Fan Yun and Andrew Hubbard win WACC

Fan Yun (Indiana) won the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Chess Champion on tiebreaks over Anu Bayar of Mongolia. For this victory, she is awarded the WFM title, a FIDE rating 2050, and a scholarship to Texas Tech University (Approximately $36,000 value for out of state student).

Andrew Hubbard (Illinois) won the 2010 World Amateur Chess Championship. For this victory, he is award the FM title, $3,000, the FM title, a FIDE rating of 2200, and a scholarship to Texas Tech University (Approximately $36,000 value for out of state student).

Congratulations to Fan Yun and Andrew Hubbard!

Full standings:

Overall

1st place
Andrew Hubbard (USA) – 7.5/9
FM Title, FIDE 2200 rating, and Texas Tech Scholarship
$3,000

2nd – 5th place (in order of tie breaks)
Alybaev Djekshenbek (KGZ), Mohammad Shaikh (IND), Richard Huang (CAN), Jeff S. Dixon (USA) – 7/9
Alybaev Djekshenbek is awarded the rating of 2100
Mohammad Shaikh is awarded the rating of 2050
$1000 each (minus taxes for non-US)

Women

1st – 2nd place (in order of tie breaks)
Fan Yun (USA), Anu Bayar (MGL) – 6.5/9
Fan Yun wins the WFM title, FIDE 2050 rating, and Texas Tech Scholarship
$800 each (minus taxes for non-US)

3rd – 4th place
Bianca Jeremias (POR), Denitza Dragieva (BUL) – 6/9
$400 (Jeremias), $600 (Dragieva – highest of 2 prizes qualified for)
(both minus taxes for non-US)

5th place
Regina Veronicka Kalaydina (CAN) – 5.5/9
$200 (minus taxes for non-US)

FIDE 1799 – 1600

1st place
Bhaskar Gupta (IND) – 6.5/9
$1000 (minus taxes for non-US)

2nd place
Raino Soikkeli (FIN) – 4.5/9
$400 (minus taxes for non-US)
*Note – $600 second place prize for this rating category went to Denitza Dragieva – highest of 2 prizes qualified for)

3rd – 5th place
Olivier Desormes (FRA), Manuel Valerio Waldo Nieto (COL), Gheorghe Ionita (ROU) – 4/9
$67 each (minus taxes for non-US)

FIDE Unrated

1st place
Ariel Ofek (USA) – 7/9
$1000

2nd place
Kevin Velazquez (USA) – 6.5/9
$600

3rd – 5th place
Luis Torino Caballero (ARG), Joe Cima (USA), James Wei (USA) – 6/9
$200 each (minus taxes for non-US)