GM VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime wins World Junior 2009

World Junior Chess Championships 2009 in Patagonia

Results after the penultimate round, Sergei Zhigalko from Belarus was in the lead with 10.0/12, half a point ahead of top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. In the thirteenth and final round Zhigalko faced Ivan Popov of Russia with the white pieces, but got only a marginal advantage in a Breyer and had to concede a draw in 38 moves. Meanwhile Vachier-Lagrave had played a novelty on move eight in a Sicilian Kan and soon gained a considerable advantage. But it took the top-ranked French grandmaster 57 hard fought moves to take in the full point and draw level with Zhigalko. On tiebreak Vachier was higher and took the title of Junior World Champion.

Final Ranking after 13 Rounds
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	FRA	2718	10.5
2	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	BLR	2646	10.5
3	GM	OLSZEWSKI Michal	POL	2544	9
4	GM	POPOV Ivan	RUS	2582	9
5	IM	LENDERMAN Alex	USA	2542	9
6	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	RUS	2659	8.5
7	GM	YU Yangyi	CHN	2509	8.5
8	GM	GRIGORYAN Avetik	ARM	2515	8.5
9	IM	MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi	GEO	2509	8.5
10	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2605	8
11	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2623	8
12	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2617	8
13	GM	HOWELL David W L	ENG	2624	8
14	GM	BINDRICH Falko	GER	2516	8
15	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2510	8
16	GM	CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2504	8
17	IM	CAN Emre	TUR	2455	8
18	IM	ROBSON Ray	USA	2527	7.5
19	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	KAZ	2548	7.5
20	IM	LALITH Babu M R	IND	2477	7.5
21	IM	IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernando	MEX	2393	7.5
22	IM	KARTHIKEYAN P	IND	2449	7.5
23	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	RUS	2429	7.5
24	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	IND	2451	7.5
25		GALLEGO ALCARAZ Andres Felipe	COL	2404	7.5
26	GM	DIAMANT Andre	BRA	2526	7
27	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	MEX	2516	7
28	FM	SCHIENDORFER Emanuel	SUI	2311	7
29		GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2477	7
30	FM	CORI Jorge	PER	2445	7
31	IM	BRUNELLO Sabino	ITA	2533	7
32	GM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	POL	2492	7
33	FM	KOKOL Peter	SLO	2322	7
34	FM	LOVIK Lasse Ostebo	NOR	2320	7
35	FM	STELLA Andrea	ITA	2330	7
36		GARNELIS Julius	LTU	2228	6.5
37	FM	MAENHOUT Thibaut	BEL	2303	6.5
38		BLIT Jacques	ARG	2350	6.5
39	FM	BAJARANI Ulvi	AZE	2392	6.5
40	IM	ADHIBAN Baskaran	IND	2490	6.5
41	IM	SHYAM Sundar M	IND	2403	6.5
42	FM	ZASLAVSKY Mikhail	ISR	2392	6.5
43		SALINAS HERRERA Pablo	CHI	2129	6.5
44	FM	VISHNU Prasanna V	IND	2342	6.5
45	FM	MACIAS MURILLO Bryan	ECU	2363	6.5
46	FM	MEZA Hugo	ARG	2276	6.5
47		CATELLI Hernan	ARG	2200	6.5
48		ONDRUS Martin	SVK	2304	6.5
49	FM	YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR	2475	6
50	IM	TRISTAN Leonardo	ARG	2412	6
51	IM	PEREZ PONSA Federico	ARG	2422	6
52		GRYSON Wouter	BEL	2145	6
53	FM	HOURIEZ Clement	FRA	2304	6
54	CM	ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	MEX	2259	6
55		OCAMPOS Ian	ARG	2047	6
56		JOAO Mario	ANG	0	6
57		DIMURO Matias	ARG	2214	5.5
58		STAVRIANAKIS Ioannis	GRE	2273	5.5
59		HUGAERT Arthur	BEL	2066	5.5
60		AHARON Ofir	ISR	2192	5.5
61		AGUINAGA Maximiliano	ARG	2009	5.5
62		LEHTIMAKI Tero	FIN	2000	5.5
63		TAHER Rami	LBA	1946	5.5
64		GOMEZ GUSTAV Pizzocaro	BRA	2176	5.5
65		DOLE Anant	RSA	2068	5.5
66		SOARES Erikson	ANG	2255	5.5
67		GATOR Mosab	LBA	2139	5.5
68		BOMANS Arno	BEL	2085	5
69		CRESPO Eugenio	ARG	2019	5
70		GARCIA FUENTES Sergio Mig	GUA	2119	5
71		CUBERLI Emiliano	ARG	2161	5
72		MALDONADO Federico	ARG	2003	4.5
73		CALDERON Luciano	ARG	0	4.5
74		CHAVARRIA Bily	ARG	0	4.5
75		DECUADRO Sebastian	URU	2034	4.5
76		GUO-YUTHOK Sherab	AUS	1966	4.5
77		RAMOS Vasco Miguel De Matos	POR	1915	4
78		BEN FARAHAT Ramadan	LBA	0	4
79		CADELAGO Cristian	ARG	0	4
80		MORALES Ramon Alejandro	ARG	1941	3
81		GONCALVES Marcus Vinicius M	BRA	1865	3
82		JOAO Amaral	ANG	0	1.5
83		SALEH A R Salem	UAE	2478	0
	FM	TOLOGONTEGIN Semetey	KGZ	2355	0