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National under-13 chess championships, Puduchery….

Harsha, Aakanksha take titles

by Arvind Aaron

Harsha Bharathakoti of Andhra and will represent India in the Asian and World
Aakanksha Hagawane of Maharashtra under-14 championships of 2014.
emerged champions in the National under-13
chess championship, which concluded at Earlier Aakanksha Hagawane of
Puducherry on 8th July 2013.Harsha lost the Maharashtra beat Riya Savant of Goa in a
centre pawn with white and was lucky that quick brevity to share the lead along with
Asian under-12 champion Raghunandan Tamil Nadu’s K Priyanka. Both have six and
accepted the draw on move 30. a half points from eight rounds. The Open
section is yet to see a single sole leader
Kumar Gaurav sacrificed a bishop for a so far. In this section, S Dhananjay of
promising attack. Abhimanyu counter Chhatisgarh played a sharp rook sacrifice
sacrificed a knight and offered a draw on and lived dangerously before defeating
move 23 in a complicated position that Tamil Nadu’s Jayakumar. Dhananjay
was surprisingly accepted.Mitrabha posted leads along with top seed Abhimanyu
his fourth win in a row, beating Dhananjay
Puranik, Asian Under-12 champion K.S.
in 66 moves from a rook ending and tied
Raghunanandan, Barat Kalyan and Harsha
for the first place.
Bharathakoti with 6.5 points. This section
Harsha, Abhimanyu, Mitrabha tied for is heading for a photo finish. The top
the first place on 8.5 points and finished finishers will represent India in the World
in that order after tie-break scores was Under-14 Championships of 2014.
applied. Both overnight leaders Harsha
and Abhimanyu appeared to be in trouble Final placings (tie-break order):
at one stage, but escaped with draws. Boys: 1-3. Harsha Bharathakoti (AP), Ab-
Mitrabha’s fourth win in a row helped him himanyu Puranik (Mah), Mitrabha Guha
tie for first, but finish only third.With no (WB) 8.5/11 each; 4-8. K.S. Raghunandan
surprises in the girls’ section, Aakanksha (Kar), Kumar Gaurav (Bih), Barath Kalyan,
and Vaishali took the top two places. But A. Harikrishnan, P. Hirthickkesh (all TN)
here too, Himli missed her opportunity. 8 each; 9-17. Y. Grahesh (AP), Siva Ma-
hadevan (TN), S. Dhananjay (Cg), S. Jaya-
In the girls’ top board game, Aakanksha kumar (TN), A. Abhishek (Ker), R. Prajesh
won Hilmi Parveen’s queen on move 59 (TN), Anirudh Aiyengar (TN), E. Arun (AP),
to become the champion. Hilmi held the R. Dileep Kumar (TN) 7.5 each.
upper hand, but exchanged her active
rook for a passive enemy rook on move Girls: 1. Aakanksha Hagawane (Mah)
28 that allowed the game to change 9.5/11; 2. R. Vaishali (TN) 8.5; 3-4. Bidhar
around.World under-12 girls’ champion Rutumbara (Odi), Harshita Guddanti (AP)
Vaishali overcame Asian champion Riya in 8 each; 5-8. K. Priyanka (TN), Riya Savant
a 47-move rook-ending to take the second (Goa), Tejaswini Sagar (Mah), S. Ananya
place. (Kar) 7.5 each; 9-14. Arpita Mukherjee
The winners received Rs. 20,000 each, (WB), Vishwa Shah (Mah), Hilmi Parveen
and prize money totalling Rs. 1.75 lakh (Ker), P. Supreetha (AP), Sakshi Chitlange
was distributed. The top three finishers (Mah), Vanita Agrawal (Del) 7 each.

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National U-13 Open: 53 Anant Prabhudesai Goa 6
Final standings 54 Jatin S N KAR 6
Rk Name Club Pts 55 Shah Bhaven Jay MAH 6
1 Harsha Bharathakoti AP 8½ 56 Umashankar A PUD 6
2 Puranik Abhimanyu CM MAH 8½ 57 Manu David Suthandram TN 6
3 Mitrabha Guha FM WB 8½ 58 Anup Shankar R TN 6
4 Raghunandan K S KAR 8 59 Khanda Soumya Sagnik ODI 6
5 Kumar Gaurav BIH 8 60 Shouvik Kar WB 6
6 Barath Kalyan M TN 8 61 Peter Anand A PUD 6
7 Harikrishnan.A.Ra TN 8 62 Singh Amarjot HAR 6
8 Hirthickkesh Pr TN 8 63 Sharma Dushyant PUN 6
9 Grahesh Y AP 7½ 64 Nikhil Singh JHA 6
10 Siva Mahadevan TN 7½ 65 Keerthivasan K TN 5½
11 Dhananjay S CHA 7½ 66 Nandu Amar MAH 5½
12 Jayakumar S TN 7½ 67 Sparsh Khandelwal CHA 5½
13 Abhishek A KER 7½ 68 Soham Das WB 5½
14 Prajesh R TN 7½ 69 Arvind N TN 5½
15 Aniruddh Aiyengar TN 7½ 70 Jaisingh Anugraha MAH 5½
16 Erigaisi Arjun AP 7½ 71 Johnitto Francis TN 5½
17 Dileep Kumar R TN 7½ 72 Anupreet Paulkar MAH 5½
18 Rajaryan Kuvelkar GOA 7 73 Ambarish Sharma WB 5
19 Srijit Paul WB 7 74 Nishanth V G TN 5
20 Bathula Abhinav Reddy TN 7 75 Shane Alvarin Braganca Goa 5
21 Sadhu S Adithya TN 7 76 Sudarshan Mitra WB 5
22 Nitish Belurkar CM GOA 7 77 Rounak Pathak WB 5
23 Sharang Sanjeev Kapoor MAH 7 78 Wairagade Atharva MAH 5
24 Elancheralathan P TN 7 79 Sarveshwaran P TN 5
25 Aradhya Garg DEL 7 80 Anurag Kuruvada AP 5
26 Sharan Rao KAR 7 81 Deshpande Aditya MAH 5
27 Hemanth Raam TN 6½ 82 Navaneeth B PUD 5
28 Swain Diptanshu Ranjan ODI 6½ 83 Ansh M Shah GUJ 5
29 Shet Prajwal P KAR 6½ 84 Ayush Bhai Mehta MP 5
30 Prathish A TN 6½ 85 Girish Dakiya Yogesh CHA 5
31 Rohit Vassan S TN 6½ 86 Anubhav Kumar Jha Bihar 5
32 Trinav Rattan MAH 6½ 87 Joan Jeremiah J TN 5
33 Pruthu Deshpande MAH 6½ 88 Srinath Bindumadhavan AP 5
34 Niranjan Nadarajan TN 6½ 89 Avhra Biswas WB 5
35 Praggnanandhaa R FM TN 6½ 90 Eshaan Chandrol MP 5
36 Mehta Jwalin GUJ 6½ 91 Khubchandani Viir MAH 5
37 Raghav Bagri RAJ 6½ 92 Singhania Aryaman MAH 5
38 Arka Sengupta WB 6½ 93 Kirupanidhi S PUD 5
39 Matta B Vignesh Reddy AP 6½ 94 Himanshu Sandir PUN 5
40 Adithya S TN 6½ 95 Amoga Vigram P KAR 5
41 Vishesh Agrawal DEL 6½ 96 Romok Bhattacharjee WB 5
42 Vishwanath Vivek AP 6½ 97 Venkata Raman WB 4½
43 Karmukilan S TN 6½ 98 Sabharish M TN 4½
44 Om Vinay Vitalkar MAH 6½ 99 Naresh M PUD 4½
45 Aryan Haribhau Kawade MAH 6½ 100 Kushank Maheswari RAJ 4½
46 My Aditya AP 6 101 Ciezil Nadda HP 4½
47 Mythireyan P TN 6 102 Nithin A V TN 4½
48 Sanghai Dhruv MAH 6 103 Arnab Kr Pathak ASM 4½
49 Ayush Pattanaik MP 6 104 Jain Arnavv RAJ 4
50 Shrutarshi Ray WB 6 105 Dheepan G PUD 4
51 Sachin Pradeep KER 6 106 Rudhvi U AP 4
52 Swain Ashirwad ODI 6 107 Manooneeth B PUD 4

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KNOW YOUR IM Shyam Nikhil
P.Shyam Nikhil (D0B: 21 March 1992) started playing
chess at the age of four.His father K.Ponnuswamy
taught him the moves. He got his first FIDE rating of
1857 in july 2004.Between 2004 and 2006 he was
guided by Mr. D.Ghouse Kamrudeen , a chess coach
from Madurai. He played many Fide rating tournaments
during this period and reached the rating of 2375 in
Apr 2007. Since 2007 he was trained by FIDE trainer
Mr. K.Visweswaran. He made three IM norms in three
consecutive tournaments in Bhubaneswar open and
Kolkata open in 2008 and in Chennai open in 2009.
In July 2012 he reached the rating of 2502.He was
part of the Gold medal winning team at the World
youth Olympiad in 2007.He won 6th Pink City Open
in 2007.He was silver medallist at the Commonwealth
Championship in 2004 and at the Asian Youth Under-18 Championship. His favourite
players are Mikhail Tal, Fischer, Garry Kasparov. His other interests are cricket, listening
to music and watching movies. Here is a list of his significant achievements.

International level
Commonwealth U-14 2004 Silver
World youth U-16 Olympiad 2007 Gold (Team)
Board prize 4th board Silver
Asian youth U-18 2009 Silver
Winner of 6th pinkcity open chess championship(2007)
First IM norm in Bhubaneswar open International chess tournament.(2008)
Second IM norm in Kolkata open International chess tournament.(2008)
Third IM norm in chennai open international chess tournament.(2009)
First GM norm in 4th Mumbai Mayors cup chess championship(2011)
Second GM norm in National premier chess championship(2011)

National level
Runner up in the National u-13 chess championship held at vijayawada(2004)
Winner in the National u-17 chess championship held at Aurangabad(2009)
3rd place in the National Junior chess championship held at Puri(2010)
Runner up in the National Junior chess championship held at Goa(2011)
Runner up in the National-B chess championship held at Aurangabad(2011)
Here is one of his favourite wins annotated

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Jawahar Engineering College 15th Tamil Nadu State Under -
25 Chess Championship, Chennai…

S.Rohit Vassan, V.Hariharan, Secretary, AICF, Bala Kannamma, Winner,

Shri.J.C.D.Prabhakar, President, AICF, V.Haribalu, Winner and Shri.D.V.Sundar, Vice
President, FIDE

National Cities Chess Championship, Kottayam

(L-R) .Mr Ephrame (Chief Arbiter), Rajesh Nattakom (Hon.Secretary Chess Association
Kerala) Chief guest :Malayala Manorama’s sports editor K.N.R.Namboothiri,, Mukesh
Karippaparambil (Sponsor),Cherian Ipe Thadathil (President YMCA Kottayam) with
Champions Chennai –A.

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Contd. from page 2

108 Arun Vaidya G PUD 4 27 Kaur Palkin DEL 6

109 Sri Revanth E CHA 4 28 Thorat Aishwarya Goa 6
110 Arjun Sidharth S PUD 4 29 Makhija Aashna MAH 6
111 Pranjal Poddar Pankaj CHA 4 30 Prabhugaonkar A Aman GOA 6
112 Sairam S TN 4 31 Tulsi M KAR 6
113 Elankumaran R PUD 4 32 Shinjini Sengupta WB 6
114 Naveen Ilango PUD 4 33 Sneha G P S TN 6
115 Prabhnoor Singh M JAM 4 34 Krithigga K TN 6
116 Raguram Sudan Rajaram PUD 4 35 Manya Bagla DEL 6
117 Chirag Sharma HP 4 36 Sovna Sonali Jena ODI 5½
118 Aravind Adivaragan TN 4 37 Anjali Manoj KER 5½
119 Yeshwanth Moorthy PUD 3½
38 Joshi Nimita MAH 5½
120 Mihir Guddanti AP 3½
121 Aghilan A PUD 3½ 39 Abirami S TN 5½
122 Saran G PUD 3½ 40 Aarthi V TN 5½
123 Hemanathan C PUD 3½ 41 Kavisha S Shah GUJ 5½
124 Sharane Sakthivel PUD 3½ 42 Pooja S (2002) TN 5½
125 Aadhisan Balakrishnan PUD 3 43 Prasanna Arpita Ch. AP 5½
126 A Udhaya Baskar PUD 3 44 Taniya Acharya WB 5½
127 Thrayambhakesh A PUD 3 45 Srimathi R TN 5½
128 Mithun Krishna PUD 3 46 Abirama Srinithi G TN 5
129 Raja S PUD 2½ 47 Kuber Chinmayee MAH 5
130 Madhu Karthik Ch AP 2½ 48 Bhoite Meenakshi MAH 5
131 R Kh Sunilkumar Singh MAN 2 49 Khan Faiziya Goa 5
132 Arrun S. MAH 1 50 Swera Ana Braganca Goa 5
133 Madavaa Kannan PUD 0 51 Bharathi A TN 5
52 Priyadarshini B TN 5
National U-13 Girls: 53 Isha Sharma KAR 5
Final stamdings: 54 Garima Gaurav BIH 5
1 Aakanksha Hagawane MAH 9½ 55 Katkar Sai Arya MAH 5
2 Vaishali R WFM TN 8½ 56 Pousumi Maity WB 5
3 Bidhar Rutumbara WFM ODI 8 57 Ahalya A TN 4½
4 Harshita Guddanti AP 8 58 Biswal Gitashree ODI 4½
5 Priyanka K TN 7½
59 Soupraja S PUD 4½
6 Savant Riya WCM GOA 7½
7 Tejaswini Sagar WCM MAH 7½ 60 Lydia G PUD 4½
8 Ananya S KAR 7½ 61 Jayalakshmi R K TN 4½
9 Arpita Mukherjee WFM WB 7 62 Yazhini S PUD 4½
10 Shah Vishwa MAH 7 63 Chamundeswari B PUD 4½
11 Hilmi Parveen KER 7 64 Siva Sai Sugandhi Ch AP 4½
12 Potluri Supreetha AP 7 65 Nandini V TN 4½
13 Chitlange Sakshi MAH 7 66 Hiranmayi K TN 4½
14 Vantika Agrawal DEL 7 67 Swetha Balaji TN 4
15 Asmita Das WB 6½ 68 Bhole Isha MAH 4
16 Harshini A TN 6½ 69 Sai Pravarthika S TN 4
17 Sonal Mandhana MAH 6½ 70 Manvi Hira PUN 4
18 Meera D TN 6½ 71 Kavya S PUD 4
19 Toshali V AP 6½ 72 Shubavadhi S K PUD 4
20 Vaisalie K TN 6½ 73 Nirubasri C PUD 4
21 Jasper Jothi P TN 6½ 74 Chopra Tanishi MAH 3½
22 Gurleen Chawla MAH 6½ 75 Janvi BIH 3
23 Shah Rutvi GUJ 6½ 76 Sagar Siya MAH 2
24 Sneha N.G. PUD 6 77 Saina Negi HP 1
25 Bhanot Stuti HAR 6 78 Allena Khumukcham MAN 0
26 Dhivyashree J TN 6

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3rd St.Joseph’s International Fide Rating Chess Tournament,Chennai….

Nitin wins title

by V.Ravichandran,Organizing Secretary

St.Joseph’s College sponsored 3rd All IMS got a smooth sailing in the round
St.Joseph’s International Fide Rating 4 except top seeded K Priyadarshan who
Chess Tournament was organized by Mount had a lucky escape against lesser seeded
Chess Academy at St. Joseph’s college of S Vigneshwaran of Namakkal in the fourth
Engineering, Old Mamallapuram Road, round with a draw.Ten players IM P
Jeppiaar Nagar, Chennai- 119, from 29th Shyam Nikhil of Chennai, IM Himanshu
June to 3rd July2013. This nine round Swiss Sharma, Rlys, Haryana, IM S.Nitin of SSN
event attracted 696 players from 16 states College,Salem , M.Kunal of Trichy, R A
which included five International Masters, Pradeeep kumar of Chennai, N Surendran
2FMs, 1WFM and 491 rated players. The of Tiruvellore, M G Gahan of Mangalore,
total prize fund was Rs. 1, 51,000/- and D Yashas of Shimago , Anurag Jaiswal of
prizes were given to the top forty players WB, N Lokesh of Hosur were on five points
and five prizes each in the 8 categories. at the end of the fifth round.
The Entire prize money was sponsored by
St. Joseph College of Engineering, Chennai Two players IM S Nitin and R A Pradeep
& St.Joseph’s Institute of Technology, Kumar scored easy wins and led the table
Chennai. with 6 points each. IMs Himanshu Sharma
and Shyam Nikhil were held to a draw by
This event was inaugurated by the Dr. N Surendran and M G Gahan respectively
B. Babu Manoharan, Managing Director of and were on second spot along with 11
St. Joseph’s College of Engineering on 29th others.
Junet 2013 at 10.30 A.M at St.Joseph’s
College of Engineering, Chennai and he Overnight leaders S Nitin and R A Pradeep
assured to host this International fide Kumar made a peace treaty in the 7th
rated event every year. Shri V Hariharan, round and maintained the top spot along
Secretary, All India Chess Federation with Top seeded K Priyadarshan, IM Shyam
presided over the function. St.Joseph’s Nikhil and M Kunal with 6.5 points each at
College waived of entry fees to all above the end of the seventh Round.
1400 rated players as promised in the last In a dramatic eighth and penultimate round
edition and this was the first time in India R A Pradeep Kumar jumped in to sole lead
players above 1400 Rating were given free with 7.5 points after an excellent win over
entry for a Swiss FIDE event. Veteran Syed Anwar Shazuly of ICF. All
The first round started at 11.30A.M on 29th other top boards ended in draw and 12
June2013. 5 International Masters, top players IM S Nitin, K Priyadarshan, IM
seeded K Priyadarshan of Madurai, IM P Shyam Nikhil,IM Himanshu Sharma, IM D P
Shayam Nikhil of Chennai, IM Himanshu Singh,Ajay Krishna,Sai Viswesh,D Yashas,
Sharma, Rlys, Hrayana, IM S.Nitin of SSN Anurag Jaiswal, FM K V Shantharam, G
College, Salem and IM D P Singh of Rlys, Jawant and M Kunal were on second place
Chennai were leading with 3 points at the with 7points each.
end of the 3rd Round.

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In the final and 9th Round R A Pradeep 12 Karamsetty Jeevan 7½
Kumar’s winning streak was stopped by IM 13 Rajarishi Karthi 7½
Shaym Nikhil and they shared the points. 14 Yashas D. 7
IM S Nitin outplayed young Sai Viswesh in 15 Sai Vishwesh.C 7
a nice game and won the title with 8 points. 16 Shantharam K.V. FM 7
17 Lokesh P. 7
IM S Nitin, R A Pradeep kumar, IM D P
18 Anurag Jaiswal 7
Singh, IM K Priyadarshan, IM Himanshu
19 Muthaiah Al 7
Sharma and M Kunal scored 8 points and
20 Snehal Bhosale 7
tied for the first place and on tie break 21 Kulkarni Vinayak 7
they finished first to sixth respectively. 22 Ashwath R. 7
23 Krishna Teja N 7
S Nitin got richer by Rs 40000 along with
24 Jagadeesh A.K. 7
a glittering winner Trophy. R A Pradeep
25 Jaswant G 7
Kumar came second and received Rs25000
26 Ganesh Babu S. 7
cash prize. IM D P Singh finished third 27 Barath L 7
place and got Rs15000cash Prize. 28 Ram S. Krishnan 7
On the concluding day the3rd July 2013, 29 Osama Salim 7
30 Malla Nooka Raju 7
Dr B.Babu Manoharan, Managing Director
31 Ajay Krishna S 7
of St.Joseph’s College of Engineering
32 Ranjith R.K. 7
presides, Mr. N Swaminathan, Chief 33 Shreeshan S 7
Personnel Officer, Southern Railways gave 34 Aadhityaa M 7
away the Trophies and prizes amounting 35 Vigneshwaran S 7
to 1.51 lakhs to the winners. Mr Jaikumar 36 Eshwanth DevKumar J 7
Christhu Rajan, Director, St.Joseph’s 37 Lokesh N. 6½
College delivered the Special address. 38 Surendran N. 6½
The tournament was well organized by 39 Uma Maheswaran P 6½
St.Joseph’s college who provided free 40 Chakravarti K. 6½
boarding and lodging to all players, Parents, 41 Nanda Kumar T.S. 6½
accompanying persons and even to 42 Akshaya Nandakumar 6½
visitors.Chief Arbiter M Vijayakumar along 43 Syed Anwar Shazuli 6½
with other Arbiters ensured successful 44 Akil A S J 6½
conduct of this annual event. 45 Karthick Narayanan S 6½
46 Iniyan P 6½
Final standings:St.Josephs 47 D. Ashraf Subhani 6½
48 Vinoth Kumar M. FM 6½
Rk Name Pts 49 Roshan Antony C 6½
1 Nitin S. IM 8 50 Ramesh S 6½
2 Pradeep Kumar R.A. 8 51 Balasubramanian A. 6½
3 Singh D.P. IM 8 52 Prudhvi Kumar V 6½
4 Priyadharshan K. IM 8 53 Ganesh P 6½
5 Himanshu Sharma IM 8 54 Singaram P.L. 6½
6 Kunal M. 8 55 Sanjid Latheef 6½
7 Shyam Nikil P. IM 7½ 56 Selvabharathy T 6½
8 Ravi Teja S. 7½ 57 Senbabu M B 6½
9 Gahan M.G. 7½ 58 Kranti Kumar P. 6½
10 Yogit S 7½ 59 Shakthi Vishal J 6½
11 Gopalakrishnan K. 7½

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60 Kumar S. 6½ 108 Subramanian V 6
61 Gowtham K K 6½ 109 Kannan.V 6
62 Kuldeep Sharma 6½ 110 Hari Madhavan N B 6
63 Sa Kannan 6½ 111 Kushagra Gupta 6
64 Venkatakrishnan R.V. 6½ 112 Sameer Kumar Y 6
65 Karthik Raj C 6½ 113 V Krishna Sarma 6
66 Dahale Atul 6 114 Mohan Ram S 6
67 Varshini V 6 115 Yutesh P 6
68 Raju S 6 116 DevaKrishnanReddy 6
69 Binayak Rath 6 117 Sathananthan I 6
70 Bala Kannamma.P 6 118 Ananth R 6
71 Balaji P. 6 119 Sanjay Thiruvengadam 6
72 Eashwar.M 6 120 Rama Rao T V 6
73 Lakshmi Narayanan Mv 6 121 Pandi Durai P 6
74 Vaisnav M 6 122 Pragadesh P 6
75 Clifford Flair 6 123 Rajendran M G 6
76 Aaditya Jagadeesh 6 124 Sridhar C.S. 5½
77 Sudhamahari Dinker 6 125 Chakravarthy M S R K 5½
78 Ashwin R 6 126 Vignesh V 5½
79 Anand Naik B 6 127 Hariraj.K 5½
80 Vigneshwaran S 6 128 Saroja K 5½
81 Saranya J WFM 6 129 Palaniappan A.L. 5½
82 Sandya M 6 130 Siva A C 5½
83 Sathya Priya S.V. 6 131 Sathiyaraj S 5½
84 Sankaranarayanan.K 6 132 Raman D 5½
85 Sasikumar N 6 133 C. R. Varsha 5½
86 Kiran Kumar P J 6 134 Vijay P 5½
87 Karthik P M 6 135 Divya Lakshmi R 5½
88 Girinath B S 6 136 Prabhakaran K 5½
89 Athirai S 6 137 Prakruthee A 5½
90 Santhosh David 6 138 Srikanth K. 5½
91 Mugilan C 6 139 Raahul V S 5½
92 Manasa H R 6 140 Yuvan Bharathi K S 5½
93 Senthil Maran K 6 141 Sreedharan.E 5½
94 Shreenath M 6 142 Muthu Palaniappan P L 5½
95 Thamaraiselvi P 6 143 Prasant N Nayagam 5½
96 Aravind K 6 144 Subramanian R P 5½
97 Bhuvan R 6 145 Chujeeth Vignesh A 5½
98 Madhan Babu M 6 146 Sree Veeramani P 5½
99 Bhagya Jayesh 6 147 Shaji P M 5½
100 Tarun V Kanth 6 148 Kathiravan T 5½
101 Goutam Das 6 149 SriSakthivelmurugan C 5½
102 Suriya Kumar V K 6 150 Akash Lal O 5½
103 Sharath E. 6 151 Anirban Basu 5½
104 Harshavardhan G B 6 152 Kishore Kumar L S 5½
105 Abdul Azeem R 6 153 Prabhu S 5½
106 Rahul S 6 154 Dhamodharan M. 5½
107 Hema Priya N 6 155 Vineeth Kumar B 5½

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156 Narayana Rao Ch 5½ 198 Ayil Naidu K 5
157 Vijay Shreeram P 5½ 199 Ashhwath C 5
158 Karthikeyini R. 5½ 200 Mohan Ram Sridhar 5
159 Sheshathri 5½ 201 Ch Gopalakrishna Rao 5
160 Lakshmanan A R 5½ 202 Kamalanathan R 5
161 Navnitan S V 5½ 203 SP Teja Sharma U 5
162 Suryachander E 5½ 204 Ganesha Moorthy D 5
163 Aswin Kumar B S 5½ 205 Sathyaraaj N G 5
164 Subba Reddy K 5½ 206 Vishwak S 5
165 Thrigunan K 5½ 207 Raj A 5
166 Kabil S 5½ 208 Felston M 5
167 Vamsi Krishna B 5½ 209 Akshita D 5
168 K Kalyanasundaram 5½ 210 Alwyn Roy Miranda 5
169 Kasinathan S 5½ 211 Deepika M C 5
170 Shanmugasundaram G. 5½ 212 Prathipa L 5
171 Stanley Jones W 5½ 213 Rangesh N D 5
172 Dheekshith Kumar R 5½ 214 Senthil Kumar V 5
173 Viekash V.K. 5½ 215 Dharshan P 5
174 Srinivasa Rao Bayya 5½ 216 Kavitha P L 5
175 Velayudam K S 5½ 217 Prasanna Krishna B. 5
176 Bala Murugan G 5½ 218 Aswin S 5
177 Rohan Nag Chowdhury 5½ 219 Arjun Kalyan 5
178 Prasanta Mondal 5½ 220 Siddarth Ashok 5
179 Rajiv A 5½ 221 Pavan Kumar Y 5
180 Kamal G 5½ 222 Ashwath C S 5
181 Janakiraman R 5½ 223 Hariharan S 5
182 John P B 5½ 224 Jayanth C 5
183 Senthil Kumaran R.P. 5 225 Madhavan N 5
184 Gnanasekar .G 5 226 Suresh Agarwal 5
185 Vinoth Kumar M 5 227 Alan Diviya Raj 5
186 Aravindkumar S 5 228 Rindhiya V 5
187 Alexander D 5 229 Ravi Kumar T C 5
188 Chopon Babu .R.K 5 230 Jagadeeswara Rao G 5
189 Suresh Kumar R 5 231 Rakshith N D 5
190 H Bharadwaj Gundepudi 5 232 Lokeshwar S 5
191 Prakashram R 5 233 Bhuvaneswar P 5
192 Haricharann D V 5 234 Preethy P. 5
193 Subramanian T.V. 5 235 Sushmit Banerjee 5
194 Dony K V 5 236 Sivasubramanian R 5
195 Lakshman K R 5 237 Akshitha S 5
196 Gopal Shah 5 238 Karthikeyan L 5
197 Anandha Venkatesan 5 239 S Venkateshwaran S 5

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240 Gangasha H 5 281 Rohith S 5
241 Kalyanaraghavan.V.S 5 282 Sekar B 4½
242 Thilagavathi E 5 283 Bharkavi S 4½
243 Krishna K R 5 284 Vamsi Krishna R 4½
244 Jeeru Yaswanth Reddy 5 285 Kamala Kannan M.S. 4½
245 Dilip Kumar S 5 286 Raghava M 4½
246 Sathish Chandra G 5 287 Balaji S 4½
247 Sivakumar S 5 288 Kiruthika B 4½
248 Sukumar.S 5 289 Abilaash V 4½
249 Nikhil N Tummaganti 5 290 Karunakaran I 4½
250 Sundar Chokkalingam 5 291 Manish Anto Cristiano 4½
251 Prem Kumar S 5 292 Upendra R 4½
252 Sai Ganesh R 5 293 Manickavelu. A 4½
253 Nivetta T 5 294 Ramesh Babu C R 4½
254 Mohanan A 5 295 Rajasekaran S 4½
255 Pranav P 5 296 Megha Krishnan A A 4½
256 Dakshinya T R S 5 297 Rajesh Vasanthakumar 4½
257 Dinesh Maran T 5 298 Kalyan Reddy K 4½
258 Kruthika K R 5 299 Shyam Sundar M 4½
259 Ulaganathan G 5 300 Nandhini T R 4½
260 Sailesh Sitaram 5 301 Vijayesha J 4½
261 Krishnamurthy S 5 302 Gopala Krishna B V 4½
262 Soundarya R S 5 303 Thivagar T 4½
263 Adith S 5 304 K Varaha Prem Sai 4½
264 Shreyas Kannan 5 305 Priyamvadha Sundar 4½
265 Vishweshwaran K 5
306 Danush Athithya K S T 4½
266 Srinath B 5
307 Nazeer Basha G 4½
267 Praveen R 5
308 Hiren K G 4½
268 Mohanavel S 5
309 Rahul Bharadwaj B 4½
269 Subba Rao D.V. 5
310 Sowmia A 4½
270 Anbarasan S 5
311 Sridatta M V 4½
271 Akshayaa M 5
312 Arul M G Ajin 4½
272 Mohana Sundaram R 5
313 Karthikeyan M 4½
273 Akhilesh K. Srivastava 5
314 Siva Kumar Badireddy 4½
274 Poornima P R 5
315 Madhumitha R (2003) 4½
275 Kanimozhi R 5
316 Subalakshmi 4½
276 Bheri Yaswanth 5
317 Keerthana Maran T 4½
277 Doraiswamy L 5
318 Madhumida S 4½
278 Ramesh Kumar Sonker 5
319 Gowtham T S 4½
279 Abhinessh S 5
320 Dharani Kumar M S 4½
280 Vittesh Narayanan 5

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2nd Warangal International Fide Rating Chess Tournament…

Ashutosh Kumar wins at Warangal

by Promodrai Moree, Chief Arbiter

2nd Warangal International Fide Rating I was assisted in the event as arbiter by
Chess Championship Attracted 200 Mr Balasubramaniam of Chennai and also
participants from various parts of India by Mr G V Kumar of Rajamundry District
including major states like Tamil Nadu, of AP who is also a fide arbiter.The Prize
Karnataka, Kerala, Jharkhand, distribution ceremony took place at 3 pm
on 11th June when there was a cultural
Bihar, Dehli, Gujrath, Maharshtra, and one program organized for the entertainment
player from United States. of the players.
The event was well organized by Warangal
District chess Assoction under the dynamic Final standings:
leadership of Sampath Bollam Secretary of
Warangal Chess Academy. This event has Rk Name State Pts
a prize fund of 2 lakh rupees. 102 rated 1 Ashutosh Kumar BIH 8½
players took part in the event. The event 2 G Hema Chandra Mouli AP 8
was inaugurated by the president of Andra
3 Erigaisi Arjun AP 7
Pradesh Chess Association Mr Narasimha
Reddy on 8th of june. 4 Suraj Jaiswal MAH 7
5 Ramesh S. AP 7
The venue Vishnu Priya Garden, was a
6 Sathyanarayanan S. TN 7
very spacious hall with capacity to conduct
an event of 400 players. The dining hall 7 Ravi Kumar K AP 7
which was beside the playing hall was also 8 Yeshwanth B. AP 7
very spacious and the food was served by 9 Iyappan P TN 6½
the organizers for all three time free for 10 Mahesh Kumar K AP 6½
players. Free dormitory accommodation
was provided at a nearby school for all 11 Md Khaja Abdul Latheef S AP 6½
players as well as accompanying persons. 12 K Ashleesh AP 6½
13 Buxy Rajanikant CHA 6½
The event was very closely fought till
the last round. More than 25 players are 14 Chetan Sharma AP 6½
getting partial rating from this event. 15 Rajendra G AP 6½
One boy Ravi Sawanth of Maharashtra 16 Aravind Babu L AP 6½
completed his rating requirement in this 17 Raghav Srivathsav V AP 6½
single tournament. He met all nine players
18 Prateek Srivastava AP 6½
in this event and will be getting 1400 +
rating. The event was won by Ashutosh 19 Muralidharan R. TN 6½
Kumar of Bihar. And closely followed by 20 Niranjan Mocharla AP 6½
Hema Chandra Mouli of AP who got second 21 Kannan.V TN 6½
plance and young Under 11 lad Iregasi 22 Badrinath S. PUD 6½
Arjun of Warangal who got third place.

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July 2013
23 Vaibhav Barahate MAH 6½ 62 Ismail S K AP 5
24 Saketh P AP 6½ 63 Rajarshi A AP 5
25 Hinduja Reddy AP 6 64 Ankit Dalal GUJ 5
26 Ajeesh Antony KER 6 65 Damodar E AP 5
27 Shince Sebastian KER 6 66 Sai Sharma C AP 5
28 Duvvala Suresh AP 6 67 Gaikwad Vishal MAH 5
29 Srivastava Pratyush AP 6 68 Rama Mohan Rao N AP 5
30 D.K. Chopra Delhi 6 69 Murali Mohan Y AP 5
31 Prabhat Koutha AP 6 70 Musini Ajay AP 5
32 Tulsi M KAR 6 71 Ravi Sawanth MAH 5
33 Pvs Aravind AP 6 72 Ishwar Ramteke MAH 5
34 Vidya Sagar J.B.M. AP 6 73 Jadi Kishan AP 5
35 Dinesh Annamalai PUD 6 74 Rithvik Raja M AP 5
36 Umashankar A PUD 6 75 Sai Krishna Teja P AP 5
37 Kishore Kumar L S TN 6 76 Goguloth Malsur AP 5
38 Thirunaga Sundaram S TN 6 77 Bheri Chinna Rao AP 5
39 Shaik Sydulu AP 6 78 Vangala Prashanth AP 5
40 Suriya Kumar V K TN 6 79 Gurromkonda Tarosh AP 5
41 Rajendra A AP 6 80 Tridev Kumar M AP 5
42 Md Anwar AP 6 81 Mahendar B AP 5
43 Raut Vaibhav MAH 6 82 Ismail P TN 5
44 Vinodh Kumar B. PUD 5½ 83 Kuppili Sai Venkat AP 5
45 Adirathna Kumar S AP 5½ 84 Bheri Yaswanth AP 5
46 Chetwani Ashok MAH 5½ 85 Bhukya Sudheer AP 5
47 Raman R. PUD 5½ 86 Thakare Seeya MAH 5
48 Rama Rao K AP) 5½ 87 Ashok Gandham AP 5
49 Kranthi Kiran P. AP 5½ 88 Kranti Bhim AP 5
50 Sri Sakthivel Murugan C TN 5½ 89 Srikanth T AP 5
51 Bharath Bhushan Reddy N AP 5½ 90 Sri Koushik M AP 5
52 Vishwanath Vivek AP 5½ 91 Goutham Sunny L AP 5
53 Tejavath Naresh AP 5½ 92 Alekhya B AP 4½
54 Prakash K S AP 5½ 93 Naresh T AP 4½
55 Venu Gopal Vangala AP 5½ 94 Sai Krishna G.B.V. AP 4½
56 Shaik Riyaz AP 5½ 95 Syam Sudhakar Rao R AP 4½
57 Alexander Rahul M AP 5½ 96 Mallik M AP 4½
58 Naveen R AP 5½ 97 Sri Sai Harsha Kuralla AP 4½
59 Vamsi B AP 5½ 98 Joel Paul G AP 4½
60 Patel Shivarsh GUJ 5½ 99 Raga Jyothsna R AP 4½
61 Ifthikar Ahammad S AP 5 100 Vignesh A AP 4½

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101 Shashank Reddy V AP 4½ 139 Kalyani B AP 4
102 Keerthi B AP 4½ 140 Yashwanth Reddy A AP 4
103 Keshore G PUD 4½ 141 Vaishnav Paunikar MAH 4
104 Ashok A (pud) PUD 4½ 142 Bhairy Akash AP 4
105 Karra Raja Ravikiran AP 4½ 143 Likhith Kumar B AP 4
106 Shashidhar Sharma CV S S AP 4½ 144 Suhas Gummadi US 4
107 Prasada Rao Kommuri AP 4½ 145 Harshavardhan B AP 3½
108 Srikanth Myakala AP 4½ 146 Sandeep Kumar B AP 3½
109 Moolya Sanjeeva MAH 4½ 147 Gagan Raj P AP 3½
110 Eesha Ajay Sarda MAH 4½ 148 Dutt B.S. AP 3½
111 Sandeep Kumar Namburi AP 4½ 149 Hema Sri Sruthi AP 3½
112 Ashok Kumar T D TN 4½ 150 Vishal Koushik P AP 3½
113 Soumith A AP 4½ 151 Harshavardhan A AP 3½
114 Aruna Janapatla AP 4½ 152 Pragun Patel K AP 3½
115 Naga Sai Charan AP 4½ 153 Shashidhar Dhinavahi AP 3½
116 Satyanarayana Rao K. AP 4½ 154 Santhosh Manikantan AP 3½
117 Subhasmitha Sahoo MAH 4½ 155 Nicy Vennela M AP 3½
118 Bhaskar V AP 4 156 Sathwik Manne AP 3½
119 Sarma K S R AP 4 157 Prasanna Kumar G I MAH 3½
120 Gowtham Pollam AP 4 158 Yashwanth Babu AP 3
121 Sruya Dhanush G AP 4 159 Rohan Gundala AP 3
122 Maheedhar K AP 4 160 Uma Kumari I AP 3
123 Devansh Ajay Sarda MAH 4 161 Kiran Myakala AP 3
124 Bala Krishna K AP 4 162 Arjun Lakapalkapalli AP 3
125 D Chaitnya Sai AP 4 163 Rishika K AP 3
126 R Venkata Raghunandan AP 4 164 Revanthkumar Anand AP 3
127 Rakesh B AP 4 165 Krishna Chaitanya Reddy AP 3
128 Ganta Joshua Samuel AP 4 166 Santosh Kumar P AP 3
129 Lasya Mayuka N AP 4 167 Sai Akhila M AP 3
130 Gyaneshwar B AP 4 168 Prudvi Mahanudava AP 3
131 Deepak Chowdry N AP 4 169 Likhith Kumar S AP 3
132 Shivaji Veldiend AP 4 170 Sreeja Y AP 3
133 Dharani Srinivas K B AP 4 171 Erigaisi Keerthana AP 3
134 Sai Balaji S AP 4 172 Vindeela Subhasini AP 3
135 Anudeep Srivatsav Appe AP 4 173 Bhavna Makal AP 3
136 Swami B AP 4 174 Koushik K AP 3
137 Sai Ganesh A AP 4 175 Trishul D KAR 3
138 Karthik Pilli AP 4

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July 2013
 NHPC FIDE Rated Chess Tournament for School Students 2013,
New Delhi..

Aradhya Garg wins NHPC FIDE Rated

by Gagan Chitkara

The NHPC FIDE Rated Chess Tournament Final standings:NHPC

for School Students was held at Mata Gujri
Public School, New Delhi from 07-11 May Rk Name Club Pts
13. A total number of 298 players from 1 Aradhya Garg DEL 9
different part of India which included three 2 Anchit Vyas MP 8½
FIDE Masters, one Women FIDE Master 3 Muthaiah Al TN 8
and 150 International rated players took 4 Mitrabha Guha FM WB 8
part in this 5 lakh prize money tournament 5 Nishant Malhotra DEL 8
6 Pranavananda V AP 8
played under Swiss system with 10 rounds
7 Barath Kalyan M TN 8
with a time control of one hour and thirty
8 Aishwin Daniel MP 8
second increment from move one Ankit
9 Rajdeep Sarkar WB 7½
Gajwa of Madhya Pradesh started as top seed
10 Rakesh Kumar Jena FM ORI 7½
and tournament saw lots of ups and down in the
11 Debankan Dhara WB 7½
entire ten rounds. At the end, ninth seed local
12 Amir Asim DEL 7½
star Aradhya Garg ensured a thrilling end to the
13 Harshal Shahi FM DEL 7½
tournament by holding second seed state mate 14 Aansh Gupta DEL 7½
Nishant Malhotra in the final round to clinch the 15 Tarini Goyal WFM CHD 7½
title with 9 points and pocketed a cash prize of 16 Yogit S TN 7
one lakh rupees while Anchit Vyas of MP 17 Gajwa Ankit MP 7
finished as first runner-up with 8.5 points. 18 Subramanian Pl TN 7
Six players tied for the third spot but better 19 Pavit Singh DEL 7
Buchholz tie break score helped Muthaih 20 Abir Sinha DEL 7
A L of Tamilnadu to lift second runner up 21 Sarthak Mahajan DEL 7
trophy. 22 Ayush Garg RAJ 7
23 Neelash Saha WB 7
Tarini Goyal of Chandigarh and Rohan Gupta
24 Arunima Kalra DEL 7
of Delhi adjudged as Best Girl player and
25 Aaniq Kamani MP 7
best unrated player respectively.   Amity
26 Goel Ayush UP 7
Pushp Vihar, New Delhi won the Best
27 Satya Sekhar Mitra WB 7
School team prize. 28 Saksham Dewan DEL 7
29 Krishnankit Banerjee DEL 7
At a glittering closing ceremony, Shri. R
30 Rohan Gupta DEL 7
S Mina, Director NHPC along with Shri.
31 Tushar Anand DEL 6½
Bharat Singh, Hony Secretary All India 32 Sudarshan Gopal DEL 6½
Chess Federation gave away the prizes in 33 Abhinav Gola DEL 6½
presence of Shri. Sarabjit Singh Sabharwal, 34 Yashashwat Srivastava DEL 6½
Trustee Naurang Foundation, Shri. A 35 Kishore V HAR 6½
K Verma, Hony Secretary Delhi Chess 36 Kushagra Gupta DEL 6½
Association & Gagan Chitkara, Organiser 37 Kaur Palkin DEL 6½
38 Saideep Ganesh DEL 6½
of the event.

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39 Sarthak Bansal DEL 6½ 87 Aditya Kumar DEL 5½
40 Vishesh Agrawal DEL 6½ 88 Daksh Jain DEL 5½
41 Sharma Vibhav HAR 6½ 89 Shubham D Singh UP 5½
42 Lokesh Hans HAR 6½ 90 Himank Bansal DEL 5½
43 Vantika Agrawal DEL 6½ 91 Prajjwal HAR 5½
44 Sparsh Bansal DEL 6½ 92 Nipun Kundu DEL 5½
45 Kritik Satija HAR 6½ 93 Manpreet Singh DEL 5½
46 Jasmeher Singh K DEL 6½ 94 Nilesh Jindal HAR 5½
47 Jagdeep Singh Sudan DEL 6½ 95 Karan Jain DEL 5½
48 Alok Sinha DEL 6½ 96 Manjeet Poonia HAR 5½
49 J Kumar Chowdary AP 6½ 97 Aan Sikka DEL 5½
50 Goyal Sarthak UP 6½ 98 Arnab Bhor DEL 5½
51 Dinesh Bhagat PUN 6½ 99 Aryan Kakkar DEL 5½
52 Vaishnavi Thakur HAR 6½ 100 Archi Agrawal DEL 5½
53 Om Batra DEL 6 101 Nemank Yadav DEL 5½
54 Mythireyan P TN 6 102 Anshul Mehta PUN 5½
55 Kesshni Bhasiin DEL 6 103 Gaha Narayan UP 5½
56 Arsh Verma DEL 6 104 Sanchit Anand DEL 5½
57 Sumay Mishra DEL 6 105 Harshit Arya HAR 5½
58 Abhinav Chauhan DEL 6 106 Shourya Agarwal UP 5½
59 Jain Arnavv RAJ 6 107 Gopal Singh Mann DEL 5½
60 Lawaniya Eshan UP 6 108 Tanya Saharya DEL 5½
61 Tanishka Kotia HAR 6 109 Manas Rajawat UP 5½
62 Jaideep Singh DEL 6 110 Pranav Goyal DEL 5
63 Bhanot Stuti HAR 6 111 Sukul Khanna DEL 5
64 Shuban Saha WB 6 112 Arjun Singh Puri DEL 5
65 Sahil Garg DEL 6 113 K Kautil Prasad DEL 5
66 Sharma Dushyant PUN 6 114 Sanskriti Goyal UP 5
67 Sharmik Rawal DEL 6 115 Deepanshu Khemka DEL 5
68 Gagan Arora DEL 6 116 Nimdia Ridit MAH 5
69 Kalra Harshvardhan DEL 6 117 Kunal Kakumanu Prasad DEL 5
70 Dubey Sanchay UP 6 118 Wagish Sharma UP 5
71 Bhavya Gupta HAR 6 119 Vardan Nagpal DEL 5
72 Kabir Sachdeva DEL 6 120 Devanshi Rathi DEL 5
73 Priya Rani DEL 6 121 Anuman Goel MP 5
74 Singh Gurmeher DEL 6 122 Ayan Jain DEL 5
75 Naman Singh DEL 6 123 Anmol Bhagat PUN 5
76 Yatin Agarwal DEL 6 124 Gursimar Singh Arneja DEL 5
77 Stuti Dewan DEL 6 125 Sirjan Singh Kathuria DEL 5
78 Pukhraj Singh PUN 6 126 Gupta Manvi UP 5
79 S.M. Wais UP 6 127 Shashwat Malik HAR 5
80 Siddhant Rao DEL 6 128 Saksham Rautela UTT 5
81 Vikrant Jangra HAR 6 129 Aaryan Bhutani DEL 5
82 Kirtvir Singh DEL 6 130 Raghav Bhalla PUN 5
83 Eesha Shekhar DEL 6 131 Sarthak Bathla UP 5
84 Tathagat Pal DEL 5½ 132 Aaryendra Chhabra DEL 5
85 Ghosh Samriddhaa WB 5½ 133 Soumyajit Sarkar DEL 5
86 Ishtdeep Singh DEL 5½ 134 Gauri Suri HAR 5

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135 Amrusha M TN 5 179 Yashovardhan Singhal HAR 4
136 Gaurav A Kumar DEL 5 180 Himani Singh DEL 4
137 Amartya Bhattacharjee CHD 5 181 Asmi Kartikeya DEL 4
138 Hridhik Bhai DEL 5 182 Bhavya Tejwani DEL 4
139 Karan Gupta DEL 5 183 Yashovardhan Singh HAR 4
140 Arnav Haldia HAR 5 184 Satvik Kalra DEL 4
141 Japman Avtar DEL 5 185 Harsh Singh Senger HAR 4
142 Mahi Rajawat DEL 5 186 Ahaan Kaunajia DEL 4
143 Shubham Gupta DEL 5 187 Shiv Vaidya DEL 4
144 Uday Bansal UP 5 188 Japnit Kaur DEL 4
145 Aniket Arora DEL 5 189 Prabhjyot Singh Sodhi DEL 4
146 Aastik Khandewal DEL 5 190 Cyrus Chhikara HAR 4
147 Siddhant Choudhary DEL 5 191 Samarth Narang DEL 4
148 Harprab Singh Johar DEL 5 192 Nitesh Achtani DEL 4
149 Gupta Aakarsh DEL 5 193 Saksham Khanna DEL 4
150 Aryaman Bhatia DEL 4½ 194 Yashasvi Mohan UP 4
151 Mehak Shah DEL 4½ 195 Rishabh Dubey UP 4
152 Keshav Monga DEL 4½ 196 Bhairavi Vijayraje DEL 4
153 Aditya Sharma DEL 4½ 197 Suhan Gautam DEL 4
154 Simarpal Singh DEL 4½ 198 Vidushi Rastogi DEL 4
155 Adarsh Tripathi DEL 4½ 199 Dhruva Ranjan Datta DEL 4
156 Mukesh Kamat UP 4½ 200 Ayushman Jain DEL 4
157 Mahesh Madhavan HAR 4½ 201 Chaitanya Dadhwal DEL 3½
158 Ananya Ranka DEL 4½ 202 Harshit Kaushik UP 3½
159 Ayan Tiwari DEL 4½ 203 Aditya Choudhary DEL 3½
160 Simarjiv Singh DEL 4½ 204 Prakhar Pant DEL 3½
161 Saraswati UP 4½ 205 Rajvi Dhankher DEL 3½
162 Yashasvee Saini DEL 4½ 206 Hritwik Ranjan DEL 3½
163 Shradha Agarwal DEL 4½ 207 Gauresh Jaiswal DEL 3½
164 Namann D Jain RAJ 4½ 208 Choudhary Sagar MP 3½
165 Aarib Anwar DEL 4½ 209 Annirudh Pasari HAR 3½
166 Parth Khanna UTT 4½ 210 Rahul Rakesh Kumar UP 3½
167 Sood Anhad DEL 4½ 211 Eric Vaish UP 3½
168 Madhav Sharma DEL 4½ 212 Priyanshu Agarwal DEL 3½
169 Manleen Kaur Marwaha HAR 4½ 213 Ayushmaan Jay Singh UP 3½
170 Vipin Singh DEL 4½ 214 Prithu Gupta DEL 3
171 Samarth Mittal HAR 4½ 215 Shreyas Menon DEL 3
172 Aanya Sikka DEL 4½ 216 Paridhi Khandelwal DEL 3
173 Shubham Paliwal UP 4½ 217 Jesica DEL 3
174 Om Kharola DEL 4 218 Arjan Singh DEL 3
175 Isht Chitkara DEL 4 219 Pragyat Agarwal DEL 3
176 Akshat Singal DEL 4 220 Aditya Raj Jain DEL 3
177 Shishir Lamba CHD 4 221 Siddhant Mittal DEL 3
178 Akshat Jha DEL 4 222 Divyank Chawla DEL 3

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14th National Cities Team Chess Championship,Kottayam….

Chennai A wins National Cities

Championship
M. Ephrame IA , Chief Arbiter
The 14 th
National Cities Team Chess 1.5 , the lone winner being IM C Praveen
Championship has been held at YMCA Kumar who outplayed Arvind Shastry. In
Hall, Kottayam from 15th to 20th of June. a game of Chebanenko Slav , Praveen’s
Kottayam, the first Indian city to achieve 26th move f5 stirred up and gained control
100% in literacy and the nerve center of over and e and f files. A pawn move on
Print Media in Kerala , has returned back to the 39th move cleared the signal with white
National Level Chess Event after a span of winning a bishop few moves later and the
30 years. The tournament was organised game in 54 moves. Chennai B drew with
by the YMCA, Kottayam in association with Chennai City A team in the 5th round and
Karippaparambil family , Chess Association beat Bangalore in the 6th round to take the
Kerala and Chess Association Kottayam. A lead.
total of 22 teams from various part of the
country participated in this Championship. Chennai B success continued when IM
Rajesh successfully digested the “Benko
The event witnessed 105 players pawn” of IM Thejkumar while Sanjay
including 1 Grandmaster RR Laxman blundered his queen, unwilling to repeat the
and 6 International Masters Karthikeyan moves to lose against Lokesh. In the 7th
and Praveen Kumar of Chennai City round Bangalore team faced stiff challenge
A, Thejkumar & Himanshu Sharma of from Vizag on the 2nd and 3rd boards with
Bangalore City , VAV Rajesh and Shyam young Karthik and Pranavananda holding
Nikhil of Chennai B, along with National their high rated opponent’s IM Himanshu
Premier Players Sanjay & Arvind Shastry Sharma and N Sanjay. Karthik faced
of Bangalore City , Norm holder AG Nimmy the Tango variation of Himanshu with
of Kochi, Young Internationals Anjana confidence and successfully exchanged
Krishna & Meghna of Trivandrum and TK the pieces and entered Rook in and equal
Joseph, former Kerala State Champion and pawn endings in the 45th move. The
a veteran of Kottayam District and many experienced IM tried all the tricks before
other talents were seen in action. An all agreeing for a draw in 93 moves. Similarly
women team was also fielded as well. Sanjay’s Catalan went in futile against
Pranavananda despite the former enjoying
Chennai City A Team was given the top the 2 bishop advantage for most part of
billing by virtue of its ELO rating of 2375 the game. A slip in the endgame play
with GM RR Laxman Chose the second by Sanjay in a 2 pawn up ending allowed
board. Bangalore City, the winners of 2009 Pranavananda to defend with good moves
and 2011 edition was seeded 2nd with an and a truce appeared in 80 moves.
ELO of 2350 followed by Chennai City B
with 2316 ELO. Interestingly the host Meanwhile Chennai A capitalized on game
Kottayam had fielded 6 teams to give an scores in between rounds to win the
exposure to local talents. title after a final round 4-0 win against
Alappuzha. The Chennai B also got 7 match
The above three were leading with 6 points but due to the better tie break helped
match points at the end of 3rd round. In Chennai A to win the championship. The
the crucial 4th round Chennai A won against top two placed teams have won all the
Bangalore with a narrow margin of 2.5 :
board prizes.

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Final Ranking

Rk Team Gam. + = - MP Pts.

1 Chennai City - A 8 7 1 0 15 27
2 Chennai City - B 8 7 1 0 15 25
3 Bangalore City 8 6 0 2 12 22
4 Calicut -A 8 5 0 3 10 20
5 Cochin City - A 8 4 1 3 9 19½
6 Trivandrum 8 4 1 3 9 17
7 Kottayam - B 8 4 1 3 9 17
8 Kottayam - A 8 4 1 3 9 16½
9 Alappuzha-A 8 4 1 3 9 15½
10 Vizag 8 4 0 4 8 18½
11 Cochin City - C 8 4 0 4 8 17
12 Kottayam - C 8 4 0 4 8 16
13 Hydrabad City 8 3 1 4 7 15
14 Thrissur 8 3 1 4 7 14
15 Kottayam - D 8 2 2 4 6 13½
16 Ernakulam Kids 8 2 2 4 6 13
17 Pathanam Thitta 8 3 0 5 6 11½
18 Cochin City - B 8 3 0 5 6 11
19 Alappuzha-B 8 1 3 4 5 14
20 Kottayam - E 8 2 1 5 5 11½
21 Calicut- B 6 1 2 3 4 7½
22 Kottayam - F 8 0 1 7 1 5

The Board Prize winners:

14th National Cities Team Chess Championship 2013
Board 1 Vignesh Nr 2220 Chennai City - A 90 5
Board 2IM Shyam Nikil P. 2408 Chennai City - B 81.3 8
Board 3IM Karthikeyan P. 2415 Chennai City - A 85.7 7
Board 4 Pradeep Kumar R.A. 2267 Chennai City - B 93.8 8
Board 5IM Praveen Kumar C. 2312 Chennai City - A 85.7 7

Teams of Kerala did reasonably well with to complete the event in a professional
Kochi and Calicut playing consistently and fitting manner. The Co-Sponsors
throughout. Notable were Mohanan of Karippaparambil family have many years
Kochi, victory over IM VAV Rajesh in the of attachment towards chess and been
final round. Yohan of Calicut win against contributing always. Finally the new to
Lokesh in the 7th round. CR Raveendran of adorn the office Rajesh , Secretary Chess
Kochi scored a perfect win against in Navin Association Kerala has added one more
Kanna in the 2nd round. The organisers feather to his cap in conducting this
YMCA , Kottayam are into their 121st championship meticulously.
year !!! and they left no stone unturned

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 SDCA International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (Below
2000),Surat…

Umesh Kulkarni wins

Kirit Gajiwala,Organizing Secretary,Surat District Chess Association
With the support and guidance of All India phone as well as by email. We would also
Chess Federation (AICF) and Gujarat State like to thanks to Mr. Bhavesh Patel and Mr.
Chess Association (GSCA), Surat District Mayur Patel who guided us from beginning
Chess Association (SDCA) has organized and gave us support till end.
“SDCA International FIDE Rating Chess
Tournament (Below 2000)” at Surat during
10th to 15th June 2013. Final standings(first 200 placings only)
Rk Name Pts
Tournament began on 10th June 2013 with
1 Umesh m. Kulkarni 8½
Inauguration function in presence of guest of honor
2 Shukla Shishir 8½
Shri Sitaram Ji Saboo from Mohit Industries and
3 Kundalia Jay 8
other dignitaries Shri Bhavesh Patel Secretary GSCA
4 Shete Sammed 8
and Shri Mayur Patel Vice-President GSCA at 5 Krishnamoorthy K. 8
SMC Community Hall, Rustampura, Surat. Shri 6 S Vigneshwaran 8
Sitaram Ji gave welcome/motivational 7 Chandak Shivam 8
speech and best wishes to all participants. 8 Ramachandra Bhat 8
There was a player’s meeting thereafter. 9 Sumit Grover 7½
Mr. Indubhai G. Parmar (IA) was the Chief 10 Kaushik Shubham 7½
Arbiter. Total 280 players participated in this 11 Negi D S 7½
tournament. Total 10 rounds were played during 12 Rohan Bharat Joshi 7½
tournament. There was a single (first) round on 13 Lakshmi krishna Bhushan 7½
10th June.  On 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th there were 14 Manish Uniyal 7½
two rounds played each day. Last 10th round was on 15 Patil Mayur 7
15th June. Prize distribution function was arranged on 16 Anshul Kaushik 7
15th June in evening. Many guests were invited in prize 17 Mehta Jwalin 7
distribution function which was hosted by Mrs. Sonal 18 Raunak Mondal 7
Shah. Mr. Vallabhbhai Dholakia Owner of Bhavani 19 Oza Vijay 7
Gems and Mr. Pravinbhai Modi director of The Surat 20 Prajapati Rakesh 7
People’s Co. Op. Bank Ltd. were guests of honor. 21 Uma Maheswaran 7
Other dignitaries were Shri Sitaram Ji Saboo from 22 Pereira, Johnharry 7
Mohit Industries, Shri Ghanshyambhai from Shiv- 23 Bharambe Bhavik c. 7
Shakti Sweets, Shri Chiragbhai Shah from Jainam 24 Gupta Aansh 7
Share Consultants, Shri Bhavesh Patel Secretary 25 Kadav Omkar 7
GSCA, Shri Mayur Patel Vice-President 26 Khan S 7
GSCA. Total 158 Cash Prizes worth 3 Lacks 27 Warude Satyam 7
with Trophies were distributed to winners 28 Pathak Rajiv 7
by dignitaries. 29 Malar, Jadhav 7
30 Pandhare Swapnil 7
We would like to thank all AICF officials 31 Prajapati Ketan 7
who guided us technically and gave us 32 Nehete Akshay S. 7
prompt response as and when required on 33 Kulkarni Aakash 6½

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34 Himanshu Moudgil 6½ 75 Jadav Jayesh 6
35 Aditya hiren Vaidya 6½ 76 Shukla Shivam 6
36 Makwana Ashvin k 6½ 77 Manoj B Kulkarni 6
37 Desai Jay Viral 6½ 78 Saumil Nair 6
38 Surya Prakash Pokarial 6½ 79 Srivastav Harsh 6
39 Kane Samvid 6½ 80 Singhi Nipun 6
40 Gupta Kushagra 6½ 81 Aishwarya 6
41 Lawaniya Eshan 6½ 82 Choksi Ashish 6
42 Jain Jeet 6½ 83 Randive Seth 6
43 Lokhandwala Murtuza 6½ 84 Jangra Vikrant 6
44 Joy pankaj Shah 6½ 85 Sadhu Bhagyesh 6
45 Vankawala Vinod 6½ 86 Sood Rajan 6
46 Golvankar Dilip k 6½ 87 Kamble Y M 6
47 Dubey Sanchay 6½ 88 Samuel a e 6
48 Sudarshan Gopal 6½ 89 Vaghela Nikunj 6
49 Vadoya Hitesh 6½ 90 Patel Shukdevbhai G 6
50 Waikar Varun 6½ 91 Gopalkrishna.P 5½
51 Panchal Ronak 6½ 92 Dixit Devang 5½
52 Dave Shivshankar 6½ 93 Pancholi Pankaj 5½
53 Tiwari O P 6½ 94 Chauhan Harish 5½
54 Patel Jignesh D 6½ 95 Anuj Shah 5½
55 Purohit Falgun 6½ 96 Prafulla Chandran V 5½
56 Waghmare Sagar 6½ 97 Jain Saankulp 5½
57 Subramanian T V 6 98 Rajagopalan 5½
58 Shegaonkar Akshay 6 99 Shah Vishwa 5½
59 Sanjeet Manohar 6 100 Dineshkumar 5½
60 Awadh Chaitanya 6 101 Samir dilipkumar Desai 5½
61 Jain Arnav 6 102 Chavda Nareshkumar 5½
62 Kadhiwala Arpan 6 103 Shaival Patwa 5½
63 Kavisha S Shah 6 104 Pawar Mandar s. 5½
64 Dharamsi Tejas 6 105 Dhiraj Patil 5½
65 Kale Rajendra 6 106 Balachandar G 5½
66 Dholane Jitendra 6 107 Shah Rushi 5½
67 Chavan Vishakha 6 108 Deepak kumar Patel 5½
68 Parikh Kairav 6 109 Parth Jariwala 5½
69 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 6 110 Thakkar Foram 5½
70 Chavan Vivek 6 111 Shah Rutvi 5½
71 Trivedi Harkishan 6 112 Bardoliwala Nirmal 5½
72 Dirk Woning 6 113 Borase Manoj 5½
73 Ahire Vishal 6 114 Agarwal Anmol 5½
74 Chorge Mangesh 6 115 Modi Nilay 5½

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116 Hussain Imran 5½ Puzzle of the month
117 Rai Shashidhar 5½
118 Dimri Aryan S. 5½ by C.G.S.Narayanan
119 Rathod Pritishkumar 5½
Serieshelpmate magic
120 Shah Mayur 5½
121 Davda Sanjay 5 In normal chess white and black move
alternatively. In helpmate black helps
122 Vaidya Vishal 5
white in mating the black king and here
123 K Rajaraman 5 too black and white play alternatively
124 Solanki Rutvik 5 but black commences the play. The most
125 Pathak Ravi 5 common type of series problem is the
126 Patel Viral 5 serieshelpmate where black plays a series
127 Kotkar Sunil 5 of moves while white simply watches and
128 Singh Sewa 5 delivers the mate in one.Apart from the
ususal requirement that all the moves must
129 Goswami Dinesh 5
be legal,there is only one restriction on
130 Bilal S Kadiwala 5 black’s freedom during the series;he must
131 Shah jigar H 5 not give check, except possibly on the last
132 Singh Chain 5 move of the series.The serieshelpmate
133 Sinha Abhishek 5 discussed by GM John Nunn in his book
134 Dhruvin Sajnani 5 ‘Solving in style’ is given below for solving.
135 Thaker Kautilya P 5
Here black plays thirteen consecutive
moves after which white queen mates in
136 Patel Kunal 5
one.
137 Gundoo Gurujitsingh 5
138 Bisani Mudit 5 J.Mortensen, 5th Comm,BCF Ty 1962/63
139 Rajivade Nilesh 5
140 Dubey Sanjay 5
141 Patel Bhargav 5
142 Shah Harshit C 5
143 Borse umesh Suresh 5
144 Bedia Vinamra 5
145 Kale Shivprasad 5
146 Rakhecha Gaurav 5
147 Mohan H 5
148 Doshi Aakash 5
149 Bhatia Ishan 5
150 Patel Vivek 5
151 Anshul Mehta 5 Serieshelpmate in 13 moves
152 Chaudhari Jayesh 5
153 Pruthvi s Shah 5 3(Solution on page 39 )
154 Raval Mayur 5
155 Kokra Abhinav 5

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Jawahar Engineering College 15th Tamil Nadu State Under - 25 Chess
Championship,Chennai…

Haribalu & Bala Kannamma emerge

TN State U-25 Champions
K.Thirukkalathy, Chief Arbiter

Top seeds V Haribalu (Cognizant Technology today. M Sandya and P Thamaraiselvi

Solutions) & P Bala Kannamma (Velammal shared the second place with 5.0 points.
School) emerged champions in the Open Overnight leader Meera Desikan crashed
& Girls section after the 9th and final to two defeats and remained at 4.5 points.
round of the Jawahar Engineering College
15th Tamil Nadu State Under - 25 Chess Final Placings (Open) 1.V Haribalu (Cognizant
Championship - 2013 at Hall of Chess, Technology Solutions) 8, 2. Sa Kannan
Nehru Stadium in Chennai . (Sivaganga) 7, 3-6 Aniruddh Aiyengar, P
Elancheralathan (both Chennai), K Senthil
Top seed Haribalu who remained Maran (Tvlr), S Yogit (Chennai) 6.5, 7-10
undefeated scoring 8 points, was awarded AL Muthaiah (Tvlr), R Prakashram, L Barath
the Annapragada Trophy. Bala Kannamma, (both Chennai), M Aadhityaa (Kanchi) 6 pts .
the Girls champion, was awarded the (Girls) 1.P Bala Kannamma (Velammal
Nivarthi Trophy and confirmed her top School) 8, 2. V Varshini (Chn) 6.5, 3-5
billing with 8 points from nine rounds. M Sandya (Chn), D Meera (NLC), P
Thamaraiselvi (Chn) 6, 6-7 A Harshini
Tenneti Venugopal Rao trophy for the best (Tvlr), C R Varsha (Kanchi) 5.5, 8-10 K
game prize was awarded TN State Sub- Krithigga, Subalakshmi (both Chn), GPS
Junior Champion Master S Rohit Vassan Sneha (NLC) 5 pts
of Vellore. Total cash prizes for Rs. 20400
were distributed by Shri JCD Prabhakar,
President, All India Chess Federation in Final standings:U-25 Open
the presence of Shri D V Sundar, Vice
President, FIDE (World Chess Federation) Rk Name Rtg Pts
and Shri V Hariharan, General Secretary, 1 Haribalu V. 2213 8
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. 2 Sa Kannan 1938 7
3 Aniruddh Aiyengar 1920 6½
Earlier after seventh round top seeds V 4 Elancheralathan P 1942 6½
Haribalu and P Bala Kannamma led the
5 Senthil Maran K 1793 6½
field after the seventh round in the Open
& Girls section.Haribalu (7.0) raced to his 6 Yogit S 1992 6½
seventh win in a row, and looks well set 7 Muthaiah Al 2041 6
to win the title. Sharing the second spot 8 Prakashram R 1808 6
at 1.5 points behind Haribalu were Sa 9 Barath L 1989 6
Kannan and K Senthil Maran at 5.5 points. 10 Aadhityaa M 1908 6
In the Girls Section, top seeded Bala 11 Chaithanyaa K.G. 2083 6
Kannamma moved into top spot with 6.0 12 Kumar S. 1780 6
points scoring over Meera and Harshini 13 Tejas Ravichandran 2183 5½

Contd. on page 27
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July 2013
 Gelfand Wins Tal Memorial in Moscow
by Arvind Aaron

Boris Gelfand of Israel played at his career

best 2900 rating to win the Tal Memorial
that concluded at Moscow on June 23,
2013.Only in 2012, he earned a huge
prize cheque for being the finalist in the
World Chess Championship at Moscow.
He lost to Anand only in the tie-break.
Gelfand, the 1968-born oldest competitor
in the 10-player field, gave a lesson or
two for his younger opponents. On course
to the title, he defeated Nakamura,
Caruana, Morozevich and drew the six
other players.
Anand, the next oldest in the fray however
did not share the same fortune. Anand lost three games and played at 2700 and finished
in a tie for the eighth place. Anand defeated Morozevich in a nice game. His challenger,
Carlsen, recovered from a quiet start to pick speed towards the end and finish second
with 5.5 points. Carlsen still played below his rating expected levels!
Tal, the attacking genius is also called as the “Magician from Riga”. He is the most
remembered of all world champions for his aggressive style of play.
Final placings: 1. Boris Gelfand (Isr) 6, 2. M. Carlsen (Nor) 5,5, 3-5. F. Caruana (Ita),
S. Mamedyarov (Aze), D. Andrejkin (Rus) 5, 6. H. Nakamura (USA) 4,5, 7. S. Karjakin
(Rus) 4, 8-9. A. Morozevich (Rus), V. Anand (Rus) 3.5, 10. V. Kramnik (Rus) 3.

Humpy wins Dilijan Grand Prix

The closing ceremony of the Women’s
Grand Prix was over in the resort town
of Dilijan, Armenia.The leader of the
tournament Koneru played 1.d4 d5
2.Bg5 against Tuvshintugs and this was
probably a surprise for her opponent.
Black has recommended herself as a very
tough opponent in this tournament, but
today she didn’t find a plan to neutrualize
white’s aggressive attack on the king side
and   had to resign on move 22. Danielian
chose the Vinaver variation of French
Defense against Muzychuk. Black made
some inaccuracies in the opening and
their rook was forced to leave the g file and go to h8.

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Final Ranking
1.Koneru Humpy (Ind) 2.Muzychuk Anna (Slovakia) 3.Dzagnidze Nana (Georgia)
4.Kosintseva Tatiana (Rus) 5.Ushenina Anna (Ukraine) 6.Stefanova Antoaneta (Bul)
7.Batchimeg Tuvshintugs(Mgl) 8.Harika Dronavalli 9.Girya Olga 10.Cmilyte ViKtorija
11.Danielian Elina 12.Khotenashvili Bela

Parimarjan Negi Wins D.C. International

The D.C. International was held from
June 27-July 1, 2013, at the Hyatt
Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson
Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.
The tournament was played as a single
section over nine rounds of Swiss system.
71 players took part in the competition.
Indian Grandmaster Parimarjan
Negi took a clear first place with 7,5
points, leaving the second placed
Canadian IM Bindi Cheng half a point
behind.Prize fund $8000: $2000-1200-
800-700-600-500-400-300, top FIDE
under 2300 or unrated $1000-500.The 41st Annual World Chess Open continues at the
same playing venue.
Final standings:
1. GM Parimarjan Negi 2634 IND – 7.5
2. IM Bindi Cheng 2406 CAN – 7.0
3-4. GM Conrad Holt 2531 KS and FM Adarsh Jayakumar 2340 IL – 6.5
5-13. GM Gregory Kaidanov 2577 KY, GM Magesh C Panchanathan 2570 IND, IM
Leonid Gerzhoy 2469 CAN, IM Daniel Fernandez 2396 TX, IM Max Cornejo 2395 PER,
FM Yian Liou 2385 CA, FM Michael H Bodek 2339 NY, FM Atulya Shetty 2320 MI and
Mario Alexis Arias 2130 PER – 6.0 etc. 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at
Incheon, Korea…

Bakthi wins Bronze

by Arvind Aaron
Women Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni won the bronze medal in the 4th Asian Indoor
and Martial Arts Games at Incheon, Korea. Playing under IOC flag due to suspension of
Indian Olympic Association in Asian Indoor Games, twelfth seeded Bhakti produced
a commendable performance to win the bronze medal from the field of players like
Grandmasters Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue and Zhu Chen.

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In a nail biting final round game, she
held her nerve to beat higher seeded
International Master Pham Le Thao
Nguyen of Vietnam to make the podium
finish. She won five games and drew with
Xue and only lost to champion Hou Yifan.
Xue secured silver .
Meanwhile in the Men’s section
Grandmaster Sethuraman S P missed
the podium finish by whisker and ranked
fourth. Grandmaster Yu Yangyi of China
won the Gold while Silver and Bronze
secured by Grandamster Salem Saleh
of UAE and Grandmaster Ding Liren of
China respectively.

Medals galore for India at Asian Youth Chess, Iran

Arvind Aaron

India came up with a rich haul of ten Gold medals in the Asian Youth Chess Championships
2013 that conlcuded in Sari, Iran. Five out of ten Gold medals came from the sterling
show of Tamil Nadu kids viz., B Savitha Shri (U-6 Girls), R Praggnanandhaa (U-8 Open),
L N Ram Aravind (U-10 Open), R Vaishali (U-12 Girls) and V R Aravindh Chithambaram
(U-14 Open). The Chennai based brother-sister combination brought double delight for
the family as R Praggnanandhaa (U-8 Open) and R Vaishali (U-12 Girls) came up with a
Gold medal winning performances. In addition Indian kids garnered four silver and five
bronzes taking the overall tally to 19 medals, the best among all participating nations.
Gold Medallists: Under 6 GIRLS Savitha Shri B ;Under 8 GIRLS Divya Deshmukh;Under
8 OPEN Praggnanandhaa R;Under 10 OPEN Ram Aravind L N;Under 12 GIRLS Vaishali
R; Under 12 OPEN Raghunandan K S;Under 14 GIRLS Savant Riya;Under 14 OPEN Aravindh
Chithambaram V R ;Under 16 OPEN Girish A Koushik;Under 18 GIRLS Prathyusha Bodda
Silver Medallists: Under 10 GIRLS Lakshmi C;Under 10 OPEN Aronyak Ghosh;Under
12 GIRLS Priyanka N;Under 16 GIRLS Srija Seshadri
Bronze Medallsits: Under 8 GIRLS Rakshitta Ravi;Under 10 GIRLS Fernandes
Krystal;Under 10 OPEN Kushagra Mohan;Under 14 GIRLS Ananya S;Under 14 OPEN
Karthikeyan Murali.

Asian indore and Athletic Championship, Incheon, Koria...

In the mixed team event powered by GM SP. Sethuraman & WGM S. Meenakshi
India won sliver beating Eran in the semi finals. In the final India lost to China
1-3.

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Asian youth chess championship - Rapid event
India wins 5 Gold , 3 Silvers and 6 Bronze
by T.J.Sureshkumar
Asian youth chess championship started in the beautiful city of Sari, Iran. India started
in style with 5 GOLD medals , 3 SILVER and 6 BRONZE medals in the rapid section on the
first day. The medal winners are GOLD - Savitha Shree ( U-6 girls), Divya deshmukh (
U-8 girls), C.Lakshmi (U-10 girls), Ananya . S ( U-14 girls) , M.Mahalakshmi (U-16 girls),  
SILVER - Swera Ana Braganca (U-10 girls), Potluri Supritha ( U-12 girls), Nandhitha P.V
(U-18 girls), BRONZE - Praggnandhaa R ( U-8 Boys), Bhagyashree Patil (U-8 girls),
Tharini Goyal (U-12 girls), Visakh N.R (U-14 boys), Girish Koushk (U-16 boys), Michelle
Catherina (U-18 girls).11 Indian players arrived only in the afternoon from Bulgaria after
the exposure trip and could not participate in the rapid section. Otherwise our medal
tally would have been more.Official Site : http://www.asianyouth2013.com

AGM of AICF at Chennai

Important decisions taken at the Annual
General Body Meeting of the All India Chess
Federation held at Hotel Ramada Egmore,
Chennai on 23.06.2013
1. The All India Chess Federation profusely
thanked the Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Tamilnadu for coming forward to fund the
World Championship match between GM
Anand and GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
All the representatives of various State
Associations were grateful to the Hon’ble
Chief Minister for her wonderful gesture.
2. V.Hariharan of Tamilnadu took over as the Hon. Secretary of All India Chess
Federation from Bharat Singh of Delhi who had to step down to be in tune with the
Government of India guidelines on tenure of office bearers in National Federations
issues. V.Hariharan is a former National A player and represented India in the Asian
Team Chess Championship held at Singapore in 1987. He is also a qualified FIDE
Arbiter and currently the Rating Officer of AICF. He is also the General Secretary of
the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association.
3. In the resultant vacancy caused due to Hariharan’s elevation as Hon. Secretary
Mr.Kishor Bandekar of Goa has been nominated as the Joint Secretary.
4. The AGM approved the appointment of Mr.Bharat Singh as the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of the All India Chess Federation. While agreeing to serve the AICF as
CEO, Mr.Bharat Singh refused to accept any salary for the same.
5. The AGM also accepted the request of FIDE to have the Presidential Board Meeting
of the FIDE at Chennai during the World Chess Championship match.
6. The AGM announced new Rules regarding participation in Asian Continental
Championship as special entries, for participation in World Junior Championship
as special entries and selections to represent the country in official FIDE team
championships (For details visit www.aicf.in)

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Contd. from page 22

14 Karthick Narayanan S 1724 5½ 56 Kumaran R 0 3

15 Krishna Prasad K.C. 2006 5½ 57 G Bakyesvara Pandiyan 0 3
16 Prajesh R 1844 5½ 58 Aravindakshan G A 0 3
17 Eshwanth Dev Kumar J 1923 5½ 59 Jai Ganesh K 0 3
18 Harikrishnan.A.Ra 1926 5½ 60 Sathish H 0 3
19 Bhuvan R 1700 5½ 61 Gopinath M 0 3
20 Aaditya Jagadeesh 1802 5½ 62 Naveen B 0 2½
21 Rohit Vassan S 1785 5 63 Anuraag G Rajagopalan 1586 2
22 Jayakumar S 1848 5 64 Yuvaraja K 0 2
23 Barath Kalyan M 1859 5 65 Adithya Purushothaman S 0 2
24 Ajay Krishna S 1989 5 66 Narendran C S 1259 1½
25 Sudhamahari Dinker 1686 5 67 Mohan Barath.K 0 1½
26 Aravind K 1749 5 68 Vijay P 1778 1
27 Selvabharathy T 1791 5 69 Vivin Joy 0 1
28 Harshavardhan G B 1598 5 70 Srichand T 1563 0
29 Kalyanaraghavan.V.S 1514 5
30 Sathananthan I 1616 5 U-25 Girls:Fianl standings
31 Vigneswaran S 1579 5 Rk Name Rtg Pts
32 Ashwin R 1625 5 1 Bala Kannamma.P 2000 8
33 Dharani Kumar M S 1233 4½ 2 Varshini V 1905 6½
34 Roshan Antony C 1467 4½ 3 Sandya M 1824 6
35 Lokeshwar S. 1578 4½ 4 Meera D 1715 6
36 Karthik Raj C 1526 4½ 5 Thamaraiselvi P 1685 6
37 Muthu Palaniappan P L 1543 4½ 6 Harshini A 1612 5½
38 Mohan Ram Sridhar 1464 4½ 7 C. R. Varsha 1686 5½
39 Anandha Venkatesan 1354 4½ 8 Krithigga K 1418 5
40 Raahul V S 1532 4 9 Subalakshmi 1371 5
41 Lakshman K R 1415 4 10 Sneha G P S 1346 5
42 Rahul Bharadwaj B 1342 4 11 Bhuvaneshwari.R 1749 4½
43 Aravindan.N 0 4 12 Akshita D 1496 4½
44 Praveen R 1365 4 13 Tejasvi M 1464 4
45 Mohanavel S 1377 4 14 Aasha.C R. 1505 4
46 Stephen Raj A 0 4 15 Madhumitha R 1341 4
47 Karthikeyan L 1320 4 16 Swarnamala B 1254 4
48 Sathish R 1287 4 17 Saroja K 1685 3½
49 Karthik R (1993) 1279 4 18 Jaya Shivapriya K 0 3
50 Kishore Kumar L S 1682 3½ 19 Shwetha Y 0 2
51 Abdur Rahmani R 1427 3½ 20 Radha Sri Dinker 0 2
52 Mohnish J 1309 3½ 21 Vaishnavi Y 0 2
53 Prabhakaran S 0 3½ 22 Shreya K 0 1
54 B Chidambaram.C 1297 3
55 Prakash 0 3

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Selected games annotated by 18...Bd7?! [It is a mystery why black
declines to capture the a2 pawn. Probably
IM Manuel Aaron he feared some deep trap? There is no
danger in taking a2 as the following
Anurag Mhamal (2401) Saiyn,Zhanat
would demonstrate: 18...Qxa2! 19.Qd2
KAZ (2278) [B20]
Bb7 20.c3 a5 21.Rfe1 Rbe8 and black
Asian Junior, Sharjah Sharjah, 2013 would win.] 19.Nh4 [19.Nfd2 could have
increased in black the fear of his queen
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 being probably trapped on the queen-side,
5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 e6 7.Nd2 Nge7 8.f4 0–0 but it was still good for black.] 19...Nxh4
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.g4 f5 This is a standard 20.Bxh4 Nd4 21.Qd2 Nf5!–+ 22.Bf2
blocking device used against the Sicilian Kh7 [Capturing a2 was still winning for
Closed Variation. It is hard for white to black as the following line indicates. 22...
make any progress. 11.gxf5 exf5 12.Ng3 Qxa2 23.Ra1 Qf7 24.Rxa7 Bxb2 25.Rd1
b5 13.Kh1 b4 [This is new. Another idea Bg7–+] 23.a3 Qb5 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.c3
was: 13...Kh8 14.Qe1 Qc7 15.Qf2 Nd4 16.c3 [If 25.Qxb4 cxb4 (25...Rxb4 26.Nxd6 Nxd6
Nxf3 17.Qxf3 c4 18.Re1 Bb7 19.Qe2 and 27.Bxc5=) 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Bg1 Ra2 28.c3
eventually 0–1 in A Kostrov vs A Sokolov, Bb5 29.Rfd1²] 25...Qb3 26.Rfe1 a5!µ
1994.] 14.Qe2 h6 15.Rb1?! [White wants 27.Re2 a4 28.Rg1 a3 29.bxa3 Qxa3
to play his bishop to e3 but does not want 30.Bf3 Diagram #
to lose his b2 pawn. This move defends
b2 in advance in preparation for Be3 but it
has its drawbacks. Better was to keep his
queen-side in limbo and generate play in
the centre with: 15.Re1 to be followed by
e4-e5.] 15...Qa5! 16.Be3!? White doe not
wish to defend passively and decides to let
black have the a2 pawn. He also probably
intending e5 to weaken black’s c5 pawn.
16...fxe4 [Perfectly playable was: 16...
Qxa2 17.e5 Qe6µ] 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Bf2
Diagram #
30...Be8 [One must strike when the iron
is hot. Better was: 30...Rb3 31.Rc1 Bc6
32.Bg2 Rfb8 with a clear advantage for
black.] 31.Qe1? Bb5 32.Qd2 Be8 This is
black’s tacit offer of a draw by repetition.
33.h4 But like Oliver Twist, white wants
more. 33...Qa5?! [33...Rb3 pressuring c3
would have given black a very good game.]
34.Qe1 Bf7 35.h5! This move tries to
open up black’s castled position and make
it exploitable. 35...gxh5 36.Qf1 Rbe8?!
[This moves the active rook from a good

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open file. Much better was: 36...c4 and Debashis,Das (2477) Kowsarinia,Amir
if now 37.d4? d5! 38.Nc5 Qxc3 39.Qg2 (IRI) (2301) [B33]
Bxd4 40.Na4 Qd3 and the black position
collapses.; Capturing the c3 pawn now was
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
fraught with risk: 36...Bxc3 37.Qh3 Be8
Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
38.Bxh5 Bg7 39.Bxe8 Rbxe8 40.Ng5+ wins
8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3
the Nf5.] 37.Qh3 c4 Diagram #
0–0 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4
a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.b3 Kh8 17.0–0 f5
18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Be2 Rb7
21.Bf3 Qb8 22.Rc4N [D Stojic vs R Nokes,
2005 had some unusual tactics: 22.Nc4
Rxb3 23.Nb4 Rb1 24.Nxc6 Rxd1 25.Nxb8
Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rxb8 27.Ke2 and ended in
a draw.] 22...Nd8= 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4
Ne6 25.h4 Bd8 [25...Bxe3 26.fxe3 Rbf7=]
26.Bh5 Bxh5 27.Qxh5 Bb6 28.Nxb6
Rxb6 29.Nd5 Diagram #

[This plunges black into disaster. It is hard to

suggest a better move. If 37...Bd5 38.Bxh5
Re6 39.Kh2 and white has winning threats
like 40 Bg4.] 38.Bc5! [This is based on the
theme of “Line interference” as it interferes
with the black queen’s control over his Nf5
and threatens 39 Qxf5+. This idea is also
sometimes used in Problem Composing.
However, equally stronger was the same
idea of distracting the black queen away In the Pelikan/Sveshnikov variations of the
from f5: 38.Ra2! Qb5 39.Ra7 cxd3 40.c4 Sicilian defence, black gets an outpost on
Bxc4 41.Bd4! Kh8 (41...Rf7 42.Rxf7 Bxf7 d4 while white screws his knight on d5. In
43.Qxf5+!! Qxf5 44.Rxg7+ Kh8 45.Rxf7+) this game, black is unable to put the d4
square to good use . 29...Rb7 30.Qg4
42.Rgxg7 and white wins.] 38...Be6
Nd4 31.Rfc1 Nf5 32.h5 Rbf7 33.Rc7!
39.Qxh5! The winning threat now is 40
Qe8 [If 33...Rxc7 34.Rxc7 Qa8 35.Ne3 Qb8
Ng5+ 39...dxc5 40.Ng5+! Kg8 41.Rxe6
36.Qc4 Nxe3=] 34.b5 Nh6 [34...Qxb5??
Qd8 42.Rxe8 Qxe8 43.Bd5++- Kh8 35.Rxf7 Rxf7 36.Rc8+ mates.] 35.Qe2
44.Qxe8 Rxe8 45.Nf7+! White extracts Qe6 [Not 35...Rxf2? 36.Qxf2 Rxf2 37.Rc8
the maximum from his good position. 45... Rf8 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.b6+-] 36.Rxf7 Qxf7
Kh7 46.Be4! Kg8 47.Bxf5! Simple! If 37.Ne3 White’s chances are better thanks
47...Kxf7 48 Bg6+ wins the exchange in a to his comparatively advanced passed
simplified ending. 1–0 pawn.

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 Qb1+ 49.Kh2 Diagram #[49.Kh2 Qxg6
50.Qxg6 hxg6 51.Rc7! and black is in
zugzwang. It is obvious that black’s king,
rook and knight could not move at all. If
51 ...Nf6 or 51...Nh6, 52 Rc8+ wins. Black
could move only his two isolated pawns and
they will soon die.] 1–0

Ivana Maria,Furtado (2065) Hoang,Thi

Nhu Y (2250) [E16]

37...d5?! [37...Qb3 attacking white’s 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2
passed pawn from the rear and making way Qe7 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.0–0 d5
for his knight to get to f7 was better.] 38.b6 8.Be3 dxc4 [This gives up the centre. 8...
d4 39.Rc7! Just in time, white gets his rook c6 is usual here.] 9.Qc2 Nd6 10.a3 Ba5
on the 7th rank. 39...Qb3 Two moves too 11.Nbd2 Bxd2 12.Nxd2 Bd7 13.Nxc4
late. Had he played this move two moves Bc6! 14.f3! White wants a fight! 14...Rd8
earlier, white’s b-pawn would not have 15.Bf2 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Nd7 17.e4 Nb6
moved at all. Now that pawn has become 18.Qc2² With less board room, black’s
a dangerous, advanced passed pawn. attempt to gain activity soon misfires. 18...
40.Nc4 For white, everything is occurring e5 [A better plan was: 18...Rd7 to double
beautifully. 40...d3± This is white’s only rooks along the semi-open d-file.] 19.d5
realistic chance for counter-play. 41.Qf1! Be8 Diagram #
d2 42.Rd7! after this move, controlling
black’s passed pawn from the rear, white’s
game is nearly winning. 42...Rc8 43.b7!
Rb8 44.Nxd2 Qb6 45.Nc4 Qb5 46.Qd1!
Ng8 [46...Qxc4?? 47.Rd8+ Ng8 48.Rxb8
wins for white.] 47.Qg4! It is amazing how
the queen defends the Rc2 and threatens
mate at the same time. 47...g6 48.hxg6

20.Bc5 [20.Qc5 Qxc5 21.Bxc5 Na4 22.Be3

Nxb2 23.Rfc1 c6 24.Rab1 Na4 25.Rxb7 cxd5
26.exd5 Rxd5 27.f4 Rd3 28.Rxa7 Rxa7
29.Bxa7± thanks to the threat of 30 Rc8]
20...Qf6 21.f4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Qg6 23.Qe2
f6 Diagram #

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 Qxe4+ 41.Kg1 Nf3+ 42.Rxf3 Qxe7–+]
40...h5 [40...h6 was better as at h5 the
pawn stands the risk of being captured
with a check.] 41.h3 Qc2 42.Qb4 Kh7
43.Qc3 With a pawn and the exchange
more, white wants to swap queens. 43...
Qe2 44.Re1 Qf2 45.Qe3 [White offers a
pawn to exchange off queens. Alternately,
she may try to start moving her queen-side
pawns, achieve a passed pawn and then
win the ending. A difficult sample variation
would be: 45.Rc1 Qe2 46.b4 Be6 47.Qe1
24.Be7! Nd7 [Black is threatened with the Qb2 48.Rc3 Nc4 49.Qc1 Qe2 50.Kg1 Ne5!
loss of the exchange or the f6 pawn. For 51.Qf1 Qb2 52.Qe1 and white is still far
example, if: 24...Rd7 25.Bxf6! gxf6 26.Rg4 from victory. Her problem is her bad bishop
wins the queen.] 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Rc1 on g2 muzzled by the strong black knight on
c6 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Qc4+ Bf7 [If 28... e5.] 45...Qxb2 46.Qe2 Qxa3 47.Qxh5+
Qf7 29.Qxc6 Ne5 30.Qc7 Rd7 31.Qb8+-] Kg8 Diagram #
29.Qxc6 Ne5 30.Qc7 Re8 31.Rd1 [31.
Qxa7?? Nd3 wins the exchange.] 31...Qh5
32.Rd2 Diagram #

48.Kh2 [After 48.Rb1 Qd6 49.Rb7 Bg4

50.Qe8+ (50.hxg4? would lose to 50...
Qd1+ 51.Kh2 Nxg4+ 52.Kh3 Nf2+ 53.Kh4
[After 32.Rd8 Qe2 33.Rxe8+ Bxe8 34.Qd8 g5+) 50...Kh7 51.hxg4 Qd1+ 52.Kh2
Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Kf7 36.Bh3 Nd3 37.Qd5+ Nxg4+ 53.Kh3 Nf2+ 54.Kh2=] 48...a5
Kf8 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qe6+ Kf8 40.Rf1 Black perceives no danger and pushes
despite her big material superiority white’s her passed pawn. 49.Rb1! Qd6 50.Rd1
victory is not in sight.] 32...Ng6 33.Rf5 Qf8 51.Qe2 a4 52.Qa2+ Kh7 53.Bf1
Qh6 34.Rd8 Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Ne5 36.Qe7! Bc6 Though this is a clearly advantageous
Qc1+ 37.Rf1 Qc6 38.Rxe8+ Bxe8 position for white, black should play on.
39.Bh3 Bd7 40.Bg2 [White would lose Perhaps she lost on time here. 1–0
instantaneously if she played: 40.Bxd7??

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Games at 27th Cannes Chess Festival N isnt going anywhere 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Rd3
(16.Qd2? Qxc7 17.Qxd7 Qa5 18.Bc4 Bxb2+
Annotated by A.Kore 19.Kb1 Bf6+ 20.Bb3 Qa3 21.c3 Rxb3+
22.axb3 Qxb3+ 23.Kc1 Bg5+–+) 16...
Safarli,Eltaj - Akshayraj,Kore [B01]
cxb5 17.Rhd1 e5 18.Qd2 Qxc7 19.Rxd7²
27th Cannes Chess Festival Cannes (4), But here white gets time to coordinate his
27.02.2013 pieces.] 15.Qe3 Qxc7 16.Bc4 [16.cxb7
Bxb7 Black has excellent compensation for
the missing P.] 16...bxc6 I think I have
1.e4 d5!? An opening with a dubious got a good position from the opening. The
reputation. But being in France, the next is some usual stuff. [16...e4 17.c3
atmosphere was a little amorous... 2.exd5 bxc6] 17.h4 e4 18.c3 Bg4 19.Rd2 h5
Qxd5 ...And what is more romantic than 20.Re1 Kh7 21.Nf4 Qa5 22.Bb3? Rxb3!
playing with your Q right from the second 23.axb3 Rb8?
move ! Franky, I was afraid that he might
prevent it with 2.Nc3 or something else :-)
3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nge2
Bg7 7.Bf4 Qd8 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 Nc6!
Developing with a tempo. The c-P is stuck,
but then you have to pay the price for your
shenanigans. 10.Nb5 a6!

Black has not lost his advantage, [but

I could have finished the matters more
forcefully with 23...Qa2! 24.Kc2 (24.
Qxe4 Bf5–+) 24...Rb8 25.b4 Rxb4!–+]
24.Kb1 Now the game prolongs.. 24...
Rxb3 25.Rc2 Rb7 Defending the weak 7th
rank. Now I was planning something on the
I think, he missed this move. [He was lines of Bh6- Be6 26.Nh3 Bh6 27.Ng5+
hoping for 10...Nd5 11.Bh6 a6 12.Bxg7 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Be6 29.c4 Rb4 Qa7 is not
Kxg7 13.Nbc3 When white has achieved a threat, as f7 is protected now. 30.Qd2
a significant strategic goal of exchanging Qa4! 31.Rxe4 Rxc4? Here, I got a bit
the dark squared B, while Black has merely ambitious and rejected the straightforward
kicked back white’s N.] 11.Nxc7 Rb8 I equality with 31...Bf5 [31...Bxc4 32.Qxb4
figured a trapped N and a few tempi were Qxb4 33.Rexc4 Qe1+ 34.Ka2 Qa5+ 35.Kb1
good reasons to sacrifice a P. 12.d5 Nh5 Qxg5=; 31...Bf5 32.Qd4 Rb7! 33.g4!„ c5
13.dxc6 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 e5 [I looked at 34.Qe5 hxg4 35.f3 Bxe4 36.Qxe4 Qd7
an interesting alternative, 14...bxc6!? The 37.fxg4 (37.Rh2+ Kg8 38.fxg4 Qd1+=)

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37...Kg8=] 32.Rcxc4 Bxc4 33.Qd4 this is “Romancing the Queen “. Now I get
Qa2+ 34.Kc1 Be6 35.Re5 a5 36.Kd2 why Tiviakov plays the Scandinavian so
a4 37.Qb4?? [37.Ra5! [%cal Ga5a8] Now often :-) 50.Qe8 Kg7 White resigned. 0–1
Black has one saving idea, which he should
spot. 37...c5! 38.Qe5 (38.Rxc5 a3 39.Rb5
Flear,Glenn C - Akshayraj,Kore [D90]
axb2 40.Rxb2 Qd5 Exchange Qs and then
the resulting endgame is a draw, as there 27th Cannes Chess Festival Cannes (9),
is no progressive idea for white.) 38... 02.03.2013
Bd5 (38...Qb3 39.Ra8 Qb4+ 40.Ke2 Qc4+
41.Ke3 Qc1+ 42.Kf3 The K sails away from So after romancing the Queen in the 4th
the atorm of checks.) 39.Rxc5 Bxg2 40.Rc8 round, I got into the battlefield. This game
Qd5+ 41.Qxd5 Bxd5+- with the b - P still was played in the penultimate round and
alive, this endgame is winning for white.] two GMs Ruben Felgaer and Safarli Eltaj.
37...Bb3 38.Qa3? were trailing me by half point. So, I tried to
keep things under control for now. 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7
6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 0–0 8.Bf4 Na6 9.e4
c5 Its standard opening theory. Here white
has two options. 10.e5 The latest trend.
[A while ago, people were playing 10.dxc5
Be6 11.Qb5 Bd7 12.Qxb7 Nxc5 13.Qb4 Ne6
14.Be5 a5 15.Qa3 Qb6 And you can find
some Kasparov games. Black has initiative
on the Queenside.] 10...Nh5 11.Be3
Nb4!?I was playing this game, influenced
by my good friend Bhaiyu (Abhijeet Gupta).
Special thanks to him. [11...cxd4? 12.Qxd4!
Hard to criticise him for such a natural
And Black’s both Ns are stranded on the
move. The real mistake happened on the
opposite edges of the board.]
previous move. [Actually white had to save
himself with the sharp, 38.Qc3! when after
38...a3 39.Re8! Qxb2+ 40.Kd3!! Black has
to exchange the Qs or the white K sails
to safety, away from checks. 40...Qxc3+
41.Kxc3 Be6= The ensuing endgame is a
draw even without the c6 and a3 Ps.] 38...
Qb1! 39.Re1 Qc2+ 40.Ke3 c5 41.Qa1
[%csl Ra1] Diagram # AND THAT IS NO
WAY TO TREAT A LADY !! What is the Q
doing there in the corner? Cooking??? 41...
Qc4! 42.Rc1 Qd5 43.f3 Qd4+ 44.Ke2
Bc4+ 45.Rxc4 Qxc4+ Q ENDGAME 46.Kf2
Qh4+ 47.Kg1 Qxg5 48.Qxa4 Qc1+ 12.Rc1? This position was new to my
49.Kh2 Qxb2 In the words of out Vichovich opponent. I have experienced that playing

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Grunfeld without sound prepartion is
not a good idea. The opening has some
breakneck dynamics and its difficult to catch
them if you are seeing the position for the
first time on the board. I guess thats why
computer preparation is used extensively in
this opening than others. Come to think of
it, Grunfeld evolved mostly in the computer
era. [The preferred continuation here is
RR12.0–0–0 b5 (12...cxd4 13.Qxd4 This is
the key move. Black loses a piece.) 13.Qb3
And now its a whole messy complex which I
rather not indulge in here.(13.Qxc5 Nxa2+ One of the things I liked in Cannes is that,
14.Kd2 Nxc3 15.bxc3) ] 12...cxd4 This the tournament hall is spectator friendly
small trick (...Nb4) prevents white from and the first board of the tournament has
capturing on d4 with the Q. 13.Nxd4 Nc6 a lot of space for the spectators to join.
14.Nxc6 Bxc6 And now suddenly we see When I made this move, I could hear the
that white’s e-P is too advanced to defend. gasping and excitement in the crowd. Some
Black’s N on h5 looks badly placed, but in of the audience even exclaimed “Wow !”
fact it joins the attack with fervor. 15.e6 and “Ahh.. !”. I know the move is not that
[15.f4 looks too ugly. But it also does hard to find, but being there had a different
not solves all white’s problems. 15...Rc8 feel to it. [26...Bxc3+ 27.Kd1 This is also
16.Qb4 e6 And now f4 is a liability as well.] winning, but I found a better one.] 27.Bd2
15...fxe6 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 White is left too Rc1+ Thank you watching the show. 0–1
far behind in development and possibly this Akshayraj,Kore
triggered his panic button.
Donchenko,Alexander [D27]
The last round was filled with buzz and
excitement. Me and another Indian,
Prasanna Rao were doing well. The
tournament website read the headline
“Bollywood show in Cannes.” It felt nice.
By the last round I had played all of my
competitors. I was on 6.5/8, followed by 4
GMs and 1 IM on 6/8. I had played against
the other 4 GMs, so I got a relatively weaker
opponent. Donchenko is a teenaged IM and
he was fighting for the GM norm in the last
round. A draw was sufficient for me, but he
had to win to get the GM norm. 1.d4 d5
2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.a4?! My opponent
17.Be2? Bxg2 18.Rg1 Bf3 19.Bxf3 Rxf3 playing for a win, I was suspicious of 4....b5
The position is winning now, but I invite after e3, so I played this. I suspected some
all of you to watch the finish. 20.Qe4 Rf8 preparation. [4.e3 b5?! This does not works
21.Qxb7 Rb8 22.Qxa7 Rxb2 23.Qa3 anyway. 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8 Bxa8
Rfxf2! 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Rd3 Rfc2 26.Qxe7 8.b3 c5 9.bxc4 b4 10.Ne5±] 4...Nf6 [4...
Nc6!? 5.e3 e5! 6.Bxc4 (6.d5?!) 6...exd4
Qxc3+!!
7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nf6=] 5.e3 e6 6.Bxc4

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c5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Nc3?! This is not the
precise move order. We will see soon why.
[¹8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1 and we reach the main
line of QGA. 9...e5? 10.exd4±] 8...Qc7?!
Black did not make use of the opportunity.
[Black can head straight for equality with,
8...Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5! This is the
difference. Earlier, without B on e7, this
is not possible. 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4
Nxd4 13.Qe5 Qd6=] 9.Qe2 Now, we are
again back on track. 9...Bd6 10.Rd1 0–0
11.Bd2 b6?! I guess he was trying to get
an uneven game with such moves. But its
clearly bad. I get my Bs beautifully directed Diagram # 21.Bxf7+!! [Also possible was,
against the Black King. RR21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Be5
Bh6! 24.Bg3 Bc6 25.Ne5 Be8 26.Qg4 Kf8
27.Nxf7! Bxf7 28.Qf5+- This was probably
more correct.] 21...Kxf7 22.Qc4+ Nd5!
23.exd5 Kg8 24.Re1 Qf7² 25.Ne5 Qh5
[25...Rfe8!„] 26.Rd3 Kh8 27.Nc6 Rd7
28.Rf3 Rdf7 29.Be5 [29.g4! would have
decided the matters faster. At the time, it
was not so obvious to me. 29...Qg6 30.Re6
Qb1+ 31.Kg2; 29.Bxg7+? Kxg7 30.Qc3+
Kg8 31.Ne7+] 29...Bh6 30.Qg4! [30.g4
Qg6 31.Ne7 Qg5 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.d6] 30...
Qxg4 31.hxg4 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Bg5 [32...
Rxf3 33.Bd6 Kg8 (33...g6 34.Re8+ Kg7
35.Re7++-) 34.Re8+ Kf7 35.Rf8+] 33.f4!
12.d5! exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Now its easy sailing. 33...Bf6 34.g5 Bxe5
Bb7 15.Bc3 Rae8 Black threatends 16... 35.fxe5 Kg8 36.Kg2 Bxc6 37.dxc6 Rc8
38.f4 g6 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Rh1 Ke6 41.Ke4
Nd4 16.Bc4 a5? I thought if there was any
Rc7 42.Rh6 Rf7 43.c7 Rxc7 44.f5+
chance for him to complicate the matters, it
was this. [He could have gone for 16...Ne5!
17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 This move is correct.
(I was seriously considering 18.Bxa6 Bxf3
19.gxf3 Bxh2+ 20.Kg2 Be5 21.Bc4 But then
it is equal after 21...g6= Kg7 etc.) 18...
Qxe5 19.Bxa6 Bxa6 20.Qxa6 Qxb2 21.Rab1
Rd8! 22.Rdc1 Qa3 23.Qxb6 Qxa4 24.Qxc5]
17.h3 Nb4 18.Rd2 Qe7 19.Rad1 Rd8 I
thought my advantage was slipping here
and so I got to some thinking. And then
I saw something beautiful.... 20.e4 [My
machine says that white is already winning
with, 20.Nh4! Qxh4 21.Rxd6±] 20...Bf4 With this, I won the 27th Cannes Chess
Tournament. 1–0

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Selected games from Mayor Cup
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Zubarev,Alexander (UKR) (2559)
Ramnath Bhuvanesh (2352) [E62]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 0–0

5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4
9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qd2 Nd7
12.Rfd1 a5?!

19.cxd5 [Also possible was: 19.dxe5 dxc4

(19...d4 20.Bb2 Qxe5 21.f4 Qe7 22.e5²)
20.Qe3 cxb3 21.axb3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1
c5 23.e6±] 19...exd4 20.Bxd4 Nxd5
21.exd5 Rxd5 22.Qc3 Rad8 23.Bxg7!
Diagram #

Diagram # [This is new. Probably it is

a prelude to ...Nb6 and to discourage
white from playing a2-a4 harrassing the
Nb6. More common here is: 12...d5= ]
13.Qe3 d5 14.Bh3 White is planning 15
Nh5 without allowing the exchange of the
white square bishops and make the Be4
squirm. So, black’s reply is natural. 14... 23...Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.Bf1
Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nb6 16.Rab1 Rather than Qe7 26.Bh6 [26.Bh6 After 26...f6 (26...f5
immediately defend the threatened c4 27.Kg2 Threat 28 Bc4 winning.) 27.Qxa5
pawn, white dares black to open the b-file Kf7 28.Be3! white should win.] 1–0
and is posting his rook for attack. It is such
Shetty,Rahul (2243) Karthikeyan,M2
moves that tend to confuse and trouble
Murali (2435) [E06]
the opponent and play an important role in
eventual victory. 16...Qc7?! [It was better 6th Mayors Cup Mumbai IND, 2013
to sit tight and strengthen his position 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7
with: 16...e6 ] 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.e4 e5?! 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.a4 Nc6 8.e3
Diagram # [This violently opens the centre Na5!? [A new move. Usual here are the
giving white excellent chances. Better was: cautious 8...Bd7 and 8...Rb8.] 9.Nbd2 c5!
18...dxe4 19.Qxe4 a4 keeping white’s Amazingly, black already has the better
aggression under control.] game. 10.Qc2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd7 [A

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good alternative was: 11...Qc7 12.b3 c3
13.Ba3 Bxa3 14.Rxa3 Qe7! 15.Nb1 Nd5
16.Ra1 Qb4 and black has the advantage.]
12.Nxc4 Rc8 13.b3 b5 14.axb5 Bxb5
15.Nfe5 Nxc4

(Position after 21….Qf6)

of the time, white falters. Probably he

was in time trouble. This was the time
to counter-attack, not defend. Best was:
27.Bb7! Rxb3 28.Bxa6 Ra8 29.Rb6= This is
Diagram # 16.Nxc4 [Better was: 16.bxc4 a game full of pins and counter-pins.] 27...
Qxd4 17.Bb2 Qb6 18.Rfb1 Bd6 19.Qd1 Rd3 This is the last but one pin from which
Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxc4 21.Qd6! and though white has no escape. 28.Rc1 Diagram #
black is two pawns up, it is white who has
the better chances with his two bishops
ruling the board and black’s bishop in a
pin. For example, if 21...Qxd6 22.Bxd6
a6 23.Bxf8 Kxf8±] 16...a6! Black is in no
hurry to capture the d4 pawn. He would
rather leave that pawn alone and let white
spend his energies defending it. 17.Rd1
Nd5³ 18.Bd2 Nb4 19.Bxb4 Bxb4 20.d5
exd5 21.Bxd5 Qf6(See diagram) Though
white has averted any material loss, black
has the more aggressive game with his two
well-posted bishops. 22.Qe4 Rfe8 23.Qf3 28...Re5! [After 28...Re5! 29.Rc5 Rd1+
[Better was: 23.Qg4 but white probably 30.Kg2 Rexd5 31.Rdxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Bc6
thought that the exchange of queens would is a fatal pin.] 0–1
be safer for him.] 23...Qxf3 24.Bxf3 g6! A Siddharth,R (2361)
good move freeing his rooks from guarding
the back rank against a snap mate. But Harutjunyan,G (Arm) (2455) [A45]
it also gives white the chance to equalise 6th Mumbai Mayors Cup Mumbai IND, 2013
immediately. 25.Nd6! Bxd6 26.Rxd6=
Rc3! 27.Bd5? [After skating along the 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6
edge of a draw most 5.c3 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 e5 8.0–0 Be7

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[As white has played 7 Ne2, it could be amazing how the black king is in a vicious
guessed that he would follow up with f2-f4. grip.] 23.d6!
So, logical here would be: 8...g5 9.Na3 Be7
10.Nc2 has been played here.] 9.f4 exd4
10.cxd4 Bg4 [Black should accept the
pawn offer: 10...Nxd4 11.Qa4+ (11.Nxd4
Qxd4+ is check!) 11...Nc6 12.Nbc3= For
his pawn, white has the unpleasant threat
13 Nd5] 11.d5 Bxe2 [If 11...Qxb2 12.dxc6
Qxa1 13.cxb7 Rb8 14.Qa4+ Bd7 15.Bb5±]
12.Qxe2 Nd4 13.Qe3 g5 [If 13...0–0
14.Nc3 Rfe8 15.e5 dxe5 (15...Nf5 16.Qf2)
16.fxe5 Qb6 17.Kh1± and if now 17...Bg5
18.Qf2 Rf8 19.Bc4 and white is poised to
win.] 14.e5 dxe5 [White wins the knight
Diagram # 23...Rxf7 24.Qxf7 cxd6
after 14...gxf4? 15.Rxf4 Qxe5 16.Qxd4+-]
25.Qe8+ Kc7 26.Qxa8 dxe5 [Not 26...
15.fxe5 Qb6 16.Kh1 Nb3?
b4?? 27.Nd5+! Kd7 28.Bf5#] 27.Bf5
[Still stronger was: 27.Be4 Qc4 28.Qxa7+
Kd6 29.Qb8+ Kd7 30.Bf5+ Kc6 31.Qc8+
Kb6 32.Qxc4 bxc4 33.Nd5++-] 27...
e4 28.Qxe4 b4 29.Nd5+ Kd8 30.g3±
h5 [With this move, black threatens to
mate with forced moves. If immediately:
30...Qc1+ 31.Kg2 Qxb2+ and the white
king gets into safety 32.Kh3] 31.Nxe7
Qc1+ [As capturing the knight would lead
to a dismal position, black tries to take
advantage of the white king’s loneliness on
h1. 31...Qxe7 32.Qa8+ Kc7 33.Qxa7+ Kd6
Diagram # Apparently this is winning.
and white would win.] 32.Kg2 g4 33.Nc6+
But white plays like the great old masters
[White won immediately with: 33.Qxb4! as
some two centuries ago. 17.Qf3! Nxa1 black has no check anywhere and white is
18.Qxf7+ Kd8 19.Qg7 Re8 Black has himself threatening mate with Qd6+, etc.]
a rook for just one pawn, but his king is 33...Kc7 34.Qe7+! Kb6 [Perhaps black
caught in the centre and he cannot castle. lost on time here. If 34...Kxc6 35.Be4+
The knight on a1 is en prise but white makes Kb5 36.Qb7+ Ka5 (36...Kc5?? 37.Qc7++-)
no move to go for it. 20.Nc3! Qc5 21.Bg6 37.Qxa7+ Kb5 38.Qb7+ Ka5 39.Qd5+ Kb6
Rf8 It looks as though all is over for white. 40.Qd8+ Ka6 41.Bd3+ Kb7 42.Qe7+ Kc6
But wait... 22.Rf7! b5 [A somewhat better 43.Qxb4 and white is ready to exchange
choice was 22...Rxf7 23.Qxf7 c6 24.h3 It is queens with a simple win.] 1–0

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CGS Narayanan fifth in World Solution to ‘Puzzle of the month’
on page 21
3-Movers
by Manuel Aaron
If White were to play then he could mate in
Our International chess problem composer one by Bxf3. However, Black has to make
C.G.S.Narayanan finished a creditable fifth thirteen consecutive moves first and he
competing against 64 composers including must destroy the set mate with his very
world renowned Grandmasters of Chess first move, since 1 fxe2 is forced. SWolving
Composition in the three-movers section of a series problem requires two steps; first,
the World Championship in Composing for the final position must be determined and
Individuals.  The results for 2010-12 then the method of reaching it must be
were recently announced on the official found. Some problems have obvious final
website www.wfcc.com. positions, but the sheer length can still pose
World Championship in Composing for difficulties. In Mortensen’s composition
Individuals (WCCI) is organized under the almost all the work lies in the first part,
authority of the World Federation for Chess since the method of arriving at the final
Composition. This is open to composers position is clear enough.
from all countries. The Championship
included 8 sections and each composer is After 1 fxe2 Black needs three further
allowed to enter in each section, not more moves to free the Black king from the h5
than six of his best composition efforts square, which leaves nine. It takes ten to
published in the defined three year-period. journey to d1, so this cannot be the mating
A panel of five judges for each section rate square. h1 requires even more, so the most
the compositions and rank them based on promising squares are h5 and h6, with
cumulative points. suitable Black blocking men on the g-file. In
The first four in the three-move section this case the mating moves would be Qh3
were: Alexandr Feoktistov (Rus) 39.5, and Qh4 respectively. A Black piece must
Mikhail Marandyuk (Ukraine) 38, Alexandr play to g5 to free the king, but if the mate
Kuzovkov (Rus) 37.75 and Igor Agapov is to be at h6 the blocking pieces must be
(Rus) 34.5.  C.G.S.Narayanan logged 33.5 at g6 and g7. It seems more economical
points to finish fifth. Incidentally four of of time to mate at h5, since the g5 piece,
his six compositions, by virtue of scoring which must be a rook, doesn’t have to
8 cumulative points each, automatically move for the mate. So we start by 1 fxe2
enter the FIDE Album for 2010-12. The 2 e1=R 3 Re5 4 Rg5 5 Kg6 6 h5 7 h4 8
total scores from the FIDE Album qualify a h3 9 h2, but now we have to decide which
composer for the FIDE titles of FM, IM and piece to promote to. Just to set up the mate
GM in Chess Compositions.
gives Black a choice between Q, R or B at
Narayanan (66) is also building a new team g6, but a queen or bishop would give an
of solvers from India who could capture illegal check to the White king from g6, so
the World Solving Championship in 2014. the solution must finish 10 h1=R 11 Rh6
12 Kh5 13 Rhg6 Qh3.
Vladimir Kramnik on Anand
“I always considered him to be a colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess. Each
champion has had some sort of speciality, and his is creating counterplay in any position out of absolutely
nowhere. He’s got an amazing ability to constantly stretch himself so that even in some kind of Exchange
Slav he nevertheless manages to attack something and create something. He also plays absolutely
brilliantly with knights, even better than Morozevich – if his knights start to jump around, particularly
towards the king, then that’s that, it’s impossible to play against and they’ll just sweep away everything
in their path.”

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 Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan

1. 2.

Black to play and win White to play and win

3. 4.

White to play and win White to play and win

5. 6.

Black to play and win White to play and win

(Solution on page-47)

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 Test your endgame
By C.G.S.Narayanan

Mario Matous 1990 C.J.Defeijter 1932

1 2

White to play and draw White to play and win

J.Hasek 1962 L.Prokes 1944

J.Hasek 1962 L.Prokes 1944

3 4
White to play and win White to play and win

Hugh Blandford 1949 H.Rinck 1934

5 6

White to play and win White to play and win

(Solutions on page 47)

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Masters of the past-31 Efim Bogoljubov

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov (April 14, 1889 – June 18,

1952) was a Russian chess grandmaster who won numerous
events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world
championship.

In 1911, he tied for first place in the Kiev championships,

and for 9–10th in the Saint Petersburg (All-Russian Amateur)
Tournament, won by Stepan Levitsky. In 1912, he took second
place, behind Karel Hromadka, in Vilna (Vilnius) (Hauptturnier). In
1913/14, he finished eighth in Saint Petersburg (All Russian Masters›
Tournament – eighth Russian championship; Alekhine and Aron
Nimzowitsch came joint first).

A f t e r t h e w a r, h e w o n m a n y i n t e r n a t i o n a l t o u r n a m e n t s ; a t B e r l i n
1919, Stockholm 1919, Kiel 1921, and Pistyan (Pieštany) 1922. He tied for 1st–3rd at Karlsbad
(Karlovy Vary) 1923.In 1924, Bogoljubow briefly returned to Russia, which had
since become the Soviet Union, and won consecutive Soviet championshipsin 1924
and 1925. He also won at Breslau (Wrocław) 1925, and in the Moscow 1925 chess
tournament, ahead of a field which included Emanuel Lasker and José Raúl Capablanca.
In 1926, he emigrated to Germany. He won, ahead of Akiba Rubinstein that year at
Berlin. At Kissingen 1928, he triumphed (+6 −1 =4) over a field which included Capablanca,
Nimzowitsch and Savielly Tartakower, et al. Bogoljubov won two matches against Max
Euwe(both 5.5–4.5) in 1928 and 1928/29 in Holland. He played matches for the World
Chess Championship twice against Alekhine, losing 15.5–9.5 in 1929, and 15.5–10.5 in 1934.
He represented Germany at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931, winning
the individual silver medal .In 1930, he twice tied for 2nd–3rd with Nimzowitsch, after
Alekhine, in Sanremo; then with Gösta Stoltz, behind Isaac Kashdan, in Stockholm.
In 1931, he tied for 1st–2nd in Swinemünde (27th DSB Congress). In 1933, he won
in Bad Pyrmont (1st GER-ch). In 1935, he won at Bad Nauheim, and Bad Saarow. He
tied for 1st–2nd at Berlin 1935, Bad Elster 1936, Bad Elster 1937. Bogoljubow won
atBremen 1937, Bad Elster 1938, and Stuttgart 1939 (the 1st Europaturnier).In 1940, he
won in Berlin, and tied for 1st–2nd with Anton Kohler in Kraków/Krynica/ Warsaw
(the 1st GG-ch). In 1941, he took 4th in Munich (the 2ndEuropaturnier; Stoltz won),
and took 3rd, behind Alekhine and Paul Felix Schmidt, in Kraków/Warsaw (the 2nd
GG-ch)., in Radom (the 5th GG-ch).After the war, he lived in West Germany. In 1947,
he won in Lüneburg, and Kassel. In 1949 he won in Bad Pyrmont (3rd West GER-ch),
and tied for 1st–2nd with Elmārs Zemgalis in Oldenburg. In 1951, he won in Augsburg,
and Saarbrücken.He was awarded the title International Grandmaster by the World
Chess Federation (FIDE) in 1951.The Bogo-Indian Defence chess opening (1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+) is named after Bogolyubov.
Courtesy:Wikepedia

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 4th KACC FIDE Rating Chess Tournament
(Below 2200 rating)

Organized by
King Anand Chess Club
(affiliated with Puducherry Chess Association)
AICF Event code: 81257/PON/2013

Date: 15th Aug 2013 to 18th August 2013

Venue: Arumuga Kalyana Mandapam,
Muthialpet,Puducherry 605 003

Total Prize Fund: Rs.1,11,101

Inauguration: 15.8.2013 10 a.m
Prize Distribution: 18.8.2013 4.30 p.m
Entries may be sent by DD favouring
King Anand Chess Club payable at Puducherry
to J.Ramesh, Secretary, King Anand Chess Club
7, 4th street, Kumaran Nagar, Lawspet
Puducherry 605 008
e-mail: [email protected]

Mobile: 98942 51387

Chennai contact:
C.Natarajan 94441 77703
A.L.Muthu 94444 03736
For details of perizes and entry fee visit

www.aicf.in

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 MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
6 th
INTERNATIONAL RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT 2013
Below 2200 rating (For school students only)
AICF Event code: 82116/TN/2013 TNSCA Approval No. /2013-14

Organized By
MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Under the Aegis of
AICF, TNSCA, KDCA & MCA

Venue:
MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Modern School Road, A.G.’s Office Colony,
Nanganallur, Chennai 600 061. ISO 9001: 2008 Certified School

From 1st to 4th August 2013

Total Prize Fund: Rs. 1 Lakh
Entry Fees:
Rs. 800/- for Rated players.
Rs. 1000/- for unrated players.
Last date for entry: 28.7.2013.
Entry fee to be paid by a crossed bank draft or Chennai cheque in favor of “Modern
Senior Secondary School “ and sent on or before 28/07/2013 to:
MODERN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Modern School Road, A.G.’s Office Colony,
Nanganallur, Chennai 600 061.
For further details Contact:
Dr.(Smt) K. Mohana, M.Com.,M.Phil.,B.Ed.,Ph.D, Principal.
Modern Senior Secondary School Cell No: 9791022259
Sri B. Ramadoss, B.Sc., M.P.Ed, Physical Education Director
Modern Senior Secondary School Cell No: 9840768431

For emergency Contact: Sri V. Ravichandran,

Fide Trainer & International Arbiter Cell: 9444210914 & 9043690467

For details visit

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 2nd Warangal International Fide Rating
Chess Tournament, Warangal

Narasimha Reddy ianugurating lighting the lamp

Category prize-winning children with dignitaries

(L-R) K.Mohan (Warangal District Chess Association Secretary),B.V RajGopa((Warangal

District Chess Association, President),K.Kannareddy (APCA Secretary) ,Vijay Kumar,
Chief Guest D.E.O Warangal ,Bhupal Rao (WADUPSA) PRESIDENT,WINNER Ashuthosh
Kumar ,B.Sampath (Organising Secretary),John Bunny (Principal, St Thomas High
School ,Ghanpur)
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 3rd St.Joseph’s International Fide Rating Chess
Tournament, Chennai….

IM K Priyadarshan,Shri K R Seshadri,IA,Shri V Hariharan, Secretary, AICF,

Shri M Vijayakumar, Chief Arbiter(Standing),Dr B Babu Manoharan, Managing Director,
St.Joseph’s College, Shri B Jai Kumar Chrishthu Rajan. Director, St.Joseph’s College.

IM S Nitin, Winner,,Shri M Vijayakumar, Chief Arbiter (Partially seen), Shri N Swamina-

than, CPO, Southern Railways, Dr B Babu Manoharan, Managing Director, St.Joseph’s
College, Shri B Jai Kumar Chrishthu Rajan. Director, St.Joseph’s College.

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Solutions to ‘Tactics from master games’ Aronian,L (2809) [D45]
on page 40
Alekhine Mem Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS (1),
1. Grekh,A (2373) 21.04.2013
Licznerski,L (2321) [C07]
Position after 36th move. White to play.
Horodok-800 years IM Horodok UKR (4), 37.Bxg7! Kxg7 [37...f5 38.Be5+- The Black
13.02.2013. Position after 24th move. White square weakness in Black’s camp will decide the
to play 25.Nxf7! Kxf7 [25...Rxd2 26.Bxd2 issue in White’s favour.] 38.Qg5+ Kf8 [38...Kh8
Kxf7 27.Qf3++-] 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.Qh5+ 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Re1+- Threatens 41.Re5.....42.
[27.Qh5+ Kf8 (27...Ke7 28.Rd1 h6 29.Qg6 Kf8 Rg5 winning as in the game. 40...axb4] 39.Qf6
30.Bd6+ Be7 31.Qxe6+-) 28.Qf3 Qc6 29.Bd6+ Kg8 40.Qg5+ Kf8 41.Qf6 Kg8 42.Re1!+-
Ke8 30.Qf8+ Kd7 31.Rd1+-] 1–0 axb4 43.Re5! [43.Re3? Qxa3=] 43...h6
44.Rh5! Qxa3 45.Qxh6 f6 46.Qxf6! 1–0.
2. Terletsky,O (2250)
Zajarnyi,A (2305) [C41]
Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’ on page
Horodok-800 years IM Horodok UKR (6), 41.
15.02.2013. Position after 21st move. White
to play. 22.Qg6! Nxb3 [22...Ne5 23.Qxh7+! 1. Mario Matous, I Pr, Bron Memorial 1990
Kxh7 24.Rh3+ Kg6 25.Rdg3+ Ng4 26.Rxg4#; White to play and draw
22...hxg6 23.Rh3#] 23.Rh3 h6 24.Rxh6+ 1.Nd4! f2! 2.Rbl Nel The climax starts here.
Kg8 [24...gxh6 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8 3.Nf3+ and two lines: 3... Kg3 4.Rxe1 Bc6
27.Rh3#] 25.Rh7 Rf7 26.Rdh3 Mate next 5.Rgl+ Kh3 6.Rg3+ Kxg3 stalemate or 3...Kh3
mive. 1–0 4.Rxe1 Bc6 5.Re4!! f1Q+ 6.Ngl+ Kg3 stalemate
3. Kryvoruchko,Yuriy (2668 2. C.J. deFeijter “Eigen ERF”, 1932
Kotsur,Pavel (2552) [C80] White to play and win 1 Ng8 Bf5 2 Ne7 Be6
15th Dubai Open Dubai UAE (6.5), 13.04.2013. (d7) 3 Ng6+ Kxh7+ 4 Nf8 and wins
Position after 31st move. White to play. 3. J. Hasek Ceskoslovensky Sach 1962
32.Bg6!+- Ne4 [32...fxg6 33.hxg6+ Kg8
White to play and win, 1 Bh7 Rf8 2 Bg6+ Kd8
34.Qh3 mates] 33.h6 Ng5 [33...gxh6 34.Bxe4 3 Bf7 Kc8 4 Ka6 c5 5 Rxa7 Kb8 6 Rb7+Kc8 7
dxe4 35.Nxh6 exf3 (35...Bxh6 36.Rxh6#) Kb6 c4 8 Be6+ Kd8 9 Kc6 and wins.
36.Nxf7#] 34.hxg7+ Kxg7 [34...Kg8 35.Nf6+
Kxg7 36.Rxg5 Wins] 35.Nf6 Qxe5 36.Nxe8+ 4. L. Prokes 1944
Rxe8 37.Rxg5 [37.Rxg5 Qxg5 38.Qxf7#] 1–0 White to play and win
4. Gupta,Abhijeet (2591) 1 c6 dxc6 2 Rc5+ Ka4 3 Rc4+ Kxa3 4 Rc3+ Ka4
5 Rc1 Rxb7 6 Ra1+ Kb5 7 Rb1+
Rahman, Ziaur (2511) [A40]
5. Hugh Blandford
15th Dubai Open Dubai UAE (6.18), 13.04.2013. 1st prize, Springaren thematic tourney 1949
Position after 35th move. White to play
36.Bxg7!+- Ne4 [36...Kxg7 37.Qe7+ Kg8 White to move and win
(37...Kh8 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Qf7+ Kh8 40.Ng6#) 1.Bd4+ Ka8! 2.c4 Nd2 3.c5 Nb3 4.c6 Na5/i 5.c7
38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Nh5+ Kh7 40.Qf7+ Kh8 Nc6! 6.c8R+!/ii Nb8+ 7.K any (except Kc7??).
41.Qg7#] 37.Ba1 Bb7 [37...Qc2 38.Kg1+-
Idea 38.f3] 38.Qb1+- Threatening both 38.f3 i) Nxd4 5.c7 Nb5 6.c8Q+ wins, but not
and 38.Qb2. 1–0 6.c8R+? Kb7, draw.
5. Svetushkin,Dmitry (2588 ii) 6.c8Q+? Nb8+ 7.K- stalemate, the deep point
Tkachiev,Vladislav (2632) [D58] behind Black’s first move.
6. Henri Rinck, Deutsche Schachzeitung 1903
10th Balagne Rapid KO Calvi FRA (2.2),
14.04.2013.Position after White’s 19th move. White to play and win
Black to play. 19...dxc3! 20.Rxd8 Rfxd8–+
1 h6 b2 2 h7 b1Q 3 h8Q+ Ke6 4 Qe8+ Kf5 5
21.Qa4 [21.Rh3 Rd2–+; 21.Qc1 c2+ 22.Ka1 Qf7+ Kg4 6 Qg6+ Kh4 7 Qh7+ Kg4 8 Nf6(f2)+
Be2–+] 21...c2+ [21...c2+ 22.Kc1 Be2–+] 0–1. and wins.
6. Ding Liren (2707)

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 AICF Calendar July 2013
National Women Challenger July 25 - 03 Aug Thrissur,Kerala
13th Adyar Time FIDE Rated July 25 – 30 July Chennai, TN
01st All India FIDE Rating July 27 – 31 July Mumbai
1st Jitendra Academy FIDE rated(below 2000) July 31 – 03 Aug Vijayawada,AP
06th Modern School FIDE Rated for school
Children (below 2200) Aug 01 – 04 Aug Chennai,TN
National Sub junior Boys and Girls Aug 05 – 14 Aug Kolkata, WB
National Rapid and Blitz Aug 07 – 12 Aug Maharashtra
3rd Saranya FIDE Rated below 1800 Aug 08 – 11 Aug Chennai, TN
4th KACC FIDE Rating Chess below 2200 Aug 15 – 18 Aug Puducherry
Tirth Chess Club Open FIDE Rating Aug 15 – 18 Aug Ahmedabad
4 knights CA 1st FIDE Rating below 2000 Aug 15 – 15 Aug Trichy, TN
2nd KCM Intl. FIDE Rated Open Aug 28 – 01 Sep Coimbatore, TN
Asian Schools Championship&U5 Kindergarten Aug 29 – 04 Sep Colombo, SL
Women Grand Prix series Aug 31 - 14 Sep China
National Under-9 (Open and Girls) Sep 01 – 11 Sep Tamilnadu
Tirth Chess Club FIDE rating Open-Rapid Sep 07 – 08 Sep Ahmedabad
Tirth Chess Club FIDE rating Open-Blitz Sep 09 – 09 Sep Ahmedabad
GM Tournament Sep 10 – 19 Sep Andhra Pradesh
World Junior U-20 Championship Sep 15 – 30 Sep Antalya, Turkey
1st Wynad FIDE Rated Open(below 1900) Sep 20 – 23 Sep Kerala
National Under-25 Championship Oct 01 – 10 Oct Kerala
Tirth Chess Club FIDE Rating below 2000 Oct 02 – 06 Oct Ahmedabad
National Challengers Oct 12 - 21 Oct Madhya Pradesh
Category Tournament Men for AICF Cup Oct 12 – 22 Oct Maharashtra
Nagpur International Open Oct 16 – 24 Oct Nagpur
Asian Cities Chess Championship Oct 19 – 27 Oct
Category Tournament Women for AICF Cup Oct 24 – 03 Nov Tamilnadu
National Premier Chess Championship Nov 04 – 17 Nov Maharashtra
World Championship match-Anand vs Calsen Nov 06 – 26 Nov Chennai,TN
National Under-11 Boys and Girls Nov 08 – 17 Nov Delhi
Tirth Chess Club FIDE Rating below 2200 Nov 13 – 17 Nov Ahmedabad
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 NHPC FIDE Rated Chess Tournament for School
Students 2013, New Delhi

(L-R) Sh Sarabjit Singh Sabharwal, Founder, Naurang Foundation, R S Mina, Director, NHPC
Ltd (Principal Sponsor),Bharat Singh Chauhan, CEO, All India Chess Federation, A K Verma,
Secratary, Delhi Chess Association, honouring Winner Aradhya Garg, Winner

Dignitaries and the spectators at the inaugural function

First runner-up Anchit Vyas of MP receiving the trophy from R S Mina, Director, NHPC Ltd

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 27th National Under-13 Chess
Championships, Puducherry

(L-R) Mr.Arulmozhi, Mr.Mohan dass, Mr.Nadarajane FA, Mr.Sankar, Mr-

Bakthavachalam A-President-Pondicherry State Chess Assocition, Chief
GuestMr.Bhuvaneswaran, Miss-Aakaansha Hagawane-Maharashtra-Winner Girls
Section, Master Harsha Bharathakoti-Andhra Pradesh-Winner of Open Section,
Mr.Narayanan FA, Mr.Devakumar, Secretary, Pondicherry State Chess Association
& Mr.Vasudevan Vice President Pondicherry State Chess Association

(L-R) R.Devakumar, Secretary, PSCA, Hon’ble Sports Minister Shri.T.Thiagarajan,

Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri.N.Rangasamy, Shri.A.Bakthavatchalam, President
PSCA, Shri.N.K.Nandakumar, Chief Arbiter, Shri.S.Vasudevan, Vice President,
PSCA and G.Sankar, Treasurer, PSCA

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