Vachier-Lagrave wins World Youth Championship U20
Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France won the U20 World Youth Championship after a dramatic last round, in which he caught Sergei Zhigalko in the standings. The two finished on 10.5/13, but Vachier-Lagrave won the title due to a higher sum of the ratings of the opponents. WGM Swaminathan Soumya from India took gold in the girls [...]




