After 10 rounds at the World Junior (U-20) Chess Championship, GM Jeffery Xiong from Texas is the clear leader by a full point, with 8.5/10. Jeffery, who is the top rated player in the World under the age of 16, will play the top seed of the tournament, 18-year old GM Artemiev Vladislav from Russia, in Round 11 tomorrow. GM Vladislav is clear second, so, with three rounds to go, Jeffery is 1.5 points ahead of four players tied for third.
In the Girls U-20 Championship, WIM Ashritha Eswaran from California is our official representative. In addition to our two official representatives, we have an Extra Player in the Girls Championship, Shree Ayinala also from California.
Pairings, standings, live games and daily articles are available at the event’s official website, wjcc2016india.com/