Round 3 update-World Junior Chess Chamiponships

Grandmasters Rodshtein (Israel), Li Chao (China), Olszewski (Poland) and untitled Yu (China) are currently ahead of the pack in the ongoing World Junior Chess Chamnpionships held in Argentina. The big 4 managed to accumulate 3 points after defeating respective rivals during round 3. Its very noticeable that two Chinese players are on the lead, an indication that ASIA is catching up in the aged old Royal game of kings. Full standings after round 3 are shown below

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2623	3	5003	6
2		YU Yangyi	CHN	2509	3	4997	6
3	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2617	3	4955	6
4	GM	OLSZEWSKI Michal	POL	2544	3	4867	6
5	IM	LALITH Babu M R	IND	2477	2.5	5169	5
6	GM	HOWELL David W L	ENG	2624	2.5	4984	5.5
7	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	RUS	2659	2.5	4967	5
8	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	2718	2.5	4902	5
9	IM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2527	2.5	4895	5.5
10	GM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	POL	2492	2.5	4803	5.5
11	IM	MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi	GEO	2509	2.5	4800	5.5
12	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	BLR	2646	2.5	4799	4.5
13		TRISTAN Leonardo	ARG	2412	2	5266	5
14		BLIT Jacques	ARG	2350	2	5162	3.5
15	FM	CORI Jorge	PER	2445	2	5126	5
16	FM	SCHIENDORFER Emanuel	SUI	2311	2	5115	3
17	GM	DIAMANT Andre	BRA	2526	2	5027	5
18	IM	IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando	MEX	2393	2	5026	4.5
19	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2605	2	4964	5
20		GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2477	2	4899	4
21	FM	YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR	2475	2	4897	4
22	FM	MACIAS MURILLO Bryan	ECU	2363	2	4894	3
23		SALINAS HERRERA Pablo	CHI	2129	2	4822	3
24	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	ARM	2515	2	4821	4.5
25	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	KAZ	2548	2	4804	4
26	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	2582	2	4767	4
27	GM	CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2504	2	4762	5
28	FM	VISHNU Prasanna V	IND	2342	2	4743	3
29	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	RUS	2429	2	4729	4
30	IM	SHYAM Sundar M	IND	2403	2	4719	4
31	GM	BINDRICH Falko	GER	2516	2	4654	3.5
32	IM	PEREZ PONSA Federico	ARG	2422	2	4629	4
33	IM	LENDERMAN Alex	USA	2542	2	4623	3.5
34	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	MEX	2516	2	4607	4
35		GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe	COL	2404	2	4545	4
36	FM	ZASLAVSKY Mikhail	ISR	2392	2	4512	4
37	IM	ADHIBAN Baskaran	IND	2490	1.5	5377	4
38	FM	MAENHOUT Thibaut	BEL	2303	1.5	5188	2.5
39	FM	BAJARANI Ulvi	AZE	2392	1.5	5063	4
40		GARNELIS Julius	LTU	2228	1.5	5058	3
41		CATELLI Hernan	ARG	2200	1.5	4970	2.5
42		AGUINAGA Maximiliano	ARG	2009	1.5	4965	2.5
43		DIMURO Matias	ARG	2214	1.5	4945	2.5
44	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2510	1.5	4870	4
45	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	IND	2451	1.5	4845	3.5
46	IM	CAN Emre	TUR	2455	1.5	4805	3.5
47	IM	KARTHIKEYAN P	IND	2449	1.5	4655	3.5
48	FM	KOKOL Peter	SLO	2322	1	5199	2
49	FM	LOVIK Lasse Ostebo	NOR	2320	1	5147	2
50	FM	HOURIEZ Clement	FRA	2304	1	5064	2
51	FM	MEZA Hugo	ARG	2276	1	5025	3
52		HUGAERT Arthur	BEL	2066	1	5010	1
53		STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis	GRE	2273	1	5002	2
54		BOMANS Arno	BEL	2085	1	4987	3
55		AHARON Ofir	ISR	2192	1	4913	2
56		GOMEZ GUSTAV Pizzocaro	BRA	2176	1	4872	2
57		CRESPO Eugenio	ARG	2019	1	4855	2
58		GRYSON Wouter	BEL	2145	1	4854	2
59		MALDONADO Federico	ARG	2003	1	4837	2
60		OCAMPOS Ian	ARG	2047	1	4786	1
61	FM	STELLA Andrea	ITA	2330	1	4752	2
62		RAMOS Vasco Miguel De Matos	POR	1915	1	4723	1
63		MORALES Ramon Alejandro	ARG	1941	1	4618	2
64	IM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	2533	1	4587	2
65		ONDRUS Martin	SVK	2304	1	4563	1
66	CM	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	MEX	2259	1	4560	1
67		CUBERLI Emiliano	ARG	2161	1	4475	1
68		CHAVARRIA Bily	ARG	0	1	2504	3
69		CADELAGO Cristian	ARG	0	1	2392	1
70		LEHTIMAKI Tero	FIN	2000	0.5	4878	1.5
71		GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig	GUA	2119	0.5	4832	0.5
72		TAHER Rami	LBA	1946	0.5	4742	0.5
73		GONCALVES Marcus Vinicius M	BRA	1865	0.5	4532	1
74		GATOR Mosab	LBA	2139	0.5	2303	1
75		DECUADRO Sebastian	URU	2034	0	4818	0
76		DOLE Anant	RSA	2068	0	4799	0
77		GUO-YUTHOK Sherab	AUS	1966	0	4614	0
78		CALDERON Luciano	ARG	0	0	4521	0
79		BEN FARAHAT Ramadan	LBA	0	0	2304	0
80		SALEH A R Salem	UAE	2478	0	0	0
	FM	TOLOGONTEGIN Semetey	KGZ	2355	0	0	0
		SOARES Erikson	ANG	2255	0	0	0
		JOAO Amaral	ANG	0	0	0	0
		JOAO Mario	ANG	0	0	0	0