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 | |||||||
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
European Youth Chess Championships - EYCC : August 16th-26th Prague
Karina's results from the competition
| 1 | Kruk Karina | 1 - - |
Bye |
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| 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 |
