4 September 2015
Karen Grigoryan Leads the Open Section
Irina Drogovoz shares the first place in the Girls section.
The World U20 Championships are underway in Khanty-Mansiysk. The third rounds in Open and Girls sections were played today.
Grandmaster Karen Grigoryan (2609) from Armenia is a sole leader of the open section with 3 wins. Seven players, including three Russians – GM Mikhail Antipov (2538), IM Daniil Yuffa (2476), and FM Dmitry Gordievsky (2511) – are half a point behind him. The highest rated participant GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2645) has 2 points.
Three players have the perfect score in the Girls secions – WFM Nino Khomeriki (Georgia, 2296), WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan, 2380), and Irina Drogovoz (Russia, 2253). The rating favorite of the championship, WGM Medina Warda Aulia (Indonesia, 2417) has a slow start with 1.5/3.