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Abdulla Gadimbayli is World Junior Chess Champion 2022

Azerbaijani players take all gold medals 2022 FIDE World Junior Championship. Govhar Beydullayeva won the World Girls U20 championsihp, while Abdulla Gadimbayli took titles in very close competitions in the open section.

The open event was a nail-biter until the very end. Adam Kozak (Hungary) was coming into the final round on 8/10, a half point ahead of Gadimbayli, with as many as nine players trailing the leader by a full point. Abdulla played a very exciting game with his compatriot Mahammad Nuradli that ended in a draw. Francesco Sonis (Italy) and Nikolozi Kacharava (Georgia) scored very important victories and caught up with Gadimbayli. Now all eyes were on the encounter between Leon Luke Mendoza and Adam Kozak (pictured below), in which the Hungarian needed just a draw to clinch the title. However, Adam did not manage to hold an inferior endgame down an exchange playing on a 30-second increment and threw in the towel on the move 83. As a result, five players tied for first place, with Abdulla Gadimbayli claiming gold thanks to slightly better Buchholz (just 0.5 points) over Adam Kozak, who had to settle for silver. The bronze medal goes to Nikolozi Kacharava.


1 IM Gadimbayli Abdulla AZE 2499 8
2 GM Kozak Adam HUN 2516 8
3 IM Kacharava Nikolozi GEO 2512 8
4 GM Sonis Francesco ITA 2531 8
5 GM Mendonca Leon Luke IND 2558 8
6 GM Esipenko Andrey FID 2668 7.5
7 GM Nesterov Arseniy FID 2567 7.5
8 IM Samunenkov Ihor UKR 2473 7.5
9 GM Petkov Momchil BUL 2511 7.5
10 IM Davtyan Artur ARM 2517 7.5
11 GM Muradli Mahammad AZE 2550 7.5
12 GM Svane Frederik GER 2566 7
13 IM Murzin Volodar FID 2557 7
14 GM Ivic Velimir SRB 2553 7
15 GM Batsuren Dambasuren MGL 2522 7
16 IM Stoyanov Tsvetan BUL 2449 7
17 IM Kosakowski Jakub POL 2465 7
18 IM Prraneeth Vuppala IND 2451 7
19 GM Iniyan P IND 2541 7
20 WGM Zhu Jiner CHN 2484 7
21 IM Gorshtein Ido ISR 2471 7
22 IM Nogerbek Kazybek KAZ 2467 7
23 GM Blohberger Felix AUT 2493 7
24 IM Neelash Saha IND 2446 7
25 FM Isik Alparslan TUR 2377 6.5
26 IM Petriashvili Nikoloz GEO 2428 6.5
27 IM Barseghyan Armen Ar. ARM 2402 6.5
28 FM Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali UZB 2345 6.5
29 IM Manish Anto Cristiano F IND 2332 6.5
30 IM Horvath Dominik AUT 2505 6.5
31 IM Stefansson Vignir Vatnar ISL 2471 6.5
32 IM Seo Jung Min SWE 2520 6.5
33 FM Peyrer Konstantin AUT 2402 6.5
34 GM Budisavljevic Luka SRB 2524 6.5
35 FM Zemach Nadav ISR 2293 6.5
36 IM Gurel Ediz TUR 2445 6.5
37 FM Lumachi Gabriele ITA 2387 6.5
38 IM Parkhov Yair ISR 2484 6.5
39 FM Flores Quillas Diego Saul Rodri PER 2291 6.5
40 FM Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei ROU 2434 6
41 FM Rohith Krishna S IND 2370 6
42 IM Milikow Yoav ISR 2412 6
43 IM Vestby-Ellingsen Mads NOR 2365 6
44 FM Bournel Antoine FRA 2402 6
45 FM Stremavicius Pijus LTU 2363 6
46 IM Galaviz Medina Sion Radamantys MEX 2345 6
47 Utsab Chatterjee IND 2345 6
48 IM Moksh Amit Doshi IND 2430 6
49 IM Harshavardhan G B IND 2433 6
50 IM Olsen Filip Boe DEN 2433 6
51 FM Oye-Stromberg Alexander NOR 2233 6
52 IM Baenziger Fabian SUI 2439 6
53 FM Droin Augustin FRA 2416 5.5
54 FM Sokolovsky Yahli ISR 2416 5.5
55 FM Mladek Richard CZE 2371 5.5
56 FM Jakab Bela SVK 2353 5.5
57 IM Ansat Aldiyar KAZ 2262 5.5
58 Kozak Antoni POL 2440 5.5
59 FM Martins Bruno Andre Leite POR 2306 5.5
60 IM Veiga Jose Francisco R P Neves POR 2409 5.5
61 IM Boyer Mahel FRA 2445 5.5
62 FM Carlo Emanuele ITA 2306 5.5
63 FM Guz Ari ISR 2305 5.5
64 FM Atanasov Anthony CAN 2148 5.5
65 IM Siddharth Jagadeesh SGP 2415 5.5
66 FM Chukavin Kirill EST 2384 5.5
67 IM Gatineau Yovann FRA 2375 5.5
CM Andreev Konstantin ITA 2206 5.5
69 Hercegovac Neven ITA 2175 5.5
70 FM Nouri Alekhine PHI 2251 5.5
71 IM Raahul V S IND 2333 5.5
72 FM Yaniv Yuval ISR 2359 5
73 FM Lux Hugo De Melo BRA 2309 5
74 CM Avila Rodriguez Joshua Ad MEX 2225 5
75 FM Winkelman Albert AUS 2229 5
76 CM Tan Jun Ying MAS 2189 5
77 FM Milosevic Milos SRB 2371 5
78 IM Brahami Lamine ALG 2188 5
79 WIM Gaal Zsoka HUN 2298 5
80 IM Di Benedetto Edoardo ITA 2396 5
81 FM Vagman Roy ISR 2274 5
82 Wartiovaara Oliver FIN 2297 5
83 CM Ballesteros Cardenas Leonardo CHI 2121 5
84 FM Bettalli Francesco ITA 2267 5
85 Dimakis Stavros GRE 1832 5
86 Gagic Milan A SRB 2125 5
87 Pennica Andrea ITA 2037 5
88 CM Carroll Peter IRL 2115 5
89 Nemeth Zalan IRL 2247 4.5
90 Johannsson Birkir Isak ISL 2165 4.5
91 FM Dauw Sterre BEL 2287 4.5
92 Asllani Dorian SUI 2202 4.5
93 Van Der Merwe Alexander RSA 1746 4.5
94 Candian Lorenzo ITA 2022 4.5
95 Urbani Gabriel ITA 2129 4.5
96 Karsten Jan RSA 1985 4.5
97 Gov Guy ISR 2121 4.5
98 IM Ramoutar Alan-Safar TTO 2449 4
99 Sitbon Itay ISR 2133 4
100 IM Kanyamarala Tarun IRL 2407 4
101 Stankovic Dragan BIH 2181 4
102 Cotic Borna CRO 2133 4
103 Djurovic Peko MNE 2084 4
104 Javornik Nik SLO 2064 4
105 Tripodi Enzo ITA 2113 4
106 De Ieso Lorenzo ITA 1938 4
107 Stolyarsky Yegor ISR 1987 3.5
108 Casadio Niccolo` ITA 2201 3.5
109 Liloni Francesco Mattia ITA 1876 3.5
110 Vairo Rocco Enrico ITA 1960 3.5
111 Monferrato Rocco URU 1563 3.5
112 Salem Muhsan Shuaib UAE 1227 3.5
113 Momin Fayzan PAK 1974 3
114 Porcu Riccardo ITA 1759 3
115 Ghaith Saeed Alnuaimi UAE 1269 3
116 Vivoli Alessandro SMR 1555 3
117 Ahmed Younes Alkhemeiri UAE 1139 3
118 FM Cappelletto Joshuaede ITA 2337 2.5
119 Persico Lorenzo ITA 2007 2.5
120 Abdulla Younes Alkhemeiri UAE 1405 1.5