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US Girls Junior Championship 2014

By Yelena Dembo | July 22, 2014 - 07:11 |July 22, 2014 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

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.21"]  [Round "9.1"]  [White "Gorti, Akshita"]  [Black "Virkud, Apurva"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D35"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:12:58"]  [BlackClock "0:06:11"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.  Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. h3 Rc8 14. e4 dxe4  15. fxe4 Qc7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Red8 20. Ng3 c5 21.  Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rb8 23. Qe3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Re8 25. Bc2 Rf8 26. Bb3 b5 27. Rf2  Kh8 28. Qd2 Rbd8 29. Qb2 a5 30. Rdf1 Qb4 31. a3 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxf7  Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Rd8 35. Rb7 a4 36. Bc2 Nxe5 37. Rxb5 Nc4 38. Bxa4 Nxa3 39. Rc5 g6  40. Rc3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.21"]  [Round "9.2"]  [White "Lampman, Becca"]  [Black "Munoz, Claudia"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E20"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:38"]  [BlackClock "0:05:11"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.  e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O Be6 12. Ra2 Qc7 13. Rd2 e4 14. Bb1 exf3  15. gxf3 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Na5 17. e4 Qxc3 18. Rd3 Qc7 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 f5 21. Rd2  g6 22. Rg2 Rf8 23. Qf3 Rf7 24. Ba2 Nc4 25. Rc2 b5 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Ne2 Rb8 28.  Bd2 Nf8 29. Bb4 Qb6 30. Qc3 Rfb7 31. Bd6 Ra8 32. Nc1 Nd7 33. Rff2 Qc6 34. Rb2  Nb6 35. Qc2 Rc8 36. Na2 c3 37. Rb3 Na4 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. Bb4 Qc6 40. Rf3 Qc4  41. Qxa4 Qxa2 42. Rxc3 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+  47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.21"]  [Round "9.5"]  [White "Wiener, Alexandra"]  [Black "Yu, Jennifer"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C24"]  [PlyCount "86"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:47:12"]  [BlackClock "0:20:44"]   1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3  Nc6 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Qf3 Na5 15.  Ba4 c6 16. Nhf5 b5 17. Bc2 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Kh7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Bg7 21. g5 hxg5  22. Bxg5 d5 23. d4 Qd6 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Kh2 Rac8 27. exd5 Qxd5 28.  Ne4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Qe6 30. b4 Nc4 31. Bxc6 Ne5 32. Qg3 Rxc6 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34.  Bxe5 Bxe5+ 35. f4 Rxc3 36. Rxe5 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Qc6 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Qg4 Rc3+  40. Kh4 Qe7+ 41. Qg5 Qe3 42. Qg4 Qf2+ 43. Kg5 Rg3 0-1

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US Girls Junior Championship 2014

By Yelena Dembo | July 21, 2014 - 09:27 |July 21, 2014 US Girls Junior Championship 2014

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The participants

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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

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.20"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Yip, Carissa"]  [Black "Virkud, Apurva"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B98"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:25:56"]  [BlackClock "0:20:35"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3  Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nb3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. e5 dxe5  15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Qa3 Be7 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Rhf1 Bxd6 21.  exd6 Qd8 22. Kb1 Kg8 23. Qc5 b6 24. Qf2 Qe8 25. Be4 Bb5 26. c4 Bd7 27. h4 a5  28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rc5 30. Qf2 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rcd1 Qd7 33. Qd4 Rc5 34.  Rf3 Rc6 35. Rd2 Rc5 36. Rb3 Qd8 37. d7 Kh7 38. Qd6 g6 39. h5 gxh5 40. Rxb6 Rg5  41. Rc6 Qa8 42. gxh5 Rd8 43. Rf2 Rg7 44. Qc7 Rdg8 45. Rd2 Rd8 46. Qc8 Rgg8 47.  Qxa8 Rxa8 48. c5 Rgd8 49. Rc7 1-0

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.20"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Yu, Jennifer"]  [Black "Lampman, Becca"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A10"]  [PlyCount "89"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:33"]  [BlackClock "0:09:43"]   1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O  O-O 9. f4 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. fxe5 Nc5 15.  Qc4 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. d4 b5 18. Qc2 Nd3 19. Bg5 Qf2+ 20. Kh1 Ne1 21. Qxe4  Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Nxd5 24. Nf4 Nxf4+ 25. gxf4 dxe5 26. fxe5 Kf7 27.  Kf3 h6 28. Bf4 Ke6 29. Ke4 c6 30. h4 Rg8 31. a4 b4 32. Rc1 Kd7 33. e6+ Kxe6 34.  Rxc6+ Kd7 35. Rxg6 Re8+ 36. Kd5 Bf8 37. Bxh6 Bxh6 38. Rxh6 Re2 39. b3 Rc2 40.  Ra6 Rc3 41. Rxa7+ Kc8 42. h5 Rxb3 43. h6 Rh3 44. h7 Kb8 45. Rg7 1-0

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.20"]  [Round "8.4"]  [White "Yip, Carissa"]  [Black "Gorti, Akshita"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C15"]  [PlyCount "56"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:37:35"]  [BlackClock "0:27:17"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.  Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. Be2 Rg6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5 Nd5  15. Qd2 Qh4 16. O-O Rdg8 17. Qe1 f5 18. c4 N5f6 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 21.  Qh6 Qxh6 22. Bxh6 f4 23. Ne2 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 e3 25. d5 exd5 26. Nxf4 dxc4 27. f3  Rxc2 28. Rae1 Ne5 0-1

 [Event "2014 US Girls Junior Closed Championshi"]  [Site "Manchester NH, USA"]  [Date "2014.07.20"]  [Round "8.5"]  [White "Ding, Kimberly"]  [Black "Dong, Alice"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B48"]  [PlyCount "89"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:29:24"]  [BlackClock "0:48:43"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3  Ne5 9. Nb3 b5 10. Qd4 Bb7 11. Nc5 Bc6 12. a4 d6 13. Nb3 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Ned7 15.  Qc3 Qc8 16. Bd3 Be7 17. O-O O-O 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Bb5 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21.  Bxb5 axb5 22. c3 Nd7 23. Bf2 Nc5 24. Nd4 b4 25. cxb4 Nd3 26. b5 Nxf2 27. Kxf2  Bf6 28. Nc6 Rc7 29. Ra4 Rb7 30. Rb4 Rc8 31. Ra1 Kf8 32. Ra6 Ke8 33. Na5 Rc2+  34. Ke3 Rb8 35. b6 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Bxb2 37. Nc4 Bf6 38. Ra7 Be7 39. Kd4 Bf6+ 40.  e5 dxe5+ 41. Kc5 Be7+ 42. Kc6 Rc8+ 43. Rc7 Rb8 44. b7 Kd8 45. Nb6 1-0

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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