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The World Junior Championship took place in Bhubaneswar 7th to 21st August 2016. Jeffery Xiong won the title with a round to spare finishing on 10.5/13 a point clear of Vladislav Artemiev. Lyna Narayanan Sunilduth finished 3rd. Xiong is the 7th US player to win the title, the first since Tal Shaked in 1997. Dinara Saduakassova won the girls title with 9.5/13 half a point clear of Pv Nandhidhaa and Dinara Dordzhieva. Saduakassova even had the luxury of throwing a win away in the final round.

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World Junior Open 2016 Bhubaneswar IND Sun 7th Aug 2016 - Mon 22nd Aug 2016 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Xiong Jeffery	GM	USA	2633	8	10½	0	98	103
2	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2665	7	9½	0	98	104
3	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	GM	IND	2515	6	9	½	98½	104
4	Xu Yi	FM	CHN	2371	6	9	½	92½	99
5	Karthikeyan Murali	GM	IND	2514	7	8½	0	97½	103
6	Mosadeghpour Masoud	IM	IRI	2437	5	8½	0	97½	102½
7	Xu Yinglun		CHN	2516	5	8½	0	96	102
8	Nasuta Grzegorz	IM	POL	2442	6	8½	0	96	101½
9	Svane Rasmus	IM	GER	2546	6	8½	0	92	98½
10	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	GM	IND	2543	5	8	0	99	105
11	Maghsoodloo Parham		IRI	2576	5	8	0	97½	102½
12	Ivekovic Bozidar		CRO	2351	7	8	0	90½	95½
13	Lorparizangeneh Shahin	IM	IRI	2478	4	8	0	83½	88½
14	Menezes Christoph	IM	AUT	2408	5	7½	0	90½	95
15	Gagare Shardul	GM	IND	2486	4	7½	0	89½	95
16	Praggnanandhaa R	FM	IND	2429	5	7½	0	88½	94
17	Yuan Qingyu		CHN	2366	6	7½	0	88½	93½
18	Srijit Paul		IND	2217	6	7½	0	88	94
19	Bersamina Paulo	IM	PHI	2402	5	7½	0	87½	91½
20	Tran Tuan Minh	IM	VIE	2473	5	7½	0	87	92
21	Henriquez Villagra Cristobal	IM	CHI	2520	4	7½	0	86	91
22	Wagner Dennis	GM	GER	2572	4	7½	0	84½	90
23	Akash G	IM	IND	2400	5	7½	0	81½	86
24	Mousavi Seyed Khalil	IM	IRI	2422	5	7½	0	80	84½
25	Arjun Kalyan		IND	2292	6	7½	0	78	81½
26	Gholami Aryan	FM	IRI	2461	5	7½	0	74½	79
27	Martins David Pires Tavares	FM	POR	2402	5	7½	0	74	78½
28	Rakesh Kumar Jena	FM	IND	2161	4	7	0	88½	94½
29	Beradze Irakli		GEO	2440	5	7	0	88½	93½
30	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	RUS	2582	6	7	0	88	93
31	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad		IND	2276	4	7	0	86½	90
32	Beukema Stefan	IM	BEL	2380	5	7	0	85	89½
33	Rajdeep Sarkar	FM	IND	2351	3	7	0	84½	88½
34	Visakh N R	IM	IND	2431	4	7	0	84	88½
35	Basso Pier Luigi	IM	ITA	2455	5	7	0	76	81
36	Pirverdiyev Agil		AZE	2364	6	7	0	76	79½
37	Lokander Martin	FM	SWE	2365	4	7	0	72	76½
38	Harsha Bharathakoti		IND	2344	2	6½	0	91	93
39	Grandadam Patrik	FM	SUI	2325	4	6½	0	86½	90
40	Sammed Jaykumar Shete		IND	2253	5	6½	0	84	86
41	Shailesh Dravid		IND	2224	5	6½	0	82	86½
42	Nihal Sarin	FM	IND	2358	4	6½	0	77½	82
43	Rahul Srivatshav P		IND	2280	5	6½	0	77	80½
44	Gajwa Ankit	FM	IND	2282	5	6½	0	76½	80
45	Rydstrom Tom	FM	SWE	2315	4	6½	0	76	80
46	Karthik Venkataraman	FM	IND	2305	5	6½	0	75	79
47	Studer Noel	IM	SUI	2477	5	6½	0	74½	79
48	Tahay Alexis		FRA	2098	4	6½	0	72	76
49	Papakonstantinou Dimitrios		GRE	2180	5	6	0	84	89
50	Chakravarthi Reddy M	IM	IND	2228	3	6	0	83½	88½
80 players

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World Junior Girls 2016 Bhubaneswar IND Sun 7th Aug 2016 - Mon 22nd Aug 2016 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Saduakassova Dinara	WGM	KAZ	2423	6	9½	0	94	99
2	Nandhidhaa Pv	WIM	IND	2151	7	9	½	97	102½
3	Dordzhieva Dinara	WIM	RUS	2304	7	9	½	97	102
4	Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea	IM	COL	2321	7	8½	0	97½	104
5	Frayna Janelle Mae	WIM	PHI	2292	6	8½	0	95½	101
6	Vaishali R	WIM	IND	2284	7	8½	0	89	94
7	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	WIM	MGL	2199	7	8½	0	86	91½
8	Parnali S Dharia	WIM	IND	2203	6	8½	0	84	87½
9	Bivol Alina	WIM	RUS	2362	6	8	0	99	104½
10	Michelle Catherina P	WIM	IND	2205	6	8	0	94½	100½
11	Mahalakshmi M	WIM	IND	2101	5	8	0	88½	92
12	Styazhkina Anna	WIM	RUS	2315	8	8	0	82½	87½
13	Du Yuxin		CHN	1957	6	8	0	77	82
14	Buksa Nataliya	WGM	UKR	2261	6	7½	0	92	97
15	Ivanova Karina	WFM	RUS	2129	5	7½	0	91½	93½
16	Gu Tianlu	WIM	CHN	2239	5	7½	0	89½	94½
17	Alinasab Mobina	WFM	IRI	2199	5	7½	0	88½	94½
18	Priyanka K		IND	2048	7	7½	0	88	93½
19	Gomez Barrera Javiera Belen	WFM	CHI	2055	6	7½	0	73	76½
20	Injac Teodora	WFM	SRB	2252	4	7	0	88	93½
21	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	WIM	UZB	2328	5	7	0	86½	91½
22	Lasya.G	WFM	IND	2084	5	7	0	81½	85
23	Varshini V	WFM	IND	2129	5	7	0	80½	84
24	Bala Kannamma P		IND	2039	5	7	0	80	83½
25	Chandreyee Hajra	WCM	IND	1931	5	7	0	75½	80½
26	Salonika Saina	WCM	IND	2131	4	6½	0	91	94½
27	Soyunlu Narmin		AZE	2074	5	6½	0	87	90½
28	Monnisha G K	WIM	IND	2101	5	6½	0	83	88
29	Blagojevic Tijana	WIM	MNE	2267	4	6½	0	82½	88
30	Harshita Guddanti		IND	2180	4	6½	0	82	87
31	Chitlange Sakshi	WIM	IND	2014	4	6½	0	80½	85½
32	Mendoza Shania Mae	WFM	PHI	2191	6	6½	0	73½	77
33	Barchuk Irina		UKR	2163	5	6	0	83½	88½
34	Visanescu Daria-Ioana	WFM	ROU	2067	3	6	0	80	85
35	Kiolbasa Oliwia	WIM	POL	2319	3	6	0	76½	81½
36	Vantika Agrawal		IND	1974	5	6	0	73	76½
37	Yanjinlkham Bayarsaikhan	WFM	MGL	1990	5	6	0	71½	73½
38	Srija Seshadri	WFM	IND	2102	5	5½	0	84	89½
39	Priyanka Nutakki		IND	2234	4	5½	0	79½	84½
40	Divya Lakshmi R		IND	1864	5	5½	0	76	81
41	Thomas Anysia		FRA	2049	3	5½	0	69	72½
42	Hoare Amy B		ENG	2017	4	5½	0	69	72½
43	Choladze Mariami	WFM	GEO	2077	4	5½	0	68½	70½
44	Omurbekova Diana		KGZ	1886	4	5½	0	61½	63½
45	Santeramo Alessia	WFM	ITA	2137	3	5	0	75½	77½
46	Hiebler Laura	WFM	AUT	2110	4	5	0	72	74
47	Leonardi Caterina	WFM	SLO	2061	4	5	0	71½	73½
48	Sapale Saloni	WCM	IND	2080	2	5	0	70	73½
49	Albekova Dilyara		KAZ	1732	5	5	0	61	63
50	Eswaran Ashritha	WIM	USA	2226	4	4½	0	81	84½
57 players

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