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

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Basic data

4th World Junior Team Chess Championship (boys)
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 10th - 14th October 2001
City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: Rio Othon Palace Hotel
Tournament Director: Mr. Ricardo Barata (BRA)
Chief Arbiter: IA Friedrich A. Salamon (BRA)
Assistent Arbiters: Mr. Francisco Figueiredo (BRA)
Mr. Genésio Arakaki jr (BRA)
Teams participating: 9 from 7 countries
Players participating: 18 (incl. 1 IM and 2 FMs)
Games played: 40
Competition format: Two board five round Swiss.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points; 3. Progress; 4. Direct match result; 5. First board result; 6. Buchholz
Time control: 40 moves in 120 minutes, then 1 hour for the rest of the game
Website: http://www.fexerj.com.br/ivwjttc/eng/ivwjtcc.htm
Downloadable game file: 01junwtch-b.zip


Tournament review

Boys' tournament.This year's event was by far the most impressive, organized by FEXERJ (the Chess Federation of Rio de Janeiro), and taking place in the luxurious Rio Othon Palace in front of beautiful Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro with a prize fund of US $3,500. The players enjoyed the comforts of the Savoy Othon located right behind the playing hall, and were treated to touristic excursions to the city's sights as well as famous nightlife. When polled this year about the conditions, the only complaint was on the length of the event, as many wished it would go on longer.

Bittencourt (BRA) - Buršteinas (LTU)The championship started on a hesitant note, since the world events of the moment caused many last-minute cancellations which seriously affected the overall turnout. Poland, as usual, came in strength hoping to take home a third straight overall title, and for their male team presented 17 year-old IM Kamil Mitoń, 2516 Elo, fresh from his second place at this year's World U20 Championship, and Rafał Tomczak, 2302. Second in the average rating, and considerably behind in theory, were Lithuania's team with Romanas Buršteinas, 2358, and Robertas Bastys at 2269. Other teams included Belgium, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Winning Polish team.The event proceeded uneventfully with Poland leading after 2 rounds, and Lithuania suffering due to Bastys' initial losses and Buršteinas doing his job. Robertas was then to change gears with some more dedicated pre-round preparation, and almost helped lead his team to victory as Poland slipped in the 3rd round, conceding a draw to Brazil "A". Their lead was then only a half a point ahead of Lithuania and the decisive match between the two took place in the 4th round. Mitoń showed his grit and ground down Buršteinas in a Rook endgame, whereas Bastys surprised Tomczak with a winning tactic and saved the match. No surprises took place in the 5th and last round and Poland deservedly took the trophy.



Best board results

1st Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. IM Mitoń, Kamil Poland POL 5 90.0
2. Buršteinas, Romanas Lithuania LTU 5 70.0
3. FM Gastiaburo, Hernán Argentina ARG 3 5 60.0

2nd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. Liascovich, Lucas Argentina ARG 5 70.0
2. Etcheverz, Ignacio Uruguay URU 4 62.5
3. Pinheiro, Iung Alício Brazil BRA 3 5 60.0


Interesting games


That is sort of creative treatment of Sicilian, I believe.
Gastiaburo, Hernán (ARG) - Mitoń, Kamil (POL) 0 - 1

One must admit that it was not very hard to overlook the shot.
Tomczak, Rafał (POL) - Bastys, Robertas (LTU) 0 - 1