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
