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Last update: Tuesday November 27, 2007 16:18
Report by IM Thomas Rendle
For
the second round the coaching started at 9am. Each player had roughly an hour
of one-on-one time with their coach, with many players choosing to come back
for more after lunch.
After an excellent first day for the English Team (they scored 8.5/13) many of the players were facing highly rated opposition in round 2 so we knew that it was always going to be a tough day. This proved to be the case as the team came back with 4.5/13 meaning that the average score at the end of the round was 50% overall. Worthy of mention was Matthew’s draw against a highly seeded Columbian player. The results are listed below.
| Wadsworth, Matthew (B) | ½ - ½ |
Acosta, Jared | (COL) | 1998 |
| Taylor, Adam (W) | ½ - ½ |
Kilicbay, Ilhan | (TUR) | |
| Hunt, Daniel (W) | 0 - 1 |
Bok, Benjamin | (NED) | 2116 |
| Zhou, Yang-Fan (B) | 0 - 1 |
Pavlidis, Antonios | (GRE) | 2192 |
| Khandelwal, Ankush (B) | 0 - 1 |
Mustafaev, Kurshed | (UZB) | 2293 |
| Kilpatrick, Callum (W) | 1 - 0 |
Hambleton, Aman | (CAN) | 1819 |
| Howell, David (W) | 1 - 0 |
Blomquist, Erik | (SWE) | 2334 |
| Wang, Anna (W) | ½ - ½ |
Lesnic, Galina | (MDA) | |
| Wang, Maria (W) | 0 - 1 |
Tomin, Ksenija | (SRB) | 1692 |
| Jain, Radha (B) | ½ - ½ |
Steori, Laura | (SUI) | |
| Pritchard, Abigail | 0 - 1 |
Yu, Sally | (AUS) | 1717 |
| Thilaganathan, Jessica | ½ - ½ |
Kiss, Kinga | (HUN) | 2085 |
| Parmar, Amisha (W) | 0 - 1 |
Khazhomia, Salome | (GEO) | 2168 |
This leaves David as the sole player with 2/2 with Anna and Jessica both on 1½.
Here is Danny’s win from the 1st Round.
Sehitogullari,H - Hunt,D (1834) [B93]
World Youth U12 (1), 18.11.2007
[IM Thomas Rendle]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 [7...Nbd7!?]8.Be2 Be7 9.Be3 Be6
[9...0-0 is a solid alternative] 10.f5 Bc4 11.Nd2 [11.0-0 looks more natural to me] 11...Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nbd7 13.0-0-0?! This is an over-ambitious decision from White who should have opted for castling on the Kingside. 13...b5! 14.g4 b4= 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Rc8 17.Nb3?! White prevents the mate on c2 but his Knight on b3 becomes a target. [17.Ne4 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4³] 17...a5!
Danny immediately takes advantage of his opponent's error. 18.Rd2?! After this the Knight is doomed to passivity, he should've preferred [18.Kb1 a4 19.Nc1 a3µ] 18...a4 19.Na1 Qa5 [19...a3!? might be even stronger] 20.Qd3 [20.g5!?] 20...Nc5 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.h4 h6 23.Rhh2 Kd7 Danny decides he doesn't need to castle as his King is safe in the centre. Kd7 prepares to bring the h8-Rook into the game with devastating effect. 24.Kd1 Bf6 25.Kc1 e4!
This pawn sac. opens up the position for the Bishop and Rook 26.Qxe4 Re8 27.Qh1 b3 28.a3 [28.Kb1 was a better chance, though Danny is winning after 28...bxc2+ 29.Nxc2 Bxb2!] 28...Bxb2+! 29.Kxb2 Qc3+ 30.Kb1 b2 31.Nb3 axb3 32.Qd1 Re1! This forces mate 33.Qxe1 bxc2+ 34.Rxc2 Qxe1+ 35.Kxb2 Rb5+ 36.Ka2 Qb1# A well controlled attack from Danny. 0-1
