World juniors playing superb chess

By Errol Tiwari On In Chess with Errol |
Seventeen-year-old Iranian chess grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo who, up to Thursday, was leading the 2018 World Juniors Chess Tournament in Gebze, Turkey, which ends today. Maghsoodloo had accumulated 7½ points from eight games, which is an impressive score taking into consideration the competition he encountered. Maghsoodloo has a FIDE Elo rating of 2649. (Photo by Amruta Mokal)
Seventeen-year-old Iranian chess grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo who, up to Thursday, was leading the 2018 World Juniors Chess Tournament in Gebze, Turkey, which ends today. Maghsoodloo had accumulated 7½ points from eight games, which is an impressive score taking into consideration the competition he encountered. Maghsoodloo has a FIDE Elo rating of 2649. (Photo by Amruta Mokal)

The World Junior Chess Championships end today in Gebze, Turkey, and Iran is set to make its presence felt in an unforgettable manner.

If Iran’s principal contender at the Juniors, the promising Parham Maghsoodloo, does not lose more than one game at the competition, he will surely take the gold. At the conclusion of the eighth round, Maghsoodloo, a grandmaster at 2649, had scored 7½ from 8 points, drawing only one game in the process.

Looking closely at the World Juniors is important owing to the fact World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and his 2018 challenger Fabiano Caruana are both in their 20s.