World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad: St. Andrews 1994

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Basic data

World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad
Date: September 1994
City: St. Andrews, Malta
Venue: White Rocks youth hostel
Teams participating: 28 (including many non-national teams)
Players participating: N/A
Games played: N/A
Game system: Four board seven round Swiss.
Tie-breaks: Game points
Clock routine: 2 hours for 40 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of moves
Downloadable game file: 94child.zip


Final standings

no. team code
1. Russia "A" RUS 22
2. Greece GRE 19
3. Hungary HUN 17½
4. England ENG 17
5. Spain "A" ESP 17
6. Germany GER 16½
7. Iceland ISL 16
8. Netherlands NED 16
9. Poland POL 15½
10. India IND 15½
11. Spain "B" ESP2 15½
12. Finland FIN 15½
13. Karpov Chess School KCS 15½
...
A total of 28 teams competed.


Tournament review

The second Children's Olympiad managed by Bjelica and Karpov attracted 28 teams to a seaside resort of St. Andrews. There were many club teams among participating nations like Karpov Chess School, Sörös School, Giovanni del Mondo and more. This was possible because the event was not held under FIDE patronage. Ex-World Champion Karpov was a special guest.



Best board results

Unofficial
bd name code pts gms %
1. Soćko, Bartosz POL 6 7 85.7
2. Þorfinnsson, Björn ISL 6 7 85.7
3.= Solak, Dragan KCS* 7 92.9
3.= Richagov RUS 7 92.9
4. Laylo, Darwin PHI 6 7 85.7

* KCS = Karpov Chess School


Viewable games


Only very few games (mostly played by Polish players) are available. There are also two interesting endings included.

See the games online



Soćko neatly refuted attack of 12-year old Paco.
Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP2) - Soćko, Bartosz (POL) 0 - 1

A deja vu of the famous McDonnell - Labourdonnais game from 1834.
Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) - Horváth, András (HUN) ½ - ½