The World Junior Championships (U20) took place in Panaji, Goa, 8th-20st December.

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Levon Aronian became the Champion among the boys under 20 years.

Zhao Xue won the girls title.
The final standings of leaders :

Boys: 1 Levon Aronian GM Armenia 10.0 2 Luke McShane GM England 9.5 3 Surya Sekhar Ganguly IM India 9.0 4 Artyom Timofeev IM Russia 9.0

Girls: 1 Zhao Xue WGM China 10.5 2 Koneru Humpy WGM India 10.5 3 Nadezhda Kosintseva WGM Russia 10.0

/Java/2002/WJ20/viewer.html"> View juniors games (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJ20/wjun20.zip"> Games of juniors in PGN (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJ208/viewer.html"> View juniors games (8-13 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJ208/wj20812.zip"> Games of juniors in PGN (8-13 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg20/viewer.html"> View girls games (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg20/wjung20.zip"> Games of girls in PGN (1-7 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg208/viewer.html"> View girls games (8-13 rounds)
/Java/2002/WJg208/wjg20812.zip"> Games of girls in PGN (8-13 rounds)
Internet site: www.worldjuniorchessgoa.com