The 2010 World Youth Chess Championships is only one month away. It will be held in Porta Carras, Greece, from October 18 to October 31.
World Youth Chess Championships is a top level youth chess tournament organized by FIDE (World Chess Federation) and held every year since the 1970s. The World Youth Championships consist of "small" championships in 12 groups:
Many countries sent youth chess teams made up from the top players of the above 12 age groups to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. In 2010, there will be more than 1400 players from more than 80 countries from every continents with the exception of Antarctica.
Throughout the recent history of World Youth Chess Championships, several extremely talented young players from United States have done well and won gold medals:
In 2010, the United States Chess Federation is sending a very big team to the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece.
There will be 6 coaches:
Amongst the US players, there are 22 boys:
Steven Zierk
Jeffrey Haskel
David Adelberg
Atulya Arya Shetty
Kayden Troff
Christopher Wu
Joshua Colas
Kapil Chandran
Dachey Lin
Justus Williams
Kesav Viswanadha*
Allan Beilin*
Samuel Sevian
Tommy Outeng He
Jeffery Xiong
Vignesh Panchanatham*
Cameron Wheeler*
Jonathan Chiang*
Aravind Kumar
Rayan Taghizadeh
Praveen Balakrishnan
Awonder Liang
The US Youth Chess Team also includes 18 girls:
Anjali Datta
Anna Matlin
Sarah Chiang
Jessica Regam*
Claudia Munoz*
Simone Liao
Alice S. Dong
Apurva Virkud
Maryia Oreshko
Margaret Hua
Devina Devagharan
Reva Singh
Nicole Zlotchevsky
Samritha Palakollu
Annie Wang
Kaavya Ramesh
Emily Nguyen
Joanna Liu
Mr. Jerry Nash will also be in the World Youth as the assistant Head of US Delegation.
Good luck to the US Team in World Youth Chess Championships 2010!
* are team members added after August 2010, welcome!
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