schippke (2120).
Team India with Captain – IM FT IA Neeraj Kumar Mishra and WGM Swati Ghate | Photo: FIDE/Frans Peeters
Day 5 in progress | Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes
Replay FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad Round 6 live commentary by IM Stefan Kuipers and WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian | Video: FIDE
Replay FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad Round 7 live commentary by IM Stefan Kuipers and WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian | Video: FIDE
Replay FIDE World Youth Under-16 Olympiad Round 8 live commentary by IM Stefan Kuipers and WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian | Video: FIDE
A total of 252 players including 5 IMs and 3 WIMs are representing 63 teams from 47 countries across the world. The six-day nine-round Swiss League Under-16 team event is being organized by Royal Dutch Chess Federation at High Tech Campus Eindhoven in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 13th to 18th August. The time control of the event is 45 minutes + 10 seconds increment.
Replay Round 6-8 games
Round 8 results
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | China | Hungary | 4 | : | 0 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan 1 | Turkiye | ½ | : | 3½ |
| 3 | Armenia | Azerbaijan | 2 | : | 2 |
| 4 | The Netherlands 1 | Austria | 1½ | : | 2½ |
| 5 | Kazakhstan 2 | Romania | 2½ | : | 1½ |
| 6 | Greece | Uzbekistan | 2½ | : | 1½ |
| 7 | France | India | 2 | : | 2 |
| 8 | Georgia | Ukraine | 2½ | : | 1½ |
| 9 | England | Israel | 1 | : | 3 |
| 10 | Australia 1 | Canada 1 | 1½ | : | 2½ |
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Standings after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 2 | China | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 247,5 | 27,5 | 73 | |
| 2 | 3 | Turkiye | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 193 | 22,5 | 77 | |
| 3 | 15 | Armenia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 172 | 21 | 75 | |
| 4 | 22 | Kazakhstan 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 168 | 19,5 | 73 | |
| 5 | 11 | Austria | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 167,5 | 20 | 66 | |
| 6 | 7 | Azerbaijan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 168,5 | 21,5 | 70 | |
| 7 | 35 | Georgia | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 156,5 | 21 | 66 | |
| 8 | 23 | Greece | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 155 | 21 | 65 | |
| 9 | 1 | Kazakhstan 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 139,5 | 18 | 76 | |
| 10 | 4 | The Netherlands 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 153,5 | 17,5 | 78 |
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Round 9 pairings
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Austria | China | : | ||
| 2 | Turkiye | Kazakhstan 2 | : | ||
| 3 | Kazakhstan 1 | Armenia | : | ||
| 4 | Azerbaijan | Greece | : | ||
| 5 | Georgia | The Netherlands 1 | : | ||
| 6 | Hungary | India | : | ||
| 7 | Canada 1 | France | : | ||
| 8 | Kazakhstan 5 | Israel | : | ||
| 9 | Latvia | Romania | : | ||
| 10 | Kazakhstan 4 | Uzbekistan | : |
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Links
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Tournament Regulations