2017 Match of the Millennials Results and Standings
2017 Match of the Millennials Results and Standings 2017 Match of the Millennials Watch Live Overview Results and Standings Day 4 Pairings Photos Play Bios Regulations
2017 Match of the Millennials Day 4 Pairings
2017 Match of the Millennials Day 4 Pairings Morning Pairing Evening Pairings 2017 Match of the Millennials Watch Live Overview Results and Standings Day 4 Pairings Photos Play Bios Regulations
Match of the Millennials – Day 2 Recap
After a hard fought twelve games, the World team extended its lead over the U.S. team by two points. For the first time, the U17 U.S. team lost even though they outrate their opponents by quite a bit. In the U14 section, the U.S. team managed to hold the World team to a tie after […]
2017 Match of the Millennials – Day 1 Recap
Day one of the Match of the Millennials is in the books and it looks like it is going to be a close match! In the under 17 section, after two rounds, the score is 4-4.In the under 14 section, after one round, the World team leads by a full point with 2.5-1.5. Overall, the […]
Regulations
Regulations The 2017 Match of the Millennials is a team event with 9 U.S.A. players competing against 9 World players in two section, U17 and U14. Teams: The match will be played in two sections: Team U17 – four (4) boards with a substitute. Players must be born on or after January 1st, 2000. Team […]
Round 1 Pairings | U17
Round 1 Pairings | U17 U17 Round 1 No. White Rating Country Black Rating Country 1 IM Haik Martirosyan 2544 ARM GM Jeffery Xiong 2642 USA 2 FM Andrey Esipenko 2523 RUS GM Sam Sevian 2633 USA 3 IM John Burke 2479 USA GM Aryan Chopra 2491 IND 4 GM Ruifeng Li 2568 USA IM […]
Match of the Millennials Announces U.S. and World Team Delegations
For immediate release Match of the Millennials Announces U.S. and World Team Delegations Americas best juniors face off against the best from around the world July 26-29 ST. LOUIS, July 24, 2017 – The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF), U.S. Chess Federation, World […]
2017 U.S. Junior Championships – Round 9 Recap
Gorti won the Girls’ Section with one round to spare, but there was still a lot of action in the last round in both sections! U.S Girls’ Junior Championship Akshita Gorti already won the tournament, but she arrived hungry for some more chess! She played Apurva Virkud, and even though she was Black she took […]
2017 U.S. Junior Championships – Round 8 Recap
We arrived at the most critical part of the tournament, so naturally there were high stakes and tension; mistakes could occur, but some flourish in these conditions and create brilliancies! U.S Girls’ Junior Championship Akshita Gorti went into the round with a one and a half point lead, but faced her tournament rival, Maggi Feng […]
2017 U.S. Junior Championships – Round 7
by Denes Boros The seventh round started out slowly, but it provided many entertaining games, and also crucial ones! U.S. Junior Championship The big matchup of the day was between Checa and Troff. Checa prepared an Anti-Gruenfeld line, which was championed by Topalov, but Troff wasn’t surprised. He spent sometime remembering the variations, but he […]