aicf - aai cup 2012, new delhi

GM M.R.Lalith BabuGM M.R.Lalith BabuCommonwealth Champion

International Open Champion

WGM Sowmya SwaminathanWGM Sowmya SwaminathanCommonwealth WomenChampion

GM Sergei TiviakovGM Sergei Tiviakov

Volume : 6 issue : 7 Price : Rs. 25 January 2013

AICF - AAI CUP 2012, New DelhiCategory 18 Grandmaster’s Tournament,

Left to Right :- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland; GM Anton Korobov of Ukraine; (Winner with the trophy) GM Evgeny Alekseev of Russia; Mr. JS Balhara, Secretary AAI Officers' Institute; GM Abhijeet Gupta of India; Shri. Bharat Singh, Hony Secretary AICF; Smt. Rashmi Singh, Director Govt of Delhi; Shri. AK Verma, Hony Secretary Delhi Chess Association; GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India and GM Parimarjan Negi of India.

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January 2013

2nd FIDE International Rating Chess Tournament(below 2200), Kottayam….Muthaiah won the 2nd KCA Fide Rated 01by M.Ephrame, Chief Arbiter

Puzzle of the month 02

Layal Celebration International FIDE rated chess tournament, Namakkal….Yogesh Gautam wins at Namakkal 05

4th K.S. Group of industries Fide RatingChess Championship 2012,Malerkotla ….Yogesh wins title 06FA Yashpal Arora,Chief Arbiter

4th Rotary Club of Madras Mount - KCF International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament Chennai…. Harikrishnan emerges Champion 08by R.R.Vasudevan

Suraj International Fide Rating All India Open Chess Tournament,Sangli....Kunal wins Suraj FIDE Rated 10by Nitin Shenvi

Selected games from National Premier Chess, Jalgaon 12Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron

Selected games from Commonwealth Chess, Chennai 18Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron

In the Problem World 36A string of black pawnsby C.G.S. Narayanan

Tactics from master games 38by S.Krishnan

Test your endgame 39by K.Muralimohan, FIDE Instructor

Masters of the past-25 40Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

AICF Calendar 48

We look back with pride India's achievements in the year gone by. The high point, of course, was Viswanathan Anand's World title triumph at Moscow in May. Anand, came from behind, used his skills in rapid chess to defeat Boris Gelfand in the

tie-break and win the title for the fifth time.

On the distaff side, Indian women finished a creditable fourth, closely missing out on the medal, in the Chess Olympiad at Istanbul. Harika recorded her best performance at the World Women's Chess Championship in Russia, reaching the semi-finals.

Our 55-strong youth contingent made us proud winning eight medals in the World Youth Chess Championship at Slovenia. Delhi prodigy Parimarjan Negi won the Asian Continental Championship at Vietnam.

Our ever growing list of Grandmasters touched 30, adding three more during the year-M.R.Venkatesh, Vaibhav Suri and Sahaj Grover. India has shown the world that it is adept at organizing international events. In the Chess Olympiad for the Blind organised by the AICF for the Blind at Chennai, India finished fifth, the best placing so far. Commonwealth Chess Championships, also held at Chennai, witnessed an Indian double-GM Lalith Babu and WGM Sowmya Swaminathan were crowned champions. The year wound up with two more prestigious events- Asian schools Championships and AICF-AAI Cup, a category-18 tournamernt, held for the first time in India, featuring six GMs (which included three Indian GMs) held in New Delhi.

On the organizational front, AICF has introduced many player friendly measures which include two round robin international events, one for men and the other for women, with a prize fund of Rs.12 lakhs and 8 lakhs respectively to be borne by AICF. It is also proposed to increase prize money for the National Premier from 4 lakhs to 10 lakhs and for the National Women Premier from 2.5 lakhs to 6 lakhs. This increase will also be met from AICF funds. Further all the seeded and selected players taking part in all the age-group Nationals hitherto will be paid Rs.1000 each towards boarding and AICF will be defraying an additional expenditure of around Rs.10 lakhs on this count. I hope all these developmental measures are bound to yield fruitful results in 2013!

From the President

J.C.D.PrabhakarPresident

Vaibhav Suri (Born on 8th February 1997) learnt chess from his sister at the age of eight. His first success was in the Under-9 Nationals at Solapur in 2006 where he finished runner-up and thereafter his progress was rapid and consistent. He became under-17 National Champion in 2012 at Kanpur. He achieved IM title in August 2010 at the age of 13. A 10th standard student of Modern School in New Delhi, Vaibhav became India's second youngest Grandmaster at fifteen by winning the 3rd Luc Open at salle Debeyre in Lille, France. His final norm came when he defeated higher-rated GMs Maxim Turov, Oleg Korneev, Sebastien Maze and Marius

Manolache and scored 7.5 points out of the total nine. The most important win was against Turov (2658) with the black pieces. His first two norms had come from international open tournaments held at Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam in 2010 and 2011 respectively. His current Elo rating is 2503. His first coach was Sandeep Chitkara and then he worked with Mr. G.B Joshi and Mr. Prasenjit Dutta for 3 years He is currently learning from Ukrainian GM Alexander Goloschapov.. His role models are Tigran Petrosian, Alexander Alekhine and Magnus Carlsen. He prefers to play fighting game full of tactical subtleties. His interests other than chess are reading books and playing soccer and basketball. His significant achievements are listed below:

National level:

U-9 National Championships 2006 Solapur 2nd Place

U-11 National Championships 2008 Gujarat 2nd Place

U-13 National Championships 2009 Delhi 3rd Place

U-17 National 2012 Kanpur 1st Place

International level:

Commonwealth Championship U-10 2007 New Delhi 1st

Commonwealth Championship U-12 2008 New Delhi 1st

Alushta Round Robin 2009 Ukraine 1st IM Norm

Commonwealth Championship U-14 2010 New Delhi 3rd

Chennai GM Open 2010 Chennai 2nd IM Norm

Bhubaneswar Open 2010 Orissa 3rd IM&1st GM Norm

Vizakhapatnam Open 2011 Vizag 2nd GM Norm

LucOpen 2012 Lille,France 1st &3rd GM Norm

Vaibhav SuriKNOW YOUR GM

chess world remembers the third Women World Champion -Elizaveta Bykova

FIDE announced 2013 to be the year of the third Women World Champion Elizaveta Bykova. Elisaveta

Ivanovna Bykova (November 4, 1913 in Bogolyubovo, Russian Empire – March 8, 1989) in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet chess player and the third and fifth Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and again from 1958 to 1962.

In 1938 she won the women's Moscow championship and after the second world war she was a three-time winner of the women's Soviet Championship (1946, 1947 and 1950).Soviet Women Grandmaster (1976), International Master (1953) and the third Women

World Champion. Honored Sport Master, economist and journalist. At the age of 12 Bykova moved to Moscow with her older brother. Two years later she began to participate in chess events. In the period 1938-1952 she won six times the Moscow championship and three times the USSR Women championship. During World War II she gave lectures, organized tournaments and played simultaneous games with wounded soldiers in the hospitals.

After winning in 1952 the women's candidate tournament in Moscow, in 1953 she defeated in Leningrad the reigning champion Lyudmila Rudenko, with seven wins, five losses, and two draws..The Women World Championship Match of 1953 was one of the most interesting in the history of women chess contests. Having won the title-match with a score of +7-5=2, Bykova became the third Women World Champion. In 1956 a triple round World Championship match was held in Russia but Bykova came only second and had to concede the title to Olga Rubtsova.

In Moscow 1958, Bykova took her revenge and get back the title. One year later she confirmed it against Kira Zvorykina. In 1962 she lost the final contest to a new rising Georgian star named Nona Gaprindashvili. Bykova took active part in organizing women chess movement in the USSR, she is the author of popular books : "Vera Menchik", "Sorevnovanie na pervenstvo mira

sredi zhenschin"(Women World Championships), "Sovetskie shakhmatistki" (Soviet Women Chess Players). She worked as an engineer in a large Moscow printing house, and was also an author and columnist about chess in the USSR.

Women World Champion N. Gaprindashvili said that there was no match with Bykova in performing of simple positions and endgames. She was characterized with an exceptional industry, a rare presence of mind and a fantastic persistence.

Elizaveta Bykova

JANUARY 20131

2nd FIDE International Rating Chess Tournament(below 2200), Kottayam….

Muthaiah won the 2nd KCA Fide Ratedby M.Ephrame, Chief Arbiter

2nd Fide International Rating Chess TournamentBelow 2200 was organized by Kottayam ChessAcademy in association with Kottayam PublicLibrary under the auspicious of Chess Associationof Kerala and All India Chess Federation from27th December to 30th December atK.P.S.Menon Hall.

This event has attracted 192 playersfromGoa,Karnataka,Kerala,Puducherry, TamilNadu and a foreign player from France. Out ofthis, 113 players are rated players. The top billingwas given to Linda Rangarajan of Puducherry.The Young children Varshini, Muthaiah,Easwarfrom Tamil Nadu and Nihal Sarin and Arjun fromKerala occupied the top tables and caused a fearwave to the senior players. The 8 years oldThrissur boy Nihal Sarin round by attracted everyone. Linda, Varshini and Muthaiah shared the leadwith 5 points at the end of 5th round. But Varshinifrom Bloom Chess Academy, Tamil Nadu beatthe senior Kerala player K.R. Madhusoodananand took the lead with 6 points at the end of 6thround. Where as Linda drew with Muthaiah andfollowed Varshini with 5.5 points each.

At the end of 7th round Linda took sole lead with6.5 points and maintained his lead after 8th and9th round also. In final round the encounterbetween Linda and Nihal was interesting. At last8 years old boy Nihal beat Linda the top seededand shared the lead with Muthaiah. BetterBuchholz helped Muthaiah of Tamil Nadu to bagthe winner's trophy with Rs.15,000 as cash prize.Linda Rangarajan of Puducherry and Nihal Sarinof Kerala are in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Earlier to the Prize distribution ceremony,Commonwealth Under-16 Gold Medallist S.L.Narayanan was felicitated with cash award byKottayam Chess Academy. Mr.D.V.Sundar,Vice-President,FIDE was the chief guest of the function.He distributed the prizes to the winners in the

presence of Mr.P.Venugopal, Secretary,ChessAssociation of Kerala. Shri. D V Sunder in hisspeech added that Kerala stands 3rd in organizingthe Fide rated chess tournaments in our country.

Final standings(first 100 placings only)Rk. Name Club Pt.1 Muthaiah Al TN 8½2 Linda Rangarajan PUD 8½3 Nihal Sarin KER 8½4 Eashwar.M TN 85 Ajay Krishna S TN 86 Varshini V TN 7½7 Madhusoodanan K.R. KER 7½8 Mohanan U.C. KER 7½9 Ameer P.S. KER 7½10 Barath M GOA 711 Rajith V. KER 712 Aarthi G TN 713 Chandar Raju KER 714 Audi Ameya GOA 715 Suresh Kumar N.T. KER 716 Marthandan K U KER 717 Jayakumar S TN 718 Abhijith M. KER 719 Vijaya Kumar V KER 720 Prince Mundakayam KER 721 Durgesh K KAR 722 Thomas M J KER 723 Pavithran K.K. KER 724 Arjun M KER 6½25 Rajeev V.M. KER 6½26 Lakshmanan K A KER 6½27 Ajith Kumar P N KER 6½28 Narendran V TN 6½29 Gabriel B M KER 6½30 Yashaskara Jois K.R KAR 6½31 Aravind Ravikumar KER 6½32 Pran Abhijith KER 6½33 Muhammed Shibily N KER 6½34 Haricharann D V TN 6½35 Koushik Muthesh P TN 6½

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36 Sivadas T N KER 6½37 Mohanan V P KER 6½38 Anand S KER 6½39 Shaji P M KER 6½40 Shajahan I S KER 641 Rejith Kumar T N KER 642 Adesh Joshi KER 643 Joseph S A KER 644 Suhail Rasheed KER 645 Manu DSuthandram R TN 646 Anjali Manoj KER 647 Dinesh K.K KER 648 Kathir Balaji K TN 649 Venkat Subramanian TN 650 Vel Vishwanathan GM TN 651 Advaith Rajendran I V KER 652 Audi Saiesh GOA 653 Megha K KER 654 Abhishek T M KER 655 Mohanadasan T KER 656 Arijith M KER 657 Aswin P KER 658 Gunaseelan V A KER 659 Agnal Saji Jacob KER 660 Sajan Issac KER 661 Dilan Paul Roy J TN 662 Sanjay S Pillai KER 5½63 Vincent Dave KER 5½64 Ravindran Nair P V KER 5½65 Radhakrishnan N KER 5½66 Saju M KER 5½67 Jai Aditya D TN 5½68 Shibin K Benny KER 5½69 Jyothir R KER 5½70 Jayakumar P K KER 5½71 Melvin T Varghese KER 5½72 Harikrishnan A KER 5½73 Dhanush Bharadwaj KAR 5½74 Vinod S KER 5½75 Rohith Raja M. KER 5½76 Vikumar P K KER 5½77 Sreehari G KER 5½78 Gautam Manoj KER 5½79 Vivek A Nair KER 5½80 Dhanesh P.M. KER 581 Dhivyashree J TN 5

82 Abhilash G KER 583 Clint Shaly KER 584 Akhiljith K C KER 585 Aswin B S KER 586 Dhanush S TN 587 Salim Yoosuf KER 588 Praveen Raj T KER 589 Ance Jose Tom KER 590 Prem Krishna N KER 591 Sriram B TN 592 Jayakumar T TN 593 Sanjay Snehal M S TN 594 Gayathri A Nair KER 595 Ganesh A Nair KER 596 Antony Simethy KER 597 Naushad Vavachan KER 598 Shibin John KER 599 Abhishek S TN 5100 Shreesha Bhat KAR 5

Puzzle of the monthby C.G.S.Narayanan

Find the mate in 2Here is one more teaser by Prof.Smullyan. Inthe position below whatever black has playedlast white mates in two moves. But then whatwere the possible last moves of black andwhat are the mates?

Raymond Smullyan Chess Mysteriesof Sherlock Holmes 1994

Mate in two?(Solution on page 48)

JANUARY 20135

Layal Celebration International FIDE rated chess tournament,Namakkal….

Yogesh Gautam wins at Namakkal

Yogesh Gautam of Haryana won the LayalCelebration International FIDE rated chesstournament, here at Surabi Col lege ofPolytechnic, Namakkal. The 6 lakh prize moneyevent was held from 4th to 8th December.The total prize includes the first prize of Rs 1lakh in the 50 main and other 37 categoryprizes. The event had attracted around 250players, off which 213 players wereinternationally rated. Players from 14 statesranging from Haryana in North, Maharashtrain West, Manipur in East & all southern states,eagerly participated in the highest prize moneyevent for the Below 2000 category.

Earlier the tournament was inaugurated byInterantional Master T N Parameswaran, inpresence of CP Marimuthu, Chairman, SurabhiInstitutions and officials of Namakkal District ChessFoundation and Coimbatore Dt Chess Assn.Gopumathavan, Principal, Surabi Polytechnicwelcome the gathering.

N Paramasivam of Virudunagar district was thetop seed with an elo rating of 1997. By the 6thround it was Yogesh Gautam and 11 yr old A RaHarikrishna who were leading the pack with 6points each. Yogesh prevailed over Hari to takethe sole lead with 7pts to be joined by StanleySamson, Rakesh Kumar Jena and Sai Prahlad.Yogesh and Stanley jointly lead with 8 points atthe end of the 9th round.

In the final round Yogit, Yogesh and Stanley werein the lead with 8.5 pts. Stanley was playing aslightly weak position against Paramasivam.Meanwhile Yogesh Gautam made a quick drawwith Yogit, hoping Stanley to lose againstParamasivam. His gamble paid off whenParamasivam outplayed with finesse.

In a 4 way tie for the first place with 9 pointsYogesh Gautam finished first on better tie break,U C Mohanan of Kerala outplayed Balakannammato take the 2nd spot followed by Yogit andParamasivam. The prizes were distributed byRajasekhar, Executive Manager, Repco Bank,KMuralimohan, Gen Secy, Tamilnadu State ChessAssociation and C.P. Marimuthu, Chairman,SurabiInstitutions.

Final standings (first 30 placings only)Rk. Name Club Pt.1 Yogesh Gautam HAR 92 Mohanan U.C. KER 93 Yogit S TN 94 Paramasivam M. TN 95 Rakesh Kumar Jena FM ORI 8½6 Stanley Samson P. TN 8½7 Anand Naik B AP 8½8 Arun J TN 8½9 R Shanmugasundaram Layal 8½10 Sai Prahlad K TN 811 Bala Kannamma.P TN 812 Gavi Siddayya KAR 813 Heikrujam Jacky Singh MAN 814 Gopalkrishna.P KAR 815 Chincholimath Halsagar KAR 816 Harikrishnan.A.Ra TN 7½17 R.V. Adith Layal 7½18 Hirthickkesh Pr TN 7½19 Jaswant G TN 7½20 Vijaya Sharathy TN 7½21 Selvabharathy T KCF 7½22 Verma Rahul MAH 7½23 Dave Shiv Shankar RAJ 7½24 Meenakshi Sundaram TN 7½25 Hariketan G. Chitale MAH 7½26 Xavier P P KER 7½27 Ajay Krishna S Bloom 728 Sa Kannan TN 729 Akshaya Nandakumar TN 730 Prakashram R TN 7

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JANUARY 20136

4th K.S. Group of industries Fide Rating Chess Championship 2012,Malerkotla ….

Yogesh wins titleFA Yashpal Arora,Chief Arbiter

4th K.S. Group of industries Fide Rating ChessChampionship 2012 was organized excellentlyby Malerkotla Chess Association under theguidance of Punjab chess association at KaliMata temple campus, Malerkotla from 27th to30th December 2012.

Prof. Bikramjeet Singh Sandhu, general secretaryof Punjab state chess association inauguratedthe 4th K.S. Group of industries Fide Rating ChessChampionship 2012.This Championship attracted213 players including 50 rated players from variousstates including Haryana, Karnataka, Assam,Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Chandigarh, WestBengal, Delhi, Kerala, j&k, uttar Pradesh, HimachalPradesh and Uttrakhand.

Players like Yogesh Goutam from Haryana,Winner of Namakkal International and PiyushManuja from Chandigarh made the event socolourful and stronger.This has been the strongestchess championship in Punjab in group of below2000 in recent times. This championship wasorganized in nine Round Swiss format. Theorganizers provided Boarding, Lodging and Puredrinking water to all players at nominal charges.

Main sponsor for this International Rating eventwas 4th K.S. Group of industries who providedfree hospitality to officials, arbiters and alsosponsored the entire prize Money of Rs.80000/.At the end of the seventh round Yogesh Goutamof Haryana, became sole the leader after aminiature victory over anchit vyas 1841 ofMadhya Pradesh .The top seed Singh Balwinder1995 easily won against Dev Krishna of HimachalPradesh. In the eight round on the top boardYogesh Goutam again had a comfortable winagainst Delhi player Chitranjan T. On the secondboard rising star from Madhya Prtadesh AnchitVyas was defeated by Manish Uniyal of Delhi.And in the last round yogesh very easily beattop seeded Singh Balwinder elo 1995 from Punjab.Yogesh won nine out of nine games and won the

championship and also got rupees 20000/- withcolorful trophy. Second place was secured by Delhiboy Manish Uniyal with 8 points and 12000/-rupees.Third place went to top seeded BalwinderSingh.Fourth was Anchit Vyas from MadhyaPradesh who won 4000/-.

On the concluding day 30th December 2012 ShriMalkeet Singhji,MD of KS Group of industries wasthe Chief Guest and distributed the prizes.Prof.B.S. Sandhu Secretary, Punjab Chessassociation who was the backbone of this eventrendered the vote of thanks.

Chief Arbiter Yashpal Arora was assisted by FideArbiter Rashmi Saini and other efficient arbiterswho helped the successful conduct of this event.

Final standings (first 130 placings only)Rk. Name Pts.1 Yogesh Gautam 92 Manish Uniyal 83 Singh Balwinder 74 Anchit Vyas 75 Singh Gursher 76 Dev Krishan 77 Ajit Singh 78 Akshay Anand 79 Sharma Pankaj 710 Nikhil Bansal 711 Rajat Jatana 712 Amit Sharma 713 Chitaranjan.T 6.514 MS bawa 6.515 Sonkalan Bharati 6.516 Anil Verma 6.517 Vikram Ranolia 6.518 Deepak Batra 6.519 Himanshu Bhasin 6.520 Kumar Naveen 6.521 Divyanshu Hasija 6.522 Razdan Anmol 623 Amanpreet Singh 624 Bhupendra Kumar 625 Nilesh Jindal 626 bir singh,raminder 6

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27 Love Jindal 628 Singh Amarjit 629 Kirti Sharma 630 Bikramjit Singh 631 Homen Chandra Rabha 632 Shubham Shukla 633 Vipan Kumar 634 rajeev pathak 635 Ravneet Kaur 636 manik arora 637 Rajesh Kumar Nath 638 randeep singh 639 S Dharmender Singh 640 Ishaan Bansal 641 Ashish Rana 642 Rohan 643 tarlochan singh 644 Vikas Sahu 645 Dudeja Sandeep 646 Romit Verma 647 Rakesh Gupta 648 Intkhab Alam 5.549 Jatinder Singh 5.550 Kishan Chand 5.551 arvind patel 5.552 Ishaan S Mendiratta 5.553 Amrit Pal Singh 5.554 deepak singh 5.555 rashid khilji 5.556 mohd. tariq 5.557 Tarun Kumar 5.558 deepak hans 5.559 Swayam Bhargava 5.560 dinesh bhagat 5.561 sarthak jain 5.562 pardeep kumar 5.563 Jatin Wadhwa 564 gaurav tiwari 565 anurag 566 Piyush Manuja 567 abhijeet singh rajput 568 pankaj verma 569 firoz p.a. 570 palwinder singh 571 Sharma Umesh 572 parichay saxena 573 Prajjwal 574 shubham jindal 575 ritish garg 576 ashutosh arora 577 Ojas Shukla 578 Nitin Partap Singh 5

79 tanveer manga 580 Rakesh Kumar 581 Gokul G.Pillai 582 love verma 583 ravinder singh 584 harsh singh senger 585 prabhsimran singh 586 Hemendra singh m 587 anshul mehta 588 suraj parkash 589 Singh Manpal 590 Satbir Singh 591 Ram naman patel 592 Lovish verma 593 Yugansh Shukla 594 Prabhsimran singh maan 595 Yash Dedhia 596 Hardeep singh .M 597 Vaibhav tiwari 598 Nishchay saxena 4.599 Sahil Batra 4.5100 Chaudhary Pallav 4.5101 Mahinder Singh Verma 4.5102 Shailendra Kumar 4.5103 Shivam Chauhan 4.5104 Anmol Bhagat 4.5105 Krishan 4.5106 Arjun Singla 4.5107 Nitin Rathi 4.5108 Kautuk Jain 4.5109 Rajdeep Singh 4.5110 Sanjam Khosla 4.5111 Ayushmaan Saini 4.5112 Dhruv Chaudhary 4.5113 Raghav Bhalla 4.5114 Puneet Kumar 4.5115 Shubham Sethi 4.5116 Gaurav Sood 4117 Akansh Dhull 4118 Jyoti Rohila 4119 Manjot Singh Gill 4120 Aditya Nawal 4121 Ananay Mayor 4122 Vaishant K Gangwani 4123 Vibhav Pamecha 4124 Harbir 4125 Ishan Sarna 4126 Kishor Kumar Deka 4127 Jithesh A 4128 Aadarsh Suryavanshi 4129 Jyotirmay Singh 4130 Rishabh Jain 4

JANUARY 20138

4th Rotary Club of Madras Mount - KCF International FIDE RatingChess Tournament (for below 1800 rating), Chennai….

Harikrishnan emerges Championby R.R.Vasudevan

11-year-old Harikrishnan with 9.0 points from 10rounds emerged the champion in the 4th RotaryClub of Madras Mount - KCF International FIDERating Chess Tournament (for below 1800 rating)organised by King Chess Foundation at Hall ofChess, Nehru Stadium, Chennai from 26th to29th Dec, 2012.

Harikrishnan, who formerly held the distinction ofbeing the youngest FIDE Rated player in thecountry, scored nine wins against a lone defeatand stands to gain 20 ELOs for his outstandingshow. Hari trained by FIDE Instructor KMuralimohan, took home the winner's purse ofRs. 20000. The ten round Swiss event saw 721participants from India and Singapore.

Final standings (first 150 placings only)Rk. Name State Pts.1 Harikrishnan.A.Ra TN 92 Gupta Rajesh R.S. MAH 8½3 Kumar S. TN 8½4 Vaibhav A TN 8½5 Senthil Maran K TN 8½6 Praggnanandhaa R TN 8½7 Thirunaga Sundaram S TN 8½8 Mythireyan P TN 8½9 Akash R TN 810 Girinath B S TN 811 Sivaji Baskar S TN 812 Kannan R. TN 813 Rahul Kadge MAH 814 Sathyanarayanan S. TN 815 Solomon Rathna Sekaran TN 816 Sooraj S TN 817 Preneesh Kumar KER 818 Raja chokkarvel Y TN 7½19 Prakashram R TN 7½20 Kameswaran V. TN 7½21 Vinay Vijaykumar MAH 7½22 Shince Sebastian KER 7½

23 Aravind K TN 7½24 Mathivanan S PON 7½25 Bathula Abhinav Reddy TN 7½26 Selvabharathy T TN 7½27 Prajesh R TN 7½28 Abishek I TN 7½29 Kshitij Singla MAH 7½30 Madhan Babu M TN 7½31 Hari Madhavan N B TN 7½32 Viswanathan.M.S TN 7½33 Subash Sanker D M TN 7½34 Vaibhav Barahate MAH 7½35 Charan Kumar A TN 7½36 Bhuvan R TN 7½37 Sathishkumar L AP 7½38 Vijay M. TN 7½39 Gokula Chandhiran A TN 7½40 Ashwin R TN 7½41 Neeraj Kumar R TN 7½42 Badrinath S. PON 7½43 Rathish T.J. TN 7½44 Saughanthika As TN 745 Khanna Aman MAH 746 Bhaskar.v TN 747 Dileep Kumar R TN 748 Kalidass C. TN 749 Barath Kalyan M TN 750 Venkatakrishnan R TN 751 Gafoor K A KER 752 Karthik Raj C TN 753 Aaditya Jagadeesh TN 754 Gowri Shankar A TN 755 Mahesh Kumar K K TN 756 Venkatesan.K TN 757 Subramanian T.V. TN 758 Vishnu R V TN 759 Shanmugasundaram TN 760 Deepika M C TN 761 Ashhwath C TN 7

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62 Niranjan Nadarajan TN 763 Kathiravan T TN 764 Murali R Krishnan TN 765 Chandi Sachin MAH 766 Upendra R TN 767 Manickavelu. A TN 768 Lakshmi C WGM TN 769 D.K. Chopra DEL 770 Ayil Naidu K PON 771 Prabhakaran K KAR 772 Dilip Kumar S TN 773 Kavitha P L TN 774 Shaik Sydulu AP 775 Vikram G TN 776 Harish Raghavendra S TN 777 Raahul V S TN 778 Rahul Krishnan R TN 779 Siddarth Ashok KAR 780 Abdul Azeem R TN 6½81 Noohu M.J. TN 6½82 S Venkateshwaran TN 6½83 Gilbert S TN 6½84 Sree Veeramani P TN 6½85 Meera D TN 6½86 Arun M S TN 6½87 Thiruvengadam T TN 6½88 Gowtham K K TN 6½89 Venkatachala K Sarma TN 6½90 Hariohm Varush TN 6½91 Adyasa Mahapatra ORI 6½92 Sriram S TN 6½93 Abhiram T KER 6½94 Vishal A TN 6½95 Charles J TN 6½96 Annapoorni S TN 6½97 Sasikumar N TN 6½98 Yaseen Sherif H TN 6½99 Srinath.V TN 6½100 Priyanka K TN 6½101 Arumugam N TN 6½102 Laxman S T TN 6½103 Karthick Narayanan S TN 6½104 Suresh Kumar R TN 6½105 Palani Kumar D TN 6½

106 Baskar P PON 6½107 Sushmitha.G. TN 6½108 Sameer C KER 6½109 Rahul Raaj A TN 6½110 Bhaskar N S TN 6½111 Harshavardhan S TN 6½112 Mohan Ram Sridhar TN 6½113 Adishta Selvam S PON 6½114 Harish Kumar S TN 6½115 Vishnu Viswanathan P TN 6½116 Vaisnav A TN 6½117 Balachandar E TN 6½118 Sharan S TN 6½119 Raman R PON 6½120 Kishore Kumar T TN 6½121 Karthick Raja R TN 6½122 Vignesh V TN 6½123 Aravind V TN 6½124 V Sadanand MAH 6½125 George Daniel TN 6½126 Kruthika K R TN 6½127 Suresh Agarwal TN 6½128 K. Natarajan TN 6½129 askaran S TN 6½130 Sheshathri s TN 6½131 Rajiv Soni PON 6½132 Sachin Raj TN 6½133 Badhrinarayan P TN 6½134 Satyanarayana Raju D S AP 6½135 Jai Kishan V TN 6½136 Paul I. Sumi TN 6½137 Sai Ganesh S TN 6138 Bagat Singh P PON 6139 Sathananthan I TN 6140 Gopikrishna N. TN 6141 Gnanasekar .G TN 6142 Sureshlal J TN 6143 Vigneshwaran S TN 6144 Karthik P M TN 6145 Tharanitharr P TN 6146 Saji T. KER 6147 Rajiv A TN 6148 Lakshman K R TN 6149 Hariharan S Pillai TN 6150 Rakshith N D TN 6

JANUARY 201310

Suraj International Fide Rating All India Open Chess Tournament,Sangli....

Kunal wins Suraj FIDE Ratedby Nitin Shenvi

The Suraj International Fide Rating All India OpenChess Tournament was sponsored by SurajSports Foundation and organised by NutanBuddhibal Mandal, Sangli commenced on 25thDecember, 2012.

The tournament was inaugurated by renownedDr. Pankaj Pande, Dr. Darshana Pande and Retd.Police Commisioner Abasaheb Patil. Shri RajabhauShirgaonkar, Chairman of NBM welcomed theguests and introduction of the guests was doneby Dr. Ulhas Mali. The three guests were felicitatedby Shri Rajabhau Shirgaonkar and Sou. SmitaKelkar, treasurer, NBM. In their individual speechesthe three guest of honour told the variousadvantages of Chess in Practical Life and alsowished luck to the players. Various National playerswere felicitated during the function. Anchoring wasdone by Mr. Ravindra Kanitkar and Vote ofThanks was presented by Dr. Ulhas Mali. Duringthe function Mr. Chintamani Limaye, Secretary,NBM, Vijay Apte, Mrs. Seema Kathmale, Mr. VilasDixit, etc were present.

In this tournament 301 players from various statesof India had participated. These Included RakeshKulkarni, Sameer Kathmale, M Kunal, SohanPhadke, A Augustin, etc making a grand total of145 rated players.The prize distribution functionwas held on 30th Dec., 2012 at 04:00P.M. in theAuditorium, Suraj Sport7s Foundation, Kupwad,Dist. Sangli. The tournament was won by KunalM form the Tamil Nadu who was third seeded inthis tournament. While the second seededSameer Kathmale maintained his seed with winningrunner up position.

Final standingsRk. Name City Pts.1 Kunal M. TN 92 Kathmale Sameer SMCA 93 Snehal Bhosale MAH 84 Augustin A KAR 8

5 Phadke Sohan MAH 86 Mulay Pratik MAH 87 Shenvi Mohit MAH 7.58 Kulkarni Rakesh MAH 7.59 Akshay Halagannavar KAR 7.510 Kulkarni Vinayak KAR 7.511 Boricha Ketan MAH 7.512 Abhishek A KER 7.513 Kapil Pawse GOA 7.514 Atharvaa P MAH 7.515 Nikam Ravindra SMCA 7.516 Wagh Suyog MAH 7.517 Bakshi Rutuja MAH 718 Ojas Kulkarni KAR 719 Kumthekar Shubham MAH 720 Madkar Atharva MAH 721 Md Khaja A Latheef AP 722 Harsh Mangesh Ghag MAH 723 Patil Jitendra MAH 724 M Hemant Kumar SMCA 725 Sawardekar Pravin SMCA 726 Avdhoot Lendhe MAH 727 Bhandari Nilesh KAR 728 Mahindrakar Indrajeet MAH 729 Ananya S KAR 730 Jenil Shah MAH 731 Soham Datar MAH 732 Ponkshe Sarang MAH 733 Shenvi Pratik MAH 734 Muralidharan R. TN 735 Ganesh Deshpande MAH 736 Milind Parle SMCA 737 Kumtakar Deepak MAH 738 Munemane Ameya MAH 6.539 Koravi Chandrashekhar SMCA 6.540 Sammed Jaykumar S SMCA 6.541 Modi Kunal MAH 6.542 Inamdar Sameer MAH 6.543 Patwardhan Avdhut S SMCA 6.544 Borate Suraj MAH 6.545 Tankasale Pranav SMCA 6.546 Raja Harshit MAH 6.5

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47 Chorge Mangesh SMCA 6.548 Bhandarkar Dinesh MAH 6.549 Devani Samirkumar GUJ 6.550 Jadhav Vaibhavi MAH 6.551 Shelke Sankarsha MAH 6.552 Ci Abhishek Varma MAH 6.553 Mane Amol SMCA 6.554 Dalvi Ayush MAH 6.555 Limaye Gayatri MAH 6.556 Madkar Aditya MAH 6.557 Agashe Kaustubh MAH 6.558 Gange Tanmayee MAH 6.559 More Amit SMCA 6.560 Sachin Pradeep KER 6.561 Balachandar Eshan MAH 6.562 Rajas Chari GOA 6.563 Menon Padmanand MAH 664 Aditya B Kalyani KAR 665 Bandekar Aditya MAH 666 Joshi Pushpahas MAH 667 Bhogal Rupesh MAH 668 Mankar Vishwajit SMCA 669 Basant N SMCA 670 Parag Ravindra Patil SMCA 671 Aditya Pai MAH 672 Pulekar D.B. MAH 673 Raval Dilip MAH 674 Tiwari Saurabh MAH 675 Patil Aditya MAH 676 Sharma Jyoti Prakash RAJ 677 Bhosale Shriraj SMCA 678 Waske Deepak SMCA 679 Warang Atharwa MAH 680 Sakhalkar Tejas SMCA 681 Chandorkar Prasad MAH 682 Bhosale Shruti SMCA 683 Pawar Rahul MAH 684 Jadhav Shubham C MAH 685 Solanki Harsh MAH 686 Naravankar Milind SMCA 687 Pandhare Swapnil MAH 688 Kambli Hrishikesh MAH 689 Naik Rishubh Naresh GOA 5.590 Arora Om Prakash RAJ 5.591 Mane Kumar SMCA 5.592 Patil Abhishek SMCA 5.593 Krishna V Shinde KAR 5.5

94 Purohit Shreyas SMCA 5.595 Wagle Aakash Abhay MAH 5.596 Kuber Chinmayee MAH 5.597 Shreyash A Kulkarni KAR 5.598 Morvekar Kedar MAH 5.599 Patil Piyush SMCA 5.5100 A Mahesh Gokhale MAH 5.5101 Kulkarni Saurabh P MAH 5.5102 Gandhi Avishkar MAH 5.5103 Manoj B Kulkarni KAR 5.5104 Bhagwat S.M. KAR 5.5105 Dnyaneshwar S Gharge MAH 5.5106 Anekar Shreya MAH 5.5107 Kher Akshay MAH 5.5108 Vaidya Mihir MAH 5.5109 Vahanwala Mihir MAH 5.5110 Patil Tushar MAH 5.5111 Kawade Rutuja SMCA 5.5112 Kulkarni Omkar MAH 5.5113 Jain Aum MAH 5.5114 Gala Devansh MAH 5.5115 Kadam Nikhil MAH 5.5116 Dhagdhage Shashank MAH 5.5117 Wairagade Atharva MAH 5.5118 Desai Makarand M SMCA 5.5119 Gulanikar Anoop MAH 5.5120 Desai Muktai SMCA 5.5121 Raghavan Muktesh MAH 5.5122 Purohit Sarang SMCA 5.5123 Modak Mangesh SMCA 5.5124 Kalsekar Hemant SMCA 5.5125 Suhas P Nidoni KAR 5.5126 Oke Aditya MAH 5.5127 Dafale Vaibhav MAH 5.5128 Kadam Sahil MAH 5.5129 Dhruv Vinayak Joshi MAH 5.5130 Dr Suresh P Desai KAR 5.5131 Chaturvedi Atharva MAH 5.5132 Gawande Sumeet MAH 5.5133 T Chanchal Kumar MAH 5.5134 Godambe Siddharth MAH 5135 Suresh Joshi SMCA 5136 Dedhia Shrey MAH 5137 Patel,Mayur MAH 5138 Borade Yash MAH 5139 Thorat Aishwarya GOA 5140 Gaikwad Dinesh MAH 5

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Selected games from NationalPremier, Jalgaon

Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron

Nisha Mohota (2323)Eesha Karavade (2393)

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c55.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.e4Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Bg7 10.g3 0–0 11.Kg2d6 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Rhe1Ng4 15.Rad1 a6 So far all this has beenplayed before. This chasing of the knightis a new idea. 16 a4 ignoring the harmlessknight on g4 and restricting black’s playon the queen-side has been successfullytried. 16.h3 Nge5 17.Bg5 With all of herpieces developed at good squares whitehas to find a good aggressive plan tocontinue. So, this move is the first stepin chasing the Ne5 with f2-f4. 17...Qe8[17...f6 18.Nxe5 fxg5 19.Nc6 Qf7= andblack has a faint edge despite white’sknight on c6 as she (black) has noobvious points of exploitable weakness.]18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.f4 Nd7

20.e5 White probably sacrifices this pawnon intuition and not on exact calculation.Black is able to accept the sacrifice andblock out white’s plans of invasion.20...dxe5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.d6 [White

has to justify her pawn sacrifice creatingcomplications. 22.Bf4 f6 23.a4 Qd724.Bxe5 fxe5

25.Qb3 Rab8 and black has a solid positionwith an extra pawn.] 22...f6³ 23.d7 [Not23.Qb3+?? c4! and white will lose as shehas her queen and bishop undersimultaneous attack.] 23...Qf7 24.Rxe5fxg5 [Not 24...fxe5?? 25.d8Q Raxd826.Rxd8 Qf3+ 27.Kh2 Rxd8 28.Bxd8 b529.Qg2±] 25.Red5 Qf3+ 26.Kh2 Rad827.R5d2 Bd4!–+ a bold move preparingto capture the dangerous pawn on d7 butallowing white some counterplay. 28.Qb3+Kh8 29.Qxb6 Rxd7 30.Qe6 [White doesnot have time to capture the stray butunimportant pawn: 30.Qxa6 because of30...Bf2! 31.Rxd7 Qxg3+ 32.Kh1 Qxh3#]30...Rb7! This virtually confines white’srook to the defence of her b2 pawn andreduces her chances of counter-attack tonil. 31.Re1 Rbf7 32.Ne4 Rf5 33.Qxa6

33...Be3! This is a clever double attackwhich wins at least the exchange. Boththe rook and the knight are undersimultaneous attack. 34.Qe2 Bxd235.Qxd2 [After 35.Qxf3 Rxf3 36.Nxd2Rf2+ black become a rook up.] 35...Re536.Re3 Qf1! 37.Qg2 [If 37.Re1 Rf2+!38.Nxf2 Rxe1–+]

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37...Rf2! Black enjoys toying with thewhite defence. 38.Nxf2 Qxg2+!39.Kxg2 Rxe3 The rest is an unequalbatt le. 40.a4 Re2 41.Kf3 Rxb242.Ne4 Rb3+ 43.Ke2 c4 44.Kd2 Ra345.Nc3 Kg7 46.Kc2 Kf6 47.Nd5+ Ke548.Nc3 Rb3 49.a5 Ra3 0–1

S Meenakshi (2296)Kiran M Mohanty (2179)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf65.Nc3 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.e5 Nfd7 8.a3Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 c5 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Qd2Nc6 12.f4 Nb6 A new move and a newidea in this position. White has to handle thenew threat of ...Na4 targeting her c3 pawn.13.Nf3?! [This knight is relocated in the verynext move itself, losing time. Better was:13.dxc5 Na4 14.Nf3 Qxc3 15.Qxc3 Nxc316.Bd3 f5 17.Rg1= when white hassomewhat better prospects.] 13...c4! Thethreat is 14...Na4 attacking the c3 pawn asecond time. And the only way white canprotect her c3 is to move her knight again!14.Ng1 Diagram # [White can also defendher pawn by the manovre 14.Qc1 Na4(14...Qxc3+?? 15.Bd2 and the queen istrapped.) 15.Bd2 b5 and the position isbetter for black as she has several plans whilewhite must keep defending her c3 pawn allher life.(15...Nxc3?? 16.a4+- the knight istrapped.)]

14...Ne7 15.Ne2 Na4 16.g3 Bd717.Bh3 h5 18.0–0 g6 19.Bf2 Qc720.Rab1 Nf5 21.Rb4 a5 22.Rbb1 Bc623.Bg2 Qe7 24.Ra1= 0–0–0 25.Bf3Rdg8 26.Kg2 [Once again, white wantsto relocate her knight via g1. 26.Be3!?(discouraging black’s intended .... g5 wasworth consideration) 26...Rf8 27.Bg2 andthe game is almost equal.] 26...Rh727.Ng1 g5 28.fxg5 Rxg5 29.Be3 Rg830.Nh3 Rhg7 31.Kf2 [Not 31.Bxh5?Nxg3! 32.hxg3 Rxg3+ 33.Kh2 Qh4–+]31...f6 32.Bf4 fxe5 33.Bxe5 Rf7!34.Bf4 [Better was 34.Ke1 h4 35.g4 Nd6!36.Qe3 (36.Bxd6 Qxd6 37.Qe3 Re8µ andblack is better as she has targets of attackon a3 and h2 and also has the threat of....e6-e5.) 36...Ne4 37.Bxe4 dxe4 38.g5Rf3 39.Rxf3 exf3 40.Kd2 Nb6 41.Qf4 andthe chances are equal.] 34...Nd6 35.Kg2[In the old days native chess players whenconfronted with a similar situation wouldtake their king to the opposite wing forsafety. Here, white makes the mistake oftaking back her king to the sector whereblack has dangerously massed her pieces.Better was: 35.Ke1 Rf5 36.Qe3= Nb537.Ng1 Nbxc3 38.Ne2 Ne4 39.Rb1 andwhite is in no immediate danger.] 35...Ne4!36.Bxe4 dxe4 37.Qe3 Rf5 [Strongerwas 37...Nb6 ] 38.Be5?


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[Gradually, black has taken the upperhandin this blocked position and it is difficult tosuggest any good possibility to improvewhite’s chances. If 38.Ng1?! (an unluckymove for white in this game!) aiming toput up a solid defence with Ne2, thencomes 38...Nb6! and the black knightswitches its focus from the c3 pawn tothe key e3 square.; 38.Kg1 h4!µ] 38...Rf339.Rxf3 exf3+ 40.Kf2 h4! 41.Bf4hxg3+ 42.Bxg3 b5 [A good alternativewas: 42...e5 43.Qxe5 Qxe5 44.dxe5Nxc3] 43.Nf4 Re8 44.Ng6 Qh7 45.Qe5!Kb7 46.h4 Nxc3 47.h5? [With this moveblack is allowed to do as she pleases.Better would have been: 47.Re1preventing 47....Ne4+ and putting up astronger resistance.] 47...Ne4+ 48.Kxf3Nf6+ 49.Ke2 [49.Kf2?? Ng4+]49...Nxh5 50.Bh2 Nf6 Black is winningas she is threatening ...Ng4+. The whiteknight has no safe move, its every moveleading to material loss. 51.Rg1 Nd552.Kd2 [Better was: 52.Kd1 so that insome variations when the black queencaptures the Bishop on h2, it is not with acheck.] 52...Rg8 53.Ne7

53...c3+–+ [Much, much stronger was:53...Qh6+ 54.Ke2 Nc3+ 55.Kf2 Qd2+56.Kf1 Rxg1+ and mate next move.]54.Ke2 Qxc2+ 55.Kf1 Rf8+ 0–1

Amruta,Mokal (2072)P Priya (2165)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7!?

This is a sacrifice advocated by JohnCochrane who lived in Calcutta during themid-nineteenth century and founded theCalcutta Chess Club. Quite a few of hisgames against Mohischunder Bonnerjeemainly with this sacrifice are found inChessBase. There is also a game betweenCochrane and his friend Staunton with thissame variation. In modern chess thisvariation had been recommended byBronstein. 4...Kxf7 5.d4 [Cochranealways played here: 5.Bc4+ andMohischunder Bonnerjee replied 5...Ke8 or5... Be6 and lost the majority of games.]5...Be6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.0–0 c5!? 8.d5Bg4 9.f3 Bh5 10.g4 c4?! [A new movehere. Black is impatient to quickly get inher own attack. After 10...Bg6 11.g5 Ne812.f4 Kg8³ it is doubtful whether white hasenough compensation for her sacrificedknight.] 11.Bxc4 Ne5 [11...Qb6+ shouldbe played now or in the next few moves,before white gets a chance to play Bc1–e3.] 12.Be2 Bg6 13.g5 Ne8 14.f4 Qb6+15.Rf2 If the king moves to g2 or h1, thenBishop captures e4 with check. 15...Kg816.Nc3 Nd7 17.Bg4± Nc5 18.Rb1 Nc7[18...Nxe4?? 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Be6#]


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19.Be3 Qb4? [An adventurous and ill-advised manoeuvre which could quicklylead to the loss of the game as the queengets into trouble and is out of action onthe queen-side. Better was to make white’sthreatened b2-b4 more difficult with19...a5] 20.a3!+- Qa5 21.b4 Qxa3

22.bxc5? [The winning move was:22.Qd4! threatening the knight which hasno safe escape, for example, if 22...N5a6(22...Na4 23.Rb3 Qa1+ 24.Rf1+-; 22...b523.bxc5 dxc5 24.Qe5 Re8 25.Be6+ Bf726.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qxc7+ Re7 28.Nxb5+)23.Bc1! traps the queen.] 22...Qxc323.Bd4 Qa5 24.Rxb7+- [Another winningalternative was: 24.f5 Bf7 25.Bh5 dxc526.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qh5+ Ke7 28.f6+ andwhite has a winning attack.] 24...Re825.f5?! [With her rook already posted onthe seventh rank, white’s best was:25.cxd6 Bxd6 26.Rxa7! Qb4 27.c3 Qb828.e5! when white enjoys a winningposition with four pawns for her knight anda great attack.] 25...Rxe4 26.fxg6 Re1+

27.Qxe1? [After this meek acceptance ofblack’s idea, white is lost. She could winwith the surprising: 27.Kg2! Rxd1 28.Rb8]27...Qxe1+ 28.Rf1 Qe4 white’s collapseis speeded up by her hanging bishops.29.Bxg7 Qxg4+ 30.Kh1 Qe4+ 31.Kg1Bxg7 32.cxd6 Bd4+ 33.Rf2 Qe1+ 0–1

Ghate,Swati (2263) S Harini (2013)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Apartfrom its ‘surprise’ value, this system doesnot seem to have much merit. It is obviousthat if now 4....Nxe4 5 Qa4+ wins thegreedy knight. 4...g6 5.0–0 Bg7 6.Re10–0 7.Bf1 Nc6 8.h3 e5 9.d3 h6 10.a3d5! Aiming for more space and aggressiveactivity is the key to success. White hasno advantage and the game is equal.11.Nbd2 Be6 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 [Thisis a new move here. So far white hascaptured with the c-pawn with equal play.13.cxb4 ] 13...a6 14.Ba3 Re8

I am both sad and pleased that in his lasttournament, Rashid Gibiatovich came to my homein Latvia. He did not take first place, but the prizefor beauty, as always, he took with him. Playersdie, tournaments are forgotten, but the works ofgreat artists are left behind them to live on forever.(on Nezhmetdinov) - Mikhail Tal


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15.Qb1?! [The way the white forces areineffectively huddled on the queen-sidedoes not augur well for white’s prospects.Better was: 15.c4! d4 16.b5 axb5 17.cxb5Na7 18.Qb1 was equal.(18.Nxe5 Nxb519.Bb4 Nc3 20.Qc1 Na2 and all the whilethe position of the white knight on e5 isakin to that of sitting on a time bomb.) ]15...dxe4 16.dxe4 Qc7 17.Nc4 b518.Ne3 Ne7 [Black’s move is dualpurpose. She wants to discourage white’sNd5 and at the same time attack c3. Butthreatening to capture 19....Qxc3 could berisky. 18...Red8 was stronger.] 19.Rc1[This meekly accepts the role of defender.An aggressive option was: 19.c4! bxc420.Nxc4 Bxc4 21.Rc1=] 19...Qb7 20.Bd3Unfortunately, white has to dance to black’stunes for some time. 20...Nd7!? 21.c4!=Nc6 While white is trying to occupy thekey d5 square with her knight, black doesthe same to occupy d4 with her knight.22.Nd5 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Nb6 24.b5 [If24.Nxb6 Qxb6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Rc5 Bf827.Rd5 Rb8 and black has pressure on b4.]24...Nxc4 25.bxc6 Qxb1! 26.Rcxb1

26...Bxd5! By exchanging off white’scentralised knight black is conceding twoconnected passed pawn in the centre. Butshe has calculated well that these pawns

could be controlled and destroyed thanks toher rejuvenated dark square bishop.27.exd5 e4 As black has retained herknight on c4 without exchanging it for thebishop, the white knigt is denied 28 Nd2.28.Ne1 Bxa1 29.Rxa1 Red8 Withoutwaste of time, black concentrates ondecommissioning the passed pawns. 30.c7With her rook needing to keep supportingthe bishop, white abandons her d5 pawnand hopes that she could get somethingfrom her passed pawn on c7. 30...Rxd531.Rb1 [31.Rc1 Nxa3 32.c8Q+ Rxc833.Rxc8+ Kg7 black’s two extra pawnsshould win the ending easily, especially asthe white knight is confined to e1.]31...Re5! 32.Bc1 [32.Rb8+? Re8!]32...Rb5! Step by step black is improvingher position, defending against all threats.33.Ra1 Rc8!

34.Bf4 [If 34.Bxh6 Rxc7 35.Rxa6 Rb136.Kf1 Rd7 37.Ra2 Rdd1 38.Re2 f5 39.f3e3! 40.Bxe3 Rxe1+! 41.Rxe1 Nxe3+ andblack emerges with an extra knight in awinning position.] 34...Ne5 The right way.White’s most dangerous pawn on c7 shouldbe eliminated. Her a6 pawn does not matter.35.Rxa6 Rxc7 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Kh2 g538.Bd2 Rd5 39.Bb4 Nd3 0–1


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Maria Ivana,Furtado (2119) -G Lasya (1982)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d65.e4 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne79.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 a5 12.Ba3Bg4 13.h3

13...Bh5? [It is incredible that white whowas National U–13 Girls’ Champion in 2009is allowing her bishop to be trapped in soelementary a fashion in the National PremierChampionship. Probably this was asacrifice, prepared in advance, but a badone. Better was: 13...Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb415.Bxb4 c5= as in Kramnik-Gelfand 1996.]14.g4! Bxg4 15.hxg4 Qd7 16.Nh2+- f5!A brave move and the only one to continuethe game with any semblance of a fight.Black has only a pawn for her sacrificedbishop but has a well posted knight on f4.White should win, but she has to watchher step. 17.Re3 [Though this move is notbad, it does not serve to advance white’sroad to victory. Better was to continuethematically with 17.c5! ] 17...axb418.Bxb4 fxg4 19.Qxg4 Qd8 20.c5 h521.Qd1 g5 Black has hardly a betteroption than to throw her pawns forwardon the king-side and look for a chance tocarry out an attack on the king-side.22.Ne2 Neg6 23.Ng3! [23.Nxf4 wouldnot get rid of the troublesome knight on

the f4 outpost as another knight would landthere. 23...Nxf4 though white still has awinning advantage. When your opponentis in trouble, it sometimes helps to avoidsuch exchanges.] 23...g4 24.cxd6 cxd625.Nf5 So white has her own knightoutpost in enemy territory, on f5. And sheremains a bishop up. 25...Nh4 26.Nxh4[Generally, when one is materially ahead itis best to exchange off pieces so that theopponent is left with reduced chances ofcounter-attack. However with all entrypoints for black on h3, f3 and e2 wellguarded white could safely capture onemore pawn with: 26.Nxd6 ] 26...Qxh427.Rg3 [Again, white can safely capturethe d6 pawn: 27.Bxd6 ] 27...Rf6 28.Be1Ng6 29.Rg2 Nf4 30.f3 Qg5 31.Rg3! Thisstymies the two black pawns which areblack’s only hope for survival. 31...Rf732.Kh1 Qg6

33.Qc2! A dual purpose move, defendinge4 and eventually hoping to invade the blackposition through the c-file. 33...Bf6Threatening 34...Bh4 in an attempt toreduce the number of defensive forces inwhite’s castled position. 34.fxg4 h435.Rg1 Ra3?! [Black throws her rook intoa dubious attack and lets her rearunguarded., Though still losing, she couldhave improved her chances with: 35...Bd836.Bf2 (to prevent ...Bb6) 36...Rc7 37.Qb1


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Rac8+- and black’s game is much betterthan in the game and she could even hopeto survive with a little bit of luck!] 36.Qc8+Rf8 37.Qf5! Qg7 38.g5 [Stronger was:38.Bb4 Rg3 39.Bxd6 Be7 40.Qd7 and whiteis winning.] 38...Bd8 39.Qg4 Qg6 [Betterwas 39...Bb6 40.Qxh4 Bxg1 41.Kxg1 Ng6and black could hope for a reprieve.]40.Bg2 Bb6 41.Rf1 Bd4 42.Rc1 Rxa243.Rc8 h3 [Not 43...Rxg2? 44.Rxf8+ Kxf845.Qxg2+-] 44.Bf3 Qf7 45.Bg3 Ng246.Be2 [46.g6! won immediately.]46...Ra1! Black is making a last ditch effortto survive. 47.g6! Rxf1+ 48.Nxf1 Qf649.Qxh3! Qxg6 50.Rxf8+ Kxf851.Qxg2 1–0

(Position after 45…Ng2)

Selected games fromCommonwealth Chess, Chennai


Das,Neelotpal (2467)Mueenudheen N,Muhammed (1730)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be75.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 a6 8.c5 b69.cxb6 c5 10.Bd3 cxd4 [If 10...c4 11.Be20–0 12.0–0 Nxb6²] 11.exd4 Qxb6 [If11...0–0 12.Na4 Bb7 13.Nc5 Qxb614.Nxd7 Bb4+ 15.Kd1 Nxd7 16.Bxh7+Kh8 17.Bd3± though black can launch an

attack against white’s uncastled king.]12.0–0 Bb7 [Black’s incompletedevelopment takes its toll. If 12...0–0?13.Bxh7+ Nxh7 14.Bxe7±] 13.Na4!White must attack and keep the initiativelest black castle and equalise. 13...Qa714.a3 a5 [14...0–0? will be met by15.Bxh7+! Nxh7 16.Bxe7] 15.b4!

A good pawn sacrifice to keep the initiative.In all these variations the unprotectedstatus of the Be7 plays an important role.15...axb4 16.axb4 Bxb4 [16...h617.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Qc7 Qb8 (18...Rc819.Nc5 Qxa1 20.Qxc8+ Bxc8 21.Rxa1 0–0 22.Ne5±) 19.Qxb8+ Rxb8 20.Nc5(Threat Ra7 attacking both bishops)20...Bc8 21.Rfb1 and black has a clearadvantage.] 17.Qb2! This not only attacksthe bishop, but also gives additional supportto his Ra1 thereby threatening a discoveredattack with his Na4. 17...Ba5 [If 17...Be718.Nc5 Qb6 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.Nxb7 winsa bishop.] 18.Bxf6! gxf6 [Unfortunatelyblack has to accept doubled pawns. If18...Nxf6 19.Bb5+! Kf8 20.Nc5 and whiteis winning.] 19.Bb5! Bc8 20.Nc5 0–0[much worse would be 20...Qc7? 21.Rfc1but the text leads to forced material loss.]21.Bxd7! Reaping the rewards of hisexcellent strategic play. 21...Bxd722.Rxa5!+- Qxa5 23.Nxd7 Rfc824.Nxf6+ Kg7 25.Nh5+ Kh8


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White has two well-placed knights for arook plus a position where he could attackthe king. 26.Ne5! In chess it is best tokeep attacking and putting your opponentunder tension. This move does not win apawn, but it obliges black to assign a unitto defend f7. 26...Qc7 [If 26...Rc7 27.Qe2Qb4 28.Qe3+-] 27.Qd2 Qe7 28.Qf4[28.Qh6! threatening 29 Nf6 was stillstronger.] 28...f5 29.Qh6 Threatening 30Ng6 winning the queen. 29...Rg8 30.Nf6Rg7 Diagram # [Though losing, greaterresistance could be offered by: 30...Qg731.Nxg8 Rxg8 32.Qh3 Rc8 33.Ra1]

31.Nxh7!! Rxg2+ [The best in thecircumstances. 31...Rxh7? lostimmediately: 32.Ng6+ Kg8 33.Nxe7+Rxe7] 32.Kxg2 Qxh7 33.Nf7+! Kg834.Qxh7+ Kxh7 35.Ng5+ Kg636.Nxe6 Kf6 37.Nf4 1–0

M. S.Thejkumar (2442)M.Barath (1719)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c65.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Qc2b6 9.Rd1 Bb7 10.e4 Rc8 11.e5 Ne8

White has a space advantage and chancesof a king-side attack. 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bf1This bishop is headed for d3 and an attackon h7. 13...Nc7 14.Bd3 h6 15.Qe2 Nb8Black prepares to play 16...Ba6 andexchange off white’s dangerous bishop ond3. But he is one move too late. 16.Bb1White avoids black’s plan to swap bishopsand at the same time threatens 17 Qc2threatening mate which would cause manyproblems. 16...h5 Black advances his h-pawn so that if now 18 Qc2, then 18...g6would not lose the pawn on h6. 17.h4 g618.Bh6 Re8 19.Qe3 White plans to attackthe defenceless f7 with Ng5 and Qf4. Theblack forces are ineffectively huddled on thequeen side. 19...Nd7 20.Ng5 Bf8

When I found that idea I simply couldn't resistplaying it. And look, people talk about me as a playerwho doesn't care about beauty. That's not true.It's simply that during the game each person seesbeauty in different things. I like the beauty of theendgame, but I also get pleasure from finding ideaslike those against Grischuk. - (on his game vs.Grischuk at the Tal Memorial 2012) - Magnus Carlsen


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21.Nxf7!! Kxf7 [If 21...Bxh6 22.Qxh6!!and g6 as well as the game are beyondsaving.] 22.Qd3!! Bxh6 23.Qxg6+ Ke724.Qh7+! He plans to pick up the bishopon h6 with check. 24...Kf8 25.Qxh6+Kg8 26.Bh7+ After 26...Kh8 mate followsthrough the usual formula: 27 Bg6+ Kg828 Qh7+ Kf8 30 Qf7# Or, if 26...Kf7 27Qg6+ Kf8 28 Qg8+ Ke7 29 Qg7# 1–0

Marat Dzhumaev (2530)Ankit Gajwa (2002)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0–0Ngf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d3 e6 8.c3Bb7 9.Nbd2 Ne5 10.a3

[Well known players try to take their lesserknown players out of the book with suchstrange and thought-provoking moves.Sometimes such attempts misfire. Usuallyplayed here is: 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be7]10...Be7 11.b4 0–0 Black is unperturbedby white’s queen-side play which cannotget him anywhere. He just continuesdeveloping his pieces and, to the dismayof the grandmaster, does not do anythingrash. 12.Rb1 Rb8?! [Better was to play12...cxb4 13.axb4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 as14...Qc7 was absolutely equal with thewhite rook sort of misplaced on b1.]13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Rc1 Rbd8 15.h3

[White wants to avoid normal moves thatwould lead to positions with no chancesfor himself against a player rated over 500points below him and that too in the secondround. 15.d4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 d5 17.e5

I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creativefaculty such as great poets and philosophersconspicuously possess, and equally in the creativechessmaster. - Emanuel Lasker


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Ne4= would lead to equality.] 15...Nxf3+16.Qxf3 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qg3 f6!19.d4 [If 19.exf6 Qxg3 20.fxg3 Rxf6 andblack has a clear advantage.] 19...fxe520.dxe5 [If 20.Nf3 Rde8=] 20...Rf521.Nf3 d4 [This move is premature andleads to taking desperate measures to stayalive. Better was: 21...Rdf8= when blackis a shade better.] 22.Bd3 Rxf3?! [Anotherway of sacrificing the exchange for theinitiative is: 22...Rdf8 23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Nh2Rg5 25.Ng4 h5 26.f4 Rg6 27.cxd4 hxg428.dxc5= is wild and exciting.] 23.gxf3dxc3 24.Rxc3 Nf8 [If 24...Rf8? 25.Bc4!Bd5 26.Bxa6 Qa7 27.Bc4 cxb4 28.axb4Bxb4 29.Bxd5!+-] 25.Kh2 Rd4 Thoughthe position is winning for white, black putsup a spirited defence using all his tacticalskills. The threat is 26...Bh4

26.f4! Qc6! Now the threat is 27...Rxf4as the white queen is tied to defend themate at g2. 27.Rg1 g6 28.Rc2 Bh4!29.Qe3 Rd7 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.f5! [Not31.Rxc5 Rxd3! 32.Rxc6 Rxe3 33.Rb6 Bxf234.Rxb7 Bxg1+ 35.Kxg1 Rxh3 and blackhas emerged from his difficulties with afavourable ending!] 31...exf5 32.Bc4+[32.Bxf5 Rd1! 33.Rc1 Rxc1 34.Bxc1 alsowon for white.] 32...Ne6 33.Qf4! This isa double attack, threatening 34 Qxh4 aswell as 34 Qxf5. 33...Rd1! The threat is34...Qh1+ 35 Rxh1 Qxh1# 34.Rc1! Rxc135.Bxc1 Be7 36.Qxf5 Bc8

37.Bh6! The threat is 38 Rxg6!! hxg6 39Qxg6+ Kh8 40 Bxe6 and 41 Qg7#37...Kh8 38.Qf7 Now the threat is 39Bg7+ Nxg7 40 Qg8# 1–0

Rakesh Kumar Jena (1978)Kidambi,Sundararajan (2434)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4Bf5 8.0–0 e6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Ne5 Qc711.Qe2 0–0 12.f4?! [White gives priorityto strengthening his centre instead of todevelopment of his pieces. Natural and bestwas to play 12.Bf4 The further course ofthe game shows that white’s difficulties inthis game arise from the lack ofdevelopment of this bishop. For a majorpart of the game this bishop, and with it,the rook on a1, are non combatants.]12...c5 13.g4 [This move is a naturalfollow up to his previous pawn advance.Better was: 13.Be3= ] 13...Bg6 14.h4?[White probably thought that aggressivelypushing up all of his king-side pawns wouldgive him victory. Again, 14.Be3= thoughblack is already a shade better.] 14...cxd415.cxd4 [If white continued with his pawnstorm 15.h5? d3! 16.Bxd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3Bxe5 18.fxe5 Nxg4 black would win.]15...Bxe5! 16.fxe5


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16...Nxg4! This takes advantage of theoverloaded queen which has been defendingboth c4 and g4. 17.Bxe6 [If the Bc4 isanyway going to be captured, why not takethe pawn on e6 naturally comes to whiteas a good option. But though it restoresmaterial equality, it opens his own exposedking-side to a vicious attack. Best for whitewas to accept the loss of a pawn and play17.Bb3 when black has the advantage, buthas to work for the win.] 17...fxe618.Rxf8+ [If 18.Qxg4 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Qc2and black is winning.] 18...Rxf8 19.Qxg4

19...Qc2!! Black allows his e6 pawn to betaken with check as he has an excellentreply leading to a mating attack.20.Qxe6+ [Slightly better, but still losingwas: 20.Be3 White probably thought that

there was no harm in picking up e6 withcheck and then defend f2. But he is in for asurprise.] 20...Bf7! 21.Qg4 [White istotally lost. If 21.Qd7 Qd1+ 22.Kg2 Qe2+23.Kg3 (23.Kg1 Qe1+ 24.Kg2 Qe4+25.Kg1 Bd5) 23...Bh5 mates.] 21...Bd5!22.Be3 At last white develops this bishop.Had he have played this on the 13th moveall this misery would not have happenedto him. 22...h5! 23.Qg5 Qe4 Threatening24...Qh1# 24.Kh2 Rf5 25.Qd8+ Kh726.Rg1 Qc2+! 27.Kh3 Rf3+

If 28 Rg3 there is a surprising mate in onewith 28...Be6# The moral of this game isclear: Complete your development beforeyou start your attack. 0–1

M. Kunal (2276)S.P.Sethuraman (2520)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.0–0Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bc2Bg4 9.d3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.h3 Bh512.Nf1 d5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Nh4 dxe415.Nxg6 [15.dxe4 Qc7 16.Qe2 is equal.]15...hxg6 16.dxe4 Nd7 [Better was16...Qc7 and wait for white to reveal hisplan.] 17.f4 Qc7 18.Qf3 c4= 19.e5[This was a little premature. Better was:19.Rd1] 19...Rd8 20.Ne4 Nc5 21.Nxc5Bxc5+ 22.Be3


A shot in the arm for Chess in Schools Programby Bharat Singh, Secretary, AICF

Mr.J.C.D.Prabhakar, the President of All India Chess Federation held discussions with Mr. Kevin O'Connell, Executive Secretary, Chess In Schools Commission of FIDE (World Chess Federation) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where a three days seminar was conducted from 18th October 2012. During the discussion Mr.Prabhakar highlighted the keen interest shown by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Dr.J.Jayalalithaa, in promoting whole lot of sports and the game of chess in particular in the State of Tamil Nadu. He informed him that she has introduced a very ambitious programme for school children who are 7 to 17 years of age and has made it mandatory for all the Government School children to learn the game. Efforts are already under way by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association to equip the physical education teachers and other teachers from various schools with the knowledge of the game of chess so that they can teach the children in their respective schools.

The All India Chess Federation in its efforts to compliment the above decision of the Tamil Nadu Government decided to bring a foreign expert Mr. Kevin O'Connell, Executive Secretary, Chess in School Commission of FIDE (World Chess Federation) for giving lectures on training teachers and the art of introducing chess in schools.

Apart from Chennai, Mr. Kevin O'Connell will conduct seminars in two venues in India, the second part is from Oct 21-23 at Delhi and the final lecture is at Jalgaon in Maharashtra from Oct 26-28. These three seminars is certain to give a boost to chess in schools activity.There are around 26 well known trainers from Tamil Nadu who are attending this camp at Chennai. The benefits are going to be seen in the coming years.

The three day course was inaugurated by India's first International Master Manuel Aaron in the afternoon of Oct 18 at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai. D.V.Sundar, Vice President FIDE, visited during the course of the seminar, greeted each participant and introduced prominent coaches among them to Kevin O'Connell. The Seminar is likely to kindle and arm our trainers with plenty of methods so far not known to our trainers. India, the most active chess nation in the world is now training students in schools. More champions are sure to emerge from these initiatives by the All India Chess Federation..

Anton Korobov wins AICF-AAI Chess Cup

Grandmaster Anton Korobov of Ukraine won the AICF-AAI Chess Cup defeating top seed Radoslav Wojtaszek of Poland in the tenth and final round that concluded here Playing with black, Korobov was in a difficult situation after the opening and suffered a long time but Wojtaszek allowed him to fight back in time scramble and the Ukrainian turned the tables in quick time.

The victory fetches Korobov the winner's purse of Rs. 400000 along with some important rating points. The Ukrainian finished with an impressive 6.5 points out of a possible 10. Evgeny Alekseev of Russia finished second on 5.5 points after settling for a draw with Krishnan Sasikiran while the all Indian affair between Parimarjan Negi and Abhijeet Gupta also ended in a draw in the final round.

For the records, Krishnan Sasikiran finished third with five points in all while Abhijeet Gupta was declared fourth with a better tiebreak score than Wojtaszek who finished fifth on 4.5 points. Parimarjan Negi had to be content with a sixth place finish with four points. Playing black against Wojtaszek, Korobov went for the Bogo-Indian defense and found himself in a difficult situation after the opening. Soon white had a dangerous initiative and it looked as though white will cruise through. However, Wojtaszek could not find the best manoeuvres and went astray in time scramble. Korobov finished the game with a simple tactical stroke.

Evgeny Alekseev played out an easy draw as white against Sasikiran. As many as three minor pieces changed hands in quick time and soon the position drifted towards a draw. The heavy pieces were all on board when the players repeated moves.

Abhijeet Gupta held a slightly better position in the middle game arising out of a Symmetrical Berlin as black but he could not force matters against an agile Parimarjan Negi. Sacrificing a pawn, Negi reached a defensible endgame that was drawn without much action.

Results final round: Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 4) drew with Abhijeet Gupta (Ind, 4.5); Evgeny Alekseev (Rus, 5.5) drew with Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 5); Radoslav Wojtaszek (Pol, 4.5) lost to Anton Korobov (Ukr, 6.5).

Final standings: 1. Anton Korobov (Ukr, 6.5); 2. Evgeny Alekseev (Rus, 5.5); 3. Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 5); 4. Abhijeet Gupta (Ind, 4.5); 5. Radoslav Wojtaszek (Pol, 4.5); 6. Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 4).

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Abhijeet Gupta beat leader Korobov, Sasikiran outmarts Negi

Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta spiced up the AICF-AAI Cup defeating tournament leader Anton Korobov of Ukraine in the seventh round Gupta's first victory threw the tournament wild open as Korobov remained on four points following his first defeat. The Indian can look forward to an improved finish after a rather sedate start and two back to back loses coming in round five and six.

Krishnan Sasikiran avenged his second round defeat against compatriot Parimarjan Negi in a one-sided affair while Evgeny Alekseev of Russia signed peace with top rated Radoslav Wojtaszek of Poland in the other game of the day.

With just three rounds to come in the category-18 double round-robin tournament, Alekseev joined Korobov in lead on four points while Sasikiran now shares the third spot along with Wojtaszek on 3.5 points. Negi and Gupta are now at the bottom of the tables with three points from seven games in the Rs. 1.2 million prize money tournament.

Abhijeet Gupta was seen struggling with his form right through the course of the tournament but against Korobov he showed his true mettle. The opening was a pleasant surprise as Korobov went for the English defense, something that is rarely seen in top level chess.

Abhijeet got a stable advantage by move ten and Korobov soon faltered and blundered a pawn that was happily accepted. Korobov worked and got his counter play in the later stages of the middle game but by then the Ukrainian also ran short of time. Abhijeet clinched the issue with a positional finesse in just 27 moves.

Sasikiran defeated Negi out of a Torre attack that resembled more of a King's Indian and Ruy Lopez when the middle game arrived. Negi felt the heat in the middle game when he was saddled with a passive position and Sasikiran did not give many chances. Negi finally reached an endgame with a couple of pawns less that did not offer many chances. The games lasted 45 moves.

Alekseev and Wojtaszek were involved in a theoretical discussion in the English attack from a Sicilian Najdorf and it was clear that both players were well armed. Following existing theory Wojtaszek welcomed complexities and Alekseev sacrificed his queen for two pieces to force matters. The Polish had to find some precise moves and he did not make any mistakes. The end result was a draw through repetition.

Results round 7: Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 3.5) beat Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 3); Abhijeet Gupta (Ind, 3) beat Anton Korobov (Ukr, 4); Evgeny Alekseev (Rus, 4) drew with Radoslav Wojtaszek (Pol, 3.5).

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Mahalingam felicitates Akashby Arvind Aaron

Dr N Mahalingam, Patron, Indian Chess, and former President of the All India Chess Federation felicitated the youngest National Champion G Akash at his palatial bungalow in Chennai on December 16.Dr Mahalingam invited the parents of Akash, and a select group of chess lovers. During tea, he presented a shawl and a cheque for Rs 50,000 to Akash for becoming the youngest National champion. He wished him to become a Grand Master soon.

When Anand became the youngest champion of the country in 1986 at Mumbai, Mahalingam was the President of the AICF. Akash became the youngest national champion at 16 years and 14 days. It was coincidence that he was felicitated on the 16th of the month.A Suryanarayana Rao, Correspondent of the Jawahar Vidyalaya where Akash is a eleventh standard student,

listed the various fields of contribution made by Dr Mahalingam like astronomy, agriculture, and the journal Kissan World, etc.

D.V. Sundar, Vice President, FIDE said Dr Mahalingam has contributed in every field of human activity. He commended the sportive gesture of G Akash when he did not mind playing GM Venkatesh despite his coming late and being forfeited. Only the arbiters did not allow that.In his speech, J.C.D. Prabhakar, President of the All India Chess Federation, said Dr Mahalingam was one of the pillars of Indian chess and his contribution was immense. He wished young Akash continued successes.

International Master Manuel Aaron informed the elite gathering of the time when Dr Mahalingam played in a simultaneous display against Soviet Grand Averbakh in Chennai in 1963. In 1969, when he (Aaron) won the National championship for the third time, Dr Mahalingam arranged a felicitation function and that set the trend for felicitating all chess players in the future with clocklike regularity.Referring to Akash's lack lustre performances in the Commonwealth Championship in Chennai and the Kolkata Open, Aaron said that after the two poor performances he is now due for a good one. He hoped that his coach GM Ramesh will guide him through this phase.

Acknowledging the felicitations, A Ganesan, father of Akash said he had been playing chess for seven years. He learnt chess five years at the T Nagar Chess Academy of A.L. Kasi. In the last two years he is with GM R.B. Ramesh. Ganesan thanked Dr Mahalingam for bringing so many important people together at one time. Normally, to meet such people I might have to wait for two hours at least he said, leaving the audience in splits.

Prominent personalities who attended were India's first International Arbiter V Kameswaran, B Murugavel, Vice President, TNSCA, K Muralimohan, General Secretary, TNSCA, K Ganesan, Secretary, Chennai District Chess Association, A Ganesan (father of Akash), Grand Master R.B. Ramesh (coach of Akash) besides relatives of Akash.

8th Asian Schools Chess Championship-2012,New Delhi…

8th Asian Schools Chess Championship-2012 was orgainised at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. 415 players from 11 different countries participated in this prestigious championship, which had three formats of Rapid, Standard and Blitz events.

In the Rapid event, Indians once again proved its growing superiority in the age group championships as they won 12 Gold, 11 Silver and 9 Bronze out of the 42 at stake. Delhi youngsters Ram Gupta, Aradhya Garg and Prathivya Gupta brought cheers to home crowd by winning Gold in Under-17 Open, Under-13 Open and Under-5 Girls categproes respectively. Amongst other aspirants in the city, Jescia won Silver in Under-7 Girls while Agamjot S Kals secured bronze in Under-15 open.

Delhi youngsters Ram Gupta, Aradhya Garg and Prathivya Gupta brought cheers to home crowd by winning Gold in Under-17 Open, Under-13 Open and Under-5 Girls categproes respectively. Amongst other aspirants in the city, Jescia won Silver in Under-7 Girls while Agamjot S Kals secured bronze in Under-15 open.

Rapid Event Medal Winners :-

Under-17 Open :- Gold – Ram Gupta of India , Silver – Tushar Anand of India, Bronze : Zoar Haque Prodhan of Bangladesh.Under-17 Girls :- Gold – Anjana Krishna S of India, Silver -Sydykova Myrzagul of Kyrgyzstan, Akshaya Nandakumar of India.Under-15 Open :- Gold – Bilguun Sumiya of Mongolia, Silver – Krishna Teja N, Bronze – Agamjot S KalsUnder-15 Girls :- Gold - Somaraki Mohanty of India, Silver - Meghna Upadhyay of India, Bronze - Aasa Deepika Kuditipudi.Under-13 Open :- Gold - Aradhya Garg of India, Silver - Karthikeyan Murali of India, Bronze - Kumar Gaurav of India.Under-13 Girls :- Gold - Shiny Das of India, Silver- Abdusattorova Bakhora of Uzbekistan, Bronze- Shweta Priyadarshini of India.Under-11 Open :- Gold - Raghunandan K S of India, Silver-Siva Mahadevan of India, Bronze - Harikrishnan A Ra of India.Under-11 Girls :- Gold - Teh De Zen of Malaysia, Silver - Priyanka N of India, Bronze - Salimova Asal of Uzbekistan.Under-9 Open :- Gold – Raja Rithvik R of India, Silver – Abdusattorov Nodirbek of Uzbekistan, Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Bangladesh.Under-9 Girls :- Gold - Arushi Kotwal of India, Silver - Fernandes Krystal of India, Bronze - Bommini Mounika Akshaya of IndiaUnder-7 Open :- Gold – Nikam Sudhanshu of India, Silver – Siddhanth Lohia of India, Bronze – Nouri Alekhine of PhilippinesUnder-7 Girls :- Gold- Bhagyashree Patil of India, Silver -Jesica of India, Bronze – Mirlankyzy Azaliia of Kyrgyzstan.Under-5 Open :- Gold – Dev Shah of India, Silver- Chandrani Shlok of India, Bronze - Maheswar S of IndiaUnder-5 Girls :- Gold – Prathivya Gupta, Silver- Savitha Shri B, Bronze – Aswatha B

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22...Ne7 Black is in no hurry to castle. Heis placing his pieces at vantage points forthe endgame. 23.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24.Qf2?![White pays dearly for this error injudgment as black’s influence over the onlyopen file in the game, the d-file, is great.Equal would have been: 24.Kh2 ]24...Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Nd5 [The immediateoccupation of the d-file boomerangs onblack after 25...Rd2+? 26.Re2=] 26.Kf3Ke7 27.Be4 [Often, the natural move isthe best: 27.Rad1 b4 28.cxb4 Nxb429.Bb1 g5 30.fxg5 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Nc632.Kf4 Rh4+ 33.Kg3 Rh5 34.Kg4 Rh835.Kf4=] 27...Nb6 28.Ke2 Na4

29.Rab1 [The complexity of this endingcould be understood by the followingvariations: 29.Bc2 Nxb2 30.a4 b4 31.cxb4c3 32.Kf3 Rb8 33.Re4 Rhd8 34.Rc1 and

white is able to defend his position, but just!;however, not 29.Bb7? Nc5 30.Bc6 Rc831.Bf3 Nd3µ] 29...Rh4 30.Ke3 [30.Rf1?g5!µ In all these variations the f4 pawn couldnot be defended by g2-g3 as the pawn onh3 would be lost.] 30...Nc5 threatening g6-g5 as the f-pawn is pinned against his Be4.31.Bc2 g5! With this move, which showshis deep understanding of the game, blackenhances his winning chances in thisapproximately equal ending. 32.fxg5 Rh533.Kf4 to defend his g5 pawn, white has toallow the enemy rook onto d2. 33...Rd234.Bd1 Rh4+ 35.Kg3 White has managedto chase away the black rook from h4, butfresh threats are now on the horizon andwhite has his hands full, trying to survive.35...Rh8 36.Bf3 Rhd8 37.Re2 [If 37.Red1Rxd1 38.Rxd1 Rxd1 39.Bxd1 Nd3 wins backthe sacrificed pawn with advantage.]37...Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Rd2 39.Kf3 Nd7!Sometimes the backward movement of anopposing knight comes as an unpleasantsurprise to players. 40.b3?!

The total collapse of white’s position whichfollows this move could have been avertedat the cost of a pawn by: 40.Ke3 Rd5 ande5 is lost,(but not 40...Rc2 41.Bf3 Nxe542.Be4! Nd3 43.h4 and the position is equalas the two black pieces, though entrenched


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in white’s territory, have lost their mobility)]40...Nxe5+ 41.Ke3 Rxa2 42.bxc4 bxc443.Rb7+ Kd6 44.g6! A good move to givelife to his rook along the seventh rank.44...fxg6 45.Rxg7 Rc2! 46.Rb7 [If46.Ra7 Rxc3+ 47.Kd4 Ra3 48.Ra8 c3!49.Bd3 Ra4+! 50.Ke3 (50.Kxc3? Ra3+51.Kc2 Nxd3–+) 50...Nc4+!] 46...Rxc3+47.Kd4 Rc2! 48.Ke3 [If 48.Bf3 Rd2+49.Ke3 Rd3+ 50.Ke2 Kc5 51.Be4 Rb352.Re7 Kd4–+] 48...Kd5 49.h4 [If 49.Bf3+Nxf3 50.gxf3 Rc3+ 51.Ke2 g5 52.Rg7 Kd453.Rxg5 Re3+ 54.Kf2 c3 55.Rg1 (55.Rg8Re5! blocking the white rooks attack fromthe rear.) 55...c2 56.Rc1 Kd3 and black wins.]49...Ra2 50.g4 Ra3+ 51.Kf4 [After51.Kd2 Kd4 52.Rc7 Ra2+ 53.Kd1 Nd3–+and black wins in a variety of ways.] 51...c352.h5 c2 53.Rc7 Nc6 0–1

R Arun Karthik (2278)P Shyam Nikil (2431)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf65.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 b5 8.Bg2 Bb79.0–0 Nbd7 10.a4 bxa4?! [This is a newmove. Better was: 10...b4 11.Nd5 Nxd512.exd5 a5=]

11.Rxa4 Bc6 12.Ra1 a5 Apparentlyplayed to forestall 13 Na5. 13.Re1 Be714.Nd5

14...a4? [Black seems to be unaware ofthe danger awaiting him. Better was14...Bxd5 15.exd5 a4 16.Nd2 0–0 whenwhite is only slightly better.] 15.Nxe7Qxe7 16.Nd4! exd4 17.e5 Bxg2??[Probably black overlooked that his queenwould be under a double attack after 18exf6. He could still avert an immediate lossby: 17...dxe5 18.Bxc6 Rc8 19.Bxd7+Nxd7 20.Rxa4 0–0 21.Rxd4 White is apawn up but only slightly better.] 18.exf6

1–0

Oliver Dimakiling (2453)MV Lakshminarayanan (2107)

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4cxd4 6.exd4 d6 7.h3 Bg7 8.d5 Nb8Curiously, this knight manoeuvre losing twotempi is seen in many, many games. 9.Be3


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0–0 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Rc1[Though quite playable, probably either out ofrespect for the black bishop on g7, or fear of it,nobody save a beginner would play: 12.b4Nce4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bd4 Nc3 15.Qd3Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 e5 17.dxe6 Bxe6] 12...a513.Nd4 a4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.f4 Qa5 16.f5Rfc8 17.g4 Be8 Vacating the d7 square ashe is expecting white to play 18 g5 and wantsto relocate his Nf6 on e5 via d7. 18.Rf2 Nfd7Though white does not chase the Nf6 with g5,black anyway relocates his knight to the centralsquare e5. 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Bh6

20...Bxh6! According to acceptedtheoretical principles the fianchettoed bishopin the castled position should not beexchanged off as it would weaken thesquares around the king and facilitate anattack by the opponent. But in this game,black has his own ideas and cocks a snootat theory. 21.Qxh6 f6! 22.fxg6 This isforced as black was threatening 23...g5 andthen 24...Nf7 menacing the queen.22...Bxg6= 23.h4 [If 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5Kh8! with absolute equality.] 23...Kh8Black’s minor pieces are better placed thanwhite’s. 24.Rd1 Rg8 25.Qe3 a3!µ26.b4? [If 26.b3 Bd3! 27.Ncb5 Nxg428.Bxg4 Rxg4+ 29.Rg2 Rag8] 26...Qxb427.Ndb5 Rg7 [If 27...Nxc4? 28.Qf4captures the knight on c4.] 28.Rd4 Rag829.Rg2 Be8 Black targets the defenceless

g4 pawn. 30.g5 [If white thinks of acounter-attack with 30.Qc1 then 30...Qb2!31.Qd1 h5–+] 30...Bd7 31.Kh2 fxg532.hxg5 Be8 33.Nc7 Bd7 [Better was:33...Bg6 34.N3b5 Rf7 35.Ne6 Qe1µ]34.Rh4 [White must play 34.N7b5 torepeat the position and make a tacit drawoffer.] 34...Bf5 35.N7b5 Bd3! 36.Bxd3Ncxd3 37.Rd4

37...Ne1! 38.Rf2 [38.Qxe1? leads towhat is proudly known as a family fork - aknight forking a king, queen and a rook!38...Nf3+] 38...Rxg5 39.Rh4 [If39.Qxe1? Rh5+ mates.] 39...Ng4+40.Rxg4 Rxg4 41.Qxe7 R4g6 The threatis once again mate with ....Rh6. 42.Qh4

42...Nf3+! 43.Rxf3 Qb2+ 44.Rf2 Whiteresigned without waiting for 44...Qxf2+!!45 Qxf2 Rh6+ mating. 0–1


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K.Ratnakaran (2430)E Joseph (2072)

1.e4 e6 2.d3 g6?! This was normal innative chess of the 19th century where thepawn moves only one square at any stageof the game. Theory frowns on thecombination of black’s moves ....e6 and....g6. So also on ...d6 and ...b6. But suchmoves are now played at most levels ofthe game. Indian chess played twocenturies earlier was not bad after all! Aswhite is going to adopt the King’s IndianAttack with the slow fianchetto of his kingbishop on g2, black tries to throw a spannerin white’s works with an early unmuzzled‘dragon’ bishop on g7.

3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 e5 A further surprise,blocking his Bg7, which he has justdeveloped. All these are modern conceptstried to outwit opponents in the opening.5.Bg2 Nc6 6.0–0 d6 7.c3 [This variesfrom all known moves in chess theory.Obviously he is planning d3-d4. Usual hereis 7.Be3 ] 7...Nge7 8.d4 Bg4 [A littlepremature. He should precede this with8...exd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 when the game isequal.] 9.d5 Nb8² 10.h3 Bd7 [10...Bc8planning to develop his knight on d7 wasto be considered here.] 11.c4 a5 12.Nc3Na6 13.Rb1 0–0 14.a3 f5= The gamehas transposed to a sort of Kings Indian

Defence. 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 h6 [Playedwith the idea of not allowing Nf3-g5-e6Another good idea was: 16...fxe4 17.Nxe4b5=] 17.Kh2 f4 [Again 17...fxe4 18.Nxe4b5! gave black a good perspective.] 18.g4g5 [Another good way to initiate a king-side attack was with 18...Bf6 ] 19.Ne1Ng6 20.Nd3 Nh4 21.f3 Kf7 22.c5 Rh8The players pursue their own ways onopposite sides of the board. The game isequal. 23.c6 bxc6 24.dxc6 Be6[24...Bxc6?? 25.b5±] 25.b5 Nc5[25...Nb8 The knight will have no futureafter:] 26.Nxc5 dxc5 27.Qxd8?[27.Qe2=] 27...Rhxd8 The black rookscontrol both open files in the game.28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Nxd1 Ra2 30.Bb2[30.Rb2? Ra1–+] 30...Bf8 31.Nc3 Ra532.Rd1 [32.Ra1 exchanging off black’smost active piece was necessary.] 32...c433.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Bxa1= Bc5 35.Nd5Bxd5 36.exd5

36...Bd6 [A good alternative whichrequired time to think out was: 36...Ke7!37.Bxe5 Ng6 38.Bg7 Kd6 39.Bf1 Kxd540.Bxh6 Ne5! 41.Kg2 Be7 42.Bg7 Bd6and black is slightly better as his king isaggressively placed.] 37.Kh1 With thiscurious move white is planning to sacrificehis f3 pawn and when it goes, he doesnot want his king to be under check.37...Ke7 38.Bc3 Kd8 39.Bf1 Nxf3


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40.Bxc4 The bishop has been releasedfrom his own jail on g2, but his difficultiesare not over. 40...e4! 41.Be2 Ne542.Bd4 f3 [Also good was: 42...Nd3!43.Kg1 Bc5! 44.Bxc5 Nxc5 45.Kf1 Na4and black should win this interestingending.] 43.Bd1 Nd3 44.Kg1 Nf4!?[Again, black has a winning position with:44...Bc5 45.Bxc5 Nxc5 46.d6 cxd6 47.b6d5] 45.Kf1 Nxd5 46.Kf2 Nf4 [A drawingvariation is: 46...Be7 47.Bb3 Bf6 48.Bc5Nc3 49.b6 Kc8 50.b7+ Kb8=] 47.Ke3Ne6 [The best in the changedcircumstances. If 47...Nxh3 48.Kxe4 f249.Be2 Ng1 50.Bf1 Bg3 and black istotally lost.] 48.Bf6+ Be7 49.Bxe7+Kxe7 50.Kxe4

50...Kd6? [Why give the f-pawn withouta fight? Black still had winning and drawingpossibilities. 50...f2! 51.Be2 Kd6 52.Ke3Nf4 and black has got the upperhand.]51.Bxf3 Kc5 52.Ke5 [White’s winningmove now is the curious 52.Bh1! Kxb553.Kf5 Nd4+ (53...Nf4 54.h4!) 54.Kg6]52...Nd4 53.Bh1 Nxb5 54.Kf6 Nd455.Kg6 Kd6 [Of no help now is: 55...Nxc656.Kxh6 Ne5 57.Kxg5 Kd4 58.Kf5 c559.Be4 Nc4 60.Bb1–+] 56.Kxh6 Ne657.Be4 Ke5 58.Bf5 Nd4 [If 58...Nf459.Kxg5 Nxh3+ 60.Kg6 Nf4+ 61.Kf7 andwhite wins.] 59.Kxg5 Nxc6 60.h4 Ne761.h5 1–0

Tania Sachdev (2400)Ram S. Krishnan (2269) [E33]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb45.Qc2 0–0 6.Bd2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3a5 9.e4 Qe7 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7±12.Bd3 h6 13.Qe2 Rd8 [Better was toget the pieces off the base rank as quicklyas possible. Here best was: 13...Nc5 ]14.0–0 Nf8

Black is cautious and wants to forestall anyking-side attack by white. But passive playcannot avert an attack as this game shows.15.Be4 [If 15.Qe4 Bd7 16.Rad1 and now,black could liven up the game with a pawnsacrifice to activate his cramped queen-side. 16...Nb8 17.Qxb7 Bc6 18.Qb3 Bxf319.gxf3 Nbd7 and white is only slightlybetter despite being a pawn up on accountof his fractured king-side.] 15...Bd716.Rfd1 [It was better to bring the otherrook to d1. 16.Rad1 ] 16...Be8 17.Rxd8Rxd8 18.Re1 [With her e5 pawn twicedefended by her knight and bishop, therewas no need to develop the rook at e1.Better was 18.Rd1 b6 19.Rxd8 Nxd820.b4±] 18...Qc5 19.Bc2 Qb6 20.Qe4Nb8 21.Qg4 c5 22.Nd2 Nc6 23.Ne4[Better was: 23.Re3 Nd4 24.Rg3 Ng625.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Rd3] 23...Nd4 (Seediagram next column) 24.Nf6+!? [Thischeck is slightly premature as it does not


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lead to a decisive outcome. Better was toprepare the same check with a priorwithdrawal of the bishop: 24.Bb1! Ng625.b4 axb4 26.axb4 cxb4 27.c5! Qb528.Bxd4 Rxd4 29.Nf6+! gxf6 30.Qxd4Nxe5 31.Re3 Qd7 32.Qxb4+-]

(Position after 23…Nd4)

24...Kh8 25.Bb1!? [If 25.Nxe8 Rxe826.Bd3] 25...gxf6? [Better was 25...Bc626.Nh5 g6 27.Nf6] 26.exf6 Ng6 27.h4?[White misses the win with 27.Qh5threatening mate in two 27...Kh7 28.Bd2Nf3+ (the only way to defend h6) 29.Qxf3!Rxd2 30.Bxg6+! Kxg6 31.Qg4+ Kxf632.Qf4+ Kg6 33.Qxd2+-] 27...Qd628.Qh5 Qf4

29.Qxc5? [White misses her last chanceto win with: 29.Bxg6 fxg6 30.Qxc5 Qxf631.Re4 e5 32.Rxe5 b6 33.Qc7+-]

29...Bc6!–+ Now black wins! 30.Bxg6[30.Bxd4 Qg4 31.Be4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Qxe433.Qh5 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nf4+–+]30...Qg4! 31.g3 Qh3! 0–1

Tiviakov,Sergei (2659)Adly,Ahmed (2607) [B23]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 b55.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 b4 7.Na4 Nd7 8.a3 Thisis a new move in this position. 8...e59.Qd3!?

9...Ngf6 [It was best for black to acceptthe challenge and play: 9...bxa3 10.dxe5axb2 11.Nxb2 Nxe5 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.f4 leadsto great complications and it is not clearwhether white has enough compensation forhis pawn.] 10.c3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc312.bxc3 Qc7= 13.0–0 Be7 14.Be3 0–015.c4 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Gradually, white isgaining the upper hand. He has more say inthe centre than black. 16...Ng4 17.Bd2!Nb6 18.Nb2! [18.Nxb6? Qxb6 wouldunnecessarily let the black queen into thegame.] 18...Nd7 19.h3! Ngf6 20.Nc3 Qb821.Nba4! Bc6 22.Nd5 Bd8± 23.h4! Whitethreatens to further pressurise the blackposition with 24 Bh3. 23...a5 24.Nxf6+Nxf6 25.b5 Bd7 26.Rab1 Be6 27.f4 Ng428.Bf3 Bb6+ 29.Kg2 exf4 30.Bxf4 Whitehas a clear advantage as all off his piecesare placed in their best possible squares.30...Rd8 31.Qe2!


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31...Ne5 [Black has to block the f4-b8diagonal with his knight, for if: 31...Nf632.c5+-] 32.Bxe5! This creates twodeadly connected passed pawns downthe b- and c- files. 32...dxe5 33.c5 Bc734.b6 With his bishop trapped, black islost but he puts up a valiant fight.34...Rd4 35.bxc7 Qxc7 36.Nb6 Rad837.Nd5 Bxd5 38.exd5 Again, black isconfronted by two dangerous whitepassed pawns on c5 and d5. The threatis 39 d6. 38...e4 39.Bxe4 Re8?40.d6!? [Best here was: 40.Bxh7+ Kf841.Qf3 Rd2+ 42.Kg1 though white withhis exposed king, and possibly undercompulsion to move fast, saw demons.]40...Qc8 41.Rc4! This ensures victorywithout many complications. 41...Rexe442.Qxe4 Rxe4 43.Rxe4 h5 44.Re5 f6

45.Rd5! [Collecting an unnecessary pawncan spell doom: 45.Rxh5? Qe8! and blackhas the nasty threats of taking the Rh5directly and the Rb1 indirectly by a doubleattack.] 45...Qe6 46.Rd2 [Also leading tovictory was: 46.Rb8+ Kh7 47.Rd2 Qd748.Kh2 and white is ready to roll hisadvanced passed pawns to victory.]46...Qe4+ 47.Kh2 Qxb1 48.d7 Kh749.d8Q 1–0

M.R.Lalith Babu (2528)R.R.Laxman (2461) [E59]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb45.e3 0–0 6.Bd3 c5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.a3Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Qe2 dxc4 11.Bxc4e5 12.d5 Na5 13.e4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bg4[This is new. 14...Ne8 is usually playedhere.] 15.Ne1 Ne8 16.Be3 b6 17.f4 Nd618.Qd3 f6 19.Nf3 Rae8= 20.Rae1 Bxf321.gxf3 [21.Rxf3 c4 22.Qb1 f5 23.exf5Rxf5] 21...Qd7 22.Bc1 Qh3 [22...c423.Qe2 Qa4 24.Qb2 Qb3 25.Re2=]23.Qe2 Qh4 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Kh1White’s obvious plan is to play Rf1–g1–g3and then Reg1, doubling on the g-file.25...Rf6 26.Rg1 Qh5 27.Rg3! Rg6

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along the g-file, white suddenly plays atotally unexpected move giving respite toblack! Now it is black who has a slightadvantage! 28...Rf8 29.Rf1 Rff6[29...Rf7 30.Rg1 Kh8 31.Kh1 Rxg332.Rxg3 and the game is equal with blackbeing a shade better.] 30.Bd2 c4 31.a4Qh4 32.Be1 Qf4 33.Rxg6 Rxg6+34.Bg3 Qh4 [Black cannot be adventurousas the white forces, though now docile, canspring into offensive action: 34...h5 35.Kh1Qf6 36.f4 exf4 37.Rxf4 Qxc3 38.e5²]35.Qe3 Qe7 36.f4 h5 37.fxe5 Qxe538.Kf3 Qe8 [Not 38...Rf6+ 39.Ke2 Qxe440.Rxf6 gxf6 41.Bxd6 Qxd5 and white hasa clear advantage having a bishop for twopawns in a queen ending.] 39.Re1 Nb7=40.Qd4 h4 41.Bf4 [After 41.Bxh4 Qf7+!42.Ke3 Rg4 43.Bg3 Nc5 violent tactical playerupts over the board: 44.Qxc4 (44.Kd2??Nb3+) 44...Rxe4+ 45.Qxe4 Nxe4 46.Kxe4Qe8+ 47.Kd3=] 41...Qd7 42.Ke3

42...Na5 [The turning point in the game.Black misses a winning attack after playingfor it so well. He should continue:42...Qh3+ 43.Kd2 Na5 44.Kc2 Qd745.Qe5 Qxa4+ 46.Kd2 Qa2+ 47.Ke3 Qg2(47...Nb3? 48.Rg1! Rxg1 49.Qe8+ Kh750.Qh5+ draw.) 48.Qh5 Rf6 49.e5 Rf8 andblack will be successful in his attack.]43.Rf1 Rg2 [Now 43...Qh3+ is too lateas the white rook has had time to move

into a good defensive position 44.Rf3 Qg245.d6 Qg1+ 46.Ke2 Rg2+ 47.Rf2±]44.d6!± Qg4 [If 44...Rc2 45.Qd5+ Kh746.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Be5+-; therefore, betterwas 44...Kh7 (to avoid white’s Qd5+)45.Qd5 Nb3 46.e5 and white would winwith careful play.] 45.Qd5+ Kh8 46.Qd1Qd7 47.Be5 The threat is 48 Rf8+ Kh749 Qh5# 47...Kg8 48.Qf3 Nc6 [Blackdesperately sacrifices his rook to stay alivein the game. If he saves his rook he willwind up in a lost ending: 48...Rg5 49.Qf8+Kh7 50.Rf5 Rxf5 51.Qxf5+ and white wins.]49.Qf8+ Kh7 50.Rf5 Nxe5 51.Rxe5

With the imminent exchange of queensblack’s game collapses as the black rookcannot get back to stop the d-pawn fromqueening. 51...Rxh2 52.Qf5+ Qxf553.Rxf5 Rh3+ 54.Kf2 If 54....Rd3 55 Rd5shields the queening square from the blackrook. 1–0

This year (2013) fifty years agoby V.Kameswaran

( India's first International Arbiter and HonoraryMember TNSCA )

Undoubtedly chess players live in the presentaspire for the bright future and wish to strivethroughout. In their chess path they come acrossparents, coaches, l ike minded players,champions, organizers and of course many manytournaments with agony and ecstasy.


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Chess perfection is not at all possible unless theperson takes cues from the past and build upthe chess career at least to a near perfection ofsome good per cent age. So , I wish to take youall to some of the finer chess moments of thepast , viz what happened 50 years ago relevantto this day, month and year , of course not all inthe chronological order .

The year of 1963 is the year of twenty year oldBobby Fischer making his absolute presence tothe erstwhile Soviet Union and European playersand the classic world bout of the T.Petrosian vM.Botvinnik .

Let me backtrack the time machine from theon going "75th TATA Steel" . a traditional longesttournament of the Netherlands in the chessworld.The Netherlands , historically rememberedby many of us as Holland and also its capitalAmsterdam, called the "Venice of the North " forits more than one hundred kilometres of canals.For the first time two of our GMs V.Anand andP.Harikrishna in the fray at the top category ofthis 75th chapter.

Way back in 1963, the Dutch GM Jan Hein Donner(July 6,1927 -Nov27,1988) won this historicaltournament outright and of course having beena Joint champion with former world championand compatriot Dr Max Euwe earlier in theyear 1958 . In the year 1959, he was awardedGM title by the FIDE and he bagged the honouroutright in just another four years. Mostinteresting , a few of his quotes are away fromsacro sanct, "Chess is and will always be a gameof chance."

But his best one for us goes , "I love all positions.Give me a difficult positional game, I'll play it.Give me a bad position, I'll defend it. Openings,endgames, complicated positions, and dull, drawnpositions, I love them all and will give my bestefforts. But totally winning positions I cannotstand." [(to be continued)

All-India Inter University Chess Tournament,Kozhikode…

SRM too strong inInter-University meet

SRM University, Chennai won the All-India InterUniversity Chess Tournament that concluded atThejus Engineering College at Kozhikode in Kerala onJanuary 5, 2013.

SRM with four titled players won all its five matchesby wide margins. They were never challenged andcontinue their run in the Karan Singh Trophy event.SRM was top seed with average Elo of 2466 followedby Jadavpur (2180), Osmania (2159), Delhi (2113),JNTU Kakinada (2071), Madras (1987), Utkal (1823),RTM Nagpur (1734), RGPV Bhopal (1729), PanjabChandigarh (1637), Punjabi Patiala (1589), ShivajiKolhapur (1495), Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada(1200), Lovely Phagwara (1000).

The contributors to SRM's title (in board order): IMPrasanna Rao 4.5/5; GM S.P. Sethuraman 4.5/5; GMDeep Sengupta 4.5/5; IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh 4.5/5.International Master Prasanna Rao is a former AsianUnder-14 champion. Important scorers among otherteams were: Hemant Sharma (Delhi) 4.5/5; C.R.G.Krishna (Osmania) 4.5/5; IM N Srinath (Madras) 1.5/2;Prantik Roy (Jadavpur) 4/5; Bitan Banerjee (Jadavpur)3.5/5; Shreyansh Daklia (Delhi) 3.5/5.

SRM made 4-0 sweeps three times and won 3-1against Jadavpur and Osmania. All the playersdropped a draw each and were the best performersin their board. With awesome strength, SRM is makingthe University competitions a one sided contest forthe last six years.The three-day event for 14 teamswas held from January 3-5, 2013. International ArbiterV Vijayaraghavan was the chief arbiter. It wasorganised by the University of Calicut and the ThejusEngineering College at Kozhikode.

Final placings (tie-break order): 1 SRM, Chennai 10;2-3. Delhi, JNTU Kakinada 7 each; 4-6. Jadavpur,Utkal, Osmania 6 each; 7-8. Punjabi Patiala, PanjabChandigarh 5 each; 9-10. Madras, RGPV Bhopal ,Shivaji Kolhapur 4 each; 12 Dr Babasaheb AmbedkarMarathwada 3; 13 Lovely Professional Phagwara 2;14 RTM Nagpur 1.

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In the Problem World

A string of black pawnsby C.G.S.Narayanan

Miniatures with their scant material alwayshold irrepressible charm for the problemsolver. Ironically this is an area wherecomposers don’t dare to tread for fear ofanticipation, but nothing can deter RobertLincoln of USA from trundling out miniaturesby the dozens and that too highly originaltwo movers.

He provides articles and originals forinternational chess magazines on thevarious effects miniatures offer. Here is anexclusive one on curious black pawn rowformation in two-movers. He writes:”Thechess enthusiasts can impress membersof the local club by showing problems frommemory. It would not be considered deriguer to consult notes. But most positionsare difficult to recall with exact precision.The task is easier with miniatures and easieryet if they carry eye-catching appeal. Thetwo-movers presented below containidentical material. The arrangement of blackpawn serves as memory aid and rendersan attractive setting.

The first one ‘A’ has a try pattern whereeach refutes promising starts.1.Qe6? b2!1.Qb7? c3! 1.Qb5? d4! The queentemporarily secluded by 1.Qa8! whereuponthe black advances meet sundry fates.

In the second another slanting pawn stringis featured. A flight taking key 1.Qe1 issubstandard. However the follow-throughis interesting.1..b5 2.Qa5 mate on the fileand 1…d3 2.Qc3 mate on the rank. Finallythe switchback after 1…c4 is on thediagonal.

A. E.BoswellSvenska Dagbladet 1929

Mate in two moves

B. N.KasheevLand og Folk 1935

Mate in two moves

C. S.ShedeyLeninska Zmina 1935

Mate in two moves

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In the third problem ‘C’ a horizontal rowof pawns appear and there is an abundanceof near misses.Key: 1.Qa4! 1…c6/d6/e62.Qa5/Qe8/Qh4

A brief look at ‘D’ makes it plain that 2.Qxe2mate must be available to squelch 1…Ke1and the single black pawn produces threevariations. Solve it yourself!D Robert Lincoln (USA) Original1993

Mate in two movesCourtesy:’The Hindu’ 23.1.1993

Castling in miniaturesHere are three more from Robert Lincoln’sbook ’Fun with miniatures’ on castling effectwith comments from the author.‘The properties of castling present a realchallenge to miniaturists. Here is anexpensive proposition materialwise withinthe confines of seven men.1 R.Ketzcher,The Problemist 1993

Mate in two moves

1 below has a dangling rook decamp 1.Rf1?relying on 1…gxh2 2.Qg4.Not to be, as HisMajesty gulps the meal instead with1…Kxh2!.The key 1.Nf3! offers both knightand rook.1…Kxh1 2.Qh3 and 1…Kxf3 2.0-0John Rice of Great Britain has made extensiveresearches into this realm. He obtainssizeable mating texture under harshrestrictions. 2 is betrayed by the necessityto fasten a grip on d4.2 J.M.Rice The Problemist 1991

Mate in two movesThe key 1.Be5!! spins off these goodieswithout a white queen. 1….e3 2.0-0;1…Ke32.Rh3; 1…Kg2 2.Bxe4 A castling mutate isvery uncommon and here is one in 3. Awhimsical debacle where 2.0-0 dissuades1….Kxb1.White however is stuck for atempo. He gets the last laugh when 1.Kf1!substitutes 2.Kg2. ‘ 3 H.Hultberg,Aftenbladet 1929

Mate in two moves

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Tactics from master gamesby S.Krishnan

White to play and win White to play and win

Black to play and win White to play and win

White to play and win White to play and winSolutions on page 41

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.


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Test your endgameby K.Muralimohan, FIDE Instructor

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

Solutions on page 42

H.Rinck 1928 G.Kasparyan 1933

G.Amiryan 1995 V&M Platov 1908

G.Kasparyan 1934 J.van den Ende 1935

White to play and win in all the above six endings

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Masters of the past-25 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

François-André Danican Philidor (September 7, 1726 - August31, 1795) was a French composer and chess player. He contributed tothe early development of the opéra comique. He was also regarded asthe best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Échecswas considered a standard chess manual for at least a century, and awell-known opening and checkmate method are both named after him.

Philidor started playing regularly around 1740 at the chess Mecca ofFrance, the Café de la Régence. It was also there that he famously played with a friend from'New England', Mr. Benjamin Franklin. The best player in France at the time, Legall deKermeur, taught him. In 1754, Philidor returned to France, after nine years of absence spentmostly in Holland and England. He was now a much stronger player, having successfullyplayed with opponents of the calibre of Philip Stamma and Abraham Janssen, but, as G. Allenreports in The life of Philidor, it was not until his match with de Legal in 1755 that he can beconsidered the strongest player in the world.

Of the players who encountered Philidor, Sir Abraham Janssens, who died in 1775, seems tohave been the best, Mr. George Atwood, a mathematician, one of Pitt's secretaries camenext, he was of a class which we should call third or two grades of odds below Philidor, a highstandard of excellence to which but few amateurs attain. One of most interesting features ofAtwood as a chess player is that he recorded and preserved some of his games, an unusualpractice at that time. These records have survived, among them the last games that Philidorplayed which were against Atwood at Parsloe's Club in London on 20 June 1795.

Philidor, both in England and France, was largely recognized in each of his fields and got a lotof admirers, protectors and also friends, like were the French philosophers Voltaire, Rousseauand the famous English actor David Garrick (1717-1779).

Andrew Soltis writes that Philidor "was the best player in the world for 50 years. In fact, hewas probably about 200 rating points better than anyone else yet alive-set apart by themysteries of the game he had solved. Also interesting is GM Boris Alterman's opinion onPhilidor play: The best chess player of his day was Francois Andre Danican-Philidor... Hispublished chess strategy stood for a hundred years without significant addition or modification.He preached the value of a strong pawn center, an understanding of the relative value of thepieces, and correct pawn formations.

In 1749, Philidor published his famous book Analyse du jeu des Échecs. The book was suchan advance in chess knowledge that by 1871, it had gone through about 70 editions, and hadbeen translated into English, German, Russian and Italian. In it, Philidor analyzed nine differenttypes of game openings. His most famous advice was the saying "The pawns are the soul ofchess." He is most famous for showing an important drawing technique with a rook and pawnversus rook endgame, in a position known as the Philidor position. The Philidor Defense (1.e4e5 2.Nf3 d6) is named for him.

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Solutions to ‘Tactics from master games’on p38

1. Diu,V (2486)Starkov,D (1983) [E70]

Vladivostok Russian Cup 2012 VladivostokRUS (1.21), 17.09.2012

Position after 17th move. White to play.18.Rf7+! Kxf7 19.Qxh7+ [19.Qxh7+Kf8 20.Rf1+ Nf6 21.Qxg6 Threatening22.Bh5 Black is lost.] 1–0

2. Forcen Esteban,D (2469) FernandezGarcia,JoseM (2356) [B85]

77th ch-ESP 2012 San Agustin ESP (9.9),07.10.2012

Position after 26th move. White to play.27.Qxh7+! Kxh7 28.Rh3+ [28.Rh3+Kg7 29.Bh6+ Kh7 30.Bf8+ Wins] 1–0

3. Giri,Anish (2730) Naiditsch,Arkadij(2704) [E04]

28th European Club Cup Eilat ISR (2.3),12.10.2012

Position after White’s 34th move. Black toplay. 34...Rd5! 35.Rd4 Ne4! 36.f3[36.f4 Qxh3 37.Rd3 Qxg3+–+] 36...Qe5![36...Qe5 37.Bc7 (37.Rxd5 Qxg3+ 38.Kh1(38.Kf1 Qf2#) 38...Nf2#) 37...Rxd438.Bxe5 Rxd1+–+] 0–1

4. Dominguez Perez,Leinier (2734) -Maki,Veijo (2383) [B60]

28th European Club Cup Eilat ISR (3.2),13.10.2012

Position after 26th move. White to play.27.Ne5! fxe5 [27...Be8 28.d7 Bxd729.Nxf7++-; 27...Kg8 28.Nxd7+-]28.Qxe5+ f6 [28...Kg8 29.Ne7+ Bxe7

30.Qg7#] 29.Nxf6 Rc5 [29...Bxh630.Nxd7+ Bg7 31.f6 Qxd7 (31...Bf832.f7+ Bg7 33.Qe8++-) 32.fxg7+ Qxg733.Qe8+ Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Qg8 35.d7+-]30.Nd5+ Kg8 31.Ne7+ Bxe7 [31...Kf732.fxg6+ hxg6 33.Rf1+ Bf5 34.Qxc5]32.Qg7# 1–0

5. Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)Stojcevski,Z (2325) [D18]

28th European Club Cup Eilat ISR (6),16.10.2012

Position after 26th move. White to play.27.Rb7! Rd8 [27...Rg8 28.Rxc7 Qxc729.Rc1 Nxf3+ 30.gxf3 Qc8 31.Qd5+-Treatening 32.Bd2; 27...Qe8 28.Rxc7 Rxc729.Bxe5 Bxe5 30.Nxe5 fxe5 31.Qxe5 Rc832.Qxa5+-] 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rxc7Qxc7 30.Ng5! g6 [30...Kg8 31.Qe6++-]31.Qxf6+ Qg7 [31...Kg8 32.Qe6+ Kg733.Qe8 Qc4 34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Ne6+-]32.Qd8+ Qg8 33.Qd6 [33.Qd6 Nc434.Qc7 h6 35.Nf7+ Kh7 36.Nxh6+ Qg737.Qxc4+-] 1–0

6. Gomez,John Paul (2523)Ardiansyah,H (2371) [B23]

2nd Indonesian Open Jakarta (9.17),17.10.2012

Position after 35th move. White to play.36.Rxh6! Bxh6 37.Nf6+ Kf8 [37...Kg738.g5+-] 38.Qh2 Bg7 [38...Bxf4+39.Kxf4 Qd8 40.Ng5+- Ra3 a) 40...Qd4+41.Nfe4; b) 40...Qd1 41.Nxe6+ Ke7(41...fxe6 42.Qh8+ Kf7 43.Qh7+ Kf844.Qg8+ Ke7 45.Qg7+ Kd8 46.Qf8+ Kc747.Qxa8+-) 42.Nxc5+-; 41.Nxe6+ fxe642.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Qg7#] 39.Ng5! [39.Ng5Qd8 40.Qh7 Qd3+ 41.Kh4] 1–0

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Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’ on page 39

1. H.Rinck”Basler Nachrichten” 1928A neat, straightforward study by the greatFrench study composer Henri Rinck.1. Rh2+ Kg5 2. Bc1+ Kf5 3. e4+ Ke5 4.Bb2 Qxb2 5. f4+ gxf3 6 Rxb2 and Whitewins.

2. G.Kasparyan,ist Prize, “64” 19331.Nf5/i g6!/ii 2.Ne3/iii Rd4/iv 3.Bg2+!/v Kf2/vi 4.Nf1 Rh4+ 5.Nh2 Rd4/vii 6.Be1+!/viiiKe2! 7.Kg1! Rd1/ix 8.Bf1+ Kxe1 9.Nf3 mate.i) 1.Nf7? Kf2 2.Bh3 Kg3 3.Bf1 Kf2, is nomore than a draw.ii) The only way to secure activecounterplay. After Kf2 2.Bb5 Re4 3.Ba5 Re6(Re5;Bb6+) 4.Kh2, White improves thepositioning of his pieces and wins.iii) White has to consolidate. If 2.Nd6? Rd43.Nc4 Rh4+ 4.Kg1 Rg4+, and it’s a draw.iv) Black does not hurry to play Kf2 becauseof 3.Bc4 Ra3 4.Nd1+ Kf3 5.Nc3, and Whiteis making the progress he yearns for.v) 3.Bc1? Kf2 4.Kh2 Re4, drawn yet again.vi) After Ke2 White has 4.Bc1 Ra4 5.Kh2Ra1 6.Bb2, winning.vii) If White’s reply to Ra4 is 6.Nf3...viii) ... nevertheless 6.Nf3? here is met byRd3 7.Be1+ Ke2 8.Ne5 Rd1.ix) Black wins a piece, but... “The play isrich, difficulty and naturalness feature in thesolution, and a there is a surprise finish -the study stands out on its own.” (TourneyJudge E.Somov-Nasimovich.)

3. G.Amiryan (Erevan)4th-5th prize Shakhmatnaya kompozitsia19951.b6+ Ka8/I 2.Qd5/ii Rg6/iii 3.Qd8+ Bb84.Qd4 Be5 5.Qxe5 Rxb6/iv 6.Qh8+ Ka77.Qd4 Ka6 8.Qa4 mate.

I) Ka6 2.Qfl+ Ka5 3.Qf5+ Ka4 4.Qc2+, andbR’s life is ended.ii) 2.Qh8+? Bb8 3.Qxg7 Be5+ 4.Qxe5, afine stalemate resource.iii) The threat was 3.Qd8+ Bb8 4.Qd4. IfRg4 3.Qa2+ Kb8 4.Qe6 Ra4+ 5.Kb2 Ka8(Rb4;Ka3) 6.Qe8+.iv) “Black stands just one move (Ra6; orRc6;) from a familiar draw, but White hashis say first.”“Again with a familiar mating finale,preceded pleasant play with high qualitystudy nuances.”

4. V&M Platov,” DeutscheSchachzeitung” 19081 Kb4 Rf5/i 2 c6 Rxh5 3 c7 Rh4+ 4 Kb5Rh5+ 5 Kb6 Rh6+ 6 Bd6 Rxd6+ 7 Kb5Rd5+ 8 Kb4Rd4+ 9 Kb3 Rd3+ 10 Kc2 Rd4 11 c8R!Ra4 12 Kb3 and wins.i) 1...Rb1+ 2 Kc4 (2 Ka5? Rh1=) 2...Rc1+3 Kd5 Rd1+ 4 Ke6.

5.G. Kasparyan Shakhmaty v SSSR19341.Qf7! Be3! 2.Qe7+ g5 3.Kh2 Bg1+!/i4.Kxg1 Qc1+/ii 5.Qe1+/iii Qxe1+ 6.Kh2Qf2 7.Bd6!/iv Qf4+ 8.g3+ Qxg3+ 9.Bxg3mate.i) Black seizes the opportunity to play forstalemate.ii) Or Qd4+ 5.Qe3!! Qxe3+ 6.Kh2,transposing to the main line.iii) Not 5.Kh2? Qg1+! 6.Kxg1 stalemate!iv) This position is one of zugzwang.

6. J. van den Ende “Tijdschrift v.d.KNSB” 1935

1 c7 Ba3+ 2 Kg8 b2 3 Bg6 Kxg6 4 c8Qb1Q 5 Qg4+ Kh6 6 Qh4+ Kg6 7 Qh7+

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January 2013

Solution to ‘Puzzle of the Month’ on page 11To use Holmes phrase 'To know the future one must first know the past!' If black can still castle i.eif the last move was BPe7 to e5 then dxe5 e.p leads to g8=Q mate. If black castles then 2.b7 ismate. If BRa8 or BK moved last then black cannot castle and so 1.Ke6 solves.

Champion Yogesh Goutam receiving the trophy from the Chief GuestShri Malkeet Singhji , MD of KS Group of industries.

Inaugurated by Kottayam Municipal Chairman Mr.Santhosh Kumar . Near by N.T Suresh kumar, Acting President CAK & Mr.Rajesh Nattakom Chief Organizer & state treasurer.

4th K.S. Group of industries Fide Rating Chess Championship 2012, Malerkotla ….



FIDE Vice President D.V. Sundar giving away the Champion's trophy to Muthiah(TN). Also seen are Rajesh Nattakom Chief Organizer & Treasurer. Chess Association Kerala, & P.Venugopal, Gen. Secretary, Chess Association Kerala

FIDE Vice President D.V. Sundar honouring S.L.Narayanan. commonwealth U-16-Gold medalist. Also seen are Rajesh Nattakom Chief Organizer & Treasurer. Chess Association Kerala, Narayanan's parents & N.T.Suresh

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