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AICF CHRONICLE
the official magazine of the All India Chess Federation

Volume : 11 Issue : 10 Price Rs. 25 April 2016
India wins Asian Nations Cup 2016
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AICF CHRONICLE April 2016 From the Editor’s desk Dr. N. Mahalingam Memorial FIDE Rated Chess Tournament,Coimbatore
Room No. 70,
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, At Abu Dhabi India lifted Asia AL Muthiah wins title
Chennai - 600 003.
Nations Cup a third time! This time Prof. R. Anantharam IA, Chief Arbiter
Ph : 044-65144966 /Telefax : 044-25382121
E-mail : indianchessfed@gmail.com it is a victory to cherish as India
Publisher: V. Hariharan humbled the Olympiad Gold winner
The contribution of late Arutchelvar Dr.N. and shared the lead with Ram S Krishnan,
Editor : C.G.S. Narayanan China which did not take part in
Mahalingam, past president of All India Chess each having 6 points in as many games. In
Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300 our earlier wins in 2005 at Iran and
Federation and TN State Chess Association the seventh round, Muthaiah emerged sole
2009 at Kolkata. GM R.B.Ramesh
cover photo : Chessbase India leader by defeating Ram, followed by Mani
who led India to its first ever medal in an Olympiad, a to chess is immense. He was instrumental
Inside…. bronze, in Norway added one more feather to his cap in Central government recognising chess as Bharathi of Coimbatore, Syed AnvarShazuli
Dr. N. Mahalingam Memorial FIDE Rated Tmt., a sport for providing grants to players and of ICF and Anurag of WB, with 6.5 points
as coach with this facile win. AICF congratulates team
Coimbatore federation. Chess and the players benefitted each. Mani Bharathi upset Syed Anvar to
India for the spectacular performance!
AL Muthiah wins title a lot, because of his philanthropic attitude to share the lead with Muthaiahwith 7.5 points
Prof. R. Anantharam IA, Chief Arbiter 1
the game. As a keen lover of chess, he has each, after the penultimate round. In the
Viswanathan Anand provided classic chess entertainment
2nd Adra Fide Open International Rating Tmt, organised many national and international final round Muthaiah, a XI Std student of
at the Candidates in Moscow to finish a respectable
Purulia tournaments and five times world champion Velammal Matric HSS, Chennai, overcame a
third. What made Anand’s performance so special was
Thejkumar wins at ADRA Vishy Anand achieved his final GM norm in stiff resistance from Mani Bharathy to clinch
the fact that in a field of players half his age he could
by IA Debasish Barua, Chief Arbiter 6
the international GM tournament organised the title with 8.5 points. IA S. Ganesh Babu
win the maximum of four games and keep his chances
by Dr.Mahalingam at Coimbatore. It is befitting shocked Ram S Krishnan to secure the second
Delhi Chess Association Open FIDE Rated Tmt , for the first place right through to the end bouncing
that Kumaraguru College of Technology, a lead- place with 8 points. Though R Ganesh of Co-
Delhi back after each defeat. Sergey Karjakin emerged the
Balasubramanian wins title ing Engineering college in Tamil Nadu, which imbatore and Anurag Jaiswal, who defeated
Challenger to Carlsen in the World title match to be held
by S Biju Raj FA, Chief Arbiter 9 was founded by him, decided to celebrate his IM Srinath in the final round also collected 8
in New York in November this year. Reports on these
birth day on 20th March, by organising a Rapid points, they had to be content with second,
two events, photographs and also a few selected games
6th Bhubaneswar All India
rated tournament. third and fourth places respectively, based
Fide Rating (B 1600) Tmt…. of Anand are featured in this issue.
on the tiebreaks. Muthaiah received a purse
Padhi Jyoti Ranjan wins title
In spite of the busy annual examination sched- of Rs,20000/- for his first place performance.
by Nihar Ranjan Sasmal, IA, Chief Arbiter 11 Besides reports and final standings on the few FIDE
rated tournaments organized during March 2016, the ule for students, the tournament attracted
Sau Nirmala Vaze Memorial Rapid Rating about 310 participants from various states of On the first day, Dr.M. Manickam, son of Dr.
issue also presents selected games from the National
Tmt,Mulund
India. IM and triple GM norm holder N. Srinath N. Mahalingam and President of Tamil Nadu
Team Chess Championships held in KIIT premises in
Pratik Mulay wins title
of Chennai was the top seeded player of the State Chess Association inaugurated the
by Vitthal Madhav 14 Bubaneshwar lucidly annotated by IM Manuel Aaron.
tournament, followed by triple IM norm holder tournament in the presence of his brother
Ram S Krishnan of BSNL. In the second round Sri. M. Balasubramanian, Correspondent of
Puzzle of the month 16 Argentine Grandmaster Carlos Guimard is featured in
of the tournament, SS Manigandan of Madurai Kumaraguru College of Technology, Sri. Sri
Selected Anand games from the ‘Masters of the past’ series.
was held to a draw by M. Magesh of Tamil Nadu. Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Correspondent,
FIDE Candidates, Moscow 27
Biggest upset of the tournament was witnessed Kumaraguru College of Technology and Dr.R.S.
Selected games from National
in the fourth round, when top seeded Srinath Kumar, Principal, w .On the second day, prizes
Team Championships, Bubaneshwar C.G.S.Narayanan
was toppled by Karthikeyan of Tamil Nadu. Five were distributed by Sri. M. Balasubrama-
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 36
players R. Ganesh of Coimbatore, Ram S Krish- nian, Correspondent of the college and Sri.
Tactics from master games N. Jayabal. President of Coimbatore District
Readers are invited to offer their feedback on nan, Syed AnvarShazuli of ICF Anurag Jaiswal
by S.Krishnan 42 Chess Association and Vice President of Sal-
the regular features in the AICF Chronicle and of West Bengal and AL Muthaiah of Chennai
Test your endgame zer Group of Companies. The tournament
are also invited to send interesting articles, were leading with full five points at the end of
by C.G.S.Narayanan 43
the fifth round. was well organised by the management and
annotated games and chess anecdotes to the
Masters of the past-63
Editor at ‘www.indianchessfed@gmail.com’ or staff of Kumaraguru College of Technology,
Carlos Guimard 44
‘cgsnarayanan@hotmail.com. AL Muthaiah defeated IM R. Balasubramanian with good facilities like air condioned tourna-
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ment hall etc. they also announced that the 1 Tarunika P TNC 4 Know your Arbiter Gopakumar M S
tournament will be conducted in a bigger way 2 Rithanya M TNC 3 Gopakumar M.S, born on 15th March 1981, an International Arbiter and National
annually in future. Under 15 Girls Instructor hails from Pattambi, Kerala. He did his schooling at Govt High School
Final Ranking Kodumunda and Govt Oriental High School Pattambi and later took his degree from
1 Shalini R TN 5
1 Muthaiah Al TN 8½ Govt College Pattambi.He quit his LLB studies at Govt Law College Calicut to pursue
2 Genita Gladys A TN 5 his dream of joining the Indian Air Force in the year 2000. Presently he serves at
2 Ganesh Babu S TN 8
3 Subadharshini S TN 3 Air Force Sports Control Board at New Delhi. His early success in chess was in 1993
3 Ganesh R TNC 8 when he became State Champion of Kerala in Under-12 section. He represented
Under 15 Girls Coimbatore
4 Anurag Jaiswal WB 8 Kerala State in several national championships and after joining Indian Air Force,
1 Harsha R TNC 5½
5 IM RamnathanBalasubramaniam TN 7½ became regular member of Services and Air Force teams in national circuit.
2 Shalini J TNC 4
6 Mani Bharathy TNC 7½
Under 21 Girls As an Arbiter his career started in the year 2002 by officiating in the National Junior Girls Chess
7 Ram S. Krishnan BSNL 7
1 Swarnamala B TN 4 Championship at New Delhi and became FIDE Arbiter in the year 2007 and International Arbiter two
8 IM Narayanan Srinath AI 7
2 Karpagam V TN 1½ years later. He achieved his National Instructor title in the year 2015. He has officiated in prestigious
9 Gowtham K K TN 7
Under 21 Girls Coimbatore tournaments in India and abroad. He officiated in the World Chess Olympiad at Tromso, Norway in
10 Unas K.A. KER 7 the year 2014 and three World Youth Championships at Caldas Novas, Brazil-2011; Maribor, Slove-
11 Aravindaswami T TNC 7 1 Parkavi G TNC 3½
nia-2012 and Al-Ain, UAE-2013. He was Arbiter for the Asian Indoor Games at Incheon, Korea in
12 CM Nikhil Magizhnan TN 7 2 Gayathri R TNC 3 the year 2013 and was Chief Arbiter for the Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 at Suwon, South
13 Jos Paul Davis KER 7 3 Kaviya M TNC 2½ Korea. He officiated as Chief Arbiter for the Category-18 and Category-17 round robin tournaments
14 Sabarish V TNC 7 Under 9 Boys in Delhi and also for the India-Armenia and India-Israel Friendship Matches. Apart from this, he offici-
15 Dileep Kumar R TN 7 1.Ashwin Sairam,2. Roshan S,3.Rajkumar S, ated as Chief Arbiter/Arbiter in Asian Junior, Asian Youth, Asian School, Commonwealth and several
4.Midilesh Ms, 5. BadrinarayananNagesh International Norm tournaments, FIDE Rated events and National Championships.
16 Akil A S J TN 7
17 Selvabharathy T TN 7 Under 9 - Boys Coimbatore
Besides he is also a keen athlete and a long distance runner. He won several medals in athletics
18 Sa Kannan TN 7 1.SarveshAadityaa R,2.Abi A,3.Aakash G,4.Ryan at various stages of his career. But he always cherishes his Gold Medal performance in 3000 Meter
19 Manigandan S S TN 7 Priyank S, 5.Kishor Kumar G Steeplechase in Air Force. He follows all the sporting activities keenly and likes to play Cricket, Foot-
20 Balaguru T PON 7 Under 12 Boys ball and Badminton. He is also an avid reader and keen writer in social Medias.
21 Syed Anwar Shazuli ICF 6½ 1.AyushhRavikumar,2.Naveen K,3.Shanmugapri-
List of tournaments officiated
22 Vinodh Kumar B. PON 6½ yan C,4.ManikandaPrabhu B V, 5.AdithyaSekar Dy.Chief Arbiter 14th Delhi International Open 2016 Feb16
23 Shreyas M TNC 6½ Under 12 - Boys Coimbatore Chief Arbiter All India Open Rapid and Blitz FIDE Rating Dec15
24 Sathiyanarayanan R V TN 6½ 1.Nirmal L,2.Harshad S,3.Muralishankar J T,4. Chief Arbiter PCPF Under 1800 FIDE Rated Chess tmt Sep15
25 Yutesh P TN 6½ Dy.Chief Arbiter Commonwealth Chess Championship 2015 Aug15
AlagiriSriram B, 5.Nishanth K Chief Arbiter National Under - 07 Open/Girls 2014 Oct14
Category Prizes Under 15 - Boys Arbiter Arbiter Chess Olympiad 2014 Women Sep14
Under 9 Girls 1.Mohamed Anees M,2.Rahul Bharadwaj B,3. Chief Arbiter National Under-25 Nov13
Prize Name Club Pts Chief Arbiter 2nd ACE FIDE Rated below 2000 Nov13
AadhisanBalakrishnan,4.Siddharth M,5.Rishi R0
Dy.Chief Arbiter National Under - 11 Open Oct13
1 PasapulaTejaSree AP 4½ Under 15 - Boys Coimbatore Dy.Chief Arbiter National Under-11Girls Oct13
2 Mridulashree R TN 4 1.Sanjay Saravanan,2.Adithyan G,3.Abhishek Dy.Chief Arbiter Asian Schools Chess Championships Feb13
3 Harshavardhini M.S. PON 4 S,4.Sumesh K, 5.YugeshMaitreyan S Chief Arbiter 1st International GM Round Robin Tmt. Feb13
Dy.Chief Arbiter Delhi Open - 2013 Feb13
Under 9 Girls - Coimbatore Under 21 - Boys Dy.Chief Arbiter 8th Asian Schools Chess Championship Jan13
1 Tejaswi R TNC 4½ 1.Sathish Chandra G,2.Sandeep Santhosh,3. Dy.Chief Arbiter World Youth Chess Championship 2012 Dec12
2 Vasanthi S TNC 4 Subramanian R M4.Guru Prasath P Chief Arbiter National Women Challenger Oct12
3 Tanushree V P TNC 3 Chief Arbiter Rajiv Gandhi All India Open Jul12
5.Vignesh Srinivasan Chief Arbiter National Challenger Jul12
Under 12 Girls Under 21 - Boys Coimbatore Dy.Chief Arbiter World Youth Championship - U 16 Girls Jan12
1 DivyabharathiMasanam TN 6 1.Narendran V,2.ThangaManickam M, Dy.Chief Arbiter 07 Asian Schools Championship 15 Girls Jan12
2 Darsana M S TN 6 Dy.Chief Arbiter National Under - 13 Boys Nov11
3.AjithkumarMurugan 4.Satheesh Kumar G,
Dy.Chief Arbiter National Under - 13 Girls Nov11
3 Shreya R TN 3 5.Magesh M Chief Arbiter National Under 07 Boys Sep11
Under 12 Girls Coimbatore Chief Arbiter National Under 07 Girls Sep11
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Asian Nations Cup Rapid and Blitz, Abu Dhabi 2nd Adra Fide Open International Rating Chess Tournament 2016,Purulia
Thejkumar wins at ADRA
by IA Debasish Barua, Chief Arbiter
The 2nd ADRA FIDE Open International Rat- IM M.S. Thejkumar Railways became the
ing Chess Tournament held at Railway Of- Champion with 7.5 points with better tie
ficers’ Club, Adra, Purulia, (W.B.) from 16th break and bagged Rs. 200000/-, while IM
to 20th March was successfully conducted Himul Gussain of Chandigarh and Mehar,
by the Rly. Authorities with 221 players out Chinna Reddy C.H. of AP secured 2nd &
of which 181 fide rated players along with 3rd place and richer by Rs. 100000/- & Rs.
3 GMs ,12 IMs. Latest GM Diptayan Ghosh 50000/- respectively. In the final round IM
also participated in the tournament as the Thejkumar beat IM Rahul Sangma and se-
top seeded. The top seed is IM Diptayan cured the Championship Title.
Ghosh with ELO 2552 and 2nd. Seed GM
Deepan Chakkravarthy of TN with ELO 2488. No dispute, argument arose during the
In the inauguration ceremony DRM Mr. An- tournament. AICF & FIDE guide lines were
shul Gupta, S.E .Rly, declared the Chess strictly followed in the tournament hall. The
Tournament Open by making first move on tournament was played in 9 round swiss
the chess board, IM Atanu Lahiri, Secretary, league format. In the prize distribution cer-
BCA, Shri Harish Chander, ADRM/S.E.Rly/ emony Shri A.K. Goel, GM, S.E. Rly as Chief
ADRA and Shri A.K. Chourasia, Sports Offi- Guest , Mr. Harish Chander, ADRM, SE Rly,
The Indian men team, which won bronze medals in both the rapid and blitz, in action cer, SERSA, Adra, Vinod Kumar, Org. Secy. Mr. A.K. Chourasia, Sports Officer, SERSA,
& Sr. DEN(Co)/Adra and other distinguished Adra, Mr. Vinod Kumar, Org. Secretary
personalities were present on the dais and Shri Anshul Gupta, DRM, SE Rly,Adra
were present. A total prize money of Rs.
The tournament has taken place very re- 6,00,000/- was distributed amongst the
mote district of West Bengal. The organizers Prize Winners.
tried their best to providing all amenities to Final standings:
the participants. The tournament hall was Rk Name Pts
air conditioned and very spacious with suf- 1 IM Thejkumar M. S. 7½
ficient toilet facilities .The all players were 2 Gusain Himal 7½
feel comfort to play in such environment. 3 Mehar, Chinna Reddy CH 7½
The organizers arranged to serve tea to all 4 IM Ghosh Diptayan 7
participants.The organizers also provided 5 IM Ravi Teja S. 7
tea, snacks, lunch & dinner against minimum 6 IM Nitin S. 7
charges to all the participants and guardians. 7 IM Palit Somak 7
8 IM Himanshu Sharma 7
Upsets started right from 2nd round game 9 IM Karthikeyan P. 7
when IM M.S. Thejkumar lost to local kid 10 Chattarjee Laltu 6½
Sambit Panda (Elo Rating 1715) and on 3rd 11 Yohan J. 6½
board Arpita Mukherjee drew with IM K. 12 FM Vinoth Kumar M. 6½
The Indian women team which won bronze medal in the rapid in action Ratnakaran. At the end of the final round 13 IM Sangma Rahul 6½
photo courtesy: chessbase India
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14 FM Joshi Pankaj 6½ 57 B Niladri Shekhar 5½ 100 Samal Ansuman 4½ 143 Sunil Kumar Ray 4
15 GM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 6½ 58 Rajarshi Dutta 5½ 101 Mahitosh Dey 4½ 144 Pracheta Agarwal 4
16 Lokesh N. 6½ 59 Rajesh Kumar 5½ 102 Tuhin Dutta 4½ 145 Pratyay Chowdhury 4
17 IM Rathnakaran K. 6½ 60 Soumma Chakraborty 5½ 103 Pranav Ram Hariharan 4½ 146 Binod Kumar Saw 4
18 CM Aronyak Ghosh 6½ 61 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 5½ 104 Ajit Kumar Saw 4½ 147 Mangaldeep Mitra 4
19 Abhishek Das 6½ 62 Arpan Das 5½ 105 Hiran Banerjee 4½ 148 Prasad Kaustav 4
20 Debarshi Mukherjee 6½ 63 Ambarish Sharma 5 106 Swapnil Sen 4½ 149 Susovan Chowdhury 4
21 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R 6½ 64 Barun Paul 5 107 Manish Kumar 4½ 150 Mukherjee R K 4
22 GM Laxman R.R. 6 65 Patra Subhendu Kumar 5 108 Shubham Shukla 4½ 151 Anuj Kumar Paswan 4
23 Surendran N 6 66 Satyanarayan U 5 109 Tapan Kumar Dey 4½ 152 Rushil Kumar Alluri 4
24 Ritam Nag 6 67 Raja Bose 5 110 Prasun Kumar Nath 4½ 153 Soumya Das 4
25 Vigneshwaran S 6 68 Panda Raj Santosh 5 111 Ankit Kumar Singh 4½ 154 Rajarshi Mandal 4
26 Sayantan Das 6 69 Chakravarthi S.V.C. 5 112 Awasthi Balgovind 4½ 155 Prem Kumar 3½
27 FM Srinath Rao S.V. 6 70 Rupam Mukherjee 5 113 Chandrikapure S P 4½ 156 Subhabrata Roy 3½
28 Neelash Saha 6 71 Atul Bihari Sharan 5 114 Didwania Vishal 4½ 157 Subramanian, T.V. 3½
29 IM Das Sayantan 6 72 Patil T S 5 115 Vatsal Singhania 4½ 158 Mohammed Salih Pk 3½
30 CM Aditya Mittal 6 73 Subhayan Kundu 5 116 Bristy Mukherjee 4½ 159 Mithilesh K Balagopalan 3½
31 Srinivasa Rao G.V. 6 74 Kaustuv Kundu 5 117 Sonkalan Bharati 4½ 160 Dhritabrata Kundu 3½
32 Srijit Paul 6 75 Haldar Ajoy 5 118 Arya Bhakta 4½ 161 Subhadip Seth 3½
33 Baivab Mishra 6 76 Panda Sambit 5 119 Singh Vimlesh Kumar 4½ 162 Abhijit Roy 3½
34 Vijay Anand M. 6 77 Mohan Kumar 5 120 Mehendi Sil 4½ 163 Md. Shabbir Ali 3½
35 Saravana Krishnan P. 6 78 Kaushik Shubham 5 121 Souhardo Basak 4½ 164 Sudipta Chakraborty 3½
36 Hemant Sharma (del) 6 79 Anshul Nigam 5 122 Mukherjee Sanchit 4½ 165 Susovan Dey 3½
37 Arijit Mukherjee 6 80 Sourath Biswas 5 123 Aayush Bhattacherjee 4½ 166 Swapneel Gupta 3½
38 Arka Sengupta 6 81 Ghosh Samriddhaa 5 124 Pramit Chanda 4½ 167 Prateeti Gorai 3½
39 Koustav Chatterjee 5½ 82 Saranya Y 5 125 Bidisha Roy 4 168 Abhirup Das 3½
40 Nayak Rajesh 5½ 83 Suvradeepta Das 5 126 Pranay Rajak 4 169 Vikram Singh 3½
41 WFM Arpita Mukherjee 5½ 84 Bharat Singh 5 127 Padhi Kamal Lochan 4 170 Pranjal Sarkar 3½
42 Singh Soram Rahul 5½ 85 Shyamashree Sarkar 5 128 Amaranjay Kumar Dubey 4 171 Dr. Surai Saren 3½
43 Sanket Chakravarty 5½ 86 Anandha Venkatesan 5 129 Ranapratap De 4 172 Debdeep Mahapatra 3½
44 Sayantan Chandra 5½ 87 Nilesh Jindal 5 130 Ayantika Das 4 173 Nihar Ranjan Banerjee 3
45 Manish Kumar (2006) 5½ 88 Soumyajit Das 5 131 Soumajit Kundu 4 174 Ajay Kumar Chaudhuri 3
46 Sounak De (1) 5½ 89 Anirban Basu 5 132 Krishna M K Ramanatha 4 175 Dinabandhu Rakshit 3
47 Ankit Kumar Singh 5½ 90 Shuvam Roy 5 131 Anish Rooj 4 176 Dibakar Das 3
48 Mukherjee S.K. 5½ 91 Avijit Das 5 134 Nitin 4 177 Raj Kumar Soni 3
49 Sammed Jaykumar Shete 5½ 92 Agarwal Rahul 5 135 Ankit Chatterjee 4 178 Abhishek Roy Soni 3
50 Prasannaa.S 5½ 93 Jha R N 5 136 Sudhir Vanarase 4 179 Akash S 3
51 IM Suvrajit Saha 5½ 94 Arpan Das (jr) 5 137 Haleshwarayya H.M. 4 180 Mukul Ch Giri 3
52 Saptorshi Gupta 5½ 95 Kumari Rama 5 138 Mortuz Ali 4 181 Shijil K 3
53 Basu Suman 5½ 96 Sumit Roy 5 139 Subba Raju S. 4 182 Siddhartha Dhibar 3
54 Biswajit Chatterjee 5½ 97 Das Susobhit 5 140 Soham Dey 4 183 Sneha Verma 3
55 Subramanian, V 5½ 98 Natarajan C 5 141 Samip Roy 4 184 Archit Mittal 3
56 Cheela Naga Sampath 5½ 99 Debankan Dhara 5 142 Verma Sanjay 4 185 Pathik Dhibar 3
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23 Panesar Vedant 7 66 Arnav Tiwari 6
Delhi Chess Association Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament , Delhi
24 Sachin Malik 7 67 Arpan Das (jr) 6
Balasubramanian wins title 25
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Nasir Ali Syed
Anchit Vyas
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Bartakke Amardeep S.
Benjamin Varghees Issac
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27 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M 7 70 Dixit Nikhil 6
The Delhi Chess Association Open FIDE Rated egory 1999-1600 and rating category bellow 28 Boricha Ketan 7 71 Sameer Ghotane 6
Chess Tournament-2016 was conducted by 1599 (including unrated) respectively. Van- 29 Soham Datar 6½ 72 Sandeep Chitkara 6
Delhi Chess Association at prestigious Jawa- tika Agrawal of Delhi became the best female 30 FM Gajwa Ankit 6½ 73 Subramanian V 6
harlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi from 27-31 player of the event while Surajbhan Singh 31 IM Sharma Dinesh K. 6½ 74 Patel Vivek 6
Mar 2016. The event attracted a total number Chandel became the best unrated player. 32 Mehta Jwalin 6½ 75 Anshul Kaushik 6
of 560 players including 449 internationally 33 Avijit Das 6½ 76 Doshi Moksh Amitbhai 6
rated players from six federations. The event At a colorful prize distribution ceremony on 34 Arjun Adappa 6½ 77 Aryan Ranjan 6
was spread over five days and has 09 rounds 31 Mar 16 at 4:30 Pm, Mr Bharat Singh 35 Ritwan Sauntra 6½ 78 Rahul Ubadhyay 6
with a time control of 90 minutes and 30 Chouhan CEO AICF, Mr Nasir Ali Syed, former 36 Mraduhas Tripathi 6½ 79 Rohan Bharat Joshi 6
seconds increment from move 1. The total National Champion, Mr AK Verma Hony Sec 37 Nikhil M 6½ 80 Prem Anantha Rajan V. 6
prize fund of the event was Rs. 10,00,000/-. Delhi Chess Association and MS Gopa Kumar, 38 Nishant Malhotra 6½ 81 Tamhankar Viraj 6
reputed International Arbiter, gave away the 39 Vakil Akhtara 6½ 82 Sonkalan Bharati 6
There was no formal opening ceremony for prizes to the winners. 40 Krishnater Kushager 6½ 83 Gavi Siddayya 6
the event. The players turned to action mode 41 Singh Jagpreet 6½ 84 Pranav V 6
exactly at 10:00 am on 27 Mar 16 as per the Final standings: 42 Abhinav Gola 6½ 85 Kuldeep Kashyap 6
schedule.The tournament was played under Rk Name Pts 43 Srikanth K. 6½ 86 Nagare Akhilesh 6
Swiss System and Chandigarh youngster Hi- 1 IM R Balasubramaniam 8 44 Jain Naveen 6½ 87 Samdani Sahil Sagar 6
mal Gusain started as top seed and the entire 2 Gusain Himal 8 45 Kamdar Udit 6½ 88 Ruban Sanjay M 6
tournament saw lots of ups and downs and 3 IM Krishna C R G 8 46 Prithu Gupta 6½ 89 Sharma Pankaj 6
provided much excitement till the end. 4 IM Rajesh V A V 7½ 47 Chitaranjan Taorem 6½ 90 Adarsh Tripathi 6
5 IM Himanshu Sharma 7½ 48 Devansh Ratti 6½ 91 Rahul Bharadwaj B 6
The tournament saw surge of Shailesh Dravid 6 GM Laxman R.R. 7½ 49 Tarun V Kanth 6½ 92 Harshit Arya 6
of Maharastra who registered 7 consecutive 7 IM Sangma Rahul 7½ 50 Deshpande Abhishek 6½ 93 Aditya Guhagarkar 6
victories but lost IM CRG Krishna in 8th round 8 IM Akshat Khamparia 7½ 51 Surendran N 6½ 94 Dileep Kumar R 6
which helped players like IM R Balasubra- 9 Arjun Kalyan 7½ 52 Alok Sinha 6½ 95 Om Vinay Vitalkar 6
maniam, IM VAV Rajesh and Top seed Himal 10 Joshi Govind Ballabh 7 53 Shyam Sundar T. 6½ 96 Utsab Chatterjee 6
Gusain to catch up Dravid. At the end in a 11 Shailesh Dravid 7 54 Senthil Kumaran T.H. 6½ 97 Bhanot Stuti 6
dramatic final round Himal Gusain defeated 12 Prasannaa.S 7 55 Bhogal Rupesh 6½ 98 Rajesh Kumar Nath 6
Shailesh Dravid while CRG Krishna and R 13 IM Kathmale Sameer 7 56 Ramesh Kumar N 6½ 99 Souradip Deb 6
Balasubrahamaniam overcame Sameer Kath- 14 Debarshi Mukherjee 7 57 Sudipta Chakraborty 6½ 100 Ayush Bhai Mehta 6
male, Gajwa Ankit respectively to make a 15 Awadh Chaitanya 7 58 Akshay Anand 6 101 Ameya Abhay Shrivastava 6
three way tie at pole position. Better Buchholz 16 Avdhoot Lendhe 7 59 Swarnamala B 6 102 Ghumman Shumsheer 6
holes tiebreak helped IM R Balasubrahama-
17 Dhananjay 7 60 Vardan Nagpal 6 103 Ranjan Rakesh 6
niam to clinch the title while Himal Gusain 104 Tajane Ganesh 6
18 Jha Shatrughan 7 61 Mohamed Anees M 6
and CRG Krishana finished first and second 105 Shanya Mishra 6
19 Lokesh N. 7 62 Ayush Garg 6
runner-up respectively. 106 Pinak 6
20 Ankan Roy 7 63 Vigneshwaran S 6 107 Varma Vikrant 6
21 Sanjeet Manohar 7 64 Ayush Pattanaik 6 108 Gagan Chitkara 6
Awadh Chaitanya of MP and Sudipta Chakar-
22 Vantika Agrawal 7 65 Vinodh Kumar B. 6 109 Deepak Rai 6
borty of WB finished best among rating cat-

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110 Raghav H S 6 153 Tanya Pandey 5½
111 Vaishant Kumar Gangwani 6
6th Bhubaneswar All India Fide Rating (B 1600) Chess Tournament 2016….
154 Tarun Kanyamarala 5½
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Kadav Omkar
Sinha Santosh Kumar
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Sudharsan Gurukrishnan
Kaur Palkin
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Padhi Jyoti Ranjan wins title
114 Aan Sikka 5½ by Nihar Ranjan Sasmal, IA, Chief Arbiter
157 Thakur Ankur Singh 5½
115 Saumil Nair 5½
158 Sachinder 5½ 6th Bhubaneswar All India Fide Rating ing that period. Tournament was smoothly
116 CM Mendonca Leon Luke 5½
159 Ayush Srivastava 5½ (B1600) Chess Tournament- 2016 was conducted by Chief Arbiter IA Nihar Ranjan
117 Sanchit Anand 5½
160 Sarvesh Kumar A 5½ inaugurated by the Members of All Odi- Sasmal and deputy FA Tapas Mohanty. This
118 Unas K.A. 5½
161 Mehak Jain 5½ sha Chess Association and the members of Tournament was more beneficial to the local
119 Niklesh Kumar Jain 5½
162 Satyam Prakash 5½ Khordha District Chess Association on 21st players of U6, 7 & 8 group where most of
120 Herschelle Gupta 5½ Mar’2016 at Hotel Empires, Saheed Nagar,
121 Parikh Kairav 5½
163 Sandeep Kumar 5½ them got their 1st International Rating from
164 J M Baisakh 5½ Bhubaneswar, Odisha. this tournament.
122 Kaushik Shubham 5½
165 Subash Mathivanan 5½
123 Jaspreet Singh 5½ For Hotel Empires, Bhubaneswar this tourna-
166 Mahitosh Dey 5½ The Chief Guest of the Prize Distribution
124 Akshay Madhusoodhanan 5½ ment was 6th consecutive one. Before this
167 Ananmay Sharma 5½ ceremony was Lt.Commander Mr. Biswajit
125 Lokesh Hans 5½ they have already organized five tourna-
168 Khanna Aman 5 Nayak, Regional Manager, Facilities, Infosys
126 WCM Isha Sharma 5½ ments in a row for the chess lovers in and
169 Bhat Siddharth K 5 Technologies Ltd, Bhubaneswar Region with
127 Dilip Das 5½ around the Country. Khordha District Chess
170 Aasha C R 5 Mr. Subhasis Patnaik, Secy, Khordha District
128 Nair Sanjeev 5½ Association has organized many Open
171 Heikrujam Jacky Singh 5 Chess Association who gave away the prizes
129 Dubey Sanchay 5½ and below rating tournaments so far in the
172 Chauhan Ashvinkumar 5 to all the winners.
130 Thaga Sheriff M 5½ Temple City of Bhubaneswar. This Rating
173 Sibi Visal R 5
131 Ajay Karthikeyan 5½ event was conducted under the AICF Event
174 Sanjay Chhabra 5 Also I express my sincere thanks to the
132 Umashankar A 5½ code 128308/ODI/2016 and was recognized
175 Sharma Avinash 5 organizing body ie Khordha District Chess
133 Saket Kumar 5½ by AICF and FIDE. A total no of 278 players Association and AOCA for giving me an op-
176 CM Mullick Raahil 5
134 Rakshitta Ravi 5½ from 14 different States of India took part portunity to undertake the responsibility as
177 Abhay Bandewar 5
135 Anshuman Singh 5½ in this event. Where 189 players were rated a Chief Arbiter for this event.
178 Kumar Sanu 5
136 Samip Roy 5½ and the rest 89 players were unrated. Total
179 Anuj Shrivatri 5
137 Arjun C Krishnamachari 5½ 8 rounds was played with 60min 30sec incre- Final ranking:
180 Batham Avinash 5
138 Nitin Shankar Madhu 5½ ment during the play. Rk Name Club Pts
181 Sourath Biswas 5
139 Sushrutha Reddy 5½ 1 Padhi Jyoti Ranjan ODI 7
182 Aditya P Melani 5
140 Rajeev V M 5½ Top Elo Rated player of the event was Behera 2 Binu Sebastian TN 7
183 Surajbhansingh Chandel 5 Subhadarshan(Odisha) with a Elo rating of
141 Om Batra 5½ 3 Sai Raj Gopal K AP 7
184 Aaryan Varshney 5 1564, but a low rated player Padhi Jyoti Ran-
142 Pankaj Sindhu 5½ 4 Aryamann Sain WB 6½
185 Shah Jeet 5 jan, Odisha with a rating of 1367, secured
143 Choubey Saurabh 5½ 5 Jayachandra
186 S. Jeevanandam 5 the 1st Position and clinched the Champi-
144 Vamsi Krishna R 5½ Srinivas Vellanki TN 6½
187 Shyam Prasad Reddy K 5 onship Title of 6th Bhubaneswar B-1600
145 Sanjay Sinha 5½ 6 Subhankar Das WB 6½
188 Jegatha B 5 edition. Also he was awarded with a Cash
146 Thrish Karthik 5½ 7 Gaikwad Vishal MAH 6½
189 Sathyanarayanan S. 5 Prize of Rs.20,000/- along with Champions
147 CM Dev Shah 5½ 8 Pragadesh P TN 6½
190 Anirban Basu 5 Trophy. He scored 7 points out of 8 rounds.
148 Arjun Singh Puri 5½ 9 Samir Kumar Saha WB 6½
191 Rohan Kailash 5 Binu Sebastian(TN) became the 1st Runner
149 Ayan Banerjee 5½ 10 Debata Sarthak ODI 6½
192 Jaskeerat Singh 5 up with a cash prize of Rs.15000/- with a
150 Kanwal Om Prakash 5½ 11 Routray Priyanka ODI 6
193 Rishabh Jain 5 Runner Up trophy. Total prize money was
151 Arbind Kumar Singh 5½ 12 Mohanty Aditya Anurakta ODI 6
194 Levanshu Khullar 5 Rs.200,000/- with no of cash prizes was 80.
152 Deota Snehil S 5½ 13 Diya Chowdhury WB 6
195 Rajagopalan 5 Not a single protest/claim was there dur-

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14 Ranjith Kaliyarasan PON 6 57 Mishra Rupal ODI 5 100 Madhurya M AP 4½ 143 Chitrabhanu Mukherjee WB 4
15 Das Jitendra Kumar ODI 6 58 Sahithi Varshini M AP 5 101 Halkude Nagnath MAH 4½ 144 Dawood.K TN 4
16 Patnaik Shreyash Subham ODI 6 59 Rajbeer Ahmed TRI 5 102 Sachin Kumar UP 4½ 145 Aniket Saha WB 4
17 Jha Kishor MAH 6 60 Lokesh Kumar JHA 5 103 Mohanty Anupam ODI 4½ 146 Behera Sthita Prajna ODI 4
18 Rath Manoranjan ODI 6 61 Ashim Banerjee WB 5 104 Singh Nikita ODI 4½ 147 Mohanty Sujyot ODI 4
19 Goutam Nag WB 6 62 Sahu Biswajit ODI 5 105 Abhra Baran Kar WB 4½ 148 Soumik Biswas ODI 4
20 D.N. Mallick WB 6 63 Sangam Kumar Singh BIH 5 106 Kalyani B AP 4½ 149 Ananya Mishra ODI 4
21 Pattnaik Bishal ODI 6 64 Sidharth Balaji Sridharan TN 5 107 Raval D Tribhovandas MAH 4½ 150 Samantaray Biswanath ODI 4
22 Sahoo Ankita ODI 6 65 Routray Chiranjeeb WCM ODI 5 108 Chinnam Vyshnavi AP 4½ 151 Sankar Bhattacharya WB 4
23 Animith Srimani WB 6 66 Harshit Ranjan Sahu ODI 5 109 Mohanty Soyamsree ODI 4½ 152 Pritam Panda MAH 4
24 Pratish Raj JHA 6 67 Srijita Sarkar WB 5 110 Samal Aditya Ranjan ODI 4½ 153 Sanjay Srinivasan R TN 4
25 Samantaray Aryan Arnav ODI 6 68 Bargava Narasimhan S TN 5 111 Pratyusha Priyadarshini ODI 4½ 154 Manaswini Maheshweram AP 4
26 Abhinav Chandra Kodali AP 6 69 Manoj Kumar Sharma JHA 5 112 Rajesh Kumar Mishra JHA 4½ 155 Patel Shlok K GUJ 4
27 Karmakar Ramen ODI 6 70 Chandan Chakraborty WB 5 113 Annyatoma Das WB 4½ 156 Ramachandra Reddy T AP 4
28 Rajinikanth G AP 5½ 71 Wairagade Khush MAH 5 114 Mohanty Abhigyan ODI 4½ 157 Anoop Edward CHT 4
29 Unnikrishnan T KER 5½ 72 Amitesh Kumar Sinha KAR 5 115 Sathwika N AP 4½ 158 Aditya Bose WB 4
30 Bhoopnath BIH 5½ 73 Vaneshwar Rao K.V. AP 5 116 Panda Miracle ODI 4½ 159 Jena Suhana ODI 3½
31 Saketh B AP 5½ 74 Sahoo Sushant Kumar ODI 5 117 Krishan Kant Sharma ODI 4½ 160 Sahu Bibek Kumar ODI 3½
32 Sai Nikhil Y AP 5½ 75 Vinay R Jumani TN 5 118 Singh Ankita ODI 4½ 161 Agnish Ray WB 3½
33 Alekhya B AP 5½ 76 Mallick Ranjan ODI 5 119 Sarthak Singh Parihar MP 4½ 162 Raghavendra Kumar Shukla UP 3½
34 Tohin Kumar Halder CHT 5½ 77 Pradhan Ashok Kumar ODI 5 120 Ananya Anamika ODI 4½ 163 Arjun Vasudevan TN 3½
35 Jayant Sai AP 5½ 78 Chintada Lakshmi Gayathri AP 5 121 Viswas Dinesh AP 4 164 Navya Krishna G TEL 3½
36 Suhas Reddy M AP 5½ 79 Mahajan Akash MAH 5 122 Gouravkumar Nanwani MAH 4 165 Aritra Ganguly WB 3½
37 Srikanta Mondal WB 5½ 80 Patro Yasoman ODI 5 123 Sahoo Soumya Prakash ODI 4 166 Ramakrishna A AP 3½
38 Siba Prasad Panda ODI 5½ 81 Praneeth R AP 5 124 Samal (2005) Ansuman ODI 4 167 Aritrya Pal WB 3½
39 Vinay Khobragade MAH 5½ 82 Pattnaik Ashis ODI 5 125 Mahendra Teja Mekala AP 4 168 Prerak Darvekar MAH 3½
40 Kalur Nikhil AP 5½ 83 Mishra Siddharth ODI 4½ 126 Kagitha Jahnavi AP 4 169 Saikat Paul WB 3½
41 Das Bhola Nath ODI 5½ 84 Saheli Mondal WB 4½ 127 Mahamuni Yogesh MAH 4 170 Imran M D JHA 3½
42 Aanandha Kumar M S TN 5½ 85 Arjun Sidharth S PON 4½ 128 Panigrahi Shyam MAH 4 171 Mallick Saswat ODI 3½
43 Ayan Pal WB 5½ 86 Hota Sampanna ODI 4½ 129 Babhi Jyoti Prakash ODI 4 172 Sriansh Das ODI 3½
44 Subba Rao D.V. AP 5½ 87 Ankan Saha WB 4½ 130 Mohapatra Pratyush ODI 4 173 Dipak Kumar Bhoi (blind) ODI 3½
45 Vibhash Kumar Sinha BIH 5 88 Akshath Sinha WB 4½ 131 Vijayakumar S TN 4 174 Tapas Behera ODI 3½
46 Rishabh Gulati CHT 5 89 Anand K AP 4½ 132 Rowdrick Saha Talukdar WB 4 175 Suryansu Das ODI 3½
47 Satvik V TN 5 90 Dharanidhar S. ODI 4½ 133 Indrajeet Kumar BIH 4 176 Sradha Suman Jena ODI 3½
48 Suryapranjal Indrajeet S P ODI 5 91 Sai Divya M AP 4½ 134 Koustuv Dash ODI 4 177 Aditya Chatterjee CHT 3½
49 Priansh Das ODI 5 92 Priyansh Sahu ODI 4½ 135 Avaneesh Gupta D C S AP 4 178 Aarav Lakhani MAH 3½
50 Aritra Sau WB 5 93 Aniket Mondal WB 4½ 136 Nilesh Dashrath Bande MAH 4 179 Rudradev Sankhual ODI 3½
51 Khan Almas ODI 5 94 Padilam Yeshwant ODI 4½ 137 Anwesha Saha WB 4 180 Kuanr Asit Kumar ODI 3½
52 Abhisek Nayak ODI 5 95 Krishna M K Ramanatha AP 4½ 138 Aagam Aditya E PON 4 181 Aarav Dengla MAH 3½
53 Kabhilan S TN 5 96 Sahoo Biswanath ODI 4½ 139 Anil Bhoi ODI 4 182 Sankha Subhra Chakraborty WB 3½
54 Mithu Pandey JHA 5 97 Pardeshi Vivek RAJ 4½ 140 Subbarao T V AP 4 183 Kulkarni Anandrao MAH 3½
55 Sahadeb Mondal WB 5 98 Mishra Maheshwar ODI 4½ 141 Dash Pramod ODI 4 184 Bharadwaj Rao D AP 3½
56 Soumyajit Das (jr) WB 5 99 Pati Spandan ODI 4½ 142 Yeswanth Bondalapati 4

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Sau Nirmala Vaze Memorial Rapid Rating Chess Tournament,Mulund 25 Saketh 6
67 Joshi Amit 5
68 Joglekar Abhijit 5
Pratik Mulay wins title 26
27
Panesar Vedant
Rohan Bharat Joshi
6
6
69 Soman Saharsha 5
by Vitthal Madhav 70 Pankaj Mahajan 5
28 Raees Ahmed A Q 6
71 Rajeevan Pranamya 5
29 Dere Pushkar 6
72 Tripathi Arun 5
which was resolved by buccholz system. Pra- 30 Shome Shiv 6
The All India Sau Nirmala Vaze Memorial 73 Patel Mayur 5
tik Mulay won the title followed by Sairaj Chit- 31 Shetty Abhinav Harish 6
Rapid Rating Chess Tournament which was 74 Saboo Shantanu 5
tal and IM Ramanathan Balasubramanium. 32 Singh Subodh Kumar 6
held on 12th and 13th March 2016 saw a 75 Bhat Avathanshu 5
33 Nakhawa Sahil 6
tremendous response of 340 players taking 76 Fulia Siddharth 5
The prize distribution was held at 7.30 pm 34 Vesave Govardhan 6
part in the tournament. The Tournament 77 Pulekar Nikhil 5
on 13th March. Dronacharya awardee Shri 35 Boricha Yohan 6
was conducted in A/c Hall of Maratha Mandir 78 Kunnekar Vanashri 5
Mulund E. Raghunandan Gokhale was the Chief Guest 36 Raghavan Muktesh 6
79 Panda Pritam 5
for the prize distribution function who dis- 37 Thakur Ameya 6
80 Mohapatra Samyak 5
IM Balasubramaniam from Tamilnadu was tributed the prizes 38 Neelam Kukreja 6
81 Karawade Atharva 5
the top seed for the tournament. However in 39 Vaidya Devedra 6
82 Gupta Anunay 5
the 4th Round He was held to a draw by Sa- Final standings: 40 Chavan Amey 5½
83 Ahirwar Sanjay 5
keth Pedagandham. At the end of 5 Rounds Sou Nirmala Vaze Mem.Ty 41 Mody Jainam 5½
84 Dabhie Pravin 5
only 6 players Viz, Pratik Mulay(ELO 1978), Rg. Name Pts 42 Deshpande Abhishek 5½
85 Vaval Aditi 5
Rohan Joshi (ELO 1789), Amardeep Bartakke 1 Kadav Omkar 8 43 Pawar Yashwant 5½
86 Alpesh Anam 4½
(ELO 2116), Atul Dahale(ELO 2066), Ketan 2 Bharambe Bhavik 8 44 A Sharadchandra Dalvi 5½
87 Patil Bhagyashree 4½
Patil (ELO 1726), and Sairaj Chittal (ELO 3 R.Balsubramaniam IM 8 45 Gada Vaarin 5½
88 Isha Pritam Inamdar 4½
1956) were leading with 5 points followed 4 Nair Sanjeev 7½ 46 Shegaonkar Akshay 5½
89 Gotalkar Aditya 4½
by 8 others on 4.5 points. 5 Ankur Mahesh Gokhale 7½ 47 Shintre Neel 5½
90 Patel Yuti 4½
6 Chandanani Girish 7 48 Singhania Om 5½
91 Rahul Mayur Sharma 4½
In the 6th Round Sairaj Chittal Shocked Ama- 7 Kochrekar Vishwesh 7 49 Butala Krish 5½
92 Moghe Parth 4½
rdeep to gain a lead along with Atul Dahale 8 Dahale Atul 7 50 Kambli Siddharth 5½
93 Gogate Yash 4½
and Pratik Mulay. In 7th Round Pratik Mulay 9 Rathod Gopal 7 51 Risbud Pratik 5½
94 Shivkumar Shyam 4½
defeated a higher seed Atul Dahale while on 10 Pawan Dodeja 7 52 Rohnit G Amin 5½
95 Shah Avi 4½
the 2nd board Girish Chanadani was defeated 11 Dhannawat Chakshu 7 53 Bhogal Rupesh 5½
96 Shelke Pratham 4½
by a lower rated Sairaj. Both Sairaj and Pra- 12 Ajinkya Pingale 7 54 Suraj Sanka 5½
97 Jain Kavya 4½
tik were leading with 7 points followed by IM 13 Boricha Ketan 6½ 55 Pradhan Jay 5
Ramanath Balasubramaniam on 6.5 points. 98 Kothari Swapnil 4
14 Bartakke Amardeep 6½ 56 Markanday Amol 5
99 Karra Abhinav 4
15 Chittal Sairaj 6½ 57 Bhuta Hriday 5
Although the difference between the lead- 100 Ashutosh Dhavale 4
16 Mehta Praful 6½ 58 Temkar Gaurav 5
ing players and the runner up was only 0.5 101 Bamboat Hrrehan 4
17 Ladhe Mohit 6½ 59 Jadhav Rahul 5
points both Sairaj and Pratik shared the point 102 Baidya Samarshi 4
18 Vikas R Sharma 6½ 60 shetty Vihan 5
to take their tally to 7.5 points. This allowed 103 Patel Kriti 4
19 Kadam Nikhil 6½ 61 Jha Kishor 5
IM Balasubramanian also to join the leaders 104 Kothari Shlok 4
20 Puri Meet 6½ 62 Kulkarni Saurabh 5
as he managed a comfortable win against 105 Choudki Khushi 4
21 Batham Avinash 6½ 63 Gupta Saurabh 5
Pawan Dodeja to take his tally to 7.5 points. 106 Bhagat Deepak 4
22 Mota Pankit 6 64 Gulam Gous 5
With all the 3 players agreeing for the draw 107 Mahajan Santosh 4
23 Khan Mobin 6 65 Kumtakar Deepak 5
in the last round there was a three-way tie 108 Ankit Raj 4
24 Patil Ketan 6 66 Gupta Vijay 5
109 Subramian Vijay 4

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Selected games from National Team Chess from p. 41
110 Nikam Akanksha 4 153 Lawani Sagar 3 42...e5 [If the Ra8 leaves the first rank
111 Rajlakshmi 4 154 Tamhane Ajay 3 for attack, he would lose quickly: 42...
112 Shaikh Irfan 4 155 Poojary Brijesh 3 Ra3? 43.Bf6! gxf6 44.Rxg8 Ng5 45.fxg5
113 Jadhav Manomay 4 156 Rath Adwait 3 Kxg8 46.gxf6+ Kf7 47.h6!+-; 42...Qa5
114 Gupta Sumeet 4 157 Bhanap Soham 3 43.d5! Qb4 (43...exd5 44.Qd4! and g7
115 Jagtap Arya 4 158 Gawde Prathmesh 3 crumbles.; or 43...cxd5 44.Qd4! again
116 C Shivalingam 4 159 Gade Anirudh 3 focuses on g7.) 44.dxc6 Ne5!? 45.Qe3
117 Sakpal Vinit 4 160 Siddarth Mahesh 3 (45.fxe5?? Qxh4#) 45...Nxf3+ 46.Qxf3
118 Baijpai Abhinivesh 4 161 Kurundodi Sarvambh 3 Be8 47.Be7! (47.Bf6 Ra7 and black has
119 Jain Swayam 4 162 Maindargikar Shardul 2½ chances of escape.) 47...Rc8 48.Bf6!+-]
120 Jain Divya 4 163 Kunte Soham 2½ 43.Bf2 [43.fxe5? Nxe5! 44.Qe3 Nxf3+
[In the current context the move f2-f3 is
121 Jojo K L 4 164 Sudeept Singh 2½ 45.Qxf3 Qxd4 and white's great advan-
purely defensive in character, defending
122 Warty Gayatri 4 165 Banerjee Aneeket 2½ tage has been vastly reduced.] 43...
e4 rather than heralding an attack with
123 Naik Sayuri 4 166 Kothari Stuti 2½ e4 44.Bxe4 fxe4 45.Qxe4+ Kh8
g2-g4. Nothing bad would happen to
124 Gothiwarekar Aditya 4 46.Qe7 Qxb3 [If 46...Be8 47.Rxg7
white if she captured the b6 pawn but in
125 Komut Agam 4 Puzzle of the month Rxg7 48.Qf8+ Kh7 49.Qxg7#] 47.Qxd7
all likelihood, white did not trust the re-
126 Waghela Dhairya Pankaj 3½ Rad8 [The best continuation in the
by C.G.S.Narayanan sulting position to be favourable to her-
127 Sawant Akshay 3½ circumstances. If 47...Qd5 48.Qxd5
self. Check the variation: 13.Qxb6 Qxb6
128 Hend Pravin 3½ Colour the pieces! cxd5 49.Rb1 Rgb8 50.Rg6 Ra2 51.Kg3
14.Bxb6 Nxe4 15.Bd4 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Ng6
129 Goyal Prakhar 3½ Kh7 52.Rb6!+-] 48.Qxc6 Rd5 49.Rg3
The puzzle presented below is the fourth 17.Rfd1=] 13...Ned7 14.Bf2 [White ap-
130 Chhabra Aakash 3½ Rxh5+ 50.Kg2 Qc2 [After 50...Qc2
of the series of originals with interesting pears to be playing cautiously, keen to
131 Shah Pratham 3½ 51.Qg6 Qxg6 52.Rxg6 Kh7 53.Rb6 White
and varied stipulations by Andrey Frolkin avoid an attack from black, and that is
132 Manjrekar Sandeep 3½ is clearly winning.; 1–0
in an online retro-solving contest held in exactly what transpires! Better was to
133 Jain Varun 3½ play the natural move here: 14.Rad1!
January 2016 for the web ‘SuperProblem’. Mohanty,Kiran Manisha (2165)
134 Todkar Pankaj 3½ bringing the rook slumbering at a1 to bear
Here you have to colour the pieces in the Rout,Padmini (2420) [A00]
135 Aniruddh Ramesh 3½ on the semi-open file in the centre.] 14...
diagram to obtain a legal position and also 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
136 Mota Khant 3½ Re8 15.Kh1? [This is taking 'caution' too
determine the last move made. Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6
137 Jaju Sarang 3 far! Again best was: 15.Rad1= ] 15...Rc8
Andrey Frolkin (Original) 8.Be2 b6 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Be3 Be7
138 Dixit Ujwal 3 With this, black has completed the mobili-
139 Dalvi Rahul 3 SuperProblem 04.01.2016 11.Na3? [With her c3 already occupied
zation of her attacking units and is ready
140 Demelo Caitano 3 by her other knight, white develops her
to explode into action. 16.Rad1 Diagram
141 Muni Bhavesh 3 Queen's knight at a3, an insignificant
142 Madhumithan S 3
square, from where it can get nowhere.
143 Bairagra Yash 3
More prudent was to follow the game
Zorica Nikolin (2212) vs Jelena Mlad-
144 Koyande Tuvyah 3
enovic (2019) Yug. W.Chp, 1999 went:
145 Jagdale Shashikant 3
11.f3 0–0 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.a3
146 Gade Kirtanya 3
Rac8 15.Nd2 Bf6 16.Rac1 Nc5 17.Qa2
147 Tushar Binwani 3
Bd4 18.Nf1 Bxe3+ 19.Nxe3 and white
148 Jadhav Santosh 3
won.] 11...Ne5 12.Qd4 [Also playable
149 Dhonde Niraj 3
was the aggressive: 12.f4 Ned7 13.Bf3
150 Rajpurkar Sakshi 3
Colour the pieces.Last move? Qc7 14.Rc1=] 12...0–0 13.f3 Diagram #
151 Parab Rohan 3
(solution on page 22) 16...d5!! 17.e5 [There are two white
152 Venkatraman Aditya 3

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alternatives here, both granting an ad- Bh5 9.Be3 Re8 10.0–0 Nd7 11.g4 Bg6 Ne6 [The attempt to prevent white from Kg7 33.f8Q+ Qxf8 34.Rxf8 Kxf8 35.Rf1
vantage to black: A 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nab1 12.Qd2= Bh4? 13.Kg2 (He misses 13.g5 0–0–0 is of little effect: 21...Bc6 22.e5 g4 36.a4 Kg7! 37.axb5 f2!–+]
Bc5 19.Qd2 dxe4 20.fxe4 Bxf2 21.Rxf2 trapping and devouring the bishop. But Ra8 23.c3± Black does not have enough
b5 22.Bf3 Ne5µ; and B: 17.exd5 exd5 later on he traps the queen itself!) 13... counter-play for his pawns.]22.0–0–0
18.Nab1 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Bc5 20.Qf4 b5 Qf6? 14.Nxh4 Qxh4 15.Bg5! Qxg5 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 fxe4 [Diagram #]
21.Bxc5 Rxc5³] 17...Bc5 18.Qf4 [White 16.Qxg5 1–0]8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Ne2 c5
loses her central pawn without a fight af- 10.Nf4 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7= 12.Qe2?! [This
ter: 18.Qd2 Nxe5 19.cxd5 Bxf2 20.Rxf2 is the moment to caslte king-side, the
exd5 21.Nc2µ] 18...Qc7! 19.cxd5? [This natural move here. This queen move indi-
opens up the full force of black's pieces cates that white has 0–0–0 in view.]12...
on the e5 pawn. Better was: 19.Bd4 Bxd4 b5 13.Qf2 Kh8 14.h4 Rc8 15.g4
20.Rxd4 Nxe5 21.cxd5 exd5 22.Qd2 b5
23.Re1 and white is still alive!] 19...exd5
20.Bh4?
27...hxg6 28.b4?! [From being two
pawns up with a terrific position only
24.Be5? [The critical moment in the five moves earlier, black is now one pawn
game. Better was: 24.fxe4 Qe8 25.Qg3 down and fighting for survival. This hap-
b4 26.h5 b3 27.Bb1 bxc2 28.Bxc2 Kg8 pens to the best of players! 28.Rhf1 and
White is winning.]24...exf3! 25.Qd4 28 Kb1 were better though black still
[Better was to hammer away at black's has the advantage.]28...Bf8 29.Qd2
pinned bishop in a different way: 25.Qa7 Qe7 30.h5! g5! [Black should not be
Rf7! 26.Rxd7 Bxg5+ 27.hxg5 Qxd7 avaricious: 30...Qxe5?? 31.hxg6+ Kg8
15...c4? [Anup Deshmukh is an incurable 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Rf1 Rd5 30.Bf4 Rcd8 32.gxf7+ Kxf7 33.Qxd7+ Be7 34.Rhe1+–
romantic who goes for the attack, how- 31.c3=]25...Rf7! [This witty move White is winning again!]
[After this move white is irretrievably lost. ever bizarre the effort may be. At 49, he defends g7 directly and the Bd7 indi- 31.Bc3 Kg8 32.Rhe1 Be6! [The best
She had probably missed in her calcula- still plays for a risky attack, regardless rectly!]26.g6! [The only way to resist move in the situation! Black willingly
tions that she loses her Be2 for nothing of consequences. It is personalities like black! Not 26.Qxd7?? Bxg5+! 27.hxg5 gets his bishop pinned, but moves it
at the end of the forced exchanges. More him who embellish the charm and fasci- Rxd7–+]26...Bc5= [The veteran finds out of the vulnerable d7 square where it
resistance was offered by: 20.Nc2 Bxf2 nation of the game of chess. Of course, exciting moves to stay afloat in this did nothing active.]33.Qf2 Ra8 34.Bb2
21.Rxf2 Nxe5 22.Kg1 b5 23.Qd2 Rcd8 the sacrifice is wrong. And of course, battle of wits.]27.Qc3 [Diagram #][A Ra6–+ 35.Re5 g4! 36.Kb1 [Preparing
24.Nd4µ] 20...Bxa3! 21.Bxf6 Nxf6! he wins!]16.g5 Ne8 17.Qxd4± Nc7 [Un- key factor in this game is the caged to capture the b5 pawn. Not the im-
22.bxa3 Qxc3! 23.exf6 Rxe2 White's fazed, black tosses away a second pawn, bishop on a2. Not only is he inactive, but mediate 36.Rxb5? c3 37.Bxe6 cxb2+
game has been clinically taken apart. 0–1 all for an all-out attack on the uncastled in some variations he also prevents his 38.Kxb2 Rxe6–+]36...Rf5! [Black is a
white king.]18.Qxa7! d5! [Black must own king from escaping mate! A very ex- pawn up in a good position. He therefore
Rathnakaran,K (2463) have depended a lot on this move which citing, and aggressive, alternative was: hastens to exchange pieces and simplify
Deshmukh,Anup (2225) [A00] could be dangerous for white who is yet 27.Qxc5! Rxc5 28.gxf7 Rxe5 29.Rxd7! the game.]37.Rde1 Rxe5 38.Rxe5 Qd7
36th National Team Ch. Bhubaneswar to castle.]19.Qf2 dxe4 20.dxe4 [If Qf6 30.Rhd1 Qf4+! (30...g5 31.Rd8+ [Now black is in total command.]39.Bc1
KIIT Law College, KIIT Univer, 2016 20.fxe4 cxd3 21.cxd3 Be6 22.Be3 Bxa2 Kg7 32.f8Q+ Qxf8 33.Rxf8 Kxf8 34.Rf1 Rd6 40.Qe3 [As black is threatening to
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 23.Rxa2 Ne6 24.Nd5 f5 25.gxf6 Bxf6 g4 35.a4 Compared with the other varia- invade his first rank, white should play
5.Nc3 0–0 6.a3 d6 7.Ba2 Nd4 [Dietmar and white would have to stay alive in tion where black gives 30...Qf4+, the 40.Re1 though it would not change the
Delmarko 1695 vs Christian Egger, Wat- a cut-throat middle-game to enjoy his king is on c1 instead of on the more outcome of the game.]40...Bf7 41.a4
tens Op, 1997 continued: 7...Bg4 8.h3 two-pawn advantage.] 20...f5! 21.Be3 remote b1 square.) 31.Kb1 g5! 32.Rd8+ Rd1 42.axb5 Qd6 43.Rc5 [If 43.c3 Qf6!

18 19
Black threatens f3–f2, winning.]43... the natural way to continue here. But
f2! 44.Qxf2 Qh6! [The final blow comes in hindsight, in view of the destruction
from a different direction.]45.Qxf7+ that white wreaks on h7, it was wiser to
[White's last hurrah! He cannot defend continue: 14...h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bxb3
his bishop on c1.]45...Kxf7 46.Bxc4+ cxb3 17.N1d2 d5 18.e5 Be7 19.Nxb3
Ke8 47.Re5+ Be70–1 Rc8 Black has lost a pawn but his two
Stany,G.A bishops, lack of positional weaknesses
Karthik,V. Ap and generally the freer game are some
36th National Team Ch. Bhubaneswar compensations.] 15.e5! dxe5 16.dxe5
KIIT Law College, KIIT Univer, 2016 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5
5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.a3 15.Rc1! Bd7 16.c5 Bc7 17.a4 g5 18.h3
Na5 9.Nbd2 c4 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.Rb1 [After 25.Rxe6+ Rxe6 26.Qxf5+ Kh6 [Or 18.Nb3 g4 19.c6 gxf3 20.cxd7 fxg2
0–0 12.Re1 Rae8 [Belani Marijan 2196 27.Qh3+ Kg6 (27...Kxg5 28.Qf5+ Kh6 21.Kxg2 Bxe5 22.Kh1 (22.Nc5 Bf4) 22...
vs Branko Filipovic 2446, Zagreb 2002 (28...Kh4 29.Ne4!) 29.Qh5#) 28.Qxe6+ Qxd7 23.Nc5 Qf7 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.f4
went 12...Nh5 13.Nf1 Nf4 14.Qe3 Ng6 Kxg5 29.Qf5+ Kh4 30.Ne4! mates,]1–0 Bb2 26.Rb1 Bc3 27.Nxe6 Qf5=]18...Qg7
1 5 . Q e 2 Ra e 8 1 6 . e 5 f 5 1 7 . e x f 6 g x f 6 19.Re1 h5 20.Nh2 Be8? [As bishops
18.Ng3 f5 19.Nh5 Qc6 20.Bf4 Nxf4 Satyapragyan,Swayangsu revel in open positions as compared to
21.Nxf4 Bd6 22.Nh5 Kh8 23.Rbd1 Qd5 Sundararajan,Kidambi knights it was best to open up the game
24.Nh4 Rg8 25.f3 Ref8 26.Ng3 Rxg3! with: 20...Bxe5! 21.c6 (21.Qxh5 Rac8
27.hxg3 Bxg3 28.Qe3 Bxh4 29.Qh6 36th National Team Ch. Bhubaneswar 22.Nhf3 Bb2 23.Rc2 Bf6³) 21...bxc6
apparently winning. 29...Rg8 30.Qxh4 KIIT Law College, KIIT Univer, 2016 22.bxc6 Be8 23.Nhf3 Bb2 24.Rc2
Rxg2+!! 0–1]13.Nf1 Nb3 [Diagram #] [Diagram # With his own rooks block- 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 g4]21.Ndf3 Rf4 [If 21...g4 22.hxg4 hxg4
ing his f8 a n d e 7 s q u a r e s a n d a b - 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.b4 Bb6 23.Nd4]22.Re3 [(The threat is 23 Nxg5
sence of a defensive knight on f6, 8.Bxh6 gxh6 9.b5 Ne7 10.Bd3 Ng6 Qxg5 24 Rg3+–)]22...h6 23.Nd4 Bf7
the black position is a rich candi- 11.0–0 0–0 12.Nbd2 [Evgeny Svesh- 24.c6 b6 25.Ndf3 g4 26.Ne1 Rf8=
date for the "Bxh7" sacrifice.]18. nikov 2555 vs Viktor Moskalenko 2555, [Not 26...Bxe5? 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Nd3
Bxh7+! Kxh7 19.Ng5+ Kh6 [It is Rostov-on-Don, 1993 went: 12.a4 f6 Qd4 29.Nxf4 Qxf4 30.hxg4±]27.hxg4
e a s y t o s e e t ha t if 1 9 ...K g8 2 0 . Qh 5 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qd3 Kg7 15.Nbd2 Bd7 hxg4 28.g3 Rb4 29.Ng2 h5?!
w i n s e f f o r t l e s s l y. ] 2 0 . Q g 4 N x e 5 [ I f 16.c4 fxe5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Bf5
2 0 ...R h8 2 1 .Q h4 + K g6 2 2 .Q x h8 Kxg 5 19.Qxe5+ Qf6 20.Rfe1 Black had two
( 2 2 . . . N xe 5 23.Qh7+ Kxg5 24.Qxg7+ bishops versus two knights and drew a
Ng6 25.h4+ Kxh4 (25...Kf5 26.Ne3+ pawn down ending in 46 moves.]12...
K f 4 2 7 . Q f 6 + Ke 4 2 8 . R b d 1 m a t e s . ) Qc7 [A double attack which forces white's
26.Qh6+ Kg4 27.Ne3#!) 23.Qxg7+ Kh5 next.]13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.c4 Qf7 [Diagram
[ T h e k n i g h t o c c u p i e s a ve r y a t t ra c- 24.Re3 mates.]21.Qh4+ Kg6 22.Ng3 #][Black would like white to capture cxd5
tive but totally ineffective outpost on [Threatening mate in two starting with so that his light square bishop could de-
b3. And it remains there till the very 23 Qh5+]22...Ree8 23.Rxe5! Rh8 [The velop unhindered. If 14...dxc4 15.Rc1
end of the game doing nothing. Bet- main defence. If 23...Qxe5 24.Qh5+ Kf6 Rf4 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Rxc4 Rxc4 18.Nxc4]
ter was: 13...b5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 d6 25.Nh7+ Ke7 26.Qxe5+–]24.Qg4 f5 [If
16.N1d2 a6 17.a4 Ra8 18.Ra1 with only 24...Qxe5 25.Nf3+ Kf6 26.Nxe5 Kxe5 [He wants to free his queen from the
a minimal advantage for white, border- 27.Rd1! threatening mate starting with defence of his g4 pawn. He can get an
ing on equality.] 14.Bg5 d6?! [This is 28 f4+]25.Rxe6+ excellent game with: 29...Bxe5! 30.c7
Rc8 31.Qe1 Bb2 32.Rc2 Rxa4]30.Nf4

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Rd8 31.Nf1 Re4 32.Nd3 [It is level af- International news
Paul Keres contribution to chess
ter: 32.Rxe4 dxe4 33.Qc2 Qxe5 34.Ne3
Rd4=]32...Bg6= 33.Nf4 Bf5 [Trying Paul Keres wrote a number of chess books, Asian Nations Cup, Abu Dhabi, UAE
including a well-regarded, deeply annotated
to improve the position of his bishop,
black misses the strong continuation:
collection of his best games, Grandmaster
of Chess ISBN 0-668-02645-6, The Art of
India wins Asian Nations Cup
33...Rxe3! 34.fxe3 Kf7] 34.Rxe4! dxe4 The 2016 Asian Nations Chess Cup is a team event for Asian chess federations taking place
the Middle Game (with Alexander Kotov)
35.Qb3 Qxe5 36.Ne3 ISBN 0-486-26154-9, and Practical Chess in Abu Dhabi, UAE from March 28 to April 5 at Hotel Novotel . The 9-round Swiss tourna-
Endings ISBN 0-7134-4210-7. All three ment featured teams of 4 players with 1 reserve, which included star players such as China's
books are still considered among the best of Wei Yi, Wang Yue and Bu Xianghzi. The winning team will represent Asia in the 2017 World
their kind for aspiring masters and experts. Team Championship.The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the
He also wrote several tournament books, rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
including an important account of the 1948
Teams score 2 match points for a win and 1 for a draw, with
World Championship Match Tournament. He
game points deciding the winner if match points are tied. The
authored several openings treatises, often
chief arbiter of this event was IA Bunawan Bong.
originally in the German language, as listed by
the Hungarian writer Egon Varnusz: Spanisch
bis Franzosisch, Dreispringer bis Konigsgambit India won the Asian Nations Cup beating Vietnam 3-1 in
ISBN 4871875431, and Vierspringer bis the final round on April 5. India finished splendidly well on
Spanisch. He contributed to the first volume, a high. GM S.P.Sethuraman and GM K.Sasikiran won on the
[Much stronger was: 36.Nxh5 Rd3 37.Qb4 second and fourth boards. GM B.Adhiban and GM Vidit San-
'C', of the first edition of the Yugoslav-
Bd6 38.Qc4 Rd4 39.Qc3 Bc7 40.Nf4 Kf7 published Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings tosh Gujrathi drew on top and third boards. India reached
41.Ne3 (the game is nearly won for white (ECO), which appeared in 1974, just before 17 points to win by a two point difference over World and
who has a protected passed pawn and two his death the next year. Keres also co-founded Olympiad champions China. Top seed China finished second
knights against two bishops in a blocked the Riga magazine Shakhmaty. with 15 points beating UAE 4-0. Kazakhstan and Iran took
position.) 36...Kf7 37.Rd1 Rxd1+ the third and fourth places. India drew Mongolia and beat
Keres made many important contributions to
38.Qxd1 Qd6 39.Qxd6 Bxd6 40.Nxh5 the rest of the teams in a 22-team nine round Swiss on four
opening theory. Perhaps best-known is the
Bh7 [Black's game has fallen apart. He Keres Attack against the Scheveningen Variation boards with one reserve. Team India
resigns without waiting for white to grab of the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4
his vital g4 pawn.]1–0 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4), which was This is the third time that India are win-
successfully introduced against Efim Bogolyubov ning this event. They won at Esfahan,
Solution to ‘Puzzle of the month’ on at Salzburg 1943, and today remains a topical Iran in 2005 and Kolkata 2009 previously
p.16. Last move was by white Nb5 to d4+ and important line. An original system on the when China did not participate on both
Black side of the Closed Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5
occasions. Therefore this victory over
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1
China is something which will be remem-
b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Nd7) was introduced by Keres at the
bered for long.Indian player scores: GM
1962 Candidates' tournament, and it had a B.Adhiban 6.5/9, GM S.P.Sethuraman
run of popularity for several years. He also 5/8, GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 7/9, GM
popularized the Keres Defence (1.d4 e6 2.c4 K.Sasikiran 5/7 and GM Deep Sengupta
Bb4+). Another important system on the 2½/3.
Black side of the English Opening was worked
out by him; it runs 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Team India in action For the first time in Olympiad history
c6.The Hungarian writer Egon Varnusz wrote India had won a team (bronze) medal at the 2014 Tromso Olympiad in Norway when
that Keres "published 180 problems and 30 Grandmaster R.B.Ramesh was the team coach and China were gold medal winners. GM
studies. One of his rook endings won first R.B.Ramesh has done one better now by winning the Asian team Gold ahead of China. Later
prize in 1947.
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this year the two nations will battle for supremacy in the Baku Olympiad with other nations bishop against Rook and knight. In this stage Wang Yue managed to put Sethuraman under
like Russia, Ukraine etc. pressure and Sethuraman blundered in an equal position to lose a pawn and got into a lost
king and pawn ending.With this win over current Olympiad, World team Champions China,
On the distaff side, top seed China won the Asian Nations Cup Women event with 15 points. India is in sole lead position.
Uzbekistan was second with 14 and Kazakhstan third with 13 points.In the last round Viet-
nam drew Kazakhstan and offered India a podium opportunity. For this, India had to beat
Iran but a draw pushed second seeded India to take fourth place with 12 points. India drew Doeberl Cup 2016: Ganguly finishes second
China, Iran, lost to Vietnam and Kazakhstan by 1½-2½ and beat the rest.In the final round
In 1963, Mr. Erich Doeberl envisioned a chess tournament that would
against Iran, WGM Soumya Swaminathan lost but WGM Bhakti Kulkarni won, GM Harika
become an institution for Australian chess. So rich in heritage that
Dronavalli and IM Padmini Rout drew.
chess down under would be identified by its name. Half a century has
Indian women scores: GM Harika Dronavalli 4½/7, WGM Tania Sachdev 5/8, IM Padmini
passed since then and chess, slowly but steadily, is making its pres-
Rout 5/8, WGM Soumya Swaminathan 7/9 and WGM Bhakti Kulkarni 4/4. International
ence felt in the sport-crazy nation.
Master Vishal Sareen is the Coach of the Indian women team.
More than half a century and the tournament still lives on. Over the
years, Indians have been making trips to the Oz to play this tourna-
Earlier in the fifth round India beat China and snatched the lead from China. China were
ment. This time, we had a representative in the form of:Ganguly had a
leading with all win record in the tournament and India was in joint second position having
comfortable start to the tournament by racing to 3.0/3. He earned an
drawn their 2nd round match against Mongolia.
aggressive victory in the third round, a game he played in spectacular
fashion by sacrificing a piece on the queenside, for unclear reasons.
Vidit Gujrathi was the first player to win the game for India with the black pieces against
Australian IM Junta Ikeda, however, misplayed his advantage to end up losing.
out of form child prodigy Wei Yi. Vidit surprised Wei by playing e5 as black on move one
which he has never done before. Wei took his time in chooing the opening set up and slowly
FIDE Candidates Tournament, Moscow
got into terrible time trouble when Vidit was still in his home preparation. Wei did not put
a good fight and surrendered a pawn in the early middle game and Vidit launched a king Karjakin is the Challenger
side attack with timely f3 break and Wei gave up the game being 2 pawns down and his By Arvind Aaron
King coming under attack.
Sergey Karjakin of Russia is the challenger
On the top board, Adhiban equalised comfortably playing the Slav defence which got trans- to world champion Magnus Carlsen of
posed into kind of Queens gambit accepted position with white having an isolated d4 pawn. Norway.In the 14th and final round of the
Adhiban played the opening phase quite solidly and neutralised Bu’s initiative. Bu realising 8-player Candidates, Karjakin beat Ca-
that Wei has already got into trouble with Vidit on the 3rd board, decided to sacrifice a ruana while the other games were drawn.
pawn for unclear compensation. Adhiban took the pawn and won another pawn and took
the game into opposite colour bishop ending. Adhiban overcame some anxious moments Former world champion Viswanathat
by finding the accurate moves and won the game, making it two wins with black pieces. Anand drew Svidler in a rook and minor
pieces ending to tie for the second place
Sasikiran had an advantage right from the Sicilian Najdorf opening from white pieces and and finish third in this double all play all.
even won a piece by playing some unorthodox moves in the opening which completely con- Anand revealed his class winning four
fused his opponent. From here onwards, both the players ran short of time and Sasikiran games to confirm that the Gibraltar slip
allowed some counterplay for black and had to settle down for a draw by giving back his earlier this year was a one off lack of form.
piece for 2 pawns. One of his wins was over Karjakin, the
eventual champion.
Sethuraman got a very comfortable position right out of the opening in Petroff defence
against Wang Yue as a result of good opening preparation. He managed to win a pawn It was one of the most closely fought Candidates of all time. Four players were in the title
in the ensuing endgame but had to give it back to reach an equal ending with Rook and race namely, Karjakin, Anand, Caruana and Aronian.Karjakin had moved from Ukraine to
Russia when Kasparov retired. Karjakin works with Yuri Dokhoian, the famous trainer of
24 25
date line. [10.Nbd2 was played by Mag-
Kasparov. Selected Anand games from nus Carlsen against Vladimir Kramnik.;
Final placings: 1 Karjakin 8½/14; 2-3.
Caruana, Anand 7½ each; 4-7. Giri, Candidates 2016, Moscow 10.dxe5 was played by Ivanchuk against
Nakamura, Aronian, Svidler 7 each; 8 Karjakin in 2012.] 10...Nxe4 [10...
courtesy: chessbaseindia
Topalov 4½. dxe4 11.Bc2] 11.Nd2 Nd6 The knight is
well placed on d6. 12.Nb3 c6 Karjakin
Anand,Viswanathan (2762)
Win eluded Viswanathan Anand in the thought for a long time for this move.
Karjakin,Sergey (2760) [C65]
penultimate round of the FIDE Candi- [12...Bf5 was also possible and looks
dates Tournament at Moscow on March like the most natural way to continue.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 After his
27, 2016. Thus, the five time world 13.Bf4 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 White has a small
exploits with the Guioco Piano Anand is
champion will miss the World Cham- edge.] 13.Nc5!? A very interesting move
back to his Ruy Lopez, not fearing the
pionship match as he lost the chance made quickly by Anand. It puts pres-
Anti-Berlin. 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0–0
of qualifying to play champion Magnus sure on the b7 pawn and to get rid of
6.0–0 d6 7.h3 As Samuel Shankland
Carlsen of Norway. that pressure Black must give up one
explained in his annotations, this move
of his bishops. 13...Ng6 14.Qh5 Bxc5
is a little bit slow because now Black can
White pieces has been going good for Anand but the Ruy Lopez against Anish Giri went well A decision which cannot be made with
go back to e7 with his knight-rerouting
for the Dutchman. After a draw was agreed, it was clear that Anand has lost his chance a light heart. The knights were irritat-
it to g6, and he is not afraid of d3-d4
of emerging as the challenger this time. Nevertheless, Anand won four games, the most ing and Sergey thought it was a good
because the e4 pawn hangs. Hence Re1
in the event. If only he had managed to curtail his defeats he would have emerged as the deal to give up his dark squared bishop.
is the main move here. But Anand played
challenger from this 8-player Euro 420,000 event. Giri had drawn all 13 games so far and 15.dxc5 Ne4 16.Bxe4 [16.b4?! Re8!
this against Caruana and now tries it
remains undefeated. Anand has been playing in all World Championships since Mexico 2007. (16...Nxc3 17.Bb2) ; 16.Be3 is also pos-
over here again, so he doesn't really
Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana were leading with 7.5/13. Anand was closely be- sible but after 16...Re8 17.Nxg6 hxg6
agree with the opening assessment and
hind with seven points. The final round pairings bring Karjakin v Caruana face to face and 18.Qd1 Qe7 Black should be fine.] 16...
instead is trying to blaze new paths. 7...
the winner will be the challenger. Anand takes on Svidler with black and can play for prize dxe4 17.Rd1 Qe7 18.Nxg6 Anand is
Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d5 [9...Ng6 was
money and ratings. Nakamura faces Aronian and Giri plays Topalov.In the 14th and final in some sort of a must win scenario. To
played by Fabiano and after Qc2 it lead
round Caruana plays black against Karjakin. Winner takes on Carlsen. play this move shows great objectivity.
to a complex battle. Sergey goes for the
The results (round 13): V Anand (Ind, 7) drew A Giri (Ned, 6.5), V Topalov (Bul) 4 drew H Of course the position is round about
more combative approach.] 10.Nxe5
Nakamura (USA, 6.5), F Caruana (USA, 7.5) drew P Svidler (Rus, 6.5), L Aronian (Arm 6.5) equal but with the control of the d-file
drew S Karjakin (Rus, 7.5). White has something to play for. [18.
Nc4 would be ideal but it met with 18...
Seven of the eight players had theoretical chances to win the FIDE Candidates Tournament f5 19.Nd6 b6!= immediately breaking
in Moscow. Practically, experience and wins gave Anand a great chance to win it again. Three the queenside structure. Black is com-
wins – the most in the event gives Anand a slight edge in case of a tie-break. He had beaten pletely fine here.(19...Be6 20.Bg5²) ]
Topalov, Svidler and Aronian.Anand gets white in the key reverse colour game against joint 18...hxg6 19.Qg5 When Vishy made
leader Sergey Karjakin. Anand will have to take one game at a time. The black game with this move many people thought that the
Caruana will also be crucial for Anand. The Italian born American player had drawn all seven players would make a quick draw and get
in the first half and started the second half with a win over Nakamura.IA Werner Stubenvoll back home early for a dinner. But instead
of Austria is the chief arbiter. The event is organised by AGON Ltd and FIDE. the game went on for another 50 more
moves! 19...Qxg5 20.Bxg5 White's ad-
Round 9 standings: 1-2. V Anand, S Karjakin 5.5/9 each; 3-4. F Caruana, L Aronian 5 vantage lies in the fact that he controls
each; 5 A Giri 4.5; 6 P Svidler 4; 7 H Nakamura 3.5; 8 V Topalov 3. This is the first new move of the game.
the d-file. Black on the other hand is
It was prepared by Grzegorz Gajewski
a tad passive and the e4 pawn will act
Selected games of Anand from the Candidates are featured in the following pages. who saw the dangers and difficulties
as a hindrance for his bishop. 20...f6
that lie for Black in this relatively se-
[20...Be6 21.Rd4 f6 22.Bf4 f5 23.Rd6
courtesy:chessbase India.
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Kf7 24.Rad1 is a much better version for 37.Ba5 is quite a nice position for White winning.; 43.Bh6+! was also possible.
White than what happened in the game.] to play!) 36.f4 (36.Bd2?! Kd7! 37.Ba5 43...Kf7 44.Re4! Rd7 45.Kf2+-] 43... 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4!? Enough of
21.Be3 White has the d-file but that is Kc8 38.Rd4 Bd7=) 36...gxf4 37.Bxf4 Rh7 [43...Rd7 44.Bd6+ Kf7 45.g5+- is Anti-Berlins. I think Anand must have
where his advantages end. It is really Kd7 38.Kf2 Once again White's position just winning.] 44.Kg2 Bd7 45.Bg5! A given his seconds a full day to find some-
surprising that Anand could win such a is preferable.] 35.f4! good decision by Anand, not commit- thing in the Berlin lines for White and
position against a defender like Sergey ting the move g4-g5 and not giving the if they could not he would decide to go
Karjakin! 21...g5 [21...Be6 22.Rd4 f5 f5 square for the bishop. [45.g5 Bf5 for the Guico Piano. And this looks like
Provoking f5 helps to control the dark gives Black good defensive chances.] an excellent decision especially because
squares. 23.Rd6 Kf7 24.Rad1] 22.Rd6 45...Be6 46.Rd8+ Kf7 47.Rb8 Bxc4 Anand needs to win this one. 3...Bc5
Re8 23.Rad1 Be6 24.b3 Kf7 25.R1d4! [47...Bxg4 48.Rxb7+ Kg8 49.Rb6+-] 4.0–0 d6 5.d3 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7
Bf5 26.a4!? Anand mixes up his play. 48.Rxb7+ Kg8 49.Rb8+ Kf7 50.Kg3 8.Na3 You can bank on Anand to have
He keeps the move g4 in reserve and Ke6 51.Re8+ Kf7 52.Rc8 Bd5 53.Kf4 a new idea up his sleeve in whatever
starts his queenside expansion. Playing opening he played. 8...Ne7 9.Nc2 Ng6
on both wings is bound to create some 10.Be3 0–0 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.Ne3 Ng4?!
difficulties for the opponent. 26...Re7 The main reason why this move is not so
[26...Ke7 27.g4 Be6 28.Rxe4±] 27.g4 great is because it takes away the pres-
Bh7 28.b4 Bg8 [28...a5!? could have sure from the e4 pawn and helps White
been tried. 29.b5 cxb5 30.axb5 a4 And to go d4. 13.Qd2 a5 [13...Nxe3 14.Qxe3
the a-pawn is pretty strong.] 29.b5 Anand was on top of his game at this Ra8 15.a5 might be what Levon was
Rc8 30.Rd7 [30.Rb4 Ke8 31.bxc6 Rxc6 point and made all the best move in afraid of and is the reason why he played
32.Rxc6 bxc6 33.Rb8+ Kf7=] 30...Rce8 the position. 35...Rxc7 36.bxc7 Rc8?! a6-a5.] 14.d4! Ra8 15.dxe5 N4xe5
[30...cxb5 31.Rxe7+ Kxe7 32.Rxe4+ Be6 T h e i m p o r t a n t m i s t a ke o f t h e g a m e [15...dxe5 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Rad1!±]
33.axb5] 31.b6!? A highly committal by Karjakin and that too at a critical 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 [16...dxe5 17.Qxd8 Rxd8
move but at the same time an excellent juncture. He has less time and there 18.Rfd1] 17.Bb3
one. With the pawn entrenched so deeply are still four moves to be made until
in enemy territory this is bound to create the time control. [36...gxf4 37.Bxf4±; The f6 pawn, the rook and bishop com-
some difficulties for the opponent. 31... 36...f5! was the strong move that would bine to give White an easy win here. The
a6 [31...axb6 32.cxb6 gives White ad- have secured Karjakin the draw. 37.Re5 a6 pawn is also quite weak. 53...Ke6
ditional options of creating a passer with (37.Rd4 Rc8 38.fxg5 Rxc7=) 37...fxg4 54.Re8+ Kd7 55.Ra8 Ke6 56.Re8+
a5-a6.] 32.Rc7 Kf8 [32...Rxc7 33.bxc7 38.f5 Bc8 39.Rxe8 Kxe8 40.hxg4 Kd7 [56.Rxa6 Rh3 Gives Black huge coun-
Rc8 34.Rd7+ Ke8 35.Rxg7 Kf8 36.Rd7 41.Bxg5 Kxc7=] 37.f5! Bd7 38.h4! terplay.] 56...Kd7 57.Re3 a5 58.Kg3
Ke8 37.Rd6 Ke7 38.Rd4 Rxc7 39.Rxe4+² Amazing accuracy by Anand. In time Rf7 59.Kf4 Rh7 60.Re1 Kc8 61.Kg3
wins a pawn and although it may not pressure he makes Karjakin's task ex- Rf7 62.Re8+ Kd7 63.Ra8 Kc7 64.Kf4
be sufficient to win, it is something to tremely difficult. 38...g6 [38...Rxc7 [64.Rxa5 Kb7 traps the rook. Anand
play for.] 33.c4 Be6 Some might argue 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.Rd4! (40.Bxg5?! Bc8) would of course not go for this.] 64...
that it was not necessary for Sergey to 40...Be8 41.Bxg5±; 38...gxh4 39.Rd4! Rd7 65.Bh4 Kb7 66.Re8 Bf7 67.Re4
give up the e4 pawn. But the pawn was With the idea of Bf4.] 39.Rd4 Rxc7 Bd5 68.Re3 Bf7 69.Kg5 Ka6 70.Re7
anyway weak and not worth clinging 40.hxg5 fxg5 [40...gxf5 41.Bf4+-] What a beautiful endgame by Anand! As
on to. Meanwhile White could have just 41.Bxg5 Be8 [41...Bc8 42.Rd8+- With Kasparov said, "Vishy was just in a dif- The e4 pawn against the d6 one gives
improved his king. So Karjakin thinks the threat of Bf4 decides the game.] ferent league altogether in this game!" w h i t e a s m a l l a d va n t a g e . 1 7 . . . N d 7
of giving up the pawn but simplifying 42.f6! Kf8 43.Bf4 [43.Rd8 Rd7 44.Rb8 1–0 18.Bc2 Re8 19.f3 A restrained move
the position. 34.Rxe4 Kf7 [34...Rxc7 Rd4 45.Bh6+ Kf7 46.g5 Rd7 47.Kf2 Rc7 Anand,Viswanathan (2762) for the time being. White would like to
3 5 . b xc 7 Ke 7 ! ( 3 5 . . . K f 7 3 6 . B d 2 ! R c 8 48.Ke3 Rd7 49.Ke4+- is just clearly Aronian,Levon (2784) [C54] co-ordinate his pieces better and later

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he can decide whether he would like to This is not a pleasant position to be in there is always counterplay associated
expand on the kingside with f4 or on the as black. That is for sure. 37...Rae8 with the c7 pawn. 40...Kb8?! Stupid
queenside with b4. 19...b6 20.Rfd1 Nc5 38.Kg4! Maybe an exclamation here is 40th move was Levon's statement after
21.b4 Nd7 22.Bb3 Nf6 23.Qd4 Qe7?! generous. But the point that I am trying the game. I should have played Kb7 is
This was pointed out by Anand and Aro- to make here is that good players know what he said. But is there such a huge
nian as a careless move. Now Nd5 gives when to change the character of the po- difference between Kb8 and Kb7? [40...
White a nice edge. [23...Be6 Could be sition. Vishy knows that if he goes for a Rxa4 41.Rc2ƒ; 40...Kb7 41.Rc2 Rc8
an improvement although this too looks kingside pawn storm nothing much will 42.Ra2 Rd4 43.Kf5 Rxd5+ 44.Kxf6 And
better for White.] 24.Nd5 A very practi- come out of it. On the other hand in this we reach a position that is similar to the
cal and pragmatic move. White leads the position with the king coming to f5 and game. I don't understand the difference
position into one sided play. 24...Nxd5 the opponent in severe time pressure between Kb7 and Kb8.] 41.Rc2 Rc8
25.Bxd5 Only White can be better here. (two moves to reach the time control) 42.Ra2! After making the black rook
He has the better minor piece and also things can go completely wrong. This passive for a while White returns to de- 55...Rxh4 [55...Ke8 was another move
more space. 25...Ra7 26.b5! Anand is was a very smart move by Anand. fend the a4 pawn. 42...Rd4 43.Kf5 The and now White's road to victory is not
doing all the thing right here. But still his main advantage for White in this position so wide. 56.h5 Kf8 (56...Rd6+ 57.Kg7)
advantage is at best pleasant, not deci- is his king activity. Look at the guy on 57.h6 Rd6+ 58.Kf5! The only winning
sive. He needs Aronian to make errors b8 and look at the king on f5. White is move. (58.Kh7 Rd7+ 59.Kh8? (59.
in order for him to win. With accurate just better. 43...Rxd5+ 44.Kxf6 Rf8+ Kg6 would still win.) 59...Kf7!=) 58...
play this looks like a draw. 26...Bb7 45.Rf7! A very nice deicision, transpos- R d 5 + 5 9 . Ke 6 ! R x g 5 6 0 . R x d 3 R g 6 +
[26...Be6 was also possible.] 27.c4 Qe5 ing the game into a winning single rook 61.Kd7 Rxh6 62.Kxc7+-] 56.Rxd3+ Ke8
[27...Bxd5 This was Aronian's original endgame. 45...Rxf7+ 46.Kxf7 Rf5+ 57.Ra3 Rc4 [57...Kf8 Might have been
intention. 28.cxd5 Raa8 29.Rac1 Rad8 47.Kg6 Rxf4 48.g3! The final accu- a little bit more staunch. 58.Rf3+ Ke7
30.Rc6 Rd7 31.Rdc1 Qd8 32.R1c4 Ree7 rate move to get double passed pawns 59.Rc3! This is the crucial move, not so
33.Qc3 And here Black doesn't maange on the kingside. 48...Rc4 49.Kxh6 d5 easy to make. 59...Rxa4 60.Rxc7+ Kd6
to hold because Rxb6 is a threat and af- 50.Kh5 Not the best move in the posi- 61.Rc6++-] 58.Kg7 Now it's just win-
ter 33...Qb8 34.e5! is really strong. 34... tion and Vishy said that he was sort of ning. 58...Kd7 59.g6 c6 60.Kf6 cxb5
Rxe5 (34...dxe5 35.d6!+-) 35.Rxc7±] embarassed because he didn't go Kg5. 61.g7 Rg4 62.axb5 Rg1 63.Rd3+ Ke8
28.Rac1 [28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Kf2 is simi- It's true that Kg5 wins easier but this 64.Re3+ Kd7 65.Re5! Rxg7 66.Rd5+
lar to the game.] 28...Qxd4+ 29.Rxd4 38...Rxe4 Anand was surprised that is also winning. [50.Kg5 was of course Kg7 is also winning but this is just bet-
Kf8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.f4 Anand opens Aronian took this pawn without much the easier way to win the game. 50...d4 ter technique! 1–0
the third rank for his rook to go to thought. [38...Kd8 39.Kf5 Only im- 51.h4 d3 52.Rd2 Rxa4 53.h5 Rb4 54.h6
h3 or g3 via c3. 31...f6 32.Rc3 Kd7 proves White's chances. One cannot Rxb5+ 55.Kg6+- And white just wins.] Anand,Viswanathan (2762)
33.Rh3 h6 34.Rg3 Re7 35.Rg6 [35.f5 be sure whether it is winning or not 50...d4 51.g4?! [51.h4 d3 52.Rd2 Rd4 Svidler,Peter (2757) [C88]
Bxd5 36.cxd5 Also looks like a plan. Of but it definitely is no fun for Black.] 53.Kg5 and even with the lost tempo, What a victory for Vishy Anand! Com-
course e4 is a weakness but White can 39.Rxg7+ Kc8?! [39...Kd8 was more White wins.] 51...d3 52.h4 Rd4 [52... pletely emphatic. Let's have a look at
take care of it with Kf3 and slowly can accurate as then the c7 pawn doesn't Rc2 53.Ra1 d2 54.Rd1+-] 53.Rd2 Kc8 the game to see what really went right
develop the final kingside breakthrough fall with a check. 40.Rd2 Rxa4 41.Rc2 White's task has become much harder for him and wrong for Svidler. 1.e4 e5
with h4-g4-g5. However, the problem in Re5! 42.Rcxc7 Rg5+! I wonder if Levon because the black king is coming to stop 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0
this scenario is that the area of battle is would have found this nice defensive the white pawns where as the d3 pawn Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.a4 Bb7
just too small and Black can be ready for idea. It surely doesn't look easy to find makes the rook passive. 54.g5! Kd7 Although this is the main move in the
this breakthrough. Hence, Anand doesn't over the board. 43.Kf3 Rxg7 44.Rxg7 55.Kg6! A brave decision by Anand to position, yet Anand thought for a good
go for the committal pawn move with Rd4=] 40.Rd2! Keeping the rooks makes give up the h4 pawn but he sees that he ten minutes, why? Because Svidler has
f5.] 35...Bxd5 36.cxd5 Ra8 37.Kf3 it difficult for Black to play freely as can win the game. got the position 13 times in his games

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and all the times he has chosen this [16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Rxe4 Now this ex- ing a huge attack. Svidler on the other the board and started walking around.
move. [8...b4 is Svidler's move.] 9.d3 change sacrifice is not as effective as in hand was trying to bluff it. He knew that Anand was making his final calculations,
Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.c3 Na5 12.Bc2 the game. (17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Qd5! he was in trouble but there is no point the other players were all coming to the
c5 This is all very standard Ruy Lopez Important to blockade the d-pawn before in showing it, right?! But still there was board and making faces of disbelief. Na-
stuff. Now White must remain consistent attacking it. 19.Re3 (19.Qe2 Nb3µ) 19... only one winning move in this position kamura stood right next to Svidler's seat
and break in the centre with d4. 13.d4 Nc6³) 17...Nb3! 18.Ng5 (18.Rh4 Bxf3 - Ng5. Anand lifted his hand and my for almost a minute. He just didn't want
exd4 This came as a bit of a surprise 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Rh3 Bxd1 21.Bg6+= heart was in my mouth. He touched his to leave. He checked the scoresheet,
to Anand. But Peter was mainly trying All of these analyses leads us to the fact hand on the knight, and I knew he had then the board and couldn't believe that
to play very concrete chess. 14.cxd4 that Anand's decision of taking axb5 seen it. He had seen everything until Anand was just winning. He went back to
d5?! Although this is very thematic. It is was better than not taking.) 18...Nxa1 the end! The knight went to g5 and off his board, Anand lifted his hand and once
extremely dangerous. The main reason 19.Qh5 Qxg5! 20.Bxg5 g6 (20...Nxc2 Anand went! 20.Ng5! Svidler came back again made the only winning move in the
being that the two bishops on c1 and c2 21.Rh4 h6 22.Bxh6 g6 23.Rg4 Nxd4 and saw this move. I thought that the position. 23.Rg4! The rook defends the
are opened up against the black king. 24.Rxg6+ fxg6 25.Qxg6+ Kh8=) 21.Qd1 Russian would think for a while before knight and now the threat is Qg6. Black
[14...cxd4 Looks like the best way for Nxc2 22.Qxc2 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 cxd4³ Only he would make his move but he blitzed doesn't really have a way to stop the
Black to proceed. 15.e5 Nd5 16.axb5 Black can be better here.] 16...axb5 it out. He was showing that he had it attack. [23.Rf4 Ne2+–+] 23...Qa5 And
axb5 17.Nxd4 Nb4 18.Bb1÷ is an in- [16...Nxd2? 17.Bxd2 axb5 18.Bxh7+! under control. [20.Rh4 Bxf3 21.Bxh7+ once again Anand has the only move to
teresting game.] 15.e5 Ne4 This was wins! It's a standard Greek Gift! 18... Kh8 22.Rh3 Bxd1 23.Bg6+] win. [23...Ne2+ 24.Kf1! Wins!(24.Kh1??
a critical position where Anand took a Kxh7 19.Ng5+ Kg8 (19...Kg6 20.Qg4+- However loses in an amazing fashion.
lot of time. There are a lot of captures. ) 20.Qh5+-; 16...cxd4?! 17.bxa6 Rxa6 24...Qa5!! Suddenly the back rank weak-
As Anand correctly pointed out that the 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 ness turns out to be the critical factor
main question to him was whether to Bc5 21.b4! Bxb4 22.Rxd4 Qb8 23.Qd3+- in the game. 25.h4 Qe1+ 26.Kh2 Qg1+
take on b5 or not. On one hand keeping ] 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Rxe4! This move 27.Kh3 Qh1#) ] 24.h4!
the a-file closed keeps the rook on the might be as natural for a player like
back rank safeguarding it. On the other Anand but for us who are taught about
hand the rook doesn't take part in the the relative value of the pieces since a
game. It is a very difficult decision to young age, it is not easy to consider a
make and almost impossible to see what move like this. But once you see it you
possibilites may arise after say eight to realize that the bishop on e4 would be
ten moves. But this is where intuition a complete monster breathing fire in
comes into picture and Anand felt that both directions. Hence, this move is an
bringing the a1 rook into the game was excellent one. [18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 20...Nxc1 21.Qh5! Once again the only
more important and that explains his Qd5= Gives Black excellent chances move. There is an attack on both the
next move. 16.axb5 to hold.] 18...Nb3 [18...Bxe4 19.Bxe4 h7 and f7 pawns. 21...h6 This move
Ra7 (19...Rb8 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Ng5+ was also made quickly. [21...Qxg5 was
Kg8 22.Qh5+-; 19...g6 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 an way to avoid an immediate defeat
21.Bd2 b4 22.Qa4+-) 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 but doesn't really serve any purpose Svidler resigned as he saw no point in
21.Ng5++-] 19.Rxa8 Bxa8 At this point as after 22.Qxg5 Bxe4 23.Qxc1! Bxc2 continuing. His bluff of playing quickly
I went to the playing hall to see how it 24.Qxc2+- This position is technically had not worked. But like a gentleman
looked like. Svidler was pacing around winning. It won't be so difficult for a he analyzed the game with Anand, kept
confidently. Anand was sitting in his player of Anand's calibre to turn this into a very calm face in the press confer-
chair. He looked nervous biting his nails, a win.; 21...Bxe4 22.Bxe4 h6 23.Qxf7+ ence and showed great sportsman spirit.
and being fidgety with his hands. Well Kh8 24.Qg6+-] 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 At this Many of you might be wondering why
mainly it was the neervousness of see- point Peter once again stood up from this is the only move. Wouldn't h3 also

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win? The point is subtle. The h3 square Fabiano Caruana in 2015 with the white the queen is looking a tad silly on b7. the most natural human move to make
has to be kept for the knight to control pieces. But now Anand makes the first Anand has to be really careful here. as it attacks both the f2 and e4 pawns.
g1.[24.h3 Qe1+ 25.Kh2 Ne2 26.Nf3 Bxf3 new move of the game - the novelty! 19.Nc4?! [19.Ra3 was Anand's original 24.Rc2 Rxe4 25.Ne3!
27.gxf3 Nxd4; 24.h4 Qe1+ 25.Kh2 Ne2 12.a4!?N The idea of this move is sim- intention but he changed his mind at
26.Nh3+- A fantastic win for Anand who ply to gain more space on the queenside the last moment. 19...Qh4 is now met
dispatched the super solid Svidler in just with a4-a5. At some point the rook may by 20.Rae3! An completely appropriate
24 moves. 1–0 come into the game via a3. 12...a6 exchange the sacrifice. The bishop on
13.Bf1 Re8 14.a5 Ba7 15.Qb3 Nc6! d4 is worth the rook. 19...Nc5 20.Qc6
Anand,Viswanathan (2762) As Boris Gelfand rightly pointed out in A look at the position reveals that Black
Topalov,Veselin (2780) the commentary room, "Good players has clear cut compensation and a player
are always flexible with their plans." of Topalov's class knows that. However,
In 2014 Candidates, Vishy Anand began Nc6-e7 wasn't played with the intention it is one thing to know that you have
with a win over Levon Aronian with 1.e4 to return back to c6, but Topalov sees compensation and quite another to find
in the first round. Two years later and that the position has changed since his a concrete tactical refutation. This was
2500 kilometres apart (Khanty Mansisyk Ne7 move. This is the best and although the moment when Black had a chance to
to Moscow), Vishy Anand sees no reason it may look weird Veselin doesn't hesi- take over the advantage but Topalov was
to change his strategy. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 tate to play it. [15...Rb8 is possible but unable to find it. 20...Nb3? [20...Bxf2+! Experts praised this extremely accurate
Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 Of course the Berlin! The is quite passive. White can continue This was the move that would have move by Vishy Anand. The knight saves
opening that cannot be refuted. What with 16.Qc3² with the idea of b4 and destroyed Anand's position. 21.Kxf2 the kingside and now the c7 pawn is at-
better way to start a tournament! 4.d3 developing the c1 bishop.] 16.d5 Nd4 Qh4+ The rook is hanging so g3 has to tacked. [25.Rxe4 Qxe4 gives some ac-
Bc5 The interesting part about this posi- 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxb7!? Good or be played. 22.g3 Nxe4+ Once again the tivity to Black.] 25...Qd8 26.Qc4 Bg6
tion is that Anand has reached it with the bad, this pawn had to be taken. Anand knight has to be taken or else g3 falls. 27.Bd3! Once again very accurate. [27.
white pieces on 24 occasions in the past, had made his previous moves with the 23.Rxe4 Qxe4 And even though White Qxc7 Bxe3! 28.fxe3 Ra4 The rook on
with 15 of them continuing with Bxc6. intention of taking on b7, so there was has two pieces for a rook his position c2 is attacked and the pride of White's
In this game, however, he keeps his op- no backing out now. 18...Nd7! is pretty bad as his king is exposed. position - the a5 pawn falls.] 27...Rf4
tions open and goes for 0–0. 5.0–0 d6 It's not so easy to come up with a good 28.Bxg6 hxg6 [28...Bxe3 29.Be4+-]
6.c3 0–0 7.Nbd2 [7.d4?! Bb6!? 8.Bxc6 move for White here. For eg. 24.Bf4? 29.g3! [29.Qxc7?! Qxc7 30.Rxc7 Rxb2„]
bxc6 9.dxe5 Nxe4³] 7...Ne7 Kramnik in- fails to 24...g5!–+; Another extremely 29...Re4 30.a6 Qe8 31.Rce2 This is
troduced this plan with Ne7 in his game interesting idea is the following. 20...f6 a human move to make. The computer
against Aronian in 2012. The idea is to What is the point you may ask? Well for comes up with a very interesting so-
take game into a territory where the starters how about meeting the threat lution. [31.Qxc7! Bxe3 32.Rxe3 Rxe3
pawn structures would not be symmetri- of trapping the white queen with Re7 33.fxe3 Qxe3+ Many players would see
cal. 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb6 Now we have and Be8. Seems very difficult. 21.Be3 until this move and reject this variation
a position with quite some imbalances. Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Re7! Be8 is threatened because of counterplay. But the engine
White has a beautiful central pawn duo, and the queen will perish. Black should suggests 34.Kh2+- With a completely
but Black has absolutely no problems in be better here but the position is not so winning position.] 31...Bb6 32.Qd3
finding squares for his pieces. If Vishy easy to play due to the material imbal- Ra8 33.Kg2 Qa4 34.b3 Rd4 35.bxa4?!
can develop his guys on c1 and a1 keep- ance.] 21.Rb1 Nxc1?! 22.Rbxc1 Rb8 Rxd3 White's advantage has reduced
ing his centre intact, his position would A strong move by the Bulgarian. The 23.Qxa6± White is two pawns up right at this point but still it is much more
be much better. but as we will see this is knight not only threatens to jump to c5 now. Black may regain one of the pawns pleasant to be in Anand's shoes than To-
not so easy. 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 All but also opens the route for the queen but even then he would be in a poor palov's! 36.Nc4 Rxa6 37.a5 This is a nice
this has been seen many times with To- to come to f6 or h4. White's pieces are position, mainly because the a5 pawn is tricky solution that Vishy came up with.
palov himself having this position against unco-ordinated and undeveloped and super strong. 23...Qh4 This looks like 37...Bd4 [37...Bxa5? 38.Ra1±; 37...

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Bc5 was much better as after 38.Re8+ 15.Rac1 White has a tremendous posi- of h3 which the white queen is poised to f3 with disastrous consequences: 8.Bg5
Kh7 39.R1e7 The d5 pawn is hanging tion.] 11.Ng5! g6 12.Nce4 Be7 occupy] 19.Nxf8 Diagram # Qe8 9.Bxf6 Rxf6 10.e3 c6 11.Ne2 Nd7
here. The same was not possible when 12.0–0 e5 13.Qb3 Qh5 14.Qd1 Rh6 15.h3
the bishop was on d4. 39...Rxd5 40.Rxf7 Qf7 16.Qb3 Nf6 17.Kh1 f4! 18.exf4 Bxh3
Rf5=] 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.R1e7 Rc3 19.Bxh3 Rxh3+ 20.Kg2 Qh5 21.Qxb7 (21.
40.Nd2!? Anand transfers his knight to Rh1? Rxh1 22.Rxh1 Qxe2–+) 21...Rh2+
better squares after Nd2-e4. [40.Rxc7!±] 22.Kg1 Rf8 (threat ...Qh3 mating) 23.fxe5
40...Rc2?! [40...f5 prevents Ne4 but the Ne4 24.Nf4 Rxf4 25.gxf4 Rh1+ 0–1] 8...
knight can reach g5 via another route. Qe7 9.0–0 Nc6= 10.a4 Na5 11.Nd2 c5
41.h4!] 41.Ne4 f6 stops Ng5 but exposes 12.Ba3? This bishop does nothing from
the seventh rank which Anand takes full a3. It is breaking its head against a stone
advantage of. 42.h4! Stopping Black from wall! Better was 12 Re1 for a future thrust
going g5. [42.Rf7 g5 was Black's idea.] in the centre. 12...e5 13.Nb3?! [Lead-
42...Rxa5 43.Rf7 g5 44.h5 ing to equality was: 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.dxc5
19...Bxf8 [Black gives up easily. A more dxc5 15.Bxb7 Nxb7 16.Rxb7 Rfd8 17.Nb3
Diagram # 13.Bxe6!! Nxe5 [If 13...
fxe6 14.Nxe6 Qe8 15.Nc7 Qd8 16.Nxa8 Qe8 18.Qc1 Bxa4 19.Qg5 Bd7 20.Nxc5
stubborn resistance leading to beauti-
Nxe5 17.Qb3+ Kg7 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Nc7 h6=] 13...Nxb3?! Diagram #
ful variations arises after: 19...Qxf8
Qc6 20.Nd5 white has both material and 20.Bb3! Qg7 (20...Bf5 21.Nxf6!+-; or
positional advantage.] 14.Rd1 Nbd7 20...Kh7 21.Qc7 Nbd7 22.Nd6 g5 23.Bg3
[After all the excitement, material is still b5 24.Rac1 crushes.) 21.Nxf6! A deep,
level. If 14...Qe8 15.Bd5±] 15.Bd5 "Hit beautiful combination. 21...Bxf6 22.Rd8+!
and Run" 15...Kh8 16.Bf4 [White plays Kh7 (22...Bxd8 23.Bxe5 wins the queen.)
classically, speedly developing her forc- 23.Rxc8! Rxc8 24.Qh3+ mates thanks
es. But perhaps stronger was: 16.Qc3 to his Bb3.] 20.Nxf6 Nxd5 Black has
bringing black into greater agony.] 16... exchanged off white's most troublesome
Qe8 17.Qc3 f6 Diagram light square bishop, but the other white
The mating net cannot be broken. 44... 18.Nxh7!! Nb6 [Black's lack of develop- forces are too active and carry the day.
Rxf2+ 45.Nxf2 Ra2 46.Rff8 Rxf2+ ment shows in the variation: 18...Kxh7? 21.Rxd5 Qf7 22.Bxe5 Be6 At last black's
47.Kh3 g4+ 48.Kxg4 f5+ 49.Rxf5 1–0 19.Qh3+ Kg7 20.Qh6# By playing the pieces have started working, but she is
text move, 18...Nb6, black is uncovering [Stronger was: 13...Nxc4! 14.dxc5 d5!
heavily behind in material. 23.Rd4 Bh6
15.a5 (15.Bxd5+? Nxd5 16.Qxd5+ Be6
Selected games from National his queen bishop's view [23...Bg7 is of no use because of 24.Rh4+]
17.Qg2 Rad8 18.c6?? Probably, it es-
24.Rh4 Kg7 25.Ng4+ Kf8 26.Nxh6 Qe7
Team Chess Championships, 27.Bf6 Qd7 28.Qb4+ Ke8 29.Rd4 Qc7
caped the attention of both players that
Bhubaneswar 30.Rad1 1–0
the c5 pawn was pinned by the queen
against the bishop. 18...Nxa3–+) 15...
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron Rd8³] 14.Qxb3 e4 [14...Rb8 for 15...
Iniyan,P (2301)
Vijayalakshmi,Subbaraman (2382) b6 was a good alternative.] 15.Bc1
Arun Prasad,S (2519) [A00]
Arya,Usha (1246) [A00] Be6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 Rxf6= 18.f3
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 f5 4.a3
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 [Leading to a different type of game
Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.g3 0–0 7.Bg2 d6
e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 where chances are about equal would
8.Nf3 [In an earlier game, Hans Peneder
8.Bxc4 0–0 9.0–0 a6 10.e5 Nfd7 be: 18.Rfb1 Rb8 19.a5 Rf7 20.Rb2] 18...
vs Hermann Robisch, in Jacques Leman
[ Wo r s e w a s : 1 0 . . . N e 8 1 1 . N e 4 B e 7 cxd4 [Black plans to open up the king-
Op, 1995, white explored the idea of
12.Neg5 g6 13.Be3 Ng7 14.Rfd1 Qc7 side where he is slightly better placed
developing his knight at e2 instead of
(Position after 17….f6)

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and to keep the queen-side blocked. ponent to make the second best move in 1 2 . 0 – 0 c 6 1 3 . e4 d xe4 1 4 . N xe4 N xe4 22.Rab3 Rc7 23.Nf3 Qe8 24.R1b2!
If 18...e3 19.f4! Rb8=] 19.cxd4 Rc8 any position: 29...fxe4?! 30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 15.Bxe4 a5 16.Rad1 Bg7 17.Rfe1 axb4 Nd7 25.Qb1 Qc8? [Better was: 25...
20.Rac1 [Rather than defend c4 pas- 31.Qxe4 Bf5 32.Rf1 Rf7=] 30.exf5 Bxf5 18.axb4 Qb6 19.Qb3 Bd7 20. h 4 ! Re d 8 Qa8 26.Be1 Nb8 27.h4±] 26.a6! bxa6
sively, white could carry the attack to 31.Qd2 Bh3 32.Rfe1 [32.Rxf7 Qxf7 21.h5! gxh5 22.Ng5 Ng6 23.d5 cxd5 27.Ba5+- The black rook is trapped in
black with: 20.d5 exf3 21.exf3 Bf7 22.f4! 33.Qe2 Qf3! 34.Qxf3 Rxf3 35.Rb1±] 32... 24.Qf3! Be8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.cxd5 its own backyard thanks to his cramped
Rc5 23.Rfb1 b6 24.a5 bxa5 25.Qb8+ Kh7 Qd8 33.c5 d5 34.Qe2 Rf3 35.Bc2 Qf6! h6 27.Nxe6+! fxe6 28.Bxg6 Bxg6 position. 27...e5 28.Bxc7 Rxc7 29.Be2
26.Re1 Qd7 27.Bf1 White is slightly bet- 29.Rxe6 1–0.] 12.c5! a5 13.0–0 [Stronger was: 29.Ra2 exd4 30.Bxa6
ter thanks to black's misplaced rook on Bd7 [13...b6 14.cxb6 Qxb6 15.bxa5 Qe8 31.exd4 Ra7 32.Bd3+- when black
f6.] 20...exf3 21.Bxf3 b6 22.e3 Rff8 Qc7 (15...Qxa5 16.Nb3± and white has no compensation for the loss of the
It is relevant to note here that the two will dominate the semi-open c-file exchange.] 29...Nf5 30.Rb7 [White is
kings present a study in contrast. While w i t h d e a d l y e f f e c t . ) 16.Ng5 g6 (16... playing with abundant caution. Better
the white king's immediate defensive h6?? 17.Bh7+! Kh8 18.Nxf7#) 17.Bc3 were both 30.Ra2! ; and giving back
pawn shield consists of pawns on g3 and White is not going to give back the a5 the exchange for a decisive invasion
h2, black's are on g7 and h6. Without pawn without a fight.] 14.Ne5 Qc7 of the black camp with 30.Rb8! Nxb8
the white square bishop, the white king [14...axb4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.Ndf3 h6 31.Rxb8 Qe6 32.Nxe5 Rc8 33.Rxc8
is completely exposed along the long 17.Bc3± White has a tremendous grip Qxc8 34.Qb6+-] 30...Rxb7 31.Rxb7
white diagonal whereas the black king over the black position.] 15.bxa5 exd4 32.exd4 Bg7 33.Rb4 a5 34.Ra4
is safe in his corner and not subject to an Rxa5 16.Bc3 Ra7 17.a4! Diagram # Qe8 35.Bf1 [35.Qd1 was go o d. ] 35. . .
attack on the long black diagonal. Such This thr e a t e ns t he d4 paw n a n d a l s o N xd 4 ! ?
features of a position should be factored in for c e s w hit e ' s m aj or pie c e s t o g u a r d
while planning the strategy to be followed. against mate on f1. 36.Rcd1 Rf2!
23.Qd3 Qf7 24.Be2 Qe8 25.Bd1 [Better 37.Qh5 [37.Qd3 g6! 38.Kh1 (He
was: 25.Qa3 Qe7 26.a5 bxa5 27.Qxa5= h a s n o t h i n g b e t t e r. I f 3 8 . g 4 Q h 4 !
White has the freer game.] 25...Bd5! 39.Qxg6 (39.Qg3 Rg2+ 40.Qxg2 Bxg2
26.Bf3 Be6 27.Bd1 Rc7 28.Bb3 Kh8 41.Kxg2 Rf2+ 42.Kg1 Qxh2#) 39...
29.e4? Diagram # [This is trusting in the Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rxh2+ 41.Kxh2 Qf2+
goodness of the opponent! Both, 29.a5 42.Kxh3 Rf3#) 38...Bg2+ 39.Kg1 Bf3!
and 29 Rf2 were reasonable moves. The 4 0 .K x f2 B xd1 + 4 1 .K g2 Q f2 + 42 . Kh 3
minus points of the pawn remaining on a4 B f 3 ! m a t e s q u i c k l y. ] 3 7 . . . R f 1 + I t i s
is visible many moves later in this game.] m a t e in t w o. 0–1
White's strategy is to advance his a-
V i sakh , N R (2386) - S way am s , pawn and double his rooks on the b-file Diagram # Black seizes his best chance
M i sh r a (2478) [A 00] for a crushing position. 17...Rea8 18.a5 to retrieve the situation. 36.Rxd4!
g6 [Black cannot stem the threatened [ W h i t e c a n n o t a f f o r d t o b e s t i n g y.
3 6 t h Na t iona l Te a m C h. B huba n es wa r advance by white on the queen-side. If I f n o w 3 6 . N xd 4 N xc 5 3 7 . R x a 5 B xd 4
K I I T Law C olle ge , K IIT Unive r s , 2 0 1 6 18...Bc8 19.Ndf3! h6 20.Rfb1 Qd8 21.a6! 38.Qb4 Qe4= and whi te has l o st mos t
bxa6 22.Ba5 Qe8 23.Bb6 with a winning of his great advantage as black is
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ attack.] 19.Rfb1 Qd8 20.Nxd7?! White threatening 39...Bxf2+!] 36...Bxd4
4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Be7 exchanges off black's passive dark square 37.Nxd4 Nxc5 Black has three pawns
7.e3 0–0 8.Qc2 Re8 9.b4 Bf8 bishop as he views it as a strong potential for white's bishop. Normally, it should
10.Bd3 Ne7 11.Bb2 c6 [Mikhail defender of the b7 pawn. 20...Qxd7 [Com- be enough compensation. But here,
Gurevich 2630 vs Gilles Andruet paratively better was: 20...Nxd7 21.Ra3 t h e p r es en c e o f qu een s o n th e bo ar d,
29...Rcf7! [We cannot expect our op- 2 4 5 0 , Ma r s e ille , 1 9 8 8 w e nt : 1 1 . . . g 6 e5 22.Rab3 Qc8 23.Qb2±] 21.Ra3 Rc8 t h e t h r ee b l a c k pawn s bei n g far fr o m

38 39
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
the 8 th rank a nd the uncoordinat e d 15.cxd5 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bxd3 17.Qd1 the frying pan into the fire. However, if pieces along the b-file. 29.axb5 axb5
nature of the black forces, assure and 0–1] 9.Bd3 Ne7?! [This does not 17...bxc5 18.dxc5 Red8 19.h4! white has 30.h4 Ra8 31.h5 h6 32.g4 Nf6 33.g5
wh i te vi c tory. 38.Qc 2! As ther e is no do much for helping black satisfactorily a strong attack.; A better way to carry hxg5 34.Bxg5 Diagram #
way b l ac k ca n save the skew er e d c 6 complete his development. Better was: on with the struggle was: 17...Red8
p awn, b l ac k moves his queen t o s up- 9...a6 10.b4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bd6 12.0–0 18.Ne5 bxc5 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.dxc5 Be7]
p ort th e knight f rom a squa re w he r e h6² and wait for white's plan to unfold.] 18.Bd3 Nf4 19.Bf1!? [Probably black
he would not come under immedi- 10.0–0 Ng6 [If now 10...b6?! 11.e4! had considered only 19.Bc4 Nd5 which is
ate attack when c6 falls. 38...Qf8 dxe4 12 .Nxe4 Ng6 13.Nx f6+ ! g xf6± also good for white.] 19...b5 Diagram #
39.Nxc6 a4 40.Nd4 Qe7 41.Nb5 (13...Qxf6?? 14.Bg5 wins the queen.) ]
Nb3 42.Qc3 Both black passed pawns 11.Rd1 c6 Diagram #
are now under control. 42...h5 43.g3
Kh7 44.h4 Qe4 [With this unwise
move , b l ac k low ers his gua rd and al-
lows the white queen into his camp.
Better was 44...Kg8 making white work
for his win afresh. One should keep try- 34...Ng4? [34...Nxh5! 35.Qd3 Nf6 would
ing to the last to make the opponent's have reduced white's advantage to a
task harder.] 45.Qc7! Kg7 46.Nd6! minimum.] 35.R5e2 Qc7 36.f4 Qa5
Qe6 Diagram # 37.Bf3 Nh6 [37...Qb4 38.Bxg4 fxg4
39.Re4 Ra3 40.d5 Qxb3 41.Qxb3 Rxb3
[Probably black decides to close the 42.dxe6 Bc8 43.f5 Rg3+ 44.Kh2 Rh3+
c-file as he is concerned about the file 45.Kg2 Rxh5 46.Rxg4 g6 47.Bf6 Rxf5
[Now was the time to play 11...b6!? being opened and pressure brought on 48.Rxg6+ Kh7 49.Rg7+ Kh6 50.Rh1+
because after 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb7! c6. Comparatively better was: 19...Be7 Rh5 51.Rxh5+ Kxh5 52.e7 b4 53.Kf3 b3
14.Nxf6+ gxf6 (14...Qxf6?? 15.Bg5 Bxf3 20.Re1 Bf6 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Bc4 Kh8 54.Kf4 Be6 55.Rg2] 38.Kh2 Qb4 [If 38...
16.Bxf6 Bxd1 17.Rxd1+-) 15.Be4 Bxe4 23.Rad1 b5 24.Bf1 Nd5 25.Be2±] 20.a4 Nf7 39.Bh4 Qb4 40.Rd1 Ra3 41.Rd3 Ra1
16.Qxe4 Bg7 17.b4 f5 18.Qe2 Qd6² Black a6 21.Ne5 Be7 22.g3 Nd5 23.Re1 Bf6 (41...Rea8?? 42.Be1 traps the queen.)
is only slightly worse off as he has got 24.Bg2 Rad8 25.Rad1 Bxe5? [Black 42.Rg2 and the threat of 43 Bf6 wins.]
all his forces in some working order, has run out of patience. He could try 39.Rg1 Kh7 40.Reg2 Rg8 [40...Qxd4?
unlike in the actual game.] 12.b3 b6? leaving the Ne5 alone as it is causing no 41.Rd1! wins the bishop.] 41.Qd3 Nf7
[Black's best way to equality is: 12...Qc7 damage right now though it is perched 42.Bh4
47.Bh3!! Qxh3 48.Qxf7+ Kh6 49.Qg8! 13.e4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 (14.bxc4 e5=) 14... in a dominating central square. He could
White is threatening 50 Nf7# 1–0 e5 15.Ng5 Nh8 Making such a move may try: 25...g6 26.Bc1 Kg7 27.Bd2 h6
feel humiliating, but for success in chess 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qc1 Rh8±] 26.Rxe5
Debashis,Das (2487) we should swallow our pride and play Bc8 27.Rde1 Bd7?! [The bishop was
Laxman,R.R (2420) [A00] what the situation demands, not what doing fine on c8 and could have been
our ego desires. 16.dxe5 Ng4 17.Nf3 left alone there. Better was to tempt
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 (17.f4?? Bc5+ 18.Kf1 Nxh2+ 19.Ke1 white into an exchange sacrifice on e6
5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Qc2 Re8 h6 and black is having fun!) 17...Bc5 with: 27...Rf8 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bc1 f4!?
8.a3 Bf8 [Azer Mirzoev 2535 vs Vladimir 18.Rd2 Ng6!= (Not 18...Nxe5 19.Nxe5 30.Qe2 fxg3 31.fxg3 h6± White is bet-
Pekov 2456, La Roda Op, 2007 went: 8... Qxe5 20.Bb2) ] 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 ter but has to find an effective plan to
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 e5!? 10.Nxe5 Ne4 11.Nxc6 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bb7± 16.c5!± Qc7 improve on his position.] 28.Bc1 Qb7
bxc6 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.Bd3 Qg5 14.g3 Qg6 17.Bb2 f5 [This seems to jump from Black plans bxa4 and double his major
Contd. on p. 17

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Tactics from master games Test your endgame
by S.Krishnan by C.G.S.Narayanan
Alexandr Hilderband 1970 Bron 1970
1 2
White to play and win White to play and win 1. 2.
Dorogov&Kuznecov 1969 Kacnelson 1969
3 4
White to play and win White to play and win 3. 4.
Bron 1970 Naderiesveli 1969
5 6
Black to play and win Black to play and win 5. 6.
(solutions on p. ) White to play and win in all the six endings above
(Solution on page 47) (Solution on page 47)

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Masters of the past-63 Carlos Guimard 6th Bhubaneswar All India Fide Rating (B 1600) Chess Tournament 2016….
Carlos Enrique Guimard (1913–1998) was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He
was born in Santiago del Estero.Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion. In
1936, he won the Mayor tournament, and in 1937 a match for the title against
the champion, Roberto Grau.In 1937, he won a match against his challenger,
Luis Piazzini. In 1940, he won the Mayor tournament, and in 1941 a match
against the champion, Carlos Maderna.
In tournaments, he tied for 3rd-5th at Mar del Plata 1934 (2nd it; Aaron
Schwartzman won), took 5th at Mar del Plata 1936 (3rd it;Isaias Pleci won),
tied for 1st with Ludwig Rellstab at Berlin 1937, took 2nd, behind Grau, at
Buenos Aires 1938 (ARG-ch), took 2nd, behind Alexander Alekhine, in the
Montevideo 1938 chess tournament, tied for 1st-3rd with Virgilio Fenoglio and
Julio Bolbochán at Rio de Janeiro 1938, and tied for 5th-6th with Paulino Frydman in the Buenos
Aires 1939 chess tournament. The event was won byMiguel Najdorf and Paul Keres.
In 1940, he won in Santiago. In 1940, he took 3rd, behind Aristide Gromer and Franciszek Sulik, in
Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata). In 1941, he tied for 6-8th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament
(4th it; Gideon Ståhlberg won). In 1941, he took 5th in Buenos Aires (Najdorf and Stahlberg won). In Binu Sebastian(Runner-up) Sai Raj Gopal K(Third place)w Padhi Jyoti Ranjan(extreme right) with
1941, he tied for 1st with Erich Eliskases, in Águas de São Pedro. In 1942, he lost a match toHector Chief Guest Lt.Commander Mr. Biswajit Nayak, Regional Manager, Facilities, Infosys Technologies Ltd,
Rossetto 5 : 8 (ARG-ch). In 1944, lost a match to Juan Iliesco 2 : 6 (ARG-ch). In 1944, he tied for Bhubaneswar Region with Mr. Subhasis Patnaik, Secy, Khordha District Chess Association
3rd-4th with Pablo Michel, behind Herman Pilnik and Najdorf, in Mar del Plata (7th it). In 1945, he
tied for 2nd-3rd with Stahlberg, behind Najdorf, in Buenos Aires. In 1945, he won in Vigna del Mare. Sau Nirmala Vaze Memorial Rapid Rating Chess Tournament,Mulund
After World War II, Guimard tied for 3rd-4th at Barcelona 1946 (Najdorf won). In 1949, he tied for
2nd-3rd in Mar del Plata (Rossetto won). In 1949, he took 2nd, behind Julio Bolbochán, in Remedios
de Escalada. In 1950, he shared second at Mar del Plata (Svetozar Gligorić won). In 1951, he took
5th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (zonale). The event was won by Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán. In
1952, he tied for 12-13 th in Havana (Capablanca Memorial;Samuel Reshevsky and Najdorf won).
In 1953, he tied for 10-11th in Mar del Plata (Gligorić won). In 1954, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mar
del Plata (zonale; Oscar Panno won). In 1955, he tied for 12-13th in Göteborg (interzonale; David
Bronstein won).
Guimard played for Argentina in four Chess Olympiads.
• In 1937, at fourth board in 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+8 –2 =6);
• In 1939, at fourth board in 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+9 –3 =5);
• In 1950, at third board in 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+4 –2 =4);
• In 1954, at fourth board in 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+3 –1 =2).
He won individual silver medal at Stockholm 1937, and two team silver medals (1950, 1954). In
1950, Guimard played at 2nd board against Henry Grob (+1 –0 =1) in a match Argentina–Swit-
zerland (5,5 : 4,5) in Zurich. In March 1954, he played at 8th board against Isaac Boleslavsky (+1
–1 =2) in a match Argentina–Soviet Union (11,5 : 20,5) in Buenos Aires.Guimard was awarded the
International Master (IM) title in 1950, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1960.The opening 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 is named for him, the Guimard Variation of the French Defense. Prize Winner Pratik Mulay along with Dr. Prakash Vaze IA Vitthal Madhav on left and Dronacharya
courtesy: Wikipedia
Awardee Raghunandan Gokhale on Right
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Solutions to ‘Tactics from master games’ 30.01.2016
Padmashri award on p. 42 Position after White's 18th move. Black
to play. 18...Nxf2! 19.Kxf2? [19.Qxd5
for D.K.Srinivasan 1. Nakamura,Hikaru (2787) Bxe3–+; 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 Ne5 21.Qe2
Muzychuk,Mariya (2554) [D45] Ned3–+] 19...Bxe3+ 20.Kf1 Nd4 [%csl
Caleta ENG Caleta ENG (5.8), 30.01.2016 Rf1] 21.Nbxd4 [21.Qxd5 Bb5+] 21...Bxb5+
White to play. 22.d6 Bxd6 [22...Qd8 22.Nxb5 Qd7 23.Nbd4 Bxc1 0–1
23.Qxg6+ Kh8 24.Qxh6+ Nh7 25.Bxa6 6. Daels,M (2262) - Blomqvist,E (2515)
Rxa6 26.Rxg3+-] 23.Qxg6+ Kh8 24.Qxh6+ [D17]
Nh7 [24...Kg8 25.g5+-] 25.Ng5 Ndf6 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 17.02.2016
26.Rdf1 1–0 Position after White,s 35th move. black to
Shri.D.K.Srinivasan, President, 2. Grachev,Boris (2652) play. 35...Bxh3+! 36.Kxh3 Qf1+ 37.Kg4
Kanchi District Chess Association Mikhailov,Viacheslav (2332) [E14]
receiving Padmashri award Ne5+ 38.Kf5 [38.Kh5 Qh3#] 38...Qd3+
from Shri.Pranab Mukherjee Moscow Open A 2016 Moscow RUS (1.5), [38...Qd3+ 39.Be4 Qd7#] 0–1
the President of India, for his 30.01.2016
outstanding social service. AICF White to play 25.d6! cxd6? [25...Bxd6 Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’ on p. 43
congratulates the recipient on 26.Bc2 Be7 27.Rd1 With a permanent ini-
the occasion tiative] 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 [27... 1.Alexandr Hilderband, 5 Pl, WCCT
Qxe8 28.Nxd6+-] 28.Qxc8 Qxc8 29.Nxd6+ 1970
Kd8 30.Nxc8 Kxc8+ 1–0 1.Rxh7 Rf8 2.g7 Rg8 3.Rh8 f5+ 4.Kxf5
3. Khismatullin,Denis (2626) Kf7 5.Rxg8 Kxg8 6.Kf6 wins
Nyudleev,Dolgan (2328) [A05] 2.V.Bron, Magyar Sakkelet 1970
Moscow Open A 2016 Moscow RUS (1.7), 1.c6 Nxd6 2.cxd7 Kc4 3.Kxe3 Kxd5
30.01.2016 4.Ke2 h6 5.Kd3 h5 6.Ke2 h4 7.Kf1 h3
White to play 32.f6+! Qxf6 33.Qxe3 Qxb2 8.Kg1 Ke4 9.Ne6 Nb7 10.Nc5+ wins
34.Qe7+ Kh6 [34...Kg8 35.Qf7+ Kh8 3.Dorogov & Kuznecov, HM, Chess Life
36.Qf8#] 35.Nf7+ Kg7 [35...Kh5 36.Qg5#] 1969
36.Ng5+ Kh6 37.Qxh7+ Kxg5 38.Qh4+ 1.Kb6 Bd7 2.c6 Qh6 3.Re1 Be8 4.a7
Kf5 39.Qf4+ Ke6 40.Re1+ [40.Re1+ Kd7 Bxc6 5.a8Q+ Bxa8+ 6.Ka7 Qg7 7.Bd7+
41.Qd6#] 1–0 Kc7 8.e8N+ wins
4.Kacnelson, I Pr, Shakmaty V CCCP
Delhi Chess Association Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament , Delhi 4.Gopal,G.N (2525)
1969
Howell,David W L (2685) [C96]
Gibraltar Masters 2016 Caleta ENG (6.15), 1.Kf8 Qb4+ 2.Kg8 Qxh4 3.Kh7 Qe7 4.Kh8
31.01.2016 Qe5 5.Bd4 Qxd4 6.Kh7 Qd7 7.e8Q Qxe8
Position after 44th move.White to play. 8.g8Q wins
45.Qc1! Qxc1 [45...g5 46.Rxf8+ (46. 5.V.Bron,4 Pr,Themes 64, 1970
Qxg5 Qxg5 47.Rxf8+ Kh7 48.hxg5 also 1.Nf5 Ng5+ 2.Nxg5 Bxf5 3.Nf3 Bg4
IM R.Balasubramanian receiving wins) 46...Qxf8 47.Qxg5 Wins. If 47... 4.Nxd4 Bh5+ 5.Kf8 BxB 6.Ne6+ Kd7
trophy from Bharat Singh Qb8+ 48.Kh3+-] 46.Rxf8+ Kh7 47.Rxf7+ 7.Nf4 h5 8.Bf2 d4 9.Bh4 d3 10. Nxd3
Chauhan, CEO,AICF Bg6 11.Ne5+ wins
Kh8 [47...Kh6 48.Ng8#] 48.Nxg6+ Kg8
49.Rg7# 1–0 6.Nadareisveli,I pr, Schach 1969
5. Barbier,Wim (2099) - Zorko, 1.Ba4 Ng4 2.Bd1 Nf2 3.Bb3+ Kg6 4.a6
Ju (2466) [A20] Ng4 5.a7 Kf5 6.a8R g6 7.Ra1 d1Q 8.Rxd1
21st HIT Open 2016 Nova Gorica SLO (2.7), wins
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Mahalingam and Sri. Shri Shankar Vanavarayar, Joint Secretary, KCT and grandson of Dr.N. Mahalingam
(L-R) IA R Anantharam, Chief Arbiter. N Jayabal , President, Coimbatore District Chess Association,
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