European Youth

[David G Congalton]

From what I can see the best performance at the European Youth in recent times (since 2006) was by Andrew McClement with 5 1/2 out of 9 in the 2009 under 14 section. Andrew had two draws followed by a loss and a win in the first four rounds, so was on the same number of points as he is this year.

Thanks to Clement and Andrew for posting the games. I played through both but most of it was beyond me. I enjoyed the outcome of both though.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow. For those who are maybe struggling a little can I just point out that after five rounds last year Murad had scored one point. He kept trying though and ended up with 3 1/2 points. It looks like he is putting the experience he gained last year to good use this year. Nearly all of those who played last year are doing as well, if not better this year. So don't be disheartened. You'll gain a lot from the next 5 rounds if you keep playing as well as you can.

Murad's 3 out of 4 is fantastic and there's no reason why he can't continue to score impressively. He's the pick of the bunch at the moment but Carl's rating performance isn't far behind and Andrew's 2291 is impressive. Add to that the fact that Hamish and Ali aren't too far off the 2000 mark and Kai's 1664 is quite healthy. It's not looking too bad.