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AICF CHRONICLE
the official magazine of the All India Chess Federation
Volume : 8
Issue : 9
Price Rs. 25
March 2015
35th National Team Chess Championship & 13th National Women Team Chess Championship, Goa
PSPB MEN AND WOMEN TRIUMPH
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35th National Team Chess Championship & 13th National Team
Women Chess Championship, Goa
PSPB is Champion
by M.Ephrame IA,CA
1
4th National Schools Chess Championship,Goa
Maharashtra dominates National Schools
by IA Vasanth BH,CA
6
1st Deltin FIDE Rapid Rating Ty, Goa
IM Swayams Mishra wins title
by IA Swapnil Bansod, CA
8
3rd Kanyakumari FIDE Rated Open, Nagercoil
Hrithickkesh wins title
by IA L.R.Bhuvanaa Sai, CA
11
From the Editor’s desk
Viswanathan Anand won the classical
event in the fourth edition of Zurich
Chess Challenge.The tournament
with six of the top flight Grandmasters
vying for the title ended in an exciting
fashion. After five rounds of classic
and five rounds of rapid chess, the two contenders with
equal overall points, Vishy Anand and Nakamura, played
out a nine-minute nerve-racking ‘Armageddon’ game
which decided the issue in the latter’s favour. That the
‘Chennai tiger’ has regained his form should gladden the
hearts of his fans who eagerly look forward to Anand’s
performance at the Gashimov memorial next month
where his arch-rival, Magnus Carlsen, will be taking part.
The report on Zurich CC and the ‘Armageddon’ game are
featured in the centre pages.
1st Assam downtown FIDE Rated Ty, Guwahati
Dhanabir Singh emerges winner
by IA Debasish Barua,CA
13
1st Rotary Intel.District 3212 FIDE Rated Open for visually
challenged,Nagercoil
Deepyajeet De wins title
by IA M.Ephrame, CA
15
Selected games annotated by
IM Manuel Aaron
17
Problem World
Plachutta interference
by C.G.S.Narayanan
Study of the year 2013
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41
42
43
Viktor Knorre
44
AICF Calendar 48
Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan
Test your endgame
by C.G.S.Narayanan
For the first time the Asian giants, China and India,gold
and bronze medallists at the last Olympiad, had a face
off in an eight round Scheveningen match on four boards
at Hyderabad. As this goes to press China, which surged
ahead decisively in the second half, beat India 18-14 to
take the winner’s purse and trophy. The games from this
event will be presented in a future issue.
Masters of the past-50
Readers are invited to offer their
feedback on the regular features in the
AICF Chronicle and are also invited to
send interesting articles, annotated
games and chess anecdotes to the Editor
at ‘[email protected]’ or
‘[email protected].
PSPB triumphed at the National Team Chess
Championships held in Goa winning both Men and
Women team titles. Maharashtra players dominated iIn
the 4th National Schools Chess Championship held
in Goa. Reports and final placing of these two events
together with a brief report on the Refresher course for
Arbiters organized by AICF and hosted by All Odisha
Chess Association in Bubaneshwar are featured in this
issue. The selected games annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
this month are from National Premier and Chennai Open
GM Tournaments.
C.G.S.Narayanan
35th National Teams Chess Championship, Goa
PSPB is Champion
by M.Ephrame IA, Chief Arbiter
Top seeded PSPB, won the title with a round spare in 35th National Chess Championship
at Caritas Holiday Home Goa, PSPB collected 18 possible match points in nine rounds and
won the Winner’s trophy pocketing a cash prize of twenty five thousand rupees. Similarly
PSPB woman team also won the title in their respective section with 13 Mach points in
seven rounds.
The chief guest of the function Shri. Sudhanshu Jha, Commissioner of Income tax gave
away the prizes in presence of D V Sundar, FIDE vice president, K. Ramachari, DGM, Airports Authority of India, Kishor Bandekar, Secretary GCA, V Hariharan, Secretary AICF, Fr.
Maverick Fernandes, Director Caritas , Goa, M Ephrame, Chief Arbiter, Sagar Sacordekar,
VP , GCA , Mahesh Candolkar and Sanjay Belurkar, Secretary of TTCA. Kishor Bandekar,
Secretary Goa chess Association, welcomed the gathering and Sagar Sacordekar, VP , GCA
proposed the vote of thanks.
Earlier, the 35th National Open Team Chess Championship and 13th National team women
Chess Championship got underway at Caritas Holiday Home, Goa, from 20th February 2015.
The event attracted 43 teams in Open section and 12 teams in women section. There are 9
GM,7 WGM, 25 IM which include 3 in women section. Top seeded Petroleum Sports Promotion has fielded 4 GMs and one GM elect Karthikeyam Murali with the average of 2616 FIDE
ratings. Air India occupied the top seeded with 3 WGMs and 2 IMs in women section. There
are 205 players in Open section and 57 players in women section. Adding glamour to this
All India Chess Federation has fielded AICF team for the second time in National team
chess championship. The total prize fund of the event was two Lakhs, out of which, Rs.
25000/- was reserved to the winner in the Open Section and Rs. 20000/- in Women section.
The tournament was declared open after lighting the traditional lamp by Panjim MLA, Sidharth
Kuncalienkar in the presence of K. Ramachari, DGM, Goa, Airports Authority of India, V.
Hariharan, Secretary and Ravindra Dongre, Treasurer , All India Chess Federation, Kishore
Bandekar, Joint Secretary AICF and Secretary GCA, Sagar Sacordekar, Vice President, North,
GCA, Ephrame, Chief Arbiter, Mahesh Candolkar, President and Sanjay Belurkar, Secretary,
Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association. All speakers complimented Goa Chess for taking up many
national tournaments. Panjim MLA, Sidharth Kuncalienkar, inaugurated the event by making the customary first move.
In round four of open section the 4th seeded Airport Authority of India lost to the top seeded
PSPB, the second seeded Railway 'A' beat Air India and the 9th seeded MCA Maharashtra
lost in the hands of 3rd seeded
Railway 'B'. At the end of the fourth round three teams
scored with eight match points. In round 5 , the PSPB beat Railway 'A' where as Railway 'B'
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drew with Air India this helped PSPB to took the sole lead with 10 match points. The PSPB
continued their winning strike in round 6 also this time Railway 'B' lost in the hands of PSPB
and PSPB collected 12 match points at the end of round six and took the sole lead, 2 points
ahead of the nearest rival. In round seven the PSPB once again showed their spectacular
performance beating The Empty Reloaded team from Andra Pradesh and continued the lead
with 14 points. In round eight PSPB beat Air India and virtually won the championship with
a round spare. PSPB has no difficult to beat MCA Maharashtra in the final round. PSPB collected 18 match points in 9 rounds and won the championship by 4 match points ahead of
the nearest Railway 'A' team which finished second with 14 match points.
In the women section, at the end of round three the 3rd seeded PSPB was the sole leader
with 6 match points by beating 5th seeded Bihar 'A'. In round four Tamilnadu went down to
PSPB and PSPB maintain the lead at the end in the same round. In round five the encounter
between the PSPB and the top seeded Air India was a well fought draw, PSPB continued
the sole lead at the end of round five also. PSPB has no difficult to beat LIC in round 6 and
maintained the lead with 11 points which is one point ahead of the nearest rival Air India.
In the final round unbeaten PSPB once again showed the spectacular form by beating the
local Goa 'B' team and won the championship with 13 points. Air India scored 12 points
finished the runner up.
A physically challenged player Nerlikar Shailesh from Chess Winners participated in this
tournament which was highly appreciated.He was unable to even sit and play. Lying on the
table he played all his games. Having the Fide rating 1568 he scored 3 points out of nine
in this championship. Shri. Kishor Bandekar, the General Secretary Goa Chess Association
awarded him a cash prize for his enthusiasm.
35th National Team Chess Championship- 2015
Final ranking
Rank
Team
Gam. +
=
-
MP Pts. SBFIDE
1
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 9
9
0
0
18 32
691.25
2
Railways - A
9
6
2
1
14 25
514.50
3
Railways - B
9
5
3
1
13 25
534.50
4
Airport Authority of India
9
5
3
1
13 24
494.25
5
Tamil Nadu State
9
5
2
2
12 24½ 441.75
6 Air India
9 5221222 460.00
7
Chess Is Life, Maharashtra
9
5
2
2
12 21½ 437.00
8
Tamil Nadu State - B
9
5
2
2
12 21
375.25
9
MCA Senior, Maharashtra
9
6
0
3
12 20
380.50
10
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
9
4
3
2
11 21½ 400.75
11
Life Insurance Corporation
9
5
1
3
11 21
411.75
12 Gujarath State
9 5131121 334.50
13
Bihar State - A
9
4
2
3
10 20½ 375.75
14
Fischer Fans Maharashtra
9
4
2
3
10 20½ 310.75
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3rd Kanyakumari International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament – 2015
CA Kulathooran Pillai(right) inaugurates against Mr.Satheesh(left) correspondent, Moderator
Gnanadason Poly Technic College,Nagercoil in the presence of (left to right) Mrs. Nirmala
Jayakar, Correspondent, G.Winston Jt.Secretary KKDCA, A. F.Rex, Secretary KKDCA,R. Johny Roy
Jt.Secretary KKDCA, Vijayan V, Member of KKDCA.
P.R. Hirthickkesh receives cash award with trophy from the chief guest Mrs.NirmalaJayakar,
principal, Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College,Nagercoil.Others from left to right:
Mr.JohnyRoy,Jt.Secreary,KKDCA, Mr.Ephrame,Jt.Secretary,TNSCA, CA KulathooranPillai,Presid
ent,KKDCA, Mr.A.F.Rex,Secretary,KKDCA, Mr.Krishnamoorthy, member,KKDCA.
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1st Deltin Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2015,Goa
Kishor Bandekar (Secretary GCA & Jt
Secretary AICF) inaugurating the event
lighting the lamp.
(L to R)1st Runner-up IM Narayanan
Srinath of TN, Champion IM Swayams
Mishra of ORI and 2nd Runner-Up IM
Nitin S of TN
1st Rotary International District 3212 Fide Rated Open chess tournament for
visually challenged ,Nagercoil
(L to R) Azzizur Rahman Co-ordinator,
Kakade Atul (3rd prize winner), Rotarian
Governor Ashok Padmaraj, Champion
Deeptyajeet De, Soundarya Kumar
Pradhan (second prize winner), Governor
elect Rotarian J Navamani, Rotarian
Saleem Project Chairman, Chief Arbiter
M Ephrame.
4
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15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Haryana State
All India Chess Federation
Kerala State B
Kerala State A
Goa State - A
The Empty Reloaded A.P.
Maharashtra Attackers
Punjab State
Chess Winners
Haryana State - B
Services Sports Control Board
Kerala State D
Indian Chess School, Maharashtra
Telangana State
Kerala State C
Bihar State - B
Uttar Pradesh
H.P. State
Reserve Bank Of India
M.P. State
Telangana State B
Little Stars,Goa
Unique Chess Academy,Goa
Rajastan State
Goa State - B
Andhra Pradesh State
H.P. State B
Little Champs -Goa
Jammu & Kashmir State Team
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
5041019½313.00
4
2
3
10 19
335.00
5
0
4
10 18½ 320.50
4
1
4
9
22½ 366.50
4
1
4
9
19
326.00
4
1
4
9
18½ 362.75
3339 18½318.25
4149 18 318.50
3339 17½245.50
4
1
4
9
15½ 249.75
4
0
5
8
19½ 288.50
3
2
4
8
16½ 232.00
3
2
4
8
15½ 256.00
3248 15½208.75
4
0
5
8
14
225.75
4
0
5
8
13½ 200.00
3157 16 242.00
3157 14½176.50
3
1
5
7
14
224.00
2347 13½194.50
3
1
5
7
13
155.75
2256 15½154.50
2
2
5
6
15
197.00
2256 14½147.50
2
2
5
6
14½ 135.50
1
4
4
6
12½ 133.75
1
3
5
5
13½ 155.75
1
2
6
4
11
99.50
0
1
8
1
6
53.50
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Final ranking
Rank
Team
Gam. +
=
-
MP Pts. SBFIDE
1
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 7
6
1
0
13 22½ 325.50
2 Air-India
7 5201222 339.00
3
Airport Authority of India
7
5
0
2
10 21
276.25
4
Tamil Nadu State
7
4
1
2
9
19
236.25
5 Goa State
7 3137 16 140.00
6
Life Insurance of Corporation
7
3
1
3
7
13
145.75
7 Gujrat State
7 3046 13½97.00
8
Goa State -B
7
3
0
4
6
10½ 97.25
9 Bihar A
7 3046 10 88.75
10 Telangana State
7 1244 10 51.50
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4th National Schools Chess Championship 2015,Goa
Maharashtra dominates National Schools
IA Vasanth BH, Chief Arbiter
4th National Schools Chess Championship 2015 was oraganised by Goa Chess Association under
the auspices of All India Chess Federation. The Championship was inaugurated by Mr Vinay
Tandulkar, President, Goa Chess Association in the presence of Mr Kishor Bandekar, Secretary,
Goa Chess Association and Mr Sagar Sakordekar, Vice President (North), Goa Chess Association
at Sungrace Garden, Bethora, Ponda, Goa on 28th Jan 2015.
A total number of 662 players from all over India participated in Open and Girls category out
of which 339 were ELO rated players. Rajdeep Sarkar (2268) of West Bengal, Harikrishnan A
Ra (2200) of Tamilnadu and Raja Harshit (2144) of Maharastra of under 15 category were top
seeded of the championship. The championship was conducted separately for Under 5, Under 7,
Under 9, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 for open and Girls category. Under 5 Girls and
Under 17 Open category played 6 rounds each, Under 5 Open and Under 15 Girls played 7 rounds
each, all other category played 9 rounds each.The championship was organised in a spacious hall
with good ventilation. Organiser provided transport facility and food to all the players and parents
on chargeable basis.
Pahel Sharma of Maharastra won the gold medal in under 5 Girls category, Anupam M Sreekumar
of Kerala, WCM Sanskruti Wankhade of Maharastra, Mrudul Dehankar of Maharastra, Riddhi Zantye
of Goa, WCM Tejaswni Sagar of Maharastra, WFM Mahalakshmi M of Tamilnadu won the gold medal in
Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Girls category respectively.
Tanish Santosh Khandave of Maharastra won the gold medal in under five Open category. Kevin J Porus
of Kerala, Gukesh D of Tamilnadu, FM Praggnanandhaa R Taminadu, Erigasi Arjun of AP, Rajdeep Sarkar
of West Bengal and Aaditya Jagadeesh of Tamilnadu won the gold medal in Under 7, Under 9, Under
11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Open category respectivelyIn a simple closing ceremony, Mr Vinay Tandulkar, President, Goa Chess Association in the presence of Mr Kishir Bandekar, Secretary, Goa
Chess Association and Mr Sagar Sakordekar, Vice President (North), Goa Chess Association, Mr. Ramdas
Sawant, Treasurer, Mr. Ashish Keni, Vice-President-South, Mr. Satyawan Harmalakar, Jt. Secretary-North,
Mr. Sharendra Naik, Jt. Secretary-South distributed the prizes.
Maharashtra won five of the 14 titles at stake in the 4th National Schools Chess Championships that
concluded at Ponda, Goa on February 1, 2015.Tamil Nadu was close winning four titles followed by Kerala
two, Andhra, Goa and West Bengal one apiece. A total of 662 players took part in this three day three
rounds a day contest.The event was played at Sungrace Gardens, Bethora, Ponda, Goa. January is
always the best time to visit Goa. The Goa State Chess Association provided that opportunity for
chess players around the country to visit this part of the beaches filled state. sVasanth B.H. was
the chief arbiter. The Goa State Chess Association officials distributed the prizes.
Results: Open sections:
Under-5: 1 Tanish Santosh Khandave (Mah) 6; 2 R Shashindhar (TN) 5.5; 3-4. Jack Samuel (TN), Kiaan
Agrawal (Chh) 5 each; 5 Sadbhav Rautela 4.5.
Under-7: 1 Kevin J Porus (Ker) 8; 2 A.R. Ilam Parthi (TN) 7.5; 3-4. Namish Sharma (Del), Arnav Muralidhar (Kar) 7 each; 5 Bagwe Gaurang (Mah) 6.5.
Under-9: 1 D Gukesh (TN) 8; 2 V Pranav (TN) 7; 3-5. Aditya Mittal (Mah), Dev Shah (Mah) Sreeshwan
Maralashikari (Tel) 6.5 each.
Under-11: 1 R Praggnanandhaa (TN) 8.5/9; 2 Naitik Mehta (Guj) 7.5; 3 Raunak Sadhwani (Mah) 7...115
players.
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Under-13: 1 Erigaisi Arjun (AP) 8; 2-3. Krishnater Kushager (Mah), M Barath (Goa) 7 each; 4-5.
Shelke Sankarsha (Mah), Shakthi Vishal (TN) 6.5 each.
Under-15: 1 Rajdeep Sarkar (WB) 8/9; 2-3. Rahul Shukla (Mah), A.Ra Harikrishnan (TN) 7 each...73
players.
Under-17: 1 Aaditya Jagadeesh (TN) 5.5/6; 2 Shabdhik Varma (Kar) 5; 3-4. S Athul Krishna (Ker),
M Satvik (Kar) 4 each T.Selvabharaty 3.5...15 players.
Girls sections:
Under-5: 1 Pahel Sharma (Mah) 6; 2 Trisha Anshuman Jagtap 5; 3-5. Iksha Soni, Gauri Annigeri,
S Deepshika (TN) 4 each.
Under-7: 1-2. Anupam Sreekumar (Ker), Shraddha Somnath (Kar) 7.5 each; 3-4. K.G.R. Anagha
(Kar), A.N. Shefali (Kar) 7 each...
Under-9: 1 Sanskruti Wankhade (Mah) 8/9; 2 Vishwa Vasnawala (Guj), 3 M.S. Harshavardhini (Pud)
6.5...49 players.
Under-11: 1-2. Mrudul Dehankar (Mah), Gunjal Chopdekar (Goa) 7.5 each; 3 David Avril (Mah)
6.5; 4-5. Divya Deshmukh (Mah), Alaina Pereira (Goa) 6 each.
Under-13: 1-2. Riddhi Zantye (Goa), D Jishitha (AP) 7.5 each; 3-4. Bommini Mounika Akshaya (AP),
Prachi Bharti (Kar) 6.5 each; 5 Makhija Aashna (Mah) 6.
Under-15: 1 Tejaswini Sagar (Mah) 6.5; 2 R Vaishali (TN) 6; 3 Isha Sharma (Kar) 5.5; 4-5. Akanksha Shah (Guj), Aishwarya Thorat (Goa) 4.5 each.
Under-17: 1 M Mahalakshmi (TN) 6.5; 2-3. Saloni Sapale (Mah), H.R. Manasa (Kar) 6 each; 4 Bhagya Jayesh (Ker) 5; 5 Ankitha Goud Palle (Tel) 4.5.
Refresher Course for Arbiters
Report by R.Anantharam IA
A refresher course for international and fide arbiters was organized by All India Chess
Federation, with the support of All Orissa Chess Association at Kalinga Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneshwar on 14th and 15th February 2015. Prof.R. Anantharam
IA, Chairman, Arbiters’ Commission, AICF and S. Paul Arockiaraj IA were the lecturers.
After the inauguration of the course by Mr. VIvek Tiberwal, Secretary of All Orissa Chess
Association, the participants appeared for a knowledge assessment and evaluation for
two hours. In the afternoon, Paul Arockiaraj discussed in detail about the guidelines to
arbiters and the duties to be followed by arbiters and chief arbiters before, during and
after the tournament. Then Anantharam discussed in detail the answers for all questions, the participants faced in the morning. The questions totally covered Laws of Chess,
besides important aspects of rating, title and pairing regulations. The session went on
till late in the evening.
On the second day, the focus was mainly on the answers given by the participants in the
assessment. Answers of each every participant was discussed elaborately and they were
immensely benefitted, as they were able to identify their mistakes. In the final evening
session, Anantharam explained the important aspects of the Players’ Registration System
of AICF. In the feed back, almost all participants were unanimous in welcoming this kind
of refresher course, which has updated them a large.
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1st Deltin Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2015,Goa
IM Swayams Mishra wins title
by IA Swapnil Bansod,Chief Arbiter
1st Deltin Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2015 was organized by Chanakya Chess
Club in affiliation with Tiswadi Taluka Chess
Association under the aegis of Goa Chess
Association from 28th February to 1st March
2015 at Panjim Community Center, Mala,
Panjim GOA. The Total Number of participants
were 215 including 1 GM, 13 IM, 2 WGM, 2
FM, 3 CM, 1 WCM with total tally of 135 rated
players make the tournament one of the
strongest rating events in India. The venue
was very beautiful, spacious and attractive.
The organizer provided free lodging to GMs
IMs and WGMs at Deltin Suites Hotel .
The tournament was inaugurated by Mr.
Kishor Bandekar, Secretary Goa Chess
Association and Joint Secretary All India
chess Federation. The other dignitaries
present were Fide Arbiter Arvind Mhamal,
Mr. Mahesh Candolkar, Mr. Sanjay Belurkar,
Secretary Tiswadi Taluka Chess Association, IA Swapnil Bansod, Chief Arbiter, Mr.
Salil Ghate & Rajeev Sahakari Tournament
Directors.
Top seed IM Swayams Mishra of Orissa became the champion at the 1st Deltin All India Open Rapid Chess Tournament. He drew
the last round with IM Swapnil Dhopade of
Railways to score 9 points out of 10, IM
Swayams Mishra and IM Narayanan Srinath
both tied for 1st place with 9 points each,
but on better buchholz score IM Swayams
Mishra became the
champion. IM Narayanan Srinath and IM Nitin
S both from Tamil Nadu won the 2nd and 3rd
place with 9 and 8
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points respectively. Goa Carbon Goodwill ambassador WGM Bhakti Kulkarni won the ninth
place with 7.5 points. She was also the highest placed amongst the Women players. GM
Sriram Jha of LIC had to be content with the
30th place with 6.5 points.Among the other
prize winners, Niraj Saripalli , Geno brand
ambassador, CM Nitish Belurkar and Wilson
Cruz won the first three prizes respectively
for the best Goan players in open category
while Nandini Saripalli, Urvi Bandekar and
Pranali Naik won the first three prizes respectively for best Goan Women player, Srilaxmi
Kamat, Netra Sawaikar and Sanvi Kelekar
(1st three -U7 girls), Sairaj Vernekar, Love
Kakodkar and Joy Kakokdkar (1st three –U7
boys), Alaya Vella D’Cruz and Sanvi Naik
Gaonkar(1st and 2nd –U9 girls), Geno brand
Ambassador, CM Leon Mendonca and Pratik
Borkar (2nd& 3rd –U9 boys), Alaina Pereira,
Tanvi Hadkonkar and Charuta Shetye (1st
three –U11 girls), Om Barde, Vraj Porob and
Ashmit Kumar( 1st three – U11 boys), Riddhi
Zantye, Faiziya Khan and Amisha Kumar (1st
three – U13 Girls), M Barath, Yash Prabhu
and Aryan Raikar (1st three – U13 Boys),
Aditee Prabhugaonkar , Aishwarya Thorat
and Sakhshi Gaonkar (1st three – U15 Girls),
Gaurav Madkaikar, Tatvesh Sawant and Anant
Prabhudesai (1st three – U15 boys).
The prizes were distributed at the hands of
Pawan Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Mines, Civil
aviation, Provedoria and I&B, Govt. Of Goa,
in the presence of Kishor Bandekar, Jt. Secretary AICF and Secretary GCA, Ramdas
Sawant, Treasurer GCA, Sanjay Belurkar,
Secretary TTCA, Rajeev Sahakari and Salil
Ghate, Tournament Directors.
Final standings:
Rk
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
Name
IM Swayams Mishra
IM Narayanan Srinath
IM Nitin S.
IM Swapnil S. Dhopade
IM Thejkumar M. S.
IM Deshmukh Anup
Kulkarni Chinmay
IM Stany G.A.
WGM Kulkarni Bhakti
Kulkarni Rakesh
Ram S. Krishnan
Ravi Teja S.
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IM Sagar Shah
Krishna C.R.G.
Dodeja Pawan
Navalgund Niranjan
Abhilash Reddy M.L.
Bartakke Amardeep S.
Mehar Chinna Reddy
Patil Pratik
Snehal Bhosale
Mokal Amruta Sunil
Vasli Aref
Niraj Saripalli
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WGM Meenakshi S
GM Sriram Jha
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Sa Kannan
Verma Rahul
Barath M
Cruz Wilson
Sunil Vaidya
Banjan Priyadarshan
Vijaya Kumar V
Nandhini Saripalli
Suhas B. Asnodkar
Shubham Shukla
Madkaikar Gaurav S
Amanpreet Singh
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Ajeesh Antony
Sirsat Shekhar V.
Joglekar Abhijit
Unas K.A.
Devvrat Tiwari
Sachin P Arolkar
Barde Om
Mohanan U.C.
Anant Prabhudesai
Gopal Shah
Rutik Rohidas Gaude
Godbole Amar
Sachin Kakodkar
Dev Shah
Urvi Bandekar
Kamat Vishal
Alaya Vella D Cruz
Siddhesh Datta Pednekar
Prabhugaonkar AAman
Riddhi Zantye
Thorat Aishwarya
Ian Savio Rodrigues
Eeshan Gad
Thakkar Parth
Karthik C Kumar
Alaina J J Pereira
Srikar Yerrabati
Yogeesh Bhat
Prabhu Yash
Dias Aston
Sivakumar P
Mendonca Leon Luke
Porob Vraj
Sathya Moorthy
Desai Kapil
Divecha Ankur
Vajandar Amogh
Chomal Amit B
Saish Ulhas Fondekar
Ashmit Arunjay Kumar
Prateek K
Kochrekar Vishwesh
Suresh Ganapati Kattige
Sakshi Naik Gaonkar
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Thorat Sanjay
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Madhavan G
Khan Faiziya
Hrushikesh T. Shet
Vasant Shivanand Borker
Redij Aniket
Amisha Arunjay Kumar
Ashesh Keni
Shenoy Siddharth
Pratik S Borkar
Shirodkar Aayush
Tanvi V Hadkonkar
Sanvi Naik Gaonkar
Dalal Ambar Abhay
Morajkar Navin
Charuta J Shetye
Soni Raviraj
Ram AMohanarangam
Reagan Aaron Rodrigues
Devesh Anand Naik
Aritra Chowdhury
Bir Yogesh Pai
Anish Prabhudessai
Eesh Prabhudesai
Dafal Aishwaryaditya
Anurag S Adwalpalkar
Harsh Mangesh Dagare
Ved Gurudatt Patil
Naik Pranali M
D Surendra Bhagwan
Bharadwaj Rahul
Sanat Borkar
Kavish Gharse
Babu Vargheese M
Sharma Shardul
Wankhade Sanskruti
Mahesh A Shetti
Datta Bhika Naik
Colaso Vernon
Sairaj Dilip Vernekar
Ganpule Utkarsh
Kakodkar Love
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Nicas V K
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Colaco Reuben
Swayam Naik
Kakodkar Joy
Keenan Coutinho
Sharath R Shanbhag
Vibhuti S Dessai
Stacy Almeida
Soham Anil Dhuri
Dias Neil
Naik Gaonkar Suyash
Sainee N F Dessai
Soham S Lolayekar
Managuli Vishwanath
Gajendra D S
Siddhant S Shirodkar
Dion Fernandes
Sarah Gayle Fernandes
Shivdatt Kuncolienkar
Srilaxmi Kamat
Shraddesh G Sangaokar
Selvakumar R
Parab Sneh
Nitin Waman Pai
Wadikar Ramchandra
Utsav Divecha
Ruturaj Yogesh Desai
Rahul Kumar
Stuti Rajesh Pai
Saxena Vaibhav
Netra Sawaikar
Neshma Nitin Metri
Krupaksh Kenkre
Naik Shrutika
Kelekar Sanvi
Parsekar Aditya
Vishnu M
Nagarjun N
Narvekar Arya
Sayujya K Deshmukh
Patil Rohan
Sachin S
Bosco Almeida
Ruthvi Gaude
Adhitya R
Khushi Kunne
Saiteja S
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3rd Kanyakumari International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament – 2015
Hrithickesh wins title
by L.R.Bhuvanaa Sai
The 3rd Kanyakumari International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament was inaugurated
by CA. Kulathooran Pillai, the President of
Kanyakumari District Chess Association and
presided by Mr.Satheesh, Correspondent of
Moderator Gnanadason Polytechnic College,
Nagercoil. Mrs. Nirmala Jayahar, Principal of
the College delivered her Welcome Address
in the presence of Secretary of KanyaKumari
District Chess Association, Mr. A.F. Rex and
along with other officials from Kanyakumari
District Chess Association at Moderator
Gnanadason Polytechnic College, Nagercoil.
With the total prize fund of 1, 50,000 of
this event attracted 312 participants from 9
states, union territory (Pondicherry), special
units from BSNL, Railways and ICF which
includes an International Master and a FIDE
Master.
11 players shared their lead with full points at
the end of 4th round, while during 7th round
6 players led the top tables with 5.5 points
each. After the completion of this round Two
times Asian Gold Medalist FM Ram Aravind
and Chennai Open ‘B’ Category Champion O
T Anil Kumar of Kerala jointly led with 6 ½
points. But 12years old boy won the keralite
player and dominated the show with a sole
lead of 7 ½ points at the end of the penultimate round.
In final round Ram Aravind lost to the most
experienced player IM Ramnathan Balasubramanian and moved to 3rd place with 7.5
points. Bala Subramanian of ICF finished
2nd place with 8 points. 14 years old boy
Hirthickesh of NLC won the 3rd Kanyaku-
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mari International fide rated open chess
tournament title with a better tie break of 8
points. Ravi Teja, Andhra player who works
in Railways has completed his IM norm rating
requirements at the end of 1st round.
The Chief guest Mrs. Nirmala Jayahar distributed the prizes to the winners in the
presence of CA Kulathooran Pillai, Preside
nt,KKDCA,Mr.A.F.Rex,Secretary,KKDCA,Mr.
Ephrame,Jt.Secretary,TNSCA and Mr.Johny
Roy,Jt. Secretary,TNSCA.
Final Ranking:
Rk.NamePts.
1
Hirthickkesh Pr 8
2
R. Balasubramaniam IM
8
3
Ram Aravind L N FM
7.5
4
Shakthi Vishal J 7.5
5
Ram S. Krishnan 7.5
6
Hemant Sharma (del) 7.5
7
Anilkumar O.T. 7
8
Alaguraja M.A. 7
9
Priyanka K 7
10
Aasha.C R. 7
11
Rajeev V.M. 7
12
Sathya Giri V 7
13
Abhishek T M 7
14
Anandha Venkatesan 7
15
Gukesh D 7
16
Poojakanth M. 7
17
Prathish A 7
18
Abhiram Sudheesh 6.5
19
Merryston David Scanny 6.5
20
Sachin Pradeep 6.5
21
Akash S 6.5
22
Gavi Siddayya 6.5
23
Manu David Suthandram R 6.5
24
Dharmaraj P. 6.5
25
Marthandan K U 6.5
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Gowtham T. Yuvan Bharathi K S Rowshith D Sreekumar Sm Mithun Anand V Arun R Abirami S Vijaya Sharathy Banjan Priyadarshan Tulsi M Aswin Kumar B S Shyam Prasad Reddy K Richis Jesvanth Julius Suganthan S Athish S Alan Diviya Raj Varsha C R Sajan C.T. Kishore Kumar J Badavath Anand Nithin A V Abhishek S Praveen V Arputha Jasmine B A Achuthan K Adhithya C K Jaya Suriyah Ayyappan Natarajan M Vidhyth Narain Selvam Narendra Pallavan S Bharkavi S Yashwanth Raj S Moir Donald Achaya Vijayan Sanjay Sreekandan Vignesh R Rahul Bharadwaj B Subramanian V Ram Kumar G M Karunakaran V Jyothsna L Atul Bihari Sharan Annie Gladys A Santhosh Kumar G Vijayaraj R. Gnanasabesan G Abhay Selva N 6.5
6.5
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Srimathi R Rooswelt Sudhir R Sooraj K Fathima Abdeen Srinivas Asapu Manikanda Prabu B V Muthu Rakesh Babu Varadharajan S Dharshana Vijayan Sriram S Maria John Sathish Ananthapadmanabh D V Nithish Kumar S Ramachandran S M Geo Lingson Ram A Mohanarangam Saket Kumar Shyam Sundar M Morisha A Shreyas Kannan Dhanusha S Saji T. Rajini Kanth D Anil Kumar S Hari Baskar A Anni Shayana Stephen Anish Ponnayyan Genish Prakash J Pon Shivram N L Vignesh N Monish C S Shankar Kumar Ruban Sanjay M Leslie C M Rebecca Jesumarian Aji Kumar A Arjun Sidharth S Umashankar A Monish P S Aringar Anna V Sanjeev M Kamalraj B Suresh Kumar Ashok Godwin R G Jai Priya K Ramakrishnan S 5.5
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1st Assam downtown FIDE Rated Chess Tournament,Guwahati..
Dhanabir Singh emerges winner
by Debasish Barua IA, Chief Arbiter
North East Fide Rating Chess Tournament,2015 was organized by Mind Sports
Foundation at the Assam Down Town University Auditorium in Panikhaiti, Guwhati. The
tournament was organized from 24th to 28th
of January,2015.
The tournament was inaugurated by Mr.
N.N.Dutta, Chancellor Assam Down Town
University.The number of participants was
152 including 72 players from Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur Meghalaya<Nagaland,
Sikkim and Assam. There was 9 rounds of
play. The playing venue was excellent with
good and comfortable table and seating arrangements, sufficient lighting,and necessary
amenities like pure drinking water, sufficient
toilets etc.
The tournament was of great influence to
the players of North-East. Everyone enjoyed
the tournament to their heart’s content.The
game was conducted with international standard chess sets and clocks. The tournament
environment was quite natural, cordial and
all the arbiters acted impartially.
After final round Y.Dhanabir Singh of Manipur, Cheniram Pegu of Assam and Mughaho
Awomi of Nagaland had a tie with 7.5points
out of 9. After the tie breaker Y.Dhanabir
Singh of Manipur emerged winner and
received a trophy and cash of Rs.25,000.
Cheniram Pegu came second and received
Rs.20,000. Mughaho Awomi came third receiving 15,000.
Vice-Chancellor Mrs.Nandita Chowdhury
graced the prize distribution ceremony by
awarding prizes to the winners.
The organizer, officials, arbiters and volunteers worked whole – heartedly and sincerely
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to make the tournament successful. The
players and guardians also extended full
co-operation which attributed to the smooth
running of the tournament.
Final ranking
Rk
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3
4
5
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Singh Y. Dhanabir
Cheniram Pegu
Mughaho Awomi
Bipin Singhath.
Bidyut Bikash Handique
Subhajit Dhar
Trailokya Nanda
Dhar Rajib
Apollosana M Rajkumar
Khanindra Barman
Madhab Sarma
Nandan Buragohain
Santanu Borpatra Gohain
Chiraranjan Bhuyan
Rajdip Das
Prodip Bhuyan
Singh, Soram Rahul
Swapnaneel Dowerah
Amlan Mahanta
Shahil Dey
Nirmal Kumar Nath
Souradip Deb
Kaustuv Lahiri
Abhijit Paul
Biswajit Phukan
Sasanka Shandilya
Jenny Gogoi
Rintu Brahma
Nitish Das
Gunajit Khataniar
Bhairab Gogoi
Tuhin Kashyap
Adarsh Suner
Anuraag Saikia
Pts
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Nripendra Kumar Sharma
Abhilash Gautam
Prasurjya Das
Nirmalya Chakraborty
Anshuman Saikia
Md Ardash Ali
Durlov Nanda
Kirison Engti
Singh, Chingkhei
Subhash Chandra Sinha
Gautam Chakravarty
Dipak Chowhan
Hiranya Das
Manthan Kashyap Datta
Anik Kumar Lahon
Debanga Kalita
Abhilekh Mahanta
Moni Mohan Singh
Pritom Nath
Abhra Raj Chanda
Arunabh Gohain
Anurag Debnath
Rajpol Borgohain
Bhabishnu Pranti Bordoloi
Nishanta Sarma
Anju Sarkar
Aarohan Saikia
Nakul Basumatary
Dhrupad Kashyap
Panchalya Kashyap
Padma Gogoi
Biswajit Bharadwaj
Md Abdul Mataleb
Pratim Kumar Sarma
Maharnav Deka
Luhit Gogoi
Mrinmoy Chakma
Anurag Medhi
Farhad Hussain Choudhury
Vivek Rajkumar
Shivendu Singha
Devabarenya Gogoi
Dhruba Jyoti Deka
Mourakhya Baruah
Prithwis Das
Neeraj Pratap Hazarika
Dhiraj Mani Rai
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Syed Jahan Hussain
Barnita Singha
Ritik Mrinal Purbey
Probin Dutta
Rajnish Verma
Hritik Gogoi
Aarohon Bharadwaj
Arkaprova Rajkonwar
Sanjib Rabha
Pranit Malhotra
Angshuman Rajkonwar
Azizul Haque
Jagadish Gogoi
Roktim Gogoi
Abinash P Gogoi
Sanjeeta Kakati
Sayantika Nag
Bhuvanesh Dixit
Anoushka Priyam
Bijumoni Chetia Gohai
Homen Hazarika
Anubrat Barthakur
Rishabh Singh
Anchita Sharma
Puskar Basak
Ashvin Sharma
Soumyadip Bhaumik
Abinash Dutta
Binoy Singha
Samik Das
Nipeto Hesso
Ayan Baruah
Pran Govinda P Kashyap
Jayaditya Das
Arijit Amar Saikia
Tripartha Saikia
Baramyamoy Sarma
Adreeja Sinha
Nihad Islam Hazarika
Nitin Malhotra
Abhinav Dubey
4½
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In general I consider that in chess everything
rests on tactics. If one thinks of strategy as a
block of marble, then tactics are the chisel with
which a master operates, in creating works of
chess art. - Tigran Petrosian
1st Rotary International District 3212 Fide Rated Open chess tournament for visually
challenged ,Nagercoil
Deeptyajeet De emerges Champion
by M.Ephrame IA, Chief Arbiter
13th seeded Deeptyajeet De , won the
title of 1st Rotary International District
3212 Fide Rated Open chess tournament
for visually Challenged at Ponjesly College
of Engineering, Nagercoil. Deeptyajeet collected 6.5 points in 8 rounds and won the
Winner’s trophy and pocketing a cash prize
of Seven thousand Rupees. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of Orissa and Kakade Atul of
Maharashtra are also scored 6.5 points but
better tie break score helped Deeptyajeet
became the winner, Soundarya Kumar Pradhan and Kakade Atul finished second and
third respectively.
District Governor, Rtn, Ashok Padmaraj
and the District Governor elect for the year
2015-16 Rtn. J Navamani gave away the
prizes to the winners in a peaceful closing
ceremony. Maniysundar Principal Ponjesly
College of Engineering, CA Kulathooranpillai,
the president Kanyakumari District Chess
Associastion and Rtn P P Azeezur Rahman
coordinator of this event felicitated the
event, Rtn. Major Donor Saleem the Project
Chairman welcomed the gathering and Rtn.
Dr. Pravin the president in charge of Rotary
Club of west Nagercoil, proposed the Vote
of thanks.
Earlier, the 1st Rotary International District
3212 Fide Rated Open chess tournament for
visually challenged got underway at Ponjesly
College of Engineering, Nagercoil, from 28th
February 2015. The event attracted 68 players all over from the country out of which
26 players are FIDE rated. The players from
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Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra,Orissa,Rajas
than,Tamilnadu, U.P, Uthrakant, and West
Bengal participated.
Swapnil Shah from
Maharashtra is the top seeded. Mr. Narayan
Jairam Purao from Maharashtra, a 79 years
old player is the eldest in this event. Participation of two women players gave glamour
to this event.
At a colourful opening ceremony, The Chief
Guest, Rtn. Ashok Padmaraj. District Governor, inaugurated the event by making the
customary first move. Rtn. Herald Antony
President, Rotary Club of West Nagercoil
presided over the meeting and welcomed
the gathering. Dr. K.Maniysundar, Principal
of Ponjesly College of Engineering, Rtn.
Major Donor Saleem the project Chairman
of this event, Rtn. P P Azeezur Rahman the
co-ordinator of this event felicitated the
event. Rtn. Dhanasekar proposed the vote
of thanks.
Deeptyajeet De, Yudhajeet D E from West
Bengal and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan from
Orissa were in lead with 4 points at end of
round four. In round five Deeptyajeet beat
Soundarya where as Yudhajeet lost his game
to Akhilesh K. Srivastava that helped Deeptyajeet took the sole lead with five point at
the end of this round. The youngest participants of the tournament Aryan B Joshi
of Maharashtra held the leader in round six
and Deeptyajeet continue the lead with 5.5
point at the end of round six. The west Bengal team mates Deeptyajeet and Yudhajeet
drew their games in round seven, where
as Soundarya Kumar Pradhan and Kakade
Atul from Maharashtra joined the leader by
beating their opponent in the penultimate
round, three players share the lead with 6
points at the end. In the final round Deeptyajeet and Kakade Atul made a quick draw
where as Soundarya Kumar Pradhan made all
his effort to win his game but his opponent
Yudhajeet defended correctly and drew the
game. Finally, Deeptyajeet De, Soundarya
Kumar Pradhan and Kakade Atul tied for the
first place with each 6.5 points, but better tie
break score helped Deeptyajeet De win the
title. Soundarya Kumar Pradhan and Kakade
Atul finished second and third respectively.
Final rankings:
Rk
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3
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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15
16
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18
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22
23
24
25
26
27
28
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Name
Deeptyajeet De
Soundarya Kumar Pradhan
Kakade Atul
Yudhajeet D E
Deshmukh Dnyaneshwar
Samant Milind
Rajesh Kumar Sahu( Blind)
Marimuthu K
Akhilesh K. Srivastava
Ashok Parekh
Suryakant Raut
Aryan B Joshi
Subash Behera
Mahadev Jana
Anil Shanty (blind)
Swapanil Shah
Bagayatkar Madan
Arivazhagan S
Bhakiyaraj S
Sasane Suni M
Jayapandi M
Chotelal Ramlal Gour
Nagendiran S
Shashank Gupta Blind
Vijay Yetre
Sankar Chakraborty (bl)
Sudhira Kumar Nayak(bl) Vignesh R (blind)
Club
WB
ORI
MAH
WB
MAH
MAH
DEL
TN
DEL
MAH
MAH
MAH
ODI
WB
ODI
MAH
MAH
TN
TN
MAH
TN
MAH
TN
UP
MAH
WB
ODI
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Pts
6½
6½
6½
6
6
6
6
6
5½
5½
5½
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4½
4½
4½
4½
4½
4½
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
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42
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61
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68
Vijay Gavali
MAH 4½
Vikas Shitole
MAH 4
Muthuraman K.
TN 4
Sanjay Kumar Gupta
DEL 4
Sudhakar (blind)
TN 4
Mohan Narayan Pathode
MAH 4
Pankaj Bendre
MAH 4
Lokesh V
TN 4
Ganesh Sivalingam
TN 4
Mercel Tomkinson
TN 4
Mahesh Yadhav
MAH 4
Harish Sankar Kharat (bl)
MAH 4
Aloknath
HAR4
Sathish Kumar Rajendran
TN 4
Prakashram Vishawkarma(bl)UTK 3½
Ramniwas Verma
HAR 3½
Gopi R
TN 3½
Jogendra Kumar Jani
ODI 3½
Nagarajan R
TN 3½
Kabita Samanta S
WB 3
Rajkumar Bhagat
WB 3
Palpandi M
TN 3
Anant Baban Khopkar
MAH 3
Karuthapandi B
TN 3
Barse Maharudra
MAH 3
Bikash Thanapati
ODI 3
Purna Chandra Pradhan
ODI 3
Narayan Jairam Purao(bl) MAH 3
Aadi Sekar M
TN 2½
Chandru Sampath
TN 2½
Pardeep Kumar Yadav (bl) HAR 2½
Dharmaraj R
TN 2½
Sipu Kumar Naik
ODI 2½
Sabreswar V Kalmani (bl)
MAH 2
Amish Kumar Jain
HAR 2
Sanjay L Prsad
MAH 2
Ratnakar Siliekar
MAH 2
Bhawarlal Prajapat
RAJ 1½
Gnanam
TN1
Shivkumar Bankhede (bl)
MP 0
The worst enemy of the strategist is the clock.
Time trouble ... Reduces us all to pure reflex
and reaction, tactical play. Emotion and instinct
cloud our strategic vision when there is no time
for proper evaluation. - Garry Kasparov
Selected games from National Premier
Championships Kottayam
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Lalith Babu,M.R (2547)
Shyam Nikil,P (2454) [D85]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4
Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 0–0 9.Be2
c5 10.0–0 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc5
12.dxc5!? [This new, well thought out exchange sacrifice intends to shut black's dark
square bishop from his king-side so that
black's castled position is weakened. The cautious 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Bb2 has been played so
far. Players around the world are continuously
researching and inventing new ways to get
good positions in tournament chess. This is not
a 'winning sacrifice' but presents black with
several problems in completing development
and warding off an attack against his king.]
12...Bxa1 13.e5! This excludes the bishop
from g7 and in some variations threatens
to trap the Ba8. 13...Qc7 14.Bf4 [After the
natural 14.Bh6 Bxe5 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 the game
has simplified and black could look forward
to a small advantage as he has an extra
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pawn.] 14...Bc3 15.Rc1 Qa5 [If 15...Qxc5
16.Bd2 b5! 17.Qh4 b4 18.Ng5 h5 19.Bxc3
bxc3 20.Bxh5 gxh5 21.Qe4 (21.Qxh5 Bf5–+)
21...f5 22.Qxa8 (22.exf6?? Qxg5–+) 22...Rd8
(22...Qxe5 23.Qxa7±) 23.Qf3 Rd2=] 16.Qc4
Bb2 [After 16...Bb4 17.Rb1 Ba3 (17...Bc3
18.Rc1=) 18.Rb5 Qa6 19.Bh6 Be6 20.Qc3
Rfd8 21.h3 white does not have enough
compensation for the sacrificed exchange.]
17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Re1 Bxe5 [Players with the
black pieces in this position will think many
times before parting with the dark square
bishop which is expected to be his king's only
defender. If 18...Ba3 19.Be3 a5 20.Qh4 Bb2
21.Qh6 (21.Ng5 h5 22.e6 f6 23.Qe4 f5³) 21...
f5! 22.Bc4+ e6 23.Rd1 Bxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5
25.Bd4 Qc7 26.Bc3 Qf7 27.Rd6² and white's
chances of a successful king-side attack are
good inspite of his being the exchange and
a pawn down. For example, in this position
white is threatening 28 Rxe6! Bxe6?? 29 Bxe6
and mating with Qg7.] 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bc3
Qc7 With his preponderance of material, black
will win if he survives the attack on his king.
21.Bf3! A positional move which prevents the
development of his queen-side. Though black
has the exchange and a pawn more, it appears
he cannot develop his bishop without getting
into trouble. The absence of his dark square
bishop in the king-side is going to cost him a
lot. 21...Bf5 22.g4!? Bc8 [22...Be6? 23.Qd4
f6 24.Rxe6+-] 23.h3 Re8 [Better was: 23...
a6 24.a3 h6 25.Be5 (25.Qd4 f6 26.Qe3 Kg7)
25...Qa5 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Be5=] 24.Be5 Qa5
25.Bc3 Qc7 26.Re5 a5 [The idea is ....Ra6
and ...Re6 making his Ra8 useful. Better was:
26...Rd8 preparing to give back the exchange
if 27 Bd5, would have ensured black an easier
game when he would be a pawn up and with
reduced risks to his king.] 27.Bd5 e6 Diagram
# [A sad necessity, as he cannot defend his
f7 with: 27...Rf8 28.Rxe7!! Qxe7 29.Qd4 wins
instantaneously.]
37.Qc3! White has several winning threats
like 38 Qh8+, 38 Bf1 for both 39 Bc4 and
39 Bb5+ 37...Qf7 38.Qe5+ [38.Qe5+ Qe6
39.Qh8+ Kd7 40.Qxh7+ Kd8 41.Qh8+ Kd7
(or, if 41...Qe8 42.Qf6+ Kd7 43.Qg7+ Ke6
44.g5!) 42.Qg7+ Kd8 43.Bd5!!] 1–0
28.Qd4! Kf8 [28...exd5?? 29.Rxe8#; However
the best defence was the awkward looking:
28...Re7!? 29.Re3 (29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Qh8+
Kf7 31.Qxh7+ Ke8 32.Qxg6+ Kd8 and white's
attack comes to an end with a big material
advantage to black.) 29...e5 30.Rxe5 Rxe5
31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32.Bxe5 a4 and black can
overcome the attack.] 29.Qf4! f6 [29...Rd8
30.Be4 Qe7 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Qxh7 Ra6=]
30.Qxf6+ Qf7 31.Qg5! Materially down, white
should avoid exchanges and keep the tension growing! 31...Re7 [The best defence. If
31...exd5?? 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Rxe8+ mates.
Now, where should the bishop retreat, to c4
or g2? Both seem to be good.] 32.Bg2 [If
32.Bc4 Bd7 33.Re4 Ke8 34.Bf6±] 32...Ke8 [If
32...Ra6 33.Re3 Ke8 34.Qe5 Rd7 35.Bf1 Rc6
36.Bb5 Ke7 37.Kg2+- white has a crushing
position.] 33.Re3 e5 34.Bxe5 [34.c6! would
have put black in much greater agony.] 34...
Ra6 Diagram # 35.Bd6! Rxe3 36.Qxe3+ Qe6
(Position after 34…Ra6)
Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2625) Rajesh,V A V
(2408) [A05]
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bb5+ [This is
an unexpected new move with an entirely new
idea. Romanishin vs Korchnoy, 1976 went:
8.d5 Bxf3 9.gxf3 c6 10.Be3 0–0 11.Rd1 cxd5
12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Rxd5 Qc7= and eventually
black won.] 8...c6 9.Ng5 0–0 10.Be2 Bc8!?=
[Black preserves his bishop and hopes to get
it back into the game with threats against
the d4 pawn. Better was to exchange off the
problem bishop with 10...Bxe2 11.Nxe2 N8d7
12.Qh3 h6 13.Nf3 h5 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.0–0 e5
16.Rae1 with a faint advantage for white.]
11.h4!? [Trying to save the d4 pawn is not
a good option for white. Threrefore he goes
for a bold attack on the king-side. 11.d5 h6
12.Nf3 cxd5 13.exd5 e6 14.dxe6 Bxe6] 11...
Qxd4 12.Be3 Qe5 13.h5 Be6 [With an extra
pawn, black offers to trade pieces and accept isolated, doubled pawns on the e-file.
He believes he could not lose. If 13...h6?
14.Nxf7 Qe6 15.hxg6+-; or, if black opts to
develop traditionally with 13...N8d7 14.hxg6
hxg6 15.f4 Qa5 16.Bd2! (idea 17 Nd5! Qa5?
18 Nxe7#!) 16...Qc5 17.e5±] 14.Nxe6 Qxe6
15.Qxe6 fxe6 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bg4! Kf7
18.Rh7!² N8d7 19.0–0–0 Rh8? Diagram #
[Black has lowered his psychological guard
and overlooked white's tactic which destroys
his game and keeps him on the run till the
end. Better was: 19...Rg8! 20.Rh3 Ne5 21.Be2
Nec4 22.Bd4 Rad8 23.Rf3+ Ke8=]
20.Bxe6+! Kxe6 21.Rxg7 Rag8 22.Rxg8
Rxg8² 23.b3! A good move not allowing black
to play ...Nc4. Most of the time in chess the
games are won by not allowing good squares
for the opponents' pieces. 23...Nf6 24.a4!
Ng4 25.Bc5 Nc8?! [Best for black appears to
be to give his a-pawn and get it back with
equality: 25...Nd7!? 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Bd4 c5
28.Be3 (28.Nb5?! cxd4 29.Nc7+ Ke5 30.Nxa8
Nxf2 31.Rf1 Nc5! 32.Nb6 Ncxe4³) 28...Nxe3
29.fxe3 Nf6=] 26.f3 Nf6 Diagram # Material
is equal. But white's bishop is active and the
white forces are better placed than black's.
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White is better. 27.Be3 Kf7 28.e5 Ne8 29.Ne4
[White could also enter the 7th rank immediately. 29.Rd7 b6 30.Ne4 Ke6 31.Rd8 Nf6
32.Rxg8 Nxg8 33.Bf4 Kd5 34.Kd2±] 29...Nc7
30.Rd7 Nd5 31.Bd4 Nf4 32.Kb1
(Position after 26…Nf6)
[32.Rxb7?? Ne2+ 33.Kd2 Nxd4 black wins.]
32...Ne6 33.Be3 Nd8 From e8, this knight
has made six consecutive moves to get to
d8, defending the b7 pawn. But with all of
his forces on the defensive, black is lost. White
plays a very good endgame to secure the full
point. 34.a5! Ke6 35.Rc7 Nf7 36.Rxb7 Nxe5
Black has lost his b7 pawn and got white's e5
as compensation. But black uses his endgame
skill to turn his a-pawn into a winner. 37.a6! Nd3
Diagram # 38.Rb8! [By pinning the knight
against the rook, white is threatening Bxa7
with a simple victory. Also winning was:
38.Bxa7 Nxa7 39.Rxa7 Nb4 40.Rc7! Ra8
41.a7 c5 42.Kb2! The white king's entry into
the attack will be quickly decisive.] 38...Rh8
39.Kc2! [Played with care! If 39.Bxa7?? Rh1+!
40.Kc2 Ne1+! 41.Kd2 Nxa7 42.Rb7=] 39...
Ne1+ 40.Kc3 Nxg2 41.Bxa7 Nf4 42.Bf2 Nd5+
43.Kb2 The victorious advance of the a-pawn
can be prevented only at great cost. 1–0
Sengupta,Deep (2566)
Swayams,Mishra (2491) [D11]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.e3 Bf5
6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 [7...Qxb3 8.Nxb3 e6=
has been tried here.] 8.Nh4 Be6 Looks odd, but
there is nothing seriously wrong with it. 9.Bd3
0–0 10.0–0 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Nbd7
13.Nhf3 Qc7 [With the white square bishops
having been exchanged off, better here was:
13...c5 14.d5 Rad8 15.Rd1 e6 16.dxe6 Qxe6
17.Qxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5 Rfe8³] 14.b3 Rac8 15.Ba3
c5?! [The start of all of his problems. A good
principle to follow during the early part of a
game is not to change the pawn structure when
one's development is not yet completed. Therefore, here 15...Rfe8 planning 16...e5= was a
better idea.] 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Rac1 b6 18.Bxc5
Qxc5 19.Qxc5 Rxc5 20.Rxc5 bxc5
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This position is a typical position which white
would love and black would hate. Black's c5
pawn is an isolated pawn (he has no pawns
on the adjacent b- and d-files) and is on a semiopen file which white can exploit to the brim.
As the pawn cannot advance for fear of being
captured, white will try to attack it with all of
his forces and there will come a time when it
could no longer be defended. Moreover he has
the adtitional disadvantage of it being blocked
on a dark square, the same colour as his bishop.
21.Rc1 Nd7 22.Kf1! In the endgame, when only
a few pieces are left, like here and there is no
fear of being subjected to an attack, the king is
a fighting piece and should be used to turn the
battle in his favour. 22...Rb8 The rook is going
to support the c5-pawn from b5, not from c8
as then it would be met by b3-b4. 23.Ne4 Rb5
24.Nfd2 Bb2 [If black also moves his king closer
to the scene of action, the precarious position
of the black rook on b5 would become clear
from the following: 24...Kf8 25.a4 Ra5 26.Nc4
Ra6 27.Rd1 Ke8 28.Rxd7+-] 25.Rc2 Be5? An
unhappy idea. The threat ...Bxh2?? is not real
as the bishop would get trapped by g2-g3!
26.Ke2! Bd6 [Of course not, 26...Bxh2??
27.g3 f5 28.Nc3 Rb8 29.Nf3 wins the bishop.;
The counter-attack 26...f5 will however, hold a
little better. 27.a4 Rb7 28.Nxc5 Nxc5 29.Rxc5
Bd6 30.Rc6±] 27.Nc4! Bb8? [Placing this
bishop on b8 allows white some unpleasant
tactics with the white rook forking the king and
this bishop on the eighth rank. Though clearly
on the back foot, 27...Bc7 would have put up a
stubborn defence.] 28.Rd2 Rb7! 29.Na5! Rc7
Diagram # Observe the plight of the bishop
on b8. Black is dancing to white's tune!
was simpler.] 44...Nc7 [If 44...Bxf4 45.exf4
Kf6 46.Kc4 h3 47.gxh3 gxh3 48.a6 Nc7 49.a7
h2 50.Rh1+-] 45.Rh1! g3 [45...Bxf4 46.exf4
Kf6 47.Rxh4+- Kf5 48.Kc4 Kxf4 49.Rh7!+-]
46.fxg3 hxg3
30.Nc3! c4 [Black finds that he is being
squeezed on the king-side defending his c5
pawn and in desperation gives up the pawn
to gain some freedom. If 30...Kf8 31.Nb5!
Rc8 32.Rxd7] 31.bxc4 White threatens 32
Nb5 winning the Nd7. 31...Nf8 32.Rd8! Rc5
33.Nb7!+- Rxc4 34.Kd3! Rxc3+ Black is
forced to sacrifice the exchange to save his
bishop. But the writing on the wall is very,
very clear. 35.Kxc3 Bxh2 36.Ra8! White's plan
is very simple, not complicated. He is going
to capture the a7 pawn and then advance his
own a-pawn to queen. He handles the small
hurdles that black throws on his way with
simple tactics. 36...Bg1 It looks as though this
bishop would become active on the king-side
during the fag end of the game. 37.Nc5! With
the threat of 38 Nd7 winning the pinned knight
on f8, white protects his key f2 pawn. 37...
Kg7 38.Nd3! With tactical threats, white has
cleverly protected his f2 pawn. Black is totally
lost. 38...g5 39.Rxa7 h5 40.a4 h4 41.Rb7! In
this winning position white does not need to
win one more pawn with Rxe7. He must nip
in the bud whatever ambitions black might
have of making a queen on the h-file. 41...
g4 42.Rb1!! Bh2 43.a5 Ne6 44.Nf4 [44.a6
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Diagram # [After this, the bishop is dead. If
46...Bxg3 47.Nh5+ Kg8 48.Nxg3 hxg3 49.Kb4
and white's a-pawn will win.] 47.Ra1 f5 48.a6
e5 49.Ne2 Nd5+ 50.Kb3 f4 51.a7 Black's
bishop was first confined to b8 for some time.
The exchange had to be sacrificed to give it
life. Now it is a permanent and useless resident of h2! 1–0
Lalith,Babu M.R (2547)
Grover,Sahaj (2505) [E10]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4
d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nb3 d4 8.0–0 Nc6 9.Bg5 Bg4
[This is new. Natural is: 9...Be7 ] 10.N1d2
Qd7 [Black follows his own way and willingly
accepts doubled pawns on the f-file. Normal
here would be: 10...Be7 ] 11.Bxf6 gxf6=
12.Ne4 Be7 13.Nec5 Qc7 14.h3 Bc8 15.Qd2
Diagram # 15...a5! After quietly warding off
white's threats during the last few moves,
black is now showing aggression. The threat
is 16... a4 driving away the support of the
Nc5. 16.Na4 Be6 17.Nbc5 h5!? [After 17...
Bxc4 18.Rac1 Bb5 19.Qc2 Rc8 the position is
approximately equal as
(Position after 15.Qd2)
white has some pressure on the queen-side
as compensation for his pawn.] 18.h4 [After
18.Nxe6 fxe6 the game is equal as the shifting of black's doubled pawns from the f-file
to the e-file has not any great significance
except that the black king could move to the
comparatively safe f7 square.] 18...f5!? [Black
could win a pawn with 18...Bxc4 19.Rac1 Bb5
but would unnecessarily offer play for the
white forces. With 18...f5! he obtains a massive, threatening pawn centre which throws
white into a panic.] 19.e4?! [This is a strategic
error, giving black the chance to simultaneously block the centre and start a king-side
attack. Moreover, the Bg2 is gagged. It was
better to wait for black to show his hand before
making such an irrevocable pawn move. He
could try here: 19.Qc2 ] 19...f4! [This move,
threatening to breach white's castled position,
is practically the best. Even though capturing
the c4 pawn with attack on the Rf1 appears
attractive, it is best not to execute the threat
but keep it like a Damocles sword hanging
over white: 19...Bxc4 20.Rfc1 Bb5 21.exf5=]
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ously perched on the edge on a4 it is difficult
for white to formulate a good plan. On the
other hand, black has a ready-made plan of
doubling his rooks on the semi-open g-file. If
21.Qd3 0–0–0 22.Kh2 Rdg8 followed by ....
Rg6 and ....Rhg8 is promising for black though
there is no material gain.] 21...Kf7 22.c5 This
move tries to get his knight into the game via
b6 but gets no further as black's king-side attack becomes very strong. 22...Rag8 23.Kh2
Rh6 24.Qe2 This delays black's threatened
doubling of the rooks along the g-file with ....
Rhg6 which would now be met by Qxh5 pinning the Rg6. But black finds another way to
get at white's king. 24...Qd8! White can see
the threats (...d3 and ...Bxh4) but do nothing
about them. 25.Rad1 Diagram #
[A somewhat better defence was: 25.Rg1 d3!
26.Qf3 Qd4 27.b3 Ke8! (unpinning his f-pawn
and preparing to capture on g3.) 28.Rad1 Rf8
29.Qxd3 (or 29.Rxd3 fxg3+! 30.Qxg3 Bxh4)
29...Qxf2+ 30.Kh1 Nd4! 31.Rg2 Qe3µ] 25...
Bxh4! 26.gxh4 Qxh4 27.Qf3 [If 27.Rg1 f3!
28.Qd2 (28.Qxf3+ Rf6–+) 28...Rhg6 29.Rxg6
Rxg6 30.Rg1 Rxg1 31.Kxg1 Qxh3–+] 27...
Rhg6 28.Rd3 [If 28.Rg1 d3! 29.Rxg6 Nd4!
30.Qxd3 Rxg6 31.Rf1 f3! threatening 32 Rg2+
Nakamura wins Zurich Chess classic
T
he 4th Zurich Chess Challenge ended on 20th February with
an exciting finish. After 5 rounds of classical and another 5 of
rapid chess, the question of the overall winner still had not been
decided and the two leaders, Indian Viswanathan Anand and American
Hikaru Nakamura, had to sit down for another nerve-racking final
match called an 'Armageddon': A blitz game with white having five
minutes compared to black's four, but white facing the burden to win
the game, while his opponent only needed a draw to secure victory.
One can easily imagine how tired and nervous both protagonists must
have been when, after 6 days of hard-fought battles, the fate of an
entire tournament was reduced to only 9 minutes.
One of the tournament's crucial moments: Anand beats Nakamura
in the Classical section An outcome, that was probably not expected
even by the two players themselves. Viswanathan Anand's play in
the first half had been so dominant, that his full-point lead after the Classical section seemed
almost impossible to overcome by his pursuers. Especially as Anand also managed to beat
Nakamura in their direct encounter, where the American's somewhat passive treatment of a
Bf4 Queen's Gambit was brilliantly exploitet by the Indian Ex-World Champion, whose pieces
set up tremendous pressure on the queenside and, after careful preparations, finally broke
in to deliver mate to Nakamura's forsaken king. Anand's second win of the first half, against
the Armenian Levon Aronian, also showed the excellent opening preparation of the 'Tiger of
Madras': In a complex Grunfeld Indian Opening, Anand played a new move that offered his
opponent a tempting manoeuvre with his knight, that seemingly
promised excellent chances for him. But as it turned out, all
had been analysed beforehand by Anand, who with his precise
play showed the downside of Aronian's concept and, when
the Armenian made a mistake, converted his advantage with
flawless technique.
However, like Anand Nakamura also managed to win two
games in the Classical section: In the first round, he beat the
Italian Fabiano Caruana using his active bishop pair and in
round 3, Russian Sergey Karjakin fell victim to the American's
deep opening preparation and, in a maze of variations, didn't
remember the correct way out.
Nevertheless, with a full point ahead and the reputation of being
an excellent blitz and rapid player, the betting offices probably
wouldn't have offered profitable odds on another winner than the
Indian world's number 6 when the rapids began on Thursday.
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But it was as soon as in round 2 that it became evident that maybe the fate of the tournament
was not yet decided. The round showed everything that makes chess so fascinating for the
spectators: Three decisive games, a formidable mating attack by Aronian vs Anand, a tragic
ending in Caruana vs Karjakin, where black had a whole bunch of options to decide the game
- and 'chose' to get mated instead and, finally, a dramatic encounter between Nakamura and
Kramnik where, with both players being short of time, Kramnik brilliantly outplayed Nakamura
from what had been a clearly inferior position.
If Kramnik had won his rapid game against Karjakin, the tournament probably would have
seen a tiebreak with three competitors.So all of a sudden, Anand's comfortable lead had not
only narrowed to only half a point, but also the Russian Vladimir Kramnik had again chances to
win the tournament, especially after he also won against Aronian in round 3, giving him 2,5/3
and a comfortable lead in the Rapid section, but, like Nakamura, still a full point in arrears,
as Anand also won against Caruana, who really had an off-day. And things still became more
dramatic in round 4: Nakamura had to win against Anand in order to keep up his chances to
win the tournament. And the American succeeded brilliantly by pushing his c-pawn deep into
Anand's flesh, almost dividing the Indian's army in two. Anand fought like a lion and sacrificed
his queen to establish a fortress, but it razed completely by Nakamura's precise play. In the
meantime, Karjakin had spoiled his position against Kramnik, who with stubborn defense even
managed to get a winning position. Had he found a beautiful temporary rook sacrifice shown
instantly by the computers, before the last round all three, Anand, Nakamura and Kramnik,
would have had 8,5 points each, but Kramnik missed the winning move, Karjakin got the upper
hand and his time didn't let the win slip away again.
The last game of the tournament: Anand vs Nakamura 0:1
Before the final round, the two leaders had 8.5 points and both didn't venture too much - all
games ended in a draw with not much battle being fought. According to the regulations, a
tiebreak armageddon had to be played to determine the overall winner. A coin was flipped,
Anand got the white pieces and, as he had to win in order to win the tournament, picked a
very aggressive setup against Nakamura's Queen's Gambit. However, this time the American
defended excellently and not only repelled Anand's early attack, but also took over the initiative
himself and penetrated the Indian's camp on the queenside. Anand had to give up an exchange
to avoid an immediate loss, but still Nakamura's pieces were too active and soon Anand had
to resign when his rook became trapped by black's bishops. There has been some confusion
before the last round of the Rapids, as not all participants were completely aware of the tiebreak
rule. As a consequence and concession, it was decided to share the prize money for 1st place
equally. The organisers wish to express their regrets towards Mr Anand and Mr Nakamura and
apologize for any inconveniences.
As a summary, the Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 had all a chess tournament needs: Brilliant
ideas, deep opening preparations, tragic errors and a highly dramatic final clash with a somewhat
lucky, but also worthy winner Hikaru Nakamura.
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Courtesy:chessdom.com Eteri Kublashvili
Having regained his form, Anand is likely to take part in the Gashimov memorial in Azerbaijan
in April. A tournament which may also see World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in action.
The results: Rapid round: 1: Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) drew with Viswanathan Anand; Sergey
Karjakin (Rus) lost to Levon Aronian (Arm); Hikaru Nakamura (USA) bt Fabiano Caruana (Ita).
Round 2: Nakamura lost to Kramnik; Caruana bt Karjakin; Aronian bt Anand.
Round 3: Kramnik bt Aronian; Anand bt Caruana; Karjakin drew with Nakamura.
Round 4: Karjakin bt Kramnik; Nakamura bt Anand; Caruana drew with Aronian.
Round 5: Kramnik bt Caruana; Anand drew with Karjakin; Aronian drew with Nakamura.
Final standing: 1-2: Nakamura, Anand (9 pts); 3. Kramnik (8.5 pts); 4. Aronian (7 pts); 5.
Karjakin (6 pts); 6. Caruana (5.5 pts).
V. Anand – H. Nakamura
Queen’s Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Be5 c6 9.g4!? Nhf6 10.Rg1
Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Nd7! (White is already in trouble as his attack is going nowhere and Black can
open the board at will) 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.f4 b6! 14.b4 a5 (14...e5 15.fxe5 Bg5 16.Kd2 f6!)15.
a3 axb4 16.axb4 Qb8 17.g5 bxc5 18.bxc5 Qb4 19.Rc1? Ra3 20.Qd2 Bd8! ( see diagram 1)
Ironically, this is the move Nakamura failed to play in the critical
position in their Classical game. 21.Nd1 Qxd2+ 22.Kxd2 Ba5+
23.Ke2 Rb8 24.Kf3 e5! 25.fxe5 Bf5 26.Rg2 Be4+ 27.Kf4 Bxg2
28.Bxg2 Ra2 29.Bf3 Bd2 ( see diagram 2 ) 0–1
The end of the Zurich Chess
Challenge was tinged with
controversy, as Hikaru Nakamura
equalled Vishy Anand’s score
o v e ra l l b y d e f e a t i n g a n d
outscoring him in the Rapid
section before winning what
diagram 1
seemed to be a previously
unscheduled play-off. Earlier in the day, a Blitz play-off was
announced.But after a delay and what appeared to be some
consultations between players and organisers, an Armageddon
game was decided upon.Anand won the toss and opted to play
white with five minutes on the clock to four for Nakamura.In
Armageddon games, Black only has to draw, but Nakamura won easily.
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diagram 2
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Anand wins classical format
Former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand won the Zurich Chess Challenge Classical
Tournament after playing at a stunning rating performance on 2928 on February 18, 2015.
In the six player, all-play-all, Anand scored over Aronian and Nakamura and drew with Caruana,
Kramnik and Karjakin to gain nine Elo and win the category 22 event with 3.5/5.The rest of
the players were atleast half a point behind Anand. Anand and Kramnik remained undefeated
all through the event.
The Classical event was won by 1969-born Anand and the rapid event will start Feb 19. The
players will face each other with reversed colours.
Since winning the London Chess Classic in December 2014, this is the next title for Anand.
Final placings: 1 V Anand (Ind) 3.5/5; 2 H Nakamura (USA) 3; 3 V Kramnik (Rus) 2.5; 4-6. F
Caruana (USA), S Karjakin (Rus) L Aronian (Arm) 2 each.
India to take on China in summit clash
by Arvind Aaron
India and China will face off in a Scheveningen Match on four boards at the Radisson Blu Hotel
in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad from March 1-10.China has had matches with Russia and the United
States and it is the first time the Asian giants will face in the chess board in such an exclusive
Indo-China Summit match. India had finished third at the Tromso Olympiad at Norway winning
its maiden bronze medal. China had won its maiden gold medal in the Olympiad at Norway in
August 2014. A clash between the continental giants is likely to provide enough entertainment
on all days. This 32-game match spread over eight rounds at four a day will see each Indian
player taken on his Chinese counterpart twice, once with white pieces and once with black pieces.
In the Indian line up are Krishnan Sasikiran, M.R. Lalith Babu, B. Adhiban and national champion
S.P. Sethuraman. The Chinese are fielding Ding Liren, Wang Chen, Wei Yi and Zhou Jianchoa.
On paper the teams look level.
India and China are major rivals in chess. In the 2012 Asian Nations Cup held at Zaozhuang,
China won the title but the clash against India was entertaining. There was blood on all four
boards. India won both its two white boards and China reciprocated the same for a 2-2 score.
All four games were decisive.
Any country engaging China in team chess will stand to gain in the long run as it will count as
exposure and experience. China’s main strength in chess is in team events and women events.
This Indo-China Summit will help India test its potential in handling stronger opponents in
the team events. International Arbiter R. Anantharam will be the chief arbiter in this All India
Chess Federation funded Rs.10,00,000 prize money contest.Both India and China would also
face each other next in the World Team Championship at Armenia this April. Therefore, this
contest will offer the sides ample exposure in trying various team options and preparing for
the strong European teams there.
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( contd from p.27 )
Kh1 33 Qxh3#] 28...Nb4 29.Rfd1 [If 29.Rdd1
Rg3!! 30.fxg3 Rxg3 31.Qg2 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2
Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1 Nd3!–+] 29...
Nxd3 30.Rxd3 Rg1 31.Rd2 Rf1 [31...R8g2+
32.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 f3+! 34.Kxf3 (34.
Kh2 Qf4+ and 35...Qxd2) 34...Qxh3+–+]
32.Qb3 [With this move, white hopes to get
perpetual check by attacking black's weak
spot, e6. The desperate attempt, daring black
to do his worst, would also lose quickly: 32.c6
Rgg1 33.cxb7 Rh1+ 34.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 35.Kxh1
Qxh3+ 36.Kg1 f3 mates,] 32...Rxf2+
33.Kh1 [If 33.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kh1 Rg1#]
33...Rxd2! 34.Qxe6+ Kg7 If 35 Qxe5+ Kh6
36 Qe6+ ( or 36 Qd6+ Kh7 37 Qd7+ Kh8)
Rg6 and black has successfully dodged the
perpetual checks. 0–1
Rajesh,V A V (2408)
Deepan,Chakkravarthy J (2489) [E71]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0–0
6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Be3 f5 9.Bd3 [O.Moisiev
vs V Simagin, 1951 went: 9.exf5 gxf5 10.Be2
Nf6 11.Qc2 Na6 12.g3 Nb4 13.Qb3 a5 14.0–
0–0 f4 15.gxf4 Bf5 16.Ne1 exf4 17.Bd4 Kh8
and black went on to win.] 9...f4 Black also
had other options, equally good, 9...Na6 and
9...Nf6. 10.Bd2 a5 11.a3 c5 12.dxc6 [White
considers that opening up the queen-side was
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more expedient than castling and letting the
black pawn stay on c5: 12.0–0 Nf6 13.b3 Bd7
14.Rb1 Na6 15.Be2²] 12...bxc6 13.b4 Kh8 [To
be considered was: 13...axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1
15.Qxa1 Na6] 14.0–0 Bf6?! [Black plans on
the slow and ponderous buildup against the
white king-side with ...Ng7 and ....g5. Better was the simple: 14...Nd7 ] 15.b5! Ng7
16.Rb1± Ne6 17.Re1?! [The rook serves no
purpose here and was best left alone on f1.
Perhaps the rook vacated f1 for his bishop, but
the bishop never got there! 17.Be2± keeping
the bishop ready to thwart black's planned
g6-g5-g4 was better.] 17...h5 18.Be2
18...Ra7? [White hits on the grand idea of
transplanting his Ra8 to the king-side for a
king-side attack. Best was to try complete
development without any gimmicks: 18...
Bb7 19.Bc1 Nc5 20.Bf1 Qe7±] 19.b6! Rh7?+[19...Rb7 or 19.. .Rd7 was better.] 20.Na4!
with this move, white ensures the capture of
black's a5 pawn and black has to try to fight
for survival. 20...Bb7 21.c5! [The immediate capture of the a5 pawn gives some life
to black's undeveloped forces on the queenside: 21.Bxa5 c5 22.Bd3 Nc6 23.Bc3 Ncd4±]
21...d5 [White may try to go ahead with his
king-side attack, giving up on his queen-side
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only to his detriment: 21...g5 22.Nh2! Na6
23.Bxh5 Naxc5 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxa5 Nd3
26.Qxd3 Rxh5 27.Bc3+- White is clearly winning.] 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Bb5 (The pressure on
black has eased a bit. Now he must face the
threat of 24 Nxe5.) 23...e4 24.Bxa5 Re7 [Not
24...exf3 25.Rxe6+-] 25.Nd2 Nd4! 26.Bc3
Nxb5 27.Bxf6+ Rxf6 28.Rxb5 d4 29.Nc4 Qd5
With his back to the wall, black cooks up a
few threats of his own. The queen is powerful from the centre. But here, not yet. 30.Na5
f3!? [Black's best chance. If here, 30...e3?
31.Nxb7 and white is on top.] 31.Nxb7 Qg5!
32.g3 Nc6? [After 32...e3! 33.Rxe3 (33.Qxd4?
exf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rxe1–+) 33...Rxe3 34.Nd6!
Qe5 35.Rb1 white's advantage has been reduced to a minimum.] 33.Nd6! e3 34.Kh2 h4
35.b7 [White will lose quickly if he tried to
block the king-side with: 35.g4 Qf4+ 36.Kh1
exf2 37.Rxe7 Qg3 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Qf1
Qg2+!! 40.Qxg2 fxg2+ 41.Kxg2 f1Q+ 42.Kh2
Rf2#] 35...hxg3+! 36.fxg3 f2 37.b8Q+ Nxb8
38.Rxb8+ Kh7 39.Re8 [The tables have been
turned. It is black who is winning now though
he is two knights down! If 39.Rb7 Qe5 40.Nc4
Qe4 41.Rxe7+ Qxe7 42.Nab2 Qe4 Black is
winning.] 39...Rxe8 40.Nxe8 Rf8 41.Rf1 Rxe8
42.Qxd4
42...e2! 43.Rxf2+- [If 43.Qxf2 exf1Q 44.Qxf1
Qd2+ 45.Kg1 (45.Qg2 Re2) 45...Re1–+]
43...Qe7 44.Nc3 e1Q 45.Nd5 Rf8 46.Nf6+
Rxf6 47.Qxf6 Qxf6 48.Rxf6 Qd2+ Now black
has the pleasure of picking up all the black
pawns. 49.Kg1 Qc3! 50.Rf7+ Kg8 51.Rf2
Qxg3+ 52.Rg2 Qxh3 53.Rxg6+ Kf7 54.Rg2
Qxa3 55.c6 Qc1+ 56.Kh2 Qxc6 Now we have a
pure Queen versus Rook ending. If black does
not capture the rook in 50 more moves the
game is drawn. This ending is difficult, some
even say it could be drawn. There is no standard way by which the win is accomplished.
There are quite a few stalemate traps when
the defending king is pushed to the edge of
the board. 57.Kg3 Kf6 58.Rf2+ Kg5 59.Rf3
Qe4 60.Rf2 [I give the following variation as
a sample of the difficulties that the superior
side faces in such endings. 60.Kf2 Kg4 61.Re3
Qc2+ 62.Re2 Qc5+ 63.Kg2 Qc6+ 64.Kf2 Kf4
65.Rd2 Qf3+ 66.Ke1 and if now 66...Ke3?
67.Rd3+! Kxd3 stalemate!] 60...Qe3+ 61.Kg2
Kg4 62.Kf1
62...Qe4! [62...Kg3 will lead to a forced draw
through stalemate or repetition of moves:
63.Rg2+ Kh3 (63...Kf3 64.Rg3+ Kxg3 (stalemate)) 64.Rh2+! Kg4 (64...Kxh2 is also
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stalemate!) 65.Rg2+ Kf4 66.Rf2+ Ke4 67.Re2
draws.] 63.Re2 Qh1+ 64.Kf2 Kf4 65.Rd2 [65.
Re8 Qf3+ 66.Ke1 Qc3+ 67.Ke2 Qc4+ 68.Kd2
Qb4+ 69.Kc1 If the king moves to any white
square, the rook will be picked up by a double
attack. 69...Kf3 (and the king has no move.
If king to c2 or d1, Qa4+ wins the rook. It
will be increasingly difficult to find a safe
square for the rook, away from his king for
fear of a double attack.)] 65...Qh2+ 66.Ke1
Qg1+ 67.Ke2 Ke4 68.Rc2 Qg2+ 69.Kd1 Qf1+
70.Kd2 Kd4 71.Rb2 [This is getting nowhere
and he is being crowded out. He must try
71.Rc8 and hope that the rook is not forked
by the queen.] 71...Qf2+ 72.Kc1 Qe1+ 73.Kc2
Kc4 74.Ra2 Qe2+ 75.Kb1 Qd1+ 76.Kb2 Kb4
77.Ra1 Qd2+ 78.Kb1 Kb3 79.Ra3+ Kxa3 0–1
hxg6 25.Qxc1 Qc7–+ and black eventually
won.] 17...Bh5 18.Nxd4 Bg6 19.Bd3 Nfd7?!
[To be considered here was: 19...Nh5 20.a4
d5 21.exd5 Bb4 22.Rd1 Qxd5 23.Bxg6 fxg6
24.axb5 Nf4 25.N2f3 axb5²] 20.a4 Nc5
21.axb5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Bg5 23.Qd1 [23.N4f3
d5 24.Nxg5 Qxg5 25.Nf3 Qh5 26.Qd1 Bxe4
(26...dxe4 27.Ne5 Qxd1 28.Raxd1 Nxb3
29.Nc6±) 27.Re3 Qh6 (27...Ne6 (to prevent
Qd1–d4) 28.Ba3!±) 28.Qd4 Nbd7 29.Bxd7
Nxd7 30.Nd2±] 23...Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Nxe4
25.Rxe4 [25.Qf4 Nd5 26.Qf3 Nef6 (26...
Qh4 27.g3 Qf6!±) 27.Nc6 Qb6 28.Bxf6 Qxb5
29.Na7+-] 25...Bxe4
Shyam Nikil,P (2454)
Rajesh,V A V (2408) [C91]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.d4 Bg4
10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Bb2 cxd4 16.Nbd2 Rc8
17.Qb1 [Y.Kagan vs B.Lengyel, 2005 went
17.Bxd4 Nfd7 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Rc1 d5
21.e5 Ba3 22.e6 fxe6 23.Rxe6 Bxc1 24.Rxg6
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26.f3?! [White can get a clear advantage
with: 26.Qe3! Bg6 (26...Bb7 27.Nf5 f6 28.Rd1
Qc7 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Bd3+-) 27.Nc6 Re8
(27...Nd5 28.Qd4 Qf6 29.Qd2!+-) 28.Nxd8
Rxe3 29.fxe3±] 26...Bd5! 27.Nf5 f6 [27...
g6?? 28.Nh6#] 28.Re1? [28.Nxg7 would lead
to a nail-biting draw: 28...Kxg7 29.Qg5+
Kh8 30.Ra7 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.Bxf6+
Rxf6 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kf7 35.Qf5+
Kg7 (35...Ke7 36.Qxh7+ Bf7 37.Qh4+=)
36.Qg5+=] 28...Rc5? [Placing his king out
of the reach of the white knight was good
strategy: 28...Kh8 29.Ba3 Bxb3 30.Nxd6
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Rb8µ (30...Rc2?? 31.Qd3!+-) 31.Qe3 Bg8µ]
29.Qd3 Bf7 30.b4?! [Better was: 30.Bd4 Re5
31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Rd1 Qc7=] 30...Rc7! 31.Qd4
Though the exchange down, the white forces
are gradually making threats against the black
castled position. 31...Nc8 32.Ba6 Na7? [Black
misses his chance to keep the advantage with:
32...Re8 Till the end, this rook remains inactive on f8 and could be a major cause in his
defeat. 33.Rxe8+ Qxe8 34.h3 Be6 35.Bxc8
Bxc8 36.Nxd6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qe6 38.Ne4
Rd7 black is slightly better as he has a rook
for bishop and pawn and white has no attack
as he had earlier.] 33.b5!² Though black has
the advantage of having the equivalent of a
rook for a bishop, his rooks are ineffective.
33...Rd7 34.Rc1 Be6 35.b6! White is back on
the winning track. 35...Bxf5 36.Qd5+! [Also
winning was: 36.bxa7 d5 (probably the move
feared by white) 37.Bb5! Qe7 (It has become
time to give back the exchange. If now 37...
Rc7? 38.Rxc7 Qxc7 39.a8Q Rxa8 40.Qxd5+
Kf8 41.Qxa8+ wins.) 38.Bxd7 Qxd7 39.Qb6+] 36...Kh8
37.Bd4! [This good move wins the knight for
nothing and keeps his advanced passed pawn.
But not 37.bxa7? Rxa7 38.Rc6 Qe7! 39.h3
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Qe3+ 40.Kh2 Qf4+–+] 37...Qe7 38.Qxf5!
Capturing the bishop first was excellent. Now,
the knight is the target. Unfortunately it has
nowhere to flee. 38...d5 39.Bc5! Rd6 40.bxa7
Qe8 41.Bb7! White is enjoying his victory!
41...Re6 42.Bf2 This scorches black's last attempt to escape. 1–0
Karthikeyan,P(2400)
Deepan,Chakkravarthy J (2489) [B80]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7 9.g4 Nfd7
10.0–0–0 Nb6 11.h4 N8d7 12.g5 b4 13.Nb1
d5 14.Bh3 [L. Hetey vs K.Volke 2440, Erfurt
Op, 1992 went: 14.Nb3 a5 (This ambitious
advance, neglecting king-side development
proves black's undoing. Better was: 14...
dxe4 15.Bxb6 Nxb6 16.Qg2 Qc7µ) 15.Bb5!
Nc4 16.Qe2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 a4? (17...Be7)
18.exd5! Bc8 (18...axb3? 19.dxe6 bxa2
20.exd7#) 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Qe7
21.Qd5 1–0] 14...Nc4 15.Qe2 Qa5 16.b3 Nxe3
17.Qxe3 dxe4?
[The winning move here is: 17...Bc5! 18.exd5
Bxd5 19.Qe2 Qb6 20.Nf5 0–0 21.Rhe1 Qc7
22.Ne3 Bc6 23.Nd2 Qg3–+; However, 17...
Qxa2? would not only take his queen out of
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the theatre of operations but also let his centre
be decisively busted. 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Nxe6
fxe6 20.Rxd5+-] 18.Nxe6!? [Realising that
the black king is still in the centre white conceives of this violent sacrifice to make sure
that the king remains in the centre and gets
hammered. Too slow would be: 18.h5 Bc5
19.fxe4 Rd8 20.Qg3 Qb6 21.Nf3 Bf2 22.Qg4
Qe3+ 23.Kb2 Bxe4 and black has a winning
attack.] 18...fxe6 19.Bxe6 Ne5 20.f4 Nf3 For
his bishop, white has only a pawn but a dangerous attack. With black's king caught in the
centre and his king-side yet to be developed,
white has practical chances. 21.Rd7
[Technically, white's best chances were probably in the complicated variation: 21.Bd7+ Kf7
22.Qe2 Bc5 (22...Qc5 23.Rhf1 Be7 24.Be6+
Kxe6 25.Rxf3 Rac8 26.Re3 Kf7 27.Rxe4 This
is kind of forced. If black's king rook is given
time to get into the game, white is lost. 27...
Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Rhd8–+) 23.Qc4+ Kf8 24.Be6
Be3+ 25.Kb2 Qc5 26.Rd7 Qxc4 27.Bxc4 Bc6
28.Rc7 Bb5 29.Bd5 Rd8 30.Bxe4 Nd2 31.Nxd2
Bxf4!–+] 21...Bc6 22.Rhd1!? Bc5! 23.Qe2
Qb5 [23...Qb6! was better. If black survives
the attack he would win as he has a bishop
for just one pawn.] 24.Bf7+! Kf8 25.Bc4 Qb6
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26.Rf7+ Ke8 27.c3 White must provide space
for his king in view of the threat of ...Be3+.
27...Rf8 28.Rxg7 Ra7! Black must exchange
off as many pieces as possible to win the
game. 29.Rxa7 Qxa7 30.Bxa6 This appears
to be to reduce the material imbalance as
now, he has three pawns for his bishop. But
this bishop from this apparently insignificant
square on the board strikes the final blow
against black. 30...Rxf4 31.Qc4 Ne5?
Diagram # [Without any pawn cover, the black
king is in grave danger in the centre. However,
the game will not fall into white's lap. He will
have to play cleverly and enterprisingly to
knock out black. If 31...Qe7 32.g6! Ne5 (32...
hxg6 33.Qg8+ Rf8 34.Qxg6+ Rf7 35.Qxc6++) 33.Qg8+ Rf8 34.gxh7 Nf7 35.Qg6 Bd7
36.Bc4+-] 32.Qe6+! [If 32.Qg8+? Ke7! and
it is black who wins!] 32...Qe7 [If 32...Kf8
33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Rg8#] 33.Rd8+!! In all likelihood, black overlooked this neat end to the
game. If 34...Kxd8 35 Qc8#! A very violent
finish. 1–0
Kunte,Abhijit (2480)
Sethuraman,S.P (2622) [D45]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
6.Qc2 b6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb5 Bb4+ 9.Bd2
Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 0–0 11.Be2 a6 12.Nd6 [This
adventurous move allows black to solve his
opening problems and gain a slight initiative.
A game S.Pedersen 2408 vs C.Hansen 2633,
2008 went: 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.0–0 Qe7 14.Qb3
Rfc8 led to a draw.] 12...b5 13.0–0 [13.Rc1
Nb6 14.Qc7 Bd7 15.0–0 Nc4=] 13...Nb6
14.Nxc8?! [If 14.Qc5 Na4 15.Qa3 Bd7 16.Nb7
Qb8 17.Nc5 b4 18.Qb3 Nxc5 19.dxc5 Bb5
20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Rfc1 Rfc8=] 14...Rxc8
15.Qd3 Nc4 16.Rfb1 Qd6 17.Nf1? [This is passive leading to a defensive game. Better was
the natural move 17.Nf3= ] 17...Rc6 18.Qd1
Rfc8 19.Bd3 a5
20.h3? [Though black looks better after 20.b3
Na3 21.Rc1 Qc7 22.Rxc6 Qxc6 23.Ng3= the
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position is actually level.] 20...Ne4 21.Qe1
b4 22.f3 Nf6 23.Qe2 [23.Qf2 providing lateral
support to his b2 pawn and releasing his Rb1
for active play was worth consideration.] 23...
e5! 24.Rc1 exd4 25.exd4 Nh5! With his third
rank free of pawns and available for roaming
by his rooks, black goes into attack mode.
26.Qf2 Nf4µ 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.Rab1 [White is
concerned about his b2 pawn. Better was:
28.Kh1 ] 28...Re6–+ 29.b3 Nd6 30.Nh2
[White should try to activate his queen rook
via b2 as it does nothing now. 30.Rb2 Rce8
31.Rc2 Qg5 32.Kh2 h5 33.Ba6 h4 Black has
a very strong position, but the knockout is
yet to be worked out.] 30...h5 31.Bf1? [This
take away one of the free squares for his king
and simultaneously gives access to the black
queen to get to g6. Though losing, he should
try: 31.Rd2 Nf5 32.Bxf5 Qxf5 33.Rbd1 Rg6–+]
31...Qg6 (Threat 32....Nxh3+) 32.Qh4 Ne2+
33.Kh1
[If 33.Bxe2 Rxe2 34.g4 Nf5! traps the queen.]
33...Nf5! (33...Nf5 34.Qf2 Nfg3+ wins the
queen.) 0–1
Girinath,P.D.S (2333) Vidit,
Santosh Gujrathi (2625) [B31]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0–0 Bg7 5.c3
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Nf6 6.Re1 0–0 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 Rd8 9.Bf1 d5
10.e5 Ne8 11.d3 Nc7 12.Nc2 d4 13.c4 h6
14.Bd2
14...a5! [This makes sure that white's counter with b2-b4 is nipped in the bud. If 14...
Qxb2? 15.Rb1 Qxa2 16.Ra1 Qb3 17.Rb1
Qa4 18.Ra1 Qb3 19.Rb1 draw by repetition.;
However, 14...g5 15.Rb1 a5 planning 16....
Bf5 was a good alternative.] 15.a4 g5 16.Na3
Bf5 17.Nb5 Ne6? [By avoiding the exchange,
black only cramps himself. Best here was:
17...Nxb5 18.axb5 Nb4 19.Ra3 Qe6³] 18.Ra3
Bg6 19.g3 Re8 Black plans to start an attack
with f7-f5. For this, he has to protect his Ne6
in advance with this move. 20.Bg2 Qd8 21.h4
Bh5 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Qc1= f6 24.Nh2 Bf7 [If
24...Nxe5 25.f4 gxf4 26.gxf4 and one knight
will die.; Preferable was 24...Qd7= ] 25.Bd5
Qd7 26.Qd1
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26...Ra6?! [This is an interesting idea,
bringing the rook to the king-side through
the third rank. Strangely, White also did the
same on the 18th move! If 26...Nxe5 27.f4
gxf4 28.gxf4 Nc6 29.Qg4 Ncd8 (29...Nf8
30.Qxd7 Nxd7 31.Nc7 Kf8 32.Nxe8 Kxe8±)
30.f5 Ng5 31.Bxg5 fxg5 32.Qxg5 Kf8 white
has a slight advantage.] 27.f4 gxf4 28.gxf4
fxe5 29.f5!? [If 29.Qg4 Nb4!=] 29...Ned8
[If 29...Nf4 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Bxf4 exf4
32.Qh5+ Kf8 33.Ng4 Nb4=] 30.Be4 Nb4
31.Kh1! White is preparing for a decisive
king-side attack as the black king has no
pawn cover in his castled position. 31...Kh8?
[The decisive mistake. Better was 31...Rf8
32.Rg1 Be8 33.Qg4 e6 34.f6! Rxf6 35.Qh4
Rf5 36.Bg5± when white has a great position, but black is not lost, yet.] 32.Qg4 Nc2
33.Rg1! Bg6 [Desperation. But 33...Bf8 is
met by 34.Qh4+ Bh6 35.Bxh6+-] 34.Qh4+
[Also easily winning was: 34.fxg6 Qxg4
35.Rxg4+- Nxa3 36.Nc7 Nxc4! 37.dxc4 Rf8
38.Nxa6+-] 34...Kg8 [If 34...Bh7 35.f6!
mates.] 35.fxg6 1–0
Selected games from Chennai Open,
Chennai
Tiwari,Arjun (2206) Lazarev,Vladimir
(Fra) (2387) [B23]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d3 e6
6.g3 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.d4 Nf6 9.Bg2 Be7
10.0–0 0–0 11.Kh1 c4 [I.Starostits - Z.Ksieski
2002 saw: 11...Ne4 12.dxc5 Nxc3 13.bxc3
Bxc5 14.f5 Nd7 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4
Be7 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Qd7 and black went
on to win.] 12.f5 Nbd7 13.Ne5 b4 14.Ne2 Qc7
15.Nxd7 [If 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Be5
Ng4 18.Bxd6 Qxd6! 19.Qd2 Rfe8] 15...Qxd7
16.Nf4 a5 17.g4 Ne4 18.Nh5 [If 18.Be3 Rfe8
19.Re1 Qc7 20.a3 Bd6 21.Qf3 c3 22.bxc3
Qxc3µ] 18...Bh4 19.Be3 c3 20.bxc3 Ba6 A
good player constantly seeks to improve the
positioning of his pieces. At present this bishop
has no role to play from b7 sitting behind his
d5 pawn. 21.Rf4 Nxc3 Black has an almost
winning position. 22.Qd2
22...f6?! [This was unnecessary and was probably played out of fear of white playing g4-g5
and on Bxg5, Rg4 with attack. Better was:
22...Rfe8 and if now 23.g5 Bxg5 24.Rg4 Bxe3
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25.Nf6+! Kh8 26.Qxe3! Rxe3 27.Nxd7 Rae8
Black is a sound pawn up with a commanding
position.] 23.Rf3 Ne4 24.Qc1 [White is fearing
....Nf2 in the future, forking his queen and
king. More active was: 24.Qd1! which would
have also prevented black's ...Be2 possibility
in the next move.] 24...Bg5?! [Black misses
the quick win with 24...Be2 25.Rh3 Bg5
26.Bxg5 Nf2+–+] 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 Rfe8µ
27.a3 Bc4 28.axb4 axb4
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Rf2 [31.
Rxe4?? Bd5 black wins a rook.] 31...Qb5 Idea
32...Be2 and 33...Bf3+ with a great advantage. 32.Qe1 Ra2 33.Rd2 Bd5 34.Kg2 Qc4
35.Kg3 Ra3 36.Kf2
36...Qc7 He aims to penetrate the king
side with ...Qxh2, an idea that recurs in the
later stages and wins the game. 37.Kg2 Qc3
38.Kf2 [White misses a dynamic defence
with 38.Qg3! Qxe3? (38...h6µ) 39.Qb8+ Kf7
40.Qc7+ Ke8 41.Qc8+ draw by perpetual
check.] 38...Ra1 39.Rd1 [39.Qe2 Bc4!–+; Or
if 39.Qe2 Bc4 traps the queen.] 39...Qxc2+
40.Rd2 Diagram # 40...Qc7!! A stunning move
with a double attack. At one stroke black is
attacking the key h2 pawn and the queen.
41.Qxa1 Qxh2+ 42.Kf1 Bc4+! [Also winning,
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
but not as elegantly was: 42...Qh1+ 43.Bg1
Bc4+] 0–1
(Position after 40.Rd2)
Lokesh,P (2251) Evdokimov,
Alexander A (2538) [B67]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 Bd7 9.f3
Rc8 10.Kb1 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 [This
is new. Usual here is 12.a3 to prevent black
from driving away his Nc3.] 12...Qc7 13.Bd3
Bb7 [If 13...b4 14.Bxf6! gxf6 comes the
typical sacrifice against the Sicilian Defence
with 15.Nd5! exd5 (or 15...Bxd5 16.exd5 e5
17.Qxb4+-) 16.exd5+ Qe7 17.dxc6+-] 14.Bf4
Nd7 15.a3 Be7
[An interesting tactic from black in the Si35
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cilian is 15...Ne5! 16.Bxe5?! dxe5³ when
white's Bd3 has no play in the game and
black's doubled pawns on the e-file are not
a strategical weakness.] 16.Qg3 0–0 17.Bg5
[Better was the preliminary 17.h4 and then
only 18 Bg5 so that white has the option of
retaking on g5 with his h-pawn, opening up
the h-file for attack.] 17...Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Ne5
19.Rhe1 [After 19.f4 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Qb6 21.f5
f6! 22.Qd2 exf5 23.exf5 a5 24.Ne4 b4µ While
white's attack has been stopped, black's has
just started.] 19...Qb6 20.f4 Nc4 [The alternative is not so good: 20...Nxd3 21.Rxd3 b4
22.axb4 Qxb4 23.f5 f6 24.Qd2 exf5 25.exf5
Rb8 26.Nd5!²] 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.f5 f6 23.Qd2
b4 24.axb4 Rxb4
25.b3 [Better was the surprising 25.Qxd6!
Rxb2+ 26.Kc1 exf5 27.exf5=] 25...Re8
26.fxe6 [Not 26.Qxd6? Rxb3+! 27.cxb3
Qxb3+ 28.Ka1 Qxc3+ 29.Ka2 Bxe4! 30.fxe6
h6 with a strong attack for black.] 26...Rxe6
27.Nd5= Bxd5 28.Qxd5 Kf7 29.Qh5+ Kf8!
30.Kb2! [Exciting complications result after:
30.Qxh7 Rxb3+! This sacrifice is always in
the air. 31.cxb3 Qxb3+ 32.Kc1 Qc3+ 33.Kb1
Re8 (or 33...Re5 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Qb8 Rb5+
36.Qxb5 axb5µ) 34.Qh8+ Kf7! 35.Qh5+
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Ke7 36.Qxe8+ Kxe8 37.Re2 Qb4+ 38.Kc2
a5µ] 30...Re5 31.Qxh7 Rxb3+ 32.cxb3 Qf2+
33.Kc3?
[After playing well, white makes a big mistake. Better was: 33.Kb1! Ra5 34.Qh8+ Kf7
35.Qc8 Qa2+ 36.Kc1 Rc5+ 37.Qxc5 dxc5³]
33...Rc5+ 34.Kd3 [This leads to a non-stop
mating finish. If 34.Kb4 Qb2 threatening mate
through different ways like ....Qc3+, ....a4+,
etc] 34...Qc2+ 35.Ke3 Rc3+ 36.Kf4 Qf2+
37.Kg4 Qxg2+ 38.Kf5 Qg5+ If 39 Ke6 Qe5+
40 Kd7 Qe7# 0–1
David,Alberto (Ita) (2578) Yogit,S (2146) [C77]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
d6 6.c3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Nf1 Bg7 9.Ng3 0–0
10.0–0 Qe7 11.Re1 Nd8 12.Bb3 [This is new.
12.d4 Bxa4 13.Qxa4 Nd7 14.Be3 Ne6 15.Rad1
Rfe8 led to a draw in Zagrabelny 2510 vs D.
Krjakvin in 2005.] 12...Be6 13.Bc2 h6 14.d4
The position is slightly favourable to white
as all of his pieces save his queen's rook are
actively placed. 14...Ne8 [Better was: 14...
exd4 15.cxd4 Re8 16.Nf5!] 15.h3 Kh7? [By
walking his king unwittingly into the diagonal
of the Bc2 loses to a tactical stroke. Almost
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any other reasonable move would have been
better. For example: 15...exd4 16.cxd4 c5
17.d5 Bc8 would have given white only a slight
advantage.]
16.Nf5!! Qf6? [This second poor decision in a
row nearly loses the game. Better was: 16...
Bxf5 17.exf5 Nc6 18.Be4 gxf5 19.Bxf5+ Kh8±
and white has a clear advantage, but the win
is not in sight.] 17.Ne3? [Very surprising that
white misses: 17.g4 gxf5 18.exf5 Bd5 (18...
Bc8 (or Bd7) 19.g5!+-; 18...Bxf5 19.Bxf5++) 19.dxe5 Bxf3 20.exf6 Bxd1 21.fxg7 Kxg7
22.Bxd1] 17...c6 [After 17...exd4 18.cxd4
Rc8 19.Bd2 white has a good advantage, and
that is all. The win has vanished.] 18.d5 cxd5?
[This surrenders the fight for control over
the d5 square. Patient defence was needed
to break white's grip over the d5 square.
Better was: 18...Bc8 19.Nc4! Rb8 20.Nb6
Nc7 21.Be3 Qe7 (21...c5 22.a4 white's grip
has tightened.) 22.Qe2 cxd5 23.exd5 f5²]
19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5! White ensures that
his grip over the backward d6 pawn remains
till the end. 20...Nc7 21.Qd3 Nc6 22.Be3 Rad8
23.Bb3! the battle for control over d5 continues to rage with white having the whip hand.
23...Ne6 24.Bd5 Nc5 25.Qc2 Ne7 26.Rad1!
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Rd7? Diagram # [Black blunders into a pin,
missing a tactic. Better was to fight back with:
26...Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Qe7 28.b4 Ne6 29.c4 f5
30.h4]
move, ending the game quickly. 36...Rxc1+
37.Rxc1 Black cannot stop the crushing entry
38 Rc7 37...Bf8 38.Bxf8 Kxf8 39.Rc7 1–0
Mugil,Jayavel (2135)
Mozharov,Mikhail (Rus) (2557) [B49]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3
Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Qd2 Bb4 9.f3 0–0
10.a3 Be7 11.Nb3 Ne5 12.0–0 b5 13.Qd4=
[This seems to be too early. A 1996 game,
R.Supancic vs M.Rufener, went: 13.Rfd1
Bb7 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Qd4 d6 16.Qb6 Qxb6
17.Bxb6 d5!³ and black went on to win.] 13...
d6 14.Rad1 Rb8 15.f4?! [15.Qa7=] 15...Neg4
27.Bxf7! Qxf7 28.Bxc5 Nc8 29.Ba3 Qxa2
Black has restored material balance, but his
chances for positional equality are very much
less. 30.c4! This threatens to trap the queen
with 31 Ra1. 30...Rxf3 [Black disdains normal
resistance and plays for a trap. If 30...b5
31.Nd2! a5 32.Ra1 wins the queen.] 31.gxf3
[Not 31.Ra1? Qb3! and black escapes into
victory!] 31...Rc7 32.Ra1 Qxc4 [The queen
escapes the trap, but the game is lost. 32...
Rxc4?? 33.Qd1!+-] 33.Qxc4 Rxc4
34.Rec1! Nb6 35.Bxd6! Kg8 36.b3! A nice neat
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16.Bc1? [White preserves his key bishop,
but loses the exchange quickly. Better was
16.Qa7! Rb7 17.Qd4 Rd8= But white's
important Be3 is nervous, available for
exchange, and his queen is not so comfortable on the a7-g1 diagonal.] 16...e5!
17.Qd3 Qa7+ 18.Kh1 Nf2+ 19.Rxf2 Qxf2
20.Be3 Having lost the exchange, white's
only hope is to try to trap the black queen
on the king-side. 20...Qh4 21.g3 [If 21.Rf1
Bg4 22.Bf2 Qh5 23.f5 Bxe2 24.Nxe2 Rfc8!]
21...Qh3 22.f5 Bb7 23.Bf3 Rbc8 24.Rd2 Rfe8
25.Rf2 Ng4
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
35.Qxe3 Rxc2 36.Rd2 Rxd2 37.Nxd2 Qc2!
38.Qb6 Qd1+! 39.Nf1 Qf3! 0–1
26.Nd1? [Better was: 26.Bxg4 Qxg4 27.Nd2
Qh3 (With e4 firmly defended by white, black
wants to prevent white from playing Kg2 and
then h3, menacing his queen.) 28.Ne2 d5
29.exd5 Red8 and black is winning.] 26...
d5!–+ [A terrible mistake would be: 26...
Nxf2+? 27.Nxf2 Bxe4! 28.Bxe4 (28.Qxe4??
Qf1#) 28...Qh5²] 27.Qe2 Nxe3! 28.Nxe3
dxe4 29.Bg4 Qh6 30.f6 This is the only move
that white can try to get some counter play
to balance his heavy loss of material. 30...
Bxf6 31.Bxc8 Rxc8! The bishop is needed on
b7 to give possible discovered checks. 32.Kg1
Qg6 33.Ng4
33...e3! Opens up the long white diagonal for
his bishop with deadly effect. 34.Nxf6+ gxf6
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Dzhumaev,Marat (Uzb) (2532)
Mahalakshmi,M (2125) [B12]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2
Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Nce2 [V. Tseshkovsky,
2576 vs P.Kuehn, 2386 in 2006 went: 7.f4
c5 8.Nb5 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 0–0 10.c3 Nc6
11.Nf3 f6 12.Be2 cxd4 13.cxd4 fxe5 14.fxe5
a6 15.Nd6 and white eventually won.] 7...
Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c5 9.f4 cxd4 [Better was to
play quietly, developing her pieces and wait
for white to reveal his plans. After 9...0–0
10.Nf3 Nc6 11.0–0–0 b6 12.Nc3 a6 13.Qe3
Bb7 14.Kb1 Rc8 maintaining the tension in the
centre would have led to equality.] 10.Nxd4
a6 11.Ngf3 Nc6 12.0–0–0 Qa5? [12...Nc5
13.Bd3 Bd7 completing her development
without any hassles would have been equal.]
13.Qxa5 Nxa5 White has an easy, advantageous endgame. 14.f5±
14...Nb6? [Better was: 14...Ke7 defending e6
and preparing to challenge white's centre with
.... Nc6. Generally, many players pay more
attention to castling. In this situation that
does not apply as the queens are exchanged
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
off and chances of mating attacks arising
are very slim.] 15.Bd3 exf5 [15...Nc6 bringing back the knight into the game came into
consideration.] 16.Bxf5± g6?! [Best here was:
16...0–0 17.Rhe1 Nc6 18.c3 Re8] 17.Bd3! It
is wise to leave your opponent's undeveloped
pieces on their ineffective squares! 17...Bg4
18.Rde1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ke7!² 20.h4?! [20.
f4 was more purposeful.] 20...Nc6 At last!
21.Nxc6+ bxc6= 22.h5 c5 23.c3 a5 24.f4
31.e6!! fxe6 32.Rxd5 h6 33.Bf5 Nf8 34.Rxa5
[White wins hands down with the direct:
34.Rxd8 Kxd8 35.Bxe6+-] 34...Rg8 35.Ra7+
[Stronger was: 35.Be4 Rg4 36.a4 wins with
the threat of 37 Rc5.] 35...Rd7 36.Ra8 Rg5
37.Bc2 Rd8 [Not 37...Rxh5? 38.Rf1! and
the knight is lost!] 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.Bd1+From now onwards it is very simple. 39...
Ke7 40.Re4 Rc5 41.Be2 Nh7 42.Rxc4 Rxc4
43.Bxc4 Nf6 44.Be2 Nd5 45.Kd2 Kd6 46.a4
1–0
Puzzle of the month
by C.G.S.Narayanan
L.Bertrand
Echiquier Francais 1906
24...Rab8 [Black can reach equality with precise play: 24...d4 25.e6 f5 26.c4 Rae8 27.Re5
Kd6 28.b3 Nc8 29.Rd5+ Kc6 30.Bc2 Rhg8=
(not 30...Rxe6? 31.hxg6 Rxg6 32.Rxf5±) ]
25.Rh2 Nd7 26.Bc2 c4?! [26...Rbg8 was a
better option.] 27.Rd2 Nb6 28.Rf2 Rbd8 29.f5
gxf5 [If 29...gxh5 30.f6+ Kd7 31.Bd1 Rhf8
32.Bxh5] 30.Rxf5 Nd7
What were the three last white moves?
In th position above both the WRh3 and
WBc1 are checking the black king.How
did this position arise?.With retro analysis you can find the last three moves of
white.
(Solution on page 48)
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Problem World
Plachutta interference
by C.G.S.Narayanan
The Plachutta is a device in problem chess in
which a white piece sacrifices itself on a square
where it could be captured by one of two similarly moving black pieces, like a bishop and a
queen moving along a diagonal, or two rooks,
moving along a different line; whichever black
piece captures, it interferes with the other. Plachutta theme is named after Joseph Plachutta
(1827–1883).The theme finds better expression in three or more-movers. A simple illustration of the theme can be seen in diagram below.
W.A.Shinkman
Pittsburg Gazette Times 1916
Mate in three moves
After the key 1.N(7)c5! white threatens 2.Na4
and 2.Qb4.Now depending as to which black
rook captures the WNc5 white sets up his
continuation.1…Rcxc5 2.Nb2 (3.Na4!) Now
the BRc5 loses vertical control of c4 as after
2….Ra5 3.Qc4 mates.Similarly 1…Rhxc5 2.Nf4
(3.Ne2!) 2…Rc4(cutting off the guard for b4)
3.Nd5 mates. The Plachutta is related to a
number of other problem themes as well, like
Wurzburg Plachutta,Novotny or Bristol.The
quiet manouvre of setting up the defences differentiates Wurzburg Plachutta from the normal
one. The key 1.Kb2! quietly threatens 2.Bb1
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followed by 3.Qc3.Rhf6 frees BRf8 in time
to defend 3.Qc3 and similarly Rff6 plans 2…
Rh3. But white bishop cuts off rook lines with
sacrifices. 1….Rhf6 2.Bf4! Rxf4 3.Nc6;1…Rff6
2.Bd6! Rxd6 3.Nf3.In either case the flight
e5 is covered by the mate.
A.W.Mongredien&P.Bansac
L’Exchequier de Paris 1947
Mate in three moves
In the third example on this theme below
the Key 1.Qb1! threatens 2.Qb4 followed
by 3.Rc3 or Qc4.Black defends wit 1…eRe3
and hRe3 cutting of WBg5 guard to d2.The
variation are 1….eRe3 2.Nb3 Rxb3 3.Ne6;1…
hRe3 2.Ne6+ Rxe6 3.Nb3 using the overload
on these squares.
Frantisek Matousek
II Pr,Votruba Mem.Ty 1947
Mate in three moves
Study of the Year 2013
The endgame study committee of the World
Federation for Chess Composition traditionally selects the Study of the Year. It is not a
selection of the best study of the year, but
the study that is best suited to popularize
the art in the general chess world. Here is
the marvellous study of 2013!
Pavel Arestov
Prize, 6th Jenever thematic ty 2013
White to play and draw
White’s only chance for a draw is his dpawn: 1.d7 Ke5! Surprisingly, Black allows
the pawn to promote, but 2.d8Q? fails to 2…
Nd4+ 3.Kb6(c5) Ne6+. After 2.Ng6+? Ke4!
3.d8Q Nd4+ 4.Kd6 Bh2+ and another Sfork decides). 2.Nd3+! Ke4! (2...Ke6 3.d8Q
and no fork on e6) White now seems to be
completely lost, as promotion still fails to the
knight forks. But White has the marvellous
defence 3.Nf2+! Bxf2 4.d8Q Nd4+ 5.Kc5!
(5.Kd6? Bg3+ 6.Kc5 Ne6+, or 5.Kb6? Ne6+)
The point of the sacrifice 3.Nf2+! is that now
the S-fork 5…Ne6+ does not win: 6.Kd6!
Nxe8 stalemate ( see diagram) All squares
around the stalemated white king are not
occupied by any piece. That is a so-called
mirror stalemate (which was the theme of
the tourney). In addition, all squares around
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the white king are only guarded by a single
black piece. Moreover, every black piece on
the board play a role in the stalemate picture.
Composers call this an ideal stalemate.
It is interesting to note that the similar, and
more natural, 3.Nc5+? Bxc5 4.d8Q Nd4+!
5.Kxc5 Ne6+ 6.Kd6 Nxd8 is not a stalemate
as Black got rid of his bishop. As a consequence, (only) square b6 is accessible. But
that is not all! Black has a Zwischenschach:
5…Rh5+! Now the natural 6.Kc4? fails to 5…
Rc5+! 7.Kxc5 Ne6+ 8.Kd6 Nxd8 and now the
stalemate of the previous diagram is lifted,
because the black rook at h7 has gone. That is
another thematic try. The other option 6.Kb4?
fails to another S-fork at c6. The remaining
option 6.Kb6! allows Black to fire a nasty battery: 6…Ne6+ 7.Ka6 Nxd8 stalemate
Another mirror stalemate!
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Test your endgame
by C.G.S.Narayanan
Pauli Perkonoja 1968
1
V.Bron 1970
2
Evreinov 1968
3
Jakimcik 1970
4
Pogosjanc 1969
5.
Heimo Lilja 1969
6
White to play and win in all the above six endings
(Solutions on page 47 )
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Maters of the past-50
Viktor Karlovich Knorre
Viktor Karlovich Knorre (4 October 1840 – 25 August 1919)
was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin. He worked
in Nikolaev, Pulkovo and Berlin and is best known for having discovered 158 Koronis and three other minor planets.
Knorre's father, Karl Friedrich Knorre, and grandfather, Ernst
Friedrich Knorre, were also prominent astronomers. Recently
NASA named an asteroid in honor of the three generations of
Knorre astronomers.
Viktor was born the fifth of fifteen children in Nikolayev (now
Mykolayiv, Ukraine). He moved to Berlin in 1862 to study astronomy with Wilhelm Julius Foerster. He worked at Pulkovo
Observatory in 1867 as an astronomical calculator and then
at Berlin Observatory, where his father moved circa 1871.
In 1892 he was appointed Professor. In 1906 he retired and moved to Lichterfelde,
close to Berlin, where he owned a house. He found recreation from his ongoing
scientific work while working in the garden or playing Chess. In 1909 and 1911 he
published works on a new equatorial telescope mounting type 'Knorre & Heele'. A
prototype was made by Heele at Knorre's expenses.Viktor Knorre died on the 25th
August 1919 in Lichterfelde after a short illness.
Knorre was also known as a strong chess player, playing among others against Adolf
Anderssen, Gustav Neumann and Johannes Zukertort. He took part in several chess
tournaments during the 1860s.
In the Two Knights Defense the Knorre variation (ECO code C59) is named after him.
It follows the main line of the Two Knights defense for the first ten moves, and is
characterized by the moves 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bd2. The Knorre variation
of the Open defense in the Ruy Lopez, characterized by the move 6. Nc3, is also
named after Knorre.
Here is one of his famous games:
Victor Knorre - Gustav Richard Neumann [C65]
Berlin Berlin, 1864
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bd6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.0–0 g5
9.Bg3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 h5 11.Qe1 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Nd7 13.d4 f6 14.dxe5 fxe5 15.Qc3
Qf6 16.h4 g4 17.Ng5 0–0–0 18.Rad1 Rde8 19.f4 Qe7 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Kh1 Rhg8
22.Rf5 Kb8 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qxe5 25.Rd8+ Ka7 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxg8 1–0
Courtesy:Wikepedia
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4th National Schools Chess Championship 2015,Goa
U 13 Girls Prize winners: Jishitha (Silver), Riddhi Zantye
(Gold), Bommi Mounika Akshaya (Bronze)
U15 Open Prize winners: Shukla Rahul (Silver), Rajdeep
Sarkar (Gold), Harikrishnan A Ra (Bronze)
U 13 Open Prize winners: Krishnater Kushager (Silver),
Erigaisi Arjun(Gold), Barath M (Bronze)
U 17 Girls Prize winners: Sapale Saloni (Silver), Maha
lakshmi M (Gold), Manasa H R (Bronze)
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U 9 Open Prize winners: Pranav V
(Silver), Gukesh D (Gold), Aditya Mittal
(Bronze)
U 11 Girls Prize winners: Chopdekar
Gunjal (Silver), Mrudul Dehankar
(Gold), David Avril R (Bronze)
U 11 Open Prize winners: Mehta Naitik
(Silver), Praggnanandhaa R (Gold),
Sadhwani Raunak (Bronze)
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Solutions to ‘tactics from
master games’ on page 42
1. Gohil,H (2313) - Lanka,Z (2437) Boeblingen GER(5.10), 28.12.2014
Position after White's 42nd move. Black to
play 42...Nb3! [42...Nb3! 43.Rxd3 (43.Ka2
Nxd2–+; 43.Rdc2 Rd1+–+) 43...Rc1+ 44.Ka2
Ra1#] 0–1
2. Porta Tovar,Guillem (2002) Ibarra
Jerez,JC (2527) 3rd Lorca Open 2014
26.12.2014
Position after White's 25th move. Black to play
25...Rxe4! [25...Qxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rxe4 27.d6
Re8–+] 26.dxe4 [26.Qxf8+ Bxf8 27.dxe4 d3!
28.Kf1 d2 29.Ke2 g2 wins] 26...Qxf1+ 27.Kxf1
d3 0–1
Position after White's 34th move. Black to play
34...Bc3! 35.Rxe5 [35.Kf2 Bxe1+–+] 35...
Bxe1+ 36.Kf4 [36.Rxe1 Rxe1–+] 36...Bg3+!
37.Kxg3 Rxe5 0–1
6. Kumaran,B (2316) - Brunello,S (2573)
7th Chennai Open 2014–15 Chennai IND (5.8),
02.01.2015
Position after White's 31st move. Black to play
31...Ra1! 32.Rf1 [32.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+
34.Kg1 Qxd5–+] 32...Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qd4! 0–1
Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’
on page 43
Perkonoja 1.Nd4+ Ke5 2.Re1+ Kf6 3.RxN+
Kg5 4.Ne2 KxB 5.Nf4+ Kg5 6.Kg3 Rg7 7.Rd6
Rg8 8.Rb6±
3. Ibarra Jerez,JC (2527)
Stella,A (2410)
3rd Lorca Open 2014, 28.12.2014
Position after White's 35th move. Black to
play 35...Rxd3! 36.cxd3 [36.Qxd3 Nf4+–+;
36.Rxe6 Qxf3+–+] 36...Nf4+ 37.Kh2 [37.
Kg3 Nxe2+–+] 37...Bg1+! [37...Bg1+ 38.Kh1
Qxf3+ 39.Kxg1 Nxe2+–+]0–1
Bron 1.Be2+ Kh3 2.Nf5 RxN 3.Kg1 Rf6 4.Nf4+
RxN 5.b8R d1Q 6.BxQ Rd4 7.Rb3+ Rd3 8.RxR±
3….d1Q 4.BxQ Rb5 5.Nf4+ Kg3 6.Ne2+ Kh3
7.Bc2 Rb7: 8.Bf5±
4. Figuero Toro,J (2233) - Fernandez
Garcia,JoseM (2453) Lisbon Christmas ,
30.12.2014
Position after 28th move. White to play
28.Qd8+! Bf8 [28...Rxd8 29.Rxd8+ Bf8 30.Bh6
Wins] 29.Qg5+! Bg7 [29...Kh8 30.Bd4+ Wins]
30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Bf8 32.Bh6 1–0
Jakimcik 1.Kd6 f1Q 2.c3+ Ke4 3.Bc4 Kf5 4.e4+
fxe 5.BxQ exd 6.Bd3+ Kf4 7.Bc2 Ke3 8.Kd5 Ke2
9.c4 Ke3 10.Ke5 Ke2 11.Kd6 Ke3 12.Kd5 Ke2
13.Kc6±
5. Shvayger,Y (2323)
Delchev,A (2617)
Basel Masters 2015 Basel SUI (2.3), 02.01.2015
Evreinov 1.e8Q BxQ 2.Be4 RxR 3.Kc3+ Ka1
4.Bg7 Rb7 5.Bh8 Rb2 6.Bc2 Ba4 7.Kd2 BxB
8.Kc1±
Pogosjanc 1.Ne5+ Kf2 2.Ng4+ Kf1 3.Ne3+ Kf2
4.Nd1+ Kg2 5.Bb7+ c6 6.Bc6:+ Kf1 7.Ne3+ Kf2
8.Ng4+ Kf1 9.Bd5 Qe4 10.Ne3+ Kf2 11.Bg1+±
Lilja 1.Kg7 Ra8 2.Be7+ Kc4: 3.Bf8 Ra1 4.h8Q
Rh1 5.Qg8+ Bd5 6.e6 Rg1+ 7.Kf6 RxQ 8.e7±
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AICF Calendar March 2015
Grandmasters Tournament, Kolkata
15 Mar15-24 Mar15
Kolkata
Aditya Birla Mem.Jharkand Sr.State FIDE rated
21 Mar15-24 Mar15
Ranchi
3rd Chess Specific Open FIDE Rated
25Mar15-29Mar15
India Gate,Delhi
3rd Bubaneshwar All India FIDE rated
25 Mar15-29Mar15
Bubaneshwar,Odisha
2nd ACCF FIDE rated 03Apr15-07Apr15
Kozhikode,Kerala
National Rapid &Blitz Chess Championship
25 Apr15-29 Apr15
Odisha
Dr.Hedgewar Open FIDE Rated Open
26 Apr15-02May15
Daryaganj,Delhi
6th KCM FIDE rated Open
29Apr15-03May15
Coimbatore,TN
Don Bosco Birth Bicentenary FIDE Rated
01May15-05May15
Irinjalakuda,Kerala
Bhopal FIDE Rating Chess Tournament
04May15-09May15
Bhopal, MP
3rd KPK Open FIDE Rating Tmt
06May15-10 May15
Tirupur,TN
2nd Imperia Structures FIDE Rated Tmt
16May15-20May15
JNStadium,Delhi
1st SCS All India FIDE Rated 17 May 15-21May15
Sivakasi,TN
Grandmaster Tournament ,Odisha
24 May15-31 May15
Bubaneshwar
Grandmaster Tournament, Mumbai
02 Jun15- 09 Jun 15
Mumbai
National Under-9 Championship
11 Jun15-19 Jun15
Gujarat
Commonwealth Chess 22 Jun15- 30 Jun15
Delhi
National Women Challenger 02 Jul15-11 Jul15
Delhi
National Under 11 Boys&Girls
13 Jul15-21Jul15
Puducherry
GM Chess Tournament
13 Jul15-20 Jul15
Hyderabad,AP
National Junior Boys & Girls Championships
24 Jul15-31 Jul15
Tamilnadu
National Challenger Chess Championship
02 Aug15-12 Aug15
Uttar Pradesh
National Under-13 Boys & Girls Ch’ships
16 Aug15-24 Aug 15
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35th National Teams Chess Championship, Goa
Panjam MLA Shri.Sidharth Kuncalienkar and GM Adhiban shake hands during
the inauguration
M Ephrame , Chief Arbiter TTCA President ( Mahesh Candolkar),Fr. Maverick Fernandes, Director Caritas ,
Goa, K. Ramachari, DGM, Airports Authority of India, Sudhanshu Jha, Commissioner of Income tax was the
chief guest, D V Sundar, FIDE vice president, Kishor Bandekar, Secretary GCA,Sagar Sacordekar, VP , GCA ,
V Hariharan, Secretary AICF.
Standing: IM Karthikeyan Murali, GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar, GM Adhiban, IM Prasad D V Manager &
Coach), WGM Soumya Swaminathan, WFM Monnisha Gk, Mahalakshmi, IM Mohota Nisha, Sanjay Belurkar,
Secretary of TTCA, Vasant Naik Secretary of MTCA
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Sanjay kavlekar, Balakrishna, Ashish Keni,
Kishor Bandekar, Sagar Sakordekar, Ramdas
Sawant, Vasanth BH (front row) U 7 Girls Prize
winners: Shraddha Somnat (Silver), Anupam M
Sreekumar (Gold), Anagha KGR (Bronze)
U 7 Open Prize winners: Ilam Parthi(Silver),
Kevin J Porus (Gold), Namish Sharma
(Bronze)
U 9 Girls Prize winners: Vishwa
Vasnawala(Silver), Wankhade Sanskruti
(Gold), Harshavardhini M S (Bronze)