Benko Chess Club

WCC U20 Yerevan 1999

World Junior Championship U20, Yerevan, 18–30.09.1999. IM Petar Benković’s performance with the exact round order, dates, opponents, ECO codes and final standings.

📍 Yerevan, Armenia♟ 13 roundsPetar Benković 6/13Rating 2328

6/13Overall Score

3Wins

6Draws

4Losses

45.Place after tie-break

Photos from Yerevan

Archive photographs from Yerevan 1999 preserve memories of the World Junior Championship U20, from the Tigran Petrosian monument to Republic Square and the Erebuni Hotel.

Bojan Vučković and Petar Benković in front of the Tigran Petrosian monument in Yerevan 1999. — Bojan Vučković and Petar Benković in front of the monument to the 9th World Champion, Tigran Petrosian.

Petar Benković with four Georgian women chess players in front of the Erebuni Hotel in Yerevan 1999. — In front of the Erebuni Hotel in Yerevan: Petar with four Georgian women chess players.

Petar Benković, Matej Guid, Bojan Vučković i Sahakyan Nona na Trgu republike u Jerevanu 1999. — At Republic Square in Yerevan: Petar Benković, Nona Sahakyan, Matej Guid and Bojan Vučković.

Standings – 67 participants

Rank	Title	Name	Federation	Rtg	Points
1	GM	Galkin, Alexander	RUS	2535	10½
2	GM	Kasimdzanov, Rustam	UZB	2603	10
3	GM	Asrian, Karen	ARM	2575	9
4	IM	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2518	9
5	–	Naumann, Alexander	GER	2478	8½
6	IM	Zhang, Pengxiang	CHN	2462	8½
7	IM	Blehm, Pawel	POL	2479	8½
8	IM	Svetushkin, Dmitry	MDA	2486	8½
9	IM	Vajda, Levente	ROM	2462	8
10	IM	Perelshteyn, Eugene	USA	2415	8
11	IM	Halkias, Stelios	GRE	2406	8
12	IM	Bakhtadze, Giorgi	GEO	2403	8
13	GM	Dervishi, Erald	ALB	2496	7½
14	–	Gershon, Alik	ISR	2492	7½
15	–	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GEO	2441	7½
16	–	Vučković, Bojan	YUG	2433	7½
17	–	Pert, Nicholas	ENG	2425	7½
18	–	Khamrakulov, Ibragim	UZB	2383	7½
19	–	Lopez, Jose Martinez	ESP	2378	7½
20	IM	Lipinsky, Fabian	GER	2331	7½
21	IM	Iliushin, Alexei	RUS	2527	7
22	IM	Vallejo, Francisco	ESP	2519	7
23	–	Janssen, Ruud	NED	2448	7
24	–	Pinski, Jan	POL	2444	7
25	–	Matikozian, Andranik	ARM	2427	7
26	–	Jenni, Florian	SUI	2399	7
27	–	De Vreugt, Dennis	NED	2398	7
28	IM	Marcelin, Cyril	FRA	2395	7
29	IM	Gaprindashvili, Valerian	GEO	2390	7
30	–	Smetankin, Stanislav	BLR	2385	7
31	IM	Peralta, Fernando	ARG	2433	6½
32	–	Williams, Simon	ENG	2421	6½
33	IM	Chibukhchian, Artur	ARM	2413	6½
34	–	Starostits, Ilmars	LAT	2358	6½
35	–	Berg, Emanuel	SWE	2348	6½
36	–	Kidambi, Sundararajan	IND	2334	6½
37	–	Budnikov, Oleg	UKR	2331	6½
38	FM	Arutiunian, Davit	GEO	2318	6½
39	–	Mallahi, Amir	IRI	2317	6½
40	–	Jakupovic, Neven	BIH	2263	6½
41	–	Bunzmann, Dimitrij	GER	2596	6
42	FM	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2470	6
43	–	Akobian, Varuzhan	ARM	2387	6
44	–	Charbonneau, Pascal	CAN	2339	6
45	–	Benković, Petar	YUG	2328	6
46	–	Dovramadijev, Tihomir	BUL	2254	6
47	–	Bucinskas, Valdas	LTU	2248	6
48	FM	Labollita, Martin	ARG	2199	6
49	–	Leskiewicz, Maksymilian	AUS	2206	6
50	–	Krejci, Jakub	CZE	2221	6
51	–	Korstin, Maris	EST	2201	6
52	IM	Rizouk, Aimen	ALG	2312	5½
53	–	Petrosian, Davit	ARM	2309	5½
54	–	Bognar, Csaba	HUN	2237	5½
55	–	Brulic, Denis	CRO	2121	5½
56	–	Kose, Serkan	TUR	–	5½
57	–	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	AUS	–	5½
58	–	Hansen, Torbjorn	NOR	2259	5
59	–	Atakisi, Umut	TUR	2238	5
60	–	Guid, Matej	SLO	2185	5
61	–	Pinter, Erik	SVK	2163	5
62	–	Aschenbrenner, Robert	AUT	2160	5
63	–	Kumin, Simon	SUI	2251	4½
64	–	Quintero, Jorge	COL	–	4½
65	–	Aranha Filho, Alvaro	BRA	2236	3½
66	–	Fantin, Ludwig	FRA	2184	2½
67	–	Vanparys, Philip	BEL	–	2½