Perelshteyn 2000 US Junior Champion
All Round 9 games were drawn, and Eugene Perelshteyn wins the 2000 US Junior Championship with 7 points, 1.5 points ahead of Sarkar and Martinez.
Round 9 Results
Perelshteyn - Chudnovsky ˝-˝
Schneider - Whatley ˝-˝
Sarkar - Martinez ˝-˝
Winer - Bhat ˝-˝
Zaremba - Kolinko ˝-˝
Final Standings
Perelshteyn 7.0
Sarkar 5.5
Martinez 5.5
Whatley 4.5
Chudnovsky 4.5
Schneider 4.5
Bhat 4.0
Winer 4.0
Zaremba 3.0
Kolinko 2.5
Games in PGN
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Round 8: Perelshteyn Wraps It Up
With one round remaining Eugene Perelshteyn has already wrapped up the 2000 US Junior Championship. Eugene has 6.5 points. Tied for second are Sarkar and Martinez with 5.
Perelshteyn - Zaremba
A Dragon with 6. f4. Zaremba built up an advantage with a kingside attack, but Perelshteyn countered and won a queen for a rook. Zaremba resigned in 43 moves.
Bhat - Sarkar
A French with 2. d3, drawn with equal material in 43 moves.
Martinez - Schneider
A Scandinavian drawn in 34 moves.
Round 8 Results
Perelshteyn - Zaremba 1-0
Bhat - Sarkar ˝-˝
Martinez - Schneider ˝-˝
Chudnovsky - Whatley ˝-˝
Kolinko - Winer 0-1
Standings after Round 8
Perelshteyn 6.5
Sarkar 5.0
Martinez 5.0
Whatley 4.0
Chudnovsky 4.0
Schneider 4.0
Bhat 3.5
Winer 3.5
Zaremba 2.5
Kolinko 2.0
15 July 2000
Round 7: Perelshteyn Whips Winer, Keeps Lead
Eugene Perelshteyn kept his lead with a win over Winer. He has 5.5 points. Tied for second are Sarkar and Martinez with 4.5. They kept within striking distance by winning their games as well.
Winer-Perelshteyn
A Saemisch King's Indian where white quickly sacked a pawn for an advanced passed d-pawn. But Winer missed a mate threat and lost a piece. He resigned in 30 moves staring at a mate in one.
Sarkar-Kolinko
A Sicilian Sozin where Sarkar sacked a piece for a kingside attack. Sarkar sacked a second piece at g7 looking for checkmate, and he found it. Kolinko resigned in 25 moves to avoid mate in 6. Another impressive attack by Sarkar.
Whatley-Martinez
Martinez won the exchange in the ending, then a pawn, forcing Whatley's resignation in 41 moves.
Schneider-Bhat
A French with 2. d3. Schneider amassed several pieces for a kingside attack, but Bhat got the queens off and material was even going into the endgame. Bhat lost on time in 38 moves. White had some pressure in the position, but it was unclear whether he could convert it to a material advantage.
Round 7 Results
Winer - Perelshteyn 0-1
Schneider - Bhat 1-0
Sarkar - Kolinko 1-0
Whatley - Martinez 0-1
Zaremba - Chudnovsky ˝-˝
Standings After Round 7
Perelshteyn 5.5
Sarkar 4.5
Martinez 4.5
Whatley 3.5
Chudnovsky 3.5
Schneider 3.5
Bhat 3.0
Winer 2.5
Zaremba 2.5
Kolinko 1.0
14 July 2000
Round 6: Perelshteyn Rebounds
Eugene Perelshteyn rebounded from his loss last round with a win over Sarkar, one of his archrivals in this tournament. With 4.5 points after 6 rounds, Perelshteyn holds a full point lead over Sarkar, Martinez, and Whatley, who are all tied for second.
Perelshteyn-Sarkar
A French Winawer with 5. Bd2. Sarkar sacked a rook for a knight on f3 and a pawn on e5, but he never got his central pawns rolling, and the game ended in 40 moves.
Bhat-Whatley
Bhat answered Whatley's French with 2. d3. He allowed Whatley to wreck his kingside pawns, causing himself much grief. After 39 moves, Whatley had a passed queenside pawn when Bhat overstepped the time limit. White would have had a difficult time holding the game.
Round 6 Results
Perelshteyn - Sarkar 1-0
Bhat - Whatley 0-1
Zaremba - Winer 0-1
Chudnovsky - Martinez ˝-˝
Kolinko - Schneider ˝-˝
Standings After Round 6
Perelshteyn 4.5
Sarkar 3.5
Martinez 3.5
Whatley 3.5
Bhat 3.0
Chudnovsky 3.0
Schneider 2.5
Winer 2.5
Zaremba 2.0
Kolinko 1.0
12 July 2000
Round 5: Perelshteyn Upset
Tournament leader Eugene Perelshteyn was upset, but he is still tied for the lead with Sarkar. Both have 3.5 points after 5 rounds. Bhat came back from the dead to beat Martinez.
Schneider-Perelshteyn
Schneider upset tournament leader Perelshteyn after a g6 Sicilian. Schneider won a pawn, infiltrated his rook, then won a few more soldiers for the win in 58 moves.
Martinez-Bhat
Vinay Bhat has been out of form, not playing up to his ability.
After a French McCutcheon opening, Bhat appeared to be in serious trouble. He lost his h-pawn, queens were exchanged, and the passer marched forward. Vinay had to give up a rook for the queened pawn, but also got his own passed pawn on the c-file, though down a rook. Martinez gave up a bishop to stop the c-pawn from queening. Bhat was now down only the exchange. Martinez had a passed e-pawn, while Bhat had another passed c-pawn. Bhat took Martinez's e-pawn with his bishop; Martinez couldn't stop Bhat's second passed c-pawn, which queened for the win in 57 moves. An extraordinary turnaround after Bhat appeared all but dead earlier in the game.
Sarkar-Zaremba
In a Dragon Sicilian, Sarkar tore open Zaremba's kingside, then brilliantly sacrificed a bishop and then the exchange. The king hunt ended with checkmate in 32 moves.
Whatley-Kolinko
Whatley played the modest d4-Nf3-Bf4 opening setup. He eventually won a piece, then won with 2 bishops against one in 87 moves.
Round 5 Results
Martinez - Bhat 0-1
Schneider - Perelshteyn 1-0
Sarkar - Zaremba 1-0
Whatley - Kolinko 1-0
Winer - Chudnovsky ˝-˝
Standings After Round 5
Perelshteyn 3.5
Sarkar 3.5
Bhat 3.0
Martinez 3.0
Chudnovsky 2.5
Whatley 2.5
Zaremba 2.0
Schneider 2.0
Winer 1.5
Kolinko 0.5
11 July 2000
Round 4: Perelshteyn Whacks Whatley
Eugene Perelshteyn kept his lead at the US Junior Championship by quickly defeating Whatley in 30 moves. Martinez remained a half-point behind with a win over Kolinko.
Perelshteyn-Whatley was a French Winawer with 5. Bd2. White got his e-pawn to the 7th and instead of attacking it, black blundered allowing Perelshteyn to win quickly along the f-file.
Kolinko-Martinez was a Najdorf with 6. f4. Martinez won a pawn out of the opening and pushed his passed a-pawn. Kolinko had no way to stop it and the game ended quickly in 31 moves.
Chudnovsky-Bhat was a French with 2. d3. Bhat had 2 knights for a rook and 2 pawns. Chudnovsky missed a tactic that would have given him a straight 2-pawn edge, then resigned in 35 moves when he blundered away his queen.
Winer-Sarkar was a French Tarrasch with c5 and Qxd5. Sarkar won in 45 moves when his passed pawn was about to queen.
Round 4 Results
Perelshteyn - Whatley 1-0
Kolinko - Martinez 0-1
Chudnovsky - Bhat 0-1
Winer - Sarkar 0-1
Zaremba - Schneider ˝-˝
Standings After Round 4
Perelshteyn 3.5
Martinez 3.0
Sarkar 2.5
Bhat 2.0
Chudnovsky 2.0
Zaremba 2.0
Whatley 1.5
Winer 1.0
Schneider 1.0
Kolinko 0.5
10 July 2000
Round 3: Perelshteyn Keeps Lead with Marathon Draw
Eugene Perelshteyn drew a long game with Martinez to keep his lead. He now has 2.5 points after 3 rounds. Martinez and Chudnovsky are tied for second with 2 points.
Martinez-Perelshteyn began 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6. The action developed on the kingside as Perelshteyn pushed his f-, g-, and h-pawns forward, supported by his rooks and queen. He seemed to have a significant edge after 42 moves, but didn't play accurately, allowing white back in the game. It went to a rook+bishop versus rook ending, but Martinez defended for the draw in 107 moves.
Sarkar-Chudnovsky was a Ruy Lopez where white grabbed an a-pawn with his queen, allowing black to wreck his kingside pawns with Bxf3. Chudnovsky took advantage by amassing his queen and knights on the kingside, flushing out the king. Sarkar resigned in 30 moves to avoid checkmate. An impressive attack by Chudnovsky.
Whatley enjoyed a big edge after an opening where Zaremba sacked his b-pawn in Benko opening fashion, but he gave it all away in the middlegame as Zaremba won the exchange for an overwhelming edge when Whatley overstepped the time limit.
Bhat-Kolinko was a Closed Sicilian where black emerged with a huge edge, but misplayed it and only a few moves later, it was Bhat with the advantage. But with his king in the middle, Bhat went for a queen trade and the game was drawn in 49 moves.
Round 3 Results
Martinez - Perelshteyn ˝-˝
Sarkar - Chudnovsky 0-1
Bhat - Kolinko ˝-˝
Schneider - Winer ˝-˝
Whatley - Zaremba 0-1
Standings After Round 3
Perelshteyn 2.5
Chudnovsky 2.0
Martinez 2.0
Sarkar 1.5
Zaremba 1.5
Whatley 1.5
Bhat 1.0
Winer 1.0
Kolinko 0.5
Schneider 0.5
9 July 2000
Round 2: Perelshteyn Boots Bhat
Eugene Perelshteyn defeated Vinay Bhat to take the lead in the US Junior Championship. Perelshteyn is 2-0; three players are tied with 1.5 points.
Bhat played the French McCutcheon and left his king in the center while mounting a kingside assault. But Bhat couldn't break through Perelshteyn's defenses, and with his own king vulnerable, was forced to resign in 33 moves.
Sarkar-Schneider was a French advance where white got a passed a-pawn after both kings were stranded in the center. Sarkar ended up with 2 queens; Schneider's checks ran out, so he resigned in 41 moves.
Winer-Whatley was an exchange Slav which quickly melted down to a minor-piece endgame with white enjoying a pawn advantage. But white blundered away a pawn when rooks were exchanged, then had to sack his bishop to stop a passed pawn. Black resigned in 60 moves.
Zaremba-Martinez was a Slav where Martinez kept white from castling, hounded the monarch to h4, then delivered checkmate in 22 moves.
Round 2 Results
Perelshteyn - Bhat 1-0
Sarkar - Schneider 1-0
Zaremba - Martinez 0-1
Winer - Whatley 0-1
Chudnovsky - Kolinko (postponed until July 12)
Standings After Round 2
Perelshteyn 2.0
Sarkar 1.5
Whatley 1.5
Martinez 1.5
Chudnovsky 1.0
Bhat 0.5
Winer 0.5
Zaremba 0.5
Kolinko 0.0
Schneider 0.0
8 July 2000
Round 1: Perelshteyn, Chudnovsky Win
Perelshteyn and Chudnovsky took the early lead with victories in round 1. A tough loss for Kolinko against Perelshteyn. After a King's Indian, Kolinko enjoyed a much better endgame position, but blundered away a piece late in the game with his king under attack and had to resign in 53 moves to avoid checkmate.
Chudnovsky won a rook+pawn ending after a Ruy Lopez delayed exchange. Bhat played a Bb5+ Sicilian; he and Zaremba repeated moves for a draw.
Round 1 Results
Bhat - Zaremba ˝-˝
Kolinko - Perelshteyn 0-1
Schneider - Chudnovsky 0-1
Whatley - Sarkar ˝-˝
Martinez - Winer ˝-˝
Standings After Round 1
Perelshteyn 1.0
Chudnovsky 1.0
Bhat 0.5
Sarkar 0.5
Whatley 0.5
Winer 0.5
Martinez 0.5
Zaremba 0.5
Kolinko 0.0
Schneider 0.0
7 July 2000
Bhat Favorite at US Junior Championship
16-year-old Vinay Bhat of San Jose, California, seems destined for superstardom. His track record of accomplishments is already unusually impressive. Earlier this year, he became the youngest player to become an International Master in the U.S. When he was 10, he became the youngest player to achieve the National Master title. In 1996, he was the youngest player to ever defeat a grandmaster. His trophy case is already bursting with international and national championship mementos.
In the U.S. Junior Championship, he will be tested by mostly older competition (the only player younger than Bhat is 15-year-old Dmitry Schneider). 20-year-old Eugene Perelshteyn of Boston and 19-year-old Justin Sarkar of Scarsdale, NY, should provide the toughest competition.
The U.S. Junior Championship runs from July 7 to 16 at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. There are 9 rounds at 40/2 time control. The winner receives the Championship trophy and is seeded into the 2001 U.S. Championship, plus a full tuition scholarship at the University of Maryland. The winner also represents the U.S. at the World Junior Championship.
PLAYERS
1 Eugene Perelshteyn 2472
2 Andrei Zaremba 2345
3 Steve Winer 2390
4 Justin Sarkar 2429
5 Dmitry Schneider 2439
6 Andrew Whatley 2311
7 Marcel Martinez 2406
8 Vinay Bhat 2498
9 Paul Kolinko 2403
10 Jacob Chudnovsky 2379
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