SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES Sunday October 1st, 2023

Mexican World Junior Chess Championship Mayhem continues!

Hans "The International Chess Man of Mystery" was eliminated from the hunt for first place in today's final round 11 of World Junior Chess Championship Open in Mexico. With this loss, his second of the eleven round event, he only scored 7.5 out of 11 points. Don't worry - he'll be back with more chess shenanigans in the US Championship in about a week's time here in the United States!

Three way tie for first place between Grandmasters Arseniy Nesterov, Luka Budisavljevic and Mamikon Gharibyan who all stood at 8.5 out of 11 possible points once all of the dust settled. Quite an event. Quite a lot of talented players! Congratulations to each and every participant, I look forward to seeing each and every single one of these players craft more of their own brand of chess art in the future!

Enjoy the chess mayhem! ~ S.