IM Yang-Fan Zhou, courtesy of John Upham
The World Junior (U20) Championship is nearing conclusion in Greece. 130 players are in the Open section.
Leaders with 4 rounds remaining:
R Rapport (HUN) 7.5/9; A Ipatov (TUR), A Shimanov (RUS) & C Holt (USA) all 7 … 130 players.
Y Zhou-v-A Papasimakopoulos
Tarrasch French C05
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 a5 8. Bd3 a4
9. Ne2 cxd4 10. cxd4 a3 11. O-O axb2 12. Bxb2 Nb4 13. Bb5 Be7 14. f5 exf5 15.
Nf4 g5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qxg5+ Kd6 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qe1
Nc6 22. Qxe6+ Kc7 23. Nxd5+ Kb8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne7 Nb6 26. Nxc6+ Kc7 27.
Nxd8 Bxe6 28. Nxe6+ 1-0.
Not happy to report none of the English nominees are remotely challenging for a place. Oh well ………
