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Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012,Chennai.

GM M.R.Lalith Babu
Commonwealth Champion

WGM Sowmya Swaminathan

Commonwealth WomenChampion

GM Sergei Tiviakov
International Open Champion

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Numero Uno, Magnus Carlsen, dominated the international chess scene with an amazing run at the London Chess Classic. This eclectic Norwegian created history sinking the 23 year old World record rating of Kasparov with a performance of 2861and at this rate even touching 2900 barrier could be a distinct possibility for this young chess genius. Harika's fine run at the World Women Chess Championship was halted by former Champion Stefanova of Bulgaria in the semi-finals and Anna Ushenina of Ukraine who outplayed the latter became the new Champion. The reports on these two events are featured in the centre colour pages. A keenly fought Commonwealth Chess Championship, which was hosted by Tamilnadu State Chess Association at Chennai for the first time, drew a mammoth 455 players from fifteen Federations. The lone entrant from Netherlands, GM Tiviakov won the Open event and G.Lalith Babu was the new Commonwealth Champion.WGM Sowmya Swaminathan won the women ttile. The Indian medallists at the World Youth Chess Champioonship held at Slovenia were given a rousing reception at the Chennai Airport by chess fraternity in the city and Tamilnadu State Chess Association. Detailed reports and photographs of these events are presented in this issue. IM Manuel Aaron annotates selected games from National Premier and Women premier events. Pillsbury, the American master who popularized Queen's gambit and is also well known for his blindfold play, is featured in the 'Masters of the past' series.

Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012, Chennai.

Tiviakov wins title Lalith Babu is Commonwealth Champion

By IA R. Anantharam, Chief Arbiter 1st Gurgson All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Championship 2012,Gurgaon

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Himanshu Sharma wins title

2nd Legend's FIDE rated chess tournament, Tirupur.

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M.Jayesh wins Legend's FIDE rated

GVM HSS PTA All India Open FIDE Rating Tournament 2012..

Maheswaran is Champion Selected games from National Premier Chess, Kolkata

Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron

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Puzzle of the month Delhi hosts strongest ever chess meet Selected games from National Women Premier Chess, Jalgaon Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan

by K.Muralimohan, FIDE Instructor

Test your endgame

Masters of the past-24 Harry Nelson Pillsbury Solutions to Tactics from master games AICF Calendar

Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012,Chennai.

Tiviakov wins title Lalith Babu is Commonwealth Champion

By IA R. Anantharam, Chief Arbiter
The Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships returned to India after a gap of one year and it was organised at Chennai for the first time by Tamil Nadu state Chess Association. A mammoth total of 455 players from fifteen federations, including seventeen GMs, 25 IMs, seven WGMS, 4 WIMs and ten FMS and WFMs each took part in the mega event with zeal and enthusiasm. The championship, incorporated with an international open tournament had Sergei Tiviakov from Netherlands as the top seed and grandmaster Ahmed Adly of Egypt as second seed. The large Indian was contingent was spearheaded by former national champion B. Adhiban of PSPB and former Asian Junior runner up M. Lalith Babu of AP. The tournament was conducted as 11 round Swiss system with a time control of 90 minutes for the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move. In the tenth and penultimate round, Karthikeyan continued his brilliant run to extricate half point from Tiviakov, SL Narayanan's giant killing act continued, when he outwitted Venkatesh and Lalith Babu dealt a blow to Akash and the quartet led with 8.5 points. While Lalith Babu defeated Karthikeyan, Tiviakov met little resistance from Narayanan in the final round. The duo contended for the title with 9.5 points each and the tiebreak decided Lalith Babu as the Commonwealth champion and Tiviakov as the international open champion. The silver and bronze medals in the Commonwealth Open section were won by M. Shyam Sundar and SP Sethuraman of PSPB. WGM Soumya Swaminathan of India won the Commonwealth Women champion title. Ram S Krishnan of Tamil Nadu, had rich dividends in the tournament by earning both GM and IM norms. SL Narayanan of Kerala and Kathmale Sameer of Maharashtra secured IM norms and Chandrika Divyasree obtained a WIM norm Earlier making a symbolic first move against Grandmaster Adhiban Baskaran the President of All India Chess Federation Shri JCD Prabhakar inaugurated the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai.Speaking on the occasion, Shri JCD Prabhakar, President, All India Chess Federation extolled the efforts of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in introducing chess in schools from 7 to 17 years of age. He welcomed all the players to the Mecca of chess, Chennai and added they can enjoy the great hospitality of Tamil Nadu. Speaking on behalf of the sponsors, Dr V Natarajan, Principal, Apollo Engineering College said they were happy to enter the field of sports, especially the cerebral game chess, which has the world champion and several age group champion among our ranks.In the eleven round swiss sytem tournament nearly 450 players from 18 countries Participated.The top seed was Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov of the Netherlands. A total cash prize of Rs. 10,00,000 (Rupees Ten Lakh only) was at stake along with Grandmaster Norm and International Master Norms. The event concludes on 1st December, 2012.On the final day, Sri Sivapathy, Honourable Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs, TN Government, Sri. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain Indian Cricket team and former chairman of the Selection Committee of Board of Cricket Control of India, Sri. S. Priyadarshan, Vice Chairman and CEO of Apollo Group of Colleges distributed the prizes in the august presence of Sri DV Sundar and Sri. S. Ganesan, Chairman of the Organising Committee.
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Earlier round reports:Inputs R.R.Vasudevan Ninth round: Top seed Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov of The Netherlands moved into joint lead scoring over second seed Grandmaster Ahmed Adly of Egypt in the ninth round of the Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 at SDAT Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. Tiviakov and Karthikeyan jointly lead the pack with 8.0 points, followed half a point behind at 7.5 points by M R Venkatesh, M R Lalith Babu, S L Narayanan, G Akash (all India) respectively. The top board game was fought on even keel, before Venkatesh gave back his exchange and picked up the half point against in-form tournament leader P Karthikeyan. The second board game against top two seeds saw Sergei Tiviakov firing on all cylinders against Ahmed Adly. The closed Sicilian game went in favor of Tiviakov after 49 moves. Young S L Narayanan kept his good form scoring an upset win over Ukraine Grandmaster Oleksienko Mikhailo in 39 moves. India's Kathmale Sameer made his International Master Norm holding Grandmaster Arun Prasad to a draw. The nine game IM Norm is the second Norm in the event, adding to the one Ram S Krishnan made in the previous round.Earlier the round was inaugurated by Captain Ramaswamy, CEO, Sea Team Management (Frontline Group of Companies) who made the symbolic first move 1.Nf3 in the Venkatesh - Karthikeyan game. Eighth round: Joint leader P Karthikeyan moved into sole lead with 7.5 points as second seed Grandmaster Ahmed Adly of Egypt, citing illness, failed to turn up for the eighth round. Following Karthikeyan at 7.0 points were Grandmasters Sergei Tiviakov (The Netherlands) and M R Venkatesh (India). In the top board, Tiviakov faced the advanced French defence from Rathnakaran, and started pressing for the initiative from the word go.
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Tiviakov further made in-roads as the Indian failed to see the intervening bishop check on the 19th move losing a pawn. Moving the black king out of its shelter, Tiviakov went all out to corner the black king and forced the game in his favor after 33 moves.Chennai based Ram S Krishnan made his third and final International Master Norm scoring over two time National Premier Champion Tania Sachdev. Logging in 6.5 points Ram completed the requirement for a nine game International Master Norm. The Nimzo Indian game saw Tania going along the theoretical lines, before she threw in a knight sacrifice on the black monarch. Ram kept the material, defended accurately and clinched the crucial win after 31 moves. Seventh round: Former Asian Junior Champion P Karthikeyan defeated fellow Indian Grandmaster SP Sethuraman and moved into joint lead at 6.5 points after the seventh round. Grandmaster Ahmed Adly of Egypt maintained his grip on the top accounting for giant-killer Ram S Krishnan in the second board. Adly and Karthikeyan lead the Championship with 6.5 points followed by top seed Sergei Tiviakov (The Netherlands), Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine), Alexander Fominyh (Rus), M R Venkatesh, M R Lalith Babu, M Shyam Sundar, K Rathnakaran, G Akash, Kathmale Sameer (all India) at 6 points. While the top board game between Lalith Babu and Sergei Tiviakov was a relatively quiet draw, in the upset of the day, Chennai based International Master P Karthikeyan brought down Grandmaster SP Sethuraman. The Slav game saw Sethuraman sacrificing a pawn and going for the initiative. Karthikeyan gave his rook for bishop and kept his chances going. Sethurman pressed for the win, and missed out on tactics as white's queen, knight and bishop battery decided the issue in favor of Karthikeyan. With two Grandmaster Norms to his credit Karthikeyan should now be eyeing to complete his GM title in his home town Chennai.
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KNOW YOUR IM

Debashis Das

Debashis Das (born on 27TH June 1993) learnt the game from his father Dr. Dillip Kumar Das and started playing chess from 2002. He is the second youngest international master from Odisha who has succeeded to acquire a brilliant national and international track record at an early age He became youngest rated player of Odisha State in the year 2003. Among the prominent achievements amongst his several wins, Das had won a bronze medal at the World Youth Championship held in Caldas Novas (Brazil) in November 2011 and a gold medal as member of the winning team at the Asian Youth (Under-18) Chess Championship 2010 held in Beijing. He won gold in World Youth Under-16 category in Vietnam in 2008 and was a member of World Youth Under-16 Olympiad which won gold in Turkey in 2009. He won the 50th National Challenger Championship at Tirupati in May 2012. He was awarded IM Title in January 2010. He is a positional player. His favourite players are Capablanca, Tal and Spassky. His first Coach was Sri Satya Ranjan Patnaik and he is recently working with GM R.B.Ramesh of Chennai. His other hobbies are playing table tennis, reading and listening to music. A list of his significant achievements is given below:
6th Parsvnath Intl Open Asian Youth ChessU-18 World Youth Chess U-16 11th Dubai Open XIV Obert Ciutat de balaguer Asian Youth U-18 World Youth U-16 Olympiad New Delhi Tehran, Iran Vietnam Dubai Spain New Delhi Turkey Jan 2008 July 2008 Oct 2008 Apr 2009 July 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Dec 2009 May2010 July 2010 Mar 2011 May 2011 Aug 2012 May 2012 Dec 2008 Nov 2010 Nov 2005 1st IM Norm Bronze Medal Gold& 2nd IM Norm 3rd IM Norm. 4th IM Norm. Bronze Medal Gold 2nd Board, Silver (Team) 3rd Jugal Kishore Newatia Mem. Guwahati Commonwealth Championship Asian Youth Championship MP Reykjavik Intl Open Asian Youth (U-18) World Junior Chess National events: National Challenger 34th National Sub junior National U-17 Championship Telegraph School Ch., Tirupati Mangalore Jammu Kolkata Winner 4th 2nd Champion New Delhi Beijing (China) Reykjavik, Iceland Subic, Philippines Greece 2nd U-18 Boys Silver l 4th & Gold Medal (Team) Best Junior Champion & Gold Bronze Ist GM Norm

World Youth U-18 Championship Caldas Novas, Brazil Nov 2011

2nd Legend's FIDE rated chess tournament,Tirupur.

M.Jayesh, Winner, receiving trophy from the Chief Guest KPK Selvaraj

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Chief Guest Mr. H.P.Yadav alongwith Mr. Naresh Garg, Naresh Sharma & Raju Verma giving away Prize to the Winner IM Himanshu Sharma of Railways.JPG

Inaugural move by Chief Guest Mr. Jeetendra Bhardwaj with IM Himanshu Sharma & IM Argyadip Dass. Others present are Mr. Naresh Sharma, P r a d e e p G u p t a , R a j u Ve r m a , Sharmendra Singh

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Sixth round Indian Grandmaster M R Lalith Babu drew his top board game against GM Oleksienko Mikhalio of Ukraine and moved in shared lead with 5.5 points after the sixth round. Joining the duo on top of the points table at 5.5 points were top seed Sergei Tiviakov (The Netherlands), Adly Ahmed (Egypt), M R Venkatesh, P Karthikeyan, Ram S Krishnan (all India) respectively.Further half a point behind at 5.0 points were Lintchevski Daniil, Alexander Fominyh (both Russia), Marat Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan), Mark Paragua (Philippines) SP Sethuraman, Sahaj Grover, M Shyam Sundar, G Akash, Kathmale Sameer, K Rathnakaran, R Arun Karthik and Ankit R Rajpara (all India). The advanced Caro Kann top board game between Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine) and M R Lalith Babu saw the higher rated Ukraine Grandmaster playing for the initiative. His unorthodox style was well handled by Lalith Babu who snatched a perpetual check from a queen and double rook middle game.In the second board, joint leader Indian Grandmaster SP Sethuraman missed on an intervening combination that spelt his loss against former World Junior Champion Adly Ahmed of Egypt. Following the Caro Kann, as in the top board, albeit a different line, Sethuraman appeared to be better out of the opening. White's advanced pawns were pressing against Adly's center, posing disturbing threats. But the deft handling of double bishops coupled with an exchange sacrifice on the 30th move tilted the game in favor of the Egyptian. Sethuraman gave up faced with the loss of bishop or queen on the 39th move.Chennai based Ram S Krishnan brought down GM Norm holder Akshayraj kore in miniature game that lasted 21 moves. The Grunfeld game moved on theoretical lines, before the players went into the middle game. Saddled with isolated pawns on the kingside, Ram went for maintaining his extra pawn. In what turned out to be a case of chess blindness, Akshayraj missed Ram's penetrating rook check and resigned faced with heavy loss of material.

Final standings: Rk. Name 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 3 IM Shyam Sundar M. 4 GM Sethuraman S.P. 5 IM Karthikeyan P. 6 Ram S. Krishnan 7 Narayanan.S.L 8 IM Akshayraj Kore 9 GM Adhiban B. 10 GM Lintchevski Daniil 11 GM Arun Prasad S. 12 GM Dzhumaev Marat 13 Krishna C.R.G. 14 GM Fominyh Alexander 15 GM Venkatesh M.R. 16 IM Nolte Rolando 17 IM Garcia Jan Emmanuel 18 GM Paragua Mark 19 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 20 G. Akash 21 IM Rathnakaran K. 22 WGM Padmini Rout 23 IM Swayams Mishra 24 GM Neelotpal Das 25 IM Ashwin Jayaram 26 Rishi Sardana 27 Navin Kanna T.U. 28 GM Adly Ahmed 29 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 30 FM Aravindh Chithambaram 31 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 32 IM Himanshu Sharma 33 IM Nitin S. 34 IM Narayanan Srinath 35 Krishna Teja N 36 IM Akshat Khamparia 37 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 38 Karthikeyan Murali 39 IM Mohota Nisha 40 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 41 FM Ikeda Junta 42 IM Vijayalakshmi S 43 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti 44 FM Ramakrishna J. 45 GM Grover Sahaj 46 IM Prakash G B 47 WIM Priya P. 48 Ritviz Parab

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1st Gurgson All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Championship 2012,Gurgaon

Himanshu Sharma wins title

The 1st Gurgaon All India Open Fide Rating Chess Championship 2012 was held at Rishi Public School Sector 31 Gurgaon. The tournament started on 15th Nov, 2012 and concluded on 20th Nov, 2012.A total of 102 players including 2 International Masters Arghyadip Das of West Bangal and Himanshu Sharma of Railways were participating in this 10 round tournament. The tournament started smoothly and all the seeded players won their games comfortably in first 2 rounds. In the 3rd round top seed Arghyadip Das of West Bengal was held to a draw by Sahil Tickoo of Haryana and in the 4th round third seed Himal Gusain was shocked by K Srikanth of SSCB. After round 5 IM Himanshu Sharma emerged as a sole leader after scoring 5/5 points. He stretched his lead to 1 point after 7th round and kept on maintaining this lead till the 10th and final round and became a clear champion with 9/10 points. Himanshu remained unbeaten through out the tournament. On the 8th round he was held to a draw by top seed IM Arghyadip Das of West Bengal and in the final round he drew his game against Himal Gusain of Chandigarh. The second position was bagged by International Master Das Arghyadip with 8/10 points from West Bangal, who defeated Kantilal Dave of Rajasthan in the last round. Arghyadip was also remained unbeaten. Third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions went to Kantilal Dave of Rajasthan, Himal Gusain of Chandigarh, Puneet Jaiswal of Delhi, Prince Bajaj of Delhi and Yogesh Gautam of Haryana respectively by scoring 7/10 points . On 15th November 2012 the Tournament was inaugurated by a Congress leader and a Social Activist Mr. Jeetendra Bhardwaj and Prizes were given away by a noted Industrialist and President of Gurgaon chamber of Commerce & Industry
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Mr. H.P.Yadav. Mr. Naresh Garg-President & Mr. Naresh Sharma-General Secretary of The Haryana Chess Association alongwith Mr. Pradeep Gupta former General Secretary & other office bearers of The Haryana Chess Association and Distt. Chess Association were also present. A total of 103 players participated in this championship which was organised by Distt. Chess Association Gurgaon. Sh. H.P.Yadav, noted Industrialist, Sh. Naresh Garg-President of The Haryana Chess Association & Sh. Raju VermsChairman of Distt. Association gave away prizes. Other present includes: Mr. R.S.Chauha- Film Actor, Mrs. Reena Sharma-Director of Euro International School, Mr. H.L.Dang, Advocate-Chairman Lions Public School, Mr. Akshay Parnami, Mr. S.M.Sharma, Advocate, Mr. R.C.Pal-Chairman Rishi Public School, Sovendra Singh, Anil Parnami, Rajpal Chauhan, Desh Rattan Gulati, Mr. Virendra Sharma father of Himanshu Sharma, Satish Singla
Final standings: Rk. Name 1 Himanshu Sharma 2 Das Arghyadip 3 Dave Kantilal 4 Gusain Himal 5 Jaiswal Puneet 6 Prince Bajaj 7 Yogesh Gautam 8 Manish Uniyal 9 Sarthak Bansal 10 Rajesh Kumar Nath 11 Srikanth K 12 Devesh Mukherjee 13 Manan Rai 14 Vikram Ranolia 15 Raghav Bagri 16 Varma Vikrant State Rlys WB Raj CHD Delhi Delhi Har Delhi Delhi HP SSCB Raj Delhi Har/Ggn Raj Har/Ggn Pts. 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

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The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are abundant. But never before has there been such a prima donna as Bobby. Already he has managed to alienate and offend almost everybody in the chess world. That includes officials, patrons, writers, almost everybody and anybody who might be in a position to help him in his career. -- Al Horowitz

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2nd Legend's FIDE rated chess tournament,Tirupur.

M.Jayesh wins Legend's FIDE rated

M. Jayesh of Chennai won the 2nd Legend's FIDE rated chess tournament below2100 with 9.0 points out of possible 10 rounds organised by Legends chess academy,Tirupur.The 4 day event from November 16 toNovember 19 was held at Rotary hall of Gandhi nagar.The prize fund of 1,33,000 was split to 30 main prizes and 19 special prize, the winner gets 25,000 and rolling legends trophy. The tournament was inaugurated by KPKSelvaraj along with Shri.Sivashanmugam, VicePresident, TNSCA and Bhoopathi, Secretary, Tirupur District Chess Association & other Rotary members of Gandhi nagar,Tirupur.The event attracted 184 Players from 10 states ,14 districts out of which 102 were internationally Rated Players. C.S Rajesh of Coimbatore , the current runner up in KIT & KIM FIDE Rated tournament (Below 2200) and S.S Manigandan of Madurai, the current Champion in U17 state championship share the lead with 5 pts from 5 rounds.In the 6th round Rajesh emerged as sole leader with full score after winning his game against Manigandan.Top Players Ramakrishna Perumalla of AP and R Ganesh of Coimbatore fell back in the race due to their losses in the 6th round to B Vinodh Kumar of Puduchery and J Charles of Coimbatore respectively.Rajesh maintained the lead upto 8th round.M Jayesh of Chennai beat the leader in the 9th round to join with Manigandan with 8 points each.In the final race to the championship Manigandan lost the game against Eashwar, Jayesh won the Championship by winning the game against Adith. Chief guest of the prize distribution function KPK Selvaraj,President TDCA distributed the prizes. Dignitaries present on the dais were Rotarian PHF. Ravindran President, Bhoopathi Secretary Tirupur District Chess Association and Rtn.Chandran Dist
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Director Community services.Legends Academy,President, Rajasekar, Secretary, Chandramohan, Treasurer Muthukumar , Joint Secretary Siva, and Rtn.Muruganandan were the core executive members who arranged this Tournament successfully. T R Sivan Joint Secretary, LCA delivered the vote of thanks.
Final standings: (first 120 only) Rk. Name 1 Jayesh M 2 Rajesh C.S. 3 Eashwar.M 4 Manigandan S S 5 Vinodh Kumar B. 6 Vijay Anand M. 7 Ramakrishna Perumalla 8 Singh Soram Rahul 9 Rajith V. 10 Vaisnav M 11 Harikrishnan.A.Ra 12 Ganesh R 13 Vinoth M 14 Hari Pragadish S.B. 15 R.V. Adith 16 Balaguru T 17 Karthick Narayanan S 18 Muralidharan R. 19 Aravind K 20 Gayetri R 21 Sasikumar N 22 Subramanian R M 23 K. Dhinesh Babu 24 Mohamed Ibrahim U 25 Shet Prajwal P 26 Vignesh V 27 Akash Lal O 28 Vinith Kumar I. Pts. 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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GVM HSS PTA All India Open FIDE Rating Tournament 2012, Goa..

Maheswaran is Champion
Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandal HSS PTA All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2012 was inaugurated on 15th November 2012 at the hands of PWD & Transport Minister Shri. Sudin Dhawalikar at G.V.M.s S.N.J.A. Higher Secondary School, Farmagudi, Ponda Goa organized by GVM HSS Parent Teachers Association and the Past Students Association. Also present at the inauguration were Mahesh Shetye, Ashesh Keni, Bhaskar Khandeparkar, Krishna Shetye and Principal A. K. Kamat.Sudin Dhawalikar appreciated the efforts of GVM for organizing the tournament for second successive year. Ashesh Keni congratulated the organizers for professionally organizing the event. This tournament was held under the guidance of Chief Arbiter Shri. Bharat Chougule assisted by Ravindra Patil, Sanjay Kavlekar, Swapnil Hoble, Gautam Tari and Dattaram Pinge. Top seed Maheswaran P. (Tamil Nadu.) won the event held at Farmagudi- Ponda organized by GVM H.S.S Parent Teachers Association and the Past Students Association. Sauravh Kherdekar of Railways got the 2nd place and Santoshkashyap Hg of Karnataka 3rd place. Mr. Lavoo Mamledar, MLA Ponda Constituency was the Chief guest of at the Prize distribution function. Also present at the function were Ashesh Keni (President GCA), Bhaskar Khandeparkar (Chairman GVM), Krishna Shetye (Chairman, GVM HSS PTA), Mr.Bharat Chougule (Chief Arbiter) and Principal A. K. Kamat (GVM HSS).
Final standings: (First 125 placings only) Rk. Name 1 Maheswaran P. FM 2 Sauravh Khherdekar FM 3 Santoshkashyap Hg 4 Gandhi Anish Pts. 8 8 8 8 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 Kunal M. Naik Rishubh Naresh Anilkumar O.T. Cyrus Pereira Abhijit Manohar Audi Ameya Sammed Jaykumar Shete Visveshwar A Anirudh V.Bhat Shubham R Sawaikar Ajeesh Antony Karmalkar Deeptesh Nandhini Saripalli Rajaryan Kuvelkar Anant Prabhudesai Gauri Keshav Hadkonkar Barath M Cruz Wilson Vagesh Tendulkar Kerkar Sayani Bhimappa Harijan Fernandes Krystal Parag Ravindra Patil Apurva Naik Rajas Chari Riddhi Zantye Sachin Pradeep Suhas B. Asnodkar Gandre Vibhav Avdhoot Lendhe Shaunak SKuncolienkar Tushar K Urvi Bandekar Sampada Barve Telang Mrinal Prabhugaonkar A Aman Kerkar Sonali 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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Neil Barreto Pranav Prakash Naik Sahakari Virendra Naik Reema Agnesh M Ghadi Sahil Dayanand Desai Chodankar Akash Kunal Naik Prabhu Saurabh Aayush Pinakin Barot Bhobe Ved Sravan K Suresh Sakordekar N Sagar Naik Nivesh Manoj Anand Kurtiker Shweta Sumant Koyande Mahale Renukesh S Sawant Vignesh Talaulikar Vedang Sanat Borkar Suyash Pai Naik Sadichchha Bhave Pradyumn Naik kunal Ramnath Patil Shivanagouda Costa Diogo P Chinchkar Kartik Korde Chaitanya Naik Pranali M Mahale Saish Hanuman Varun R Shastry Saish Ulhas Fondekar Ghosarwadkar Pushparaj Dhanavi Ulhas Fondekar Sanjeev Akash Dhaimodkar Anish Avvaru Rama Sirisha Shetty Ashray Naroji Sanskriti Naik Aryan Bhamaikar Abhay Shetkar Siddhnath

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Selected games from National Premier Chess, Kolkata Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Thipsay,Praveen M (2418) Ghosh,Diptayan (2415) [A00] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.Bb3 Bg7 9.Nc3 00 [Better was: 9...d6 ] 10.00 Na5 11.d5 [After this move, black is unlikely to capture the bishop on b3 as it is blotted out of the king-side by his pawn on d5. However, 11.Re1 d6 12.Bg5 merited attention.] 11...d6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 f5 [This move causes unpleasantness for white. Also meriting attention was: 14...Nxb3 15.axb3 Qd7 planning f7-f5 gave black a comfortable game.] 15.Qd1? fxe4 16.Bd4 [If 16.Nxe4 Nf5 17.Bc1 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd4 19.Qd3 Rf5 and black has the upper hand.] 16...Bxd4 [Another option for black was: 16...Nxb3 17.axb3 Bh6] 17.Qxd4 Nf5 18.Qxe4 Nb7?! [After this white can breathe a little easier. Better was 18...Qf6 developing his queen and preparing Rae8. Blacks plan for this knight is to post it on the e5 square.] 19.Bc2 Qf6 20.Qg4 Nc5 21.Rac1 Nh6 22.Qe2 Rae8 23.Qd2 Qf4 24.Rfd1! [If 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rd4 27.a3 b4=] 24...Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Nd7 [25...Re7 26.b4 Nd7 27.Re2 Rfe8 (27...Rxe2 28.Nxe2 and white has several good plans like posting his knight on c6 or e6 and his rook threatening the c7 pawn.) 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.a4] 26.a4! b4 27.Ne4! (Seediagram) 27...Ne5 Black has put his knight on the e5 square as planned. Unfortunately, he cannot try to capture the d5 pawn because the bishop will pin the capturing piece with his bishop.
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(Position after 27.Ne4) 28.Bb3 Re7 From now onwards, black is on the defensive and he has quite a few pawns to defend! 29.Ng5! Nf5 30.Ne6 Rc8 31.a5! Excellent endgame strategy! He is fixing the black a-pawn on a6 so that it cannot advance to a5 and support his pawn on b4. Later, he would attack blacks a- and b-pawns. 31...Ng7 32.Nd4 Nf5 33.Nc6 Nxc6 Unfortunately, black has to exchange off his knight which he took so much pains to establish on e5. After this exchange whites advantage has become greater. 34.Rxc6 Ra8 35.Kh2 As black cannot improve his defensive position, white takes his king forward and plans g2-g4, driving the black knight from f5. 35...Re1? [Black believes that he has a lost game. Yet he can fight on with 35...Ra7 36.Rc4 Rb7 37.Ba4 though white has many good possibilities by manoeuvring his bishop and rooks.] 36.Rxc7+- Ra1 37.Rc6 Rxa5 38.g4 Nh4 39.Kg3 g5 40.f4! the strongest continuation. The d6 pawn cannot run away. 40...Re8 41.fxg5 Ng6 42.Rd3 Ra1 [After 42...Ne5 43.Re3 Rd8 44.Rb6 black loses one more pawn.] 43.Rxd6 Rg1+ [43...a5? 44.Ra6!+-] 44.Kf2 (See Diagram) 44...Rb1 [If 44...Ree1 45.Rxg6+! hxg6 46.d6+ Kg7 47.d7 Rgf1+ 48.Kg3 Rf8 49.Bc4! (White will)

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 52...Ke7? [Black misses a good defensive possibility: 52...Rxd7! 53.Rxd7 Rxb2+ 54.Bc2 b3 55.Rd2 Ne4 and black can still fight on.] 53.Ba4 Ne6 54.b3 [Stronger was: 54.Re2 Rxd7 55.Ra8 Rd6 56.Bb3 a4 57.Ba2 Rbd1 58.Ra7+ Kf6 59.Bxe6 Rxe6 60.g5+ Kf5 61.Ra5++-] 54...Re1 55.Kf3 [Clearer was: 55.Rxd8 Nxd8 (55...Kxd8 56.Rc2 Nc7 57.Rc5+-) 56.Rd5 Re6 57.Kg3+-] 55...Re5 56.Rh2 Nf8 57.Rh6 Rd5 58.Ke4 Rd1 59.Rc5 Re1+ 60.Kf3 Re6 61.Rhh5 Rf6+ 62.Kg3 h6 63.Rhe5+ [63.Rxa5 Nxd7 64.Rhb5] 63...Re6 64.Rxa5 Nxd7 65.Rxe6+ Kxe6 As the pieces and pawns get exchanged off the game is veering towards a draw. 66.Rb5 [Not 66.Ra6+ Ke5 67.Rxh6 Nf6 68.g5 Ne4+=] 66...Nf6 67.Rxb4 Rd1 68.Rc4 Rg1+ 69.Kf3 Rf1+ 70.Kg2 Rb1 71.Rf4 Ke5 72.Rc4 Ke6 the game is equal. 73.Kf2 [73.b4 Kd5 74.Rf4 Ke5 75.Rf5+ Ke6 and white will lose one of his two pawns.] 73...Ke5 74.Kf3 Rf1+ 75.Kg2 Rb1 76.Rb4 Rb2+? [this move only pushes the white king to where it wants to go. Black should keep his rook along the first rank so that when the white king moves to f3 or g3, he could give check from the first rank. Therefore best here was 76...Rc1! 77.Rb5+ Nd5 and white cannot make any headway for if, 78.b4 Rb1=] 77.Kf3 Rb1 78.Bc6 Rf1+ [With his king on c1 he should attempt to give a check from c3 so that the white king is pushed down. Therefore, black should play here: 78...Rc1 79.Rb5+ Kd4 80.Bb7 Rf1+ 81.Ke2 Rf4 82.Bf3 Kc3 and black can draw this game.] 79.Kg3 Rg1+ 80.Bg2 Now white is not exposed to any checks and he could hope to push his b-pawn to queen. 80...Rc1 81.Rb5+ Ke6 82.Kf4 The king could not be checked here! 82...Rc3 83.Rb6+ Ke7 84.Bf3 Nd7 85.Rb5 [If
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(Position after 44.Kf2) make his task harder with 49.d8Q? Rxd8 50.Rxd8 Re3+ 51.Kg2 Rxb3) 49...Rd8 50.Bxa6 Kf7 51.Bb5 and black would win by collecting blacks remaining pawns without losing any of his own.] 45.Rd2 Nf4 46.Rf6? [There were two good moves available for white to advance rapidly to winning the game, 46 Rh6 and 46 Rxa6. With the text he gives away two pawns and makes his task more difficult. Even winning was: 46.h4 Rh1 47.Kg3 Rf1 (threaterning mate with ....Re3+, Kh2 Rh3#) 48.Rf2!+-] 46...Nxh3+ 47.Kg2 Nxg5 48.d6+ Kg7 49.d7! Rd8 50.Rf4 [Second best! Better was: 50.Rc6! Kf8 51.Rc8 Ke7 52.Re2+ Kxd7 53.Rc5 Ne4 54.Rc4 Nd6 (Or, if 54...Nc3 55.bxc3 Rxb3 56.Rd2+ Ke7 57.Re4++-) 55.Ba4+ Nb5 56.Bxb5+ axb5 57.Rd4+ Kc7 58.Rc2++] 50...a5 51.Rc4 Kf6 52.Rc8

Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 85.Rxh6 Rxb3 86.Bc6 Nf8 87.Bd5 Rb4+ 88.Kf5 Rb5 89.Ke4 Rb4+ 90.Kf3 Rb5 and white has a long way to go.] 85...Nc5 86.Bd5 Ne6+? [As the rook and pawn ending is easily won for white, the exchange of the knight for the bishop should not have been offered. 86...Nd3+ 87.Kf5 Nf2 and black could fight on.] 87.Bxe6 Kxe6+88.Rb6+ Kf7 89.b4 Kg7 90.Re6 Kf7 91.Re3 Rc4+ 92.Re4 Rc1 93.Ke5 Ke7 94.Kd5+ Kd7 95.b5 Rc2 96.b6 Rh2 [Black can try 96...Rd2+ 97.Rd4 Rc2 98.Rc4 Rg2 99.Rc7+ Kd8 100.Rg7 Kc8 101.b7+ Kb8 but 102.Ke5! wins.] 97.Rc4 h5 98.g5 Rg2 99.Rc7+! Kd8 100.Rg7 Rd2+ 101.Kc6 Rc2+ 102.Kb7 h4 103.Rh7 White heads for the simple Lucena position. 103...Rg2 104.Rxh4 Rxg5 105.Rd4+ 10 S Kidambi (2450) K Praneeth Surya (2201) [A00] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 00 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.00 Re8 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.f4 Rb8 14.Be3 c4 15.Bc2 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ra7 Qd8 18.e5? [Better was: 18.Qf3= and wait for blacks plan in handling the white centre pawns.] 18...dxe5 19.f5 Now there is no turning back. He must go through with an illusory king-side attack with his d5 pawn under threat. 19...Bb7 [A stunning alternative was: 19...Bh6 20.Bxh6 Qb6+ 21.Kh2 Qxa7 22.Nce4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Bb7 24.Nd6 and black gets an equal game by returning the exchange with 24...Qc5] 20.fxg6 hxg6 It is difficult to guess the life span of the d5 pawn. This game seems to revolve around this pawn which should be a strong factor for white, but in fact becomes a liability. 21.Nge4

21...b4?! [This was his original plan. But nearer actually effecting it, it was worth reexamining it and see if there was a better alternative. Here, better was 21...Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf8 23.d6 Ne6 as black has threats like ...Nd4 and ....f5.] 22.Nd6 With this move, white is back into the game. 22...bxc3 23.Nxb7 Qc7 24.Na5 Qc8 25.bxc3 Rb5 [Again, the curious 25...Bh6! 26.Bf2 e4 was playable.] 26.Ba4 [Better was 26.d6 Rd5 27.Qe2 Rxd6 28.Nxc4 Ra6 29.Rxa6 Qxa6 30.Bb3 when whites two bishops in this open position should have an edge in the proceedings.] 26...Rxd5

27.Qxd5?! [A bold queen sacrifice, but better was: 27.Qe2 Rd3 28.Bb5 when white has the better chances though he is a pawn down as his pieces are very active and control more space.] 27...Nxd5 28.Bxd7 Qb8! 29.Bxe8 Nxe3 30.Bxf7+

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron [If 30.Rfxf7 Qb1+! 31.Kh2 Bh6+ Black has not only averted the capture of his bishop on g7 but threatens the deadly ...Bf4+] 30...Kh7! earlier. 11.cxd5 exd5!? 12.Qxf5 True, white has won a pawn, but the black forces get a lot of play chasing the queen. 12...Ne4 13.Qh5 Ndf6 14.Qe5 Qb4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Ne1 [If 16.b3 Bg4 17.a3 Qb5 18.Ng5 Rae8 19.Bxe4 Rxe5 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.dxe5 black is clearly better.] 16...Qxb2 17.Nd3 Qa3 [Also good was: 17...Qxe2 18.Nf4 Qc4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qe7 Qxd4 22.Qxb7 Qb6] 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nf4 [This is better than: 19.Nc5 Bh3 20.Rfe1 Rae8 21.Qh5 e3! and blacks attack is in full flow.] 19...Bg4 20.Rfb1 [Best was: 20.Qxe4 Rae8 21.Qc2 g5 22.Ng6=] 20...Rae8 21.Qg5 Bc8

White has two rooks for a queen all right, but both are under simultaneous attack. 31.Rb7 Qd8!+ With double attacks, the black queen is zigzagging its way to the white king. White can no longer defend himself. 32.Nc6 Qd2! 33.Rf2 Qe1+ 01 Swapnil Dhopade (2459) Deepan Chakkravarthy (2523) 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g3 00 7.Bg2 d5 8.Nf3 c6 9.00 Nbd7 10.Qc2

10...Qe7!? A new move in this position which entails a pawn offer. Instead, 10...dxc4 and 10...Ne4 have been tried

Very neat! 22.Ng2 [It is not good for white to try to block the advance of blacks e4-e3 with: 22.e3 Rf5 23.Qh4 g5 24.Qh5 Qe7 25.Nh3 Rd5+] 22...e3 23.Nxe3 [If 23.fxe3 Rf5 24.Qh4 Rxe3 25.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Be6 and black wins.] 23...h6! This drives the queen away from his Ne3 where black is threatening a winning exchange sacrifice. 24.Nc4 [He has to resort to this unsatisfactory transaction for if 24.Qc5 Rxe3 25.fxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Be6 and white has no answer to the threat ...Bd5+] 24...hxg5 25.Nxa3 Rxe2 26.Re1 Rexf2 27.Nc4 Bh3!+ 28.Ne3 Rd2+ Blacks position is so good that he can do anything at will in whites camp. 29.Red1 Rff2 30.Rxd2
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Rxd2 31.Rb1 White seeks some counter play and escape with his king from the corner. But it is not to be. 31...Re2!

The start of the wheel with the rook and bishop battery. 32.Nc4 Rg2+! 33.Kh1 Rxa2 34.Kg1 Rg2+ 35.Kh1 Rc2! with the threat of mate along whites first rank, black milks the position to the maximum. 36.Ne3 Re2 37.Nc4 b5 38.Ne5 a5! His c6 pawn is indirectly defended by ...Bg2+ 39.Kg1 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rc2 41.Kg1 a4! [Till the end the white king remains cornered in g1 and h1 by the bishop on h3. 41...a4 42.d5 cxd5 43.Rxb5 Rg2+ 44.Kh1 Rf2 45.Rb1 a3] 01 K Praneeth Surya (2201) Grover,Sahaj (2516) [A00] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 dxc3 11.f4 Nbc6 12.Qd3 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Bd7 15.Rg1 Nf5 16.Qf2 Qc6 17.Bd3 Qd5 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Rb3 00 0 20.Rxc3 Kb8 21.g3
It was simple. Bobby hadn't played in a long time. He knew Spassky was a much more dangerous opponent for him than Petrosian and he got to save all his preparation for another day. -- Ron Gross (on why Fischer agreed to play second board in the 1970 USSR vs. The World match)

[Remarkably so far the game has followed known paths of the French Defence. Usual here is the aggressive: 21.g4 Nd4 22.Rg3 Qh1+ 23.Bf1 Rh8 24.h3 and white has a near winning advantage.] 21...Nd4 22.Rf1 Qa2 23.Be3 Nb5 24.Rb3 [24.Bxb5? Qa1+ 25.Ke2 Bxb5+ 26.Rd3 Qb2 27.Bxa7+ Ka8 28.Kf3 Bxd3 29.cxd3 Rxd3+ 30.Be3 Qb3 and white is in grave trouble.] 24...Nxa3 25.Qd2 [Even though white has an extra pawn, he needs to secure the safety of his shaky king and not capture yet another pawn: 25.Bxa7+ Ka8 26.Bd4 Bb5 27.Rb2 Qd5 28.Bc5 Bxd3 29.cxd3 Qxd3+] 25...Nc4 26.Qc1 Qa5+! 27.Ke2 Qd5 28.Rf2 Rh8! 29.h4 [29.Rc3 Bb5 30.Qa1 a6 31.Bc1 Qd4= Though white has an extra pawn his pieces are tied up in defence of his king in the centre.] 29...Rhg8 The g3 pawn appears to be indefensible but there is a defence through counter-attack. 30.Rb4 Bb5 31.Rf3= (See diagram next column) So, white has managed to defend his g-pawn. But the white king could not live in peace in such an open position for long. 31...a5! 32.Rb1 [Also insufficient was: 32.Rb3 Bc6 33.Rf1 Rxg3 34.Bf2 Rh3 35.Ke1 a4! 36.Rb4 Qa5 37.Bc5! a3!+]

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 43.Rxb6+ Ka7 44.Rb5 Ka6 45.Rc5 Kb6 46.Rc4 Ra7! 47.Ra4 Kb5 48.Ra2 a4! 49.f5 a3 50.f6 Kc4 51.Kg4 Rb8 52.Kg5 Kd4 [52...Kd4 53.Kf4 Rb2 54.Ra1 a2 55.Bh7 Kc3! to be followed by Rb1.] 01 Karthikeyan Murali (2299) S Satyapragyan (2456) [A00] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.00 00 9.Kh1 a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.a4

(Position after 31.Rf3) So, white has managed to defend his gpawn. But the white king could not live in peace in such an open position for long. 31...a5! 32.Rb1 [Also insufficient was: 32.Rb3 Bc6 33.Rf1 Rxg3 34.Bf2 Rh3 35.Ke1 a4! 36.Rb4 Qa5 37.Bc5! a3!+] 32...Bc6 The Rf3 is beyond saving. 33.Qf1 Qxf3+ 34.Qxf3 Bxf3+ 35.Kxf3 Nxe3 36.Kxe3 Rxg3+ 37.Kf2 Rh3 Now the outcome of the game is beyond any doubt. Enjoy the efficiency with which black wraps up the game. 38.Be4 Rd2+ 39.Kg1 Rd7 40.Kg2 Rxh4 41.Kg3 Rh8 42.Rb5

42...b6! [He decides on keeping his a-pawn which promotes on a dark square. The other alternative also wins, but takes longer: 42...a4 43.Rb4 a3 44.Ra4 and black has no clear plan for winning.]

Usually 12 Qe1 is played here, preparing the queen for king-side attack. 12...Nxd4? [Exchanges that bring the opponents pieces into the centre should be avoided. Better was: 12...Na5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Qd3 Kh8 15.Rad1=] 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe1 Nd7 15.Rd1 Bh4?! [This excursion by the bishop does not gain anything for black. A lone unsupported piece in the opponents territory always need to be secured against double attacks. 15...Qc7 ] 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.f5 e5 [Better was: 17...exf5 18.exf5 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Bxf3 20.Rxf3 Ne5 21.Rff1=] 18.Be3 Be7 With nothing to do and whites king-side attack with g2-g4-g5 imminent, this bishop felt insecure at h4. 19.g4 b5 [19...h6!= can seriously impede whites proposed attack.] 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 A bold move, daring black to do his worst along the semi-open c-file. 21...Qb8 22.g5! Rfd8
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 23.f6!! A fine pawn sacrifice which tears open blacks castled position. 23...gxf6 24.gxf6 Nxf6 25.Bg5 Ba8 [Better was: 25...Rc7 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Bg7 29.Rxb5] 26.Rd3 Rc4 27.Bg2!+- Clearing the way for the Rd3 to get to g3 and at the same time threatening the Nf6. 27...Qc8 28.Qf3 This defends the Nc3 a second time and threatens the Nf6 yet again. Black cannot defend his knight any more. 28...Rf8 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.Qxf6 Rxc3

31.Rf5! the threat of Rg5# cannot be stopped. If 31...h6, 32.Qxh6 and again 33 Rg5# is threatened. 10 G.Akash (2343) Swapnil Dhopade (2459) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 00 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.000 Ne5 12.Be2 Qc8 13.h4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.h5 Nd7 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.f4 This has not been played before. Young blood is often impatient. More conservative moves like 17 Kb1, 17 Rh3, 17 Qg2, etc. have been tries in this position. 17...Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxe4 [If 18...Qxa2 19.Qh2 Kf7 20.Qh7+ Ke8 21.Qxg6+ Kd8 22.Qg7] 19.Bd4
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19...e5 [19...Kf7 is a complicated variation where white tries hard to win and black tries hard to defend himself with an inactive rook on a8. 20.Rde1 Qf3 21.Rh7+ Ke8 22.Rxe6 Rf7 23.Rh8+ Nf8 24.Rxg6 Rxf4 25.Rgg8 Kd7] 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Rde1 Qf3 [Better was: 21...Qxg4 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Rae8 24.Kb2 Qf4=] 22.Be3 Nf6 23.Qh2 Qxg4 24.Qxe5 Qd7 25.Bd4 Rf7 26.Rh6?! [Quite good was: 26.Qg5 Qf5 27.Qg2 Raf8 28.Rhg1 Rg7 29.Qxb7 with a great advantage to white.] 26...Rg7 27.Rf1 Qc6 28.Qg5 Kf7 With a solid defence black is a shade better. 29.Rh2 Rf8 30.Re2 Kg8! [White is not without a threat. A careless move like 30...a6? will be immediately punished by 31.Bxf6! exf6 32.Rxf6+!! Qxf6 33.Qd5+ and a beautiful block mate next move.] 31.Rg1 Qd7 32.Qh6 Kf7 33.Rge1 Kg8= 34.Rg1 Kf7 35.Rf2 Qe6 36.Kb2 b6 37.Rgf1 Kg8 38.Rg1 Kf7 39.Rg3 Qc6 40.Re3 Kg8 41.Qg5 Rff7 42.Ref3 Ne4 43.Rxf7 Rxf7 44.Rh2
Only the young generation of fearless fighters can destroy the Fischer myth. You must not let him impose on you his style, which is like snake poison. The old- fashioned way, heavy with security devices, incessant tiptoeing on shallow waters of draws, offers no hope against Fischer. -- Henrique Mecking
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International news

Carlsen wins London Chess Classic

World No.1 ranked Magnus Carlsen of Norway achieved a new milestone in chess when he won the London Chess Classic on December 10, 2012.After repeating the position and drawing world champion Anand in 61 moves, Carlsen sailed into unchartered rating territory, clocking a historic 2861 rating. Carlsen won the event while Anand finished in the middle. This victory was secured before his draw with Vishy Anand, as Kramnik was unable to make anything of his position against Mickey Adams. Round 9 saw surprisingly insipid play from the former World Champion, who essayed a line of his favourite Berlin Defence that left Black without any aggressive options. A draw was agreed on move 38. Carlsen might have been doing fairly poorly against Vishy Anand out of the opening (Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik had differing perspectives), but the Norwegian managed to turn the tables on his opponent after 28c5. Despite being a pawn up for much of the middlegame he was unable to obtain a serious advantage, and a draw was eventually agreed after a perpetual. Nakamura McShane capped off a frustrating tournament for the UK number one. Despite having some problems in the opening, he came up with an interesting exchange sacrifice that compelled the commentary room to suggest that he could play for a win. Unfortunately he simply blundered a piece on move 32, and had to resign. Polgar Aronian was an uninspiring draw; Aronian's Marshall led to mass exchanges and a theoretically drawn rook and pawn ending soon followed. Anand finished with six draws, one win and one defeat. He loses marginal rating for the blunder against Adams. The biggest rating losers are McShane, Jones, Aronian and Polgar.Carlsen took the first prize but Kramnik and Adams gained as much ratings. Carlsen played at 2994, Kramnik at 2937, Nakamura at 2839 and Adams at 2845. Carlsen has sunk Kasparov 2851 rating record during the course of this event. He has also reached 2861, wiping out Kasparov's record which stood since 1999. In the tournament points table, Carlsen had 18 points. Kramnik 16; Adams, Nakamura 13 each; Anand 9; Aronian 8; Polgar 6; McShane 5; G Jones 3. The 3 point for a win, 1 for a draw and zero for defeat does not affect ratings and is more cosmetic in nature.In the 9player single round robin event, 19 games were decisive and 17 were drawn. High ratio of decisive games was not because of the three point for a win but the difference between the highest and lowest rated players were more than 200 Elo. Final placings: 1 M Carlsen 6.5/8; 2 V Kramnik 6; 3-4. H Nakamura, M Adams 5 each; 5 V Anand 4; 6 L Aronian (Arm) 3.5; 7 Judit Polgar (Hun) 2.5; 8 Luke McShane 2; 9 Gawain Jones 1.5.
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Ushenina is the new World Women's Champion

Ukraine's Anna Ushenina is the new world women's champion. In the finals at KhantyMansiysk, Russia she scored 2-2 in classical chess and 1.5-0.5 in rapid chess for a well deserved victory over former champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria.Ushenina started with a victory against the 2011 World Junior girls champion Cori Deysi by 1.5-0.5. Then, she drew both games against Anna Muzychuk but won the tie-break 2-0. Thereafter she moved into the Russian tunnel. First she crushed Natalia Pogonina 1.5-0.5 and then overcame Nadezhda Kosintseva 1.5-0.5 for a place in the last four. In chess, you can not become world champion without facing any Asian. Here, she drew Ju Wenjun 1-1 and again prevailed in the tie-breaks by 1.5-0.5. The finals was a best of four. This match started against former champion Stefanova with two draws. Then, Ushenina went ahead in the third only for Stefanova to pull one back. The scores were level 2-2 and the title was left to be decided in two rapid games.The first time rapid chess was used to decide any world championship by FIDE was in 1998 in Lausanne when Anand and Karpov played.In the first tie-break game, Ushenina was a bishop down but drew. Stefanova had two bishops and Ushenina had one bishop. The draw resulted as no side had pawns.In the reverse game, Ushenina nursed her two extra pawns in a rook ending to win in 94 moves.Anna Ushenina, born August 30, 1985 is the new world women's champion.She became richer by USD 60,000. She is 27 and comes from Kharkiv. She learnt the moves at age seven from her mother. Her peak rating is 2502 achieved in July 2007.Ushenina played the key role in Ukraine winning the Women's Olympiad in 2006 at Turin and she remained undefeated.In 2013 she will play the World Women's Championship match against Hou Yifan of China. Courtesy:fide.com

Harika entered last four

Dronavalli Harika of Guntur recorded her best performance at the Women's Chess Championship at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia reaching the semi-finals.She scored 1.5-0.5 against Soumya Swaminathan, 1.5-0.5 against Danielian (Arm), 1.5-0.5 against Lela Javakashvili (Geo) and 1-1, 1.5-0.5 against Zhao Xue (Chn).After winning the tie-break against Zhao Xue. The other three players in the last four were A. Stefanova (Bul), Ushenina (Ukr) and Ju Wenjun. Down by a game Harika Dronavalli (India) needed to win as White to tie the semi-final match against Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria). In a slow maneuvering game the Indian advanced her pawns on the queenside, and Stefanova pushed on the kingside.

bronze medals winners Harika Dronavalli (India) and Ju Wenjun (China). The prizes were presented by the mayor Khanty-Mansiysk, the President of Ugra Chess Federation Vassily Filipenko.

As the game got more open, Black sacrificed a piece for White's three central pawns and obtained a big advantage. However, Stefanova did not try to win the game outright and just forced a draw by repetition, eventually securing the match victory by 1.5-0.5.Harika led India to an all-time best fourth place in the Istanbul Olympiad. Though less experienced than Humpy, she has a cool nerve to last such knock out games. Harika has played in the Chinese league and is a fearless customer.

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Decisions at the AICF Central Council Meet at Chennai

At the AICF Central Council meeting at Chennai on November 18, 2012 chaired by Mr.J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF the following decisions were taken. Other important dignitaries present were Bharat Singh,Hon.Secretary, AICF R.M.Dongre,Treasurer,AICF, IM Sekar Sahu,A.Narasimha Reddy & A.Bhakthavatchalam Vice Presidents. In a huge player friendly move, the All India Chess Federation decided tol pay Rs.1,000/per player as boarding charges Participating in all the National Championship like National Under -7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 25 and National Challengers for Men & Women. This facility will be extended to seeded players and qualified players who play under Normal entry.This scheme when implemented will cost the AICF Rs.10/- lakhs per year. In another significant move, AICF will have a payment gateway on its website. Players will be able to remit online instead of having to stand in queue at the banks for bank drafts. It was also decided that henceforth all the State Associations should organise age category and other selections (to represent the State in National Championships) separately for each category and separately for boys and girls. To create more technical persons the AICF has decided to conduct Senior Arbiter Examination in 5 centres namely Guwahati, Kolkata, Nagpur, Delhi and Chennai on 9th December, 2012. It was decided to accept the report of the Enquiry Committee constituted to go into the functioning of the Madhya Kshetra Shatranj Sangh. In its place the State Level Chess Association, Madhya Pradesh was given affiliation. Mr.Hari S Sharma President of Sikkim Chess Association was nominated as Joint Secretary in place of Mr.Nand Kishor Joshi. Mr.J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF was in the Chair and attended by other important dignitaries like Bharat Singh(Hon.Secretary), R.M.Dongre(treasurer), IM Sekar Sahu,A.Narasimha Reddy & A.Bhakthavatchalam Vice Presidents.

Australian school boy makes history

11-year old school boy wrote a new chapter in Australian Chess history. In just completed Australasian Masters 2012 tournament the youngest participant 11-year old Anton Smirnov became the youngest ever winner of this traditional event. Anton is #1 rated player in world in his age( born 2001) and has been playing chess for nearly 8 years! In the last round Anton met his toughest opponent in the tournament - his dad, International Master Vladimir Smirnov. After a big fight the game ended in a draw allowing Anton to win the tournament, collecting $600 for his effort, not bad for a Grade 5 student. The traditional International Master Norm round robin event had been held in Melbourne for the last 24 years. Courtesy:fide.com
World Youth Chess Championship 2012, Maribor, Slovenia..

India, Russia share honours with eight medals

By Arvind Aaron

Following the Under-10 Gold won by N.Priyanka with a round to spare, Vaishali and M Mahalakshmi, both of Chennai, became World Under-12 and 14 Champions after an exciting final round at Slovenia. India had its fair share of excitement in the final round. R Vaishali (Girls Under-12) and M Mahalakshmi (Girls Under-14) became world champions in their categories as the World Youth Chess Championship came to a close at Maribor in Gold Medal Winners Slovenia on November 18, 2012. We had R. Vaishali (U-12), N. Priyanka (U-10) and M. Mahalakshmi (U-14) some misses too. Overall, India won three titles or gold medals, two silver and three bronze. We won a total of eight medals, the most along with Russia. Russia also won three gold, two silver and three bronze. Having won a gold medal in the Girls Under-10 (N Priyanka, 9.5/11) with a round to spare, Indians looked for more on the final day. Our setback came in the Under14 section. Aravindh Chithambaram of Madurai who was leading by a full point lost and his tie-break at 9/11 was good only for the silver medal. Girish Koushik of Mysore won a silver medal in the Under-16 section with a last round victory to reach 8.5/11.Ivana Furtado of Goa played the spoil sport when she beat Monnisha of Chennai in the final round. But, M Mahalakshmi, also of Chennai played a great game to win the title in the Girls Under-14 section.

Mahalakshmi's tie-break was better than the Georgian player, both scoring 9/11. Monnisha got the bronze medal on 8/11. Ivana finished fourth on eight points.L.N. Ram Aravind of Trichy finished third in the Under-10 section with 8.5 points with a final round victory.Our best section might have been Girls Under-14 but the Girls Under-12 was not too far behind. R Vaishali won the title and Riya Savant won the bronze medal in the same section. India's three gold, two silver and three bronze medals would be the best after Batumi 2006 and Vietnam 2008.We did not win any title in Greece 2010 and won only one title at Brazil last year. Thus, it is a marked improvement on that front by our players over recent performances. Round 10 : N Priyanka of Vijayawada won the World Under-10 Girls section with a round to spare at Maribor in Slovenia on Nov 17, 2012. With one title in the bag, Indians are looking for atleast three more from Sunday's final round. Priyanka is trained by Bobba and had impressed and won all the Girls Under-10 events (classical, rapid and blitz) at the Asian Youth in Sri Lanka in June. Priyanka has scored 9.5/10 and is one and a half points ahead of the rest.This is India's third World Under-10 girls title. Koneru Humpy won it first at Cannes in 1997 and Cholleti Sahajasri won in Batumi (Georgia) in 2006. Indians are looking for more titles at Maribor. Aravindh Chithambaram won the tenth round and maintained his one point lead. He needed a draw in the final round to clinch the title in the Under14 section.R Vaishali who impressed at Sri Lanka in the Asian Youth was leading her Girls Under-12 section with 8.5 points. Three players including our own Riya Savant were on eight points. She needed a win to claim her maiden world title. G.K. Monnisha and Mahalakshmi were in a threeway lead in the World Under-14 championship for girls with 8/10. Monnisha needed a win for the title as her tie-break was the best. She faces top seed Ivana Furtado with the black pieces. Ivana had lost title and medal chances.

Mahalakshmi faces a Chinese opponent.L.N. Ram Aravind (Under-10), Girish Koushik and S.L. Narayanan (both U-16) are having medal chances in their sections. Ram lost the penultimate round while Girish won and Narayanan only drew the leader on the top board. Round 9 : After nine rounds two players with the maximum number of points were left. Nguyen Anh Khoi from Vietnama (U10 open) beat Matviishen David from Ukraine today and was a point and a half ahead. Now only a miracle can take away from him the title of the World youth chess champion. There was similar story in the girls U10 group, where Pariyanka (India) defeated Yu Jennifer (USA) today. Priyanka was also a point and a half ahead. In the U8 open group Abdussatorrov (Uzbekistan) drew and was still a point ahead. Puzzle of the month

by C.G.S.Narayanan
In the diagram below where should the white pawn which is hanging in between f4 and f5 actually stand? This requires some retroanalytical study as to what piece has been captured, where was it captured and in what order. Raymond Smullyan Schach mit Sherlock Holmes 1979

Is the pawn standing on f4 or f5? (Solution on page 48)

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Delhi hosts strongest ever chess meet

Having successfully organised numerous national and international events in the past, the national capital now plays host to the strongest ever chess event in the country the Rs 12 lakh prize money AICF-AAI Cup. The six-player double round-robin format category-18 tournament is being played at the Airport Authority Club from December 20-30. All players, with an average rating of over 2675 ELO rating points, would play each other twice once with white pieces and once with black.AAI spends annually 4cr in promoting sports and supporting talents. This tournament is the maximum rated and highest prize money tournament and we are proud to be associated with it, said Mr. V.P Agarwal, Chairman Airport Authority of India. This is the second edition of the AICF-AAI Cup, which was a category-17 event last year. The tournament was won by Fabiano Caruana of Italy in its inaugural edition and the player has subsequently moved into the top-10 of the FIDE world ranking. AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan said, the list of players for this tournament is the best line up India have ever seen and we are expecting very tough competition in the ten days of the tournament.This year's star attraction of the tournament would GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland, who is better known among Indian chess circle as one of the seconds of Viswanathan Anand in his two successful world championship campaign added Mr Bharat Sing Chauhan. Wojtaszek, himself a top-50 player in the world, would be looking to add valuable rating points to his tally in New Delhi. Leading the charge of challengers against him would be GM Anton Korobov of Ukraine, who boasts of a 2700+ rating and Russia's in-form player GM Evgeny Alekseev.Former national champion GM K Sasikiran would lead the Indian challenge with 2008 World Junior champion GM Abhijeet Gupa and world's second youngest Grandmaster and reigning Asian champion Parimarjan Negi completing the line up.

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64.Rd1+! [White avoids the fatal error 64.Kxa8? Kc6! and black wins with the threat of ....Rg8+ mating.] 64...Ke6+ 65.Kxa8 e3 66.Bxe3 10 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr (2276) Ram S. Krishnan (2303) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qd7 7.a4 Ne7 8.Nf3 0 0? [It is strange that a normal developing move like 00 should prove to be inferior. Best was the thematic 8...Ba6 which is the purpose behind his 4...b6. In all likelihood black had hoped to save a tempo by playing this move (Ba6) only after white had committed Bd3.] 9.Bd3 Nf5 [Black probably realised too late that on 9...Ba6? (See diagram)

44...Rg7 [Much better was the complicated variation: 44...Rf6! 45.Qh4 Qb5+ 46.Ka3 Nd6 (Black could also opt for perpetual check with 46...Qa5+ 47.Kb2 Qb5+ 48.Ka3 as the white king cannot go the the first rank for fear of mate with ....Rf1#) 47.Qh8+ Kf7 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Rxe7+ Kxe7 50.Qxf6+ Kd7 51.Qg7+ Kc8 52.Qf8+ Kc7 53.Qe7+ Qd7 White will now have to struggle against the g-pawn.] 45.Qe5 Nf6 46.Qb8+ Kf7 47.Qxa7 With the capture of this pawn, whites prospects of winning the game has improved. 47...Qb5+ 48.Ka3 g5 49.Qxb6 Qxb6 50.Bxb6 e5 51.c4 Ke6 52.Kb4 g4 53.a4 g3 54.Rg2 Nh5 55.a5 Nf4 56.Rg1 g2? [With the queening square (g1) remote controlled by both the bihsop and rook, it would have been good strategy to move the king to the queen-side for defence with 56...Kd7 57.Re1 Rg5 58.a6 Kc6] 57.a6+- Kd7 58.a7! Rg8 59.Kb5 e4 60.Be3 Ne6 [60...Nh3?? 61.Rxg2!] 61.Kb6 Nc7 62.Kb7 Rg7 63.Bb6 Na8

comes the famous theoretical bishop sacrifice 10.Bxh7+! Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kg6 (11...Kg8 12.Qh5 Rd8 13.Qxf7+ Kh8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Ba3 (White pins the Ne7 in advance so that he could mate in two by Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8#). 15...c5 16.dxc5 Qc6 17.000 (After 17.cxb6 Qxc3+ whites win is unclear.) 17...Qxa4 18.Rd4 Qxa3+ 19.Kd2 Nf5 20.Qf7+ Kh8 21.Rh4+ Nxh4 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxg7+ Ke8 26.Qf7#) 12.h4! Qc6 13.Qg4!! Qxc3+ 14.Kd1 f5 15.h5+! Kh6 16.Nxe6+ Kh7 17.Qxg7#] 10.g4 Ne7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh7 Re8 13.g5!? [White finds his own way to win the game with
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron some dramatic moves. Another way to win was: 13.Qd2 Ng6 14.Nf6+! gxf6 15.Qxh6 fxe5 16.Bg5 Qd6 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kf8 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Bf6! and white mates soon.] 13...Ng6 14.Nf6+! gxf6 15.gxf6

Black cannot stop mate via Qd2, Qxh6 and Qg7# 10 Vidit Gujarathi (2501) G N Gopal (2544) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 00 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.Rc1 [It is too early to decide whether the rook should be placed defensively on c1 or more aggressively on d1. Therefore, more common here is: 8.Qb3 ] 8...Nd7 9.cxd5 Qa5 10.Nd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc5 12.Bc4 e5! Though after this black is able to restore material equality, white always has some unpleasant pressure. 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.Nxe6 Bxc3+ 16.Kf1 The king is heading for the security of the h2 square. 16...fxe6 17.Qb3! A double attack, on the Bc3 and the pawn on e6, but black slides out of both. 17...Qa6+ 18.Kg1 Bg7 19.h3 h5 20.h4 Rad8 21.Kh2
Geniuses like Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare and Fischer come out of the head of Zeus, seem to be genetically programmed, know before instructed. -- John Collins

21...Rf7 [The position after 21...Rd2 22.Rc2 Rfd8 23.Rhc1 is slightly better for white as blacks castled position has been weakened by the advance of his g- and hpawns and they become comparatively easy targets for attack, both in the middlegame and end-game.] 22.Rhd1 Rfd7 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Qc2! Kh7 25.Qc8 Qd3 [The rook cannot leave the second rank untended, for if 25...Rd2 26.Rc7 with the deadly threat of 27 Qf8] 26.Qe8 Qd5 27.Rc8 e5 The only way to stop 28 Qg8# 28.e4! This forces black to exchange queens and lose a pawn as his queen cannot guard both g8 and his Rd7. 28...Qf7 29.Bxe5 Qxe8 30.Rxe8 Bxe5+ 31.Rxe5

31...Kg7 [If 31...Rd2 32.Ra5 a6 33.Kg3 Kg7 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Ke3 Rb2 36.g3 Rc2 37.f3 Rc6 38.a4 Rc3+ 39.Kf4 Ra3 40.Rc5

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Rxa4 41.Rc7+ and white will win the ending by pressuring the g6 pawn and advancing his king.] 32.f3 Rd2 33.a4 Rb2 34.a5 Kf7 35.Kg3 b6 36.axb6 axb6 37.Rg5! To win this ending, white must use his king aggressively without losing any of his kingside pawns. After this move, protecting his g2 pawn with his rook, he is ready to advance his king to f4, and onwards. 37...b5 38.Kf4 b4 39.g3 b3 40.Rb5 Rb1 41.Ke5 b2 42.Rb7+ In such rook endings, the superior side should advance whenever possible with a mating attack so that the defender has no time for a counter-attack. 42...Kg8 43.f4! Blacks defence hangs on the fate of his passed pawn on b2. White will exchange one of his less important pawns for the b2 pawn and win the ending without any trouble. 43...Rg1 44.Rxb2 Rxg3 45.Kf6 Rg4 46.Rf2! White would like to trade his hpawn for blacks g6. 46...Kf8 47.e5! Rxh4 48.e6! G Akash (2343) M R Venkatesh (2511) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.d3 00 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Na5 12.Bc2 b4 13.Be3 [A new idea in this position. 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Re1= has been played before here.] 13...Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Rb8 15.f4 [This is the natural move in this position. But it was better to get his pieces out and complete development before engaging a developed enemy. 15.Nd2= ] 15...Re8 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Qc5 Nb7 18.Qe3 [Better was: 18.Qxb4 Nh5 19.Nd2 Nf4 20.Nf3 Nxd3 21.Qc4 Nxb2 22.Qxa6=] 18...Qd6 19.Nd2 Na5 20.d4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rb2 22.dxe5? [22.Rac1 was level though black has a slight pull.] 22...Qxe5 23.Qd3? [Again, better would have been: 23.Rac1 ] 23...Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Nc6 25.Rfd1? Rd8! 26.Qc4

48...Ke8 [If 48...Rg4 49.f5! gxf5 Now that the f-file can no longer be used by the black rook to attack the white king along that file, white completes his plan:. 50.e7+ Ke8 51.Rd2 wins.] 49.Kxg6 Ke7 50.Kf5 [50.f5!] 50...Rh1 51.Rd2 Now it is easy for white. 51...h4 52.Rd7+ Ke8 53.Rh7 h3 54.Kf6! Kd8 55.Rh8+! Kc7 56.e7 Re1 57.e8Q 10

26...Qb6? [Black can win with: 26...Qxc4 27.Nxc4 Rxc2 28.Rxd8+ (28.Ne5 Nxe4!) 28...Nxd8 29.Rd1 ( or 29.Rb1 Kf8!) 29...Ne6+] 27.Nf3 Nh5 [If 27...Rxc2 28.Rxd8+ Nxd8 29.Qd3 Qc6 30.Qxc2 Nxe4] 28.Kh2 Na5 [28...Rxc2 does not win a bishop because of 29.Qxc6! Rc8=] 29.Rac1 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 g6 31.Qd3 Nf4

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32.Qd2 [Maybe the players were in time trouble. But it was difficult to see the winning variation which starts with a bishop offer, then a rook sacrifice leading to mate with queen and rook. 32.Qd8+! Kg7 33.Rd7! Rxc2 (33...Qf6 34.Qxf6+ Kxf6 35.e5+! Ke6 36.Rxc7 Rxc2?? 37.Nd4+) 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Ng5+ Kg7 36.Qe7+ Kh6 37.Nf7+ Kg7 38.Ne5+ Kh6 39.Ng4+ Kh5 40.Qxh7+ Kg5 41.Qh6#] 32...Ne6 33.e5? [White is concerned about the inactivity of his bishop. However, the best move here could be to offer that bishop as a bait and launch an imaginative attack: 33.Qd7 Qc5! ( Not 33...Rxc2? 34.Qe8+ Nf8 35.Rd8 Qc5 36.Ne5 Rf2 37.Nd3 white wins.) 34.Qd3 (34.Rf1!? with focus on f7 is another complicated alternative that needs consideration.) ] 33...Nc4 34.Qd3 Ne3?! [With 34...Qf2! Black must take advantage of his rook on b2 and, with multiple threats, smash through whites feeble second rank . He is nearly winning.] 35.Rc1 Nf4? [35...Nxg2!+ must occur to a grandmaster instantly. Probably, time trouble and the memory of losing by forfeit to the same opponent in the previous round by arriving late at the tournament hall might have clouded his thinking process.] 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Ng5 Ned5 [Black sees danger where there is none. He should win comfortably with: 37...Rxc2! 38.Rxc2 Nxc2 39.Qe7 Ne2 40.Qxf7+ Kh6 and white has nothing to show for his knight] 38.Qd7 Kh6?
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[Fleeing in advance does not always work. After this, white wins by non-stop checkmate. Again, as four moves earlier, black wins with: 38...Qf2 39.Qxf7+ Kh6 40.Qxh7+ Kxg5 41.Be4 Re2! and black wins.] 39.Nxf7+ Kg7 [If 39...Kh5 40.Qg4#] 40.Ng5+! Kh6 41.h4! Kh5 42.g4+! If 42...Kxh4 43 Nf3#! 10 Deepan Chakkravarthy (2523) S Arun Prasad (2510) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 00 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Qe8 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 a5 9.b3 a4 10.b4 b5 11.c5 Bb7 12.Bg2 Be4 13.00 Nd5 14.Qd2 f5

15.Ne1 [White is impressed by blacks bishop on e4 and is in a hurry to exchange it off. He could have delayed this move by completing his development with 15.Bb2

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Qh5 16.Rac1 and wait for blacks plan to unfold as he has an edge.] 15...Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Nc6 17.Qd3 dxc5 18.dxc5 Ne5 19.Qc2 Nc4 20.Bb2?!

[White cannot expect black to exchange his well posted knight on c4 for his bishop which may, in the distant future, pose some problems to g7. Better was: 20.e4 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Qf7] 20...e5! Black is clearly better with his great control over the centre and his well posted knights. 21.Rad1 c6 22.Nh4 Qh5 23.Bc1 Rae8 Black has a classical attacking position which he has achieved almost move by move. 24.Rd3 f4! 25.Ng2 [This does not put up a fight. Though going down, white could try to counter-attack with the exchange sacrifice to impede blacks attack: 25.Rfd1 e4 26.Rd4 Qe5 27.Rxc4 bxc4 28.Qxc4 e3 29.Nf3 exf2+ 30.Kxf2 fxg3+ 31.hxg3 Kh8 +] 25...Rf6 26.e4!? fxe3 27.Nxe3 Ndxe3 28.fxe3? [Chances for survival were offered by 28.Bxe3 ] 28...Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Rf8+ 30.Kg1 e4! After this strategic move vacating e5 for his knight, white is doomed. 31.Rd4 Ne5! 32.Rxe4
After World War II, the chess scene was dominated by the Soviet Union, or rather by the Russians. The only exception, the only person who managed to put an end to Russian dominance was Fischer, which testifies to his genius. -- Zoltan Riblia

32...Rd8! With the white rook lured out of the open d-file, black now controls that important file. Of course, now 33 Rd4 is met by 33....Nf3+ winning the exchange. 33.Qa2+ Kh8 34.Qf2 h6! After providing this escape square for his king, blacks rook is ready to invade the enfeebled white position. 35.Rf4 [If 35.Bd2 (to prevent ...Rd1+) 35...Nf3+ wins the bishop.] 35...Rd1+ 36.Kg2 Rxc1 01 Selected games from National Women Premier, Jalgaon M Mahalakshmi (2041) Bhakti Kulkarni (2196) 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ This early exchange of queens is not necessarily a draw as this game shows. 6...Kxd8 7.Bg5+ f6 8.000+ Ke8 9.Nd5 [9.Be3 leading to equality is usual here.] 9...Na6 10.Be3 c6 11.Nc3 Bh6 12.Bxh6 Nxh6 13.a3 Ng4 14.Nh3 Nc5 This knight is heading for the key d4 square. 15.b4 Nb3+ 16.Kb2 Nd4= 17.Bd3 [White must immediately challenge blacks centrally placed knight on d4 with: 17.Ne2 ] 17...Be6 18.Na4 b6 It is normal not to allow the opponents pieces into your position unless you have a plan to trap it. 19.Nc3 a5 20.b5 cxb5 21.Nxb5 Nxb5 22.cxb5
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron more serious problems. Her bishop cannot move as Be2-d1 will let out the knight through f1. And if the white king moves, it would allow the black king into her camp through either b4 or d4. White is in Zugzwang. If she did not have to make a move she is ok. But she has to, and she loses. 33.Kd3 Kb4 34.Kc2 Kxa4 35.Kc3 Ka3 36.Kc4 Kb2 37.Kd5 this plan of trying to queen her b-pawn is too, too slow, but she has nothing better. 37...a4 38.Bc4 Nxf3 39.Kc6 Nd2 40.Bd5 Nb3 41.Kxb6 a3 42.Kc7 a2 43.b6 a1Q 44.b7 Qa5+ 45.Kc8 Qc5+ 46.Kd8 Qb6+ 47.Kc8 h5! Black lets her opponent have her dream of queening her b-pawn as she has unanswerable passed pawn on the king-side. 48.b8Q Qxb8+ 49.Kxb8 g4 50.hxg4 hxg4 51.Be6 g3 52.Bh3 Nc5 53.Bg2

22...Rc8 Black has reached an advantageous endgame where white has a bad bishop with her key pawns blocked on white squares. 23.Be2 Ke7 24.Rc1 Rhd8 Unfortunately for white she has to keep her rook on h1 to guard her h2 pawn. 25.Rhd1 Rxc1 26.Kxc1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Kd6 28.Kd2 [White cannot be relieved of the burden of defending her h2 pawn by exchanging: 28.Bxg4 Bxg4+ 29.Kc2 Bxh3 30.gxh3 Kc5 and white collapses.] 28...Kc5 29.Kc3 [If 29.f3 Nxh2 30.Kc3 (to prevent ...Bc4 winning whites queenside pawns.) 30...h5 31.Nf2 g5 32.Nd3+ Kd6! 33.Nb2 g4! 34.Kd2 h4 (threat ...h4h3) 35.fxg4 Nxg4 36.Na4 Kc7 and black could win.] 29...Nxh2 30.f3 Bxh3 31.gxh3 g5 32.a4 h6

53...Nxe4! 54.Bxe4 f5 55.Bg2 e4 56.Kc7 e3 57.Bf3 e2 58.Bxe2 g2 59.Bd3 g1Q 60.Bxf5 Qc5+ 61.Kd8 Qxf5 01 Divyasree,Chandika (2160) Ghate,Swati (2263) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 a6 6.a4 Nf6 7.00 Nc6 [This is a new move here. Usual is to kick the Bc4 with ...d5. 7...d5 ] 8.Ba2 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.d3 00 11.f5 [11.Ng3=] 11...exf5! 12.exf5 d5 13.Ng3 b5

Zugzwang! Black is a pawn up but her knight cannot get out of h2. However, white has
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Qd4) 34...Qxd1+ 35.Rf1 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 Qxf6!] 31.Nb2 Rac8?! [This allows the hapless knight to enter the game with a couple of forking threats. 31...Rad8! would have kept the winning advantage.] 32.Rd1 Qg4 33.Qc4+! Qxc4 34.Nxc4 White must be happy to emerge from the cauldron with just one pawn less. But the endgame is going to be still difficult. 34...Bc6 35.Rc1?! [35.a5 would have made blacks task harder.] 35...Rb8 36.a5 h6 37.Nb6 Re5 38.Nc4 Re4 39.Nb6 White does not have anything better with black having a powerful position in an open board. 39...c4

[This gives white a chance to equalise. The general rule is one should not change the pawn structure when development of all the pieces is still incomplete. Better was 13...Re8 or 13...Nb4.] 14.Nce2? [If a bad position is inevitable, it is better to have that bad position with an extra pawn! Better was to ask black to prove she has compensation for her sacrificed pawn after 14.axb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Na3 c4+ 17.Kh1 cxd3 18.cxd3 Ba6=] 14...Bb7 15.Nf4 Nb4 16.Bb1 d4 17.c3?! [White is impatient to remove the yoke that is pressing on her. Better would have been 17.Re1 or 17 Bd2 waiting for black to reveal her plan.] 17...dxc3 18.bxc3 Nbd5 19.Nxd5? [As this capture does not remove a black knight from d5, it was best to ignore it and continue to develop her pieces with: 19.Qc2 ] 19...Nxd5+ 20.Bd2 b4 21.Ne4 bxc3 22.Nxc3 Bf6 23.Qc1 [It was best to wait for a better square for her queen and move her rook out of the pin: 23.Ra3 suggests itself.] 23...Nb4 24.Ra3 Nxd3 25.Bxd3 Qxd3 26.Nd1 Bd4+ [This check could have been kept in abeyance for a better opportunity and threats of pin. 26...Qe4 27.Rf2 Bh4 winning.] 27.Be3 Qe4 28.Ra2 Rfe8 29.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 30.Raf2 f6 [Stronger was: 30...Re2 31.f6 (Or 31.Nc3 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Re8 33.Qd2 f6+) 31...Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Re8 33.Qd2 Qxa4 34.Qg5 (34.Ne3

40.Rfc2 [An horrible move would be: 40.Nxc4? Rxc4 41.Rxc4 Rb1+ 42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Kxf1 Bb5 and black wins.] 40...Bb5 41.Nxc4?! [Better was: 41.h3 preparing to defend his f5 pawn with g2g4 and wait for black to reveal her plan was worth consideration.] 41...Bxc4 42.Rxc4 Rxc4 43.Rxc4 Rb5 44.Rc8+ Kh7 45.g4 h5 46.h3 hxg4 47.hxg4 Rb4?! [Both 47...Rxa5 and Kh6 were stronger than the text.] 48.Rc6 Rxg4+ 49.Kh2 Rf4 50.Rxa6 Rxf5 51.Ra8 Rf3 White has a clear plan. She intends attacking whites a-pawn from the rear while taking her king forward shielded by her two pawns from checks from the back. 52.a6 Ra3 53.Kg2 Kg6 54.Kf2 Kf5 55.a7(See diagram next column)
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron proves fatal as white cleverly contrives to base a neat combination on the two unsupported black rooks. Equal was: 20...b5= ] 21.a4! a6

55...Kf4! 56.Ke2 f5 57.Kd2 Kg4 58.Rb8 Rxa7 59.Rb4+ f4 60.Ke2 Ra2+ 61.Kf1 Kg3 62.Rb5 Ra1+ 63.Ke2 f3+ 64.Ke3 Re1+ 65.Kd2 f2 66.Rg5+ Kh4 01 Nisha,Mohota (2323) Aarthie,Ramaswamy (2148) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.00 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 00 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d4 Re8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qg4 Qc8?

[This is a new move. Better was: 15...Bf8= ] 16.e6! Bf8 [If 16...f6 17.Rad1 Qc6 18.Rd7 Rad8 19.Rfd1 and white has excellent attacking chances.] 17.exf7+ Kxf7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Rfd1! Qc6 20.Bf1 Bc8? [This undeveloping move

[If black saw what was coming she would have played 21...Be6 22.Bb5 Qc8 23.Qxe8 Qxe8 24.Bxe8 Rxe8 when the game is only slightly better for black as b3 is under threat] 22.Bb5!! axb5 23.axb5 Black must now decide which rook to abandon as both rooks are under attack as well as the queen. 23...Qxb5 24.Rxa8 Qxb3 Black has emerged with a bishop and pawn for her rook, not satisfactory, but the best in the circumstances. [24...Qc6 25.Ra7 Qg6 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Rd5 and white will gradually penetrate the black position.] 25.Rd6!? [This is spectacular, but not as powerful as: 25.Ra7! Re7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Rd8+! Bf8 28.Qe5 crushing black.; However, 25.Qxe8? will lead to a perpetual check after 25...Qxd1+ 26.Kg2 Qf3+ 27.Kf1 Qd1+] 25...Bxd6 [If 25...Qf7 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rxb6 Bd7 28.Ra7 Rd8 29.Kg2+-] 26.Qxe8+ Bf8 27.Rxc8 Qd1+ 28.Kg2 Qf3+ 29.Kh3 Qf5+ 30.Kh4 Qxf2 [If 30...g5+ 31.Kh5 g4+ 32.Kh4 and with his king safe, white is winning.] 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qe5! When making this move, white had to calculate right up to the end of the game as she is offering h2 with a check. 32...Qxh2+ 33.Kg5 Qh6+ 34.Kg4 Qg6+ 35.Kh3 Qf7

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron which the black position would become almost impregnable. 20...Be5 [If 20...Bxh6 21.Rh5 Bg7 22.Bxg5 Nxg5 (22...Rc5 23.Be3 Rxh5 24.gxh5+-) 23.Rxg5 Rf7 24.Rxa5 Qc8 25.Rh5+-] 21.Kb1 Rb8?! [Black plans to attack with b7-b5. But probably, she did not anticipate whites imaginative attack which unfolds. Better was 21...Rc6 though white is still better.]

[If 35...Qh6+ 36.Kg2 and black has not check to keep the game going.] 36.Qxg7+! If 36...Qxg7 37 Rxf8# 10 Michelle Catherina (2109) Kruttika Nadig (2173) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 00 9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.000 Rc8 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.Bb3 Ne5 14.Qe2

14...a5 [If 14...Ne8 15.f4 Nc6 16.e5 (16.f5 Nc7 17.Nb5 Na5 18.Nxa7) 16...Na5 17.Ba4!] 15.a4 Nf7 16.Nb5 Ne8 17.h4 While black regroups her tangled pieces to attack on the queen-side, white proceeds with her pawn storm on blacks castled position. 17...Nc7 18.Nxc7 Rxc7 19.h5 g5 20.h6! This is more to prevent black from playing h7-h6 after

22.f4! The opening move in the fantastic attack. 22...gxf4 23.Ba7! Ra8 24.g5! b5 [If 24...Rxa7 25.Qh5 b5 26.g6 Nd8 27.gxh7+ Kxh7 28.Rdg1; or 24...Nxg5 25.Rhg1 Kh8 26.Rxg5 Bf6 27.Bd4! After disrupting blacks attempt at queen-side play, the bishop returns to the major task on hand, the assault on the black king. 27...e5 28.Bxe5+-] 25.Qg4 bxa4 [If 25...Kh8 26.g6 hxg6 27.Qxg6 Ng5 28.Qxg5 bxa4 29.Bc4! Rg8 30.Qxe5+ dxe5 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Bb6] 26.Bxe6 Qc6 27.Rh2 Rcxa7 She cannot capture with her other rook as it is required to defend mate on g8. 28.g6! hxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kh8
They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against a man. There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat - Bobby Fischer

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron illustration of what happens when you delay development for temporary fun!] 12.g4!? [12.Bd3 is normal here, but white wants to pursue her fancy.] 12...Bb7 13.g5

30.Rg1 The unavoidable mating threat is 31 Qg7+!! Bxg7 32 hxg7++ Kg8 33 Rh8#!! 10 Padmini Rout (2302) Sahajasri,Cholleti (2026) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3! 13...Nfd7 [Better was 13...hxg5 14.fxg5 Nfd7 15.g6! Bf6 16.gxf7+ (Exciting, but quite dangerous for white would be the bishop sacrifice: 16.Bxb5 axb5 17.Ncxb5 Qc5 when both players have to tread very cautiously in a double-edged position to stay alive.) 16...Kxf7 17.Bh3 Nf8 18.000=] 14.g6! Bf6 15.gxf7+ Kxf7 16.Bh3 e5? [With this move, black immediately gets into a very inferior position. White was threatening to capture the e6 square, and only incidentally, the pawn on e6. Better defensive ideas were: 16...Nc5 17.Rg1 threatening 18 Qh5+; and 16...Nf8 17.000 and in both cases white has a clear advantage and a beautiful attacking position.] 17.Ne6 Qc4 18.00 0 Ke7 19.Rhg1 Rg8 20.f5+- [White had an alternate move which would have led to an overwhelming attack: 20.b3 Qc8 21.Qd3 Qc6 22.Nd5+ Kf7 23.Qg3 g5 24.Qg4] 20...b4 [Black cannot get her queen-side pieces working for if: 20...Nc6 21.Nd5+ Kf7 when white could either trap the queen with 22 c3 or pursue a mating attack with 22 Qh5+] 21.axb4 Qxb4 22.Nc7 Threat is N7d5+ winning the queen. 22...Qa5 23.Nxa8 Bxa8 24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Nd5+ 10

An old trap. 9...Be7 [9...Qxb2?? 10.Na4 traps the queen. The idea behind this trap also occurs in other openings like the French, Caro Kann, Queens Gambit, etc.] 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 b5? [11...Bd7 followed by ...Nc6 and castle on either side according to circumstances was best. Generally, changing the pawn structure when one is yet to complete development should be avoided. This game is a good

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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Kiran M Mohanty (2179) Bodda,P (2128) Rousing welcome to WYCC medallists A rousing welcome awaited the medal winners of the World Youth Chess Championship held at Maribor, Slovenia at the Anna International Airport, Chennai. A festive mood prevailed among the vast number of chess enthusiast who assembled to receive their heroes. The Indian team finished on par with Russia by annexing 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals thus creating a record of sorts. USA finished third in the medals tally. The 3 Gold medals were won by R.Vaishali(TN) Under-12 Girls, M.Mahalakshmi(TN) Under 14 Girls, N.Priyanka(AP) Under 10 Gilrs, the 2 Silver medalists were Arvindh Chidambaram(TN) Under 14 Boys and Girish A Koushik(Karnataka) Under 16 Boys. The 3 Bronze medals won by L.N.Ram Aravind(TN) Under 10 Boys, Riya Sawant (GOA) Under 12 Girls and G.K.Monnisha(TN) Under 14 Girls. Out of the eight medals five went to Tamilnadu Children and the three among them belong to Velammal Schools. N.Priyanka and Riya Sawant did not arrive at Chennai as they went home from Dubai directly to Hyderabad and Goa respectively. A traditional welcome was accorded to the medalists when they landed. They were welcomed by Nathaswaram artists arranged by the Velammal Schools and were garlanded profusely by the Tamilnadu Chess officials, Velammal School authorities and the parents and well-wishers. The Velammal School Children in huge numbers were present to wish and welcome their schoolmates who brought laurels to the Country.

14.Ng5! Though white has not castled she sees that the black position is cramped and her castled position is without sufficient defenders. The only meaningful defender for black is her dark square bishop. And if Black wants to grab the offered pawn she must part with her valuable bishop. Black chooses the pawn and hopes her defensive skills will see her through the white offensive. 14...Bxg5 15.hxg5 Qxg5 16.Rh5! Qe7 17.Qh3 g5 18.Ng6! Black probably overlooked the knight landing on the empty g6 square. 18...hxg6 19.Rh8+ Kf7 20.Rh7+ Ke8 21.Rxe7+ Kxe7 22.Qh7+ Rf7 23.Qxg6 Rh8 [If black tries to save her g-pawn she will only exclude her queen rook from the game 23...g4 24.Qg5+ Ke8 25.000 with the threat of 26 Rh1 and Rh8 as blacks queen rook is excluded from the game.] 24.Qxg5+ Ke8 25.000 Rff8 [25...Nc6 getting the knight back into the game was better. But white is all set to win.] 26.g4 Rfg8 27.Qd2! White saves her g-pawn with the attack on blacks unsupported knight. 27...Nc6 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Bb5! In a winning position, one must strive to win by the shortest and easiest route. In this position white is threatening to exchange her bishop for the knight after which black would be left with a sterile bishop allowing white an easy victory. 10

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Tactics from master games

by S.Krishnan

1.
White play and win Whiteto to play and win

2.
White to play and winwin White to play and

3.
White and win Black to toplay play and win

4.
Black toto play and winwin White play and

5. White to play and win

Black to play and win

6.
White to play and win

White to play and win

Solutions on page 43

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Test your endgame

by K.Muralimohan

T.Kok , 1941
1. 2.

L.Salkind, 1928

J.Behting, 1927
3. 4.

A.Troitzky 1909

K.Arnstam, 1941
5. 6.

G.Van Altena 1940

White to play and win in all the six endings above

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Masters of the past-24

Harry Nelson Pillsbury

Pillsbury was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, moved to New York City in 1894, then to Philadelphia in 1898.By 1890, having only played chess for two years, he beat noted expert H. N. Stone. In April 1892, Pillsbury won a match two games to one against World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz, who gave him odds of a pawn. Pillsbury's rise was meteoric, and there was soon no one to challenge him in the New York chess scene. The Brooklyn chess club sponsored his journey to Europe to play in the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, in which all the greatest players of the time participated. The 22-year-old Pillsbury became a celebrity in the United States and abroad by winning the tournament, finishing ahead of reigning world champion Emanuel Lasker, former world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, recent challengers Mikhail Chigorin and Isidor Gunsberg, and future challengers Siegbert Tarrasch, Carl Schlechter and Dawid Janowski.The dynamic style that Pillsbury exhibited during the tournament also helped to popularize the Queen's Gambit during the 1890s, including his famous win over Siegbert Tarrasch. His next major tournament was in Saint Petersburg the same year, a sixround round-robin tournament between four of the top five finishers at Hastings. Although he was in the lead after the first half of the tournament he finised third. He lost a critical fourth cycle encounter to Lasker, and Garry Kasparov has suggested that had he won, he could well have won the tournament and forced a world championship match against Lasker. Pillsbury had an even score against Steinitz but a slight minus against Chigorin, Tarrasch and against Joseph Henry Blackburne , while he beat David Janowski and Gza Marczy and had a significant edge over Carl Schlechter. In spite of his ill health, Pillsbury beat American champion Jackson Showalter in 1897 to win the U.S. Chess Championship, a title he held until his death in 1906.Poor mental and physical health, the result of his syphilis infection prevented him from realizing his full potential throughout the rest of his life. He succumbed to the illness in a Philadelphia hospital in 1906. Pillsbury was a very strong blindfold chess player, and could play checkers and chess simultaneously while playing a hand of whist, and reciting a list of long words. His maximum was 22 simultaneous blindfold games at Moscow 1902. However, his greatest feat was 21 simultaneous games against the players in the Hannover Hauptturnier of 1902. Edward Lasker in his' Chess Secrets I learned from the Masters?' wrote:" Alekhine's world record performance at the Chicago World's Fair, where he played 32 blindfold games simultaneously was quite an astounding demonstration but Alekhine made quite a number of mistakes, and his performance did not impress me half as much as Pillsbury's in Breslau". Pillsbury wrote no chess books. He wrote occasional newspaper reports on tournaments and matches and wrote a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Although there are few known correspondence games played by Pillsbury, one of the early correspondence chess organizations in the US was named in his honor (Pillsbury National Correspondence Chess Association).
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Solutions to Tactics from master gameson p40 1. Conquest,Stuart (2501) Adair,James R (2262) [A01] 99th ch-GBR 2012 North Shields ENG (5.3), 27.07.2012 Position after 33rd move.White to play. 34.Nxf7!! Kxf7 35.Bh5! Ke7 [35...gxh5 36.Qh7+ Ke8 (36...Bg7 37.Qxg7+ Ke8 38.Bf6) 37.Qg6+ Ke7 38.Bf6#] 36.Qxc5+ Kf7 37.Qc2 [37.Qc2 Ke7 38.Qxg6 Wins] 10 2. Volokitin,Andrei (2704) Miroshnichenko,Evgenij (2621) [C10] 81st ch-UKR 2012 Kiev UKR (4.4), 30.07.2012 Position after 33rd move. White to play. 34.Bf4! Rxe7 35.Qxb6+ Ka8 36.Qxa5+ Kb7 37.Qxc7+ [37.Qxc7+ Ka8 38.Qa5+ Kb7 39.Qb4+] 10 3. Ivanchuk,Vassily (2769) Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2717) [E21] 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR (4.6), 31.08.2012 Position after 34th move. White to play. 35.Nf6+! gxf6 [35...Kh8 36.Ng6+ fxg6 37.Qxh6+ gxh6 38.Rh7#] 36.Qg3+ Kh7 37.Rxf7+ [37.Rxf7+ Rxf7 38.Qg6+ Kh8 39.Nxf7#] 10 4. Wang,Yue (2685) Grischuk,Alexander (2763) [A37] 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR (4.2), 31.08.2012 Position after Whites 25th move. Diagram # Black to play. 25...Rh2+! 26.Kf1 [26.Kxh2 Nf3++; 26.Kg1 Nf3++] 26...Rh1+ [26...Qh7!] 27.Kg2 Rh2+ 28.Kf1 Qh7! 01

5. Milos,Gilberto (2593) Carlsson,Pontus (2511) [D17] 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR (11.4), 09.09.2012 Position after Whites 25th move. Black to play. 25...Qh1+! [25...Qh1+ 26.Bxh1 Nh2+ 27.Ke1 Rg1#] 01 6. Topalov,Veselin (2752) Iturrizaga,Eduardo (2627) [E15] 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR (11.1), 09.09.2012 Position after 42nd move. White to play. 43.Nd5!+- [43.Nd5 exd5 44.Ra7+- Idea Rb8+] 10 Solutions to Test your endgame on page 41 1. T.Kok, I Pr,Tidskrift KNSB 1941 1.Ra4+ Kb1 2.Kd2 Bg5+ 3.Kd1 Bc1 4.Ra8! d2 5.Na7 Ka2 6.Nb5+ Kb3 7.Na3 wins 2. L.Salkind, I Pr, 64 1928 1.Bd2! b2 2.Bh7!! b1Q 3.Bc3+ Qb2 4.Ng6! Kb1 5.Ne5+ Ka1 6.Nd3 Qxc3 7.Kxc3 wins 3. J.Behting, Latvia Ty, 1927 1.Rf1! g3 2.Nf5 Kg2 3.Ne3+ Kh1 4.Rc1 g2 5.Nd1 Ne2 6.Nf2# 4. A.Troitzky,Deutsche Schahzeitung 1909 1.Nc2+ Kb1 2.Na3+ Ka1 3.Bh6! a4 5.Bg7+ Nb2 6.Kf6 Nd3 7.Kf5+ Nb2 8.Ke5 Nd3+ 9.Ke4+ Nb2 10.Kd4 Nd1 11.Kd3+ Nb2 12.Kc3 wins 5. K.Arnstam,3 Comm,Schachvarlden 1941 1.e7 Re3 (1Ba4 2.dxc7 Rc3 3.Nc6! Bxc6 4.c8=Q) 2.dxc7 Bg4 3.Ne6! Rxe6 4.c8Q Rxe7 5.Qc5 wins 6. G.Van Altena, De Schahwerld 1940 1.Rb8 d2 2.Ba4 Bb3 3.Bxb3 b1Q 4.Bd5+ Kh2 5.Rh8+(5.Rxb1?d1Q+Rxd1=) Kg1 6.Rh1+ Kf2 7.Rxb1
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11th Delhi International Chess Festival New Delhi

Date: 05-13 January 2013
Venue:

Indira Gandhi Stadium

Near ITO,New Delhi(INDIA)

Total Prize Fund: Rs.20,50,000

Entries may be sent by DD (Delhi cheques will also be accepted) favouring 'Capablanca Chess Club'payable at Delhi.Address for sending the entries is: Secretary, Capablanca Chess Club, c/o Hotel KC Plaza 5588, Basant Lane, Pharganj, New Delhi- 110055 Inauguration: 05th January 2013 0900 hrs Prize Distribution: 13th January 2013 1800 hrs Contact numbers: Vishal Sareen (Foreign players) 99580 30007 M.S.Gopakumar(Registration) 98686 24216/99868 83449 Jitendra Choudhary (Registration) 81308 75063 Vasudevan (Registration) 98683 61075 AK Verma (Organising Secretary) 98914 68906 E-mail: delhichess64@gmail.com Website: www.delhichess.com E-mail for foreign players: delhichessfestival@gmail.com For details of prizes and entry fee visit www.indianchessfed.org

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Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012,Chennai.

Grandmaster Adhiban Baskaran executing the symbolic first move against Shri J C D Prabhakar, MLA, President, All India Chess Federation (L to R) B Murugavel, Vice President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE, Bharat Singh Chauhan, President, Commonwealth Chess Association, Dr V Natarajan, Principal, Apollo Engineering College, K Muralimohan, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Prof R Anantharam, Chief Arbiter

J.C.D.Prabhakar, President lighting the lamp during inauguration

Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012,Chennai.

N.R.Sivapathy, Honble.Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs, Government of Tamilnadu, Commonwealth Champion GM Lalith Babu, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain Indian Cricket team and former Chairman of the Selection Committee of BCCI.

N.R.Sivapathy, Honble.Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs, Government of Tamilnadu, Commonwealth Woman Champion WGM Sowmya Swaminathan, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain Indian Cricket team and former Chairman of the Selection Committee of BCCI.

Playing arena - Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

5th Chennai International Open Chess Tournament

FIDE/AICF Event code: 72635/TN/2013 Organised by Sports Promotion Foundation Under the guidance of Tamilnadu State Chess Association and All India Chess Federation

Date: 15th to 23rd January 2013

Venue:

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Chennai-3

Entries may be sent by DD favouring Sports Promotion Foundation payable at Chennai. Address for sending the entries is Mr.V.Dhanasekaran C/o All India Chess Federation, Room No.70, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Periamet, Chennai-3 Inauguration: 15th January 2013 14.00 hrs Prize Distribution: 23rd January 2013 17.00 hrs Contact persons: K.Muralimohan 9940094717 N.K.Nandakumar 91766 73939 V.Dhanasekaran 92821 34966 E-mail: dvsundar@hotmail.com Website: www.tamilchess.com For details of entry fee and prize money visit: www.indianchessfed.org

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AICF Calendar
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December 2012

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Solution to Puzzle of the Month on page 27 There are eight pawns on either side and so only pieces must have been captured. White pawns on e2 and f2 must have captured one piece each to come on to f and g files. Of the missing black pieces on board BBf8 must have been captured on its original square. That leaves BNb8 and BBc8 and the latter must have been captured only on a white square. But was it captured on f3 or f5?. Black pawns c7 and d7 must have moved to b6 and c6 capturing WNb1 and WBf1 as WBc1 must have been captured on it original square. BBc8 must have come out only after WBf1 was captured at c6.This requires the WPe2 to move already to e4 and so the BBc8 was captured on f5 where it should rightfully stand.
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Apollo Engineering College Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012,Chennai.

GM Lalith Babu, Commonwealth Champion, Tiviakov, International Open Champion, IM S.Shyamsundar (Runner-up), IM S.P.Sethuraman(Third)

Prize winners with dignitaries

World Youth Chess Championship 2012, Maribor, Slovenia

WYCC Medal Winners at the Chennai Airport

Medallists Arvind Chdambaram Vr, Girish Kaushik, L.N.Ram Arvind, R.Vaishali, M.Mahalakshmi and G.K.Monnisha are seen with IM T.S.Ravi and Sai Meera Ravi and head of the delegate B.Murugavel, Vice President, TNSCA Inset: Riya Sawant (Goa) U-12 Bronze Medal Winner

Indian contingent at Slovenia