Pinoy Beats Aussie

At the World Juniors last night in Armenia, the Aussie reps Tomek Rej and Nick Chernih suffered setbacks in their campaign after losing their matches against more fancied opposition. Rej went down to Pinoy John-Paul Gomez. Chernih, on the other hand, lost to Vietnamese GM Quang Liem Le.

In the girls section, the only Australian representative Shannon Oliver also lost her game. In tonight's round 3, Shannon will face her third WFM opponent at this event - Natalia Buttner of Argentina.

Here are a couple of games.

WJGCC 2006
Chernih, N
Le, Quang Liem
B98

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bc6 13. Nxc6 Bg5+ 14. Kb1 Nxc6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Rd8 18. Bd3 Rxd6 19. Rhf1 Qc7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Rf6 O-O 22. Rdf1 Rd7 23. R1f4 Rc8 24. Qe1 Ne5 25. Be4 Rcd8 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Bd3 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxh2 29. g3 Qh5 30. Rf4 Rd4 31. Rf1 Qg5 32. Qf2 R8d7 33. a3 h5 34. Qf3 Rg4 35. Bxg6 Qxg6 36. Qc3 Rgd4 37. Ka2 Qg5 38. b3 R4d5 39. Rf2 Rc5 40. Qf3 Rf5 0-1

WJGCC 2006
Nechepurenko, R.
Rej, T.
C86

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. b4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. Na5 Qc8 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. g3 Be7 18. Kg2 Nh5 19. Bd2 Qg4 20. Kh1 Bc8 21. Ng1 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Bh3 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Ng1 Be6 25. Kg2 Rad8 26. Bc1 Bf8 27. Nf3 h6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Ra6 dxe4 31. dxe4 Bd7 32. Bd3 Re6 33. Bxb5 Kh7 34. Ba4 Ne7 35. Nfxe5 Nxc6 36. Nxd7 Nxd7 37. Rxc6 Ne5 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Bc2 c5 40. f4 Nc4 41. e5+ Kh8 42. b5 Nb6 43. Be4 Rd8 44. Kf3 Na4 45. c4 Nb6 46. f5 Nxc4 47. fxe6 Be7 48. Bc6 Rd3+ 49. Kg4 Rd4+ 50. Re4 Nxe5+ 51. Kf5 Nxc6 52. bxc6 g6+ 53. Kf4 Rd6 54. Bb2+ Kg8 55. c7 Rc6 56. Be5 c4 57. Re1 1-0