(see all-time tournament summary)
Chessdom.com reports: final, final 2
Reports from All India Chess Fed.: summary, welcome
The Hindu reports: r1&2, r3&4, r5, r6, r7&8, r9&10, summary
| 7th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad: Mersin 2008 |
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| 7th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 17th - 24th August 2008 |
| City: | Mersin, Turkey |
| Venue: | Mersin Great Municipality Sport Hotel |
| Chairman of honorary committee: | Mr. Murat Başesgioğlu - Minister for Sport of Turkey |
| General Coordinator: | Mr. Tahsin Aktar (TUR) |
| Tournament Director: | Ms. Fatma Yıldız (TUR) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Tugan Ünal (TUR) |
| Teams participating: | 26 (from 18 countries) |
| Players participating: | 117 (incl. 2 GMs, 5 IMs, 5 FMs, 1 CM and 2 WFMs) |
| Games played: | 520 |
| Competition format: | Four board ten round Swiss. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Game points; 2. Buchholz; 3. Match points; 4. Berger; 5. Median Buchholz |
| Time control: | 90 minutes per game + 30 seconds per move |
| Official logo: | |
| Website: | http://wyco2008.tsf.org.tr |
| Other websites: | Final report from www.fide.com Chessdom.com reports: final, final 2 Reports from All India Chess Fed.: summary, welcome The Hindu reports: r1&2, r3&4, r5, r6, r7&8, r9&10, summary |
| Downloadable game file: | 08u16-ol.zip |
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| no. | name | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM So, Wesley | PHI | 9 | 10 | 90.0 |
| 2. | GM Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 7 | 9 | 77.8 |
| 3. | IM Shimanov, Alexander | RUS | 7½ | 10 | 75.0 |
| no. | name | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Sethuraman, Panayapan | IND | 7 | 8 | 87.5 |
| 2. | IM Durarbeyli, Vasif | AZE | 7½ | 9 | 83.3 |
| 3. | Kottahachchy, Oshadhi Varunajith | SRI | 7½ | 10 | 75.0 |
| no. | name | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Shyam Sundar, M. | IND | 5 | 6 | 83.3 |
| 2. | Kerigan, Demre | TUR2 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 |
| 3. | Vardanian, Haik G. | ARM | 8 | 10 | 80.0 |
| no. | name | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | Nikolashvili, Giorgi | GEO | 8 | 10 | 80.0 |
| 2. | Hasenohr, Benedict | SUI2 | 7½ | 10 | 75.0 |
| 3. | Kanmazalp, Oğulcan | TUR | 4½ | 6 | 75.0 |