World Youth chess Championship

17 – 29th November 2007

Antalya/Turkey

Bajans make gains in Round 8 of the 2007 World Youth Chess Championships.

The Bajan connection of Martyn Del Castilho, Justin Blackman and Alex Jackman fought hard to keep things even in round 8 of the World Youth Chess Championships in Antalya, Turkey to add another two 2  points to the Barbados Score.

Alex Jackman was the winner in round 8  playing the white pieces against…

Justin Blackman played the white pieces against Turkishman Muratcan Okanli (rated 1496) played e4 and came up against a Sicilian Defense (c5) where black played e6 at move 2 , an unusual line, this game was drawn at move 42 after quiet play resulting in each player getting a half point.

Martyn Delcastilho played black against Sai Srinivas of  rated 2303 of who played e4 and came up against Del Castilho’s Sicilian (1.e4c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0), the Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations.  Both players tried gaining an advantage but neither could and the game was drawn with each getting a half point.

The end of round eight 8 leaves Del Castilho ranked 70 with 4 ˝  points  and placed 70th  out of the 113 persons playing in the under 18 section, Alex Jackman ranked 107 has 3 ˝ points and is placed 107 out of the 154 players in the Under 14 Section and Justin Blackman ranked 84 has 2 ˝ points and placed 95th out of the 126 players in the Under 16 Section.

Play continues at the Limra Hotel, where during these last round all players will be trying not to lose any points and place at least higher than their rankings.

Reporting from the Limra International Hotel, Antalya, Turkey.

Peter Dawson

Chess Coach,

President B.C.F.