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SDAT RMK 4th Chennai Open 2012 International Grandmaster Chess Tournament, Chennai
Yu Ruiyuan emerges Champion
GM Norm for Akshayraj Kore
by Arvind Aaron & R.R. Vasudevan
Yu Ruiyuan of China emerged the Chennai Open
2012 Champion with 9.0 points after the eleventh
and final round of the SDAT RMK 4th Chennai
Open 2012 International Grandmaster Chess
Tournament, at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium,
Periamet, Chennai here today. Sharing the
second spot with 8.5 points were top seed
Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus), defending
champion Kravtsiv Martyn (Ukraine), Akshayraj
Kore (India), Marat Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan) and
Gomez John Paul (Philippines) respectively.
In the crucial final round, Yu held Uzbek
Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev without difficulty
in a Sicilian game lasting 33 moves. The
tournament is big triumph for the untitled Chinese
star Yu Ruiyuan who started as the 13th seed
with an ELO rating of 2491 and finished on top
of the table. The title win fetches Yu an
International Master Norm, as well as a
Grandmaster Norm.
As a silver lining, Indias performing star in this
event, International Master Akshayraj Kore made
his Grandmaster Norm with a solid draw in the
final round against defending champion
Grandmaster Kravtsiv Martyn of Ukraine. The
Nimzo Indian game saw the Indian gaining the
upper hand with a pawn up position. But accurate
defence by the Ukraine Grandmaster saw the
Akshayraj Kore settling for a draw after 55
moves.
The cash prizes amounting to a total Rs.10 lakhs
were distributed by Shri R S Munirathinam,
Chairman, Lakshmikanthamma Educational Trust
and by Shri M Vijayakaumar, IAS, Member
Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil
Nadu. Present on the occasion of the closing
ceremony were Shri J C D Prabhakar, MLA,
President, All India Chess Federation, Shri D V
Sundar, Vice President, FIDE and Shri K
Muralimohan, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu
State Chess Association, Shri S Ganesan,
Chairman, Organising Committee.
Final Placings : (Indians unless specified)
1. Yu Ruiyuan (China) 9, 2-5 Aleksandrov Aleksej
(Belarus), Akshayraj Kore (India), Gomez John
Paul (Philippines), Kravtsiv Martyn (Ukraine),
Marat Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan) 8.5, 6-17
Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine), S P Sethuraman,
Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary), V Vishnu
Prasanna, Zeng Chongsheng (China), P
Karthikeyan, J Deepan Chakkravarthy, T U Navin
Kanna, S Nitin, Ankit R Rajpara, Barbosa Oliver
(Philippines), R R Laxman 8, 18-20 Ziaur Rahman
(Bangladesh), Vaibhav Suri, Ma Qun (China) 7.5
pts
Chennai Open 2012 inaugurated
The annual mega chess event of Chennai, the
SDAT RMK 4th Chennai Open 2012 International
Grandmaster Chess Tournament saw a grand
inauguration at the Multipurpose Indoor Stadium,
Periamet, Chennai.
Shri JCD Prabhakar, MLA, President, All India
Chess Federation made the first move against
Chennai based Grandmaster S P Sethuraman,
inaugurating the event. Speaking on the occasion,
Shri JCD Prabhakar said, Tamil Nadu holds great
chess tradition in organizing mega chess events,
and the Central Council of All India Chess
Federation will be writing to the Government to
confer Bharat Ratna to World Champion
Viswanathan Anand. He also extolled the decision
of bringing chess to all the Schools in Tamil Nadu
by Honorable Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Shri D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE (World
Chess Federation) welcomed the gathering, while
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Shri K Muralimohan, General Secretary, Tamil Indian challenge led by Grandmasters
Nadu State Chess Association, delivered the vote Sethuraman, Deepan Chakkravarthy, Neelotpal
of thanks. Das and Dibyendu Barua took off smoothly with
minimum resistance from lower seeds.
So far, 296 players including 16 Grandmasters,
31 International Masters, 2 WGMs, and 3 WIMs Third round
from 13 countries viz., Belarus, Ukraine, Iceland,
13 year old FIDE Master Diptayan Ghosh stunned
Bangladesh, China, Uzbekistan, Hungary, Brazil,
Grandmaster Barbosa Oliver of Philippines in the
Nepal, Botswana, Sri Lanka and the Philippines
third round of the SDAT RMK 4th Chennai Open
participated in the tournament. Belarus
2012 International Grandmaster Chess
Grandmaster Aleksandrov Aleksej (ELO 2626)
Tournament, at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium,
was the top seed, while the Indian challenge was
Periamet, Chennai.
spearheaded by Chennai star Grandmaster S P
Sethuraman (ELO 2529). Top seed Grandmaster Aleksandrov Aleksej
shared the lead with 3.0 points along with 16
In the first round 10 year old A Ra Harikrishnan,
players including Grandmasters Oleksienko
a student of Sethu Baskara School, Ambattur,
Mikhailo (Ukraine), S P Sethuraman, Neelotpal
Chennai delivered the first upset defeating
Das (both India), John Paul Gomez (Philippines),
Woman Grandmaster and former National
Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary) and International
women champion Nisha Mohota.
Masters M R Venkatesh, M S Thejkumar,
Obtaining an advantage in an hard fought middle Himanshu Sharma (all India) among others.
game, Harikrishnan led the game into an
Grandmaster Aleksandrov Aleksej faced the
exchange up ending. The Chennai boy handled
Queens Indian defence employed by Swayams
the double rook versus a rook and bishop ending
Mishra in the top board. Exerting pressure early
deftly to outwit the more experienced Nisha
in the game, Aleksandrov exhibited superior middle
Mohota. The four hour game from Harikrishnan
game play forcing a zug zwang on Mishra. Facing
(ELO 1755) showed the strength and depth of
a drowning position and a heavy material loss,
Tamil Nadu players in chess, as he overcame
Mishra resigned on the 39th move.
Nisha Mohota (ELO 2323).
In the upset of the day, Bengal lad Diptayan
The day offered a tough start for many seeds
Ghosh put it across Grandmaster Oliver Barbosa
with International Masters Vijayalakshmi
of the Philippines in a dynamic Slav game. Grabbing
Subburaman, Suvrajit Saha and Vaibhav Suri
the initiative, after the end of the theoretical
conceding draws to their lower rated opponents
debate, Diptayan went for an all out attack on
viz., M Sabhareesh, U Ashwini and Shetye
the kingside. Sacrificing a knight on the 21st
Siddhali respectively.
move, the Indian teenager ripped open
Top seed Grandmaster Aleksij Aleksandrov of Barbosas kingside and clinched the issue with a
Belarus had a relatively easy outing in the first flurry of attack. Facing checkmate, the Philippino
board against Sarbajit Adhikari. Defending gave up after 34 moves.
Champion and second seed Kravtsiv Martyn of
Forth round
Ukraine was fully stretched in his victory over S
Vigneshwaran in the second board. Running into Indian trio S L Narayanan, Akshayraj Kore and
the last few minutes of his allotted time, Martyn Vishnu Prasanna stunned Grandmasters Mark
found his way to win thanks to check mate threat Paragua (Philippines), Dzhumaev Marat
through queen and bishop that fetched him an (Uzbekistan) and Gomez John Paul (Philippines)
extra piece and the point. respectively in the fourth round .
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GMs Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine) and Neelotpal
Das (India) along with IMs Vishnu Prasanna and
Akshayraj Kore (both India) shared the lead with
4.0 points after the fourth round. Following the
leaders half a point behind at 3.5 points were
GMs Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus), S P
Sethuraman (India), Ziaur Rahman (Bangladesh)
and Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary) along with
15 other players.
The top board game between GMs Aleksandrov
Aleksej (Belarus) and Hoang Thanh Trang
(Hungary) ended in a draw after 40 moves. In
the upsets of the day, dynamic play on the black
side of the Sicilian netted Chennai lad Vishnu
Prasanna a full point against Grandmaster John
Paul Gomez of the Philippines. It was noteworthy
that Vishnu used his king as an active piece in
the end game, moving it deep into enemy
territory for delivering the final blow. The 46 move
victory propels Vishnu Prasanna into the top board
against GM Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine) in the
next round.
Pune lad Akshayraj Kore punished Uzbek
Grandmaster Dzhumaevs tentative play in the
Evans Gambit. The sacrifice of an early pawn,
could not fetch much of an initiative for the
Grandmaster, as Akshayraj increased his
advantage and forced Dzhumaev to give up
after 39 moves.
13-year-old S L Narayanan found his touch on
the right occasion, as he played his black pieces
with great enterprise. The middle game tilted in
the Indian boys favor, as he went for a king-
side initiative forgoing his castle. The Philippino
Grandmaster Mark Paragua, misjudged the force
of blacks attack, and resigned facing check mate
or heavy loss of material.
Sixth round
Talented Delhi lad Vaibhav Suri beat local challenger
Vishnu Prasanna and moved into joint lead after
the sixth round. Vaibhav Suri leads the table with
5.5 points, along with GMs Aleksandrov Aleksej
(Belarus) and Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine) and
untitled Chinese strongman Yu Ruiyuan
respectively. Behind the leaders were GMs
Kravtsiv Martyn (Ukraine), S P Sethuraman
(India), Gomez John Paul (Philippines), Ziaur
Rahman (Bangladesh) and Hoang Thanh Trang
(Hungary) at 5.0 points in a group of eleven
players.
Seeded players were less harassed, even as Orissa
lad Debashis Das emerged as the lone GM
conqueror. The Queens Gambit game saw
Richard in an aggressive mood, as he pushed his
kingside pawns for an all out attack. An
unsuccessful middle game combination by Richard
saw him going down by a piece, as Debashis
defended accurately. Unable to press further
Richard resigned on the 25th move.
The top board game between young Uzbek
International Master Jahongir Vakhidov and top
seed Grandmaster Aleksej Aleksandrov ended in
favor of the Russian. The Nimzo Indian game
saw Vakhidov playing it safe, while higher seeded
Aleksandrov kept pressurizing on the kingside for
initiative. Taking further risks put Vakhidov in a
precarious position, as Aleksandrov the open white
position to his advantage with some precise play.
The young IM from Uzbekistan called it quits as
he faced the loss of material along with a mating
attack.
Seventh round
Former Asian Junior Champion and International
Master Pandian Karthikeyan defeated Philippino
Grandmaster John Paul Gomez in the seventh
round of the SDAT RMK 4th Chennai Open
2012 .Top seed Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus)
and Yu Ruiyuan (China) shared the lead with 6.5
points, scoring over Vaibhav Suri (India) and
Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine) respectively. Sharing
the third spot were GM Hoang Thanh Trang
(Hungary), IM Pandian Karthikeyan (India), Zeng
Chongsheng, Ma Qun (both China) at 6.0 points.
Aleksandrov scored a smooth technical 68 move
win in the top board, while Yu Ruiyuan shocked
higher rated Grandmaster Oleksienko Mikhailo in
an attacking Sicilian game.
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International Master Pandian Karthikeyan showed
superior preparation, as he outplayed
Grandmaster John Paul Gomez of Philippines.
Gaining advantage right out of the opening,
Karthikeyan maintained a small edge right
through. Stretching himself to equalise John Paul
Gomez was found wanting in an exchange down
position. Speaking after his victory Karthikeyan
said, I followed the game from Vishy Anand-
Vallejo Pons, Bilbao 2011 and gained initiative
early. Slowly I improved upon the position, gained
technical edge and converted it to full point.
Upsets were the order of the day in the top
boards as untitled Chinese star Yu Ruiyuan (ELO
2491) defeated GM Oleksienko Mikhailo of
Ukraine. Another Ukraine Grandmaster, defending
Champion Kravtsiv Martyn went down to GM
Hoang Thanh Trang of Hungary in the third
board.
Top seed Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus) led the
table along with Yu Ruiyuan (China) with 7.0 points
after the eighth round.Half a point behind the
leaders at 6.5 points were ten players including
GMs Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine), Marat
Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan), Hoang Thanh Trang
(Hungary), J Deepan Chakkravarthy and S P
Sethuraman (both India) among others.
Untitled Chinese Yu Ruiyuan continued his
impressive run, holding top seed Aleksandrov
Aleksej of Belarus to a draw. The Scotch game,
where regular elimination of pieces nullified mutual
advantage, peace was signed after 43 moves.
GM Sethuraman overcame fellow IM Siddharth
in a complicated game, while local challenger
International Master M R Venkatesh moved
ahead in standings scoring over Vakhidov Jahongir
of Uzbekistan.
Pune based International Master Akshayraj Kore
defeated fellow Indian Grandmaster Deepan
Chakkravarthy and joined the leaders with 7.5
points after the ninth round.
Akshayraj joined the trio of leaders
viz., Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus), Yu
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Ruiyuan, Zeng Chongsheng (both China) at 7.5
points.Sharing the next point position at 7.0 points
were GMs Oleksienko Mikhailo, Kravtsiv Martyn
(both Ukraine), S P Sethuraman (India), Marat
Dzhumaev (Uzbekistan), Hoang Thanh Trang
(Hungary) and John Paul Gomez (Philippines)
among others.
A fighting draw against Grandmaster S P
Sethuraman in the second board fetched Yu
Ruiyuan of China a Grandmaster Norm. The
second Norm of the day was achieved by
Maharashtra player Shashikant Kutwal who
defeated veteran Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua.
Kutwal posted his fourth International Master
Norm and now requires to touch the ELO rating
of 2400 to get his International Master title
confirmed.
The top board game between
Grandmasters Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus)
and Oleksienko Mikhailo (Ukraine) turned out to
be hard battle for supremacy. Aleksandrov
pressed all the buttons, but Oleksienko hunted
whites extra pawn in the b file, and fetched
himself a draw after 60 moves.
Yu Ruiyuan of China led the table with 8.5
points after the tenth and penultimate round of
the SDAT RMK 4th Chennai Open 2012
International Grandmaster Chess Tournament.
Sharing the second spot with 8.0 points were
top seed Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus),
defending champion Kravtsiv Martyn (Ukraine),
Akshayraj Kore (India) and Marat Dzhumaev
(Uzbekistan) respectively.
The top board game between Indian International
Master Akshayraj Kore and Grandmaster
Aleksandrov Aleksej (Belarus) turned out to be
an interesting fare. The Queens Gambit game
saw both the players exchanging major pieces
within the first twenty moves. Well into a triple
minor piece ending, Akshayraj thwarted all of
Aleksandrov tricks and draw was agreed after
36 moves.
In the upsets of the day, Indian players hogged 33 IM Suvrajit Saha IND 7.5
the limelight with Senthilvel Nitin and Vishnu 34 IM Shivananda B S IND 7.5
Prasanna scoring over Grandmasters Bitoon 35 IM Sangma Rahul IND 7.5
Richard (Philippines) and Neelotpal Das (India) 36 IM Venkatesh M R IND 7
respectively. The lone achiever of the day turned
37 GM Neelotpal Das IND 7
out to be Ma Qun of China who made his IM
Norm. 38 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 7
39 GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 7
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name FED Pts. 40 FM Ghosh Diptayan IND 7
41 Chandika Divyasree IND 7
1 Yu Ruiyuan CHN 9
42 IM Toth Christian Endre BRA 7
2 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 8.5
43 Bartakke Amardeep S IND 7
3 IM Akshayraj Kore IND 8.5
44 Kathmale Sameer IND 7
4 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 8.5
45 Narayanan S L IND 7
5 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 8.5
46 Navalgund Niranjan IND 7
6 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 8.5
47 Ravi Teja S IND 7
7 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 8
48 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 7
8 GM Sethuraman S P IND 8
49 Md Nubairshah Shaikh IND 7
9 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 8
50 Pradeep Kumar R A IND 7
10 IM Vishnu Prasanna V IND 8
51 Swaraj Palit IND 7
11 Zeng Chongsheng CHN 8
52 Mugil Jayavel IND 7
12 IM Karthikeyan P IND 8
53 Mithil Ajgaonkar IND 7
13 GM Deepan ChakkravarthyJ IND 8
54 IM Sahu Sekhar Chandra IND 7
14 Navin Kanna T U IND 8
55 Lokesh P IND 6.5
15 IM Nitin S IND 8
56 Shashikant Kutwal IND 6.5
16 Ankit R Rajpara IND 8
57 Sagar Shah IND 6.5
17 GM Barbosa Oliver PHI 8
58 Ashwath R IND 6.5
18 GM Laxman R R IND 8
59 Mu Ke CHN 6.5
19 GM Rahman Ziaur BAN 7.5
60 Sekar B IND 6.5
20 IM Vaibhav Suri IND 7.5
61 IM Rathnakaran K IND 6.5
21 Ma Qun CHN 7.5
62 Padhya Saumil IND 6.5
22 IM Himanshu Sharma IND 7.5
63 CM Prince Bajaj IND 6.5
23 IM Debashis Das IND 7.5
64 IM Prakash G B IND 6.5
24 Swayams Mishra IND 7.5
65 GM Barua Dibyendu IND 6.5
25 IM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 7.5
66 IM Praveen Kumar C IND 6.5
26 GM Paragua Mark PHI 7.5
67 Kunal M IND 6.5
27 FM Rajesh V A V IND 7.5
68 Sahu Vikramaditya IND 6.5
28 IM Thejkumar M S IND 7.5
69 IM Murali Krishnan B T IND 6.5
29 FM Gagare Shardul IND 7.5
70 Nandhidhaa Pv IND 6.5
30 GM Bitoon Richard PHI 7.5
71 Bai Jinshi CHN 6.5
31 IM Girinath P D S IND 7.5
72 IM Mohota Nisha IND 6.5
32 IM Ravichandran Siddharth IND 7.5

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73 IM Babu N Sudhakar IND 6.5 113 WFM Mahalakshmi M IND 6
74 IM R Balasubramaniam IND 6.5 114 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie IND 6
75 Sidhant Mohapatra IND 6.5 115 Gireman Ja IND 6
76 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty IND 6.5 116 Augustin A IND 6
77 Patil Pratik IND 6.5 117 Ashwini U IND 6
78 Shetye Siddhali IND 6.5 118 Soumya Banerjee IND 6
79 FM Shantharam K V IND 6.5 119 Chaithanyaa K G IND 6
80 WFM Kotepalli Sai Nirupama IND 6.5 120 WIM Meera Sai IND 6
81 Harini S IND 6.5 121 Barath L IND 6
82 Phoobalan P IND 6.5 122 Alahakoon Isuru SRI 6
83 Amrutha Mokal IND 6.5 123 Harikrishna S R IND 6
84 Santu Mondal IND 6.5 124 D BalaChandra Prasad IND 6
85 Dahale Atul IND 6.5 125 Vigneshwaran S IND 6
86 Dave Kantilal IND 6.5 126 Raghunandan K S IND 6
87 Phadke Sohan IND 6.5 127 WIM Hamid Rani BAN 6
88 Aaditya Jagadeesh IND 6.5 128 Chincholimath Halsagar IND 6
89 Vaishali R IND 6.5 129 Abhishek A IND 6
90 Pranav Vijay IND 6.5 130 Pranavananda V IND 6
91 Akash Pc Iyer IND 6.5 131 Boopeash S IND 6
92 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar IND 6.5 132 Singh S Vikramjit IND 5.5
93 Aniruddh Aiyengar IND 6.5 133 Joshi G B IND 5.5
94 Chakravarthi Y V K IND 6.5 134 Negi V S IND 5.5
95 FM Hamal Manish NEP 6.5 135 Pratyusha Bodda IND 5.5
96 Abhishek Das IND 6.5 136 WIM Dhar-Barua Saheli IND 5.5
97 Sanjeev Biswas IND 6.5 137 Gopalakrishnan K IND 5.5
98 Nimmy A G IND 6 138 Jayesh M IND 5.5
99 Hemant Sharma (del) IND 6 139 Sriram S IND 5.5
100 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh R IND 6 140 WFM Monnisha Gk IND 5.5
101 FM Vinoth Kumar M IND 6 141 Nishant Malhotra IND 5.5
102 Anilkumar O T IND 6 142 Kumaran B IND 5.5
103 Siddarth M IND 6 143 Bharathi S C IND 5.5
104 Sanjit Saha IND 6 144 Hirthickkesh Pr IND 5.5
105 Vignesh Nr IND 6 145 Preethi R IND 5.5
106 Sumit Grover IND 6 146 Arjun Satheesh IND 5.5
107 FM Aravindh Chithambaram IND 6 147 Hema Priya N IND 5.5
108 Visakh Nr IND 6 148 Anuruddha G C SRI 5.5
109 Yohan J IND 6 149 Ajay Krishna S IND 5.5
110 IM Singh D P IND 6 150 Arjun K IND 5.5
111 Shreyansh Daklia IND 6
All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.
112 Osama Salim IND 6
by Fischer

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3rd KCF Rotary Madras Mount International FIDE Rated Tournament,Chennai..

Linda Rangarajan wins KCF rated

by IA R. Anantharam, Chief Arbiter
Whenever King Chess Foundation organises a Mahalakshmi, Gavi and Bharath finished second
tournament, it has the unique ability to attract to fifth inthat order based ob Buchholz score.
at least six hundred players and the 3 rd KCF
Rotary Madras Mount International FIDE Rated Mr. Venkat Kumar, President, Chennai District
Tournament (below 2200) is no exception. It did Chess Association was the chief guest for the
not belie the expectations, pulling 679 players prize distribution function. As usually, the King
from various states like Assam, AP, Kerala, Chess Foundation distributed new year chess
Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra, Orissa, calendar to all participants, which contained
West Bengal, Pudhuchery etc., of course, valuable information. Rtn. C. Tamil Chelvan, Rt.
majority hailing from Tamil Nadu. The R. Tamil Chelvan, President of King Chess
tournament was held at the Hall of Chess of TN Foundation and Mrs. Vasumathi Marimuthu,
State Chess Associaition, a regular venue for Director Olympiad of Rotary Club also graced
many a national event. FIDE Master Vinoth the occasion.
Kumar of Tamil Nadu was top seeded, followed Final standings:
by Dr. Linda Rangarajan of Pudhuchery. Rk Name Club Pts
The eleven round Swiss format, had a time control 1 Linda Rangarajan PON 10
of 60 minutes for the whole game with 30 2 Sa Kannan TN 9
seconds increment for each move. It was a 3 Mahalakshmi M TN 9
smooth sailing for Linda from the beginning till 4 Gavi Siddayya KAR 9
the ninth round, until which he humbled his 5 Barath L TN 9
opponents to score a perfect nine/nine. VInoth 6 Mugil Jayavel TN 9
had a set back, as he lost two crucial rounds in 7 Ramakrishna Perumalla AP 9
the mid way stage of the tournament. After nine 8 Vishwanath Prasad AP 9
rounds, Sa Kannan of Karaikudi was trailing Linda 9 Osama Salim TN 9
by half a point and Mugil Jayavel of Chennai was 10 Siddarth M TN 8
the lone player on the third spot with 8 points. 11 Sai Krishna S AP 8
Sa Kannan halted the winning spree of Linda by 12 Kumaran B TN 8
beating him to snatch the lead in the penultimate 13 Sai Vishwesh C TN 8
round. Five players Gavi Siddayya of Karnataka, 14 Vaishali R TN 8
Sai Krishna of AP, L Barath, M. Siddharth and M 15 C R Varsha TN 8
Mahalakshmi all from Tamil Nadu had a chance 16 Siva Mahadevan TN 8
to win the tournament with 8.5 points at the end 17 Muthaiah Al TN 8
of the tenth round. 18 Einthiresh R S TN 8
19 Vinoth Kumar M TN 8
In the final round, Gavi dashed the hopes of
Kannan by beating him convincingly, Barath 20 Prasannaa S TN 8
outplayed Siddharth and Mahalakshmi subdued 21 Saravanan Arun B TN 8
Vinoth Kumar and in the last game to finish in 22 Harini S TN 8
the tournament, Linda had a hard fought win 23 Chakravarthi Y V K AP 8
over Sai Krishna in a bishop Vs knight ending to 24 Sakthivel Pandian V S TN 8
clinch the title with 10 points. Kannan, 25 Amogha H A KAR 8

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26 Yogit S TN 8 71 Eashwar M TN 7
27 Harikrishnan A Ra TN 8 72 Aditya Subramaniam S TN 7
28 Kumar A AP 8 73 Sooraj S TN 7
29 Saranya Y TN 8 74 Aniruddhan T A TN 7
30 Ajay Krishna S TN 8 75 Prathish A TN 7
31 Hema Priya N TN 8 76 Abishek I TN 7
32 Sabhareesh M TN 8 77 Vijeth T A KAR 7
33 Naren Swaminathan P TN 8 78 John Joseph S TN 7
34 Hirthickkesh Pr TN 8 79 Solomon Rathna Sekaran TN 7
35 V Karthik AP 8 80 Krishna Karthik N AP 7
36 Anand Sivasankar A TN 8 81 Sathyanarayanan S TN 7
37 Boopeash S TN 8 82 Prakashram R TN 7
38 Gnanasekar G TN 8 83 Clifford Flair TN 7
39 Abdul Azeem R TN 8 84 Vamsi Krishna R AP 7
40 Mythireyan P TN 8 85 Barath Kalyan M TN 7
41 Dinakaran N TN 8 86 Raja Harshit MAH 7
42 Sathishkumar L AP 8 87 Akshay V Halagannavar KAR 7
43 Sandya M TN 8 88 Elancheralathan P TN 7
44 Hemanth Raam TN 8 89 Dangmei Bosco AP 7
45 Mani Bharathy TN 8 90 Raman R PON 7
46 Aaditya Jagadeesh TN 8 91 Parthasarathy R KAR 7
47 Harsha Bharathakoti TN 7 92 George Daniel TN 7
48 Dhamodharan M TN 7 93 Subramanian T V TN 7
49 Suresh Krishna S PON 7 94 Sai Kiran S TN 7
50 Aadhityaa M TN 7 95 Sundar Pranesh J S TN 7
51 Jayesh M TN 7 96 Sai Agni Jeevitesh J AP 7
52 Srinivasa Goud P AP 7 97 Jayakumar S TN 7
53 Vijaya Sharathy TN 7 98 Kalidass C TN 7
54 Ravi Kumar K AP 7 99 Arvind M TN 7
55 Venkatesan K TN 7 100 Karthik Gopal G AP 7
56 Sriram S TN 7 101 Sukhjeet Singh Sivia PUN 7
57 Rajarishi Karthi TN 7 102 Akash R TN 7
58 Vignesh B TN 7 103 Aravind J TN 7
59 Prajesh R TN 7 104 Manickavelu A TN 7
60 Singaram P L TN 7 105 Karthik P M TN 7
61 Malla Nooka Raju AP 7 106 Ch Gopalakrishna Rao AP 7
62 Shriram S B TN 7 107 Saravanan E TN 7
63 Vinodh Kumar B PON 7 108 Hemalakshmi V TN 7
64 Varshini V TN 7 109 Thamaraiselvi P TN 7
65 Varun Kumar PUN 7 110 Aswin S TN 7
66 Amuthan R TN 7 111 Murugaiah TN 7
67 Rohit Vassan S TN 7 112 Rahul Sai P AP 7
68 Hari HaraSubramanianS TN 7 113 Raghuraman V TN 7
69 Teja Suresh M AP 7 114 Rahul S TN 7
70 Divya Lakshmi R TN 7 115 Narayanan M R TN 7

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116 Gurubalan S TN 7 161 Abdul hameed TN 6
117 Gopikrishna N AP 7 162 Bhuvan R TN 6
118 Kavitha P L TN 7 163 Sowjhanya S TN 6
119 Sathananthan I TN 7 164 Doraiswamy L TN 6
120 Jerome JEbenezer G TN 7 165 Lakshmi C TN 6
121 Yashaskara Jois K R KAR 7 166 Hariharan S TN 6
122 Kalyanasundaram K N TN 7 167 Narendhiran R TN 6
123 Shantharam K TN 7 168 Santhosh Venkateshwaran TN 6
124 Visveshwar A TN 7 169 Harshini A TN 6
125 Sadhu S Adithya TN 7 170 Kameswaran V TN 6
126 Prakruthee A TN 7 171 Sai Kiran Y AP 6
127 Paul I Sumi TN 7 172 Dileep Kumar R TN 6
128 Kumar S TN 7 173 Sonaa R TN 6
129 Kalyanaraghavan V S TN 7 174 Sheshathri TN 6
130 Sri Krishnan M TN 7 175 Madhavan N TN 6
131 Tharanitharr P TN 7 176 Aravind V TN 6
132 Eramasubramaniam R TN 7 177 Niranjan R TN 6
133 J Akshith Kumar AP 7 178 Singh Manpal PUN 6
134 Wagle Aakash Abhay MAH 7 179 Kathiravan T TN 6
135 Ramesh Babu C R TN 7 180 Malik Jan Mohamed A TN 6
136 Ishwar Ramteke MAH 7 181 Sunyuktha C M N TN 6
137 Dheeraj Kumar Reddy T AP 6 182 Sai Saravanan K TN 6
138 Aniruddh Aiyengar TN 6 183 Baligar Dr Vishwanath KAR 6
139 Anirudh Kannan V P TN 6 184 Aswath Balaji V TN 6
140 Khanna Aman MAH 6 185 Anbumathi S TN 6
141 Ambareesh P TN 6 186 Aram M TN 6
142 Selvabharathy T TN 6 187 Harshavardhan S TN 6
143 Vignesh V TN 6 188 Bagat Singh P PON 6
144 Nanduja R TN 6 189 Meenaashi R TN 6
145 Selvamuthu K TN 6 190 Gokul Vijay J TN 6
146 Ajay Sm KAR 6 191 Arjun Sha TN 6
147 Krithigga K TN 6 192 Bala Murugan G TN 6
148 Madhan Babu M TN 6 193 Suriya Prakash J S TN 6
149 Ashit Kumar Jha TN 6 194 Selvakumar N TN 6
150 Rathish T J TN 6 195 Sahu ML MP 6
151 Venkatachala Krishna Sarma TN 6 196 Kandula Durga Kaushik AP 6
152 Aravinda B R KAR 6 197 Bhaskar N S TN 6
153 Vigneshwaran S TN 6 198 Narasimhan B TN 6
154 Shaik Sydulu AP 6 199 Priyanka N AP 6
155 Divya Charaneeshwar R P TN 6 200 Manjula R TN 6
156 Potluri Supreetha AP 6
157 Rakshith N D TN 6 A strong memory, concentration, imagination,
158 Aditya M TN 6 and a strong will is required to become a great
159 Rishi Hariharan S N TN 6 chess player. by Fischer
160 Sai Pavan S TN 6

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Nethaji All India FIDE Rated Chess Tournament (Below 2000)....

C.R. Raveendran of Kerala clinches the title

by M.Ephrame, IA,Chief Arbiter
Nethaji All India FIDE Rated Chess Tournament Final Ranking:
below 2000 had attracted 166 players. Among
Rk Name Club Pts
them 102 are fide rated players. This event
was conducted by Chess Association Idukki, 1 Raveendran C R KER 8
Kerala & Nethaji Foundation, offered a prize 2 D Ashraf Subhani AP 8
3 Abhijith M KER 8
fund around one lakh and fifteen thousand.
4 Joy Antony KER 8
There were 30 main prizes and 13 category 5 Madhusoodanan K R KER 8
prizes. 6 Unas K A KER 7
The event was declared open by the inaugural 7 Ameer P S KER 7
move made by Honourable Minister for 8 Arjun Satheesh KER 7
9 Anilkumar K V KER 7
irrigation Kerala State Government Sri P J
10 Preneesh Kumar C S Ker 7
Joseph, against Shri Devarajan, Secretary All
11 Mohammed Dilshad KER 7
India Forwrd Bloc. 12 Ajith D KER 7
Top billing was given to Arjun Satheesh of 13 Gopakumar K S KER 7
Kerala. Anand Naik and Ashraf Subhani of 14 Dhanesh P M KER 7
Andhra Pradesh were the 2 nd 3 rd seeded 15 Mohammed Fasal V U KER 7
16 Athul Krishna S KER 7
respectively. Top Seeded Arjun Satheesh drew
17 Antony Simethy KER 7
with Prince Mundakayam of Idukki at the end 18 Xavier P P KER 7
of 3rd round. At the same time other seeded 19 Suhail Rasheed KER 6
players sailed smoothly. Mohammed Dilshad 20 Adesh Joshi KER 6
of Kerala took sole lead with full points after 21 Varma Shabdhik KAR 6
round five. But in the next round he lost to 22 Sushrutha Reddy KAR 6
Ajith. Ajith shared his lead with 5.5 points with 23 Dinesh K K KER(I) 6
Arjun Satheesh of the same state and Durgesh 24 Jayesh T A KER 6
of Karnataka. At the end of 7 th round Arjun 25 Ojas Kulkarni KAR 6
Satheesh was the sole leader with 6.5 points, 26 Anand Naik B AP 6
27 Manasa H R KAR 6
but C.R.Raveendran of Kerala and Ashraf
28 Elias K C KER 6
Subhani of Andhra Pradesh joined with him 29 Ajay Kumar Mishra TN 6
after 8th round with 7 points each. 30 Shaji N D KER(I) 6
Raveendran maintained his lead till last round. 31 Senbabu M B KER 6
He drew with Ashraf Subhani of Andhra Pradesh 32 Ahmed Anees B AP 6
33 Binoy Chacko KER(I) 6
and won the championship with 8.5 points. This
34 Barath M GOA 6
First title made Raveendran more happy in this 35 Meghna C H KER 6
year end. Ashraf is the runner up of this 36 Akhilan E M KER 6
tournament. The Winner bagged Rs.15000 with 37 Unnikrishnan S KER 6
Trophy. Sri George Varghese IPS, Idukki District 38 Pathrose C T KER 6
SP gave away the prizes to the winner in the 39 Prince Mundakayam KER(I) 6
presence of Sri. Manoj Kokkatu, President , 40 Vinod S KER 6
Idukki Arm Wrestling Association. 41 Mohammed V K KER 6
42 Arijith M KER 6

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43 Simon V J KER(I) 6 92 Sunil Bhargav N KAR 5
44 Bino Joseph KER 6 93 Sanu S Panicker KER 5
45 Saji T KER 6 94 Ananthakrishnan M S KER 5
46 Peter K P KER 6 95 Arvind Ramnath Iyer KAR 5
47 Vinay Vijaykumar Mah 6 96 Nishanth S KAR 4
48 Prasad K K KER 6 97 Ance Jose Tom KER 4
49 Nasser N A KER 6 98 Nihal Sarin KER 4
50 Nitin M Pai KER 6 99 Pavan B KAR 4
51 Durgesh K KAR 5 100 Unnikrishnan S KER 4
52 Chandar Raju KER 5 101 Antony M C KER 4
53 Marthandan K U KER 5 102 Ashmitha Kiran Raju KAR 4
54 Anil Kumar S KER 5 103 Nitin R KAR 4
55 Prabhu R V KER 5 104 Shailesh Sridhar KAR 4
56 C B Surya Bangaru Raju AP 5 105 Sudheer K B KER 4
57 Hermon Dain Saldanha KAR 5 106 Rohit H R KAR 4
58 Panchami Shenoy K KAR 5 107 Dhanush Ravi KAR 4
59 Sangeeth Mohan KER 5 108 Bestin K J KER 4
60 Shibu M P KER 5 109 Sreehari G KER 4
61 Gautam Manoj KER 5 110 M Thomas Varghese KER 4
62 Binal S KER 5 111 Mohanadasan T KER 4
63 John P N KER 5 112 Akhiljith K C KER 4
64 Sanjay S Pillai KER 5 113 Sravan S KER 4
65 Unnikrishnan T KER 5 114 Advaith Rajendran I V KER 4
66 Emil Sebastian KER 5 115 Anoop G KER(I) 4
67 Sabu Joseph KER(I) 5 116 Benny V M KER 4
68 Haridas K T KER(I) 5 117 Albin Kottaram KER 4
69 Sharanya V KAR 5 118 Tino Antony KER 4
70 Navneeth Mohan KER 5 119 Anand John KER(I) 4
71 Augustine M KER 5 120 Gowtham G Menon KER 4
72 Manilal K R KER 5 121 Tanveer Akram KAR 4
73 Jayakumar P K Ker 5 122 Gopakumar C KER 4
74 Arvindnath Rajesh KER 5 123 Abdul Hakkeem P M KER 4
75 Saji R KER 5 124 Aswin P R KER 4
76 Sharan R Setty KAR 5 125 Isha Sharma KAR 4
77 Pavan Shiralagi KAR 5 126 Prem Krishna N KER 4
78 Vinayak S KER 5 127 Johnson Antony KER(I) 4
79 Radhakrishnan K S KER 5 128 Mathew Santosh Ker 4
80 Sivasankar SudhaSathyan Ker 5 129 Sivadas T N KER 3
81 Mansoor C M KER 5 130 Joseph S A KER 3
82 Gabriel B M KER 5 131 Raghavan K KER 3
83 Shaiju Andrews KER(I) 5 132 Haridas K C Ker 3
84 Siri Sharma KAR 5 133 Dickson Shaju KER 3
85 Deva Krishnan Reddy M AP 5 134 Joel Antony Thomas KER 3
86 Sasi P K KER(I) 5 135 Manoj K T KER 3
87 Alen Kottaram KER 5 136 Devi Srinidhi M AP 3
88 Sreerag M R KER 5 137 Thippa Reddy M AP 3
89 Krishna S M KER 5 138 Goutham Krishna M KER(I) 3
90 Thomas M J KER 5 139 Visakh P R KER 3
91 Arun S Shenoy KER 5 140 Nandakishore K C KER 3

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Selected games from Vizag Open 2011
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Andriasian,Zaven (ARM) (2619)
Koshy,Varugeese (2276) [C41]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4
5.Nxd4 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bf4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Be2 Ng4 11.00 Rb8
12.Rab1 Be6 13.h3 Ne5 14.Be3 c5 15.b3
Nc6 16.Nd5 Nd4 17.Bd3 Kf8

(position after 25Rhg8)

34.Qxf4

[Black cannot castle as his h6 will be lost. So he

walks his king to h7. But he misses a great
chance to stir up complications that would have
given him at least equality. 17...Bxh3! 18.Bxd4
(18.gxh3?? Nf3+) 18...cxd4! 19.gxh3 c6! 20.f4
(The knight has no good retreat! 20.Nf4 Qg5+ [34.Qxf4 Qf8 35.Qf5 Rg6 36.h5+-] 10
21.Kh1 Be5; 20.Nb4 Qa5 21.a3 c5 22.Ra1=) Shetty,Rahul (2261)
20...cxd5 21.exd5 00=] 18.c3 Nc6 19.f4 Ulibin,Mikhail (2587) [A81]
Kg8 20.Rbe1 Kh7 21.Bb1 a5 22.f5 Bxd5
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0
23.exd5 Ne5 24.Qc2 Qh4 25.Bf4 Rhg8
0 Bd6 6.b3 Qe7 7.Bb2 b6 8.c4 00
(See diagram next column ) 26.Re4!
9.Nc3 c6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 Ba6
Threatening a double-attack with 27 Bxe5.
12.Ne2 Rac8 13.Nf4 Ne4 14.Ne5?! [A
26...Qe7 27.Bg3 Bf6 28.Bxe5! The fight is
little too soon, allowing Black to plan his game.
no over the control of g6. 28...Bxe5 29.Rg4!
14.Re1 not revealing whether Ne5 will be
Qe8 30.h4 increasing Blacks agony. 30...Kh8
played or not would have kept Black
31.Qd2 g5 32.f6 Bf4 33.Rgxf4 gxf4
w o n d e r i n g .] 14...Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bb8=
Chess is life. 16.f3 Ng5 17.Qe2 Rfd8 18.e4 [18.Nh3
Chess is war over the board. The object is Better was 18...Nxh3+ 19.Bxh3 dxc4
to crush the opponents mind. 20.bxc4 Qb4 21.Rf2=] 18...dxc4 19.bxc4
I add status to any tournament I attend. fxe4! 20.fxe4
by Fischer

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 pawns not advanced much. 41...Nb7 42.Rc2
[If 42.Ra2 a5 43.Nd6 Nxd6 44.cxd6 a4 and Black
should win.] 42...b4! 43.Nd6

20...Bxe5 21.h4 [If 21.Bxe5 Qc5+ 22.Rf2

Qxe5 23.h4 Nf7 24.Bh3 Rd6] 21...Bxb2
22.Qxb2 Nf7 23.Bh3 e5! 24.Bxc8 Bxc8
Though Black has only one pawn for the loss of
the exchange, his pieces are slightly better
placed. 25.Ng2 Rd4 26.c5 b5 27.Qc2 Rc4
28.Qf2 Ra4
43...b3!!+ 44.Rc1 [44.Rb2 Nxc5]
44...Nxc5!! The power of the advanced passed
pawn! 45.Ke3 [45.Rxc5? b2 and the pawn will
queen on b1.] 45...b2 46.Rb1 Na4 47.Nc4
Nc3!! 48.Rxb2 Nd1+ 49.Kd2 Nxb2
50.Nxb2 Kg6! 51.Nd3 Kf6 52.Kc3 Bd7
53.Nc5 Ke7 54.Kb4 Bg4 01
Nolte,Rolando (Phi) (2455)
Md. Sharif Hossain (Ban) (2089) [B78]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 00 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.000 Ne5 12.h4
h5 13.Bg5

[28...Rxe4 29.Qf3 Rb4 30.Rc2 (30.Qxc6? would

be letting Blacks bishop into the game with terrific
effect. 30...Bb7 31.Rxf7 Qxf7 32.Qd6 Bxg2)
30...Qc7 and Black still has the edge.] 29.Ne3
Be6 30.Nf5 Qf8 31.Rcd1 [31.Rc2 Rxe4 now
taking on c4 is safer, with his bishop on e6. 32.Nd6
Rd4 with advantage to Black.] 31...Rxa2
32.Qe3 h6 33.Nd6 Qe7 34.Qf3 Nd8! Black
is not perturbed by the White knight planted on
d6 as it is harmless. 35.Qh5 Bh3 36.Rf3 Kh7
[If 13.Bh6 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc4=]
37.Rf2 Rxf2 38.Kxf2 Qe6 39.Rd2 Bg4
13...Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4 hxg4 [After 15...b4
40.Qe8 Qxe8 41.Nxe8 The White rook seems
to be very strong in this ending with the Black

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16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Whites bishops are quite
active.] 16.h5 gxh5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
[Not so successful has been 17...exf6 18.f4 with
advantage to White] 18.Qh6 Nc4 Defending
h5. 19.Nd5! Rxd5 20.exd5 Qa5 [20...h4 this
attempt to block the attack does not work.
21.fxg4 and after g4-g5, Rxh4 Whites task is
easy.] 21.Rxh5 Rc8 22.Rg5+! Bxg5
23.Qxg5+ Kf8 24.Qh6+! Kg8 [24...Ke8?
25.Qh8#] 25.Bxc4 reducing Blacks chances of
wriggling out to zero. 25...Rxc4 26.Rh1 10
Gleizerov,Evgeny (Rus) (2566)
Priyadharshan,K (2385) [A62]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5
d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 00 9.00
Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Nd2 Nh5
13.Be3 Qd7 14.a4 Bh3 15.Nc4 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Nb4 17.f3 f5 18.Bc1 Rad8
[18...Re7 to double his rooks along the e-file
was better.] 19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6?!
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[An interesting alternative was: 20.Bh6 avoiding
exchanges and going for complications. 20...Re7
21.e4 Rde8] 20...Nxf6 21.Qd2 a6 22.a5 Re7
23.Rad1 Rf8 24.e3 Qc7 25.Re2 Nd7 26.e4
b5 27.axb6 Nxb6 28.Nxb6 Qxb6 29.exf5
Rxe2+ 30.Qxe2 White has a better position
as Black has a comparatively more exposed
castled position.
30...gxf5 31.Re1 Qd8 32.Qd2 Re8
33.Rxe8+ Qxe8 34.Qg5+ Qg6 35.Qd8+
Kg7 36.Qd7+ Kg8 37.Qe7 Qh6 38.Qe8+
Qf8 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Ne2 When White posts
his knight on f4 he would have a great advantage.
40...Qf6 41.Qd7+ Kh6 42.Nf4 Qxb2+ [Black
thinks that he could take the b2 pawn with check
and get back to f6 to defend his weak pawns,
but the White knight on f4 has become very
dangerous. 42...Nc2 was better.] 43.Kh3 Qf6
44.Qe8! Suddenly there is a serious threat of
45 Qh5+ Kg7 46 Ne6+ Kg8 47 Qe8+ mating.
44...Qg5 [Even the sacrifice of his knight will
not give him chances of prolonging the game:
44...Nxd5 45.Nxd5 Qg5 46.Qf8+ and Black is
lost.] 45.Qf8+ [45.Qf8+ If 45...Qg7 46.Qxd6+
Kg5 47.Ne6+]10
Ratnakaran,K (2403)
Maheswaran,P (2292) [C47]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 Be7
5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be3
00 9.000 Ng4 10.Nd5 Nxe3 11.Qxe3
Be6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 (See diagram next
column) So far, the game is dead level. With
the next move White displays aggressive intent. Absolutely careless. In such a position a player
13.h4 The alternative to this would be to propose must always expect sacrifices on g7 and take
a draw. 13...Rfe8 Playing according to book, precautions. Here, 20...f6 was essential though
developing the rook on the only semi-open e-file his position was still bad.] 21.Rxg7+!! [21.Rxg7+
[13...Rfb8 planning his own attack with b7-b5, Kxg7 22.Rg1+ Kh7 23.e5+ f5 24.exf6+ White
mates.] 10

(Position after 12Qxe7)

aided by his Be6 could have been a more
e ffe c t i ve c o u n t e r t o 1 3 h 4.] 14.h5 h6
15.Bd3 a6?! [Too slow! Better was: 15...d5
16.Rde1 Qd7=] 16.g4! b5 (See diagram)
[If 16...Bxg4? 17.Rdg1 f5 (17...Qd7 18.f3
Be6 19.Qxh6) 18.exf5 Qxe3+ 19.fxe3 Bf3
20.Rh3 Whi te is winning.] 17.Rdg1 b4
[Black does not smell the danger that is
brewing. Better here was 17...f6 18.f4 b4
1 9 . g 5 t h o u g h W h i t e i s c l e a r l y b e t t e r.]
18.axb4 a5 19.g5 hxg5 20.Rxg5 axb4?
(position after 20.axb4?)
Sumets,Andrey (UKR) (2569) -
Swayams,Mishra (2386) [E16]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2
Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 c6 8.00 00
9.Qf4 d5 [9...c5=] 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rac1
Rc8 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4
Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Rfd8 16.c5
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to
Chess. Others give only 2 percent.
by Fischer

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16...Nf6 [Accepting the proferred pawn would
lead to an unpleasant pin: 16...bxc5 17.dxc5 Nxc5
18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Qb4 Rd5 20.Ne1 a5 21.Qa3
Qg5 22.f4 Qf6 23.Qe3] 17.Qc2 bxc5
18.dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.b4 Nd5
21.a3 a5 22.bxa5 Ra8 23.Nd4 Rxa5
24.Bxd5! Every player would think many times
before exchanging off his fianchettoed bishop in
the castled position, but here, Whites knight
dominates the position after the exit of Blacks
centralised knight.
24...cxd5 [If 24...exd5 25.Nf5! and White has
a handful of threats. 25...Qe5 (25...Qf8
Threatening 27 Nd6 with 28 Re8 to come. 26.Re1
Ra8 27.Qb2 Ba6 28.Qb6 Bd3 29.Ne7+ Kh8
30.Nxc6) 26.Nd6 Ba6 27.Qd2 Rxa3 28.Qb4 with
the threats of mate on b8 and capturing the
rook on a3(or 28.Re1 Ra1 and Black wins.) ]
25.c6 Nimzowitsch often wrote about the
passed pawns lust to expand. Here we see this
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in practice. 25...Bc8 26.Rb1! g6 [26...Rxa3
27.Rb8 Ra1+ 28.Kg2 Qc7 29.Qb2 Ra7 30.Qb6
and White is winning 30...g6 31.Rxc8+ Qxc8
32.Qxa7] 27.Rb8 Qc7 28.Qb2 Rc5 [28...e5?
29.Qb7! demonstrates the power of the
advanced passed pawn.] 29.Qb7 Rxc6
30.Rxc8+! Qxc8 31.Qxc6 Qb8 32.Nb5!
White has emerged with a knight for a pawn and
should win easily now. 32...Qe5 33.Qc8+! Kg7
34.Qc3! With an extra knight and an outside
passed pawn, White seeks to exchange queens
and reach and easily won ending. 34...Qxc3
35.Nxc3 Kf6 36.f4! Ke7 37.Kf2 Kd6 38.Ke3
Kc5 39.Kd3 f6 40.g4 h6 41.h4 e5 Black has
to try this sooner or later to control the d4 square
as Whites occupation of it by the king would
immediately decide the game. 42.fxe5 fxe5
White has been waiting for this positon.
43.Nxd5!! [After 43.Nxd5 Kxd5 44.a4 e4+
45.Ke3 Ke5 46.a5 Kd5 47.a6 Kc6 48.Kxe4
and while Blac k has to make a long journey
to capture the a-pawn, White will win with
his king mopping up the two Black pawns at
will.] 10
Gleizerov,Evgeny (Rus) (2566)
Venkatesh,M R (2499) [E07]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+
5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 00 7.00 c6 8.Bf4
Nbd7 9.Nc3 b6 10.Rc1 Nh5 11.Bd2
Nhf6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Be5
f6?!

[After this move, Black is obliged to exchange
his Nh4 for the bishop on f4. But the pawn
remains on f6 the natural square for a knight
and all his problems in this game arise from it.
Better was 14...Bb7 ] 15.Bf4 Nxf4 16.gxf4
f5 [This move is a defensive ploy to prevent
White from playing f4-f5. For example if Black
tries to re-locate his knight by: 16...Nb8 then
follows 17.f5! exf5 18.Ng5! and the threat of 19
Bxd5+ winning the Ra8 cannot be averted.]
17.Qb3 Bb7 [17...Ba6 18.Qa4! Bb7 19.Nb5
The threat is Nb5-c7 threatening both the Ra8
and the pawn on e6. Black has to surrender one
pawn. 19...Rc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nxa7] 18.Nb5
threatening 19 Nc7 winning the central e6 pawn.
This explains Blacks next move, defending his
e6 in advance. 18...Rf6 19.Rc7!
With e6 already defended there is little point in
playing 19 Nc7. 19...Rb8?! [After this tame
defence, Whites superiority goes unchallenged.
To survive, Black must enter variations which
could cause his opponent trouble and confusion.
After 19...Ba6! White will have fears of his rook
being trapped behind enemy lines. 20.Rfc1
(20.Rc2 Bxb5 21.Qxb5 Rc8 22.Rfc1 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Nb8 24.Ne5) 20...Nc5!? 21.dxc5 Bxb5
22.cxb6! Bc4 again trying to isolat the White rook
on c7 23.b7! Rb8 24.Rc8 Rxc8 25.bxc8Q Qxc8
26.Nd2 with advantage to White.] 20.Rfc1 a6
21.Na7! Nf8 [21...Nc5 22.Qxb6 e5 23.dxc5
Rxb6 24.cxb6 e4 25.Nd4 Bd6 26.Rxb7 Rxb7
27.Rc8 Qxc8 28.Nxc8 and White is on top.]
22.Ne5 Bd6
23.Rxb7! Rxb7 24.Rc8 Rc7 [Forced, for if
24...Qe7 25.Nac6 the queen is trapped.]
25.Rxd8 Rc1+ 26.Bf1 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Rg6+
28.Qg3 Black can get back his queen but he will
be a bishop down in a lost ending. 10
Petrosian,Tigran L(ARM) (2636)
Vaibhav,Suri (2448) [B85]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.00 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 d6 10.a4 00 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6
13.Bf3 Rab8 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2
Re8 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh4 Bf8 19.Rf3 Bg7
20.f5 Bxc3 21.f6 h5 22.gxh6 Kh7 23.bxc3
Nce5 24.Rg3 All this has been played before
and is fairly popular among Indian players. Here
Black improvises. 24...Qxc3! 25.Bc5 (See
diagram next column) [25.Bxb6 Qxc2 26.Rc1
Qa2=] 25...Qxa1+! 26.Nxa1 bxc5 27.Rb3
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Bb7! 28.Qe1 With his king-side play come to a
standstill, White brings his queen back into the
centre, hoping to infiltrate Blacks queen-side.
28...Bc6 29.Rxb8 [29.Qf1 c4 30.Ra3 Rb2
favours Black.] 29...Rxb8
(position after 25.Bc5)
30.Nb3 Bxa4 Black always has to keep in view
Whites possible attack on his d6 pawn. 31.Qd1
Rb6 Black is winning. 32.h3 Bxb3 33.cxb3
Nxf6 Now that Black has stabilised his position,
the White pawns start falling. 34.Kh2 Kxh6
35.Kg3 Kg7 36.Kh2? This is incomprehensible.
Probably he is waiting for Black to show his plan
for winning. 36 Kf2, activating his king was better.
36...Kf8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Kf4 Rb4 39.Kg5
Rb8 40.Kf4 g5+!
Black exploits the situation to the hilt. 41.Ke3
[41.Kxg5? Rg8+ 42.Kf4 Rxg2+] 41...Rb4
42.Kf2 [Tactics come into play after 42.Qc2
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c4! 43.bxc4 Rb2! the bishop is skewered. 44.Qa4
(44.Qxb2? Nxc4+) 44...Rxg2] 42...Nxe4+
43.Bxe4 Rxe4 44.Qh5 Rf4+ 45.Kg2 f6
46.Qh7+ Nf7 In such positions the knight is
sometimes an incredibly excellent defensive piece
against the Queen, not allowing any check.
47.Qd3 Rb4 48.Qxa6 f5! The b3 pawn can
wait. It is important to firmly secure the king
from all marauding checks by the queen.
49.Qd3 Kf6 50.Qd1 e5 51.Qc2 e4 52.Qd1
f4 53.h4 f3+! 54.Kg3 gxh4+ 55.Kf4
[55.Kxh4 e3+ 56.Kg3 e2 57.Qa1+ Ne5 and Black
wins.] 55...Rd4! 56.Qg1 Ke7 57.Qh2 Kd7
58.Qh3+ Kc7 59.Qf5 Ne5 60.Ke3 Rb4
61.Qh7+ Nd7 62.Qf5
[If 62.Qg8 h3 63.Qg3 Ne5 64.Qxh3 d5! and the
Black pawns advance without allowing any
perpetual check possibility by the queen.; Or if,
62.Qxh4 Rxb3+! 63.Kxe4? Rb4+ wins the
queen.] 62...Kc6 63.Qe6 Rd4 64.Qe8 Kc7
65.Qe6 Nb6 66.Qe7+ Kc6 67.Qe8+ Kb7
68.Kf2 Ka6 the knight guards against all checks.
69.Qe6 Rd2+ 70.Kf1 [70.Ke1? e3! 71.Qxe3
Re2+] 70...Rd1+ 71.Kf2 Rd4 72.Qh6 d5
73.Qf8 Rd2+ 74.Ke1 Re2+ 75.Kf1 h3!
76.b4 Rc2 [76...h2 was simpler 77.Qh8 Rg2]
77.Qh8 h2 78.b5+ Kxb5 79.Qe8+ Kb4
80.Qh8 h1Q+ 01
I know people who have all the will in the
world, but still cant play good chess.
by Fischer
Grover,Sahaj (2515)
Ratnakaran,K (2403) [A65]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5
5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Nge2 00
9.Ng3 b6 10.Be2 Ba6 11.00 Bxe2
12.Qxe2 a6 13.a4
13...Ra7 [13...Nbd7 or 13...Nfd7 were
preferable.] 14.Be3 Re7 15.Rab1 Nfd7
16.Qc2 Ne5 17.b3 Rb7 this Black rook has
been oscillating along his second rank without
much success. 18.h3 preparing the push
f3-f4 without allowing ...Ng4. 18...b5 19.f4
Ned7 20.e5 dxe5 21.f5 bxa4 [21...Qc7
was preferable. But Black was probably
feeling stifled.] 22.bxa4 Rxb1 23.Qxb1
e4 [Black seeks freedom for his bishop, but
it is short lived. 23...Qa5= ] 24.Ncxe4 Re8
25.Qa2! Kh8 26.fxg6 fxg6
27.Ng5! Ne5 28.Ne6! Qh4 29.Qf2 Nbd7 At
last this knight makes its move, but it is too late.
30.Nxg7 Rf8 31.N7f5! gxf5 32.Bxc5! Nxc5
33.Qxc5 Rg8 34.Nxf5 Qxh3 35.Qf2 Qc3
36.d6 [Also possible was 36.Nd6 Ng4 37.Nf7+
Kg7 38.Qh4 with deadly threats.] 36...h5?
[36...Rf8 was more stubborn] 37.Qh4 Rg4
[If 37...Nf3+ 38.Rxf3 Qxf3 39.Qf6+ Kh7
40.Qh6#] 38.Qd8+ [Quicker was:
38.Qxh5+ Kg8 39.Ne7+ Kg7 40.Rf7+ Nxf7
41.Qxg4+ Kf6 42.Qf5+ mates.] 38...Kh7
39.Qe7+ Kh8 40.Qf8+ 10
Karthikeyan,P (2402)
Rajesh,V A V (2338) [D70]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 00 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.000 f5 10.h4 fxe4 11.h5 gxh5
[11...exf3 12.hxg6 hxg6 is approximately
level but unclear] 12.Rxh5 Bf5 13.Nxe4
Bg6 14.Rc5 e5 15.d5 Nd4 16.Bh6 [Better
was: 16.Ne2 Nxd5 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4
a n d W h i t e s t a n d s b e t t e r.] 1 6 . . . B x h 6
17.Qxh6 Bxe4 18.fxe4 Qd6 19.Qg5+
[19.Qxd6 cxd6 20.Rc7 Rac8 is slightly better
for Black.] 19...Kh8 20.Ra5? [This is a
poor place for a rook. Unprotected pieces
can become easy objects for attack. Better
was: 20.Rc3
I like the moment I break a mans ego.
by Fischer
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20...Rf2 21.Nf3 Rc2+ 22.Kb1 Rxb2+!!
23.Ka1 [Black will win after the interesting
sequel: 23.Kxb2 Qb4+ 24.Kc1 Qc3+ 25.Kb1
Qc2+ 26.Ka1 Qxd1+ 27.Kb2 Qc2+ 28.Ka1
Qc3+ 29.Kb1 Qb4+ 30.Kc1 Nxf3 31.Qf6+ Kg8
32.Qe6+ Kg7 33.gxf3 Qe1+ 34.Kc2 Qf2+
35.Kc3 Qxf3+ 36.Bd3 Qf4] 23...Rf2 24.Nxd4
[If 24.Qxe5+ Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Nc2+ 26.Kb1 Ne3
wins with the double attack on the R and B.]
24...exd4 25.Bd3 Rg8 26.Qh5 Qb4 27.Rb5
[Better was: 27.Qe5+ Rg7 28.Qe8+ Rf8 29.Qb5
Qc3+ 30.Kb1 a6 31.Qc5 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Na4 Wins
the exchange.] 27...Qa3 28.Rd2 Qc3+
29.Rbb2 Rff8 [Not 29...Rxd2 30.Qe5+ leading
to perpetual check. 30...Rg7 31.Qe8+ draw.]
30.e5 [30.Bb1! would have offered very good
chances of drawing or even winning the game.
For example, if 30...Na4 31.Qe5+ Rg7 32.Rdc2
and White is slightly better.] 30...Rg7 31.Qh6?
[31.Bb1 was better.] 31...Na4 32.Bxh7
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His only try to get out of the mess. 32...Qe3
[32...Qe3 33.Qxe3 dxe3 all three White pieces
are under attack.] 01
Gomes,Mary Ann (2354)
Ulibin,Mikhail (Rus) (2587) [A00]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.00 e5 5.d3
Ne7 6.c4 c6 7.e4 00 8.Nc3 d4 9.Ne2 The
pawn formation indicates that whites chances lie
in the king-side and for Black, on the queen side.
9...h6 [9...b5] 10.Ne1 f5 11.f4 fxe4
12.dxe4= Be6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Nd3
the knight is a good blockader of the d4 passed
pawn. White has better chances in this position.
14...c5 15.h3 b5?! [A good rule is to get your
pieces out before you change the pawn structure.
15...Qc7 ] 16.cxb5 a6 17.Ba3 Qb6
18.bxa6 Rxa6 19.Bb2 Qb5 20.Nec1 c4
21.bxc4 Bxc4 22.a4 Qb6 23.Ba3 White
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enjoys the initiative and is on the attack.
23...Qe6 24.Rf2 Rc6?
[The rook moves into the diagonal of Whites
white square bishop and immediately is in a crisis.
Better was: 24...Ra7 ] 25.f5! Qf6 26.g4
[Stronger was 26.fxg6 Qg5 27.Rc2 Rfc8 28.h4
Qe3+ 29.Kh2 Rxg6 30.Bxe7 Qxg3+ 31.Kg1
should win for White.] 26...Rfc8 [26...Rf7]
27.Nb4 R6c7 28.Ncd3 Qh4 [28...g5 Blocking
the position was better, but then Black would
have hardly any winning chances. He must still
be thinking of winning against an opponent who
is more than 200 points below in rating.] 29.Rc1
h5 threatening Bh6 and Be3 but he could also
do it through 29...Bf6 which defends his Ne7 in
addition. 30.gxh5 gxf5 31.exf5+- Bh6
[31...Bf7 was a shade better.] 32.Rxc4! Rxc4
33.Nd5! Nc6 34.Qb3! Na5 35.Qb5 This is
like a fox in a chicken coop. The Black forces are
in disarray. 35...Be3 36.Qxd7 Bxf2+
37.Nxf2 Rc1+ 38.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2
Qxf2 40.Qe6+ Kh7 41.Nf6+ [Or, 41.Qf7+
Kh8 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Nf6#] 10
Dzhumaev,Marat (Uzb) (2485)
Danielsen,Henrik (Isl) (2542)
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6!? A rarely
met variation in the Centre Counter
(Scandinavian) Defence. 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6
6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 Diagram # 8.Be2
[8.Qf3 is more popular.] 8...g6 9.Bg5 Bg7
10.Qd2 Nb6 11.000 Be6 12.Bf4 Qd8
13.Ne5 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Nf6 17.d5?
White is inspired to sacrifice a pawn and attack
Blacks uncastled king. Better was Kb1.
17...Bxd5 18.c4 Qc7! Probably White had
overlooked this move. 19.f4 [Better was:
19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.cxd5 cxd5+ 21.Kb1 Qb6]
19...Bxg2 20.Rhe1 Be4 21.Qg7 [21.Bg4=]
21...Rf8 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Nh5
24.Qxh7 Qa5 25.Rdd1 Rd8 26.Nxg6
Its just you and your opponent at the board
and youre trying to prove something.
My opponents make good moves too.
Sometimes I dont take these things into
consideration.
There are tough players and nice guys, and
Im a tough player. by Fischer
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26...Rxd1+ [26...fxg6 27.Qxg6+ Rf7 28.Qg8+
Rf8 29.Qg6+ draw.] 27.Kxd1 [If 27.Rxd1 Nf6!
28.Qg7 fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Rf7 and there is no
perpetual check.] 27...Qd8+ 28.Kc2 Nf6!
29.Qg7 [Not 29.Rxe7+ Qxe7 30.Nxe7 Nxh7
wins a rook] 29...fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Rf7 31.Rd1
Qc7 32.Qg5 Nh7 33.Qh5 [33.Qg8+ Nf8
34.Qg4 e6 and White has nothing for his knight.]
33...Qxf4 01
Srinath,N (2387)
Thejkumar,M S (2452) [B19]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5
5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.0
00 Be7 13.Qe2 a5 14.Rhe1 Even though
Black has practically declared that he is going to
castle on the king-side, White takes his rook to
the centre, away from the h-file. Generally,
centralizing ones pieces is always a good option
when no clear plan presents itself. 14...a4
15.a3 00 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Nf1 He is planning
a pawn assault on Blacks castled position with
g2-g4. 17...Qe7 18.Kb1 discouraging the bishop
sacrifice on a3. 18...Rfd8 19.g4! Nh7 20.f4
c5 [If 20...Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bxa3 22.bxa3 Qxa3
23.g5 Rd5 (23...Ra6 24.Be3!) 24.Bc1! Qc3
(24...Rb5+?? 25.Qxb5) 25.Rxd5 a3!? 26.Ka2!
cxd5 27.gxh6+- White has withstood the attack
and now his extra bishop would decide the game.]
21.g5 cxd4 22.gxh6 Ra6? [22...gxh6]
23.Qg2 Qf8 24.Nc4 Be7 25.Ng3 b5
26.Nf5!! An amazing continuation of the attack.
Now both White knights are on take. 26...exf5
27.Rxe7 This rooks placement on e1 now comes
in handy! 27...Rxh6 [If 27...bxc4 28.Bb4! Rxh6
29.Rg1 g6 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Bxf8 Nxf8 32.Qg5
Kh7 33.hxg6+ fxg6 34.Qf6! and Whites attack
should win.] 28.Bb4 bxc4 29.Rxd7 Rxd7
[29...Qe8 30.Rg1 g6 31.Re7 Qf8 32.Qc6 g5]
30.Bxf8 Nxf8 31.Rg1 [A different and better
plan was: 31.Qa8 d3 (31...Rxh5 32.Re1 f6
33.Re8 Rf7 34.Qxa4) 32.Qxa4] 31...Ne6
32.Qc6 Rc7 33.Qxa4 Rxh5 Materially, the
position is even,but white has the edge with more
dynamic possibilities. 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Rh1
Rxh1+ 36.Qxh1+ Kg6 37.Qg2+ Kf6
38.Qd5 g5 39.Qe5+ Kg6 40.fxg5 Kxg5
41.a4 Rc5 42.Qg3+ Kf6 43.Qh4+ Kg6
44.Qg3+ Kf6 45.Qh4+ Ke5 46.Qh8+ Ke4
47.Qh1+

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47...Ke5 [If 47...Ke3 48.a5 Rxa5?? 49.Qe1+
wins the rook.] 48.Qh8+ Ke4 49.Qh1+ Ke5
50.a5! d3 [50...Rxa5?? 51.Qe1+] 51.cxd3
cxd3 52.a6 Rd5 53.a7 Nc7 54.Qe1+
[54.Kc1] 54...Kd6 55.Qg3+ Re5 [55...Kc6
loses instantly. 56.Qxc7+!! Kxc7 57.a8Q;
55...Ke6 56.Qxc7 d2 57.a8Q d1Q+ 58.Ka2 and
Black has no check with his new queen.]
56.Qxd3+ Kc6 57.Qd8 Ra5 58.Qb8 f4
59.b4 Rb5 60.a8Q+! Nxa8 61.Qxa8+ Kc7
62.Qe4 f3 63.Qf4+ Kc6 64.Kc2 10
Rajesh,V A V (2338)
Deepan,Chakkravarthy J (2492) [A70]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5
5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.e4 00 11.Bd3 a6 12.a4
Nh5 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Nd2 f5?!
A new move. Though Blacks white square bishop
has been developed at g4, a good future square
is not available and he must get his Nb8 out. [If
14...Nd7 15.h3 Ne5 16.Bf1 Bc8 and White has
a slight advantage as the Black pieces are getting
in each others ways.] 15.exf5?! [15.h3! would
have given White a clear advantage. 15...fxe4
16.hxg4 Ng3 17.fxg3 exd3 18.Nce4] 15...Bxf5
16.Be2 Nf6 Black has averted disaster. 17.h3
h5 18.00 Nbd7 19.Nc4 Ne4 20.Bf4 Rf6
21.Bh2 White is focusing on Blacks d6 pawn.
At the same time he realises that his bishop on
f4 is unprotected and vulnerable to discovered
attacks. 21...Re8 22.Rae1 Nxc3 23.bxc3
Nf8 24.Bf3 Rd8 25.Be4 Bd7
[25...Bxe4 26.Rxe4 would hand over the
open e-file to the White rooks.] 26.Qb6!
Exploiting e miserable situation of the Black
forces. Black has weak pawns on d6, b7and
g6. Whites only weakness is his c3 pawn.
26...Qxb6 27.Nxb6 Bf5 28.Bg3! Rf7
29.Bh4 Rb8 30.c4 [Better was 30.Bxf5
Rxf5 31.c4 Bc3 32.Re7 Ba5 33.Rb1]
30...Bc3 31.Re2 Re8 32.f3 Bxe4=
33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.fxe4 Bd4+ 35.Bf2
Be5! 36.Re1 Nh7 37.a5 Kf8?! [ A f t e r
37...Bc3 White would have to fight for a
draw.] 38.Na4 Ke8 39.Re2 Nf6 40.g3
Kd8 41.Kg2 Kc7 42.Nb6 Rf8 [42...Bc3!
43.Be1 Bd4=] 43.Be1 Nh7 44.Bd2 Rf7
45.Bf4!? Bxf4 46.gxf4 Rxf4 47.e5 dxe5
48.Rxe5 Rf7= 49.Re6 Nf8 50.Re8
Nd7??
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 15...Nxd4 [As chocolat es attract the young
and the old, pawns attract grandmasters and
beginners without distinction. Here, the capture
of the central pawn on d4 is especially alluring as
it threatens a further damaging check, winning
material. Better was to patiently struggle out of
Whites grip with: 15...h6 16.Ba3 g6 17.Qd1 Ndb4
18.Ne4 c2 19.Qd2 a5 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Bb3
Kg8=] 16.00 Qc7 [16...h6 one move too late!
17.Ba3 Qc7 18.Ne4 Kd8 19.Nd6 g6 20.Qd1 and
White h as a winning position in spite of being
two pawns down, as the Black king is stranded in
the centre] 17.Rd1!
[50...g5=] 51.Na8+! [51.Na8+ Kd6 52.Re6#]
10
Gupta,Abhijeet (2640)
Sumets,Andrey (Ukr) (2569) [A00]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4
e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bd2 b5 9.axb5
Bxc3 10.bxc3 cxb5 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.Qh5
Qe7 13.h4 b4?! [Better was: 13...Bb7 14.Ne4
00] 14.Bxc4 bxc3 15.Bc1! [One would not
naturally think of this backward movement of
the bishop,especially when it gives away a second
pawn but only of 15.Be3 Ncb4 16.00 Kf8
17.Rfb1 h6 This is not an immediate threat to
17...g6 [If 17...Qxc4 18.Qxf7+ Kd8 19.Qxg7
the knight on g5 because Blacks h-pawn is pinned.
Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Qxh4+ 21.Nh3 Nxc1 (21...Re8??
But Black is threatening g6 next when the white
22.Bg5+) 22.Qxh8+ Kc7 23.Qf8 Qe7 24.Qxe7+
queen will have to move away from the h-file
Nxe7 25.Raxc1] 18.Qg4 Nc6 19.Ba3 Nxe5
and the Ng5 would be lost. If now, 18.Bxd5
20.Bb5+ Bd7
Nxd5 19.Ne4 Kg8 20.Nd6 g6 21.Qf3 Kg7 and
Black has survived and could even go on to win.]

21.Nxe6!! An amazing culmination of a well

conducted attack! The Black king is caught in a

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deadly cross-fire of almost all the White forces.
21...Qb7 [21...Nxg4 22.Nxc7+ Kd8 23.Rxd5
Nf6 24.Rxd7+ Nxd7 25.Nxa8 White wins hands
down.; Or, if 21...Qc4 22.Ng7+ Kd8 23.Qxc4
Nxc4 24.Bxc4 Nb6 25.Bxf7+-] 22.Bxd7+ Qxd7
23.Ng7+ [After 23.Ng7+ Kd8 24.Qe4 is simple.]
10
Bitoon,Richard (2515)
Narayanan,S (2320) [A00]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 00
5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nfd7 7.e4 e5 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4
Qe8 This indicates Blacks intention of moving
his f-pawn. 10.c3?! [Better might be 10.Bc4+ 20.Bg3 Nd3! Black has a huge advantage with
Kh8 11.00 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.Re1 Nxc4 his threats of capturing the rook and 21... f5-f4
14.Nxc4 Nc6=] 10...Nc6 11.00 Kh8 12.Re1 22 Bxf4 Bxd4 for mate on g2. 21.Re3 f4
f5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.exf5 gxf5 22.Rxe4 fxg3 23.hxg3 Thus White has lost a
bishop for two pawns, Sometimes, when a player
loses some material he gains tempo or the
initiative. But here this is only the beginning of
Whites miseries. More is to come. 23...c5!
24.N4f3 Bb7 Blacks attack flows
spontaneously. 25.Re2 a6 26.Nh4 Qf7
27.Ndf3 Rge8 28.Rd2 c4 29.Qa5 c5!+
Excluding the White queen from the king-side is
sound strategy. 30.b3?

15.Bb5 [Chess is a game where unknown,

strange possibilities suddenly appear out of
nowhere. In this position where White is
struggling to complete his development
s a t i s f a c t o r i l y, a b e a u t i f u l o p p o r t u n i t y
presents itself. But he misses it. 15.Nd4!! A
real bolt from the blue! 15...Nxd4 (15...exd4
16.Bh5! and amazingly, the Black queen is
lost. Just as a king is mated by a double [This is like jumping from the frying pan into the
check! ) 16.cxd4 e4 17.Nc4=] 15...Qg6 fire. Black sees that Whites c3 pawn is without
16.Qb3 e4 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nd4 Ne5 protection and trains his guns on it. Better were
19.Qa3 (See diagram) 19...Rg8! 30 Rf1 or 30.Ng5 Qh5 31.Ngf3 Bh6 32.Rc2 Be4
Threatening 20...Bf8 winning with a double and the Black bishops rule the board.] 30...Qf6!
attack - mate on g2 and attack on the 31.Rad1 Qxc3 32.Qc7 Bxf3 33.Nxf3 Bh6!
queen. Black won by logical and simple moves. 01

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Grover,Sahaj (2515)
Laxman,R R (2431) [E20]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c6 7.Qc2 00 8.e4 dxe4
9.fxe4 e5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 c5 12.00
h6 13.d5 Ne8 14.Qf2 Qe7 15.Qg3 Kh7
16.Nh4 Nd6 17.Ra2 b6

(Position after 29.... Kd6)

Kf4 47.g3+ Kf5 48.Bg7 Kg5 [If 48...Rxh3
49.f7 Bxf7 50.Rf6+ wins the bishop.] 49.Rd7!
Kg6 [Again Black has no time to collect the h3
pawn: 49...Rxh3 50.f7!] 50.h4 Rh5 51.Ke3
Bd3

[To be considered was: 17...Nb6 18.Raf2 Bd7

(18...Nbxc4? 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Bxh6! f5
(20...gxh6 21.Rxf7+ Rxf7 22.Qg6+ mates. )
21.Ng6+-) 19.Be3 Rac8=] 18.Re2! It appears
range to place the rook on e2 but he is correctly
anticipating the next few moves when the e-
file would be opened. 18...Ba6 19.Nf5 With
this move he removes the threat to his c4
pawn. 19...Nxf5 20.exf5 f6 21.Re4 Qf7
22.Rf3 Rh8 23.Qh4 Kg8 24.Rg3 Kf8
25.Be2! Now, this bishop has better things to
do than stay behind his c4 pawn. 25...Ke7
26.Bh5 Qf8 27.Reg4 the Black position is
paralysed. He has no worthwhile plan to escape
the enveloping suffocation. 27...Rh7 28.Bg6
Rh8 29.Qh5 Kd6 (See diagram next
column) [If 29...Rd8 30.Bf7! Rh7 31.Be6 Kd6
32.Rxg7! Rxg7 33.Bxh6 wins for White.]
30.Bf7 Rh7 31.Be6 Qe7 32.Qg6 Rah8
33.Qxg7! Rxg7 34.Rxg7 Qd8 35.Rxd7+
Qxd7 36.Bxd7 Kxd7 37.Rg7+ Kd6
38.Rxa7 Bxc4 39.Rf7 Kxd5 40.Rxf6 Ke4
41.Bxh6 b5 42.Bf8 Kd5 43.h3 Rh7
44.Kf2 e4 45.Rd6+ Ke5 46.f6
52.Rxd3! exd3 53.Kxd3 White has three
pawns for the sacrificed exchange and should
win with careful play. 53...c4+ [53...Re5 54.g4
Kf7 55.g5 and when the rook leaves the 5th
rank, White would play h4-h5 and g5-g6 winning.]
54.Ke4 Rf5 55.g4 Rf1 56.h5+ Kg5 57.Ke5
With the Black king no longer in a position to
prevent the f-pawn from queening, the White
king intends to shepherd his f-pawn to promotion.
57...Rf3 58.Ke6 Re3+ 59.Kd7 Rf3 60.Kc6!
With the rook forced to remain on the f-file, the
White king is free to collect Blacks remainng
pawns. 60...b4 61.axb4 Rxc3 62.f7 [After
62.f7 Rf3 63.f8Q Rxf8 64.Bxf8 c3 65.b5 c2
66.Ba3 White wins.] 10

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Nolte,Rolando (Phi) (2455)
Ankit,Rajpara (2349) [A00]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 00
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.000 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5
12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 Re8 15.Bh6
Nc4 [15...Bh8 16.g4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.gxh5
Nxh5=] 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5
19...f6? Poor positional judgment. [19...Rc5
20.Nb3 Rc4=; however, 19...e5 20.dxe6 fxe6
gives White good chances of a king-side attack.]
20.Rhe1 a5 21.b3 Rc5 22.Ne6+ Bxe6
23.Rxe6 a4 24.Rde1 axb3 25.axb3 Rc7
Because of 19...f6? now, all the Black forces are
huddled in passive defence of the e7 pawn.
26.g4 the natural way to attack the castled
position. 26...hxg4 [26...Rh8! would have put
up a more stubborn defence.] 27.fxg4 Rh8
28.Qf2
[28.h5 g5 (28...gxh5 29.g5!+-) 29.Rf1 The idea
is Rf1f4 and Rxg5! 29...Rh6 30.Rf5 Qf8 Black
puts in place an extra guard on h6 to nullify the
threat of Rxg5. 31.Qd4 Pinning the f6 pawn and
threatening Rxg5, 31...Kg8 32.Qb6 Rd7 33.Qe3
Again threatening Rxg5! 33...Qg7 34.Qc3!
threatening Qc8 winning the Rd7. 34...Qf8
35.Rxg5+! fxg5 36.Rxh6 Qxh6 37.Qc8+ Kf7
38.Qxd7 and White should win the queen ending.]
28...Kf7 29.g5 f5 30.Qd4 Qf8 31.h5! An
important preliminary to a brilliant plan of attack.
31...Rxh5
32.Rf6+!! exf6 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.Qxg6+
Rg7 35.Qxh5 [35.Qxh5 Re7 (35...Rf7 36.Qg6+
Rg7 37.Qe6+ Qf7 38.Qc8+ Kh7 (38...Qf8
39.Re8) 39.Rh1+ Kg6 40.Qh8! Kxg5 (40...Rh7
41.Rh6+!) 41.Qh4+ Kg6 42.Qh6#) 36.Rxe7
Qxe7 37.Qg6+ and 38 Qxf5 wins.] 10
Gupta,Abhijeet (2640)
Gleizerov,Evgeny (2566) [A85]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Be7
5.Nf3 00 6.h3 b6 7.g4 Bb7 8.gxf5 Bxf3
[8...exf5 9.Qxf5 Ne4 10.Qb5 Bf6 11.Nxe4 Bxe4
12.Be3 Nc6] 9.exf3 Nc6 10.Be3 e5 [Again,
capturing on f5 was better: 10...exf5 11.Qxf5
Bb4 12.Rg1 Qe7 13.Rd1] 11.dxe5 Nxe5
12.Be2 c6 Doubled and tripled pawns are
structurally weak, but the open files that they
generate are often good compensation. Here,
the White rooks have great influence over the
game because of the semi-open d-, and g-files.
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13.000 a6? [13...Rc8 planning ...d5 was
better.] 14.Ne4 b5 15.c5 Nd5 16.Bd4 pointing
at g7. 16...Bg5+ 17.Kb1 Bf4 18.Nd6 Nf7
19.Rhg1! Nf6 20.Ne4! Be5 21.Be3 Nd5
22.f4! With this pawn sacrifice, White has a
clever combination up his sleeve. 22...Nxf4
[22...Bf6 was better.] 23.Bxf4 Bxf4
24.Rxd7!! Qh4 [24...Qxd7? 25.Nf6+ wins the
Black queen.] 25.Bh5 Be5 [Again, after
25...Qxh5? 26.Nf6+ wins the queen.] 26.Bxf7+
Rxf7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Ng5+ Kf6 [If 28...Kf8
29.Rg4 Qh5 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Ne6++-; Or, if
28...Kg8 29.Rg4 Qh5 30.Qb3+ Kf8 31.f4 Bxf4
32.Ne6++-] 29.Rg4 Qh5 30.f4!
Pursuing the king relentlessly. 30...Bxf4
31.Qc3+! Be5 [Or 31...Kxf5 32.Qd3+ Ke5
33.Qd6+ Kf5 34.Qe6#] 32.Ne4+ Kxf5
33.Ng3+ The strongest way to finish the game.
33...Bxg3 34.Qf3+ Bf4 [If 34...Ke6
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35.Qxc6+ Kf7 36.Qf3+ Ke6 37.Re4+ Kd5
38.Qxh5+ Kxe4 39.Qg4++- Bf4 40.Qg2+
skewering the rook.] 35.Rxf4+ 10
Sanjay,N (2331)
Bitoon,Richard (Phi) (2515) [D38]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4
5.Bg5 00 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Bd3 [8.cxd5
and; 8.cxd5 are more common.] 8...cxd4
9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.00 Bb7
12.Ne5 Nc6 [12...Be7 unpinning the Nf6 was
advisable.] 13.Bxf6 gxf6
[A more aggressive defence was: 13...Qxf6
14.Nd7 Qh4 15.Nxf8 Rxf8 16.a3 Bd6 17.g3 Qh3
18.d5 Ne5 19.Be2 Rd8 and white has better
chances.] 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.d5!? Bxc3
16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.dxc6 Bxb2 18.Rad1
Qc7?!
[Black plays the natural move getting the queen
out of the attack. And it is met by an uncommon
continued on Page 39
2011 reflections
India classified an elite Chess nation
by Arvind Aaron
The year 2011 was good for many Indian chess
players. Indian tally is 204 titled players including
the increases made in this past year. Measuring
the chess activity in India, it is easy to predict
that was are on the way up. While Anand
continues to be the World Chess Champion,
Koneru Humpy might have missed a great
opportunity against Hou Yifan of China in the
world womens chess championship when she
lost the match 2.5-5.5 with two games to spare.
India occupies the top 10 ranking by the FIDE in
both men and women and thus is considered as
Elite Chess Nation
Rating restricted events took over Indian chess
in a wave and there are people in all parts of the
nation competing to get the present floor level
rating of 1200 and up by FIDE. FIDE has made
ratings for rapid events too from January 2012
and a new wave can be expected in India. New
events in Bhiwani, Haryana and Visakhapatnam
have joined the elite list of International Opens.
India is a fast developing chess nation.
Bharat Singh Chauhan of Delhi took over from
D.V. Sundar of Chennai as Honorary Secretary
of the All India Chess Federation and the transition
was a smooth one. Mr.J.C.D. Prabhakar of
Chennai replaced N. Srinivasan also of Chennai
as President of the AICF in another smooth
transition. N. Srinivasan completed an eventful
decade at the helm of the Federation which saw
FIDE making India a separate Zone. He brought
in expertise to manage and guide the Federation
in difficult times. D.V. Sundar took over from
zero in the bank and was able to raise deposits
of nearly three Crores with extraordinary
professional sports management. The Srinivasan-
Sundar team scrapped the planned prize money
tax and eliminated the over aged players from
the National age group competitions.
The new team of Prabhakar-Bharat Singh and
D.V. Sundar (who is Vice President of FIDE now)
came close to scoring organisational victories
when Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
agreed to sponsor the Anand v Gelfand World
Chess Championship match at Chennai. FIDE
however awarded the series to be staged at
Moscow. India has to wait and we would be a
preferred choice next time. Then, Tamil Nadu
also became the first state to make chess playing
made compulsory in schools. School children in
Tamil Nadu and Gujarat learn chess and this is a
great start for the future champions. Our
administrators have also been recognized by
FIDE. While Mr.D.V.Sundar was elected as the
Vice President of FIDE, Mr.Bharat Singh was
elected as the President of the Commonwealth
Chess Association and Mr.R.M.Dongre is the
President Asian Zone 3.7.
Chess has become a popular sport now that
insitutions which in the past did not allow players
to compete in chess games are taking the lead
to promote the game. The World Junior Chess
Championship held at Chennai in August 2011
was our biggest chess event and Karthikeyan
Muralis World Under-12 title was the biggest
achievement. World champion Viswanathan
Anand did not have a great year on the board
but on the personal side, he and his wife Aruna
were blessed with a baby boy in April after 15
years of marriage.
The indianchessfed.org website is the most
popular website among all sport Federations of
India. It brings news, results, events approved,
ratings of Indians, live coverage of Indian and
International events held in India. If 2011 saw
growth at the grassroot level, the new year
promises much more as we move from strength
to strength.
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Puzzle of the month
N.Shankar Ram
6th HM, The Problemist 1986
Helpmate in two moves
Duplex
The above helpmate which was featured in the
home page of the British Chess Problem Societys
web site is a masterpiece by Indias first and the
only IM for Chess composition, N.Shankar Ram
of Bangalore. Here black commences play and
helps white to mate the black king. If a and b
are blacks first and second moves and A and
B are those of white the solution runs thus:
1.a, A 2.b, B mate. Similarly in the other solution
white helps black to mate the white king.
British composer Colin Sydenham who chose the
above problem by NSR as his favourite wrote: I
have always been fascinated by problems in which
the play of each side imitates the other, either
formally or strategically, or both. The natural
home for such work is the duplex helpmate, in
which not only does Black help White to mate,
but White proceeds to help Black to do the same:
both sides fulfill the stipulation. This problem, by
a very talented Indian composer, was an
inspiration to me when I was first attempting
this form of composition. The strategic
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by C.G.S.Narayanan
correspondence of the two parts is perfect. The
first move is a self-block, the second an
interference-unpin on e4 (at the same time
opening an essential line), the third is a reciprocal
unpin by the unpinned piece, allowing mate by
double check on the fourth. Beautiful. And note
how all 6 line-pieces participate in both parts.
Who could ask for more? (Solutions onpage 48)
Solution to Puzzle of the month December 2011
by Prof.Robert Smullyan :
It may be seen from the white pawn formation
that the pawns on a4, b4 and c4 are obviously
from c2,d2 and e2 making six captures, all black
pieces (not the pawn on h7 which is the only
other missing black man).Black pawns have
made eight captures-1 by BPa6, 1 by BPb6, 2
by BPb5 and 4 by BPa3.There are 7 white men
on the board including the contentious white pawn
(between f2 and g2).Of the 8 captures 7 must
be the missing white pieces and the eighth capture
must have been a white pawn promoted and
given for capture by black. So a WPg2 must
have captured BPh7 and promoted to a piece
(other than bishop)on h8 and allowed itself to be
captured by a black pawn. A white pawn on f2 is
ruled out as it would require two captures to
reach h8.So the WP must have been at g2.
You can only get good at Chess if you
love the game.
You have to have the fighting spirit. You
have to force moves and take chances.
Your body has to be in top condi tion. Your
Chess deteriorates as your body does.
You cant separate body from mind.
All I ever want to do is just play chess.
by Fischer
Game of the Century.. BisguierBenko, U.S. Championship 196364.
Fischers choice is a little slow, although one would
In this game, Fischer, playing black, demonstrates not guess that from the subsequent play. 9.
noteworthy innovation and improvisation. Byrne Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 An awkward square for the
playing White, after a standard opening, makes queen, which leaves it exposed to a possible
a seemingly minor mistake on move 11, losing ...Na4 or ...Ne4, as Fischer brilliantly
tempo by moving the same piece twice. Fischer demonstrates. Since both of those squares are
pounces with brilliant sacrificial play, culminating protected by Byrnes knight on c3, he
in a queen sacrifice on move 17. Byrne captures understandably did not appreciate the danger.
the queen, but Fischer gets far too much material 10.Qb3 would have left the queen better placed,
for it a rook, two bishops, and a pawn. At the although it would have invited further harassment
end, Fischers pieces coordinate to force with 10...Be6.10... Bg4 Byrnes pawns control
checkmate, while Byrnes queen sits, helpless, the center squares. However, Fischer is ahead
at the other end of the board. in piece development and has castled, while
Donald Byrne Byrnes king is still in the center. These factors
Robert James Fischer would not have been very significant had Byrne
attended to his development on his next
Rosewald Memorial Tourney 1956
move.11. Bg5?
1. Nf3 A noncommittal move by Byrne. From
here, the game can develop into a number of
different openings.1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 Fischer defends based on hypermodern
principles, inviting Byrne to establish a classical
pawn stronghold in the center, which Fischer
intends to target and undermine with his
fianchettoed bishop and other pieces.4. d4 0-0
Fischer castles, bringing his king to safety. The
Black move 4...d5 would have reached the
Grnfeld Defence immediately. After Fischers
4...0-0, Byrne could have played 5.e4,
whereupon 5...d6 6.Be2 e5 reaches the main
line of the Kings Indian Defense.5. Bf4 d5 The
game has now transposed to the Grnfeld
Byrne errs, moving the bishop a second time
Defence (5.Bf4, D92), usually initiated by 1.d4
instead of completing his development. Burgess,
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5.6. Qb3 A form of the so-
Nunn and Emms, as well as Wade and OConnell,
called Russian System (the usual move order is
suggest 11.Be2, protecting the king and preparing
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3),
kingside castling.[5][8] FlearMorris, Dublin 1991,
putting pressure on Fischers central d5 pawn.6...
continued 11.Be2 Nfd7 12.Qa3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 e5
dxc4 Fischer relinquishes his center, but draws
14.dxe5 Qe8 15.Be2 Nxe5 16.0-0 and White
Byrnes queen to a square where it is a little
was slightly better.[5] Byrne doubtless thought that
exposed and can be attacked. 7. Qxc4 c6 Also
Blacks slight lead in development would be
possible is 7...Na6 (the Prins Variation), preparing
transitory, not anticipating the maelstrom that
...c5 to challenge Whites center.8. e4 Nbd7
his young opponent now initiates. 11...
In later games, Black played the more active
Na4!!One of the most powerful moves of all
8...b5 followed by 9...Qa5. [ An example is
time. (Jonathan Rowson) Fischer offers an

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ingenious knight sacrifice. If Byrne played
12.Nxa4, Fischer would play Nxe4, leaving Byrne
with some terrible choices:
13.Qxe7 Qa5+ 14.b4 Qxa4 15.Qxe4 Rfe8
16.Be7 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bf8 produces a deadly pin;
13.Bxe7 Nxc5 14.Bxd8 Nxa4 15.Bg5 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nxb2 gives Fischer an extra pawn and
ruins Byrnes pawn structure;
13.Qc1 Qa5+ 14.Nc3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nxg5 regains
the sacrificed piece with a better position and
extra pawn;
13.Qb4 Nxg5 14.Nxg5 Bxd1 15.Kxd1 Bxd4
16.Qd2 Bxf2 with a winning material advantage
(Fischer).
12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4! Fischer again
offers material in order to open the e-file and
get at Whites uncastled king.14. Bxe7 Qb6 15.
Bc4 Byrne wisely declines the offered material.
If 15.Bxf8 Bxf8 16.Qb3, Fischer analyzes
16...Nxc3! 17.Qxb6 (17.Qxc3?? Bb4 wins the
queen) axb6 18.Ra1 Re8+ 19.Kd2 Ne4+ 20.Kc2
Nxf2 21.Rg1 Bf5+, which he considers winning
for Black. Also strong is 16...Re8 17.Qxb6 (17.Be2
Nxc3!) axb6 18.Be2 Nxc3 19.Rd2 Bb4 20.Kf1
Ne4 21.Rb2 Bc3 22.Rc2 Nd2+! 23.Kg1 (23.Nxd2
Bxe2+ 24.Kg1 Bd3! 25.Rc1 Bxd2 leaves Black
with a winning material advantage) Rxe2 24.Rxc3
Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Bh3 26.Rc1 Rxa2 leaving White
absolutely paralyzed. Now if 16.Qxc3, 16...Rfe8
pins the bishop to Whites king, thus regaining
the sacrificed piece with an extra pawn.16. Bc5
Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Byrne threatens Fischers queen;
Fischer brings his rook into play, misplacing Byrnes
king. It appears that Fischer must solve his
problems with his queen, whereupon White can
play 18.Qxc3, with a winning material
advantage.17... Be6!!
Best by test. (on 1. e4)
Chess demands total concentration.
Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your
opponent gives you take, unless you see a good
reason not to. by Fischer
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This stunning resource is the move that made
this game famous. Instead of saving his queen,
Fischer offers to sacrifice it. Fischer pointed out
that 17...Nb5? loses to 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qb3+
Be6 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.Nxe6 Nxd4 22.Nxd4+
Qxb3 23.Nxb3. 18. Bxb6? Byrne takes the
offered queen, hoping to outplay his 13-year-old
opponent in the ensuing complications. However,
Fischer gets far too much for his queen, leaving
Byrne with a hopeless game. The move 18.Bxe6
would have been even worse, leading to a
smothered mate with 18...Qb5+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+
20.Kf1 Ng3+ 21.Kg1 Qf1+! 22.Rxf1 Ne2#.
Whites 18.Qxc3 would have been met by
18...Qxc5! and if 19.dxc5, Bxc3. Whites best
chance may have been 18.Bd3 Nb5!, which
Kmoch wrote would also result in a win for Black
in the long run.18... Bxc4+Fischer now begins
a windmill series of discovered checks, picking
up material.19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+
21. Kg1 21.Rd3? axb6 22.Qc3 Nxf3 23.Qxc4
Re1# (Fischer).21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23.
Kg1 axb6 Fischer captures a piece,
simultaneously attacking Byrnes queen. 24. Qb4
Ra4! Fischers pieces cooperate nicely: the bishop
on g7 protects the knight on c3, which protects
the rook on a4, which in turn protects the bishop
on c4 and forces Byrnes queen away. Perhaps
Byrne overlooked this move when analyzing
18.Bxb6, expecting instead 24...Nxd1? 25.Qxc4,
which is much less clear. Otherwise, it is hard to
explain why Byrne played 18.Bxb6, since Black 1. In general, moving the same piece twice in
now has a clearly winning position.25. Qxb6 the opening wastes time; other pieces should be
Unfortunately for Byrne, he has nothing better developed first.
than this pawn-grab, since he has no queen move
2. Material sacrifices are likely to be effective
available to protect his threatened rook on
against a king still in the middle and an open
d1.25... Nxd1 Fischer has gained a rook, two
central file.
bishops, and a pawn for his sacrificed queen,
leaving him ahead the equivalent, roughly, of 3. Even at 13, Fischer was a player to be reckoned
one minor piece an easily winning advantage in with.
master play. Whites queen is far outmatched Courtesy: Wikepedia
by Blacks pieces, which dominate the board and
will soon overrun Whites position. Moreover, continued from Page 34
Byrnes remaining rook is stuck on h1 and it will
take precious time (and the loss of the pawn on bishop sacrifice. Better was: 18...f5 19.Qh3 Qf6
f2) to free it. Byrne could resign here, but plays 20.Ba6 Kh7 21.c7 Qe7] 19.Bxe6!! Rg8 20.Qb4
on until checkmate.[12] 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 fxe6 21.Qxb2 Qxc6 [He must guard his key
Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 f6 pawn before going on the attack. Somewhat
Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 Note that every better was: 21...Rg6 22.Qc2 Rag8 23.g3 R6g7]
piece and pawn of Blacks is defended, leaving 22.Qxf6+ Kh7 23.g3 Rg6 24.Qf4 Rag8
Whites queen with nothing to do.33. h4 h5 34. 25.Rfe1 R8g7 26.Rd6 Qc8 27.Qe4 Re7
Ne5 Kg7 Fischer breaks the pin, allowing the 28.Red1 Qc5
bishop to attack as well. 35. Kg1 Bc5+ Now
Fischer peels away the white king from its last
defender, and uses his pieces in concert to force
checkmate.36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+
Kmoch notes that with 37...Re2+ Fischer could
have mated a move sooner. 38. Kd1 Bb3+
39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2#
01

An unsafe king position, an isolated e6 pawn

that requires constant support, rooks that
are doing duty in supporting pawns and
nothing else, caused Blacks defeat. It is
likely that he lost on time. 10

Dont even mention losing to me. I cant stand to

think of it.
Graham Burgess, John Nunn, and John Emms Genius. Its a word. What does it really mean? If I
suggested three lessons to be learned from this win Im a genius. If I dont, Im not.
game, which can be summarized as follows: by Fischer

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 Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan

1. 2.

Black totoplay
White playand winwin
and White
Whitetotoplay and
play winwin
and

3. 4.
Black to
White toplay
playand
and win
win Whitetotoplay
White play and
and winwin

5. 6.

White to play and win White to play and win

White to play and win White to play and win
White to play and win in all the above six positions
White to play and win in all the above six positions Solutions on page 42

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 Test your endgame
by K.Muralimohan, FIDE Instructor

Moravec J 1937 Szapiel-Keres 1950

1. 2.

White to play and win Black to play and win

Portisch- Pinter 1984 Prokop F 1925
3. 4.

Black to play and win White to play and draw

Louis-Peenes 1955 Botvinnik-Zuidema 1966
5. 6.

Black to play and win White to play and win

Solutions on page 42

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Solutions to Tactics from master gameson p 40
1.Petrosian,Tigran L (2636)
Zhou Jianchao (2636) [B50]
Lake Sevan 2011 Martuni ARM .2011
Position after 38th move. White to play. 39.Bh6!
Bf6 [39...gxh6 40.Qg8+ Kf5 41.Qg4#]
40.Nxh4+ Bxh4 [40...Kh5 41.Bf4#]
41.Qxg7+ Kf5 42.Qg4+ [42.Qg4+ Kxe5
43.Qf4#] 10
2.Pashikian,Arman (2616)
Jobava,Baadur (2713) [E90]
Lake Sevan 2011 Martuni ARM , 2011
Position after 14th mo ve.White to play.
25.Rxg6+! Kxg6 26.f5+ Kg7 [26...Bxf5
27.exf5+ Kxf5 28.Qd5+ Kg6 29.Rg1+ Kh6
30.Qh1++-] 27.Rg1+ Kf8 [27...Kh7 28.Qxf6
Qf8 29.Rh1+ Kg8 30.Rh8#; 27...Kf7 28.fxe6+
Kxe6 29.Qd5+ Kd7 30.Rg7+ Ke8 31.Qg8#]
28.Qxf6+ Bf7 29.Rh1 10
3.Eljanov,Pavel (2683)
Kryvoruchko,Yuriy (2666) [D38]
27th ECC Rogaska Slatina SLO , 2011
Position after 30th mo ve.White to play.
31.Rxd5!+- Ncxb4 [31...Qxd5 32.Bc4 Nd4
33.Qb2!+-] 32.Nf7+ [32.Nf7+ Qxf7 33.Rxd8+
Kh7 34.Bh5! Qxh5 35.Qb3+-] 10
4.Nielsen,Peter Heine (2687)
Volokitin,Andrei (2686) [D93]
27th ECC Rogaska Slatina SLO , 2011
Position after 17th move. White to play.
18.Bc2!+- [18.Bc2 h6 (18...Nb4 19.Qd8+ Bf8
20.Qxf6+-) 19.Bxd3 Qb6 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.e5
Nd5 22.Qf3 Kg8 23.Bxg6+-] 10
5.Van Eijk,Sander (2372)
Moor,Roger (2402) [B46]
Oslo GM Open Oslo NOR (7.12), 2011
Position after 23rd move.White to play. 24.Ng5!
[24.Ng5 fxg5 (24...h6 25.Rxf6+-) 25.Rf8+ Rxf8
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26.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 27.Rd8+ Kg7 28.Qxg5+ Kf7
29.Rg8 30. Qg7 mate can not be avoided] 10
6.Motylev,A (2690)
Laznicka,V (2701) [B48]
12th Karpov Int Poikovsky RUS , 2011
Position after 30th move. White to play. 31.Qb7!
Qxg6 [31...Qxb7 32.Rg8#] 32.Qxb4+
[32.Qxb4+ Ke8 33.f7+ Kd7 34.Qxd4++-] 10
Solutions to Test you endgame on p 41
1.Moravec J 1937
1.Rd8+!! (1.bc7 Kxc7 is dead drawn;1.b7 Kc6
2.Kb3 Kb6 3.a4 Ka7 =) Kxd8 2.b7 Rb4! 3.Kxb4
c5+! 4.Kb5! [4.Kxc5 Kc7=] Kc7 5.Ka6 Kb8
[5..c4 6.Ka7+-]6.Kb6 c4 7.a4 c3 8.a5 c2 9.a6
c1Q 10.a7#
2.Szapiel-Keres 1950
1...Ke3 !! 2.Rxa3+ Rxa3 3.Nc4+ Kf2 4.Nxa3
Ne3 5.f4 [5.g4 Nf1+ 6.Kh1 Ng3+ 7.Kh2 Kxf3
8.Nb5 Ne2-+] Nxg2 6.f5 exf5 7.d5 Nf4 8.d6 g5
9.d7 g4 10.hxg4 fxg4 11.d8Q g3+ 12.Kh1 g2+
13.Kh2 g1Q#
3.Portisch-Pinter 1984
1...Kg5 !! [1Kxe5? 2.Rhe1+ Kf6 3.Be6! Bxe6
4.Rxe6+ Kxe6 5.Kxg4+] 2.Nf7+ Kh5 3.Be2
Rd3+ 4.g3 [4.Bf3 Rxf3+ 5.gxf3 Rg3#] f3
5.Rc5+ Rg5+ 6.g4+ Bxg4+ 7.Kg3 fxe2+ 0-1
4.Prokop F 1925
1.Bh4 Bxh4 2.Rxg4 Bf2 [2Bf1 3.Rxh4! d2+
4.Ka5 d1Q 5.Rd4! Qxd4=]3.Rxg2 d2 4.Rg5 d1Q
5.Rd5+ Qxd5 stalemate!
5.Louis- Peenes 1955
1...Be8!! 2.Kf1 g6 3.Ke1 [3.Kg2?? Rxb7! 4.Rxb7
Bc6+-+]Kg7 4.Rc8 [now 4Bb5 followed by
5Ba6 is threatened] Bd7 5.Rb8 Ra1+ 6.Kd2
Rb1 7.Ke3 Bc6 8.Bxc6 Rxb8 0-1
6.Botvinnik-Zuidema 1966
1.Re8 !! d3[1c2 2.g6+ Kh63.Re2 c1Q
4.Rh2#;1Bh8 2.g6+ Kg7 3.Rc8+-]2.g6+ Kh6
3.Re3 Bd4 4.Rxd3 c2 5.Rh3+ Kg7 6.Rh7+ Kg8
7.Rc7 1-0
Masters of the past-13 Szymon Winawer

Szymon Abramowicz Winawer (March 6, 1838 January

12, 1920), born in Warsaw, Poland, was a leading chess player
who won the German Chess Championship in 1883.
At the Paris 1867 tournament held at the Caf de la Rgence,
his first international tournament, Winawer finished in second
place, tied with Steinitz behind Kolisch. He remained one of
the worlds best players for the next 15 years. At Warsaw
1868 Winawer won the first chess tournament conducted in
Poland. He won an 1875 match in Saint Petersburg against
Russian master Ilya Shumov, 52. At Paris 1878 Winawer
tied for first place (+14 =5 3) with Zukertort, ahead of
Blackburne and Mackenzie, but took second prize after the
play-off. At Berlin 1881 he finished 3rd= with Chigorin. Winawers best result was a
first place tie with Steinitz at Vienna 1882, in what was the strongest chess tournament
in history up to that time. At London 1883 he failed to place for the first time, but
later that year at Nuremberg (3rd German Congress) he finished first, defeating
Blackburne who took second place.
After a long absence Winawer returned to chess in the 1890s, but by then he had
been surpassed by younger players including Tarrasch and Lasker. At Dresden 1892
and Budapest 1896 he placed sixth. He lost an 1896 match to Janowski 25. He
turned 61 during his final international tournament, Monte Carlo 1901, and did not
place among the prizewinners. Winawer continued to play competitive chess into his
60s, and in his career he faced all of the top players from the last third of the 19th
century, from Anderssen to Lasker. His rivalry with Blackburne stretched from 1870 to
1901, and they met in competitive games in five consecutive decades. Winawer died
in Warsaw on January 12, 1920.
Winawer has several opening variations named for him. The most important is the
popular Winawer Variation of the French Defence. His name is also associated with
the Winawer Attack in the Ruy Lopez. At Monte Carlo 1901, Winawers last international
tournament, he introduced the Winawer Countergambit in the Slav Defense in a game
against Marshall.
In one of his finest games, he beat Steinitz in Nuremberg in 1896:
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8.
Bc4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 10. Qf4 Nf6 11. Nf3 d6 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Bd3 h6 14. h4 Nd5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Be4 f6 18. Bxd5 fxg5 19. hxg5 Ne5 20. g6 1-0

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