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Karina Kruk returns from World Youth Chess Championships

Karina Kruk returns from Maribor, Slovenia having represented Ireland at the World Youth Chess Championships. Scoring an excellent 5 out of 11.

 

Karina has now represented Ireland in three top International Tournaments.

The World Youth Chess Championships: 7th November-19th November 2012 Maribor, Solvenia

Karina showed her strength by beating a player rated 1916 and drawing with players rated 2039 and 1881.

Round7 game against Koselova Zuzana

Karina's results from the competition


Title
Opponent
Rating
Country
Opponents Colour Score










Score


1 WFM Asgarizadeh Minoo 2106 IRI 7 s 0
2


Papathanasiou Elisavet
1908
GRE
5.5
w 0
3
WCM
Havenga Mirelle
0
RSA
3.5
s 1
4


Morales Flores Monserrat
1881
CHI
4.5
w 0.5
5
WCM
Turkova Karolina
1993
SVK
6.5
s 0
6


Carli Lara
1646
SLO
3.5
w 1
7


Koselova Zuzana
1916
SVK
5.5
s 1
8


Krumova Ani
2050
BUL
5.5
w 0
9
WFM
Ainutdinova Yekaterina
2039
KAZ
6
w 0.5
10


Zpevakova Jana
1921
CZE
5
s 0
11


Pereira Susana Martins
1571
POR
4
w 1

WYCC Site

Results from Official Site

Report on ICU site of the event

Chess Olympiad: 27th August-10th September 2012 Istanbul

Karina's results from the competition

Round
Title
Opponent
Rating
Country
Opponents Colour
Score










Score



1
WIM
Kieu Thien Kim Le
2226
VIE
6.0
s
0
2


Karsokaite Irena
1632
LTU
2.5
w
0
4


Domingos Maria M
1466
ANG
0.0
w
1
5
WCM
Salah Omaimah
1675
YEM
3.5
w
1
6


Shamieh Sara
0
LIB
6.0
w
0
7


Bryan Ruedin
0
AHO
0.5
s
1
8


Malenda Ana
0
MOZ
3.0
s
1
10
WFM
Sultana Zakia
1987
BAN
4.5
s
1
11
WFM
Durno Joy
1863
SCO
4.0
s
0

The Irish Womans team came 11 places higher than their seeded place. Placed ahead of both Wales and Scotland. Monica Gedvilaite gained the title of Women FIDE Master for her fantastic score of 7/9 (winning her last 7 games in a row). Karina Kruk gained the title of Women Candidate Master for her score of 5/9.

ICU Article on the Teams success

Olympiad Website

European Youth Chess Championships - EYCC : August 16th-26th Prague

 

Karina's results from the competition

1 Kruk Karina 1 - -

Bye

2
WFM Kabai Zsuzsanna HUN
0 - 1
Kruk Karina IRL
3
Kruk Karina IRL
0 - 1
WFM Grigoryeva Olga A RUS
4
Perera Borrego Mariela ESP
1 - 0
Kruk Karina IRL
5
Kruk Karina IRL
0 - 1
Kaliadzich Maryia BLR
6
Drakaki Anna-Maria GRE
1 - 0
Kruk Karina IRL
7
Kruk Karina IRL
0 - 1
Saffova Michaela CZE
8
Cormican Ruth IRL
0 - 1
Kruk Karina IRL
9
Kruk Karina IRL

0 - 1
Haitovich Avital ISR

European Youth Chess Championsips Site

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