US Girls Junior Championship 2014

Four players shared 1st place – Claudia Munoz, Apurva Virkud, Maggie Feng, and Akshita Gorti. Munoz was awarded the scholarship to the University of New Hampshire on tie-break.

Few games of the last round

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US Girls Junior Championship 2014

The participants

The participants


(Photo taken from the Twitter feed of @relyeachess)

Playing Hall

Playing Hall


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Two rounds have passed since yesterday and now there are 4 players with 5 points sharing 1st place – Munoz, Gorti, Feng and Virkud. And only 1 round is left!

View the whole crosstable here.

A few games from yesterday’s rounds

Pairings of the last, 9th round

WFM Akshita Gorti – WCM Apurva Virkud
Alice Dong – Carissa Yip
WCM Maggie Feng – WFM Kimberly Ding
Becca Lampman – WCM Claudia Munoz
Alexandra Wiener – WFM Jennifer Yu

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US Girls Junior Championship 2014

Clarissa Yip

Clarissa Yip


(Photo taken from http://hooplaha.com/2013/07/9-year-old-girl-becomes-youngest-chess-expert-in-u-s/)

This very interesting and important for youth chess in the US event is under way in New Hampshire. It is a closed and prestigious one as among its prizes are scholarships, software, etc.

The participants are:

Maggie Feng
Apurva Virkud
Jennifer Yu
Akshita Gorti
Becca Lampman
Claudia Munoz
Alexandra Wiener
Alice Dong
Kimberly Ding
Carissa Yip

View their biographies here.

After 6 rounds Munoz, Lampman and Virkud have 4 points.

View the standings here.

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