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25 October 2012

42nd National Junior Chess Championship &

27th National Junior Girls Chess Championship, Ajmer…

WFM Rucha Pujari GM Sahaj Grover

G.H.Raisoni 38th National Sub-Junior Chess Championship 2012, Nagpur &
Runwal's 29th National U-15 Girls Chess Championship, Mumbai

FM Sayantan Das WFM Srija Seshadri

 October 2012

Psychology plays a pivotal role in

G.H.Raisoni 38th National Sub-Junior 2012, Nagpur…
Sayantan Das is Sub Junior Champ
R.N.Shriwas, Secretary, VCA
29th National Sub Junior Girls Championship Mumbai…
Srija Seshadri emerges National
Sub Junior Girls Champion
42nd National Junior Championship &
27th National Junior Girls Championship, Ajmer…
Sahaj, Rucha win National Junior
R.S.Tiwari ,Chief Arbiter IA & P.K.Gupta,Dy.Chief Arbiter
3rd UKCA Cup All India Open FIDE Rated tournament
Ratnakaran clinches title
Vasanth BH, Chief Arbiter
3rd Modern School International Rating, Chennai….
Yogit wins Modern School Rated Open
by IA V.Ravichandran
1st Keshabananda Das Memorial fide Rating, 2012…
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi wins title
25th Silver jubilee SPIC FIDE Rated, Tuticorin…..
Maheswaran Clinches SPIC FIDE Rated Title 17
By IA M.Ephrame,Chief Arbiter
Selected games from
National Junior, Ajmer
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
In the Problem World
Pickaninny and Albino
by C.G.S.Narayanan
Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan
Test your endgame
by K.Muralimohan, FIDE Instructor
Masters of the past-22
Edgard Colle
teaching chess to children. Kevin
O'Connell, Executive Secretary,
FIDE-CIS, amply covered this
aspect in his lectures at 'Chess in
Schools' Seminar at Chennai, the
first of its kind held in India.
G. Akash, a XI Standard student from Jawahar
Vidyalaya, Chennai, became the youngest
01 ever to win the National Premier title at
Kolkata. Tamilnadu kids Ram Aravind and
Lakshmi won the National Under-9 titles at
Ahmedabad. Due to space constraints reports,
05 final standings and games of National premier
and National Under-9 events will be featured
in the next issue.
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Elsewhere at Bilbao,Spain the battle of young
stars hot up in the second leg of Grand Slam
11 Masters. Numero Uno Magnus Carlsen won the
title outplaying chess prodigy Fabiano
Caruana in the blitz Play-Off and the
13 Norwegian chess genius is now inching closer
to the best ever rating in chess history-2851
held by Kasparov.GM Koneru Humpy had a
14 satisfying win in the final leg of 2011-12
Grand Prix at Ankara,Turkey to finish second
overall in this FIDE Grand Prix series. The
reports on these events are featured in the
centre pages.
20 Reports on National Sub-junior and National
Junior Championships along with two other
38 FIDE rated tournaments held in Mangalore and
Thoothukudi are presented in this issue. The
theme involving intensive play of the lowly
40 ranked pawns is featured in 'The Problem
World'. Edgard Colle, who expounded the
41 famous Colle system, is featured in the
'Masters of the past series'.
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G.H.Raisoni 38th National Sub-Junior Chess Championship 2012, Nagpur…
Sayantan Das is Sub Junior Champ
R.N.Shriwas, Secretary, VCA
Vidarbha Chess Association, Nagpur organized
38th National Sub- Junior (U-15) open Chess
Championship-2012, under the aegis of
Maharashtra Chess Association, from 16th
September to 25th September 2012 at Nagpur.
The Championship was held on behalf of All India
Chess Federation at Naivedhyam Celebration
Center, North Ambazari Road, Nagpur.
Raisoni Group of Nagpur, who are well known in
promotion of Education, Sports & Culture in all
over India, had sponsored this tournament. Mr.
Sunil Raisoni, Director, Raisoni Group, gladly
accepted our proposal & sponsored the
championship in memory of his father Late
G.H.Raisoni. Hence the championship was titled
"G.H. Raisoni National Sub-Junior (U-15) Open
Chess Championship-2012"
In all 118 players from all over India had
participated in the championship which included
101 ELO rated players. The outstation players,
officials and accompanying persons were provided
with the accommodation at MLA Hostel. The
players selected from the participating State units
and the Managers of all such State units were
provided with free accommodation and food
allowance of Rs. 900/- each, as per the AICF
guidelines. The sponsor provided us with three
buses to transport the participants from MLA
Hostel to the playing venue and back.
The venue, "Naivedhyam Celebration Center" was
made available to us by Mr. Dilip Kamdar, partner
Naivedhyam Group, at a very meagre rate. The
entire hall was air conditioned and had every facility
of high stature. He extended every possible help
to make the players and their accompanying
persons happy & comfortable.
The inaugural function of the tournament was
held on 16th September 2012 at the Venue at 6
p.m. Mr Kishor Kanhere, Trustee, Nagpur
Improvement Trust, was the Chief guest of the
function and Mr. Hemant Sonare, Vice President,
Raisoni Group was the Guest of honour. Mrs
Kundatai Vijaykar, President, Vidarbha Chess
Association, presided over the function. The other
dignitaries present on the dais were Mr. Manoj
Itkelwar, Working President, VCA, Adv. Arvind
Bade, Mr. Dilip Pagay, Secretary, MCA, Mr.
R.N.Shriwas, Secretary, VCA and Mr. Dilip Kamdar
of Naivedhyam Group.
Ku. Divya Deshmukh, National Champion in
Under 7 Girls of 2012, Ku. Divya Garg and Mst.
Ayush Jugele who won medals in World Youth
chess championship held at Singapore were
felicitated at the hands of Mr. Kanhere, the chief
guest and Mr. Hemant Sonare, the guest of
honour.The programme was conducted by Mr.
K.K.Barat, Teasurer. VCA who also proposed the
vote of thanks.
The inaugural function was followed by Managers/
Players meeting. Mr. Debasish Barua, the Chief
Arbiter conducted the meeting. The others present
in the meeting were Mr. Swapnil Bansod, Dy, Chief
Arbiter, Mr. Mnaoj Itkelwar, Working President, VCA
and Mr. K.K.Barat, the treasurer, VCA.
The 1st round was delayed due to some
unforeseen situation arose due to sudden non
supply of water by city corporation. The
participants could not get ready till the organizers
managed to provide them with this basic need.
So only one round could be held on 17th
September 2012 i.e on first day instead of two
rounds as declared earlier. Accordingly subsequent
rounds were rescheduled and two rounds were
held on 20th September 2012 so as to complete
the championship within the scheduled period.
From second day onwards of the tournament
went on smoothly without any hurdle till its
conclusion. Mr. Debasish Barua IA, the chief
arbiter, his deputy Mr. Swapnil Bansod IA, national
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arbiter, Mr. Umesh Panbude and the officials and Secretary MCA & Mr. Debasish Barua, the Chief
volunteers in the tournament hall worked Arbiter. The function was conducted by Mr.
excellently. The tournament was concluded K.K.Barat, Treasurer, VCA. Mr. Barat declared
without any dispute or protest. The players, their the prizes and also proposed the vote of thanks.
relatives and officials fully cooperated with the
M/s R.N.Shriwas, Secretary, VCA, Swapnil Bansod,
organizers for the smooth conduction of the
Dy. Chief Arbiter, Umesh Panbude, the Arbiter,
tournament. Mr. Vijayraghavan was excellent on
Vijayraghavan, V - Tech chief, Praveen Pantawne,
monroi and top 20 tables were shown live on
Deepak Patrikar, Aditya Kakpure and Mrs. Sheetal
internet. FIDE Master Sayantan Das of West
Panbude were also prominently present on the
Bengal won the National Sub-Junior Championship
occasion.All the participants were issued merit-cum-
with a final round victory over Vignesh Nr at
participation certificates. All the participants, their
Nagpur on September 25, 2012.Sayantan is a
relatives, officials and others appreciated the
former world age group champion in 2008. He
arrangements and hospitality of the organizers.
started as the third seed behind team-mate
Diptayan Ghosh and second seed Shardul Gagare. Puzzle of the month
But won with two final round wins to outscore the
by C.G.S.Narayanan
rest in the 118-player 11-round competition.
Sayantan gains close to nine Elo from this Robert Smullyan
competition. He suffered one defeat to Visakh Schach mit Sherlock Holmes 1979
Nr in the fourth round. Strange, he did not face
Diptayan Ghosh who finished second. Diptayan
remained undefeated but drew World U-12
champion Karthikeyan Murali in the final round
while Sayantan won and went ahead.
The top players will represent India in the 2013
World Under-16 championship at Al-Ain and in ?
the Asian Youth Championship. Sayantan Das
was followed by top seed Mst. Diptayan Ghosh,
also from West Bengal as 1st Runner-up and
Mst. Karthikeyan Murali from Tamil Nadu as the
2nd Runner-up. Total Rs. 1,00,000/- cash prizes
were awarded to first 20 players. Trophies were What is the invisible piece at h4?
also awarded to first three players. In the retro analytical problem above it is
The prize distribution ceremony was held on the seen that black king is in check from
last day i.e. on 25th September 2012 at 4 p.m WRd7.You must find white's last move which
at the venue. Mr. Baba Dawre, Proprietor, Baba resulted in this check and also as to what
Travels, was the Chief Guest and Mr. Hemant black piece was captured on d8 to start with.
Sonare, Vice President, Raisoni Group, was the Then start working out the captures black
Guest of Honour. Mr. Vinod Kumar Trivedi, pawns must have made to reach this position.
President, Nagpur District Chess Association By logical deduction you CAN find the invisible
presided over the function. The other dignitaries piece at h4! (Try to solve this Sherlock Holmes
present on the dais were Mr. Mnaoj Itkelwar, mystery(!) before looking up at the
Working President, VCA, Mr. Dilip Kamdar, Chief
of Naivedhyam Group, Mr. Dilip Pagay, Hon. (Solution on page 13)

Continued on Page 5

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KNOW YOUR IM Rahul Sangma
Rahul Sangma (born on 21st May, 1989) learnt chess at the age
of eight watching his cousins play .Emerging from a small town
Chhapra, Bihar, his early success was when he finished joint 2nd
in first National U-9 in 1997 and Champion in the next National
U-9 in 1998, which enabled him to take part in World U-10 at
Spain. After that he won several State level tournaments,
National level tournaments and other Open tournaments. A list
of his notable achievements is given below. His other interests
are playing football, Table-Tennis, Skating, Reading and
listening to songs. He took a bachelor's degree in Commerce
from Delhi University and later joined Western Railways and
posted in Indore. He had learnt a lot from the games of legends like Bobby Fischer, Anatoly
Karpov and Garry Kasparov. He had no personal coach yet. He likes to play actively mostly in
strategical and technical manner and likes endgames a lot. He achieved International
Master Title in 2010,His first norm came at Commonwealth 2008 at Nagpur where he beat
among others GM Nigel Short in a fighting game, the second norm at GM Open 2009 at
Bhubaneswar and the third at 47th National 'A' 2009 at Mumbai.His current Elo rating is
2345. His ambition is to achieve Grandmaster title soon.
Important Tournament Achievements:
12th National Children's U-9 Championship Ahmadabad 1998 1
st

4th National U-12 Rapid Championship Calicut 1999 2

nd

5th National U-12 Boys Rapid Championship Aurangabad 2000 3 rd

U-14 All India Open Tournament Aurangabad 2000 1st

Standard Chartered Bank Schools Tournament Bangladesh 2002 1
st

16th National U-13 Championship Kolkata 2002 3

rd

16th The Telegraph Schools' Championship Kolkata 2003 1

st

Standard Chartered Bank Schools Tournament Bangladesh 2003 1st

2nd National Sub-Junior Super League Championship Calicut 2004 3rd
30th National Sub-Junior Championship Calicut 2004 3rd
National Rapid Under-16 Boys Championship Calicut 2004 1
st

35 National Junior Championship Sivakasi 2005 3

th rd

JSG Heritage Rating Open Tournament Jaipur 2007 2

nd

1st International Fide Rating Tournament Chakradharpur 2007 3rd

5th G H Raisoni Memorial Fide Rating Tournament Nagpur 2008 1st
Sri CS Sharma Memorial Fide Rating Tournament Delhi 2009 3rd
1st Kota International Fide Rating Tournament Kota 2009 1
st

6th GH Raisoni Memorial Fide Rating Tournament Nagpur 2009 2

nd

North East Zone Inter University(Captain) Kolkata 2010 3 rd

All India Inter-University Championship (Captain) Kolkata 2010 2nd

7th GH Raisoni Rating Tournament Nagpur 2010 1st
10th Adyar Times Rating Tournament Chennai 2010 1
st

20th National U-25 Indore 2011 1

st

Rajiv Gandhi Memorial All India Open Rating Delhi 2012 2

nd

NDMC All India Rating Hyderabad 2012 2nd

25th All India Inter - Railway Championship Mysore 2012 2nd

 25th Silver jubilee SPIC FIDE Rated Open, Tuticorin…

(L-R) Jeyaseelan Rathinam, Treasurer Tuticorin Dist Chess Assosiation, Ephrame,

Chief Arbiter, Maheswaran, Winner SPIC Trophy, S Venkataraman,
GM (Materials), Amirtha Rathna Kumar SE (TNEB), International Master Manuel
Aaron, Arjuna Award Winner, V.S.Narasimhan, Secretary Tuticorin Dist Chess
Assosiation, Prem Sundar , President , SPIC Central Sports Council

1st Keshabananda Das Memorial fide Rating Championship 2012…

(L to R) Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Jt Secy All Orissa Chess Association; Vidit

Santosh Gujurati, IM (Champion), L.I. Parija, IAS (Rtd.) Ex-Chief Secretary,
Govt. of Odisha; Subhakanta Das, Architect (2nd Son of Keshabananda Das)
29th National Sub Junior Girls Chess Championship 2012, Mumbai…..
Srija Seshadri emerges National Sub Junior Girls Champion
Runwal's 29th National U-15 Girls Chess
Championship was organized at Valia College
Andheri ( W) which saw a response of 72 entries
from 14 different states. This is the first time
the boys and the girls tournament was conducted
separately at two different places in Maharashtra.
WFMs vis M.Mahalaxmi , WFM Srija Seshadri,
WFM Monisha GK were the part of this event. 4
Selected players from each state along with the
winner of last year U-13 and U-11 can play this
tournament. The tournament had 11 rounds.
In a gripping final round encounter Woman FIDE
Master Srija Seshadri of Tamil Nadu overcame her
state-mate V Shvetha to emerge the Champion at
Runwal's 29th National Sub Junior Girls Chess
Championship 2012 that concluded at
Cosmopolitan's Valia College, Andheri (West),
Mumbai . Srija Seshadri logged in 9.0 points from
eleven rounds. Srija lost one game to Parnali Dharia
of Maharashtra and drew state mates Monnisha
and Ashwini and won the remaining eight games.
Srija started as the third seed with 1964 and is
gaining about 25.5 Elo points for this brilliant
performance. She did not get to play the top
seed M Mahalakshmi who had a disastrous show
losing 40 Elo. Srija is trained by the NLC players
at Neyveli and has IM K. Murugan as advisor.
Srija playing with white pieces opted for Yugoslav
attack against the Sicilian defense of Shvetha.
Shvetha made a mistake by sacrificing a rook for
a pawn allowing the Srija to have extra Knight.
Although Shvetha was having 3 pawns as the
compensation for the piece, she lost all one by
one and accepted her defeat in 55 moves.
Parnali Dharia (ELO 1888) of Maharashtra missed
a chance of winning the game against Sunyasakta
Satpathy (ELO 1917) of Orissa. In the Queen's
Gambit Declined game the game was almost
equal till 18th move. In the next move
Sunyasakta made a wrong move of pawn allowing
white to take a slight advantage. Again on 33rd
move she made a blunder where Parnali could
have easily won. But then a mistake by Parnali
lead to a draw in 45 moves.
On the third board Divya Laxmi (ELO 1763) playing
with WFM Monisha GK (ELO 1941) both Tamilnadu
opted for Spanish opening, closed
variation.although Divya laxmi was almost 200
points low in rating compared to her opponent,
the game was equal till 53 moves. On the 54th
move instead of offering the exchange of rooks.
Divya played another move which gave a slight
advantage to Monisha. Monisha on 56th move
made a temporary sacrifice of her rook to get a
free knight and then won the game in 66 moves.
Srija won the winner's purse of Rs. 22000 along
with a beautiful trophy awarded by the Bombay
Chess Association under the auspices of
Maharashtra Chess Association and All India
Chess Federation. Following the champion closely
was Woman FIDE Master G K Monnisha (Tamil
Nadu) at 8.5 points, who took the runner-up spot.
Sharing the third place a further half a point behind
were Sunyasakta Satpathy (Orissa), Parnali S
Dharia (Maharashtra) and Savant Riya (Goa)
respectively.The top finishers will represent India
in the 2013 World Under-16 Girl Championship
and Asian Under-16 Girls Championship.
The 75 player eleven round event concluded with
cash awards amounting to Rs. 1,00,000 (Rupees
One Lakh only) being distributed to the top 18
players, by title sponsors RUNWAL group.
Earlier at the end of 6th round four players, viz
WFM Srija Sheshadri, Sunyasakta Satpathy,
Ashwini U , Sandhya M led with 5 points, followed
by 5 players with 4.5 points.In the 5th round
only 3 players viz WFM Monisha GK, Ashwini U
and Aarathi G were the leaders with 4.5 points.
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Final standings : 43 Ayush Garg RAJ 6
Rk. Name Club Pt. 44 Aurangabadkar Prasad MAH 6
1 Das Sayantan FM WB 9 45 Sai Agni Jeevitesh J AP 6
2 Ghosh Diptayan FM WB 8½ 46 Kumar Atul UP 6
3 Karthikeyan Murali TN 8½ 47 Kamdar Udit GUJ 6
4 Gireman Ja TN 8½ 48 Suresh Krishna S PON 6
5 Gagare Shardul FM MAH 8 49 Akil A S J TN 6
6 Sidhant Mohapatra ORI 8 50 Cheela Naga Sampath AP 6
7 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr FM. TN 7½ 51 Nikhil R. Umesh KAR 6
8 Narayanan.S.L KER 7½ 52 Teja Suresh M AP 6
9 Vignesh Nr TN 7½ 53 Varun V AP 5½
10 Kumaran B TN 7½ 54 Das Susobhit ORI 5½
11 Ritviz Parab GOA 7½ 55 Kapil Ghatwai MAH 5½
12 K. Praneeth Surya AP 7½ 56 Raja Harshit MAH 5½
13 Md Nubairshah Shaikh MAH 7½ 57 Saptorshi Gupta WB 5½
14 Pranav Vijay TN 7½ 58 Rohan Sen WB 5½
15 Akash Pc Iyer TN 7½ 59 Adethya R MAH 5½
16 Rishi Sardana DEL 7 60 Shivam Verma BIH 5½
17 Visakh Nr TN 7 61 Matta B Vignesh Reddy AP 5½
18 Rakesh Kumar Jena FM ORI 7 62 Dinesh Annamalai PON 5½
19 Krishna Teja N AP 7 63 Chandak Shubh MAH 5½
20 Satkar Chirag MAH 7 64 Aryan Haribhau Kawade MAH 5½
21 Gajwa Ankit MP 7 65 Dhiren T AP 5½
22 Yogit S TN 7 66 Ishaan Bansal PUN 5½
23 Rohan Ahuja GOA 7 67 Rohit S PON 5½
24 Abhishek A KER 7 68 Godbole Shantanu MAH 5½
25 Debankan Dhara WB 6½ 69 Erigaisi Arjun AP 5
26 Puranik Abhimanyu CM MAH 6½ 70 Suyan Belurkar GOA 5
27 Lakshmi K Bhushan D AP 6½ 71 Divyanshu Hasija HAR 5
28 Rajarishi Karthi TN 6½ 72 Rajas Chari GOA 5
29 Harshal Shahi FM DEL 6½ 73 Dhoke Arnav MAH 5
30 Shailesh Dravid MAH 6½ 74 Mandnikar Atreya MAH 5
31 Gaikwad Siddhant MAH 6½ 75 Saumil Nair GUJ 5
32 Visveshwar A TN 6½ 76 Shah Nimit GUJ 5
33 Satvik M. KAR 6½ 77 Dharmadhikari Siddhesh MAH 5
34 Dhananjay S CG 6½ 78 Walimbe Varun MAH 5
35 Aditya Chowdhury WB 6½ 79 Sunny Bagga CG 5
36 Sayan Sen WB 6½ 80 Priyadarshi Alok BIH 5
37 Dixit Nikhil MAH 6½ 81 Pravin Kumar C CG 4½
38 Kapil Pawse GOA 6½ 82 Aurindom Bhattacharyya MAH 4½
39 Aradhya Garg DEL 6½ 83 Sankalp Gupta MAH 4½
40 Kumar Gaurav BIH 6 84 Om Vinay Vitalkar MAH 4½
41 Vasantha Ruba Varman TN 6 85 Wairagade Atharva MAH 4½
42 Nitish Belurkar CM GOA 6 86 Shashwat Chakraborty CG 4½

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87 Sharma Amit Kumar JHAR 4½ 12 Shvetha V TN 7
88 Jagdeep Singh Sudan DEL 4½ 13 Dharani Sree R TN 7
89 Himank Bansal DEL 4½ 14 Aarthi G TN 7
90 Sharang Sanjeev Kapoor MAH 4½ 15 Divya Lakshmi R TN 7
91 Bhajne Atharva MAH 4½ 16 Varshini V TN 6½
92 Bilpe Abhijeet MAH 4½ 17 Sandya M TN 6½
93 Palaskar Rutwik MAH 4½ 18 Mahalakshmi M WFM TN 6½
94 Nagarkar Anshul MAH 4½ 19 Chandreyee Hajra WB 6½
95 Jain Ajinkya MAH 4½ 20 Smaraki Mohanty ORI 6½
96 Agarwal Mudit MP 4 21 Meghna C H KER 6½
97 Gawand Nihar MAH 4 22 Kavitha P L TN 6½
98 Lawaniya Eshan UP 4 23 Divya Garg MAH 6
99 Kushagra Divyam BIH 4 24 Shweta Priyadarshini UP 6
100 Dave Sneh GUJ 4 25 Shalon Joanne Pais KAR 6
101 Deshmukh Aditi MAH 4 26 Dhanashree Pandit MAH 6
102 Sanil Upasani MAH 4 27 Gangamma B.N. KAR 6
103 Thakur Shivam MAH 4 28 Harshita Guddanti AP 6
104 Ambawade Mitesh MAH 4 29 Deekshidha P S TN 6
105 Pushkar A Chouganjkar MAH 4 30 Toshali V AP 6
106 Yash Ingolikar MAH 3½ 31 Thamaraiselvi P TN 5½
107 Vishwanath Vivek AP 3½ 32 Meera D TN 5½
108 Ranade Piyush MAH 3½ 33 Manasa H R KAR 5½
109 Limaye Omkar MAH 3½ 34 Harivardhini I TN 5½
110 Akash A Satpathy MAH 3½ 35 Angira Choudhuri WB 5½
111 Sharma Vikash Kumar JHAR 3½ 36 Akhade Vaishnavi MAH 5½
112 Dudhate Sankarshan MAH 3 37 Kavya Srishti K AP 5½
113 Budhraja Param MAH 3 38 Sapale Saloni MAH 5½
114 Selgaonkar Soham MAH 2 39 Nerkar Chitrana MAH 5½
115 Soren Nikhil JHAR 2 40 Aasha C R TN 5½
116 Aryan Khurana MAH 1½ 41 Salini R AP 5½
117 Dhakar Yogesh Kumar RAJ 1½ 42 Shoumi Mukerjee MAH 5
118 Shah Kushal GUJ 0 43 Jadhav Vaibhavi MAH 5
National Sub Junior Girls(Under-15) 44 Vani S Indrali KAR 5
1 Srija Seshadri WFM TN 9 45 Makhija Aashna MAH 5
2 Monnisha Gk WFM TN 8½ 46 Breasha Gupta MAH 5
3 Sunyasakta Satpathy ORI 8 47 Gange Tanmayee MAH 5
4 Parnali S Dharia MAH 8 48 Nishi Mahalaxmi Iyer WB 5
5 Savant Riya WCM GOA 8 49 Shah Vishwa MAH 5
6 Saranya Y TN 7½ 50 Thorat Aishwarya GOA 5
7 Vaishali R TN 7½ 51 Matta Theja Sahhethhe AP 5
8 Lasya G AP 7½ 52 Vora Diya MAH 5
9 Soneji Janhavi MAH 7½ 53 Akankhya Dash JHA 4½
10 Meenu Priya. Se TN 7½ 54 Gajria Aashna MAH 4½
11 Ashwini U TN 7 55 Aasa Deepika K AP 4½

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 42nd National Junior Chess Championship & 27th National Junior Girls Chess Championship, Ajmer…
Sahaj, Rucha win National Junior
R.S.Tiwari ,Chief Arbiter IA & P.K.Gupta,Dy.Chief Arbiter
Top seed Sahaj Grover of Delhi and Rucha Pujari
of Maharashtra won the National Junior Chess
Championships that concluded at Ajmer in
Rajasthan on September 11. The 27th National
Junior Girls Championship was won by Rucha Pujari
of Kolhapur, ahead of top seed Woman Grand
Master Padmini Rout. She did it by finising ahead
of the field by 9/11.
The 11 round Swiss competition for National Junior
title was exceptionally strong as among 93
participants from all over country were 6 IMs, 3
FMs and 85 rated players. The race for title,
however, was confined to top 10 seeded players.
The defending champion Arvindh Chithambaram
could not retain his title and had to be content
with 22nd place. He drew with 3rd placed IM Vidit
Santosh Gujrathi, 4th placed IM Debashish Das
in third and fourth round respectively. His draw
with 41st placed Yohan J pushed him down in
the standing after 5th round. In 7th round he
lost to IM Sahaj Grover but made comeback on
front row winning 8th and drawing 9th round. His
loss in 10th round to IM R Bhuvnesh eliminated
all chances for a podium finish.
Champion Sahaj played as per his class
throughout the tournament but faltered in 4th
round and lost to IM Aditya Udeshi. This loss
made him wise to play his rest of the tournament
with utmost caution and expertise. His draw with
IM N. Srinath and IM Vidit in 8th and 9th round
can be viewed as an act of remaining in a striking
distance of the title. Sahaj strategy paid off and
in final round if he could win against National
Challengers Champion Debashish Das and Vidit
drew with IM Ramnath Bhuvnesh title could be
his. It happened and Sahaj playing at his best
crushed Debashis defence with surprising ease.
IM N. Srinath clinched 2nd place. Remaining
unbeaten he scored 8 points, 6 draws and 5
wins. IM Vidit Gujrathi won 3rd position and also
remained unbeaten.
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Winning National Junior Title is ambition of every
player because past shows that it is step towards
continental and world Junior titles. The National
Junior championship of any country is the most
important championship as it represents a
reservoir of finest young talents the country
possesses. From here they go to represent their
countries in outside world. Quite a few participant
like Anurag Mhammal of Goa, Diptyan Ghosh of
WB, GA Stany of Karnatak, Himal Gossain of
Chandigarh, Ramnath Bhuvnesh, U.R. Sahoo of
Orissa and Kathmale sameer of Maharashtra
made their presence felt in the championship.The
championship brought unprecedented rains to
Ajmer and almost all the rounds were played in
drenched atmosphere. Weather was cool and
clear against normal hot and dusty weather.
27th National Junior (U-19) Girls Chess
Championship
Rucha Pujari of Maharashtra annexed the National
Junior Girls Title by drawing her11th and final round
against J.Saranya of Tamilnadu scoring 9/11 points.
Rucha was unbeaten till 10th round when she lost
to G.K.Monnisha who uultimately finished on 3rd
place. Rucha won 8 games, drew 2 and lost one.
Her victory over WGM Padmini Rout in 4th round
virtually put her on road to winning the title. She
not only eliminated strong contenders but also held
the sole lead throughout the tournament.
J.Saranya's unexpected loss to 16th placed
Madhurima Shekhar of Delhi In 4th round gave set
back to her ambition for a title. Although Saranya
rallied with hat-trick of victories in next three rounds
but her inability to make dent in Rucha's fort dashed
her hope of claiming the title. She ended runner
up. Another strong contender Padmini Rout's loss
to Rucha in 4th and PV Nandidhaa in 10th round
and her draw against Madhurima Shekhar of Delhi
were mainly the reasons for depriving her of the
title which she so richly deserved.
Home favourite Sonakshi Rathod of Rajasthan Final standings:
played the tournament suffering from back pain. Rk. Name Pt.
Losing her concentration she faltered against 36th 1 GM Grover Sahaj 8½
placed Manasa HR in 5th round and lost. Her 2 IM Narayanan Srinath 8
3 IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 8
loss against Sunyasakta satpathy in 7th round
4 IM Debashis Das 8
and Akshaya Nandkumar in 9th round sealed her
5 FM Anurag Mhamal 8
fate. Another contender WFM R.Bharathi lost the 6 FM Ghosh Diptayan 8
race facing defeats in 8th and 10th round at the 7 Stany G A 8
hands of WGM Padmini Rout and WFM J.Saranya 8 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh R 7½
respectively. 9 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 7½
10 Kathmale Sameer 7½
Several young girls out of a field of 56 participants
11 Vignesh Nr 7½
from 19 states caught the attention of the sports 12 Abhilash Reddy M L 7½
loving crowd of Ajmer for their superb fights over 13 Ankit R Rajpara 7
the board against fancied players. Bala 14 Gusain Himal 7
Kannamma P, Ashwani U, WCM Riya Sawant, 15 Patil Pratik 7
Shrishty J Shetty, Varshini V, Madhurima Shekhar 16 Karthikeyan Murali 7
and Sunyasakta Satpathy displayed great promise 17 Kumar Gaurav 7
of being future woman international masters. For 18 Nishant Malhotra 7
Pratyusha Bodda, third seed, it was not so lucky 19 Kulkarni Rakesh 6½
tournament as she scored 5.5 points out of 20 IM Udeshi Aditya 6½
21 Krishna Teja N 6½
possible 11 and lost valuable 47.7 Elo points.
22 FM Aravind chithambaram Vr 6½
The top two seeds in the 42nd National Junior 23 Padhya Saumil 6½
was IM Sahaj Grover and IM Vidit Gujrath, 24 Lokesh P 6½
both former world age group champions. Sahaj 25 Chakravarthi Reddy M 6½
suffered an early defeat to Aditya Udeshi 26 Gahan M G 6½
27 Ganesh R 6½
of Mumbai but recovered well to win a strong
28 Nishvin J 6½
field with 8.5/11. 29 Manigandan S S 6
Sahaj won the last two rounds to overtake second 30 Uma Maheswaran p 6
seed Vidit Gujrathi of Nasik and Diptayan Ghosh 31 Harihara Sudan M 6
of Kolkata. The second spot was shared by six 32 Nayak Biswajit 6
33 Balkishan A 6
players on eight points and one can guage the
34 Jaswant G 6
intensity of thecontest.Sahaj does not lose Elo
35 Vibhor Sharma 6
like fellow Delhi GM Vaibhav Suri did while playing 36 Rishi Thariani 6
and winning the National U-17 title earlier this year. 37 Prabhat Koutha 6
Sahaj gains 1.8 Elo in fact. The positive policy of 38 Raju S 6
the AICF has brought these big stars to compete 39 Lakshmi K Bhushan D 6
in the Nationals since this is the route to selection 40 Vasantha Ruba Varman 5½
to the World and Asian Junior. Asian Junior 41 Yohan J 5½
champion N. Srinath only managed to finish 42 Rathore Mahendra Singh 5½
second in this edition. International Arbiter R.S. 43 Gajwa Ankit 5½
44 Navalgund Niranjan 5½
Tiwari of Delhi was the Chief Arbiter. The event
45 Osama Salim 5½
ran at the Indoor Stadium near Patel Maidan,
46 Arjun Satheesh 5½
Ajmer and was organised by the Ajmer District 47 Gandhi Anish 5½
Chess Association on behalf of AICF. 48 Nishant Kumar 5½

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49 Aryan 5½ 7 Michelle Catherina P 7
50 Arjun K 5½ 8 Bala Kannamma P 7
51 Saurabh Anand 5½ 9 Sunyasakta Satpathy 7
52 Ganesh P 5½ 10 Ashwini U 7
53 Anuj Gandhi 5½ 11 Akshaya Nandakumar 7
54 Sanjeet Manohar 5½ 12 WCM Savant Riya 7
55 Saurabh Mandal 5 13 Shristi J Shetty 7
56 Sheikh Shaban 5 14 Varshini V 6½
57 Prasannaa S 5 15 Rathore Sonakshi 6½
58 Vaisnav M 5 16 Madhurima Shekhar 6
59 Athish K 5 17 Roy Pallabi 6
60 Visveshwar A 5 18 Anjana Krishna S 6
61 Goenka Saumya Sanjay 5 19 Shweta Gole 6
62 Gaurav Kumar 5 20 Ananya S 6
63 Hari Pragadish S B 5 21 Munot Surbhi 6
64 Rupesh Ranjan 5 22 Manisha Masi 6
65 Satyam Kumar 5 23 Sushmitha G 6
66 Kaushik Shubham 5 24 Pratyusha Bodda 5½
67 Jatin S N 5 25 Aparajita Gochhikar 5½
68 Sammed Jaykumar shete 4½ 26 Hema Priya N 5½
69 Rajdip Das 4½ 27 Aarudhra Ganesh 5½
70 Shubham Shukla 4½ 28 Nirupama P 5½
71 Anudeep V 4½ 29 Vantika Agrawal 5½
72 Abhishek Tiwari 4½ 30 Visalatchi R 5½
73 Pritom Nath 4½ 31 Supriya Joshi 5½
74 Mehta Jwalin 4 32 Kavitha P L 5½
75 Visakh Nr 4 33 Lotlikar Priya 5½
76 Ayush Garg 4 34 Hinduja Reddy 5½
77 Dwivedi Umang 4 35 Monika Sahu 5½
78 Nilesh Jindal 4 36 Manasa H R 5
79 Harjap Singh 4 37 Kratica Shekhwat 5
80 Jhujhar Singh 4 38 Tasneem S K 5
81 Shobit Kapoor 4 39 Shubhani Kapoor 5
82 Mithu Pandey 4 40 Akankhya Dash 5
83 Md Mueenudheen N 3½ 41 Jagtap Vrushali 5
84 Gupta Arpit 3½ 42 Inderpreet Kaur 5
85 Muhammed Shibily N 3½ 43 Shah Rutvi 4½
86 Vibhav Pamecha 3½ 44 Sukanya Chari 4½
87 Nirmalya Chakraborty 3 45 Garima Gaurav 4½
88 Srivastava Pranjal 3 46 Ravneet Kaur 4½
89 Prudvi Raj P 3 47 Rhytham Bhatia 4
90 Aditya Raj Singh Yadav 2½ 48 Thahreem Fathima 4
49 Kapdekar Rutuja 4
Final standings: National Junior Girls 50 Tamanna Panwar 4
1 WFM Pujari Rucha 9 51 Malika Handa 4
2 WFM Saranya J 8½ 52 Anita 4
3 WFM Monnisha Gk 8½ 53 Dash Anannya 3½
4 WGM Padmini Rout 7½ 54 Harshita Sharma 1½
5 Nandhidhaa Pv 7½ 55 Divyanshi Mathur 1½
6 WFM Bharathi R 7½ 56 Joshi Nimita 0

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3rd UKCA Cup All India Open FIDE Rated chess tournament - 2012

Ratnakaran clinches title

Vasanth BH, Chief Arbiter
3rd UKCA Cup All India Open FIDE Rated Chess Mr R Menon, Regional Manager, Indian Oil
Tournament 2012 was inaugurated by Sri Corporation was the Chief guest of Prize
Raghavendra Shastry, Managing Trustee of Sri distribution ceremony. Mr G R Venkatesh,
Sharavu Maha Ganapathi Temple, Mangalore, Regional General Manager, The Hindu, English
conducted by United Karnataka Chess Association daily. Mr T A Nagendra, Vice President SKDCA,
under the auspices of All India Chess Association. Mr G R Shetty, Mr M R Vasudev, Director,
Mangalore International Airport, Mr M S Gururaj,
The 9 round tournament started on 2nd Oct
President UKCA, Mr Durgesh K, Treasurer, UKCA
2012 and concluded on 6th Oct 2012. A total of
were the other dignitaries on the dais and gave
150 players from different parts of the country
away the prizes.
and from neighboring country participated out of
which 109 were FIDE Rated Players including 6 (L -R) Durgesh K, Ratnakaran, G R Venkatesh,
International Masters. Madhav M S, Joint M RVasudev, Menon R, T A Nagendra, G R
secretary UKCA, Mr G R Venkatesh, Regional shetty, M S Gururaj IA Vasanth BH was the Chief
General Manager, The Hindu, English daily. Mr T Arbiter, FA Promodraj Moree, Sumith Bhat,
A Nagendra, Vice President SKDCA, Mr M R Kaushik R and Murali K were the team of Arbiter.
Vasudev, Director, Mangalore International Airport, Final standings :
Mangalore, Sri Raghavendra Shastry, Managing Rk. Name Pt.
Trustee of Sri Sharavu Maha Ganapathi Temple, 1 IM Rathnakaran K. 7.5
Mangalore, M S Guraraj, President UKCA.Chess 2 IM Nitin S. 7
3 Kunal M. 7
Player and Superintendent of Police from
4 IM Himanshu Sharma 7
Nagaland cadre Mr Rajashekara N IPS was
5 IM Thejkumar M. S. 7
honored for his excellent commitment, 6 IM Sharma Dinesh K. 7
involvement and success in his both chess and 7 IM Shyam Nikil P. 7
his profession on the inaugural day. 8 Ritviz Parab 7
9 Kulkarni Chinmay 6.5
IM Shyam Nikil was top seed with 2468 ELO Rating
10 Augustin A 6.5
followed by IM Thejkumar , IM Rathnakaran, 11 Lokesh N. 6.5
IM Himanshu Sharma, IM Nitin S and IM Dinesh 12 Praveen Prasad P. 6.5
Kumar Sharma.Grand master Norm Holder IM 13 Surendran N. 6.5
Ratnakaran of Southern Railway leaped better in 14 Sekar B 6.5
the last few rounds to win this tournament. Seven 15 Anilkumar O.T. 6.5
Players Nitin, Kunal, Himanshu Sharma, Thej 16 Deshpande Aniruddha 6
kumar, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Shyam Nikil, Ritviz 17 Rohan Ahuja 6
Parab scored 7 points each and placed accordingly 18 Lakshmi Krishna Bhushan 6
19 Arjun Satheesh 6
with tie break scores.To mention a few meritorious
20 Madhusoodanan K.R. 6
players, Augustin from Karnataka, Rohan Ahuja 21 Gopalkrishna.P 6
from Goa defeated the IMs. The tournament 22 Kulkarni Vinayak 6
hall was spacious. The organizer provided free 23 Raghunandan K S 6
Lunch and coffee/Tea for all the players and 24 Sandhya G 6
parents in all the five days. 25 Rajesh Vn 6

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26 Aditya Pai K 6 76 Eulalia A J Pereira 4.5
27 Rajeev V.M. 6 77 Lyjesh M 4.5
28 Abhishek A 5.5 78 Venkatesh Upadyaya Tv 4.5
29 Muralidharan R. 5.5 79 Sachin Nayak K 4.5
30 Gavi Siddayya 5.5 80 Adesh Joshi 4.5
31 Audi Ameya 5.5 81 Rajeev S 4.5
32 Raja Harshit 5.5 82 Shreyash B S 4.5
33 Chakravarthi Reddy M 5.5 83 Mandnikar Atreya 4.5
34 Sachin Pradeep 5.5 84 Priya Ranjan Das 4.5
35 Ajeesh Antony 5.5 85 Tulsi M 4
36 Anirudh V.Bhat 5.5 86 Gajanan Jayde 4
37 Sushrutha Reddy 5.5 87 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 4
38 Jyothilal N. 5.5 88 Thamizharasan J 4
39 Santoshkashyap Hg 5.5 89 Mohanan A 4
40 Varma Shabdhik 5.5 90 Prerna Jain 4
41 Abhijit Manohar 5.5 91 Sharma Jyoti Prakash 4
42 Chopon Babu .R.K 5.5 92 Singh Vimlesh Kumar 4
43 Anantharam R U 5.5 93 Isha Sharma 4
44 Nandhini Saripalli 5.5 94 Akshay Aithal 4
45 Advaith Rajendran I V 5.5 95 Akash K Shetty 4
46 Sharan Rao 5 96 Karunanayake Mayuri 4
47 Rahul Srivatshav P 5 97 Manoj B Kulkarni 4
48 Priya Vss 5 98 Prasad Govind 4
49 Ravikant Sharma 5 99 Arun Harishankar Tripathi 4
50 Durgesh K 5 100 Audi Saiesh 4
51 Marthandan K U 5 101 Shreevatsa Acharya 4
52 Anant Prabhudesai 5 102 Shuvrangshu Jana 4
53 Nelson Clement 5 103 Sakordekar Nandan Sagar 4
54 Sanjeev Pitale 5 104 Kaviyarasu V N 4
55 Yashaskara Jois K R 5 105 Swathi K Bhat 4
56 Krishna V Shinde 5 106 Sishir B 4
57 Avdhoot Lendhe 5 107 Panchami Shenoy K 3.5
58 Tarun V Kanth 5 108 Ravi Nagdev 3.5
59 Ravindra Teja Muttineni 5 109 Goankar Shambhavi 3.5
60 Muhammed Reja C 5 110 Niranjan Rajeev 3.5
61 Thakur Ameya 5 111 Sheshathri 3.5
62 Krishna Chaitanya G S 5 112 Gaonkar Vaishnavi 3.5
63 Ashwin R 5 113 Dilip Kumar Kaushik 3.5
64 Rajashekara N 5 114 Vijay Sivakumar 3.5
65 Prathipa L 5 115 Alaina J J Pereira 3.5
66 Meesala Vamsi Krishna 5 116 Siri Sharma 3.5
67 Ram Vishwanathan 5 117 Kumbhar Tejas R 3.5
68 Vivekraj 4.5 118 Sai Lokesh 3.5
69 Unni C. S. 4.5 119 Suhas P Nidoni 3.5
70 Matta Besh Vignesh Reddy 4.5 120 Gururaj Shetty 3
71 Senbabu M B 4.5 121 Amoga Vigram P 3
72 Thyagaraj M T 4.5 122 Ithal H L Rajath 3
73 Bhagya Jayesh 4.5 123 Shashank S Mayya 3
74 Mammen K 4.5 124 Kambli Datta 3
75 Mahalingappa N C 4.5 125 Krishna M K Ramanatha 3

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3rd Modern School International Rating Chess,Chennai….
Yogit wins Modern School Rated Open
by IA V.Ravichandran
The 5thModern School International Fide Rating
Chess Championship for School students was held
at Modern Senior Secondary School from 06th to
11th August 2012 for a prize pool of Rs.1, 00,000/
-This Rating Chess Championship was organized
under the auspices of Tamilnadu State Chess
Association and All India Chess Federation The
venue of the tournament was Sankara Hall,
Modern Senior Secondary School, AG'S colony,
Nanganallur, Chennai.
Main sponsor for this event was Modern Senior
Secondary School, Chennai and they provided
free lodging and Boarding to all players, free
hospitality to officials, arbiters etc and also
sponsored the entire prize money of
Rs.1,00,000/-This event attracted 257
participants from Ireland, Bahrain, Abudhabi, UAE
and also from various States like Andhra, Kerala,
Karnataka, Pondichery, Maharastra also from all
over districts in Tamilnadu Participation of nearly
118 International rated players including top
players like Women Fide masters GK Monnisha,
C Lakshmi, International players like Akash P C
Iyer, B Kumaran,Vasantha Ruba Varman etc.,
made the event stronger and so colourful. This
was the 5th time the School students Tournament
being organized as a FIDE Rated event in
Tamilnadu and this event was conducted as 10
round Swiss format. Shri D T Sudharshan,
Regional Officer, CBSE, Southern Region
inaugurated the championship in the presence
of International Master R Balasubramanian and
Smt S Pattabiraman, Secretary,Modern School
on 6th August at 02:00pm.
In the sixth round B Kumaran outmaneuvered Sai
Viswesh in a miniature game and S Yoit defeated K
Anshuman of Modern School. Both Kumaran and
S Yogit were jointly leading the table with 6points
each.Vasantha ruba varman and Ajay Krishan drew
the game.At the end of the Seventh round 4 players
B Kumaran,S Yogit, Ajay Krishnan and Vaisnav of
Infant Jesus School were leading with 6.5points
each. Overnight leaders B Kumaran and S Yogit
agreed for draw in an interesting battle.In the eighth
round Kumaran tactically outplayed Ajay Krishna
and S Yogit won impressively against Vaisnav. Both
Kumaran and Yogit were on top spot with 7.5points
In the ninth and penultimate round S Yogit made
an upset victory over topseeded Akash Iyer and
jumped in to sole lead with 8.5points.Kumaran was
held to a draw by Vasantha Ruba varaman and
followed the leader with 8points.In the final round
giant killer Yogit made a peace treaty with Sai
viswesh and clinched the coveted title with 9points.
Kumaran finished runner up with 8.5points.
Saiviswesh,Vasantha Ruba varman,Vaisnav and K
Anshuman were scored 8points each and finished
third to sixth respectively.
On the Prize giving ceremony Dr Mohana,
Principal, Modern Senior Secondary School
welcomed the gathering, Shri DV Sundar, Vice
President, FIDE was the Chief Guest and
distributed the prizes and Grand Master M R
Venkatesh was the Guest of Honour.
Solution to ‘Puzzle of the Month’ on p 2
The last move of white must have been cxd8N=R! The piece
captured at d8 could not have been a BQ or BR as it would be
checking the WK. It could not have been a BB either as it was
captured on its original square f8.So it was a BNd8 which was
captured. But then BNa1 must have been a promoted one and
only BPh7 could have promoted via g2.There are six white pieces
missing excluding the promoted WR standing at d8. BPb7(now
at a6) ,BPf7(now at c4) and BPh7(now as BNa1) account for
five captures of white pieces ALL ON white squares! So the WB
on dark square is the only one yet to be captured. The piece on
h4 cannot be a BR or BQ which would be checking the WK. It
cannot be a BB which could not have come out of f8 and the BN
was captured on d8. To use Holmes famous repartee:"
Elementary my dear Watson, it is the WHITE BISHOP on dark
square which stands at h4!"
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1st Keshabananda Das Memorial fide Rating Chess Championship 2012…
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi wins title
1st Keshabananda Das Memorial All India Open
FIDE Championship-2012, which started on 18th
Aug. and concluded on 23rd Aug. 2012, at
Bhubaneswar, was the most successfully
organized FIDE rating chess tournament in Odisha
so far. The above tournament was conducted
by the Khordha District Chess Association under
the aegis of All Orissa Chess Association and
guidance of All India Chess Federation. The event
was held in a three star Hotel, Hotel Empires with
a fully centralised A.C. Venue. Like many
International events, accommodation for
participants was arranged in the same hotel, at
the venue. General support from Nabaratna
Company (NALCO) & Miniratna Company (MCL)
in providing accommodation to star players made
the event very smooth & nice. All the participants
& guardians highly appreciated the event &
expressed their willingness to come again for the
second edition of the event. The tournament
got wide publicity in electronic and print media.
The tournament started on 18th Aug. 2012 which
happens to be the birth day of Late Sri
Keshabananda Das whose memory the
tournament had been named. Late Sri
Keshabananda was a multifaceted genius. He
was a skilled painter and portrait maker. He
showed interest in music, playing flute and was
a scholar par excellence. He died on dt. 17th
May 2000. He had lot of interest in sports and
games and his contribution towards the growth
and spread of chess in Odisha is unparalled and
exemplary. He was the founder member of
Odisha State Chess Association. He made many
eminent chess players of Odisha in his own hands.
He was the first Odia to organize National - B in
1974 at Bhubaneswar and National - A in 1975
at Rourkela. He is the first writer on chess to
write a book in Odia about the nuances of the
board game for the benefits of chess lovers in
Odisha in 1982. He had spent a fortune and
made untiring efforts to popularize chess in the
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state. He was vice president of Odisha State
Chess Association.
A total Prize fund of Rs. 2,50,000/- (Two Lakh fifty
thousand only) awarded to winners. Top 20 Players
got a prize fund of Rs. 1,90,000/- ( One lakh ninty
thousand only). The tournament had been graced
by Hon'ble Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs
Odisha Sj. Ramesh Majhi and Hon'ble High Court
Justice Sri Indrajit Mohanty in the inaugural function.
Organising Secretary Sri Subhasis Patnaik aplauded
the personality-traits of Late Shri Keshabnanda Das
in the opening function. Chief Guest Hon'ble Shri
L.I. Parija, IAS (Former Chief Secretary, Odisha)
had graced the valedictory ceremony. Sri Sekhar
Chandra Sahu, Vice President, All India Chess
Federation, Sj. Abhishek Gupta, Chairman, Round
Table India BRT 53 and two sons of Sri
Keshabananda Das, Sj. Suryakanta Das and Sj.
Subhakanta Das grace the valedictory and prize
distribution ceremony along with Chief Guest Sri
L.I. Parija. Sri Subhasis Patnaik gave vote of thanks
and expressed his thanks to MARG Group Limited
who was the main sponsor of the event. Shakti
Sugars Limited, T S Alloys Limited., Gupta Power
Infrastructures Limited and Round Table India BRT
53 were the associate sponsors.
The Total no. of participants from 10 states and 4
Govt. Organisations was 191. The list is given as
under : Orissa1 31;Chandigarh 1;West Bengal
17;Madhya Pradesh 1; Andhra Pradesh16; Andhra
Bank 2; Tamil Nadu 5;Railways 4; Maharastra 4;LIC
4; Gurarat 3; PSBB 1;Delhi 2; Jharakhand 2 Out of
the lot there were 17 titled players like GM, IM,
WGM, FM WFM & WCM. With 1 Grandmaster, 9
International Masters, 1 Woman Grandmaster, 5
FIDE Masters, 1 Woman FIDE Master, 1 Candidate
Master and 119 FIDE rated players from all the
nook & corner of India taking part. The top seed
player for this tournament IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
became champion and got Rs. 50,000 and an
attractive Trophy.
Final standings : 47 Samar Chatterjee 6
Rk. Name Pt. 48 Sethi Gyana Ranjan 6
1 IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 8 49 Dalai Khitindra Prateem 6
2 Purushothaman T 8 50 Avadhanulu A.S.M.S.S. 6
3 IM Praveen Kumar C. 8 51 Behera Dillip 6
4 IM Lahiri Atanu 7½ 52 Pradhan Bhimasen 6
5 Gusain Himal 7½ 53 Ojha Pravat Kumar 6
6 Praveen Prasad P. 7½ 54 Rudraksh Parida 6
7 IM Suvrajit Saha 7½ 55 Das Susobhit 6
8 IM Thejkumar M. S. 7½ 56 Akankhya Kabi 6
9 IM Swayams Mishra 7½ 57 Mishra Srinibas 6
10 FM Das Sayantan 7½ 58 Shaon Chowdhury 6
11 FM Ramakrishna J. 7½ 59 Sahoo Devendra Kumar 6
12 Krishna C.R.G. 7½ 60 Dibakar Patnaik 6
13 GM Sriram Jha 7 61 Kar Satyabrata 6
14 Chattarjee Laltu 7 62 Mishra Abhishek 6
15 Bhattacharya N Shekhar 7 63 Deepthamsh Reddy. M 5½
16 Ravi Teja S. 7 64 Sugyan Prakash Maharaj 5½
17 IM Deshmukh Anup 7 65 Pranab Kumar Patra 5½
18 Sidhant Mohapatra 7 66 Bhaskar Sri Viswaroopanand 5½
19 IM Karthikeyan P. 7 67 Sri Bijaya Kumar Dash 5½
20 WGM Swathi Ghate 7 68 Siva Mahadevan 5½
21 Santu Mondal 7 69 Senapaty Pramod Kumar 5½
22 Mallick Anjan 7 70 Swain Ashirwad 5½
23 Pranavananda V 7 71 Samanta Singh Priyabrata 5½
24 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan 6½ 72 Sarma K.K. 5½
25 Vignesh Nr 6½ 73 Subhasis Barik 5½
26 Visakh Nr 6½ 74 Lalitmohan Digal 5½
27 Pranav Vijay 6½ 75 Chattopadhyay D 5½
28 Nath Rupankar 6½ 76 Mishra Anwesha 5½
29 Roy Prantik 6½ 77 Akhilesh Patnaik 5½
30 Pradip Ghosh 6½ 78 Payal Mohanty 5½
31 Majumdar Shankar 6½ 79 Sudarshan Gopal 5½
32 Chakrabarti Tamal 6½ 80 Sahoo Swastik Sourav 5½
33 FM Mishra Soumyaranjan 6½ 81 Prasannakumar Nayak 5½
34 Lakshmi Krishna Bhushan D 6½ 82 Kuanr Asit Kumar 5½
35 Malla Nooka Raju 6½ 83 Nishi Mahalaxmi Iyer 5½
36 Matta Vinay Kumar 6½ 84 Samal Ansuman 5
37 Rabindra Kumar Ojha 6½ 85 Amitansu Priyadarsan 5
38 FM Rakesh Kumar Jena 6½ 86 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 5
39 Subhransu Mohan Satpathy 6½ 87 Sahoo Dasharathi 5
40 FM Sankalp Baliarsingh 6½ 88 Amlan Swain 5
41 Hariketan G. Chitale 6½ 89 Nabanita Pattanayak 5
42 Mohanty Pabitra M 6 90 WFM Bidhar Rutumbara 5
43 Anurag Jaiswal 6 91 Gopal Ch Mahapatra 5
44 Sahu Rajendra Kumar 6 92 Ayush Bhai Mehta 5
45 Binayak Rath 6 93 Nagabhushanam D 5
46 Chakravarthi Reddy M 6 94 Joy Anmol Rath 5

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95 Mishra Basneya 5 144 Mohapatra Shibanee 4
96 WCM Salonika Saina 5 145 Dash Sonam Swaroop 4
97 Patra Biranchi Narayan 5 146 Dash Abyaya Kumar 4
98 Sahu Ajay Kumar 5 147 Biswal Sumit 4
99 Mahitosh Dey 5 148 Pati Bhagabat Prasad 4
100 Karthik Reddy P 5 149 Panda Abhinandan 4
101 Panda Bharat 5 150 Nayak Swayamsidh 4
102 Sanika Sengupta 5 151 Chatterji Anantyoya 4
103 Anil Bhoi 5 152 Barun Pal 3½
104 Ganeriwal Sandeep Kumar 5 153 Nanda Shakti Prasad 3½
105 Sahoo Sarbeswar 5 154 Mishra Rupal 3½
106 Mohit Kamal Rath 5 155 Mishra Abinash 3½
107 Ravi Kumar K.V.K 5 156 Patra Diptesh Kumar 3½
108 Potluri Saye Srreezza 4½ 157 Paikaray Ashutosh 3½
109 Sweta Senapaty 4½ 158 Mishra Soumya Ranjan 3½
110 Khanda Soumya Sagnik 4½ 159 Mohanty Kaustuv 3½
111 Martha Pravat Kumar 4½ 160 Samdani Sahil Sagar 3½
112 Pradhan Mohan Das 4½ 161 Mahi Amit Doshi 3½
113 Choudhury Ashutosh 4½ 162 Brahmbhatt Pradipbhai D. 3½
114 Satpathy Ashok Kumar 4½ 163 Mallick Prasanjeet 3½
115 Adyasa Mahapatra 4½ 164 Sanjay Kumar Mittal 3
116 Sahu Tanuja 4½ 165 Bose Animesh 3
117 Ahmed S.Mumtaz 4½ 166 Das Bighnesh 3
118 Pradhan Dibakar 4½ 167 Sahoo Ankita 3
119 Soumein Rajdev 4½ 168 Swayasi Sthitaprajna 3
120 Kumar Arvind 4½ 169 Sahoo Vibek 3
121 Shuban Saha 4½ 170 Parida Neel Kanth 3
122 Mohanty Aditi 4½ 171 Nayak Adishree Anjum 3
123 Himank Bansal 4½ 172 Paul Tomoghno 3
124 Bag G 4½ 173 Sairupa P 3
125 Hota Sampanna 4½ 174 Barad Anwesha 3
126 Sahoo Sangram Keshari 4½ 175 Senapati Sarmistha 3
127 Rajanala Aradhya 4½ 176 Sandeep Mishra 3
128 Sahoo Sidhartha Shankar 4½ 177 Pothal Ashutosh 3
129 Sahu Tuna 4½ 178 Panda Miracle 3
130 Harpal Himansu Sekhar 4 179 Moharana Rabindra Kumar 2½
131 Nayak Satya Sundar 4 180 Patra Ayush 2½
132 Prasanna Arpita Ch. 4 181 Mishra Bishnu Mohan 2½
133 Panda Chandra Sekhar 4 182 Senapati Aadarsh 2½
134 Mohapatra Sarat 4 183 Smaran Pattnaik 2
135 Spandan P Seth 4 184 Padhy Deepanshu 2
136 Padhi Jyoti Ranjan 4 185 Rout Abinash 2
137 Pattnayak Nilsu 4 186 Mishra Anisha 1½
138 Alka Mahapatra 4 187 Dash Anmol 1½
139 Naik Anant Prava 4 188 Rout Kandarpa 1
140 Jena Sanjkeet 4 189 Mantri Piyush Ranjan 1
141 Sushree Sunayana Mishra 4 190 Bhoi Gunanidhi 0
142 Sahoo Soumya Prakash 4 191 IM Singh D.P. 0
143 Padhi Abhijit 4 192 Senapati Sukanta 0

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25th Silver jubilee celebration SPIC FIDE Rated Open tournament , Tuticorin…..

Maheswaran Clinches SPIC FIDE Rated Title

By IA M.Ephrame,Chief Arbiter
Top seeded P. Maheswaran of Virudhunagar fund of the event was rupees one Lakh thirty
District ensured a thrilling end to the 25th Silver thousand, out of which, Rs. 25000 thousand was
jubilee celebration SPIC FIDE Rated Open Chess reserved for the winner.
tournament at Spic Nagar, Tuticorin by drawing
At a colourful opening ceremony, Shri. A. Prathaban
the last round game against S S Manigandan of
B.E., SE-TWAD Board, inaugurated the event by
Madurai in the tenth and final round at Community
making the customary first move., Mr. Sanjay
Hall spic Nagar here on Monday and handed over
Sharmar, Chief Operating officer Spic, Thoothukudi
the chance to J.Nishwin of Kanyakumari who is
also one of the leader in the penultimate round. presided the meeting in the presence of
This made Nishwin with pressure and lost the Mr. C. Chocklingam Head Site green Star Fertilizer.
last round match against Ganesh Babu of IM Manuel Aaron from Chennai adds:
Madurai. The last round draw enabled "This was a fiercely fought tournament when
Maheswaran to take his tally to eight points lifting P.Balakannamma of Chennai surprisingly led with
the Winner's trophy and pocketing a cash prize 7/8 and raised hopes of becoming the second ever
of twenty five thousand rupees. Maheswaran, female to win this event after Sai Meera achieved
Manigandan, Ganesh Babu, O T Anikumar of it in 2000.After losing the 9th and penultimate round,
Kerala and the young Inian of Erode with 8 points Balakannamma probably counted on an easy
tied for the first place but the better tie break victory against a 10-year old in the final round, but
score helped Maheswaran to win the title. S S was shocked by the sacrificial tactics of P.Iniyan.After
Manigandan became the runner-up of this event. surviving the shock she tried to win at all cost and
Sri R. Amirtha Rathna Kumar, SE (TNEB), gave lost.Her Opponent Iniyan,a real talent, tied for the
away the prizes to the prize winners in a peaceful first.Balakannamma finished only 12th.There was
closing ceremony. The Treasurer Thoothukudi a big 5-way tie for first with 8 points each in this
District Chess Association Mr. Jeyaseelan Rathinam 211- player tournament." In Non Medallist Section
welcomed the gathering and Mr. Narasimhan J.J. Bhuvanesh of Kanyakumari and
Secretary Thoothukudi District Chess Association S. Gnanapragasam of Krishnagiri shared the lead
proposed the Vote of thanks. Nine times national with 8 points each at the end of penultimate round.
champion, International Master Manuel Aaron Gnanapragasam beat Bhuvanesh in final round and
attracted the audience by giving a wonderful became the Non - Medallist Champion. Bharath
speech about Leonard Barden and many Koushik of Kanchi district finished runner up.
information about chess history.
Final standings :
Earlier, the 25th edition, the silver jubilee Spic FIDE Rk. Name Pt.
Rated Chess Tournament got underway at 1 Maheswaran P FM 8
Community Hall, Spic Nagar, Thoothukudi from 2 Manigandan S S 8
25th September 2012. The event attracted 133 3 Anilkumar O.T. 8
Fide rated Chess players in action in a field of 4 Ganesh Babu S. 8
211 players from 4 states and one Union territory 5 Iniyan P 8
Pondicherry. Fide Master Maheswaran of 6 Nishvin.J 7½
Virudhunagar District is the top seeded in this ten 7 Kunal M. 7½
round swiss system tournament. The total prize 8 Gautham V 7½

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9 Muthukumar C P 7½ 53 Priyanka K 6
10 Paramasivam M. 7½ 54 Nambirajan T 6
11 Shyam Sundar T. 7½ 55 S.A. Surya Kumar 6
12 Bala Kannamma.P 7 56 Preethy P. 6
13 Eashwar.M 7 57 Koushik Muthesh P 6
14 R Shanmugasundaram 7 58 Anantha Kumar M. 6
15 Siva Mahadevan 7 59 Balasankar M 6
16 Hari Pragadish S.B. 7 60 Vinoth M 6
17 Noohu M.J. 7 61 Hariharan M 6
18 Clifford Flair 7 62 Umashankar A 6
19 Narendiran P 7 63 Narendran V 6
20 Mythireyan P 7 64 Jai Aditya D 6
21 Vaibhav A 7 65 Siva R 6
22 Gowri Shankar A 7 66 Bharath Srinivas G 6
23 Hirthickkesh Pr 6½ 67 Rathish T.J. 6
24 Vignesh B 6½ 68 Jawahar K S 6
25 Akash R 6½ 69 Swaminathan.M 6
26 Sathyanarayanan S. 6½ 70 Krishna Chaitanya G S 6
27 Dinesh A 6½ 71 Vaisnav A 5½
28 Madhan Babu M 6½ 72 Arvind N 5½
29 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 6½ 73 Aarthi V 5½
30 Barath Kalyan M 6½ 74 Sundar Pranesh J S 5½
31 Vishwa Anand V 6½ 75 Varshcine K 5½
32 Sathya Giri V 6½ 76 Prasant N Nayagam 5½
33 Sankaranarayanan G 6½ 77 Raghul Kumar J 5½
34 Senthil Maran K 6½ 78 Selvaraj Yesudasan V 5½
35 Vaisalie K 6½ 79 Kathir Balaji K 5½
36 Abishek I 6½ 80 Rishi Hariharan.S.N 5½
37 Gomathi Nayagam S 6½ 81 Venkat Subramanian Rm 5½
38 Sa Kannan 6 82 Keerthivasan K 5½
39 Sasikumar N 6 83 Divya Charaneeshwar R 5½
40 Sri Sakthivel Murugan C 6 84 Ajay Kumaar.S 5½
41 Arul Senthil B 6 85 Nithese Krrishna V M 5½
42 Mani Bharathy 6 86 Md Gulam Raseen 5½
43 Prathish A 6 87 Anandharaj K 5½
44 Abirama Srinithi G 6 88 Kalidass C. 5
45 Vignesh V 6 89 Vishnu R V 5
46 Vinothkumar T 6 90 Sanjay Snehal M S 5
47 Shankarasubbu B 6 91 Rahul Ganesh 5
48 Priyadharshni 6 92 Subramanian K 5
49 Raman R. 6 93 Ragul R 5
50 Srinivasan V.G. 6 94 Sivaneswaran Chelliah 5
51 Raghu Raja Arora 6 95 Sivasankar R 5
52 Annie Gladys A 6 96 Thiripurasundaram N 5

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97 Siddharth P Jayan 5 140 Rajaraman S 4½
98 Premkumar C 5 141 Dinesh Maran T 4½
99 Krithigga K 5 142 Sivaram A 4½
100 Jacob Ragland A 5 143 Madhan S 4½
101 Jeyakumar P 5 144 Vijay P 4
102 Meikkum Pugal A 5 145 Gayathri M 4
103 Pawan Raghunathan 5 146 Abilaash V 4
104 Dhanush S 5
147 Harish Kumaaran S 4
105 Vishal R 5
148 Thamizharasan J 4
106 Shakthi Vishal J 5
149 Sankar R 4
107 Aishwarya B 5
150 Saktheesh V 4
108 Rohith S 5
151 Charan N 4
109 Sakthiram A 5
152 Sathyaseelan C 4
110 Santhi M 5
111 Murukaananth A 5 153 Yogeshwaran G 4
112 Arivarasan M 5 154 Vairavan A N 4
113 Vasantha Kumar M 5 155 Keerthana Maran T 4
114 Kannan T 5 156 Shanmugam C 4
115 Deepak Kumar R 5 157 Siva B 4
116 Sai Ganesh R 5 158 Keshore G 4
117 Isha Godwin 5 159 Vasanth B 4
118 Sulthana A P M 5 160 Sujith Kumar A 4
119 Manickammal D 4½ 161 Kirubeswaran O R 4
120 Gurubalan S 4½ 162 Sivaprakash ` N 4
121 Karthik T 4½ 163 Jai Priya K 4
122 Krishan 4½ 164 Sruti L 4
123 Edwin Dorairaj J 4½ 165 Saravanan Durga 4
124 Harshavardhan S 4½ 166 Giridharan P 4
125 Naren Akash R J 4½
167 Sangeetha R 4
126 Sabapathi PS 4½
168 Frank Richards 4
127 Varun M 4½
169 Ramachandran S M 4
128 Lakshman K R 4½
170 Gnanasekar .G 3½
129 Muthu Hareeswaran S 4½
171 Arjun Thangaraj R 3½
130 Rajaganesh S K 4½
131 Jasper Jothi P 4½ 172 Ramesh Krishnan Ar 3½
132 Akkilesh P 4½ 173 Nandha Kumaran M 3½
133 Sudhir R 4½ 174 Aswin Kandasamy A R 3½
134 Dheekshith Kumar R 4½ 175 Virgil Jebas J 3½
135 Ashwin Kumar M 4½ 176 Gokul S 3½
136 Dinesh Kumar A 4½ 177 Harish Sharma 3½
137 Adithya S 4½ 178 Rowshith D 3½
138 Mithun Anand V 4½ 179 Rajesh K 3½
139 Sukesh Ragav H 4½ 180 Thesai Jebas J 3½

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Selected games from
National Junior, Ajmer

Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron

Rucha,Pujari (2210)
V,Varshini (1909)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7

5.0–0 0–0 6.b3 b6 7.c4 Bb7 8.Bb2
Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.e3 Rc8 11.Rc1 Ne4
12.cxd5 [Often seen here is: 12.Nxe4
dxe4 13.Nd2 f5 14.Qe2=] 12...exd5
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 cxd4
16.Bxd4 exf3 17.Bxf3 Ba6 18.Bd5+
Kh8 19.Nc4 Nc5 20.Qf3 White’s position
is slightly better as her pieces dominate the
central squares. 20...Qe8 21.Rfd1 Bxc4
[Unfortunately black cannot challenge the
strong white bishop on d4: 21...Bf6??
22.Nd6!] 22.Rxc4 Qg6 23.Rf1 Rcd8
Threatening 30...Qf1# 30.Rc4! [A very
clever retort for the mating threat. If
30.Rc1 Qxb4 31.Rf1 and white has only a
slight advantage.] 30...Bxb4 [If 30...Qxc4?
31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qxc4 and white is
winning.; However, 30...Qd7 would not
have led to a quick catastrophe.] 31.Qd3!
Threatening 32 Bxg7+ Kxg7 33 Rc7+
winning the Queen through a discovered
attack. 31...Be7

# 24.b4 Everything has been made ready

for this pawn thrust. 24...Ne4 25.Rc6
Qg5 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Qxe4 Now white
has an extra pawn and a clear advantage.
27...Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Qb5+ 29.Kg1 Rf8
R u s s i a n s h av e h e l d t h e c h e s s Wo r l d
Championship in all but three of the past thirty-
four years. Bobby is the man who will break
that chain. Definitely. Maybe not in 1963,
maybe not even in 1966, but eventually,
for sure. -- Frank Brady
# 32.Bxg7+! Kg8 [32...Kxg7 33.Rg4+
Qg5 34.Qd4+ Kh6 35.Rxg5] 33.Bxf8
Bxf8 34.Rg4+ 1–0
Riya Savant (1868)
J Saranya (2140)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0–0
5.0–0 d6 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.Nxd4
d5 9.Na3 e5 10.Nf3 e4 11.Nd4 e3 12.f3

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The idea behind this is to deny the black
pieces access to the squares e4 and g4
and eventually win the pawn on e3.
12...Re8 [12...a6 13.c4 Re8 14.Qc1 h5 and
Black won a tactical game in Panno 2510 -
Milos 2530, 1990] 13.c4 b6 14.cxd5
Nxd5 15.Nc4 Bb7 16.Nb5?! [Now that the
black pieces could not get to g4 or e4, white
should consider 16.f4 pinning the Nd5
against the Bb7.] 16...Bxb2 17.Nxb2 a6µ
White’s Nb2 is misplaced and she has no good
strategy against the thorn in her flesh, the
pawn on e3. 18.Na3 Nc6 19.Re1 [Though
black stands better, white should try 19.f4 ]
19...Qf6 20.Qxd5 Rad8! 21.Qc4 Qxb2
22.Qc1 Qf6 23.Nc4 b5! 24.Nb2 [If
24.Nxe3 white gets into a vicious pin after
24...Qd4 25.Kf2 Qb6 26.f4 Re7 black has
the winning threat of 27...Rde8] 24...Rc8
25.Bh3 Rcd8
[An imaginative counter attack would be
25...Nd4! 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.Qxe3 Nc2
28.Qd2 Qxb2 29.Rac1 Qxa2 30.e4 Qxb3
31.Re2 Qxf3 32.Rxc2 Rxc2 33.Qxc2 h5
when black has great compensation for
the loss of her exchange.] 26.Bg2 Rd2
27.Nd3 [Not 27.Nd1? Nd4 28.Nc3 Rc2
wins] 27...Nd4 28.Nf4 g5 29.Nh5 Qg6
30.g4 Rxe2
White’s foundation has been smashed.
31.Qc3 Qb6! Black’s position is excellent
and bristling with threats like Rxg2+
followed by Bxf3+ 32.Rad1 Bxf3
33.Rxd4 [If 33.Qxd4 Rxg2+ 34.Kf1
Qxd4 35.Rxd4 e2+ wins for black.]
33...Rxg2+ 34.Kf1 e2+ 35.Rxe2
Rgxe2 36.Qxf3 Qxd4 37.Nf6+ Kh8!
38.Nxe8 Qd1# 0–1
Michelle Catherina P (2079)
J Shristi Shetty (1901)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6
11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 Bg5 14.h4
Bh6 15.Bh3 Bxh3 16.Rxh3 Ne7 17.g4
[An interesting idea though it hands over
the f4 square to the black bishop. 17.Rh1
has been played in this position so far.]
17...Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Bf4 19.Rd1 0–0!
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20.Qd3 [If 20.Qxd6 Qc8 and black gets
back her lost pawn as both g4 and c4
pawns are under attack.] 20...Qc8
21.Qe2 Ra6 22.b3 h5! Taking advantage
of the unprotected rook on h3. 23.f3
[Better was 23.Rh1 Qxg4 24.Qxg4 hxg4
25.Rg1 f5 26.exf5 Rxf5 27.Rxg4=]
23...Qe6 24.Kf2 [When there is no clear
way to make progress, one must post
ones pieces in good positions and wait to
exploit any opportunity that might arise.
Better therefore was: 24.Rd5 ] 24...Rb8
36.Rd5! f6 Black is compelled to make
moves opening up her own position. The
threat was 37 Rxe5. 37.Qh5+ Qf7
38.Rg8+ Ke7 39.Rd7+! Kxd7
40.Qxf7+ Kc6 41.Qxf6+ Kb5
42.Rxb8+ Rxb8 43.Qxe5 1–0

Sahaj Grover (2514)

Aditya Udeshi (2357)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6

5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3
e5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Be2
Kd8!? [A brand new idea! Usual here is
Black is planning ....a5-a4. 25.Ne3! 11...Nf8 to be followed by g7-g5 and Ng6]
Apparently this gives away a pawn, but (See diagram)12.Nd2 g5 13.Bg3 e4
white has a clever, hidden idea. 25...Bxe3+ 14.0–0 Kc7 15.f4 A result of black’s
26.Qxe3 hxg4 27.Rg3! a4 [If 27...gxf3 curious strategy. White has to castle on
28.Rdg1 g6 29.h5 and white has got a good the king-side and needs to open up the
game on the same side. 15...exf3
attack going at the cost of a pawn.]
16.Rxf3 Nh5
28.Rxg4 axb3 29.axb3 Ra2+ 30.Kg3
Kf8 [White fears the ferocity of the
approaching storm on her castled position
and flees. Better was, 30...f6 31.Qd3 Rb6
32.h5 Kh7=] 31.Qg5 g6 32.h5 gxh5
33.Qxh5 Raa8 Black pulls back her
aggressively placed rook to support her
Rb8 against the skewer threat by the white
queen. [33...Qf6 put up a tougher
resistance.] 34.Qg5 Ke8 35.c5! This
thrust shatters black’s feeble defence.
35...dxc5
Continued on Page 27

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 A shot in the arm for Chess in Schools Program
by 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)
today 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.

Humpy wins Ankara FIDE Grand Prix

by Arvind Aaron
The final leg of 2011-2012 FIDE Grand Prix was
won by Koneru Humpy of Vijayawada at Ankara,
capital of Turkey on September 28. 2012. The
12-player all-play-all event had a prize fund of
Rs.28,00,000. The winner received about
Rs.4.20 lakhs. The title deciding final round was
as exciting as one anticipated. Humpy went for
attack and crushed Monika Socko in 40 moves.
Then, when Muzychuk drew Ruan Lufei, Humpy's
title became clear on 8.5/11.
Humpy lost to Muzychuk, drew Zhao Xue,
Cmilyte and Munguntuul and beat the rest.
Muzychuk on the contrary remained solid and undefeated for second place on eight
points. Zhao Xue of China was third with 7.5 points. Overtaking Muzychuk for the title
meant a lot for Humpy. In the overall, six leg Grand Prix, Humpy finished second behind
world champion Hou Yifan of China. Humpy overtook Muzychuk on points due to this title
and finished second. Muzychuk, the World Women's No.2 ranked from Slovenia was
third.
The six legs were held at Rostov, Shenzhen, Nalchik, Kazan, Jermuk and Ankara. Each
player took part in four of them with the best three counting for the Grand Prix points.
Hou Yifan won three events for maximum 480 points. Humpy won here at Ankara, tied for
first at Kazan (Russia) with Muzychuk and took third in Jermuk (Armenia).Humpy would
receive Euro 6,500 for winning this contest. She is sponsored and employed by ONGC.
This performance should help her gain some Elo and stop the minor slide in the women's
Elo rank. Humpy is down from the 2623 rating peak of 2009. Muzychuk and Hou Yifan
have moved ahead of her in the rating scale. Olympiad super star Nadezhda Kosintseva is
another future threat for Humpy. Victory in this edition should encourage her to win
more.
Final placings: 1 GM Koneru Humpy (Ind) 8.5/11; 2 GM Anna Mucychuk (Slo) 8; 3 GM
Zhao Xue (Chn) 7.5; 4-5. GM Viktoria Cmilyte (Ltu), WGM Ruan Lufei (Chn) 6.5 each; 6
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mgl) 6; 7 GM Tatiana Kosintseva (Rus) 5.5; 8 WGM Ju Wenjun
(Chn) 5; 9 GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bul) 4.5; 10 WGM Betul Yildiz (Tur) 3.5; 11 GM
Monika Socko (Pol) 2.5; 12 WGM Kubra Ozturk (Tur) 2.
 Carlsen Wins Bilbao Masters
Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the Bilbao Masters by defeating
Fabiano Caruana of Italy 2-0 in a tie-break playoff match at Bilbao,
Spain on October 13, 2012.In the final round, Caruana took a quick
draw against Vallejo with black while Carlsen drew Aronian with some
difficulty. Anand and Karjakin drew after 45 electrifying moves from a
Slav defence.
On the rating card, Caruana is gaining the most Elo. Carlsen is
gaining also but little. Aronian, Anand, Karjakin and Vallejo are at
the losing end of the Elo card.
The six player double all-play-all started at Sao Paulo in Brazil and concluded at Bilbao in
Spain. At category 22 (Elo 2781), it will be the strongest event for some time. Ten of the 30
games ended decisively.
Final placings (classical): 1-2. F Caruana, M Carlsen 6.5/10 each; 3 L Aronian 5; 4-5. V
Anand, S Karjakin 4.5 each; 6 Vallejo 3.
Tournament placings: 1-2. Carlsen, Caruana 17 each; 3 Aronian 11; 4 Karjakin 10; 5
Anand 9; 6 Vallejo 6.
After the first leg at Sao Paulo
World champion Viswanathan Anand and World No.1 ranked Magnus Carlsen of Norway
fought a fifth round draw in the Bilbao Masters at Sao Paulo on September 29.After the
end of the first all-play-all the category 22 (average Elo 2781) caravan moved to Bilbao in
Spain for the second half. It was a six player double all-play-all.
Leader Fabiano Caruana of Italy had a great escape when he lost a rook for minor piece
against Levon Aronian of Armenia and then went on to draw the game. All three games
ended in fighting draws with Anand and Carlsen down to lone king versus lone king. After
many years, Anand is competing in an event where his rating is below the average rating
of the event. For his five draws, he had done better than expected score. In the next
cycle, he will get three black and two white games at Bilbao.
Courtesy : fide.com
FIDE approves three more GMs for India
FIDE in its 83rd FIDE Congress at Istanbul approved Sahaj Grover and Vaibhav Suri of
Delhi and M.R. Venkatesh of Chennai as Grand Masters. Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa became a
Woman Grand Master.India has come a long way since Vishy Anand became our first
Grand Master. He made his norms in the World Junior (by winning it) in the Philippines
and at Coimbatore in 1987 and FIDE approved his title in March 1988.G.A. Stany of
Karnataka and Ankit Rajpara of Gujarat became our teenaged International Masters.
Purshottam Bhilare of Mumbai became an International Arbiter.
 Vishwanathan Anand : Chess Develops Analytical Skills
He is considered one of the greatest chess talents to ever
play the sport. The current undisputed world champion of
chess and bearer of the title of “Grandmaster” for 24
years, Viswanathan Anand has maintained his spot as the
sport's top-ranked player since 2007. A five-time winner
of the World Chess Championship, Anand made his first
trip to the United States in 17 years to instruct a group of
young chess players Aug. 13 at a seminar and tutorial
organized by Metropolitan Chess, Inc., which took place
Aug. 9-13 and which included more than 100 young chess players, including Sam
Sevian, the top-ranked chess player in the World U12 division. Leading a tutorial to teach
a handful of “youngsters” a few tricks of the game, Anand was quite impressed with the
talent he saw at the Metropolitan Chess camp event.
Anand, who was brought to the seminar by Metropolitan Chess, Inc., and its founder,
Indian American Ankit Gupta, noted how much chess has progressed since his “young
days” in the sport.“It was the first time I was working with such a strong talent base
outside India. I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with them,” Anand told India-West in an
exclusive interview.
“The level was pretty high, and I hope that in a few years we will see some of these
youngsters playing events internationally. It was nice to see the way chess is taught and
understood has changed greatly. In my young days, camps like this one held by Metropolitan
Chess, Inc., would have been very hard to conduct. The psychological aspects of preparation
were particularly interesting.”He added that there are certain attributes that become
immediately apparent from a solid chess player, irrespective of age.
“Chess is seen as a game that is an excellent tool to help develop and shape young minds.
It teaches children and adults to compete in a just manner,” Anand told India-West. “It
also helps develop analytical skills. Various studies that I have been involved in chess and
education have shown children who play chess show better academic progress.”
“Chess has evolved a lot since my last visit. You can see a lot of talent amongst the 12-20 age
groups. Internationally, too, we see a lot of new countries like China and India becoming big
chess powerhouses,” he pointed out. Anand noted that ever since he earned the title of
Grandmaster, India has produced some of the world's best chess players, with both men and
women making significant strides in gaining international recognition.
“When I started playing chess we had no grandmasters. Now we add about two
grandmasters a year. We have two to three players who could easily be in the top 100
very soon,” he said. “In the women's category, we already have a top player in Koneru,
Humpy and Dronavalli, Harika. I hope they would be able to become women world
champions soon.”Anand is, meanwhile, actively involved in developing the game
amongst India's youth, including his affiliation with the training company NIIT and its
chess-themed Mind Champions Academy.
Courtesy : Parimal M. Rohit, Special to India-West photo by Chris Roberts & Tim Hanks and
Metropolitan Chess, Inc.
Contd. from page 22
[16...g4 17.Rf2 Qxe3 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Raf1=]
17.Ne4 Nxg3 18.Nxg3 Ne5 [Also possible
was: 18...g4 19.Nf5 Qg5 20.Rf2 Ne5³]
19.Rf2 g4 This is a necessary prelude to
h6-h5, starting an attack on the king-side.
Incidentally, black limits the scope of the white
forces which have a tremendous control of
the f-file in general and over the f5 square in
particular. Black’s compensation for the
backward f7 pawn is his centrally placed
knight on e5. 20.Raf1 h5= 21.Qe4 Bd7
22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 White threatens 24
Rxf7 as the knight is pinned against the
queen. 23...Rae8 24.Bd1 Qf8 25.Qf4 [If 40...a5 41.d6 a4 42.Kxe5 a3 43.Rf1 [If
white proceeds according to his plan and 43.d7 Kc7 and there is no danger to black.]
plays 25.Ba4? (there follows the ambush) 43...Rb2 44.Ra1 a2 45.Kf6 Rg2 46.Be6
25...Nf3+! 26.gxf3 Rxe4 27.fxe4µ] Rh6+ 47.Ke5 Rgg6! 48.Bf5 Rg2 49.Be6
25...Qh6 26.Rf6 Qg7 [Black has Rgg6 50.Bf5 Rg2 [50...Rxd6 51.Rxa2 Rd1
tremendous faith in his knight and avoids the 52.e4 and though black should win, there is a
exchange of queens which was not bad: long battle ahead.] 51.Be6 Rb2 52.Bf5 Rd2
26...Qxf4 27.exf4 Nxc4 28.Rxf7+ Kc8 53.Be6 Rh5+ Black is angling to capture
29.Bb3 Nd2 30.Rd1 Ne4=] 27.Bc2 Re7 white’s d6 pawn without giving up his a2 pawn.
28.Rf5 white tries to invade black’s 54.Bf5 Rh6 55.Be6 Rg6 56.Bd5 Re2
weakened king-side with Rg5. He must also [White still has resources left to fight it out
be having ideas of sacrificing the exchange after: 56...Rb2 57.Be6 Rgg2 58.Kf6 Rb1 59.d7
with Rxe5 at an opportune moment. Kc7 60.Ke7 Rg7+ 61.Ke8 Rxd7 62.Rxa2 Rd8+
28...Qh6 29.Qf2 White has lots of 63.Ke7 Re1 64.Ra5! Rd3 65.Rxc5+ and
confidence on his absolute control of the f- though black is winning, there is a long grind
file. 29...h4 30.Qf4 h3! Black’s knight is ahead.] 57.e4 Rb2 58.Rf1? [This loses by
getting ambitious. He wants a toehold on force. He could put up a stubborn fight with:
f3! 31.Rf6 [If 31.g3 Qxf4 32.R1xf4 Rg8 and 58.Be6 Rgg2 59.Kf6 Rb1 60.d7 Kc7 61.Ke7
black’s positional ascendancy is evident.] Rg7+ 62.Ke8 Rxd7 63.Rxa2 and black has to
31...Qxf4 32.R1xf4 hxg2 33.Kxg2 Ree8 contend with white planting his bishop on e4.]
After the exchange of queens the possibility
of a sacrificial attack on f7 or e5 has been
vastly reduced and the rook moves over to
attack along the semi-open h-file. 34.R6f5
[If 34.Bd1 Rh4 with Reh8 to follow gives
black a winning position.] 34...Rh3 35.Bd1
Reh8 36.Rxe5 Finally, white sacrifices on
e5, but it is too late with the black rooks
knocking on his door. 36...dxe5 37.Rxf7+
Kb8 38.Bxg4 Rxh2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2
40.Ke4 Now white’s hopes of salvation lie
on his more active king position and his
passed d-pawn.

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58...Rxd6! 59.Kxd6 Rb1 60.Rf8+ Ka7 9.Re1 Qxa1 10.Bxe4 Be7 11.d4 [If
61.e5 a1Q 62.e6 Rb6+ 63.Kd7 Qa4+ 11.Qb3 Qf6 12.axb4 Nc6 13.b5 Nd8
64.Kc7 Qa5 [A simpler road to victory was: 14.Bb2 Qh6 and white does not have
64...Rxe6! 65.Bxe6 Qc6+ 66.Kd8 Qxe6] enough compensation for his rook minus.]
65.Kd7 Qa6 [A very strange move to win! 11...bxa3 12.Nxa3 [12.Qb3 was a better
If 65...Qxc3 66.e7 Qh3+ 67.Kc7 Qh2+ attempt to trap the adventurous queen.]
68.Kd7 Qd6+ 69.Ke8 Rb1 white cannot last 12...Nf6 13.Bb1 Nc6 14.Rxe7+ [14.d5
long under this criss cross attack.] 66.e7 0–0! 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qa4 Qc3 17.Rxe7
Rd6+ 67.Kc8 Kb6!! A very entertaining Qxc1+ 18.Re1 Qc3 19.Nb5 Bd7 20.Nxc3
game, from black’s perspective. 0–1 Bxa4 21.Nxa4 Nxc4 and black has rook
and pawn for his bishop.] 14...Nxe7
Rakesh Kulkarni (2287) 15.Qb3 White has given up two rooks for
Srinath Narayanan (2438) a bishop with the hope of trapping the black
queen. 15...b5! Black is doing everything
1.e4 c5 2.b4 The Wing Gambit against
in his power to extricate his queen from
the Sicilian Defence. It used to be
the trap and white is determined to grab
regularly played by Ravi Dandekar in the
the queen. 16.Bb2 bxc4 17.Qc2 Bf5!
National “A” Championship in Ahmedabad
18.Qa4+ Bd7 19.Qc2 Bf5 20.Qa4+ Bd7
1973 2...cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5
21.Qc2 Qxb1+ Black has repeated moves
5.Nf3 e5 6.c4 Qe6 7.Bd3 e4!? [This is
to gain time on his clock. Probably, white
a new move here. Previously, players
was content with a draw, but not black
have proceeded cautiously in this position
who wants to win. So, we are treated to
with: 7...Nf6 8.0–0 Nc6 9.Re1 Bd6
some more exciting chess. 22.Qxb1
10.axb4 Nxb4 11.Bf1 0–0] 8.0–0 Qf6!
Diagram # This is a double attack. The
queen steps out of the e-file where it
could be pinned by the rook and
simultaneously attacks the unprotected
rook on a1. But is this wise? Black has
been moving only his queen whilst all of
his minor pieces are on their orginal
squares which goes against the principles
of speedy development.

22...Rc8! Black has two rooks and a pawn

for his queen and with sharp play gets a
winning position. 23.Qe1 Nfd5 With the
d4 pawn blockaded, black now has to take
care of walking his king out of the pin along
the e-file. 24.Ne5 c3! 25.Bc1 Be6
26.Nd3 0–0 27.Nc5 Bf5 28.h3 Bg6
29.Kh2 Nc6 30.Qd1 [Not 30.Nb5? Nxd4!
31.Nxc3 Rxc5 black wins easily.]

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30...Rfe8 31.Qb3 Ncb4 [If 31...Red8
32.Bg5 Nxd4 33.Qc4 Nb6 34.Qxc3 Rd5–
+] 32.Nb5 c2 33.Nd6 Re1! 34.Bd2
[34.Nxc8 Rxc1 35.Ne7+ Nxe7 36.Qxb4
Rb1 37.Qa5 Kh8! wins, as after 38 Qd8+
is answered by 38...Ng8.] 34...Rd8
35.Qc4 [The Re1 is taboo because, if
35.Bxe1?? c1Q] 35...Rd1 36.Nb3 [If
36.Ndb7 Rb8 37.Qe2 Nc3! 38.Qe5 Nc6+-
] 36...a5?! [Better: 36...h5 ] 37.Nb7 Rb8
38.N7xa5 h5 After this the Rb8 is free to
move up the board without fearing a back-
rank mate. 39.Nb7 (See Diagram) 7.d3 Nge7= 8.Bg5 fxe4 9.d4 exd4
[9...Bxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Bxe4² and
39...Rxb7!! 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qxb7
white can collect the d4 pawn any time
Rxd2! 42.Qc8 Rxf2 43.Qc4 Rxg2+! The
because of the pin on the Ne7.] 10.Bxe4
final stroke. If now 44 Kxg2 Ne3+ forks
Qd7 11.Nef4 0–0 12.0–0 [Better was:
king and queen. A great tactical game 12.Qd3 Ng6 13.Qb3 Rf7 14.Nxg6 hxg6
worth playing over and studying. 0–1 15.0–0–0²] 12...Nf5 13.Qh5 Qf7
[13...Rf7 was safer. But the text lures white
into an unwise combination.]

(Position after 39.Nb7)

Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (2226)

G A Stany (2403)
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6
Played with the intention of preserving his
Bc5 in case of Nc3-a4. The white set-up is
passive. 5.Nge2 d6 6.Nd5 f5 [Usual here
is 6...Nf6 but the passive white set up
inspires black to try something very
aggressive.]
14.Nf6+? gxf6 15.Bd5 fxg5 16.Qxg5+
Kh8 17.Bxf7 Rxf7 Three minor pieces for
a queen is roughly equal. The valuation will
depend, as always, on the activity or
inactivity of the pieces concerned. In this
position black seems to have no problem
with his pieces which are active. 18.Qh5
Ne5 19.Rfe1 [If 19.Nd3! Ng7 20.Qh6 Bf5
and black is on the road to victory.]
19...Ng7 20.Qh6 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Nxe1+
22.Rxe1 Bf5 23.Nd3 Raf8 24.Nxc5

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Every exchange takes black closer to victory.
But white hardly has a worthwhile plan to
stem the tide. 24...dxc5 25.Qd2 Bg6 26.f4
Nf5! 27.g4 Ne3+ 28.Rxe3 White has
nothing better. 28...dxe3 29.Qc3+ Kg8
30.f5 White gets back a bishop, but the
passed pawn on e3 spells the doom for white.
30...Re8! 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Qd3 Kh7
33.Qd5 Ree7 Nobody can stop the e-pawn.
34.Qd1 e2 35.Qe1 Kg8! [Why give some
hopes to white with: 35...Rf1 36.Qh4+ Kg8
37.Qxe7 e1Q though it still wins for black?] 0–1
Rucha Pujari (2210)
Padmini Rout (2328)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0–0
5.0–0 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 b5 11.cxb5 axb5
12.Nxb5 Ba6 13.Nc3
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13...Ng4?!± [More usual is 13...Qc7 to
be followed up with a build up of the rooks
along the half-open b-file.] 14.h3 Ne5
15.b3 Qc7 16.Rb1 Rfb8 17.Re1 Rb4
18.a3 Rbb8 19.Nd1 Ra7 20.Kh2 Rab7
21.f4 Nd7 The knight finally gets to the
square it should have gone to in the first
place. By taking a circuitous route it has
provoked the white pawns to advance to
threatening levels in the centre. 22.e4 Rb6
If this rook were on b7, then, if white plays
e4-e5, she cannot capture de5 for fear of
d5-d6 hitting at the queen and the Rb7.
But, losing the exchange for white’s white-
square bishop and a couple of pawns was
to be welcomed by black in such a situation.
23.Nc3 Qa7 24.Na2 Qb7 25.b4 cxb4
26.Rxb4 Rc8 27.Qb1 Rxb4 28.Nxb4
Bc3 29.e5
29...Qb6 [Better was: 29...Nc4 30.e6
Nc5 31.Qc2 Bxb4 32.axb4 Qxb4
33.exf7+ Kxf7 34.Nf3 Ke8 35.Qa2 Qc3
and white has only a slight space
advantage.] 30.exd6 exd6 31.Re7 Nf6
32.Bb2 Qf2 [If 32...Qd4 33.Bxc3 Rxc3
34.Nxa6 Qxd2 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Nc7 Rc2
37.Ne6+ Kh6 38.Qf8+ Kh5 39.Ng7+ Kh6
40.Nf5+ Kh5 41.Qh6#] 33.Nxa6 Qxd2
34.Bxc3 Qxc3 35.Qb4 Rc4?
getting rid of the thorn on c3.] 20...Bxg2=
21.Kf2 [Better was: 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3
Bd5 23.Rg5=; Or if 21.Qxc3 Qe7! black has
a great advantage as his threat Qh4+ is hard
to parry.] 21...Rc8 22.Qa5 Bc6 While his
king-side is open, white has no attack on
the queen-side. Therefore, black has a solid
advantage. 23.Rxg8 [If 23.Rg5 Rh8!
targeting h2 is clearly good for black.]
23...Rxg8 24.Qc5 Qd8! Planning Qh4+
next. 25.Bxf5 By capturing this knight white
is getting access for his king to flee via e3.
25...Qh4+ 26.Ke2 a5! [If 26...Qh5+
27.Kd3 Qd1+ 28.Kxc3 Qxc1 29.Qd6+ Ka8
30.Be4 Qxa3+ 31.Kd2 Bxe4 32.Rxe4
Qxd6+ 33.exd6 the rook ending is equal.]

[This is tame and pointless, as though black

has already mentally given up the struggle.
35...Qd3 36.Nc7 Nc4 and black could fight
on.] 36.Qxd6 Nb3 37.Rb7 Kg7 38.Qe7
Too simple. 38...Nh5 39.Qxf7+ Kh6 1–0

Aravindh Chithambaram,Vr (2270) 27.Qxc6 Qxh2+ 28.Kd3 Rd8+ [If

Sahaj,Grover (2514) 28...axb4 29.Qd6+ Ka8 30.Be4 Rg3+
31.Kc4 Qe2+ 32.Bd3 Qe1 33.Qd8+
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3
draws.] 29.Kc4 axb4 30.Qb6 Rc8+
Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7
Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 dxc3 11.f4
Nbc6 12.Qd3 d4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4
Bd7 15.Rb1 Nf5 16.Qf2 Bc6 17.Rg1 0–
0–0 18.Bd3 [It is worth investigating the
ramifications of 18.Qxa7 which is apparently
good for white, but yet not played by
anybody so far.] 18...Kb8 [Nearly 50 years
ago the game Liberzon-Pietzch went:
18...Qa5 and was drawn eventually.l]
19.Rb4 Qd7± 20.Qc5?! [This abandons the
g2 pawn and makes way for the black forces
to invade his king-side. Better was: 20.Rc4

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31.Kb3? [White misses 31.Kxb4 exf5
32.Be3 Qxc2 (32...Qh1 33.Qa7+ Kc7
34.Qb6+ Kd7 35.Qd6+ Ke8 36.Bc5 Qb1+
37.Kxc3 and now black must give perpetual
check to avoid getting mated on e7.)
33.Qa7+ Kc7 34.Qb6+ Kd7 35.e6+ fxe6
36.Qd4+ Ke7 37.Qg7+ and black cannot
escape perpetual check.] 31...Qh1 32.Be3
Qd5+! 33.Ka4 [33.Kxb4?? leads to a pretty
mate. 33...Rc4+ 34.Kb3 Rc5+ 35.Ka4 Qc4+
36.Qb4 Ra5+ 37.Kxa5 Qa6#] 33...exf5!
34.axb4 Rc6 35.Qa7+ Kc7 White has to
exchange queens. 36.Qa5+ Qxa5+
37.bxa5 Rc4+! 38.Kb3 Re4
39.Bf2 [If 39.Bc1 Re1! 40.Ba3 Rf1 41.Bd6+
Kc6 42.Bb8 Kb5 (Or, if 42...Rxf4 43.e6 Rh4!
44.exf7 Rh8 also wins for black.) 43.Kxc3
Rxf4] 39...Kc6 [Also winning was the
blunder-like: 39...Rxf4 40.e6 Kd8! (Or if
40...fxe6 41.Bg3 e5 42.Bxf4 exf4 43.Kxc3
Kc6 and the king and pawn ending is won
for black.) ] 40.Bg3 Re3 41.Bh4 Rf3
42.Bg5 Kb5 43.Bd8 Rxf4 44.Bc7 Rb4+!
45.Ka3 [45.Kxc3?? Rc4+ wins the bishop.]
45...f4 46.a6 bxa6 0–1
Since all these books so distort what I consider to be
the true Bobby, I've become skeptical about chess
biography. A hundred years from now no one's going
to have the slightest idea what Bobby Fischer was like
because very few people today have a true idea of
him. -- Ed Edmondson
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Himal,Gusain (2335)
Vidit Gujrathi (2500)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.a3
b5 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bd3 h5
12.h3 Qb7 13.f3 d5 [13...b4 14.Ne2 d5
has been played earlier.] 14.e5 Nd7
15.Bd4 g5 16.b4 [16.f4 opening up the
f-file would give white a small advantage.]
16...Qc7 17.Qe2 Bb7 18.Rae1 This
move indicates that white is planning f3-f4
with the backing of his rook on f1. But the
white pawn remains on f3 for ages.
18...Nb8 19.Qe3 Nc6 20.Bb6 Qe7 After
making so many pawn moves and not
completing his development, black is in a
mess and could be blown away by a
vigorous attack.
21.Bxb5?! [A speculative sacrifice which
requires razor sharp reflexes and accuracy.
Better was 21.f4 g4 22.Qg3 gxh3 23.Qxh3
h4 24.f5 with excellent attacking chances
for white.] 21...axb5 22.Nxb5 Kd7
23.Nd6?
There is little doubt that the Soviet Chess Federation
had been severely embarrassed by Fischer's victory
over their boy in 1972 and in view of the long-
standing Fischer-USSR conflict were unlikely to
agree to anything suggested by the "American".
-- Nigel Davies

[Controlling key squares is more important
than occupying them. With the black king
on d7, the logical course of the attack
should be: 23.c4! Nxb4 24.axb4 Qxb4
25.Rb1 Qa4 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Rfc1 Rc8
28.Rxc8 Kxc8 29.Rc1+ and black cannot
offer any more resistance.] 23...Ba6!
24.Rf2 [If 24.b5?! Nxe5! 25.Bc5 Nc4
26.Nxc4 Qxc5 27.Ne5+ Ke8 28.bxa6
Qxe3+ 29.Rxe3 Bc5 and black wins.]
24...Nxe5 25.Bc5 [If 25.Qxe5 f6 26.Qc3
Qxd6 27.Qxf6 Be7 28.Qd4 Qf4 and with
an extra bishop, black is on the road to
victory.]
25...Qxd6?! [There was no need for this
sacrifice as he has a good and sound
alternative to win: 25...Qf6! 26.f4 Bxd6
27.fxe5 Bxc5 28.Qxc5 Qe7 and black is
winning.] 26.Bxd6 Bxd6 27.Qxg5 Nc4
28.Qf6 Raf8 29.Rfe2?! [Again, 29.f4
Rhg8 30.Rf3 and white’s queen and two
pawns are clearly superior to black’s three
minor pieces.] 29...Nxa3 30.Qd4
[Perhaps white had planned 30.Rxe6 fxe6
31.Qxe6+ and he has nothing for his rook
after 31...Kc6 Meanwhile the rook perishes
on e2.] 30...Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Nc4 32.c3
Bc7! 33.Qf6 Bb6+ 34.Kh1 Nd6! With the
knight admirably placed, defending f7, the
black rooks are free to invade the white
position. 35.Ra2 Ra8 36.Rxa8 Rxa8
37.g4 White places his hopes on his h-
pawn, but the three black pieces quickly
hunt down the king. 37...hxg4 38.fxg4
Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Ra2+ 40.Kh1 [40.Kg3?
Ne4+ wins the queen.; 40.Kf1 Rf2+
41.Qxf2 Bxf2 42.Kxf2 Ne4+–+] 40...Rf2
with this move, black seals the king in his
corner and quickly weaves a mating net
around him. 41.Qe5 Rf1+ 42.Kg2 Rf2+
43.Kh1 [43.Kg3 Ne4+ 44.Kh4 Rf3 black
wins.] 43...Ne4 44.Qb8 Rf1+ 45.Kg2
Rf2+ 46.Kh1 Bc7 47.Qb5+ Kd8 48.c4
Rf1+ 49.Kg2 Rf2+ 50.Kh1 Bh2!
# To stop mate by 51...Ng3# white will
have to give perpetual check which will be
frustrated by taking the king to e7 and f8:
51 Qb6+ Ke8 52 Qc6+ Ke7 53 Qb7+ Kf8
54 Qc8+ Kg7 No check! 0–1
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G A Stany (2403)
Diptayan,Ghosh (2413)
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5
5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bd3
Be7 9.Qe2 Qc8 10.Bd2 Nb4
[This is a new move here. So far in this
position the popular move has been:
10...Ba6 to exchange off white’s strong
light square bishop.] 11.Bb1 [11.Rc1
threatening a discovered attack on the
queen was to be considered here.]
11...Ba6 12.Qe4 Qc6 13.Qg4 [White is
probably thinking of a king-side attack. It
was best for him to stabilise his king’s
situation before going for aggressive play.
He should play 13.Qe3 and then drive away
the Nb4.] 13...g6 14.Bg5 Nd5 15.Nxd5
[Better was 15.Bxe7 Nxc3 16.Ba3 Nxb1
17.Rxb1 Qc2 18.Nd2=] 15...exd5!
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16.a4? [Probably, white saw 16.Bxe7??
Qc1#! and panicked. Otherwise it is hard
to explain 16 a4?; The only move to save
white was: 16.Kd1 Qb5 17.Kc1 0–0
18.Ne1 Rc8+ 19.Bc2 Bxg5+ 20.Qxg5 Nc6
and black is better as white is yet to get
out of the mess along the c-file.] 16...Qc4!
This quiet move threatening mate on e2 is
devastating. White cannot find a
satisfactory defence. 17.Kd1 [The only
move. 17.Nd2?? Qc1+; Or if 17.Ng1 Bb4+
18.Kd1 Qf1+ 19.Kc2 Bd3+ 20.Kb3 Bc4+
21.Kxb4 Qe1+ 22.Ka3 b5! mates.]
17...Qe2+ 18.Kc1 0–0! 19.Bd2 [A
whirlwind mate comes after: 19.Bxe7
Rc8+ 20.Bc5 bxc5 wins.] 19...Rc8+
20.Bc3 Bb4 21.Re1 Qxf2 22.Qg3
22...Bxc3! 23.Qxf2 Bxe1+ 0–1
Selected games from
National Women Challenger, Delhi
Rucha Pujari (2210)
Vaishnavi Thakur (1530)
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6
5.0–0 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.Nxd4
Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Rc8 10.c4 [This sparks
violence of a rare order. Usually played here
is 10.c3 ] 10...dxc4 11.Bxb7 Rc7 12.Ba6
Threatening Bb5+ and also the black pawn
on c4. 12...Bh3

This bishop threatens to make merry when
its white counterpart is away. But this move
inspires white to play like Tal, sacrificing left
and right. 13.Bxf6! Qxf6 [13...Qxd1
14.Rxd1 gxf6 15.bxc4±] 14.Bb5+! Ke7
15.Nd2! Bxf1 [15...Qf5 16.Nxc4 Qd5
17.Qxd5 exd5 18.Ne3 Rc5 19.Rfd1 Rxb5
20.Nxd5+ Rxd5 (20...Kd8 21.Nc3+ wins
the rook.; 20...Kd6 or any other king move
loses the Bh3 through a discovered check.
21.Nf4+) 21.Rxd5 and white has rook and
two pawns for black’s bishops.] 16.Nxc4!
threatening mate with Qd6. 16...e5 Lateral
defence against the threat of 18 Qd6#
17.Ne3 Qe6 [17...Qd6?? 18.Nf5++-]
18.Nd5+ Kd8 19.Nxc7+ Kxc7 20.Rc1+
White gets her pieces into play at every
opportunity disdaining to capture the black
bishop on f1. 20...Kb7
21.Qd8! Bd6 [If 21...Ba3 white wins with
her original plan of 22.Qc7+ Ka8 23.Bc6+]
22.Qxh8 Bh3 23.Bc6+! Ka6 24.Qa8!!
White’s threat is 25 Qb5+ Ka5 26 Qb5#
24...Qe7 (See diagram) 25.Bb7+!!
Another beautiful move! 25...Kb5 [If
25...Qxb7 26.Rc6+!] 26.Qxa7 Bd7
27.Qa6+ Kb4 28.Rc4# Fireworks of a
high order in the very first round! 1–0
Michelle Catherina,P (2079)
Anjana Krishna (1881)
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4
c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Bf4 Qd7
8.Bxe6 Qxe6 9.0–0 Nbd7 [A new move.
9...Qd7 has been played before.] 10.Re1
Nb6 11.Be5 Nc4 12.Ng3 Nxe5 13.dxe5
Nd7 14.Qd4 [From general considerations
it is not advisable to open up the g1–a7
diagonal as white does not have a dark
square bishop whereas black has. 14.f4 (with
the threat of f5 is tempting for white.) 14...0–
0–0 15.Qf3 Qc4 16.Rad1 e6 17.Nge4 Be7²]
14...g6 15.Rad1 Bg7 16.f4 Nb6 17.Nge4
0–0 18.Nc5 Qc8 white is improving her
domination, move by move. 19.Qb4 Qc7
20.Rd3 e6 21.Rd6 [If 21.N3e4 Rfd8
22.Nd6 Bf8 23.Qd4 Rab8± and black does
not seem to have any prospects of breaking
free of white’s grip.] 21...Rfb8 22.N3e4
Nd5 23.Qd2 Bf8 (See diagram next
coloumn) 24.c4 Nb6 25.Rd4 [After
25.Qc3! Be7 (Accepting the exchange
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sacrifice would lose after: 25...Bxd6
26.exd6 Qd8 27.Nf6+ Kf8 28.Nh5 when
white has the nasty threat of 29 Qh8#)
26.Red1 white has a clear advantage.]
25...Rd8 26.b3 a5 [She could ease her
position with 26...Rxd4 27.Qxd4
Rd8] 27.Rd1 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 Be7
29.Qe3 a4 30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.exf6 axb3
32.axb3? [The interrogation mark is to
indicate that a much stronger move was
available. White misses immediate victory
with: 32.f5 when the threat of 33 Qh6
and 34 Qg7# cannot be easily parried.]
32...Kh8 33.f5 gxf5
34.Nxb7!! A dramatic move to deflect the
black queen from d8. 34...f4 [34...Qxb7
If 35.Qh6 Rg8 36.Rd8! and whether black
captures the rook or no, white mates next
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move with Qg7#.] 35.Qd3? [This
overlooks the opponent’s resource. The
way to win was: 35.Qd4 e5 36.Qd6 Qxd6
37.Rxd6 e4 38.Nd8 h6 39.Nxf7+ Kh7
40.Ne5 winning.] 35...f3?
[Probably black has mentally given up her game
as lost or she did not have time on her clock. In
chess, ‘never say die’. Here black misses a very
clever saving resource: 35...Nd5!! 36.cxd5 cxd5!
With the d-file blocked, the knight has no escape
and her queen must come to her rescue and
get pinned in the bargain! 37.Qb5 Rb8 38.Ra1
Qe5 (Also 38...f3! could give black some
chances!) 39.Rf1 Qc7 draws through repetition.]
36.Qd8+ Rxd8 37.Rxd8+ Qxd8 38.Nxd8
Kg8 39.Nxc6 fxg2?! [39...Nd7 to remove the
f6 thorn in her flesh was preferable.] 40.Ne5
Kf8 41.Kxg2 Black is now totally lost. 41...Na8
42.b4 Nb6 43.b5 Na4 44.Kf3 Ke8 45.Ke3
Kf8 46.Kd4 Nb6 47.c5 Nd5 48.b6 1–0
I consider Fischer to be one of the greatest opening
experts ever. His adventures with the Poison Pawn
Najdorf Sicilian are amazing, legendary in my mind.
He challenged the world to out analyze him, they
knew he would play that variation, many prepared
special novelties against him, and still he consistently
won with that risky line. Only Polugaevsky comes to
mind in analyzing an opening to the level Fischer
did, the Polugaevsky variation of the Najdorf Sicilian.
-- Keith Hayward
A G Nimmy (2195)
Amruta Mokal (2073)
29...Nc7 With two extra pawns and a
dominating rook on the 7th rank, black should
win as a matter of course. But watch what
happens! 30.Re3 Nc4 31.Rd3 e5–+
Though this pawn move is winning, it lays
the foundation for her future difficulties. Black
should take steps to secure her king position
with either h6 or g6 and not present black
with an immediate object for attack. 32.h3
Ne6 [It was best to make secure her king’s
position with 32...g6 33.Re1 Rf7 34.Nxe5
Re7 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Nf3 Rxe1+ 37.Nxe1
Rc1 38.Rd7+ Kh6 and black is winning.]
33.Re1 Nc5 [Best for black was: 33...Rf8
34.Nxe5 Nf4 35.Rf3 Nxg2 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8
37.Rf1+ Ke8 38.Nxc4 bxc4 and black should
win this ending.] 34.Rd5 e4 [Better would
have been 34...Nb3 35.Nxe5 Rd2 as she
would avert all danger and make one step in
the direction of simplifying the game and
winning it.] 35.Ng5 h6! [It is better to get
rid of the mate threat hanging over your head
and chase the knight. If 35...Nd3 36.Nh5
Nxe1 37.Nxf4 Rd2 38.Rc5 and though black
still has the advantage she does not have a
clear win.] 36.Rxc5 hxg5 37.Nxe4 Nxa3
38.Rxg5 Kh7? [This is not a happy idea.
Black has everything under control after:
38...Rc6 39.g3 (black was threatening
39...Re6) 39...Rf8–+] 39.Nd6
39...Kh6? [Probably black was in time
trouble and, with the game slipping away
from her, she feared that the white knight
was entering the attack. This was the time
for her rook to fall back for defence. She
probably attacked the rook with her king to
gain time on the clock. Though the rook flees,
it goes to a square attacking the black knight
gaining time for her other rook to get into
the attack. 39...Rc7 preventing 40 Re7 was
important.] 40.Rg3 b4 41.Re6++- Kh7
[If 41...Kh5 42.Reg6 (42.Re8 g5!=) 42...Rc5
43.Rxg7 and white wins.] 42.Re7 Kg8
[Played under the wrong notion that her king
was safer on f8 than on h8. Though still losing
better was: 42...Kh8 43.Rexg7 Rf8 44.Nf7+
Rxf7 45.Rxf7 Rc4 46.Rf6+-] 43.Rgxg7+
Kf8 44.Rh7! Threatening 45 Re8# 44...Kg8
45.Reg7+ Kf8 46.Rb7 Kg8 47.Ne8!
White is threatening 48 Rbg7+ Kf8 49
Rh8# A great escape for white! 1–0
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In the Problem World B H.Hultberg
Schachvarlden 1944
Pickaninny and Albino
by C.G.S.Narayanan
In problems the pawns are generally used
for guarding squares , plugging king’s escape
squares, avoidance of checks to both the
kings, prevention of certain mates and also
for cook stopping. But the movement of
pawn from its initial square can provide
interesting play. The four moves of a single
black pawn from its initial square on the
seventh rank collectively contribute to a
‘Pickaninny’. In the first example A below
after the key move which grants two flights Mate in three moves
the play revolves around the BPf7.
1…dxc6 2.Kxc6 Kb1 3.Qb2; 1…d6 2.Kxd6
A Jan Mortensen & V.F.Rudenko Kb1 3.Qb2; 1…dxe6 2.Be5 Kb1 3.Qb2;
I Pr, Kongres Mostva 1961 1…d5 2.Bd4 Kb1 3.Qb2
C L.Larsen
2nd HM BCF 1968/69

Mate in two moves

Key:1.Qe3!! waiting
1…fxe6 2.Nd7;1…f6 2.Nd3; 1…fxg6 2.Qg5;
1…f5 2.Qc3.Mates after the ‘Pickaninny’ by f7.
The second B shows a Pickaninny in three-
mover. After the key 1.Be6! it is zugzwang
and black pawn d7 has to move and all the
four moves lead to distinct second move
continuations.
There's never before been a chess player with such a
thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and
such an absolutely indomitable will to win. I think Bobby
is the greatest player that ever lived. -- Lisa Lane
Mate in three moves
In C is a complex problem which combines
Pickaninny with plus flights of the black king
(the four lateral moves of the king).
The Key 1.Qd8! threatens 2.exf7+ Be6
3.Qd4. After 1..fxg6 2.Rf5+ forces BK to
f5 and Bh3 mates as BP self-blocks g6.BPf7
interferes with BBg7 to permit 3.Rf5 after
1…f6 2.Qxd5+.1…f5 leads to another self-
block 2.Rxe4+ Kxe4 3.Bg2 and finally
1…fxe6 leads to sac of the other rook
2.Rxe6+ Kxe6 3.Qe8. Now we come to

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problems involving the four moves of a
white pawn from its intial square on the
second rank termed ‘Albino’
D E.Woodard
Pittsburgh Gazette Times 1915
Mate in two moves
D is a simple illustration of Albino in two-
mover where white pawn f2 delivers four
white mates.Key 1.Kg7!! waiting1…Re3
2.fxe3; 1…Rg3+ 2.fxg3; 1…Rf4 2.f3 and
1…Rxf5 2.f4
E B.Lindgren
Stockholm Tidningen 1944
Mate in three moves
In the Albino in the three-mover E the four
moves of WP are only second move
continuations and not mates as in two-
mover.Key 1.Ne3! waiting
1…Bc8 2.g4 any 3.Qg2;1…Bxf3 2.gxf3 Kg1
3.Qg2; 1…Bh3 2.gxh3 Kg1 3.Qg2
F Jan Hannelius I Pr, Ohqvist 1950
Mate in three moves
In F there are three tries by the WPe2 which
come in the way of WN mates and the key
completes the Albino.
1.exd3?(threat 2.Rb1 3.Qf1)1…Nd6! As
2.Nd3 followed by 3.Nf4 is not
possible.Similarly 1.exf3? Nd8! (2.Nf3 and
3.Nh4?)1.e3? Nc5! (2.Nc4 followed by
3.Ne3?) So the key which does not affect
the knight mates is 1.e4!! (2.Rb1 3Qf1)
G G.H.Drese
2 Pr, Tidschrift vs KNSB 1935
Mate in three moves
G is a rare combination of Albino and
Pickaninny. The four moves of BPe7 are
countered by four moves of WPf2.Key
1.Bd3! 1…exd6 2.f3;exf6 2.f4; 1…e6 2.fxe3
3.Bc4; 1…e5 2.fxg3 3.Be4 Remarkable con-
struction just outside meredith
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 Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan

1. 2.

White to play and win White to play and win

3. 4.

Black to play and win White to play and win

5. 6.

White to play and win White to play and win

White to play and win in all the above six positions Solutions on page 43

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 Test your endgame
by K.Muralimohan, FIDE Instructor
All the endings are by Tigran Gorgiev
1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

White to play and win in all the above six endings Solutions on page 43

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Masters of the past-22 Edgard Colle

Edgard Colle (Ghent, Belgium 18 May 1897 - Koltanowski, who remained

20 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He faithful to it throughout his
scored excellent results in major international long career, and wr ote
tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, several books on it.
ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world Koltanowski said he played
champion Max Euwe; first at Meran 1926, ahead the opening as a tribute to
of Esteban Canal; and first at Scarborough 1930, his friend Colle. The opening
ahead of Maróczy and Rubinstein. is sometimes referred to as
the Colle-Koltanowski.
He won the Belgian championship in 1922,
1924 and 1926-1929. His international The Colle System fell out of
breakthrough was in Scheveningen 1923 favor in high-level play as good defenses were
before a.o. Euwe. In 1924, he came third in found for Black. Chess theory today regards it as
the unofficial Paris Olympiad. safe but somewhat passive. However, because
of its solid pawn structure, logical piece placement,
1926 was perhaps his best year. He won in
and coherent strategic aims, the opening is often
Amsterdam (ahead of Tartakower and Euwe)
taught to novice players as a safe and dependable
and in Merano (ahead of Spielmann, Tartakower,
way to reach a playable middlegame.He is most
Yates). Apart of these successes, he also
known for the Colle-opening: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6
managed to finish second in Weston Super-
3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5. He is also well known for the
Mare. Afterwards, he participated in many
'Greek gift sacrifice' in the game below:
international tournaments. This resulted in a
victory in Scarborough 1927, Hastings 1928/ Edgar Colle - John O'Hanlon
29, Scarborough 1930. Nice, France 1930
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Bd6
Colle's playing career was hampered by ill
6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Re8 9.e4 dxe4
health. Colle is remembered today primarily for
10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 cxd4 12.Bxh7+
his introduction of the chess opening now
known as the Colle System: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.e3. White normally follows up with Bd3, 0-0,
and Nbd2, playing for a central pawn break
with e4. The opening is in effect a reversed
Semi-Slav Defense. In response to ...c5 by
Black, White typically plays c3. The Colle
System was most often played in the late
1920s and 1930s. Colle himself played it from
1925 until his death in 1932. He won many
games with the opening, including a number
of brilliancies. Colle-O'Hanlon, Nice 1930,
featuring one of the best-known examples of
a Greek gift sacrifice, is especially famous. (Position after 12.Bxh7+)
The opening gained popularity, especially in the Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg6 14.h4 Rh8 15.Rxe6+ Nf6
United States, through the efforts of Belgian- 16.h5+ Kh6 17.Rxd6 Qa5 18.Nxf7+ Kh7
American International Master George 19.Ng5+ Kg8 20.Qb3+ 1-0
Courtesy : Wikepedia

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Solutions to ‘Tactics from master games’on p40
Severiukhina,Zoja (2337)
Romanko, Marina (2420) [B12]
62nd ch-RUS HL w Tyumen RUS (6),
21.06.2012
Position after 25th move. White to play.
26.Rxf4! gxf4 27.Bxh7+ Kxh7
28.Qh3+ Kg8 [28...Kg6 29.Qh5#]
29.Qh8+ Kf7 30.Qg7+ Ke6 31.Bc5!
Qh4 32.Qg6+ Ke5 [32...Kd7 33.Qd6#]
33.Bd6+ [33.Bd6+ Kd4 34.Qd3#] 1–0
Hou Yifan (2639)
Bu Xiangzhi (2668) [C26]
TCh-CHN 2012 Taizhou CHN (5),
27.06.2012
Position after White’s 26th move. Black to
play. 26...Nf4!–+ 27.dxe5 [27.Qf7 Qxc5
28.dxc5 Ne2+ 29.Kb1 Rxd1#] 27...Ne2+
28.Kb1 Rxd1# 0–1
Malakhov,Vladimir (2705)
Salgado Lopez,Ivan (2621) [A10]
13th EICC Plovdiv BUL (5), 24.03.2012
Position after 24th move. White to play.
25.Bc6!! [25.Bc6 Qxc6 26.Rxd6!] 1–0
Naiditsch,Arkadij (2702)
Sokolov,Ivan (2653) [C84]
13th EICC Plovdiv BUL (6), 25.03.2012
Position after 26th move.White to play.
27.Bxg6!! Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 hxg6
29.Rxd6+- Qc7 [29...Qxd6 30.Nf7++-
] 30.Rxg6 Ra6 31.Rxa6 bxa6
32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Qh7+ Kf8 [33...Kf8
34.Ne6++-] 1–0
Dreev,Aleksey (2698)
Brkic,Ante (2587) [D80]
13th EICC Plovdiv BUL (7), 27.03.2012
Position after 29th move.White to play.
30.Rxb7! Kxb7 31.Rb1+ Ka8 [31...Kc8
32.c6 Nc5 33.Bb4+-] 32.d6 c6 33.dxe7
Re8 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Rb4 Rxe7
36.Rg4+- 1–0
Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter (2643)
Areshchenko,Alexander (2688) [D80]
13th EICC Plovdiv BUL (9), 29.03.2012
Position after 30th move.White to play.
31.Rxf8! [31.Rxf8 Kxf8 32.Qh6+ Ke8
(32...Kg8 33.Qxg6+ Kh8 34.Bxf7 Qb8
35.Qh6+ Nh7 36.Bg6 Qg8 37.Rc8+-)
33.Bb5+ Qxb5 34.Qh8+ Kd7 35.Qc8#]
1–0
Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’ on page 41
Tigran Gorgiev
1 1.b6+ Kxb6 2.Rxd6 Bg3+ 3.Kxg3
Ne4+ 4.Kf3 Nxd6 5.c5+ Kxc5 6.Bf8
Kd5 7.Nf4+ Ke5 8.Bg7#
2 1.Na7+ Kb8 2.N7c6+ Kc8 3.Ne7+ Kb8
4.Nac6+ Ka8 5.b7+ Kxb7 6.Nxd8+ Kc7
7.Ne6+ Kd6 8.Nc8+ Kxe6 9.Bb3#
3 1.Nd3+ Kc4 2.Bd5+ Kxd5 3.Nb4+ Kc4
4.Nxa2 Kb3 5.Nc1+ Kb2 6.Nd2 Bd8+
7.Kc6 Kxc1 8.Kd7 Bh4 9.Nf3+ wins
4 1.Be5+ Kxe5 2.c7 Be6+ 3.Kg5 d6
4.Nc6#
5 1.g6 Nh4 2.Ng7+ Kg5 3.Nge6+ Kh6
4.g7 Nf5+ 5.Kg4 Nxg7 6.Nd4 Ne6
7.Nf5#
6 1.Bf4 Bxf4 2.Nxh5+ Kg6 3.Nxf4+
Kg5 4.Nd5 Ba4+ 5.Kc5 Kxg4 6.Kb4
Be8 7.Nf6+
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