[section_title title=”Jeffery Xiong dominates the Open Section”]
Jeffery Xiong dominates the Open Section
Leading to the final round, Round 13, Jeffery Xiong of the United States was already a clear winner of the event.
He dominated the event all throughout with eight wins and five draws. Thus, he is now the youngest player to win the World Junior Chess Championship title.
The top-seeded Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev came in closest with 1 full point behind, 9.5 points.
Replay all the games in the Open Section.

The winners of World Junior Chess Championships 2016 Open Division: Vladislav Artemiev (Runner Up), Jeffery Xiong (Champion), and Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna (2nd Runner Up). Photo credit: wjcc2016india.com.
Final ranking of the Open section follows:
World Junior Chess Championships 2016 Open Final Ranking
Rank | Name | IRtg | Club | Type | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2633 | USA | U16 | 10½ |
2 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2665 | RUS | U18 | 9½ |
3 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2515 | IND | U18 | 9 |
4 | FM | Xu Yi | 2371 | CHN | U18 | 9 |
5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2514 | IND | U18 | 8½ |
6 | IM | Mosadeghpour Masoud | 2437 | IRI | U20 | 8½ |
7 | Xu Yinglun | 2516 | CHN | U20 | 8½ | |
8 | IM | Nasuta Grzegorz | 2442 | POL | U20 | 8½ |
9 | IM | Svane Rasmus | 2546 | GER | U20 | 8½ |
10 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2543 | IND | U18 | 8 |
11 | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2576 | IRI | U16 | 8 | |
12 | Ivekovic Bozidar | 2351 | CRO | U20 | 8 | |
13 | IM | Lorparizangeneh Shahin | 2478 | IRI | U18 | 8 |
14 | IM | Menezes Christoph | 2408 | AUT | U20 | 7½ |
15 | GM | Gagare Shardul | 2486 | IND | U20 | 7½ |
16 | FM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2429 | IND | U12 | 7½ |
17 | Yuan Qingyu | 2366 | CHN | 7½ | ||
18 | Srijit Paul | 2217 | IND | U16 | 7½ | |
19 | IM | Bersamina Paulo | 2402 | PHI | U18 | 7½ |
20 | IM | Tran Tuan Minh | 2473 | VIE | U20 | 7½ |
21 | IM | Henriquez Villagra Cristobal | 2520 | CHI | U20 | 7½ |
22 | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2572 | GER | U20 | 7½ |
23 | IM | Akash G | 2400 | IND | U20 | 7½ |
24 | IM | Mousavi Seyed Khalil | 2422 | IRI | U18 | 7½ |
25 | Arjun Kalyan | 2292 | IND | U14 | 7½ | |
26 | FM | Gholami Aryan | 2461 | IRI | U16 | 7½ |
27 | FM | Martins David Pires Tavares | 2402 | POR | U20 | 7½ |
28 | FM | Rakesh Kumar Jena | 2161 | IND | U16 | 7 |
29 | Beradze Irakli | 2440 | GEO | U20 | 7 | |
30 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2582 | RUS | U20 | 7 |
31 | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | 2276 | IND | U20 | 7 | |
32 | IM | Beukema Stefan | 2380 | BEL | U20 | 7 |
33 | FM | Rajdeep Sarkar | 2351 | IND | U16 | 7 |
34 | IM | Visakh N R | 2431 | IND | U18 | 7 |
35 | IM | Basso Pier Luigi | 2455 | ITA | U20 | 7 |
36 | Pirverdiyev Agil | 2364 | AZE | U20 | 7 | |
37 | FM | Lokander Martin | 2365 | SWE | U20 | 7 |
38 | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2344 | IND | U16 | 6½ | |
39 | FM | Grandadam Patrik | 2325 | SUI | U20 | 6½ |
40 | Sammed Jaykumar Shete | 2253 | IND | U18 | 6½ | |
41 | Shailesh Dravid | 2224 | IND | U18 | 6½ | |
42 | FM | Nihal Sarin | 2358 | IND | U12 | 6½ |
43 | Rahul Srivatshav P | 2280 | IND | U14 | 6½ | |
44 | FM | Gajwa Ankit | 2282 | IND | U20 | 6½ |
45 | FM | Rydstrom Tom | 2315 | SWE | U20 | 6½ |
46 | FM | Karthik Venkataraman | 2305 | IND | U18 | 6½ |
47 | IM | Studer Noel | 2477 | SUI | U20 | 6½ |
48 | Tahay Alexis | 2098 | FRA | U20 | 6½ | |
49 | Papakonstantinou Dimitrios | 2180 | GRE | U20 | 6 | |
50 | IM | Chakravarthi Reddy M | 2228 | IND | U20 | 6 |
51 | IM | Krishna Teja N | 2282 | IND | U18 | 6 |
52 | FM | Belous Mikhail | 2343 | UKR | U18 | 6 |
53 | Sahoo Utkal Ranjan | 2266 | IND | U20 | 6 | |
54 | FM | Viennot Dylan | 2342 | FRA | U20 | 6 |
55 | FM | Gheorghiu Calin | 2343 | ROU | U20 | 6 |
56 | Evangelista Paul Robert | 2020 | PHI | U20 | 6 | |
57 | CM | Salles Louis | 2235 | FRA | U20 | 6 |
58 | Fan Huifeng | 2223 | CHN | U20 | 5½ | |
59 | Gandhi Anish | 2156 | IND | U20 | 5½ | |
60 | FM | Ivic Velimir | 2270 | SRB | U14 | 5½ |
61 | Taalaibekov Tagir | 2182 | KGZ | U18 | 5½ | |
62 | Subhayan Kundu | 2189 | IND | U16 | 5½ | |
63 | Ritviz Parab | 2259 | IND | U18 | 5½ | |
64 | FM | Tran Minh Thang | 2353 | VIE | U16 | 5½ |
65 | Yogit S | 2270 | IND | U20 | 5½ | |
66 | Dassanayake D M G S | 1859 | SRI | U16 | 5½ | |
67 | Squella Lavin Carlos Felipe | 2203 | CHI | U20 | 5½ | |
68 | Weerasinghe C C | 1785 | SRI | U18 | 5½ | |
69 | CM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2337 | IND | U14 | 5 |
70 | Barath Kalyan M | 2197 | IND | U16 | 5 | |
71 | Subramaniam Shreyes | 1863 | MAS | U18 | 5 | |
72 | Palucha Szymon | 1932 | ENG | U20 | 5 | |
73 | Nyamdorj Davaaochir | 2015 | CAN | U20 | 5 | |
74 | Thogersen Rasmus | 2171 | DEN | U20 | 4½ | |
75 | Holleland Sigve | 2106 | NOR | U20 | 4½ | |
76 | Avik Sarker | 2000 | BAN | U20 | 4 | |
77 | Seppala Joni | 1765 | FIN | U20 | 3½ | |
78 | Hsu Chuan-Chia | 1777 | TPE | U20 | 2½ | |
79 | AIM | Skettos Nicolas | 1561 | CYP | U20 | 2½ |
80 | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2431 | UZB | U14 | 0 |