The World Junior Championships (U20), 8th-20st December.
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The World Junior Championships (U20) took place in Panaji, Goa, 8th-20st December.
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Zhao Xue won the girls title.
The final standings of leaders :
Boys:
1 Levon Aronian GM Armenia 10.0
2 Luke McShane GM England 9.5
3 Surya Sekhar Ganguly IM India 9.0
4 Artyom Timofeev IM Russia 9.0
   Girls:
1 Zhao Xue WGM China 10.5
2 Koneru Humpy WGM India 10.5
3 Nadezhda Kosintseva WGM Russia 10.0
 
/Java/2002/WJ20/viewer.html"> View juniors games (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJ20/wjun20.zip"> Games of juniors in PGN (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJ208/viewer.html"> View juniors games (8-13 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJ208/wj20812.zip"> Games of juniors in PGN (8-13 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg20/viewer.html"> View girls games (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg20/wjung20.zip"> Games of girls in PGN (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg208/viewer.html"> View girls games (8-13 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg208/wjg20812.zip"> Games of girls in PGN (8-13 rounds)
Internet site: www.worldjuniorchessgoa.com