4th World Junior Team Chess Championship (Girls): Rio de Janeiro 2001

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Basic data

4th World Junior Team Chess Championship
Date: 10th - 14th October 2001
City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: Rio Othon Palace Hotel
Chairman of Organizing Committee: Mr. Ricardo Barata (BRA)
Head Referee: IA Friedrich A. Salamon (BRA)
Assistent Referees: Mr. Francisco Figueiredo (BRA)
Mr. Genésio Arakaki jr (BRA)
Teams participating: 4 (including Brazil "B")
Players participating: 8 (including 1 WIM and 4 WFMs)
Games played: 12
Game system: Round robin.
Tie-breaks: 1. Game points; 2. Match points; 3. Direct match result; 4. First board result
Clock routine: 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour added
WWW home page: http://www.fexerj.com.br/ivwjttc/eng/ivwjtcc.htm
Downloadable game file: 01junwtch-g.zip

Tournament review

The overall winners: Poland.Only four teams from three nations took part in this embryonic tournament. Poland were big wigs with average Elo=2197. The surprise draw in the first round for the Brazilian team against Poland showed that numbers alone do not win championships, and Brazilian WFM Paula Delai became the hero of the day defeating Poland's top board Jurkiewicz. On day two the Pole conceded a draw vs Argentinian lady. The Brazilian female team with Paula Delai and Stela Farhat strove on to bring the World Championship trophy, with a remarkable save by Delai against Argentina's WFM Marisa Zuriel on the last day, showing how difficult a tireless and persistent defense can be in even the most winning situations. Brazil edged Poland because of better result at first board.

Best board results

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. WFM Delai, Paula Fernanda BRA 2½ 3 83.3
2. WFM Zuriel, Marisa ARG 2 3 66.7
3. Jurkiewicz, Katarzyna POL 1½ 3 50.0

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. WIM Matras, Agnieszka POL 3 3 100.0
2. WFM Farhat, Stella BRA 2 3 66.7
3. Enrique, Verónica ARG 1 3 33.3

Interesting games


The previously mentioned game gave the Brazilians the gold.
Zuriel, Marisa (ARG) - Delai, Paula Fernanda (BRA) ½ - ½