Benko Chess Club

Oropesa del Mar 1998

World Youth Chess Festival – Boys Under 18, Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Petar Benković’s performance and the final standings.

📍 Oropesa del Mar, Spain♟ 11 roundsPetar Benković 7,5/118th place
7,5/11Overall Score
8.Final Place
2310Petar's tournament rating
U18Category
91Entries in Final Standings

Diploma and Photos

Finishing eighth at the World Youth Championship U18 in Oropesa del Mar with 7.5/11 is one of Petar Benković’s most cherished results.

Petar Benković’s diploma for 8th place at the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa del Mar 1998.
Diploma for 8th place in the Under 18 category, World Youth Chess Festival, Oropesa del Mar 1998.
Petar Benković at the chessboard in Oropesa del Mar 1998.
Petar Benković at the board in Oropesa del Mar 1998.
Tournament hall at the event in Oropesa del Mar 1998.
Inside the tournament hall at the 1998 World Youth Championship.

Standings – 91 participants

RankTitleNameFederationRtgPointsProgr.
1FMPert, NicholasENG24158,552,0
2IMIlijushin, AlexeyRUS24708,547,0
3IMVajda, LeventeROM2480850,0
4IMAcs, PeterHUN2500848,5
5FMDoettling, FabianGER2360847,5
6IMHorvath, AdamHUN24557,544,5
7IMSvetushkin, DmitryMDA24607,544,5
8–Benković, PetarYUG23107,541,0
9FMDominguez Perez, LeinierCUB2585751,5
10FMFedorchuk, Sergey AUKR2415750,5
11FMBerescu, AlinROM2370747,5
12IMMateuta, GabrielROM2390747,0
13IMGershon, AlikISR2460746,0
14IMBlehm, PawelPOL2420745,5
15IMStević, HrvojeCRO2465741,0
16FMJohannessen, Leif ENOR2290740,0
17–Bekker-Jensen, SimonDEN2260739,5
18–Lopez Martinez, Jose M.ESP23506,547,0
19IMHalkias, SteliosGRE24356,545,5
20FMKundin, AlexanderISR24306,543,5
21–Berg, EmanuelSWE23806,542,0
22FMFelgaer, RubenARG23356,540,5
23FMBakhtadze, GiorgiGEO23956,539,0
24FMKanatov, AskarKAZ22856,538,0
25IMFontaine, RobertFRA23606,536,0
26FMVarela, GastonARG22706,536,0
27–Reinaldo Castiñeira, RoiESP23256,535,5
28–Crosa Coll, Martin S.URU22256,535,0
29FMPerelshteyn, EugeneUSA24156,535,0
30FMGazarian, AramRUS2470645,0
31–Ardeleanu, George CROM2310643,0
32–Ibrahimov, RasulAZE2365642,0
33–Haroutjunian, GevorgARM2310641,5
34–Riazantsev, AlexanderRUS2335639,5
35FMKallio, HeikkiFIN2360638,5
36IMSmetankin, StanislavBLR2395636,0
37FMŽugić, IgorCAN23355,538,5
38–Bursteinas, RomanasLTU22955,538,5
39–Martinez Martin, DavidESP22855,537,5
40–Senff, MartinGER23955,534,5
41–Garcia Roman, DanielESP23105,533,0
42–Petrík, TomasSVK22755,532,5
43–Fernando, DiegoPOR21855,532,0
44–Alvarez Marquez, Johan C.VEN22005,532,0
45–Jensson, Einar HjaltiISL21855,531,5
46–Fernandez Rangel, AlejandroMEX22055,530,5
47–Uribe, MauricioCOL22005,530,5
48–Pilaj, HerwigAUT22155,530,0
49–Dearing, EdwardSCO23105,529,0
50–Zerdo, MirzaBIH21255,528,5
51–Mariano, EliaITA22505,528,5
52–Soot, MargusEST–5,527,5
53FMLabollita, MartinARG22105,527,0
54–Kavčić, UrošSLO2245534,0
55–Beenish, BhatiaIND2190534,0
56–Vidović, SašaCRO2245527,5
57–Hernando Rodrigo, JulioESP2285527,5
58–Ng, Tze HanMAS–524,5
59–Krejčí, JakubCZE2140524,0
60–Rodriguez Herreros, VictorESP22804,532,0
61–Toth, AndrasHUN23304,531,5
62–Mogilarov, DimitarBUL20904,530,5
63–Stepanov, TimofejLAT21904,529,0
64–Sandhu, MarioAUT21904,528,5
65–Stolte Bezerra, ThiagoBRA21454,528,5
66–Wafte, RodrigoBRA–4,526,5
67–Carton, CamilleFRA21554,524,5
68–Atakisi, UmutTUR22254,524,5
69–Valentin Pascual, CesarESP21654,520,5
70–Blanco Acevedo, CristobalVEN2190428,0
71–Nikolaou, GeorgiosGRE2120427,5
72–Žvan, ŽigaSLO2100425,0
73–Gomez Lopez, RobertoESP2250423,0
74–Garrarino, XavierFRA2095422,5
75–Lo, Chun YueHGK–422,0
76–Memeti, KastriotBEL–420,5
77–Padeiro, JosePOR–418,5
78–Franco, AlexanderCOL–417,5
79–Bucher, DenisSUI2180415,5
80–Hong, JianrongCHN–3,524,5
81–Paraskevopoulos, ArestiRSA–3,520,5
82–Verlaine, AlexLUX–3,516,5
83–Kelly, AdamIRL–319,5
84–Trass, RyanNZL–315,0
85–Sisic, SamirBIH–312,0
86–Neto, FaustoBRA–2,517,0
87–Warsama, SaadDJI–12,0
88–Andrade, LeonardoPOR223500,0
––Sanon, MondolyHAI–00,0
––Deseatnicov, IvanMDA218500,0
––Ghimouz, ChakibALG–00,0