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Vol.14 No.7 July 1996

Vladimir Kramnik, 21, may not be World No.l in the rank-ing now, but his performances in recent events are not to be

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In This Issue Dos Hermanas 1996 386 National 'A' 1996 410 National U-18 Giris 444 National Panorama 446 Obituary 449 Book Review 450 CITS, New York 451 July 1996 FIDE Ratings 467 Chess Magic 471 National U-12,14 472 Tournament Calendar 480

Articles held back: Part of Dos Hermanas, Madrid 1996, Elista 1996 plus many usual columns.

National U-14 and U-12 Champions

Saptarshi Roychowdhuiy (U-14) left and P.Harikrishna (U-12) right are the National Boys Champions in the Nationals held at Kozhikode in May.

See report on page 471. Photos: IM Manuel Aaron. V _ J

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Dos Hermanas 1996

Kramnik, Topalov Make History By Arvind Aaron

The strongest chess tournament in history was dominated by the three V's - Vladimir Kramnik, Ve-selin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand. In an amazing last round where all three of them started with six points, the first two drew and inched ahead while Anand lost leav-ing Kramnik champion on better tie-break score.

Organisers of the 8th City of Dos Hermanas chess tournament created history by inviting the ten best play-ers in the world to a Category 19 event. FIDE world champion Ana-toly Karpov of Russia pulled out as he did not want a clash with Garry Kasparov 'before' his world cham-pionship match. So, the nine best players and Spain's Miguel Illescas (world rank 27) were in the starting line up averaging an Elo rating of 2714.50, the highest and strongest. The previous strongest tournament arranged in the world is a category 18 event which is 25 Elo average l o w e r than this even t . One Novgorod tournament was labelled category 19 but it was of just six players. So, what was the category when Kasparov and Karpov played the match in New York/Lyon 1990?

The favourites

Professional world champion Garry Kasparov and the world's No. 1 ranked player Vladimir Kram-nik of Russia were favourites but players like Anand, Ivanchuk, Kam-

sky and Topalov also had the capac-ity to win such big tournaments. Tournament Course

The course of the event was dominated by just three players Anand, Kramnik and Topalov and this was a bit of a disappointment. Anand got off to a flying start with a victory over Shirov. He also be-came the leader as all the other games were drawn.

Meeting Kasparov with the White pieces in a regular game for the first time since New York, Anand came close to beating the world champion but let him slip with a draw. Gelfand used this opportu-nity to down Ivanchuk and join Anand in the lead with 1.5/2.

The first two rounds saw only two decisive games and at that stage it looked like the event was going to be plagued by draws. However, the third round sullied such an impres-sion and three decisive results came through. Anand used his experience to hand Illescas his only tournament defeat and snatch the lead with 2.5/3. The two other victors of the third round, Kasparov and Topalov joined Gelfand in the joint second place with two points.

In the fourth round Anand was at his best, hunting Ivanchuk's king and beating him for the first time since Linares 1993. His score rose to 3.5/4 and he was half a point ahead of Gelfand who downed Judit

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Vladimir Kramnik ended Garry Kasparov's 13-year old monopoly of tournament (not matches) victories with l.d4. Photo: Arvind Aaron.

Polgar to reach 3. Topalov and Kasparov were on two and a half points and Kramnik who had played four draws was 1.5 points behind Anand on two.

Anand suffered a disastrous de-feat to Kramnik in the fifth round, his first defeat and Kramnik's first victory. Anand should have drawn this game but lost in a marathon struggle after 101 moves. Topalov beat Gelfand andjoined Anand in the lead with 3.5/5. Gelfand, Kasparov and Kramnik were on 3 points.

Anand was held to a draw by Judit Polgar in the sixth round and this let Topalov (4.5/6) jump into sole lead after beating Kamsky. This round saw Kramnik bring down Kasparov in the 'game of the tour-nament'. Kramnik and Anand with 4 points were in the joint second

V^lace.

Anand (4.5) and Topalov (5) drew a theoretical seventh round game quickly and Kramnik (4.5) was surprisingly held to a draw by a spirited Illescas. Gelfand beat Kam-sky andjoined Kasparov in the third spot with 4 points.

As leader Topalov was managed to draw Kasparov, Anand and Kramnik made use of this opportu-nity to join him in the lead by scoring over Gelfand and Ivanchuk. This left Anand, Kramnik and Topalov on six points with one round to go.

Anand spoilt a memorable tour-nament performance by crashing to defeat against his old match foe Kamsky in the last round. His choice of the Caro-Kann might help Karpov cut a defeat in Elista but it didn't do any good for him. Topalov played to perfection and took a draw against a solid Illescas. Kramnik was doing/


A confident, well-prepared Anand let Topalov do bulk or the thinking

well but slid into an equal rook end-ing and drew Shirov to tie with Topalov for the first place and win the tournament on tie-break. This time the winners scored half a point more than last year.

Kramnik 'S six points came through three victories and six draws. Topalov, who also had a similar scoring pattern remained un-defeated along with Kramnik. Both are 21 and have very good chances in the next world cycle. The three victories of Kramnik came over the biggest established names in the tournament: Kasparov, Anand and Ivanchuk. Kramnik's wins came with excellent risk-taking and open-ing preparations. His decisions at the board were "slow" as he told in a post-match interview but they were good enough to overwhelm the op-position in the crucial games.

Though sluggish at the start he was never in danger in any game. The arrival of his girlfriend WGM Eva Repkova came at a time when

Kramnik started his scoring. His game against Kasparov will be re-membered long, not for the result but in the manner in which he brought him down. His victory over Ivanchuk was also a big great punch. Kramnik's was a shade lucky in the endgame against Anand. His excel-lent defensive technique against Kamsky and Topalov are theoreti-cally important games.

For Veselin Topalov, this sec-ond placing (or tied first place) is a confirmation of his recent rise in world chess. Unlike Kramnik he is hard working and cashes on all min-ute chances. Except for a brief pe-riod against Kamsky he was not in danger of losing any game. Bul-garia's best player, he has had a milk-run this year with three first places in category 17 and above events.

Anand clocked a high 2796 rat-ing performance his best tournament result in 13 months despite his last round debacle. Arriving in Dos Her-

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manas from his European base in Madrid, Anand showed excellent preparation and positive attitude to register the maximum number of victories in the tournament - four.

Sailing through a fine start, Anand made use of the pairing ad-vantage of first three White pieces in his four games to race to a 3.5/4 lead. His defeats to Kramnik and Kamsky brought his scoring to 2/5 in the last half. He deserved more than third place as he was in lead or joint lead for most (two-thirds) part of the tournament.

Accompanied by GM Elizbar Ubilava as second, Anand is show-ing signs of improvement. Playing Kamsky in the last round was an irritation due to his attitude of not going for the handshake and their known antics in Las Palmas. A vic-tory against him might have made Anand the winner of the first cate-gory 19 event as well. Anand had won the first category 18 event in Reggio Emilia 1991-92 ahead of Kasparov and Karpov and this might have been a good sequel to it. Hav-ing shown good signs of improve-ment in his maturing game, Anand should also be a good candidate for the next cycle.

Kasparov was quite lucky and his performance was as sloppy as his show in the Horgen tournament last year where Ivanchuk and Kramnik overshadowed his presence. How-ever, his campaign commenced with a game he should have won against Kamsky. There was some pre-match heat when Kasparov waiting for Kamsky at the his seat found that his

rival took to his seat without stretch-ing his hand. However, at the end, Kasparov proposed the draw and stretched his hand this was shaken.

Kasparov has never been so lucky in accumulating points. In the second round he was busted by a Anand novelty but he managed to escape with a draw sacrificing his queen to produce a perpetual check. His third round victory over Alexey Shirov was the only well deserved one of three. In the sixth round he was ambushed by a powerful Kram-nik attacked that his record of not losing a tournament game with l .d4 since 1983 fell flat. In the seventh round he tired out Judit Polgar to steal a victory from a drawn posi-tion. In the final round, his wait for Gelfand's 40th move before resign-ing revived his hoped when he latched on to a blunder to win the game and finish fourth with 5.5 points.

Though Kasparov's score was above his expectancy, his play in the tournament indicated otherwise. His magic power game appears to have worn out. If he has to match the growth of some of the stars like Kramnik, Topalov and Anand, he will need his more training.

On appearance Kasparov was more like a businessman than a sportsman strapped with a mobile telephone. The bland food served in Hotel La Motilla where the players stayed and played came under severe criticism from Kasparov that he even brought his own orange for break-fast. He was all along with his sec-ond GM Yuri Dokhoian, while at the


The turning point of the tournament. Exactly in the middle of the event, Anand crashed to his first defeat which was Kramn ik's first victory.

dinner tables, or in walks or even at the swimming pool.

Kasparov, 33, has to concentrate on playing human rivals now. He is aging and it showed greatly in this event as he was the oldest among the competitors for the first time in his career.

Spain's own Miguel Cordoba Illescas hails from Barcelona and is not a pushover these days. Playing at this level often, Illescas has grown into a super grandmaster. The week before arriving in Dos Hermanas he won a big category 17 tournament in Madrid jointly with Topalov. Hold-ing players like Kamsky, Kasparov and Kramnik and Topalov to draws with the Black pieces he stood solid like a rock to draw a maximum number of seven games. His lone defeat was to Anand with the White pieces.

Illescas' disposition to sit tight playing with the 'catch me if you can' attitude will not be liked by spectators and organisers. Neverthe-less, he continued to be the most popular with the local Spanish press. Highly theory-based, his trainer is Spanish GM Fernandez. He scored 4.5/9 to finish creditable fifth.

Gata Kamsky was the least im-pressive of the players though he was expected to finish in the top half. It was clear that he was preparing and hiding his novelties for Elista. In the second round he missed a clear win against Illescas overlooking a tactical shot. He went through most part of the tournament without a victory. He also suffered crushing defeats to Topalov and Gelfand. But in the last round, before leaving early next morning for Elista, he shocked Anand to have a good 22nd birthday. His father, Rustam Kam-


Final Rankings Cross Table S Name FED E l o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 T R/P

1 Kramnik, Vladimir 9 RUS 2775 * - 1 1 - - - 1 — - 6. 0 2832 2 Topalov, Veselin 9 BUL 2700 - * - - - 1 1 « - 1 6. .0 2840 3 Anand, Viswanathan 9 IND 2725 0 - * - 1 0 1 1 1 - 5. 5 2796 4 Kasparov, Garry 9 RUS 2775 0 - - * - - 1 - 1 1 5 . 5 2791 5 Illescas, Miguel 9 ESP 2635 - - 0 - * - - - 1 - 4 . 5 2723 E Kamsky, Gata 9 OSA 2735 - 0 1 - - * 0 - - - 4. .0 2669 7 Gelfand, Boris 9 BLR 2700 - 0 0 0 - 1 * 1 0 1 4. 0 2673 8 Ivanchuk, Vassily 9 UXR 2735 0 - 0 - - - 0 * 1 - 3 . 5 2629 9 Shirov, Alexey 9 ESP 2690 - - 0 0 0 - 1 0 * - 3 . 0 2593

10 Polgar, Judit 9 HUN 2675 - 0 - 0 - - 0 - * 3 , 0 2595

FED"Federation. Elo—FIDE rating. T-Total points.

sky, who has been cornering most of the negative publicity could not con-tain his happiness that Gata had at last won a game that he was going around the hotel with a raised hand.

If there is a prize for the player with most decisive games, then it would go to Boris Gelfand of Be-larus. Gelfand's enterprising play was marred by bad luck. Gelfand, 28, lost two games with blunders on the 40th move. The milder one was with Anand and the more serious one that made a difference between vic-to ry and de fea t was aga ins t Kasparov. Sadly, that last round re-verse against Kasparov put him in the lower half of the standings. He had an excellent start and was in lead jointly with Anand for a while. With a lower tie-break count Gelfand only finished seventh.

Vassily Ivanchuk, a moody 27-year old from Ukraine was not in form and had to search his touch. He played very siowly in the first three games thinking very slowly but in

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the next six games he was too fast. He was bested by superior play by three rivals - Gelfand, Anand and Kramnik. His victory over Shirov was the shortest decisive game of the tournament lasting 22 moves. He finished third from bottom with 3.5 points.

Alexey Shirov improved his per-formance over last year's last finish-ing by cutting a loss for a victory this year. Latvian-born Shirov is now a Spanish citizen. Along with Gelfand he lost the most number of games (4). A highly creative player, he found the going a little tough.

The youngest player in this tour-nament was Judit Polgar, 19. But she has the most appearances in the tour-nament, four. This year she had to undergo the humiliation of never be-ing able to win a single game. Roll-ing in six draws and three defeats she was placed at the bottom. Her defeat to Kasparov was needless and she did well against Anand and Ivanchuk in games that were drawn.

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Being the all-time best women player in the world, Judit has opened a web page and like Kasparov has the inclination to play machines.

Spain's fine tournament culture has often resulted in staging big su-per category chess tournaments. This healthy practice has been bene-ficial to players, specially those in the elite end of the game. One no-ticeable drawback with most of them is they care very little about the venue. The nine round format also to an extent cut short the joy of a long event. Though a double round robin would have been the ideal test, play-ers' commitments and an approxi-mate 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 do l l a r budget wouldn't permit such a luxury. The prize fund was nothing exceptional, at 2 .92 million pesetas (about Rs.8.30 lakhs). It is the starting fee for the players that takes a large slice in the budget. The venue, Hotel La Motilla was one of the sponsors in a consortium. As this was situated be-tween Seville and Dos Hermanas on the free way, players were stuck to the venue.

The arbiters' team headed by Ms. Sagrario Rodriguez did a good job though they had no major deci-sions to make. She once came look-ing for Ivanchuk who had left the tournament hall without permission during the game. While playing Anand, Ivanchuk was found walking near the swimming pool area on the ground floor though the matches were staged in the basement of the hotel and he had to be told to get back. He had even crossed an area where GM Daniel Campora and oth-ers were making comments on the

games. Four years ago in Dort-mund, Germany Ivanchuk was "lost" for one hour as he couldn't find his way back to his seat while returning from the toilet during a game.

Ivanchuk's poor geography once nearly made him miss the Linares tournament.' Arriving without bag-gage minutes before his first game he asked whom he was playing and the answer came "Kasparov". He beat Kasparov and also won that edition. Ivanchuk lives in a black and white world of 64 squares. And such stories about him wouldn't fit magazine pages.

The lady arbiter also had the guts to evacuate Kasparov from his seat while playing Gelfand to another to complete his scoresheet when the time scramble was over.

Overall 20 of the 45 games ended decisively which was pretty good going. But this has done nothing to enthuse the organiser. On the day after the event, Mr. Joaquin Espejo, the technical director of the tourna-ment said Anand will be invited next year and the event will follow the Amber tournament in Monaco in schedule. When asked whether it will be another super category 19 event next year, he did not give an affirmative answer but lamented on the draws that numbered 25. Since most of these draws were fought down to the wire some organisers fail to understand that a draw in a third and legitimate result in a game of chess. Also, last year's 7th edition that was won by Adams, Kamsky and Karpov jointly, also had the same draw quotient (25/45).


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City Of Dos Hermanas Tournaments Honours List

s . Year Winner Category Elo Av.

1 . 1989 Julian Hodgson (Eng) III 2 3 1 3 2 . 1990 Leonid Bass (USA) V 2359

Mark Hebden (Eng) 3 . 1 9 9 1 Alexander Goldin (USSR) VII 2418 4 . 1992 Leonid Yudasin (Isr) XI 2 5 0 6 5 . 1993 Anatoly Karpov (Rus) XIV 2 5 8 3 6 . 1994 Boris Gelfand (Blr) XVI' 2 6 3 1 7 . 1995 Gata Kamsky (USA) XVIII 2 6 8 1

Anatoly Karpov (Rus) Michael Adams (Eng)

8 . 1996 Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) XIX 2 7 1 5 Veselin Topalov (Bui)

We present all the 45 games from this important event with anno-tations to most games:

Anand-Shirov Rd.l , Modern Defence B06 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c6 4 Bc4

d6 5 Qf3 e6 6 Nge2 b5 7 Bb3 a5 8 a3 Ba6 9 d5 cxd5 10 exd5 e5 11 Ne4 h6 12 g4 Nf6 13 N2g3 Nxe4 14 Nxe4 0 - 0 15 Qh3 f5 16 gxf5 Bc8 17 Ng3 Rxf5 18 Qg2 (18 Nf5 Bf5) 18...a4 19 Ba2 Rf4 20 c3 (20 Bf4 ef4 21 Ne4 Bf5 22 0-0-0 b4 with compensation.) 20...Rh4 21 h3 Bf5 22 Nxf5 gxf5 23 Qg6 Qf8 24 Be3 Kh8 25 0 - 0 - 0 Nd7 26 Qe6 Rd8 27 Rdgl f4 28 Ba7 Nf6 29 Bbl Re8 30 Qf5 Q17 (30...Rh5 31 Qg6 Re7 32 Bb6 Qb8 33 Ba5 Qa8 [33...e4 34 Be4] 34 Bb4 Qd5 35 Rdl Qf3) 31 Bb6 Rf8 32 Rg6 Rh5 33 Qe6 Rg5 (33...Qb7 34 Rhgl Rg5 35 Rlg5 hg5 36 Bd8 Rd8 37 Rf6 + -) 34 Rxg5

hxg5 35 Rdl Qd7 36 Qxd7 Nxd7 37 Bc7 Rf6 38 Bd3 Nc5 39 Bxb5 e4 40 Bb6 Bf8 41 Bxc5 Axc5 42 Rel e3 43 fxe3 O 44 Bxa4 c4 45 Bb5 Rh6 46 Bd7 f2 47 Rf l Bc5 48 e4 Rf6 49 Bb5 Rf4 50 Bxc4 Rxe4 51 Bb5 Re3 52 d6 Bxd6 53 Rxf2 Rxh3 54 Bd7 Rg3 55 Kc2 g4 56 Rd2 Bc7 57 a4 Rgl 58 Bc6 1-0.

lllescas-Gelfand Rd.l , Slav Defence D17

1 Nf3 d5 2 d4 Nf6 3 c4 c6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 7 D c5 8 e4 cxd4 (8...Qd4 9 Qd4 cd4 10 Nb5 Bb4 11 Kf2) 9 exf5 Nc6 10 Nxc6 bxc6 11 fxe6 fxe6 12 Bxc4 (12 Ne4 Ne4 13 fe4 Qh4 14 g3 Qe4 15 Q e 2 = ; 12 Na2!?) 12...dxc3 13 Qxd8+ Kxd8 14 bxc3 Nd5 15 Kd2 Bd6 16 Kc2 Kd7 17 Bd2 Rhf8 18 Rabl Rab8 19 Rxb8 Rxb8 20 g3 Ba3 21 Rbl Rxbl 22 Kxbl Bc5 23 Bd3 h6 24 c4 Bb4 25 cxd5 Draw.


World champion Garry Kasparov notes Gata Kamsky's moves in their first round encounter.

Kasparov-Kamsky Rd.l, Ruy Lopez C88

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0 - 0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 O-O 8.h3 Bb7 9 d3 d6 10 a3 Kh8 11 Nc3 Qd7 (0.21/0.31) 12 Bd2 Rab8 13 Ne2 Nd8 14 Ng3 Ne6 15 c3 c5 16 Bc2 Bd8 17 Be3 Bc7 (1.10/1.03) 18 d4 cxd4 19 cxd4 exd4 20 Bxd4 Nxd4 21 Qxd4 Rbe8 22 Nf5 Re6 23 Radl Qc6 24 Qd2 Qb6 25 Qg5 Ne8 26 Bb3 Rf6 27 Ne7 Qa7 28 Nd5 Bxd5 29 Rxd5 Bb6 30 Qd2 Nc7 31 Rd3 Bc5 32 e5 dxe5 33 Rxe5 Qb6 34 Rd7 (34 Qc2 Bd6 35 Ng5 g6 [35...Be5 36 Rd8 Qf2 37 Qf2 Rd8 38 Nf7 Rf7 39 Qf7]

36 Re2 Bf4 37 Rd7 Bg5 38 Rc7=) 34...Ne6 35 Bxe6 Rxe6 36 b4 Rd6 37 Rxd6 Bxd6 38 Rd5 Bb8 39 Ne5 Bxe5 40 Rxe5 h6 41 Qd7 Qf6 42 Qe7 Rd8 43 Qxf6 gxf6 44 Re7 Kg7 45 Ra7 Rd6 46 g4 f5 47 gxf5 Rd3 48 Rxa6 R\h3 49 Ra5 Kf6 50 Kg2 Rd3 51 Rxb5 Rxa3 52 D Rb3 53 Kg3 Kg5 Draw. Time 2.22/2.20.

Kramnik-Judit Polgar Rd.l , Sicilian Rossolimo B52 1 e4 c5 2 NO d6 3 Bb5+ Bd7 4

Bxd7+ Qxd7 5 c4 Nf6 (5...Qg4 6 0-0 Qe4 7 d4 with compensation.) 6 Nc3 Nc6 7 O-O Nd4 8 b4 Qg4 (8...cb4 9 Nd4 bc3 10d3g6 11 Qc2 Bg7 12 Qc3) 9 Khl NxB 10 gxf3 Qh3 11 Rbl g6!? 12 bxc5 Bh6 13 Rgl (13 d4 Bel 14 Rcl dc5 15 dc5) 13...dxc5 14 Rxb7 Bf415 Rg2 0 - 0 16 d3 (16 Re7) 16...Be5 17 Nd5 Nxd5 18 cxd5 Rfb8 19 Rxb8+ Rxb8 20 f4 Bd4 21 Rg3 Qd7 22 Qc2 e6 23 dxe6 Qxe6 24 Kg2 c4! 25 Qxc4 Qxc4 26 dxc4 Rc8 27 Bd2 Rxc4 28 Rd3 Kf8 29 Kf3 Ke8 30 Ra3 Bb6 31 Be3 Kd7 32 Ra6 Rc3 33 h4 Kc6 34 Ke2 Draw. Time: 1.56/1.54.

Ivanchuk-Topalov Rd.l , Sicilian Najdorf B97 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4

Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6 8 a3 Nc6 9 Nb3 Be7 10 Qf3 Qc7


11 Be2 Rb8 12 Qg3 h6 13 Bh4 O-O 14 O-O b5 15 Khl Nd7 16 Bxe7 Nxe7 17 Radl e5 18 fxe5 dxe5 19 Nd4 Nb6 20 Bh5 f6 21 b3 Kh8 22 h3 Rb7 23 Nde2 Be6 24 Qe3 Rbb8 25 Rd3 Bg8 26 Bg4 Bh7 27 Rfdl f5 28 exf5 Nxf5 29 Bxf5 Bxf5 30 R3d2 Bh7 31 Ne4 Rbd8 32 N2c3 Rxd2 33 Rxd2 Nd7 34 Kh2 Qb7 35 Rd6 Rc8 36 Qd2 Bxe4 37 Rxd7 Qc6 38 Nxe4 Qxe4 39 Rxg7 Kxg7 40 Qd7+ Kf6 41 Qxc8 Qf4+ 42 Kgl Qe3+ 43 Kfl Qf4+ Draw. Time: 2.00/1.56.

Anand-Kasparov Rd.2, Sicilian Najdorf B81

1 e4 c5 2 NO d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 e6 7 g4 h6 8 f4 e5 (8...Nc6 9 Be2?! e5! 10 Nf5 g6 11 Ng3 ef4 12 Bf4 Be6 13 Rfl Rc8 14 h3 Qb6?! 15 Qd2 Bg7 16 Bd6! [Only move] Ng4? 17 Bg4! Qb2 18 e5?! Ne5 19 Rb 1 Qc3 20 Qc3 Rc3 21 Be6 fe6 22 Rb7 Nc4 23 Bb4 Re3 24 Ne2 Be5 25 Rff7 Rh3? [Time pressure] 26 Nd4! Re3 27 Kfl Re4 28 Rfe7 1-0 Topalov-Kasparov, Moscow Olympiad 1994; 8...d5 9 e5 Nfd7 10 Qd2 g5 11 0-0-0 Nc6 12 Bg2 gf4 13 Bf4 with advantage to White.) 9 Nf5 Nc6 10 Qf3 g6

11 O-O-O gxf'5 12 exf5 e4 13 Nxe4 Nxe4 14 Qxe4+ Qe7 15 Qd3 Bg7 16 Bd2 (Kasparov suggested 16 Bb6 as a winning try.) 1 6 . . . 0 - 0 17 g5 hxg5 18 fxg5 Qe5 (18...Ne5 19 Qe4 cl5 20 Qf4) 19 f6 Bf5 20 Qg3 Rfc8 21 Bc3

21...Nb4 (Kasparov says he 1

played this because he wanted to make the public happy. They ana-lysed 21.. .Qxg3 22 hg3 Nb4 23 fxg7 Nxa2 + 2.4 Kbl Nxc3+ 25 bxc3 Kxg7 26 Bd3 as equal.) 22 Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23 Kbl Re2+ 24 Kal Nc2+ 25 Kbl Na3+ Draw. Time: 0.43/0.59.

Gelfand-Ivanchuk Rd.2, Grunfeld D85

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 d5 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e4 Nxc3 7 bxc3 c5 8 Rbl O-O 9 Be2 cxd4 10 cxd4 Qa5+ 11 Bd2 Qxa2 12 0 - 0 b6 13 Bg5 (13 Qcl Bb7 14Bc4Qa4 15 Bb5 Qa2 16 Rel Rc8 17 Qdl e6 18 Qe2 Nc6 19 Qe3 Rd8 20 Ra 1 Qb2 21 Rebl Qc2 22 Rcl Nd4 23 Rc2 Nc2 24 Qf4 Nal 25 Ng5 Rf8 26 Bb4 Nb3 [Inf 46/(619)] 27 Bf8 Rf8 28 Be8! f6 29 Bt7 Kh8 30 Ne6 with


advantage to Whi te . ) 13...Re8 (13...Bb7 14 Bd3 Qe6 15 Rel Qd6 16 Qd2 e6 [16...Nc6 17 e5 Qd8 18 Be4 with initiative.] 17 e5 Qd7 18 Qf4 Rc8 19 Be4 Be4 20 Re4 Qd5 21 Rbel Rc3 [Only move] 22 Bh6 [22 Bf6 Nd7 23 Bg7 Kg7 24 Qg5 h6 25 Qe7 a5 26 Rf4 Rf8; 22 h4 Nd7 23 h5 a5 24 hg6 hg6] 22...Rf3! [Only move] 23 gO Bh6 24 Qh6 Nd7 25 Rcl Qb7 [Only move] 26 Re3 b5 [Only move] 27 Rec3 Nb6 28 f4 Nd5 29 Rh3 f5 30 ef6 b4? [30...Nf6 with advantage to Black] 31 f5! et5 32 Rc5 Re8 [Idea Nf4] 33 Rd5 Rel 34 Kg2 Qd5 35 RO Qb7 36 d5! b3 37 Rc3! Re8 38 f3! Qf7 39 Rb3 Qf6 40 Rb7 f4!! 41 Qh7 Kf8 42 Qh6 Kg8 43 Qh7 Draw, Miladinovic- Atalik, VrnjakaBanja 54/471.) 14Bb5Bd7 15 Qd3 Qa5 16 Bc4 Nc6 17 Bd2 (17 Bd5!? Nb4 18 Bf7 Kf7 19 Qc4) 17...Qh5 18 Rb5 e5 19 Ng5 Nxd4 (19...Nd8!? 20 Rd5 Be6 21 Ne6 Ne6) 20 Bxf7+ Kh8 21 Bxe8 Bxe8 22 Rb2 h6 23 Ne6! Nxe6 24 Qd5 Nc7 25 Qb7 Qe2 26 Rel! (26 Qc7 Qe4 with compensation.) 26...Qc4 27 Rcl Qd4 28 Rbc2 Rd8 29 Qxc7 Kh7 30 Bc3 Qd7 31 Bel g5 32 Qxd7 Rxd7 33 Rc7 1-0. Time: 1.51/1.52.

Kamsky-lllescas Rd.2, Sicilian Sveshnikov B33

1 e4 c5 2 Nt3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Nd5 Be7 10 Bxf6 Bxf 6 11 c3 0 - 0 12 Nc2 Rb8 13 Be2 Bg5 14 0 - 0 a515 Qd3 Ne7 16 Nce3 Bxe3 (16...Be6 17 Rfdl Nd5 18Nd5 Qd7 19 Qg3 Bd8 20 b3! Kh8 21 c4 bc4 [Only move] 22 Bc4 g6 23 14!?

vef4 24 Qf4 f5! = 25 Khl g5! 26 Qt2

f4 27 e5! Bg4! 28 Rel de5 29 Re5 f3 30 g3 Qg7 31 Rael Bd7!= 32 a4?! Bc6 33 Re6 Rc8 34 Ba6 Bd5 35 Be8 Be6 36 Be6 Qb7! [Black had a tiny advantage] 37 Bc4 Bf6 38 h3 Qd7 39 Be6 Qd3 40 Bc4 Bd4! 41 Qfl Qc2 42 Re7 Bg7 43 Rf7? Rt7 44 Bf7 0-1 Ki. Georgiev-V.Spasov, Sofia 1992 54/170.) 17 Nxe3 Qb6 18 Rfdl Rd8 19 Rd2 h6 20 h3 Qc5 21 Radl Be6 22 Bg4 Bc4 23 Qc2 Rb6 24 b3 Be6 25 Bxe6 fxe6 26 c4 b4 27 Qd3 Nc6 28 Nc2 Nb8 29 Qg3 Nd7 30 Qg6 NIS 31 Qg4 Re8 32 Rd3 Re7 33 Ne3 Kh7 34 Rld2 Ra6 35 Qdl Rd7 36 g3 Kg8 37 Kh2 Qc6 38 Qg4 a4 39 Nc2 Qc5 40 Qe2 axb3 41 axb3 Rf7 42 Kg2 Rb7 43 Nel Rf7 44 Qg4 Ra 1 45 Nf3 Ra6 46 Nh4 Rf6 47 Qd 1 R17 48 NO Rd7 49 Ne 1 R17 50 Re3 Qb6 51 Nd3 Nd7 52 Qg4 Re7 53 RO Ra8 54 Qg6 Qd4 55 Re2 Ra 1 56 Qg4 Nf6 57 Qg6 Rf7 58 Rfe3 Rdl 59 Nb2 Rbl 60 Rd3 Rxb2 (60...Qc5 61 Red2 Rd7 62 Na4 with a slight advantage to White.) 61 Rxd4 Rxe2 62 Kfl (62 Rd6 Ne8 63 R d l R f f 2 = ) 62...Rxf2+ 63 Kxf2 exd4 64 Ke2 Ra7 (64...Rc7!? 65 Kd3 Rc5 66 h4) 65 c5! Ra5 (65...dc5 66 e5 Nd7 67 Qe6 Kf8 68 Kd3 with advantage to White.) 66 cxd6 Rg5

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Young 21-year old winners Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik in action in this highly complicated clash.

67 d7? (67 Qf6 gf6 68 d7 wins) 67...Rxg6 68 d8 = Q + Kh7 69 g4 e5 70 Qe7 Rg5 71 Kd3 h5 72 h4 Rxg4 73 Qxe5 Rxe4 74 Qf5+ Kh6 75 Qg5+ Kh7 76 Qf5+ Kh6 77 Qg5 + Kh7 D r a w . T i m e : 3.22/3.18.

Probably the most complicated game of the tournament was fought between the two young champions.

Topalov-Kramnik Rd.2, Sicilian Sozin B57

1 e4 c5 2 N13 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Bc4 Qb6 7 Ndb5 Bg4 8 f3 Bd7 9 Qe2 a6 10 Be3 Qa5 11 Nd4 b5 12 Bb3 e6 13 O-O-O b4 (13...Be7 14 a3 0-0 15g4Rfc8 16 g5 Ne8 17 Kbl b4 18 ab4 Nb4 19 f4 Rab8 20 Qel Bf8 21 f5 Nc2 22 Kc2 e5 23 g6 ed4 24 Bf7 Kh8 25 Bd4 Qb4 26 Qh4 Qb2 27 Kd3 1-0. Velimirovic-Csom, 1972. 14/401.) 14 Nbl Be7 15 g4 Nxd4 16 Rxd4 e5 17 Rddl Be6 18 Nd2 Bxb3 19

cxb3 d5 20 exd5 Qxa2 21 Nc4 Qxb3 22 Kbl Rc8 23 Rd3

23...Qxc4 24 Rcl Qxc l+ 25 Bxcl Bd6 26 f4 e4 27 g5 0 - 0 (27...Rcl 28 Kcl Bf4 29 Kc2 Bg5 30 Rd4) 28 Rdl Nd7 29 Qxa6 (29 Qe4 Rfe8 30 Qf5 with advantage to White.) 29...Bc5 30 Qb5 (30 f5) 30...Rc7 31 d6 Ra7 32 b3 (32 f5 Rb8 33 Qc4 e3 34 g6) 32...e3 33 Bb2 (33 Rd5 Rc8 34 Qc4 Raa8 35 Rf5) 33 . . .Re8 34 f5 (34 Qe2)


f34. . .Bxd6! 35 g6 (35 Bel Re5 36 Qd3 Bc5 37 Rel) 35...hxg6 36 fxg6 Re6 37 gxf7+ Kxf7 38 Qh5+ Kg8 39 Bxg7 e2 (39...Kg7 40 Rgl win-ning.) 40 Qh8+ Kf7 41 Rel Ra3 42 Qh5+ (42 Bd4 Rb3 43 Kcl Ra3 44 Qh5 Kf8 45 Re2) 42...Kxg7 43 R g l + Bg3 44 Qg4+ (44 Qg4 Kf7 45 Qg3 el = Q 46 Rel Rel 47 Qel Rb3 48 Kc2 Rc3 49 Kd2 Rc5; 44 Rg3 Kf8 45 Qh8 Ke7) Draw. Time: 2.31/2.46.

Shirov-Judit Polgar Rd.2, Sicilian B54

1 e4 c5 2 N13 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 d6 6 g4 Nge7 7 Be3 a6 8 f4 (8 Nb3 b5 9 f4 Bb7 10 Qf3 g5!N 11 fg5 Ne5 12 Qg2 b4 13 Ne2 h5! 14 gh5? Nf5 15 Bf2 Qg5 16 Na5 Ne3!! 17 Qg3 Qg3 18 Ng3 Nc2 19 Kdl Nal 20 Nb7 b3 21 ab3 Nb3 22 Kc2 Nc5 23 Nc5 dc5 24 Bel Nf3 25 Bc3 Nd4 26 Kd3 Bd6 27 Bg2 Be5 28 Kc4 Ke7 29 Ral Nc6 0-1 Shirov-P o l g a r , Buenos Ai res , 1994. 62/201.) 8...Bd7 9 NO Qa5 10 Bg2 h5 11 gxh5 d5 12 Bd2 Qb6 13 exd5 exd5 14 Qe2 0 - 0 - 0 (14...Qb2 15 Rbl Qc2 16 Rb7) 15 0 - 0 - 0 d4 16 Na4 Qc7 17 Ng5 Nf5 (17...d3 18 Qd3 Bg4 19 Qc3 Bdl 20 Nf7 Bc2) 18 Nxt7 Re8 19 Be4 Nd6 20 Nxh8 Nxe4 21 Ng6 Nc5 22 Qc4 (22 QD Na4 23 Nf8 Rf8 24 Qa3) 22...Be6 23 Qxc5 (23 Qe2 d3 24 Qe3 Nb4) 23...Bxc5 24 Nxc5 Bf5 25 Rdel Rd8 26 Nh4 Q17 27 Nxf5 Qxf5 28 Nd3 Qxh5 29 b3 Rd7 30 h4 Rc7 31 Kb2 b5 32 Re6 Kb7 33 Rhel Qxh4 34 f5 Qg4 35 Bf4 Rc8 36 f6 gxf'6 37 Rxf6 Qg2 38 Ree6 Qd5 39 Rd6 Qg2 40 a3 Ka8 41 b4 Q13 42 R17 Nb8 43 Rg7 (43 Rd4 Qc6 44 Nc5

Qg6) 43,..Qe2 44 Nc5 Qc4 45 Bd2N

(45 Rgg6 Qc3=) 45...Qe2 46 Nd7 Rc7 47 Nb6+ (47 Rd4) 47...Kb7 48 Rxc7+ Kxc7 49 Bf4 d3 50 Rxd3+ Kxb6 51 Bxb8 Qe7 52 Bd6 Draw. Time: 2.47/2.40.

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Illescas-Anand Rd.3, English A38

1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 g3 Nc6 4 Bg2 g6 (4...e5 5 0-0 d5 6 Qa4 Bd6 7 Ng5 Bd7 8 cd5 Nb4 9 Qdl Nfd5 10 d4 Bc6 11 a3 Na6 12 Qb3 Be7 13 de5 with advantage to white in Por-t i s ch -Kava l ek , T i l b u r g 1980 30/[56]; 4...Qb6 5 Nc3 e6 6 0-0 Be7 7 b3 0-0 8 Na4 Qa6 9 Ba3 d6 10 Bb2 Bd7 11 d3 Rfd8 12 e3 Rac8 13 Rel Be8 14 Nc3 d5 15 a3 Na5 16 Qc2 Qb6 17 Nd2 dc4 18 Nc4 Nc4 19 bc4 Bc6 20 e4 Ng4 21 Rbl Qa6 22 h3 Ne5 23 Rfdl Be8 24 Nb5 Nc6 25 e5 b6 26 Bc3 Nd4 27 Bd4 cd4 28 Qb2 Bc5 29 a4 Vukic-Garc ia ,Gon-zales,G in Novi Sad 1975 20/61; 4...d6 5 Nc3 a6 6 d4 cd4 7 Nd4 Bd7 8 0-0 e6 9 Nb3 Qc7 10 Bf4 Ne5 11


Rel Ng6 12 Bg5 Be7 13 Qd2 Rd8 14 Rfdl Bc8 15 Qd4 0-0 16 Na4 Bd7 17 Qb6 Qb8 18 Nc3 Bc8 19 Be3 Nd7 20 Qa7 Qc7 21 Na4 Nge5 22 Nb6 Nc6 23 Bc6 Qc6 24 Na5 Qc7 25 b4 Ne5 26 f3 Nc6 27 Nc6 Qc6 28 a4 Qe8 29 b5 ab5 cb5 1-0, 44 U.An-d e r s s o n - S . G r o s s , Rome 1985 39/71.) 5 O-O d6 6 Nc3 Bg7 7 a3 O-O 8 Rbl d5 9 cxd5 Nxd5 10 Ng5 e6 11 Nge4 b6 12 d3 h6 13 Bd2 Bb7 14 N x d 5 e x d 5 15 Nc3 d4 (0.59/0.19) 16 Nd5 Rb8 17 b4

Kasparov-Shirov Rd.3, Slav Defence D17

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 N13 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 (6.. .Nbd7) 7 f3 c5 8 e4 cxd4 9 exf5 Bb4 (9.. .Nc6 Illescas-Gelfand, round one.) 10 Bxc4 (10 fe6 fe6 11 Bc4! Qd6 [only move] 12 Qe2 dc3 13 0-0 0-0 14 Rdl Qc5 15 Khl Nc6! 16Be6 Kh8 17 Nf7 Rf7 18 B17 c2 19 Rfl [Only move] Rf8 20 Bb3 [20 Ba2! with a tiny advantage] 20...Nd4 21 Qc4 Ne4 22 Be3 Qc4 23 Bc4 Nd2 24 Bd4 Nfl 25' Rel Rd8 26 Bfl Rd4 27 Rc2 h6 28 g3 Rd2 29 Rd2 Bd2 Draw, Tabatadze- Hoperia, Buda-pest 1990, 49/444.) 10...Qd6 N (0.11)

17...Nxb4 18 Nxb4 cxb4 19 axb4 Bxg2 20 Kxg2 Re8 (1.19/0.28)21 Kgl Rc822 Rel Rc6 23 Qa4 Rce6 (0.36) 24 Qxa7 (1.36) 24...Rxe2 (0.36) 25 Rxe2 Rxe2 26 Bf4 Qd5 27 Ral Qb528 Qa8+ Re8 29 Qa3 Bf8 30 h4 g5 31 hxg5 hxg5 32 Bd2 Re2 33 Bel Qf5 (1.50/0.55) 34 Qa8 (1.53) 34...Qxd3 (1.03) 35 Qd8 Q13 36 Qxg5+ Bg7 37 Qd8+ Kh7 38 Qh4+ Kg6 39 Qf4 Qxf4 40 gxf4 (1.58) 40...cL3 (1.07) 41 Rdl Kf5 42 Kfl Ke4 43 b5 Bd4 44 Rbl (2.21) 44...Ra2 (1.14) 45 Rdl Ral 46 Rxal Bxal 47 Bd2 Kd4 48 Be3 + Kc3 49 Bxb6 Kc2 0-1. Time: 2.30/1.20.

11 Bb5+ (After more than 20 minutes thought 0.34) l l . . .Nc6 (0.22; 1 l. . .Ke7 12Bf4Qc5 13Nd3) 12 Nc4 (0.34!) 12...Qc5 (0.34) 13 Bd2 (0.36) 13...O-O (0.48; 13...a6 14 Bc6 bc6 15 Qb3) 14 Nu2 Bxd2+ 15 Qxd2 (0.45) 15...Ne7 (0.50) 16 Qb4 (0.52) 16. . .Q\b4+ 17 Nxb4 a6 18 Nb6 axb5 19 Nxa8 Rxa8 20 fxe6 bxa4 21 exf7+ K\i7 22 Kd2 (1.07) 22...Ke6 (1.12) 23 Rhcl (1.09) 23...Kd6 24 b3 b5 25 bxa4


bxa4 (1.25) 26 Rc4 Nf5 (1.25) 27 Nc2 (1 .36) 27, . .Nd7 28 Rcxa4 Rxa4 29 Rxa4 Nb6 30 Nxd4 1-0 Time: 1.39/1.29.

Kramnik-Gelfand Rd.3, Grunfeld D78

1 N O Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 g3 O-O 5 Bg2 c6 6 d4 (6 0-0 d6 7 d3 a6 8 Bd2 d5 9 e4 d4 10 Ne2 c5 11 Nf4 Nfd7 12 h4 Nc6 13 h5 Nde5 14 Ne5 Ne5 15 b4 g5 16 Ne2 h6 17 f4 gf4 18 Nf4 b6 19 bc5 bc5 20 Qa4 Bd7 21 Qa5 e6 22 Qd8 Rfd8 23 Rfbl Rdb8 24 Ba5 Ba4 25 Bfl Bc2 26 Rb6 Nd7 27 Rb8 Rb8 28 Be2 Rb2 29 Kf 1 Bf6 30 Kel Bg5 0-1 move 48, Dzindzichashvili-Romanishin, Til-burg 1985; 40/24.) 6...d5 7 Qb3 Qb6 8 O-O Bf5 9 NeS e6 10 Bf4 Nbd7 11 Qxb6 axb6 12 O c5 13 dxcS d4 14 Nb5 (1.18) 14...bxc5 (1.02) 15 Nxd7 Nxd7 16 Bd6 Rfc8 17 f4 Rc6 (1.22) 18 a4 (1.31) 14...Bc2 19 Ra3 Nb6 20 Rcl d3 21 exd3 Rxd6 (1.42) 22 Rxc2 (22 Nd6 Bb2 23 Rc2 Ba3) 22...Rd7 23 a5 Nc8 24 d4 (1.52) 24...cxd4 25 c5 Ne7 26 Nd6 d3 27 Rxd3 Rxa5 28 Bxb7 Bf8 29 b4 Ral + 30 Kg2 Nf5 31 Bc6 Rd8 32 Rcd2 Rcl 33 NxfS Rxd3 34 Rxd3 gxf5 35 Rb3 Rc2+ 36 Kgl Bg7 37 BO Rc3 38 Rxc3 Bxc3 39 c6 Bd4+ 40 Kf l Bb6 41 Ke2 Kf8 42 Kd3 Ke7 43 Kc4 Kd6 44 Kb5 Kc7 45 Ka6 f6 46 b5 e5 (2.23) 47 Bg2 (2.26) 47...exf4 48 gxf4 Be3 49 Bd5 h6 50 h3 Bb6 51 Be6 Be3 52 Bd7 Bb6 53 Bxf5 Be3 54 Be4 Bb6 55 15 Be3 56 Ka5 Bd2+ 57 Ka4 h5 58 Kb3 h4 59 Kc4 Bf4 60 Kc5 Bd6+ 61 Kd5 Be5 62 Ke6 Bc3 63 Kf7 Draw. Time:

,2.55/2.45.

Judit Polgar-Topalov Rd.3, Sicilian B53

1 e4 c5 2 NO d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Qxd4 Bd7 5 c4 Nc6 6 Qd2 g6 7 b3 Bg7 8 Nc3 Nf6 9 Bb2 Bg4 (9.. .0-0 10 h3 Qa5 11 Bd3 a6 12 a3 Rac8 13 0- 0 Qc7 14 b4 Be6 15 Racl Qb8 16 Rfel Nd7 17 Nd5 Bd5 18 Bg7 Kg7 19 ed5 Nce5 20 Nd4 Nd3 21 Qd3 Ne5 22 Qg3 Qa7 23 Nf5 Kh8 24 Ne7 Rce8 25 Qh4 Kg7 26 c5 f6 27 cd6 Qb6 28 Qg3 Kf7 29 Qh4 Kg7 30 Rc7 Rf7 31 Re5 fe5 32 Nf5 gf5 33 Qg5 KfX 34 Qh6 Kg8 35 d7 Qh6 36 de8 = Q Qf8 37 Qe6 e4 38 Rc8 1-0, S o l t i s - B r a u n l i c h , USA 1977; 24/428.) 10 Be2 0 - 0 11 h3 BxO 12 BxO Nd7 13 0 - 0 Qa5 14 Rabl Rfd8 15 Rfcl a6 16 a3 Bf6 17 Bg4 e6 18 b4 Qg5 19 f4 Qh6 20 Ne2 Nde5 21 Rc2 Nxg4 22 hxg4 Bxb2 23 Rbxb2 (1.15) 23.. .Qh4 24 g5 e5 25 b5 axb5 26 cxb5 Nd4 27 Nxd4 exd4 28 Rb3 (1.30) 28.. .Re8 (1.19) 29 g3 Qg4 30 Qxd4

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3 0 . . . R a 4 31 Rc4 ( 1 . 3 9 ) 31...Rxc4 (1.23) 32 Qxc4 Rc8 33 Qd3? (1.40. 33 Qfl Rc2 34 RO.) 33. . .Rcl+ (1.24) 34 Kg2 Qh5 35 e5 Rdl (1.27) 36 QO Qhl + 37 K12 0-1. Time: 1.52/1.27. 1


Ivanchuk-Kamsky Rd.3, Grunfeld D85

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Bb5+ c6 8 Ba4 O-O 9 Ne2 b5 (9...b6 10 h4 e5! 11 h5 ed4 12 hg6 hg6 13 cd4 Ba6 14 Be3 Qc7!N 15 Bc2 Qb4 16 Bd2 Qc4 17 e5 Rd8! 18 Bb3 Qe2 19 Qe2 Be2 20 Ke2 Rd4 21 Be3 Rd8 22 Radl Na6 23 f4 Nc7 24 g4 Nd5 25 Bd5 Rd5 26 Rd5 cd5 27 Rel g5 28 Kd3 Re8 29 Rc7 gf4 30 Bf4 Be5 31 Be5 Re5 32 Ra7= Sok-olov,I-Malisauskas, Moscow Ol. 1994 62/[499]; 9...Be6N 10 h4 Bc4 11 Bb3 Bb3 12 Qb3 Qb6 13 h5 e5 14 hg6 Draw, Kramnik-Kamsky, Dortmund 1993; 57/[453].) 10 Bc2 (10 Bb3 Bb7 11 0-0 c5 12d5Nd7 13 Bg5 h6 14 Be3 Qc7 15 Qd2 Kh7 16 Racl Nf6 17 13 Rfd8 18 c4 e6 19 Rfdl ed5 20 cd5 c4 21 Bc2 Nd5 22 ed5 Rd5 with clear advantage to white, Hjartarsson-Popovic, Manila Izt 1990; 49/[536].) 10...c5 11 e5 Bb7 12 O-O Nc6 13 Rbl a6 14 a4

cxd4 15 cxd4 b4 (0.46) 16 Be3 (0.40^ 16...a5 17 Ncl Nb8 18h4e6 19 h5 Qh4 (1.17) 20 Ne2 Rd8 (1.29; 20...Qh5!? 21 Qd2Rd8 22 Ng3.) 21 Ng3 Nc6 22 Be4 (1.31) 22...Rab8 23 Q c l Rdc8 24 Qd2 (1.43) 24...Qd8 25 Rfdl Draw. Time: 1.55/1.47.

Kamsky-Kramnik Rd.4, Botvinnik D44

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 e6 5 Bg5 dxc4 6 e4 b5 7 e5 h6 8 Bh4 g5 9 Nxg5 hxg5 10 Bxg5 Nbd7 11 exf6 Bb7 12 g3 c5 13 d5 Qb6 14 Bg2 0 - 0 - 0 15 0 - 0 b4 16 Rbl Qa6 17 dxe6 Bxg2 18 e7 Bxfl 19 Kxfl (19 Qd5 Bh6 20 Bh6!N Bd3 21 Qa8! Nb8 22 ed8 = Q Rd8 23 Rel! Qc6!? [23...Qb7 24 Qb7 Kb7 25 Re7 Rd7 26 Ne4 Kc6 with a tiny advantage to white.] 24 Qa7 bc3 25 bc3 with compensation.) 19...Bxe7 (19...bc3 20 Qd5 Be7 21 fe7 c2 22 ed8 = Q Rd8 23 Rel c3 24 Kg2 cb2 25 Qa8 Nb8 26 Rc2 Qb6 27 Bd8 Kd8 28 Qd5


' N d l 29 Rd2 Qb5 30 a4 1-0, Ulhmann-Alexandria, Halle 1981; 32/516.) 20 fxe7 (0.08) 20....Rdg8 (0.14) 21 Ne4 (0 .18 ) 21...Qc6 (0.15) 22 Nd6+ Kb8 23 Bf4 Rxh2 (0.16) 24 Ke2 (0 .46) 24...Ka8 (0.21) 25 Qc2 (0 .52) 25...Nb6 (1.27) 26 Qf5 ( 0 . 5 9 ) 26...Nc8 (1.45) 27 e 8 = Q Rxe8+ 28 Nxe8 Qxe8+ ( 1 . 4 5 ) 29 Be3 (1 .11) 29...Nb6 (1.48. 29...Qe6 30 Qf3 Kb8 31 Kfl with a small advantage to white.)30Rdl Kb731 Qxc5Qa4 (1.51)32Rd2 (1.30. 32Qe7 Ka6 33 Bb6 ab6 34 Qe4 Rf2 35 Kf2 Qdl 36 Qe4 Ka5.) 32...c3 (1.54) 33 bxc3 bxc3 34 Rd4 (34 Qc3 Qg4 35 Kd3 Qf5) 34.. .Qxa2+ 35 Kf3 c2 (1.56) 36 Rd2 Rh8 37 Rxc2 Qd5+ 38 Qxd5+ Nxd5 39 Rb2+ Nb6 40 Ke4 Rc8 (1.48/1.58) 41 g4 Rc6 42 g5 (2.02) 42.. .Re6+ (2.15) 43 Kf5 (2.07) 43...a5 (2.28) 44 Rb5 (2.14) 44...a4 45 Ra5 Nc4 (2.38) 46 Rxa4 Nxe3+ 47 fxe3 Rxe3 48 Ra5 Kc6 (2.42) 49 Kf6 R O + 50 Ke7 (2.34) 50.. .RH (2.46) 51 Ra6+ Kd5 52 Rf6 Rgl 53 Rf5+ Ke4 (2.46) 54 Kf6 ( 2 . 3 7 ) 54...Rg4 (2 .49) 55 Re5+ (2.38) 55... Kd4 (Kamsky of-fered the draw) Draw. Time: 2.40/2.50.

Gelfand-Judit Polgar Rd.4, King's Indian Defence E98

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 O-O 5 e4 d6 6 Be2 e5 7 0 - 0 Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 Nel Ne8 10 Be3 f5 11 f3 Kh8 (11 ...f4 12 Bf2h5 13 c5 g5 14 cd6 cd6 15 a4 Ng6 16 Nb5 N a6 17 Na3 Nf6 18 Nc4 g4 19 Qb3 g3 20 hg3 fg3 21 Bg3 h4 22 Bh2 Nh5 23 Qb6 Qg5 24 Nd3 Ng3 25 Rf2 Ne2 26 Re2 Rf3 27 Nd6! Rd3 28 Nc8

Kh7! 29 Nd6 [Only move.] 29.. .Nf4 30 Bf4 ef4 31 Nf5 Rg8 32 Qb7 f3 33 Rf2 Rd2 34 Qa7 Kh8? 35 Qe3?? Qe3?? 36 Ne3 Bd4 37 Rd2 Be3 38 Kh2 Bd2 39 gf3 Rg3 40 Rdl Bf4 41 d6 Rf3 42 Kg2 Rg3 43 Khl Rg8 44 d7 Rd8 45 Kg2 Kg7 46 Rd5 Bc7 47 b4 Kf7 48 a5?! Rg8! 49 Kh3 Bd8 50 b5 ab5 51 Rb5 Rg3 52 Kh2 0-1 move 62 in Shirov-Kasparov, Manila Ol 1992; 55/648.) 12 a4Ng813 a5 Bh6 14 Bf2 Ngf615 Nd3 Nh516 c5 Nef6 17 b4 a6 18 Nb2 (0.37) 18...M4 (0.29) 19 Nc4 (0 .38 ) 19...Qe7 (0.40) 20 Khl Bd7 (0.48) 21 cxd6 cxd6 22 Nb6 Rad8 (0.52) 23 exf5 gxf5 24 b5 (1.27) 24...Bxb5 (1.11) 25 Nxb5 axb5 26 Bxb5 Rg8 27 Rgl (1.29) 27...Rg5 ( 1 . 1 4 ) 28 B f l (1.35) 28...Rdg8 ( 1 . 1 8 ) 29 g3 (1.39) 29.. .N4h5 30 Nc4 (1.45) 30...Bf8 31 a6 bxa6 32 Rxa6 Qd7 (1.37) 33 Be2 (1.51) 33...R5g6 34 Ra7 Qc8 35 Nb6 (1.55) 35...Qd8 36 Qc2 (1.57) 36.. .Ng7 37 Ra8 Qe7 38 Rgal (1.58) 38...Nfh5 39 R8a7 Qg5 40 Rgl Ne8 41 Bd3 Nhg7 (2.04) 42 g4 (2.16) 42.. .Qf4 (2.24) 43 Qe2 (2.25) 43...Rh6 44 Bg3 Qg5

45 Nd7 (2.31) 45...Nf6?! (45...fg4 46 fg4 Nf6) 46 Nxf8 Rxf8 47 gxf5 (2.33) 47...Qh5 (2.43) 48 Bxe5 dxe5 49 Raxg7 (2.42) 49...Nxd5 50 Bc4 Nf6 (50...Rd6 51 Rg8 Rg8 52 Qe5 Rf6 53 Rg8 Kg8 54 Bd5 Kg7 [54...Rf7 55 Qe8 + -] 55 Qe7 wins according to Najdorf.) 51 Qg2 Qe8 (2 .52 ) 52 Qg5 1-0. Time: 2.47/2.54.

Annotations by GM V.Anand. j I

Anand-Ivamhuk Rd.4, Ruy Lopez C92


1 e4 e5 2 NO Nc6 3 BbS a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0 - 0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0 - 0 9 h3 Bb7 10 d4 Re8 11 Nbd2 Bf8 12 d5 Nb8 13 Nf l Nbd7 14 Ng3 g6 (0.04) 15 Nh2 (0.11) 15...h5 (0.05) 16 Nf3 (0.14) Nc5 (16...Nh7 17 Be3) 17 Bc2 c6 18 b4 (0.18) Ncd7 19 dxc6 Bxc6 (0.26) 20 Bb3 (0 .22) 20...NW (0.28) 21 BgS (0 .25) 21...Bd7 (0.32. 21...Bg7 22 Nh4 d5 23 Qf3.) 22 Nh4 Be6 23 Qf3 Nbd7 (0.33) 24 Radl (0 .38) 24...Rc8! (0 .35 . 24...Bb3 25 ab3 Be7 26 Nhf5! with compensation.) 25 R d 3 (0 .41) 25...Bxb3 (0 .37) 26 axb3 Qe7 (0.37) 27 Redl (0.56) 27...Qe6 28 Nhf5 (1.02)

28...Qxb3 (28...gf5!? 29 ef5 Qb3 [29...Qe7 30 Ne4+-] 30 Bf6 [30 Nh5?! e4 31 Nf6 Nf6 32 Qg3 Nh5] 30...Nf6 A) 31 Nh5 Nh5 [31...Nh7 32 Qg4 Kh8 33 Rg3 Bh6 34 Rd6 with attack.] Al) 32 c4 Qd3 [32...Qc4 33 Qh5 with attack] 33 Rd3 bc4! 34 Qg4 Ng7 35 Rg3 f6; A2) 32 Qh5 Rc3 33 Qg5 [33 Rd6 Bd6 34 Rd6 Qbl 35 Kh2 Qcl] 33...Kh7 [33.. .Kh8 34 Rd6i] 34 Qh4 [34 Rd6 Bd6 35 Rd6 Rh3! 36gh3 Qh3 37 Rg6

Rc8!; 34 f6 Rec8] 34...Kg8 35 Qg3 Kh7= B) 31 c4!? Qc4 32 Nh5 Nh7! 33 Qg3 Kh8 34 Rd6 Qb4 35 Rd7 with attack; 28.Nh7 29 Rd6 Bd6 30 Rd6 Ng5 31 Qe3 Rc6 32 Re6 [32 Nh6 Kf8>] 32...Ne6 33 Qd2 Nffi 34 Ne3 Rd8 35 Nd5 Nd5 36 ed5 Nc7 [36...Nf4 37 dc6!] 37 Nf5 with at-tack.) 29 Nxd6 Bxd6 30 c4 (1.06. 30 Rd6 Rc3.) 30....Qxc4 (0.58) 31 Rxd6 (1.09) 31...Nh7 32 Bh6 Ndf8 (0.58) 33 Rxa6 (1,19. 33 Nh5 Re6!) 33...Re6 (1.08) 34 Rxe6 Nxe6?! (34...Qe6! 35 Nfl idea Ne3- d5. 35 Nf5 (1 .28 ) 35...Qxb4?! (1 .16. 35...gf5! A. 36 ef5 Neg5 37 Qh5 Al. 37.. .Qc2 38 Bg5 Qf5 39 h4 f6 40 g4! QO? [40...Qe6 41 Be3 with advan-tage to white . ] 41 Rd7!; A2. 37...Ne4! 38 Qg4 Neg5; B. 36 Qg3 Bl. 36.. .Nhg5 37 Bg5 Qe4 38 Rd7 [38 Bf6 Kh7 39 Rd7]; B2. 36...Kh8 37 ef5 Qc2 [37...Rg8 38 Qe5 Ng7 39 Bg7 Rg7 40 Rd8+-] 38 Rel! [38 fe6 Qdl 39 Kh2 Rg8] 38...Qcl 39 Bel Rel 40 Kh2 Ng7 [40...Nf4 41 Qe3] 41 Qe5 with a small advantage to white . ) 36 Rd7! + - (1 .36) 36...Nhg5 (36...gf5 37 Qg3 Nhg5 [37...Kh8 38 Qe5] 38 Bg5 Qe4 39 Bf6 Kf8 40 Be5 idea Bd6 Ke8 41 Ra7+-) 37 Bxg5 Qe l+ 38 Kh2 Nxg5 39 Qg3 Nxe4 39... Rc 140 Qg5 Qgl 41 Kg3 Rc3 42 f3 Qel 43 Kh2 + -) 40 Nh6+ Kh7 41 Rxf7+ Kxh6 42 Qxe5 Qd2 (42...Rcl 43 Qh8 Kg5 44 h4 Kh4 45 Qd8 g5 46 Rf4#; 4 2 . . . Qc3 43 Qe4 + -; 42....Rg8 43 Qf4 [43 h4!?] 43...g5 [43. . .Ng5 44 h4] 44 Qf5 A. 44.. .Rg7? 45 Rf8! + - Rg6 [45.. .Rh7

46 Qe6 Kg7 47 Rg8#] 46 Rh8 Kg7 47 Qf8#; B. 44...Rg6 [Only move.] 45 Qe5! [45 Re7 Qf2!=] 45...Rg8


(45 . . .Qc3 46 Qe4] 46 Qe6 Rg6 47 Qe7.) 43 Qg7+ Kg5 44 h4+ Kxh4 45 Qxg6 (1.41) 45...Rc3 45...Qd6 46 g3; 45...Rc4 46 g3; 45...Ng5 46 g3 Kg4 47 Qf5#.) 46 Qxe4+ 1-0. Time: 1.41/1.39.

Illescas draws with black confi-dently avoiding a trap on move 48.

Kasparov-Dlescas Rd.4, Dutch A80

1 d4 £5 2 Bg5 h6 3 Bh4 g5 4 e3 Nf6 5 Bg3 d6 6 h4Rg8 7 hxg5 hxg5 8 Nc3 e6 9 <3 (9 Nf3 Qe7! 10 Bc4 Nbd7 11 Bb3 Nb6 12 Qe2 Bd7 13 0-0-0 0-0-0= 14 Nd2! [idea f3, e4 controlling the centre.] 14...Bg7 15 f3 Rh8 16 e4 Nh5! 17 Rh5!? Rh5 18 ef5 Bd4 19 fe6 Bc6 20 f4 gf4 21 Qh5 fg3 22 Ne2 Be5 23 Nf3 Bf3 24 Qf3 c6 25 Qf7 Re8 idea d5=) 9...Qe7 (0.11) 10 Qd2 Nc6 11 O-O-O Bd7 (0.28) 12 e4 (0.17) 12....fxe4(0.51)

13 fxe4 (0.19) 1 3 . . . 0 - 0 - 0 (0.51) 14 d5 (1.02) 14...exd515 exd5 Ne5 (0.58) 16 Rel Kb8 17 Kbl (1.14) 17...Bg7 (1 .17 ) 18 a3 (1.38) 18...Rh8 (1.26) 19 Rxh8 Rxh8 20 Bxe5 dxe5 21 Nf3 e4 22 Qxg5 (1.42) 22...Rh5 23 Qd2 Qd6 24 Nd4 a6 (1.41. 24.. .Nd5 25 Ne4) 25 Bc4 (1.48) 25...RH4 26 Bh3 (1.49) 26...Rg4 27 Re2 e3 28 Qxe3 Nxd5 29 Nxd5 Bxd4 (1.53/1.53) 30 Qe7 Qxe731 Rxe7 31 Ne7!? Bb5 32Rd2 Bf6 33 Rd8 Ka7 34 Rg8 Rg8 35 Ng8 Bg5) 31...Bc6 32 Nxc7 Rxg2 33 Bd5 R g l + 34 Ka2 Rg7 35 Rxg7 Bxd5+ 36 Nxd5 Bxg7 37 c4 Kc8 38 a4 Kd7 39 a5 Kd6 40 b4 Bd4 (1.57/1.58) 41 Kb3 Bf2 42 Nf4 Be3 43 Nd3 Kc6 44 Ka4 Bgl 45 b5+ (2.06) 4S...axb5+ 46 cxb5+ Kc7 47 Nb4 Bf2 48 b6+ Kb8 Draw.

VTime: 2.07/2.33.


Shirov-Topalov Rd.4, Sicilian Dragon B76

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 Nc6 8 Qd2 0 - 0 9 O-O-O d510 Qel e6 11 h4 Qc7 12 exd5 (12 Ndb5 Qa5! 13 Bc5 Rd8 14 a3 b6! 15 b4 Qa6 unclear; 12 h5 Nh5 13 g4 [13 ed5 ed5! N 14 Ndb5 Qg3 15 Nd5 Qel 16 Rel Ng3=] 13...Nd4 14 Bd4 Bd4 15 Rd4 Qg3 unclear Alter-man; Vaisman.) 12...Nxd513 Nxd5 exd514 Qd2 Re8 (0.03. 14...h5 15 Nb5 Qe7 16 Bg5 Qe5 [16...Qc5 17 Be3=] 17 c3 [Kramnik-Alterman, USSR 1990, 50/(237)] 17...d4! 18 Nd4 Nd4 19 Qd4 Qa5 20 Qd5 Bc3! 21 bc3? Qa3! 22 Kbl Bf5!! 23 Bd3 Be6 24 Qb5 Qa2 25 Kcl Bb3! 26 Bf6 Rfe8! 27 Rhel Qal 28 Bbl Qa3 29 Kd2 Qb2 30 Kd3 Bc2-+) 15 h5 (0.40) 15...Rxe3 16 Qxe3 Nxd4 (0.03) 17 Rxd4 (0.43) 17...Bf5 (0.03) 18 Bd3 (0.56) 18...QM (0.12) 19 Rhh4 (1.03) 19...Be4 (0.24) 20 Rdxe4 Qxb2+ 21 Kdl dxe4 22 Rxe4 Qxa2 23 hxg6 hxg6 (0.27) 24 Re7 (1.31) 24. . .Qbl+ (24...Bc3 25 f4 Qbl 26 Ke2 Rc8 27 f5) 25 Ke2 (1.35) 25....Bf6 26 Rd7 (1.36) 26...a5 (1.03. 26...Qhl 27 Bc4 Qg2 28 Kdl Rf8 29 Rf7 Rf7 30 Qe8 Kh7 31 Qf7) 27 Bxg6 (1.39) 27...Qb5+ 28 Qd3 Re8+ 29 Be4 Qxd3+ Draw. Time: 1.40/1.08.

Longest game of the event.

Kramnik-Anand Rd.5, Grunfeld D85

1 NO g6 2 d4 NP6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 d5 5 cxd5 NxdS 6 e4 Nxc3 7 bxc3 c5 8 Rbl O-O 9 Be2 cxd4 10 cxd4 Qa5+ 11 Bd2 Qxa2 12 O-O (12...b6 13 Bg5 Re8 14 Bb5 1-0

^move 33, Gelfand-Ivanchuk, Dos Hermanas 1996.) 12...Bg4 13 Bg5 h6 14 Be3 14 Be7!? Novelty Re8 IS Rb7 Nc6 16 BcS Re4 17 Bd3 Rd4! 18 Bd4 Nd4 with compensation 19 Be4?! Rd8 20 Qbl Ne2!? 21 Khl Qc4 22 Bg6!? Nc3! 23 Bf7 Qf7 24 Rf7 Nbl 25 Ra7 Nc3 26 h3 Draw, Kramnik-Kasparov, Novgorod 1994) 14...Nc6 15 d5 Na5 16 Bc5 (16 Rb4! N b6 17 e5! Nc4 18 Bf3 Rac8 19 d6 ed6 20 ed6! Nc4 21 Bf4! [with advantage to white] 21...Nb2 22 Qe2 Qa3 23 Re4 Qd3 24 Re7! g5? 25 d7 Rc4 [Only move.] 26 Bel! Rc2 [Only move.] 27 Qd3 Nd3 28 Re8 Bf6 29 Ba3 Nc5 30 Bc5 Rc5 31 Rdl Bd8 32 Rdel! Rc7 33 Bg4 Bf6 34 Rc8! 1-0 Lautier-Anand, Linares 1994.) 16...Bf6 (0.08/0.02) 17 e5 (17 h3 Bf3 18 Bf3 Rfc8 unclear) 17...Bxe518 Rb4 (18 h3 Bft 19 Bf3 Rfe8 20 d6 Qc4 21 d7 Qc5 22 de8=Q Re8 23 Qa4 Nc6 24 Rb7 Rc8 25 Bc6 Rc6 26 Re7 Qe7 27 Qc6 Bd4 28 Qd5 Bb6 29 g3 h5 30 Kg2 Kg7 31 Rbl Qe2 32 Qf3 Qe6 33 Qc3 Kh7 34 Rel Qd5 35 Qf3 Qd7 36 Rdl Qe7 37 Rd3 Kg7 38 Qc6 Qe2 39 Rf3 Qa2 40 Qc3 Kg8 41 Qb3 Qb3 42 Kf8 Gelfand-Ivanchuk, Tilburg 1990.) 18...Bxf319 BxO Rae8 (0.12/0.02) 20 Be3 (20 Be7!? idea Rfe8 21 d6 Qe6 22 Bb7 Nb7 23 Rb7 Ra8 24 d7 Re7 25 d8=Q Rd8 26 Qd8 Re8) 20...Nc4 ( 0 . 1 7 / 0 . 0 3 ) 21 Bxh6 Nd6!? (0.25/0.03 . 21...Rfd8 22 Rb7 Qa6 23 Qbl [23 Re7 Qf6 with a slight black advantage]) 22 Bxf8 R x ® J 0 . 5 5 / 0 . 0 3 ) 23 h4 (1.02) 23...Rc8 (0 .08 ) 24 Be4 (1.28) 24...Qa5 (0 .19) 25 Ra4 (1.29) 25...Qb5 26 Bbl (1.37) 26...Rc5

^(0.25) 27 Bd3 (1.41) 27...Qd7

(0.26) 28 Rxa7 (1.44) 28...Rxd5 (0.26)29Ra8+ Kg7 (1.50/0.26) 30 h5 (1.51) 30....Rd4 31 Qe2 Bf6 32 hxg6 fxg6 (0.35) 33 Bbl Qg4 34 Qa2 (1.55) 34...Nc4 (0.38) 35 Qb3 (1.56) 35...b5 (0.42) 36 Rel (1.56) 36...Rd2 (0.43) 37 Ra2 (1.57) 37...Rd5 38 Be4 (1.57) 38....Re5 (0.46) 39 Rae2 (1.57) 39...Qb4 40 g3 (1.57) 40...Qb6 (0.51) 41 Qd3 (2.06) 41...Nd6 (0.56) 42 Bd5 Rxe2 43 Qxe2 Qh3 44 Be6 Qh8 (2.13/0.58) 45 Qf3 (2.15) 45...Qb8 46 Kg2 b4 (1.00) 47 Rbl Qb7 (1.00) 48 Bd5 Qb5 49 g4 Nf7 50 Bb3 (2.32) 50...Nh651 Rel Qg552 Re4 (2.45) 52...Nf5 53 Qdl Nh4+ (1.17) 54 Kb3 (2.47) 54...Qc5 (1.19) 55 Qe2 g5 56 Qc4 Qxc4 57 Rxc4 Bc3 58 Rc5 Nf3 59 Kg3 Ne5 60 Rb5 Bd2 61 f3 (2.59) 61...Bc3 (1.28) 62 f4 gxf4+ 63 Kxf4 Nf7 (1.30) 64 Rd5 Bb2 (3.08/1.31) 65 Kf5 Bf6 66 Rdl Ng5 67 Rd3 Nf7 (1.34) 68 Rd7 Nd6+ 69 Kf4 Nf7 (1.36) 70Rb7 (3.19) 70...Be5+ 71 Ke3 Bd6 (1.37) 72 Ke4 (3.19) 72...Ng5+ 73 Kf5 Nf3 74 Bd5 (3.20) 74. . .Nh4+ 75 Kg5 Ng6 (1.43) 76 Ra7 Nf8 77 Ki5 BcS (1.44) 78 Rb7 (3.21) 78...Bd6 79 g5 Ng6 80 Ra7 (3.21) 80...Nf8 81 Bb3 Ng6 82 Ra8 Nf8 83 Kg4 Bc7 84 Kb5 Bd6 85 Rc8 Be5 86 Rc5 Ng6 (1.51) 87 Rc8 NC8 88 Rcl! (3.23) 88. . .Bc3 89 R f l (3.24) 89...e6 90 Rdl (White was in big time pressure in the sudden death control.) 90...Kf7 91 Rd8 Ng6 92 Rd7+ Ke8 93 Ba4 Ne5 94 Rb7+ Kf8 95 g6 Nd3 96 Kh6 Nc5 97 Rb8+ Ke7 98 Bc2 (3.26) 98...Nd7 99 Rb7 Kd6 100 g7 Bxg7+ 101 Kxg7 1-0. Time: 3.26/1.59.


Hlescas-Shirov Rd.5, Caro-Kann B15

1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c6 4 f4 d5 5 e5 Nh6 6 NO Bg4 (0.07/0.06) 7 h3 Bxf3 8 Qxf3 f6 (0.09) 9 g4 (0.17) 9...Qb6 (0.31. 9...fe5 10 de5! N e6 11 h4! Rf8 12 Qg3 Qb6 13 Bd2! Nd7 14 0-0-0 0-0-0 15 Be2! Ng8 16 Rh3! [With advantage to white] 16..Nc5?! 17 Be3 d4 18 Rd4 Rd4 19 Bd4 Nb3 20 ab3 Qd4 21 Bc4 Rf4 22 Be6 Ke7?! 23 Qel Rf8 [Only move.] 24 Re3! Ne7?! 25 Rd3 [White has a decisive advantage.] 25...Qf4 26 Kbl Kb8 27 Rd7 Be5 28 Re7 Bd6 29 Rg7 Rc8 30 Rg8 Bf8 31 Qdl Qf6 32 Qd7 Re6 33 Rf8 Qf8 34 Qe6 Qfl 35 Ka2 Qa6 36 Na4 b5 37 Qg8 Kc7 38 Qh7 1-0, Almasi-Hodgson 1994.) 10 e6 (0.28) 10...f5 (1.11. 10...Qd4 11 Be3 Qb4 12 0-0-0 f5 13 g5 Ng8 14 Qf2 with compen-sation.) 11 g5 (0.33) l l . . .Qxd4 (1.17) 12gxh6 (1.13. 12Be3!? Qb4 13 0-0-0) 12...Bxh6 13 Be3 Qf6 14 0 - 0 - 0 (1.14) 14...Qxe6 (1.17) 15 Bd4 (15 h4!? idea 0-016 h5) 15.. .0-O (1.18) 16 Bg2 Qf7 (1.19. With compensation to black.) 17 h4 Nd7 18 Kbl Rae8 (1.30) 19 h5 (1.29) 19...g5 20 fxg5 Bxg5 21 Qg3 h6 22 Qc7 e5 23 Bxa7 (1.42) 23...Nf6 24 Qd6 (1.44. 24 Qf7 Rf7 25 Rdfl f4 with compensation.) 24...d4 (1.39) 25 Bxd4 (1.46) 25...exd4 26 Qxd4 Ng4 (1.41) 27 Rdfl Ne3 (1.44) 28 Rfgl Rd8 29 Qc5 Kh8 30 Bf3 (1.50) 30...Rfe8 (1.51) 31 Be2 Qe7 32 Qa5 b5 33 Bd3 (1.55) 33...Rxd3 (33...b4!? 34 Ndl Ra8 35 Qb6 Qe6 36 b3 Nd5 37 Qf2 Nc3 38 Nc3 Be3 with a slight advantage to black.) 34 cxd3 Qd6 35 a3 Qxd3+ 36 Kal Nc437 Qc7 Qc2? (37...Na3 38 Rdl

Bd2 39 Rd2 Qd2 40 Qf7=) 38 Rh2 (White has a slight advantage.) 38...Qb3? (38...Nd2)39 Qxc6Re3 40 Qc8+ Kg7 (40...Kg7 41 Rg5 hg5 42 Qf5 Rel 43 Nbl Rbl 44 Kbl Na3 45 Kal) 1-0. Time: 1.57/1.56.

Topalov-Gelfand Rd.5, Slav Defence D17

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 7 D c5 8 e4 cxd4 9 exf5 Nc6 (9...Bb4 10 Bc4 Qd6 N was played in Kasparov-Shirov, Dos Hermanas 1996. See under third round.) 10 Nxc6 bxc611 fxe6 fxe6 (0.06) 12 Qe2 (0.02. 12 Bc4 dc3 13 Qd8 Kd8 was played in Illescas-Gelfand, Dos Hermanas 1996. See under first round.) 12...dxc3 13 Qxe6+ Qe7 14 Bxc4 (0.03) 14„.Qxe6+ 15 Bxe6 (0.03) 15...cxb2 16 Bxb2 Bb4+ (0.24) 17 Ke2 (0.15 17 Kf2 Ke7 18 Ba2 Rhd8 19 Rhdl Rab8!= Kishnev-Peturs-son, Bern 1992. Inf 55/[380].) 17...Ke7 (0.28) 18 Bc4 (0.21. 18 Ba2 Rhd8 19 Rhdl Nd5= Shirov-Thorsteins, Reykjavik 1992. Inf 55/[380].) 18...Rhd8 (0 .39) 19 Rhdl (0.22) 19...Rab8 (0.42) 20 g3 (0.34) 20...h5 (0.55) 21 Rd4 (0.44) 21...Ba5 22 Ba3+ (0.45)22...Ke8 (1.21) 23 Radl Rxd4 24 Rxd4 (0.50) 24...Rbl (1 .30) 25 Bd3 R e l + 26 Kf2 (0 .57) 26...KH (1.38) 27 Bc5 (0.58) 27...Ral 28 Bc4+ (1.00) 28...Ke8 (1.46) 29 Bd3 Kf7 (1.47) 30 Bxa7 (1.06) 30...Ra2+ (1 .47)31KglRal+ 32 Kg2 (1.08) 32.. .Ra2+ 33 Kh3 Ra3 34 f4 Bel (1.56) 35 Bc5 Rc3 36 Bc4+ Ke8 (1.56) 37 Bb4 Rel 38 Bxel Rxel (1.57) 39 a5 (1.30) 39...Ral 40 a6 Ke7 (1.57) 41 Rd2 1-0. Time: 1.31/1.57.


Ivanchuk-Kasparov Rd.5, King's Indian Saemisch E89

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4d6 5 f 3 O-O 6 Be3 e5 7 Nge2 c6 8 Qd2 Nbd7 9 d5 cxd5 10 cxd5 a6 11 g4 h5 12 h3 b5 (0.04/0.06) 13 Bg5 Qa5 (0.06) 14 Ndl (14 Ng3 Nh7! 15 gh5 [15 Bh4!? Kramnik] 15...Ng5 16 Qg5 Bf6 17 Qh6 Bg7 18 Qg5 Bf6 19 Qh6 Bg7 20 Qg5 Draw, Kramnik-Nijboer, Gronin-gen 1991. Inf 55/[607]; 14 a3 Nh7 15 Be3 unclear.) 14...b4 (0.07) 15 Ng3 (0.31) 15...Nh7 (0.07) 16gxh5 (0.32) 16...Nxg5 (0.15) 17 Qxg5 (0.32) 17...Bf618 Qh6 Bg719 Qg5 Bf6 20 Qh6 Bg7 Draw. Time: 0.32/0.16.

Judit Polgar-Kamsky Rd.5, Ruy Lopez C99

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3

d6 8c3 O-O 9 h3 Na510 Bc2 c511 d4 Qc712 Nbd2 cxd413 cxd4 Nc6 14 a3 (0.09) 14...Nxd4 (14...Bd8 15 b4 Qa7 16 Nb3 Bb6 17 Be3 Re8 18 de5 de5 19 Qd6 Be3 20 Re3 Bb7 21 Qc5 Rad8 22 Qa7 Na7 23 Nc5 Bc8 24 Rdl Draw, Zaitsev-Khol-mov, USSR 1967.) 15 Nxd4 exd4 (0.19) 16 N(3 (0.13) 16...Bb7 17 Nxd4 Rfe8 (0.20) 18 Bg5 (0.30) 18...h6 (0 .22) 19 B f 4 (0 .31) 19...Bf8 (0 .32 ) 20 R c l (0.34) 20...Qb6 (0 .35) 21 Nf5 (0.48) 21...Bxe4 (0.53) 22 Bxe4 Nxe4 (0.53) 23 Be3 (1.07) 23...Qb7 (1.04) 24 f3 (1.13) 24...Nf6 25 Nxd6 Bxd6 26 Qxd6 Re6 (1.17) 27 Qd2 (1.17) 27...Rae8 (1.22) 28 Bf2 Rxel+ (1 .24) 29 Rxel Draw. Times: 1.20/1.24.

Article to continue with analysis by GMs V.Anand, V.Kramnik.

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IM Lanka Ravi Annotates Lanka Ravi-Ooi

Neyveli-Malaysia match 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 c4 Bb4 4

Nc3 0-0 5 e3 c5 6 Bd3 d5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 a3 Bc3 9 bc3 Qc7 10 h3 (Other possibihty is 10 cd5 ed5 11 Nh4.) 10...Re811 Bb2 Na512 cd5 ed513 Nd2 (White has a tiny advantage.) 13...c4 (If 13 . . .b6 14 c4 cd4 [14....dc4 15 Nc4 Nc4 16 Bc4 cd4 17 Rel with advantage to white] 15 cd5 de3 [15...Nd5 16 Bd4 with ad-vantage to white.] 16 Bf6 gf6 17 fe3 Re3 18 Ne4 with a decisive advan-tage.) 14 Bc2 (A typical position has come up. Here, white's main idea is to plan for the 'e4' where as black should undermine this possibility.) 14...Bd7 15 Rel Ne4! 16 Nfl f5 17 a4 (Giving scope for the b2 bishop for future operations.) 17...a6 (Weakening the dark squares. Much better is 17...b6 18 Re2 Nb7 19 Qel Nbd6 20 B Nf6.) 18 Re2! (White has an advantage. Black overlooked this move. Now the knight on e4 will be kicked slowly and then white's pieces will come out with mmuch force.) 18...b5 19 abS ab5 20 Qel (Not f3, then: 20 f3 Ng3 21 Ng3 Qg3 and black can liberate himself.) 20...Nb7 (Correct is 20...Nc6.) 21 f3 Ral 22 Qal Ned6 (22. . .Ng3 23 Ng3 Qg3 24 Qa6 f4 25 Qb7 Re3 26 Qd7 Re2 27 Qd5 with a decisive advantage.) 23 Nd2 Qa5 (The ex-change of queens will not bring re-lief as white's two bishops and the weaknesses on black squares will keep black tied down.) 24 Qa5 Na5 25 Ba3 Nab7 26 Kf2 Kf7

27 e4! fe4 28 fe4 Ne4 29 Ne4 de4 30 Be4 Na5 31 Re3 Bc6 32 d5 Bb7 33 g4 Nb3 34 Bg2 Re3 35 Ke3 (Black's knight on b3 is completely dominated by white's bishops and cannot come back to fight easily.) 35...Bc8 36 Kf4 Kf6 37 h4 h6 38 g5 hg5 39 hg5 Kf7 40 Ke5 Bd7 41 Kd6 Ke8 42 Kc7 Nal 43 Be4 Nb3 44 Bg6# 1-0.

Records Straight! Correct ion To November

1995: On page 686 we had not con-cluded the 14th match game. Here are the remaining moves from Kasparov-Anand , 'er the 35th move: 36 Bf2 Nb5 37 Rb7 Re4 38 f5 Rg4 39 Ng4 Rc8 40 Rd7 Rc2 41 Rd5 1-0.

Chess Mate thanks H.N.Desh-mukh, Kolhapur for pointing out the above.

Correction To June 1996: Con-tinued from page 361 of the June 1996 issue. 29 Bb6 Rc6 30 Nd5 Bc8 31 Re3 Qb7 32 Bd8 Ne6 33 Ne7 Re7 34 fe7 Qd7 35 Rh3 1-0.


33rd National 'A' in Kasaragod

Parameswaran Regains Title By Manuel Aaron

Last year, when P.Konguvel of Tamil Nadu won the National "A", he was only 22. This year, the 33rd National "A" was won by T.N.Para-meswaran of Air India who, at 40, was the oldest player in the champi-onship.

Famous players like Emmanuel Lasker, Victor Korchnoy, and Va-sily Smyslov have proved that win-ning tournaments in the face of opposition from young talents is not an impossible task. Parameswaran is not the first senior player to win the Indian Championship, nor will he be the last. Ramdas Gupta of UP in 1957 and this writer in 1981 had won the national title when much was expected of the younger generation.

At Kasaragod, Parameswaran led from start to finish. Only at the 9th round did he briefly share the lead with three others. Then he pulled away to win the champion-ship with one round to spare. He has proved beyond doubt that he is stronger than the other players.

Parameswaran has been a practi-cal player all along. He would think for himself in any position. He would not try to remember what Karpov played against Shirov or some other player in a similiar posi-' tion a few years back and apply it to his game. But that is what many young players try to do. When he landed in Kasaragod railway station with a small bag slung over his

shoulder, Parameswaran saw an-other Tamil Nadu player and his friend carrying two heavy suit cases. "What is in them?" he asked. They said, "Books". Chess books! But all the chess literature that Para-meswaran needed at Kasargod was a few recent copies of Chess Mate. What he wanted to know was how his other rivals, the top players in India, had played in the Sakthi Fi-nance Grandmaster Tournament which had concluded a month ear-lier. That, was being pratical. To play against a fellow Indian, one did not have to see what Karpov played against Kasparov in 1987. Of course, to improve our under-standing of chess and to become a stronger player, we must critically go through the games of the best players of the world. But that should be done before the championship, at home, and not during the tourna-ment.

Parameswaran won the National "A" Championship for the first time in 1979 when it was held in Tiruchy by BHEL at the age of 23. Thanks to this and the good offices of Dr N.Mahalingam who was president of the Tamil Nadu Chess Associa-tion at that time, he got employed by Air India at a time when even the top players in the country found it diffi-cult to land jobs. He became an International Master in 1981, one of his two IM norms coming from the


IM T.N. Parameswaran Photo: Manuel Aaron

1981 Sakthi Sugars Asian IM Circuit Tournament held at Madras. Since then he has been one of the strongest players in the country. He played in the Luzern Chess Olympiad in 1982 where he defeated GM Velimirovic of Yugoslavia. He played in two Grandmaster tournaments in India. The first was the GM event organ-ised at Bangalore by Sai Prakash. Then, in the 1984 Bhilwara Tourna-ment at Delhi, he finished second behind the then World Women Champion Maya Chiburdanidze. He missed his GM norm by one point. He recounted an incident from this tournament where he lost to GM Gufeld. He had seen a game in the Informator where Gufeld himself commented that black was better. It did look good for black and Para-meswaran played it against Gufeld himself. Then over the board, Gufeld played a move (Bfl) after which black had no play. Para-meswaran lost. Afterwards he told Gufeld that he had lost to him after

following his own recommendation in the Informator. Gufeld then told him that Bfl was the latest discov-ery. Then Gufeld told him "My friend, I will tell you the latest which is the best for black!" "No thank you" said Parameswaran and learnt a valuable lesson: DO NOT TRUST T H E P R I N T E D W O R D BLINDLY. CHECK IT OUT!

In 1989, he captained the Indian team to an invitational Active (Rapid, now) Team Chess Champi-onship at Hong Kong. The other members of the team were Anand, Ba rua , T h i p s a y , Koshy and R.S.Gupta. The team finished sec-ond, behind Netherlands, after de-feating China 3-1 in the last round.

After 1990, he gave up national championships but played, and won, several open tournaments in Tamil Nadu.

In 1995, when the National "B", a qualifying tournament for the Na-tional "A", was held at the Red Cross Society, next to the Air India Madras office, he did not intend playing. But his wife Jagadeeswari persuaded him to play and he quali-fied easily. His brothers and his wife have been a great motivating force in his life. A decade ago he had a circle of chess friends like Ravisek-har, Ravikumar, Murugan with whom he moved. Now, he is a loner and his family is important to him. He has an eight-year old son. At the closing ceremony of the champion-ship Parameswaran said that a peaceful environment was important for playing good chess and he found it at Kasaragod.


T.S.Ravi, 25, of Indian Bank surprisd everybody by bagging the second prize in this 16-player round robin. In the last round, he neeeded a draw against former champion D.V.Prasad, to finish among the top six, but then his score would be 8.5 points whereas the International Master (IM) norm was nine in this FIDE Category VI event. (One na-tional championship in a year is a FIDE title tournament by waiver of the requirement of foreign players.) At the risk of being knocked out of the top six (being among the top six ensures that the player is seeded to the next "A" without qualifying through the National "B") Ravi boldly faced the challenge. He emerged winner after a tense battle, and, incidentally achieved his IM norm. Ravi was national Under-15 champion in 1985. He won the silver medal in the 1986 Asian Cadet Championship in 1986 at Manila. Ravi, whose father Thandalam

Shanmugham is a retired school teacher with a large family, is shy and withdrawn, and often replies by the nod or shake of his head. In 1994 he had missed making IM norms in the National "A" and in the Indian Bank - Videocon Tournament.

For long, he has been reckoned to be the strongest Indian without an IM norm. Hopefully, Ravi who joined Indian Bank when only 18 and is now an Officer, will get his next and final norm at the Olympiad.

IMs Konguvel, 23, and R.B.Ra-mesh, 20, of Indian Bank played every game seriously and finished third and fourth. Their uncompro-mising play, vigour and zest for at-tack was r e f r e s h i n g . Ramesh seemed to delight in beating the Si-cilian. Konguvel appeared to lack tournament experience.

After getting his GM norm at the Sakthi Finance Grandmaster Tour-namen t at M a d r a s in Apr i l ,

Thandalam S. Ravi, of Indian Bank, strong performance.


IM D.V.Prasad down with draws Photo IM Manuel Aaron

D.V.Prasad was favourite to win the national title. But he got bogged down in too many draws, four of them in under 15 moves. Appar-ently, Prasad's only concern was to 'qualify'. He finished fifth after los-ing his last round game. He could have challenged Parameswaran's lead, but did not. One could also say the same of Indian Bank's IM Sud-hakar Babu who finished sixth.

Among the other IMs, Lanka Ravi alone played every game with intent to win. But he was handi-capped by a poor start.

There were not too many unplayed drawn games in this championship; only 29 of the 120 games were drawn in under 15 moves. It could have been

vworse. There were

many fighting draws. The strength of our players will improve if they try to emulate Bobby Fischer and try to win every game that they play.

Kasaragod, population 53,000 is the headquarters of Kasaragod Dis-trict. It is one hour by road from Karnataka's Mangalore. Kasaragod town is cosmopolitan and multilin-gual. There are those whose mother tongue is Kannada and get by with Malayalam and vice versa. Kasaragod District is Kerala's northern most district touching south Kanara in the north, Coorg in the east, Kannur in the south and the Arabian sea in the east. Kasaragod is known as the abode of gods, forts, rivers, hills and beautiful sea shores. The whole district has a rich cultural heritage. The masjids, temples and churches offer diverse attractions. The Bekkal fort is the largest and best in Kerala. On the free day the players were taken to this fort and they had a very enjoyable time frol-icking on the beach.

Men behind the success: Mr T.Mohammed Aslam Organising Secretary and Mr Satyajeet Rajan, Col-lector of Kasaragod and Chairman of the Org.Com-mittee.


33rd National 'A' , Kasaragod, Kerala. May-June 1996 Cat. VI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 e T R / P

1 Parameawaran, T.N m w 2 3 9 0 - 1 0 . 0 2 4 9 9

2 Ravi, T.S f IND 2 3 4 5 . * . . 1 - . 1 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 9 . 0 2 4 4 9

3 Konguvel, P m IND 2 3 9 5 - - • 1 - 0 1 1 0 - - - - 1 - 1 9 . 0 2 4 4 6

4 Raneah, R.B f IND 2 4 1 5 0 - 0 « - L - 1 1 0 - 1 1 1 9. . 0 2 4 4 4

5 Praaad, Devaki V m IND 2 4 4 5 1 8 . . 5 2 4 2 0

6 Babu, N Sudhakar m IND 2 4 4 5 — — 1 0 — * — 0 — 1 1 — 1 0 — - 8. . 0 2 3 9 1

.7 Miahra, Neeraj-Kumar m IND 2 3 9 0 8 . .0 2 3 9 5

8 Gokhale, C.S IND 2 3 4 0 - 0 0 0 - 1 0 * 1 1 1 — 1 - - - 8 . .0 2 3 9 8

9 Hegde, Ravi Gopal m IND 2 3 5 5 7 . 0 2 3 5 5

10 Mari Anil, S IND 2 3 2 5 - - - 1 0 0 — 0 - * 0 1 - - l - 7 . .0 2 3 5 7

11 Ravi, Lanka m IND 2 3 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 - 0 - l * 1 0 - l 1 7 . .0 2 3 5 3

12 Tilak, Sharad S m IND 2 3 8 5 1 6. 5 2 3 2 4

13 Chattertee, Laltu* IND 2 2 8 0 0 0 - - - 0 - 0 - - l - « - l - e. 5 2 3 3 4

14 Shetty, Rahul IND 2 3 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 - - - - * — 0 6 . 0 2 3 0 2

15 Koahy, Varugeeae m IND 2 4 1 0 - 5 . 5 2 2 7 8

16 Runte, Abhijit IND 2 3 4 5 — 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 0 0 — 1 — * 5 . 0 2 2 5 2

Parameswaran Creates A Record By Vijay D.Pandit , Chess Historian, M u m b a i

IM T.N. Parameswaran (40), who played in the National Championship after a gap of 10 years came into reckoning with a TNT bang by setting a record of re-

gaining the crown after a long gap of 17 (1979-1996) years. Did he set any world record in this regard? Let us see where his feat fits into the

world scene? Oscar Panno (remember his scintillating game with Ramdas Gupta in the 1956 Moscow Olympiad?) won the Argentine Chp first in 1953 and then, 32 years

later, in 1985. Similarly, Leon Fernandez won the Cuban Chp. first in 1944 and then in 1976. Like TNT, sorry TNP, Panno and Fernandez won the chp. on these

two occasions only. 'Evergreen' Samuel Reshevsky won for the fifth time the USA Chp in 1946 and for the sixth (and last) time in 1969, i.e. after a gap of 23

years. Gosta Stolz won the Swedish Chp. (second time) in 1928 and then, 23 years later, in 1951 (and went to score a hattrick by wins in 1952 and 1953.

Georgy Tringov (Bulgaria, 1963-81) Arthur Davies (NZ, 1908, 1926/27) and C.H.O'D Alexander (Britian 1938, 1956) regained his crown with a gap of 18

years.TNP has equalled the feat of Olaf Barda, Norway (1930, 1947) and J.M.Aitken (Scotland, 1935, 1952) who regained their respective national crowns

with a gap of 17 years.


Continued from page 413

The tournament, organised by the Kasaragod District Chess Asso-ciation on the 7 th floor of Hotel City Tower, was a great success because Mr Satyajeet Raj an the Collector of Kasaragod took personal interest to see that the championship organisa-tion did not lack anything. A very large chunk of the expenditure was taken care of by getting different organisations to sponsor the games of each round. On top of that they

got R.P.Goenka (Harrison Malay-alam) to donate a large sum which easily took care of the total prize money of Rs.55,000 and other ex-penditure. This was Kasaragod Dis-t r i c t ' s f i r s t ever Na t iona l Championship in any game and they can take justifiable pride in a job well done.

Games are presented round by round. All analysis by by your Hon-orary Editor IM Manuel Aaron.

Continueed on page 416.

Players cooling themselves by the sea-side on a free-day.

CHESS M A T E * July 1996 415

Round I, 30 May 1996

R. G. Shetty-R. C. Hegde Modern Defence B06

1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c6 4 Bc4 d6 5 Qf3 e6 6 Nge2 Nd7 7 Bf4 Qe7 8 0-0 e5 9 Bg5 Ngf610d5 h611dc6 bc6 12 Bh4 Nc513 b4 Ne614 b5 g5 15 Bg3 Bb7 16 bc6 Bc617 Nd5 Bd5 18 Bb5! Nd719 ed5 Nec5 (After the game Hegde ascribed his defeat in this game to this move. Bowever, there appears to be no other reason-able alternative. If 19...Nf4 20 Bf4 gf4 21 Rael or 21 Qg4 and black is in extreme difficulties.) 20 Qf5 0-0 21 f3 Rab8 22 Rabl Nb6 23 Nc3 Qc7 24 Bf2 Nc8 25 Ne4 Ne4 26 Qe4 Ne7 27 c4 f5 28 Qe3 Rf7 29 Rfdl Nc8 (If 29...Ng6 30 c5 Qc5 31 Qc5 dc5 32 d6 and the white bishops should win in this explosive posi-tion.) 30 Qa3 Bf8 31 Be8 Rg7 32 Rb8 Qb8 33 Qd3 Nb6 34 Bb5 Qc8 35 c5! dc5 36 d6 c4 37 Qe2 a6 38 d7! Rd7 (Here, the game is lost. If 38...Nd7 39 Bc4 Kh8 40 Be6 Qc7 41 Bf5 and black's position is strategi-cally lost.) 39 Bd7 Nd7 40 Rcl c3 41 Qd3 e4 42 Qd5 Kh8 43 Bd4 1-0.

T.N.Parameswaran-Lanka Ravi Queen Pawn D03

1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5 Ne4 4 Bf4 c5 5 e3 Nc6 6 c3 Bg4 7 h3 Bh5 8 Qb3 Qb6 9 Nbd2 Nd2 10 Nd2 c4 11 Qb6 ab6 12 e4 e6 13 g4 Bg6 14 Bg2 0-0-0 15 0-0 b5 (White is better here and it is difficult to suggest a move for black. White will soon tar-get black's c4 pawn with b2-b3. 15...Bd6 completing development deserves consideration.) 16 a4! b4

,17 a5 Bd6 18 Bd6 Rd6 19 f4 Be4 (If

19...f6 20 f5 B P [20...ef5 21 ed5! and 22 Nc4] 21 fe6 Be6 22 ed5 Bd5 23 Bd5 Rd5 24 Nc4.) 20 Je4 de4 21 Nc4 R6d8 22 f5! e5 23 d5! Ne7 24 Nb6 Kc7 25 c4! f6 26 Rfdl h5 (This is black's only chance for a counter attack. White's intentions are clear. He has protected d5 twice so that he could play c4-c5 and then a5-a6. Also white has shown no interest in the black pawns on b4 and e4 which he could capture at will.) 27 c5 Nc8 28 Nc8 Rc8 29 a6! hg4 30 hg4 Rh4 31 d6 Kc6 32 d7! Rch8 33 d8=N (If 33 d8=Q? there follows 33...Rg4 34 Kf2 Rh2 35 Ke3 Rg3! 36 Ke4 Re2# It should be noted that this mate is possible because the black king is on c6 and the white king cannot escape into d5. Knighting the pawn with check is therefore the best continu-ation here to win.) 33..,Kb5 (If 33...Kc5 34 Racl Kb6 35 ab7 wins.) 34 ab7 Rg4 35 Kf2 Rh2 36 Ke3 Rh3 37 Kd2 Kc4 38 b3! Kd4 39 Ne6 Kd5 1-0 Time.

N.ICMishra-Abhijit Kunte Irregular A05

1 Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 g6 3 Bg2 Bg7 4 0-0 0-0 5 d3 d6 6 Nc3 e5 7 e4 c6 8 a4 a5 9 h3 Nbd7 10 Be3 h6 11 Qd2 Kh712 tl4 ed413 Bd4 Qe714 Radl Rfe8 15 Rfel Ne5 16 Qc2 g5?! 17 Nd2? g4 18 h4?! Be6 19 b3 Rg8 20 Nfl Nf3 21 Bf3 gf3 22 Qf3 Ng4 23 Bg7 Rg7 24 Qf4 Ne5 25 Nc3 Rag8 26 Nf5 Bf5 27 Qf5 Kh8 28 Ne2 (28 Re3 is better.) 28...Qh4 29 Rd6 Rg5 30 Qf6 Kh7 31 Rcdl Qh3 32 Qf4 R8g7 33 Rd8 Rh5 34 O Ng6 35 Qb8 Qhl 36 Kf2 Rli2 37 Ke3 Qg2 38 Rel Qf2 39 Kd2 Qf3 40 Qb7 Qc4 41 Kdl Qf3 42 Rd3 Qf6 43 Qb8


Ne5 44 Rd6 Qf3 45 Rd8 f6 46 Qd6 h5 47 Qffi Ng6 48 Qe8 Re7 49 Qg8 Kh6 50 Qc4 Re4 51 Qd3 Re3 52 Qd2 Ne5 53 Rh8 Kg6 54 Qe3 Qe3 55 Nf4 Kg7 56 Re3 Kh8 57 Nd3 Ng4 58 Re6 Rg2 59 Rc6 Rg3 60 Rc5 Rgl 61 Ke2 Rhl 62 Ra5 Kg7 63 Nf4 Rh2 64 Kf3 Ne5 65 Kg3 Rc2 66 Nh5 Kf7 67 Rb5 Rc368Kf2 Nc6 69 Rb6 (Mishra stated after the game that he could have won with 69 Nf4.) 69...Ke6 70 b4 Ke5 71 a5 Rc4 Draw.

Round 2 Four of the eight games played

were decisive, and black won all four!

Mari Arul-C.S.Gokhale Sicilian B46

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 e6 5 Nc3 a6 6 g3 Nge7 7 Bg2 Nd4 8 Qd4 Nc6 9 Qd2 b5 10 0-0 Bb7 11 b3 Bc5 12 Bb2 d6 13 a4 b4 14 Ndl 0-0 15 Ne3 Ne5 16 Khl Rc8 17 f4 Be3 18 Qe3 Rc2? (Black walks into the trap thinking that white had blun-dered.) 19 Qd4! Rl)2 (Tlie Ne5 can-not move as there is mate on g7.) 20 Qb2 Ng4 21 Qd4 e5 22 Qb4 Qa8 23 Rael Nf6 24 h3 a5 25 Qc4? (White was already in liis usual time trouble and blunders back the exchange. Best here was 25 Qd6 Ne4 26 Qd3 Nc5 27 Qc2 winning.) 25...Ba6 26 Qc2 Bf 1 27 Rfl Re8 28 f5 Rc8 (The game has changed dramatically. Ma-terial is level. The only open file is with black and white's king is not quite comfortable with his pawn

j cover a little loose. White's time trouble is also a very crucial factor.) 29 Qd3 Qc6 30 Rdl Ne8 31 Bfl Qc3

32 Qc3 Rc3 33 Bc4 (Better was the bold counter-attack with 33 Bfc5 Kf8 34 Be8 Ke8 35 Rd6 with an unclear rook ending.) 33.,.Rg3 34 Rd5 h5 35 Ra5 Nf6 36 Ra8 Kh7 37 Bf7 Ne4 38 a5 Nd2 39 Bg6 Kh6 40 Rh8 KgS 41 Rh5 Kf6 42 Rh4 e4! 43 a6 Rb3 44 Rh8 Ra3 45 Ra8 Kg5 46 a7 Kf4 47 f6 Kg3 0-1.

Tilak messed up his opening against the Modem Defence. The early exchange of queens on the 11th move (after he had played Qd2 on the 7tli move) could only help Koshy who has a preference for queenless middle-games. Also, moving B on the 8th move and moving it four moves later to 1'4, is bad on general principles.

Sharad Tilak-V.Koshy English Opening A42

1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Be3 d6 4 c4 e5 5 Ne2 Nd7 6 Nbc3 Nc7 7 Qd2 0-0 8 f3 f5 9 Bg5 Nf6 10 de5? (10 d5 would be normal and keep attacking chances.) 10...de5 11 Qd8? (Better would have been 0- 0-0. But while's misconconceived plan is revealed by liis next move.) ll. . .Rd8 12 f4? h6 (If here 12...fe4 13 de4 or if 12...ef4 13e5inbothcasesw inning the Ne7.) 13 Bh4 Kf7! 14 fe5 Ne4 15 Ne4 fe4 16 Nc3 Be5 (Thus black has won a pawn and got a good position inthe bargain.) 17 Be2 Re8 18 Bg3? (Bet-ter was tlie natural 18 0-0 giving check. But this was notTilak's day.) 18... Nf5 19 Be5 Re5 20 0-0 Kg7 21 Rf4 Nd4! 22 Bf l Bf5 23 g4? Nc6 0-1. (After 24 Rf2 Bg4 white will be two pawns down for no compensa-tion.)


Konguvel's victory was the best game of this round. After sacrificing a knight, he disdains to recover a piece even when it was offered, be-cause he wants to keep the white king in his gl jail as long as possible.

R.B.Ramesh-P.Konguvel Petroffs Defence C42

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Ne5 d6 4 NI3 Ne4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Be7 7 0-0 Nc6 8 c4 Nb4 9 Be2 0-010 Nc3 Be611 Be3 f5 12 a3 Nc3 13 bc3 Nc6 14 Qa4?! f4 15 Bd2 Kh8 16 Rabl Rb8 17 Rfel dc4 18 Bc4 Bg4 19 Be2 a6 (Black is better with most of his pieces well placed and with good prospects.; 20 h3 Bh5 21 Ral (White wants to play Qc2 without losing his a3 pawn. This backtrack-ing with the rook looks like a big waste of time. Perhaps 21 Rbd 1 to be followed by Bel was worth consid-eration.) 21...Bd6 22 Qc2 b5 23 Ne5 Ne5 24 Bh5 Nc4 25 Bel Qh4 26 Bf3 Rbe8 27 Rfl (Yet another retreat with a rook. And this time it turns out to be fatal.)

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27...NC3!! 28 fe3 fe3 29 Bc3 Qg3! (If 29...Re3 30 Bb7 and the

mating net is not going to be tight.) 30 Qd2 Re6 31 Ra2 (White cannot improve his defence in anyway ex-cept making ineffective moves like this. Meanwhile black has quite a few options to explore.) 31...Ref6! 32 Qdl (Black was threatening to take the BO. And he was also run-ning short of time.) 32...Re8 33 Qcl Qh2 34 Kf2 Qg3 35 Kgl Qh2 36 Kf2 Bg3 37 Ke2 Bf4 38 Kdl Re3! 39 Qc2 Qg3! 40 a4 Rfe6 (Now the threat is 41...Qel! mating.) 41 Q15 Re8 42 Kc2? (The nonnal tendency for anybody is to run away from the scene of unpleasantness. Here, it is fatal. Possibly, white had psycho-logically given up the battle already. More stubborn would have been 42 Re2 Re2 43 Be2 Qg2 44 Qg4 with chances of a draw.) 42...R13! 43 gf3 Qg2 44 Kb3 Qfl 45 Qf4 Qc4 46 Ka3Qc3#.

Kunte has a promising attacking position against Prasad. But he is not able to do any damage to the former national champion.

Abhijit Kunte-D. V.Prasad Caro-KamVNimzo-Indian D42 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 ed5 cd5 4 c4

Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 cd5 Nd5 8 Bd3 Be7 9 0-0 0-0 10 a3 Nf6 11 Rcl 1)6 12 Bc2 Bb7 13 Qd3 g6 14 Bh6 Re8 15 Radl Nd5 16 Ne4 Bf8 17 Bg5 (A promising continuation is 17 Qd2, getting ready to exchange on f8 and following with 18 Qh6.) 17...Be7 18 Bel (After black's g7-g6, the Bc2 has no role along the b l-h7 diagonal. Under these circum-stances, it was best to let the Bg5 stand where it is and play 18 Ba4 so J


that if 18...Bg5 19 Nfg5 with good attacking prospects.) 18...Qc7 19 Bbl? Bffi 20 h4 Bg7 21 Neg5 Rad8 22 h5 Nf4 23 Bf4 Qf4 24 Re4 Qf6 25 Rg4? (Here 25 Rh4 was more to the point.) 25...QfS 26 hg6 hg6 27 Qf5 ef5 (Now this rook is in trouble and finds it hard to get back into the game. After a few moves white loses a knight because of the traffic jam on the king side.) 28 Rh4 Na5 29 b4 Nc4 30 Bd3 Nb2 31 Rd2 Nd3 32 Rd3 f6 33 Nh3 g5 34 Nhg5 fg5 35 Ng5 Rel 36 Kh2 Be5! 37 f4 Bd4 38 Rh8 Kh8 39 Nf7 Kg8 40 Nd8 Bgl 41 Kg3 Be4 42 Rd7 Re2 43 Ne6 Rg2 44 Kh4 Bf3 45 Ng5 Bf2 46 Kh3 Rgl 47 Rd8 Kg7 48 Nf3 Rg3 49 Kh4 Rf3 50 Kg5 Ra3 51K15 Bh4 52 Rd7 K18 53 Ke6 Re3 54 Kf5 Re7 55 Rd8 Kf7 56 Rh8 Bf6 57 Rh6 Bc3 58 b5 Rc7 59 Ke4 Rc5 60 Rh3 Bf6 61 Ra3 Rb5 62 Ra7 Ke6 63 Ra4 Be7 64 Kd3 Rb4 65 Ral Rf4 66 Rhl Kd5 67 Rh5 Kc6 68 Kc3 Bc5 69 Kb3 Kb5 70 Rh7 Rf3 71 Kc2 Kc4 72 Rh8 Rf2 73 Kbl Bd4 74 Rh3 Bc3 75 Rh7 b5 76 Rh5 b4 77RJilKb3 0-1.

Lanka Ravi-N.KMishra Queen's Indian Defence E13 i d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 c4 b6 4 Nc3

Bb4 5 Bg5 Bb7 6 e3 h6 7 Bh4 Qe7 8 Rcl g5 9 Bg3 Bc3 10 Rc3 Ne4 11 Rc2 d6 12 Bd3 Nd7 13 0-0 Ndf6 14 c5! bc5 15 dc5 Nc5 16 Bb5! KfS (If 17...Nfd7 18 b4 and white takes on c7 with a great advantage.) 17 Nd4 e5 18 b4 Nce419 Nf5 Qd8 20 f4 Ng3 21 hg3 gf4 22 ef4 e4 23 Qd4 Bc8 24 Ne3 Rg8 25 Kf2 Rb8 26 Be2 h5 27 Rhl? (After the game Lanka Ravi said that 27 Rfcl wins easily.) 27...Bg4 28 Bg4 Ng4 29 Ng4 hg4 30

Rh7 e3 31 Kgl c5 32 bc5 dc5 33 Qc5 Qe7 34 Qc8 Rc8 35 Rc8 Qe8 36 Rc8 Ke8 37 Kfl Rg6 38 Rh4 Ra6 39 Ke2 Ra2 40 Ke3 Rg2 41 Rg4 Draw.

Rahul Shetty got an early advan-tage and won a pawn against Laltu Chatteijee. Shetty thought the pawn was enough but Chatteijee sacrificed a knight for an attack and eventually drew by perpetual checks.

L.Chatterjee-RG.Shetty Sicilian B56

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc63d4 cd4 4Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Nc6 (This is Chatter-jee's favourite move.) 6...bc6 7 Bd3 e5 8 0-0 Be7 9 Khl 0 -0 10 f4 ef4 11 Bf4 Be6 12 Qel Ng4 13 Rd 1 Bg5 14 Qg3 Bf415 Rf4 Ne516 Ne2 Qa517 b3 Qa218 Rh4 a519 Nf4 a4 20 Nh5 Ng6 21 eS ab3 22 cb3 de5? (Here 22...Qb3 threatening Qxdl# won easily .) 23 Bg6 hg6 24 Qe5! gh5 25 Qh5 fS 26 Qh7 Kf7 27 Rh6 Qb3 28 Qg6 Kg8 29 Qh7 Kf7 30 Qg6 Kg8 Draw,

Round 3 (1 June 1996)

The TN state champion Mari Arul brought about a winning posi-tion against Rahul Shetty of Indian Airlines. Mari Arul's problem was time trouble. In every game lie gets into time trouble after crossing the 20th move. He liad to make the last 20 moves before the 40ih move in just 5 minutes. Then on tlie 32nd move he was left with 23 seconds in tlie count down chess clock. He had stopped scoring longback. He had an extra piece when he made his 40th


move. But he thought he had made only 38. The clock showed just one second was left. Thinking that he cannot make two moves in one sec-ond, he proposed a draw. Shetty him-self a great time trouble addict, gratefully accepted the offer and then quietly told his opponent he had al-ready completed 40 moves!

R.G.Shetty-Mari Arul Ruy Lopez, Worall Att. C77 le4e52Nf3Nc63Bt»5a64Ba4

Nf6 5 Qe2 Be7 6 c3 0-0 7 d4 ed4 8 eS?! Re8 9 cd4 Bb4 10 Bd2 Bd2 11 Nbd2 bS 12 Bc2 d6 13 0-0 Bb7 14 Rfel de5 15 de5 Nd4 16 Nd4 Qd4 17 Nb3 Qh4 (Now black is clearly better.) 18 f3 Nd7 19 g3 Qh3 20 f4 g5 (Black gets first use of the g-file which will be opened shortly.) 21 Be4 Be4 22 Qe4 gf4 23 gf4 Kh8 24 KM Nf6 25 Qg2 Qb4! 26 Qg3 Qg3 27 hg3 Nh5 28 Kh2 Rg8 29 Re3 (The awkward defence along the 3rd rank is chosen, as a defence along tlie g-file will lead to a very unpleasant pin of tlie g3 pawn.) 29...Rg6 30 Rfl Rag8 31 RfT3 Ng7 32 Red3 b5 33 Kfc3 b4 34 gh4 (If 34 Kli4 Nf5 35 Kh3 Rh6 36 Kg2 Nh4 winning tlie exchange.) 34...Nf5 35 Nd4 Rgl 36 Rf l Rhl 37 Rh2 Rh2 38 Kh2 Rd8 39 Rc3 Rd4 40 Rc7 Rd2 Draw. (On black's proposal!)

Former national champion T.N.Parameswaran's style of play for many years now has been to let his opponent do all the running and hang himself! He is somevvliat like Petrosian in this respect. He plays little known systems and waits for his opponent to make errors. Tlie fol-lowing game demonstrates his style.

Parameswaran-Laltu Chatterjee English opening A12

1 Nf3 d5 2 b3 Nf6 3 Bb2 g6 4 c4 c6 5 e3 Bg7 6 Be2 0-0 7 0-0 Bg4 8 d3 Re8 9 Nbd2 Nbd710 h3 (Know-ing Parameswaran one could have almost predicted this move. If there is a minor chink in Parameswaran's armour, it is his partiality for bishops over knights. There are players who would sell their souls to get the two Bs. And Parameswaran is one of them.) 10...Bf3 11 Nf3 e5 12 Qc2 Qe7 13 Racl Rad8 (Black has achieved a strong pawn centre but he cannot improve it without conceding important diagonals or squares to tlie white pieces. Here, black cannot play the natural 13...Rac8 because of 14 cd5 when he will have to recapture with the knight. Even after the text move, black is obliged to capture on d5 with his knight because the pawn capture would let the white queen into c7.) 14 cd5 Nd5 15 a3 h6 16 Nd2 f5 17 b4 Kh7 18 Nb3 QgS 19 Na5! Rb8 20 Rcdl f4? (Tlie prelimi-nary 20...Rf8 was preferable. If white pushes f5-f4, he should also be in a position to push f4-D.) 21 e4 Nc7

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22 Nb7!! Ne6 (If 23...Rb7, 24 Qc6 with a double attack on the rook and knight. After this stroke black abandons his queen-side and goes for an all out attack against the white king.) 23 Qc6 Nf6 24 Bf3 Qh4 25 Be5 Ng5 26 Bb8 Nf3 27 gf3 Rb8 28 Kg2 g5 29 Rhl Qh5 30 e5 Ng8 31 Qe4 Kh8 32 Nd6 Ne7 33 Nf5 Ng6 34 Ng7 Nh4 35 Kf l Kg7 36 Rcl Qf7 37 e6 1-0.

P.Konguvel-Abhijit Kunte Sicilian Paulsen B42

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 a6 5 Bd3 Nf6 6 0-0 Qc7 7 Qe2 d6 8 c4 g6 9 Nc3 Bg7 10 Nf3 Nbd7 11 Bf4 Ng412 Racl Nge513 Rfdl 0-0 14 b3 b6 15 Bbl Nf3 16 Qf3 Ne517 Qe2 Bb718 Qd2 Rfd819 h3 Bffi 20 Bg5 Rdc8 21 f4 Nc6 22 Bf6 b5 23 cb5 ab5 24 Khl Qa5 25 15 b4 26 Ne2 Ne5 27 fe6 fe6 28 Nd4 Re8 (With a bishop on f6, white's pros-pects are better.) 29 Rf l Nf7 30 Reel Rac8? (An error which gives white a passed a-pawn immediately .) 31 a4 Rc3 32 Qdl Rc5 33 Bd3 Ne5 34 Bb5 Nc6 35 Qf3! (White brings about a stream of threats by juggling his pieces around, but always getting back to the black king.) 35...Qc7 36 Bc4! Nd4 37 Bd4 Rf5! 38 Qe2 Rfl 39 Rfl Bg7 40 Qd3 d5 41 ed5 ed5 42 Bb5 Re4 43 Bg7 Kg7 44 Qf3 Qe7 45 a5 d4 46 a6 Re5 (A very interest-ing position has been reached.)

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47 Qd3! Qc$! 48 Qc4! Bg2 (If 48...Qb5 49 Qf7 Kh6 50 Qf8 Kg5 (50...Kh5 51 g4 mates) 51 Qf4 mates.) 49 Kg2 Rg5 50 Khl Qb5 51 QH Kh6 52 Qf8 Kh5 53 Qf3 Kh6 (If 53...Kh4 54 Rel.) 54 a7 Rf5 55 a8Q Qfl 56 Qfl Rfl 57 Kg2 Rf5 58 Qe4 d3 59 Qb4! (Precise. After 59 Qd3 Rf4 to be followed by g6-g5 can build an impentrable fortress for black.) 59...Rd5 60 Qf8! Kg5 61 h4! 1-0. (If 61...Kh4 62 Qf4 Kh5 63 QD wins the rook.)

For one incautious moment, Babu plays mechanically and there is all hell to pay with Ramesh playing one of his best games.

N.S.Babu-R.B. Ramesh Nimzo-Indian Defence E32

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 0-0 5 a3 Bc3 6 Qc3 b6 7 Bg5 c5 8 dc5 bc5 9 e3 d6 10 Bd3 Nbd7 11


NO Bb7 12 Bc2 (Better was 12...0-0) 12...aS 13 0-0 Ra6! (A veiy good manoeuvre pressuring both the queen-side as well as the king-side.) 14 Nd2 Qa8 IS f3 a4 16 Rfbl (White feels that the only plan to gain some scope for his pieces lies in playing b4.) 16...Rb8 17 b4 ab3 18 Rb3 Bc6 19 Rb8 Qb8 20 Bh4 Ba4 21 Bd3 h6 22 Rbl Qa8 23 Rb2 Bc6 24 Nbl Ne5 25 Bc2? (25 Be2 was forced)

25...Bf3! 26 Bf6 gf6 27 gf3 Qf3 28 Rb8 Kg7 (It is a veiy unpleasant position for white. He has a bishop for two pawns. One more pawn is on the way out. If now 29 Nd2 Qe2 with the threat of 30 Ng4. 25...Bf3 is an intuitive sacrifice where everything cannot be calculated. White is not without his chances.) 29 Qel Nc4 30 Rb3 Ne5 31 Qg3 Qg3 32 hg3 d5 33 Kf2 Ra5 34 Rb7 d4 35 ed4 cd4 36 a4? (Better was 36 Ke2 reinforcing d3.) 36...Rc5 37 Rb2 d3 38 Bb3 Ng4 39 Kf3 (Stronger was 39 Kel e5 40 Kd2) 39...f5 40 Ra2 e5 41 a5 e4 42 Kf4 e3 43 Bdl Ra5! (This shot would have demoralised white. If tlie rook is taken 44 Ra5? e2 queens. For

the same reason the rook cannot now run to b2 also, because of 44...Rb5 and the Ncl will be gone.) 44 Rg2 Ral 45 Bg4 fg4 46 Nc3?? (After 46 Rgl! [pointed out by T.S.Ravi] in-credibly, both black passed pawns are finished and black is the one who has to fight for a draw.) 46...Rcl 0-1.

Round 4 Mari Anil keeps the game under

tight control and does not allow any freedom for Tilak. Chafing under pressure, black lashes out with 28...d5! and lasts just another 11 moves.

Mari Arul-Sharad Tilak Sicilian B44

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nc6 5 Nb5 d6 6 c4 Nf6 7 Nlc3 a6 8 Na3 Be7 9 Be2 O-010 0-0 b611 Be3 Bb7 12 Qb3 Nd7 13 Rfdl Nc5 14 Qc2 Qc7 15 Racl Rac8 16 <3 Qb8 17 Bfl Rfe8 18 Qf2 Ne5 19 Khl Bd8 20 Rd2 Bc7 21 Rcdl Bc6 22 Bd4 Ned7 23 b4 Bb7 24 Ne2 Bd8 25 Ng3 Ba8 26 Bb2 Be7 27 Nh5 g6 28 Ng3 d5?t 29 cd5 Bb4 (If 29...ed5 30 Ba6 Rd8 31 f4 Ng4 32 Qd4 Bf6 33 e5) 30 de6! Nf6 31 ef7 Kf7 32 Ba6 Bd2 33 Bc8 Bb4 (Black has quickly lost two pawns and got his king into a very vulnerable positioa) 34 Ba6 Bc5 35 Qd2 Re7 36 Nc4 Nc6 37 Qg5! Re6 38 Bb5 (White wants to finish off the game with Ne5. As tlie Nc6 is preventing that, he threatens it.) 38...Ne7 39 Bf6! 1-0. (If 39...Rf6 40 Ne5 Kg7 [40...Ke6 41 Bc4] 41 Nli5 wiiuiing.)

T.S.Ravi-C.S.Gokhale Ruy Lopez C78


1 e4 eS 2 NO Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 b5 6 Bb3 Bb7 7 Rel Bc5 8 c3 d6 9 d4 Bb6 10 h3 h6 11 Be3 0-0 (If ll...Ne4? 12d5Ne7(12...Be3 13 Re3 and both black knights are under attack.) 13 Bb6 cb614 Re3) 12 Nbd2 ed4 13 cd4 Nb4 14 Qbl c5 IS a3 Nc6 16 eS cd4

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17 Bh6! gh618 ef6? (White wins quickly after 18 Qg6 Kh8 19 Qh6 Nh7 20 Ne4Rg8 21 Nf6Rg7 22 Ng5. After tlie text white still has the ad-vantage but it is only minimal and white ultimately wins because of latermistakes.) 18...Qf619Ne4Qg7 20 Bd5 Ne5 21 Ne5 Bd5 22 Nd7 f5 23 Nb6 Be4 24 Re4 fe4 25 Na8 dS! (This is black's best chance, to pre-serve his e4 pawn and capture wliite's extra knight.) 26 Nb6 Qb7 27 Qa2 Rd8 28 Rel e3 (If 28...Kg7 29 Nd5 Qd5 30 Qd5 Rd5 31 Re4 d3 32 Re 1 winning.) 29 Nd5 ef2 30 Kf2 Rd5! 31 Kgl (31 Re5?? Qf7! 32 Kgl Re5 and black wins.) 31...Kh7 32 b4 d3 33 Qd2 Qa7 (After 33...Qd7 guarding e6, e7 and e8 it is difficult to see a winning plan for white.) 34 Khl Qc7? (This is just a blunder, or carelessness, as black was not in any

time trouble. Again here, Qd7 orQf7 was drawing.) 35 Re6 Qg7 36 Qe3 Rd8 (Now the game is lost. If 36...Rd7 37 Qe4 Kg8 38 Re8 Kf7 39 Qe6#) 37 Re7 d2 38 Rg7 Kg7 39 Qe7 1-0.

RB.Ramesh-V.Koshy Pirc Defence B08

1 e4 d6 2 d4 g6 3 Nc3 c6 4 Be3 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 Qd2 0-0 7 Bh6 Qa5 8 0-0-0 b5 9 Bg7 Kg7 10 e5 Ng8 11 Kbl Na6 12 ed6 ed6 13 d5! Nf6 14 dc6 b415 Nd5 Be616 c4 Bd517 cd5 Nc7 18 Bc4 Rfe8 19 Nd4 h6 (This was necessary as white was threaten-ing 20 Nf5 gf5 21 Qg5.) 20 g4?! (This is a sort of indirect defence to the d5 pawn and a bait to lure the Nf6 away from d5. A better plan appears to be 20 Nc2 Rab8 21 Ne3.) 20...Qc5 21 Bb3 Ne4 22 Qf4 a5 (Black has got his game together and has a solid plan while white only has an un-sound plan) 23 Ne6 fe6 24 de6 Nf6 25 Rd6 Re7 26 Rd7 Nd7 27 cd7

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Kunte played an adventurous game against Babu, sacrificing a knight for two pawns in a queenless middle-game. Babu was lucky to es-cape with a draw.

A.Kunte-N.S.Babu Ruy Lopez C<X)

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 <M> Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 a4 b4 9 c3 bc3 10 bc3 0-011 a5 Be6 12 d4 Bb313 Qb3 Qb814 Qa4 QbS 15 d5 Na7 16 Be3 c5 17 Nfd2 Rfb8 18 Nc4 Nc8 19 Nbd2 Qa4 20 Ra4 Ng4

21 Bc5 dc5 22 h3 Nf6 23 Ne5 Rb7 24 Nc6 Na7 25 Ne7 Re7 26 c4 Rb8 27 eS Rb2 28 Nfl g5 29 Ra3 Nd7 30 Rae3 Rb8 31 Ng3 f6 32 ef6 Re3 33 Re3 Rf8 (If 33...Nf6 34 Re6 Kf7 35 Ra6.) 34 Ne4! h6 35 Rb3 Nf6 36 Nc5 Rc8 37 Na6 Rc4 38 Rb8 Rc8 39 Rb7 Rcl 40 Kh2 Nc8 41 Nb4 Ne4 42 Nc6 Ned6 43 Rd7 Ral 44 Rc7 Kf8 45 g3 Rdl 46 a6 Rd5 47 a7 Na7 48 Ra7 Rd2 49 Kgl! Ne4 50 Ral! Rf i 51 Rel Rf6 52 Ne5 Nd2 53 Nd7 Kg7 54 Nf6 Nf3 55 Kf i Nel 56 Ne8 Kf7 57 Kel Ke8 58 Ke2 Ke7 59 Ke3 Draw.

Konguvel shows his skill in sal-vaging a half point after losing a pawn against Lanka Ravi.

Lanka Ravi-P.Konguvel Grunfeld D75

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 cd5 Nd5 6 g3 0-0 7 Bg2 c5 8 0-0 cd4 9 Nd4 Nc3 10 bc3 Nc6 11 Nc6 bc6 12 Qa4 Bc3 13 Rbl Be6 14 Bh6 Bg7 15 Bg7 Kg7 16 Bc6 Rc8 17 Rfdl Qc7 18 Bd7 Bd7 19 Rd7 Qc2 20 Qd4 Kg8 21 Rb2 Qc 122 Kg2 Rc7 23 Rc7 Qc7 24 Qe4 e6 25 Rb7 Qa5 26 a4 Rc8 27 Qd4 a6 28 Qd7 Rf8 29 h4 h5 30 Ra7 Qe5 31 Qd3 Rb8 32 Qf3 Qf5 33 Qf5 gf5 34 Ra6 Rb2 35 Kf3 Kg7 36 Ke3 Kf6 37 Ra7 Ra2 38 Kd3 Ke5 39Rf7 Ra4 40 Rh7 Ra3 41 Kd2 Kd4 42 Rd7 Ke4 43 f3 Ke5 44 Rh7 Kd4 45 Rd7 Ke5 46 Rli7 Kd4 47 e3 Kc4 48 Rc.7 Kd5 49 Rh7 Kc4 50 Rd7 Ra2 51 Kel Rg2 Draw.

R.G.Shetty-T.N.Paraineswaran Modem Defence B06

1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c6 4 Bc4 d6 5 Qf3 e6 6 Nge2 Nd7 7 a4 Qe7 8 h4 e5! 9 d5 Ngf6 10 a5 a6 11 Ng3 b5 12 dc6 bc4 13 cd7 Bd7 14 Bg5 Be6 15 h5 h6 16 Bf6 Bf6 17 hg6 fg6 18 Nf l


18...0-0! (Black castles first, and on the 18th move. Not possible now is 19 Rh6? Bg7 winning.) 19 Qe2 Bh4! (Parameswaran anticipates that the only side on which white would castle would be the short side. He therefore makes that part of the board as weak as possible for white.) 20 g3 Bg5 21 Ne3 h5 22 Ncd5 Qb7! (Tlie threat now is Qxb2 as well as Bxe3.) 23 Nc4 Bg4! 24 Qd3 Rf3 25 Nde3 Be3 26 Ne3 Raf8 27 Qc4 Kg7 28 Ng4 Qb2 29 0-0 hg4 30 Rabl Qa3 31 Rb7 Kh6 32 Kg2 Qa5 0-1. Time. (Black's threat was 33...Qd2 reach-ing for f2.)

Round 5

The following game is worth de-tailed study.

N.K.Mishra-R.G.Shetty English A30

l N f 3 c 5 2g3b6 3Bg2 Bb740-0 Nf6 5 c4 g6 6 d4 cd4 7 Qd4 Bg7 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Qh4 d6 10 Bh6 Nbd7 11 Racl Rc8 12 b3 Rc5 13 Bg7 Kg7 14 Qd4 Kg8 15 b4 Rc8 16 Nd5 Nd5 17 cd5 Ba6? (Better was 17...Nf6. He must try to exchange off the rooks.) 18 Qd2 Nf619 Nd4 Bb7 20 Nc6 Bc6 21 dc6 b5 22 Qd4 Rc7 (If black was planning on ...Qb6, he might as well play it now.) 23 Rc3 Qb8 24 g4 Qb6 25 Qb6 ab6 26 g5 Nh5 27 e3 Ng7 28 Rfcl Ne6 29 Bfl Ra8 30 a3 Ng5 31 Bb5 d5 32 a4 e6 33 Ra3 Ne4 34 Bd3

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sufficient to win, and how should he continue? Here 34 a5 appears to be winning. On 34...Nd6 comes 35 ab6! Black's strongest defence is 34...ba5 35 Ra5 Rb8!) 34...Nd6 35 a5 ba5 36 Ra5 Ra5 37 ba5 Nc4 38 Bc4 Rc6 39 a6 dc4 40 Ral Rc8 41 Kfl Kf8 42 Ke2 Ke7 43 Kd2 Kd6 44 Kc3 Kc5 45 a7 Ra8 46 Ra4 (Wliite's task would have been easier had he played 46 e4 now.) 46...Kb6 47 Kc4 Kb7 48 Kb5 le4!) 48...f5 49 Ra6 e5 50 Rb6 Ka7 51 Ra6 Kb7 52 Ra8 Ka8 53 Kc6 e4 54 Kd6 Kb7 55 Ke6 Kc6 56 Kf6 Kd5 57 Kg7 Ke6 58 Kh7 Kf6 59 Kh6 g5 60 Kh5 g4? (60...f4 draws: 61 Kg4 fe3 62 fe3 62 Kg6) 61 Kh6 Ke6 (Going down tamely . A last try would be61.. .f4. If then 62 ef4? Kf5 draws. But white can win with 62 Kh5 Kf5 63 Kh4!) 62 Kg6 1-0.

In the following game Laltu Chatteijee saves a half point by leav-ing liis famous opponent with a rook pawn and tlie wrong colour bishop.

D.V.Prasad-L.Chatterjce Scotch Game C45

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 ed4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc6 bc6 6 e5 Qc7 7 Qe2 Nd5


8 c4 Nb6 9 b3 Qe6 10 Bb2 Bb4 11 Nd2 a5 12 a3 Bd2 13 Qd2 a4 14 c5 Nd5 15 b4 f6 16 f4 fe5 17 fe5 0-0 18 0-0-0 d6 19 cd6 cd6 20 Bc4 Qg4 21 Be2 Qg6 22 Bd3 Bf5 23 ed6 Bd3 24 Qd3 Qd6 25 Kbl Rf2 26 Rd2 Rd2 27 Qd2 Re8 28 Rel Re6 (Clearly, black was not expecting white's next move. Better was 28...Qg6 29 Khl Ne3 with interesting play.) 29 b5! Ne7 (If 29...cb5 30 Rdl wins the knight.) 30 Qd6 Rd6 31 b6 c5 32 b7 Rb6 33 Rc5 Rb7 34 Ra5 g6 35 Ra4 Nd5 36 Rd4 Ne3 37 g4 Kf7 38 Rf4? (This serves no purpose. Better was 38 Ka2 preparing to roll the a-pawn.) 38...Ke8 39 Re4 (Ka2) 39...Re7 40 Re7 Ke7 41 g5 Ke6 42 Ka2 Ng4 43 h3 Nf2 44 h4 Ne4 45 Bel Nd6 46 Be3 Nf5 47 Bf2 h6! (Black proposes to eliminate both white pawns on the king=side, if necessary by sacrific-ing his knight, and then take his king to a8 which position is a draw despite being a bishop down.) 48 Kb3 hg5 49 hg5 Kd5 50 Kb4 Kc6 51 a4 Nd6 52 a5 Ne4 53 Be3 Ng5 54 Bg5 Draw.

P.Konguvel-R.G.Hegde Ruy Lopez C60

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nge7 4 c3 d5 5 Ne5 de4 6 d4 ed3 7 Qf3 Be6 8 Nc6 Nc6 9 Bc6 be6 10 Qc6 Bd7 11 Qe4 Qe7 12 Qe7 Be7 13 Bf4 0-0-0 (Black is better.) 14 Nd2 Bc5 15 0-0-0 Bf5 16 Be3 Bb6 17 Nc4 Rhe8 18 Rhel Re4 19 b3 Kb7 20 Kd2 h6 21 h3 Be6 22 f3 Rc4! 23 bc4 Bc4 24 Bb6 ab6 25 Re4? (After this white makes his task very difficult. Better was 25 a3.) 25...Ba2 26 Ke3 b5! 27 Rd4 (Now 27 Rd3 Rd3 28 Kd3 loses to ...Bbl.) 27...Rd4 28

Kd4 Bc4 29 Kc5 h5 30 g4 (With black having a white square bishop it pays to put your pawns on black squares. Here 30 h4! was surely bet-ter.) 30...h4 31 f4 g6 32 f5 gf5 33 gf5 c6 34 f6 Kc7 35 Rel Be6! 36 Kd4 (White loses after 36 Re6 fe6 37 f7 d2 38 f8Q dl=Q.) 36...d2 37 Rdl Bh3 38 Rd2 Be6 39 Kc5 h3 (Black is now threatening the winning ma-noeuvre 40...Bd5,41...Bg2.) 40 Rh2 Kd7 41 Rhl Bg4 42 Rh2 Ke6 43 Kc6 Kf6 44 Rf2? Kg5 45 Kb5 Bc6 46 c4 Kg4 47 Kc5 Kg3 48 Rc2 Bg4 49 Kd4 f5 50 c5 h2 51 Rel Bf3 52 Ke5 f4 0-1.

N.S.Babu-Lanka Ravi English A42

1 d4 d6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 Nd7 5 Bg5 h6 6 Be3 e5 7 d5 Ne7 8 Qd2 f5 9 f3 f4 10 Bf2 Bf6 11 0-0-0 h5 12 Kbl Ng8 (You can blame black's defeat in this game to this knight. It goes back and forth, back and forth without doing any real work.) 13 Ne2 Bg5? 14 Ncl a5 15 a3 Ngf616 b4 b617 Nb3 ab4 18 ab4 0-0 19 Kb2 Ne8 20 Be2 Bh4 21 g3 fg3 22 hg3 Bg5 23 Qd3 Ba6 24 Ral Kg7 25 Ra2 Rh8 26 Rhal Bb7 27 Ra8 Ba8 28 c5 (Black was planning ...h4, but white got in with his c5 earlier.) 28...dc5 29 bc5 bc5 30 Qb5! Ncf6 31 Ra7! Kh6 32 Nc5 c6) Tliis is black's only counter-attack. He gets the d-line opened.) 33 dc6 Nc5 34 Bc5 Qd2 35 Kb3 Qcl 36 Qb4! Bd2 37 Bf8 Kg5 38 f4! Bf4 (If 38...ef4 39 Qc5.) 39 gf4 Kf4 40 Ra8 1-0.

All annotations by your Hon-orary Editor IM Manuel Aaron.


/ C.S.GokhaIe-R.B.Ramesh

Queen Pawn A46 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 Bg5 c5 4 e3

b6 S Bd3 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nbd2 Bb7 8 c3 cd4 9 ed4 Nc6 10 Rel Nd5 11 Ne4 Bg5 12 NegS h6 13 Ne4 d6 14 Qd2 Nf615 Ng3 (Betterwas 15 Qf4. After this black gets on top.) 15...Rc8 16 Radl Na5 17 Qe2 Bd5 18 Bbl Nc4 19 Qc2 Bf3 20 gf3 Re8 21 h4? (A better idea was 21 f4 which white plays next move. 21 h4 bites nothing, wastes a tempo aid hands overa defensive pawn to black for nothing.) 21...Kf8 22 f4 Ng8! 23 Qh7 Qh4 24 Qh8 Qf4 25 Bh7 (White lias gone to a lot of trouble just to get black's g7 pawn and open up the g-file against his own king.) 25...Ke7 26 Qg7 Qf6 27 Qg4 Qg5 28 Qe2 Nf6 29 Bd3 b5 30 b3 Nb6 31 Bb5 Rg8 32 Qd3 Nbd5 33 c4 Nf4 34 Qd2 N6h5 35 Re3 Qh4 36 c5 Ng3 37 cd6 Kf6! 38 Rg3 Rg3 39 fg3 Qg3 40 Kfl Qf3 0-1.


Ramesh sacrificed two pawns on the 15 th and 16th moves for an attack which was not there. Tilak was obvi-ously convinced tliat Ramesh was winning and continued to play for a draw when he should have tried for victory.

R.B.Ramesh-Sharad Tilak Sicilian B82

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nc6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 f4 b5 8 Bd3 Bb7 9 Qf3 Nf6 10 Nb3 d6 11 0-0 Be7 12 Qh3 Rd8 13 a3 0-0 14 g4 g6 15 f5?! ef5 16 g5 Ne4 17 Nd5 ^ d 7 18 Qh6 (White is threatening

19 Be4 fe4 20 Nf6 Bf6 21 gf6 with mate on g7.) 18...Ne5! 19 Be4 Ng4! 20 Qh3 Ne3 21 Qe3 fe4 22 Nf6 Bf6 23 gf6 Qg4 24 Khl Rfe8 (With two extra pawns all that black has to do is exchange queens.) 25 Rf4

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25...QO! 26 Rf3 ef3 27 Qf2 (If 27 Qb6? f2!! 28 Qb7 Rel 29 Kg2 f l Q wins.) 27...Re2 28 Kgl Rf2 29 Kf2 h6?? (It is incredible that black should miss the natural 20...Re8 pre-venting the white rook from coming to the open e-file and himself threat-ening the simple 21.. .Re6 and 21...Re2.) 30 Rel g5 31 Re7 Bd5 32 Nd4 Kh7 33 Nf3 Kg6 34 Ra7 Ra8 35 Rd7 Kf6 36 Rd6 Be6 37 c3 Ke7 38 Rb6 Kd7 39 Nd4 Kc7 40 Rc6 Kb7 41 Rd6 Kc7 42 Rc6 Kb7 43 Draw.

Koshy's poor form was illus-trated by this one-sided victory.

Lanka Ravi-V.Koshy English A42

1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 e4 d6 4 Nc3 e5 5 Nge2 Nd7 6 h4 h6 7 li5 g5 8 d5 Ne7 9 g4 0-0 10 Ng3 Nf6 11 Be2 c6 12 0-0 a6 13 f3 cd5 14 cd5 b5 15 Be3 y1


Nd7 16 b4 Nb6 17 a4 ba4 18 Na4 Na4 19 Ra4 Bb7 20 Qb3 1-0.

L.Chatterjee-P.Konguvel Sicilian Sveshnikov B33

1 e4 c5 2 NO Nc6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 BgS a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Bf6 gf6 10 Nd5 Bg7 11 Bd3 Ne7 12 Ne7 Qe7 13 c3 f5 14 Nc2? Qb7! 15 Qe2 fe416 Be4 d517 BO 0-0 (Black has a lovely position with a strong centre and two bishops in an open board.) 18 g3 e4 (After this white has control overb4 and d4. But Konguvel has other ideas. 18...Bh3 looks logical, but white has sufficient play after 19 Ne3 Rfd8 20 Rdl and now black must either play 20...Be6 or 20...e4 21 Bg4 with a good game for white.) 19 Bg2 b4 (This appears to be risky. Safer, though routine, would have been 19...a5.) 20 Nb4 a5

21 Nd5! Qd5 22 Be4 Qd7 23 Ba8 Rc8 24 Be4 Bb7 25 O f5 26 Rdl Qe6? (Black obviously over-looked white's pinning reply. Black should win here with 26...Qc8 when white's best appears to be 27 0-0 fe4 allowing a winning attack for black.)

27 Bd5! Bd5 28 Qe6 Re6 29 Kf2 Ba2 (Material is approximately level. Black has two bishops for rook and two pawns in an open board.) 30 Rhel Rb6 31 Rd2 Bc4? (The posi-tion of this bishop along the a2-g8 diagonal is secure. So wliy move it to c4? Black's a and f-pawns are along the same rank and both are unpro-tected. If a white rook gets between them, as it happens, one of the pawns would be lost. Bestherewas31...a4.) 32 Re7 Bf8 (Unfortunately 32...Bf6 allows 33 Rd8# Now black loses a pawn.) 33 Re5 a4 34 Rf5 a3 35 ba3 Ba3 36 g4 Be6 37 Re5 Kf7 38 Rh5 Kg7 39 h4 Rc6 40 Re2 Bf7 41 Rg5 KfS 42 Rc2 Bg6 43 Rg6 hg6 44 c4 Kf7 45 f4? (Generally in the endgame it is advisable to march your king ahead of your pawns. You push your pawns too far and too fast, they could be lost as happens here.) 45...Rf6 46 Ke3 Bd6 47 f5 (If 47...Rf2? 48 Bc5) 47...gf5 48 gf5 Rf5 49 Ke4 Rh5 50 Rg2 Rh4 51 Kd5 Be7 52 Re2 Bf6 53 c5 Rd4 54 Kc6 Be7 55 Rc2 Ke8 56 Rh2 Rf4 57 Rh8 Bf8 58 Kc7 Rf7 59 Kb6 Kd7 60 c6 Kc8 61 Rg8 Rfl 62 Rh8 Rbl 63 Ka6 Rfl 64 Kb6 Rf2 65 Rg8 Draw.

The next is one of Prasad's best games of this championship. Shetty lost this game because he had no clear plan for his dark square bishop.

RG.Shetty-D. V.Prasad Ruy Lopez C67

1 e4 e5 2 NO Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 0-0 Ne4 5 d4 Be7 6 Qc2 Nd6 7 Bc6 bc6 8 de5 Nb7 9 Rel 0-010 Nc3 Nc5 11 Nd4? (Better was 11 Bf4 com-


pleting development. This knight is on its way to exchange with the Be7.) l l . . .Ne612 Nf5 f613 Ne7 Qe714 f4 fe5 15 Qe5 d6 16 Qe4 d5 17 Qe5 Qf6 18 Qf6 Rf6 (Black is slightly better. White's problem is his Bel. Where does he place that piece?) 19 Ne2 Ba6 20 g3 c5 21 b3 d4 22 Bb2 g5! 23 Bel h6 24 c4 Bb7 (Black shifts to the other, more important diagonal.) 25 fgS hg5 26 Bd2 d3! 27 Bc3 Rg6 28 Ncl

28...d2!! (This is the deflection theme which is taught as part of chess tactics. The bishop is deflected from d4.) 29 Bd2 Nd4 30 Rfl Be4! (Black could win the exchange with 30...ND 31 Rf3. But he is playing for more than the exchange. Now the white knight has no move.) 31 Rf2 Rd8 32 Kfl Nc2 33 Rbl Rgd6! 34 Bg5 Rdl 35 Ke2 Rel#


P.Konguvel-R.G.Shetty Ruy Lopez C74

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5 c3 f5 6 ef5 Bf5 7 0-0 Bd3 8 Rel Be7 9 Be2 Bc2 (Often 9...e4 is

played here.) 10 Qc2 Nf611 d4 Qd7 12 de5 Ne5 13 Ne5 de5 14 Bg5 (If 14 Re5 0-0-0 and later Bd6 would give black the initiative.) 14...0-0-0 15 Nd2 h6 16 Be3 Kb8 17 Nc4 Ng4 18 h3 Qe6 19 Qt4! Ne3 20 Re3 Bc5 21 Re2 Rhffi 22 Rfl Rde8 (With all of his pieces developed white is now ready to capture on e5.) 23 b4 Bd6 24 Rfel Qf6 25 a4 Re7 26 Na5 c6 27 Rbl Bc7 28 Nc4 Qg5 29 Ne3 Rf4 30 Qh7!? ReH (Black had 30...Rf8 threatening to trap the queen with 31...g6.) 31 b5 Bb6? 32 bc6 Rf2 33 Rf2 Rf2 34 Qg8 Ka7 35 Rb6! Rg2 36 Ng2 Kb6 37 cb7 Kb7 38 Qd5 Kc7 39 Qc5 Kb7 40 a5 Qf6 41 Ne3 h5 42 Qd5 Kc7 43 Qe4 Qg5 44 Kf2 Qf4 45 Qf4 ef4 46 Nd5 Kc6 47 Nf4 h4 48 Ne6 Kb5 49 Ng7 Ka5 50 Ke3 Ka4 51 Kd3 Kb3 52 Nf5 a5 53 Nh4 1-0.

N.S.Babu-L.Chatterjee Slav D17

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 Ne5 e6 7 f3 Bb4 8 e4 Be4 9 fe4 Ne4 10 Bd2 Qd4 11 Ne4 Qe4 12 Qe2 Bd2 13 Kd2 QdS 14 Kc3 Na6 15 Nc4 0-0-0 16 Qe5 Nc5 17 Qd5 cd518 Ne5 Rhf8 19 Kb4 f6 20 Nc6 bc6 21 Kc5 Kc7 22 b4 e5 23 b5 d4 24 bc6 Rd6 25 Bd3 f5 (If 25 Bb5? a6! 26 Ba6 Rc6 27 Kb5 Ra8 and the bishop is lost!) 26 Rabl Rc6 27 Kd5 e4 28 Bb5 Rd8 29 Ke5 Rc5 30 Kf4 gS! 31 Kg5 Rg8 32 Kf6 Rg6 33 Ke7 Rg2 34 Rhcl Rgc2 35 Rgl! (White uses the file so kindly opened by black by capturing (lie g2 pawn.) 35...d3? (Tliis loses. Babu said after the game that here 35...Rh2 might have even won for black because the black rook can get to h6 and check


the white king when it moves to e6 in many variations.) 36 Ke6!

36...RbS (White was threatening to mate with 37 Rg7.) 37 Rg7 Kc8 38 Rb5 d2 39 Rg8 Kc7 40 Rbb81-0. (Black cannot stop 41 Rgc8#).

S.Tilak-A.Kunte Scandinavian B01

1 e4 d5 2 edS QdS 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 dS Nb4 7 Bc4 Bg4 8 a3 0-0-0? (The wrong move order. Here, 8...Bf3 9 gf3 and only then 0-0-0 should be played.) 9 Bd2 Bf310 ab4 B d l 11 Ra5 Bc212 Ra7 Kb8 13 Be3 b6 14 Ra2 e6 15 0-0 Bb4 16 Rfal Nd5 17 Nd5 ed5 18 Bb5! c6 19 Bf4! Bd6 20 Ra8 1-0.

Round 8 (7 June 1996) This was the most explosive

round with six decisive games and a hard fought draw. There was only one damp squib (Mishra vs Prasad)

S.Mari Anil - R-B.Ramesh Sicilian B82

1 e4 c5 2 N13 Nc6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 vNf6 S Nc3 d6 6 Bc4 Qb6 7 Nb3 e6

8 0-0 Be7 9 Be3 Q c 7 1 0 f 4 a 6 1 1 B d 3 b512 Qf3 Bb713 Radl 0-014 Qh3 Rfe815 g4 Nb4 16 g5 Nd717 f5 ef5 18 ef5 Bd819 Nd4 Nc5? (The black king is alone on the king-side. Once white plays g5-g6, there will be no time to take the Bd3. Also the knight should be on d7, ready to move to f8 or f6 for the defence of the king. So, now was the time to play 19...Nd3) 20 g6! h6

21 Bh6 gh6 22 f6! Qc8 23 gf7 1-0.

Abhijit Kunte innovates his own system in die Ruy Lopez keeping his king in the centre and starting a pawn assault on the king- side. T.S.Ravi refutes it by patiently defending and avoiding all pitfalls.

A.Kunte-T.S.Ravi Ruy Lopez C77

1 e4 e5 2 NO Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 Qe2 b5 6 Bb3 Bc5 7 c3 0-0 8 h3 Re8 9 d3 h6 10 g4 d5 11 g5 hgS 12 Bg5 de4 13 de4 Be6 14 Nbd2 Bb315 ab3 Be716 Nh4 Nh717 Be7 Qe7 18 Nf5 Qf6 19 Rgl g6 20 Rg3 Nd8 21 NO Kh8 22 Ne3 Qg7 23


Rdl Ne6 24 NfS QT8 25 N5h4 Nf4 26 Qe3 Qe7 27 Rg4 Rad8 28 Rd2 Rd2 29 Nd2 Rd8 30 Nhf3 Nf6 31 Rg5 Nd7 32 Kfl Kg7 33 Rg3 Nc5 34 Nd4 ed4 35 Qf4 dc3 36 Rc3 Nc6 37 Qe5? f6! 0-1.

Tilak gambits a pawn against Lanka Ravi in the King's Indian De-fence with 14...a4. Russian GMDol-matov tried the same sacrifice against Ravi in the 1996 Goodricke Open at Calcutta. Dolmatov also lost

Lanka Ravi-S.Tilak King's Indian Defence E92

1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 d4 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 d5 a5 8 Bg5 h6 9 Bh4 Na6 10 Nd2 Qe8 11 0-0 Nh7 12 a3 Bd7 13 Khl h51413 a4 15 Nb5 Bh6 16 Nbl Be3 17 Qa4 g5 18 Qb3 Bb6 19 Bf2 Bf2 20 Rf2 f5 21 ef5 Bf5 22 Nd2 Qg6 23 Rafl Rf7 24 Qe3 Nc5 25 g4 Bc2 26 gh5 Qf5 27 Rgl Kh8 28 Rff2 Rg8 29 Nc3 Qh3 30 Rg3 Qh4 31 b4 Nd7 32 Nce4 Rf4 3 JRg4 Qh5 34 Rf4 gf4 35 Rg8 Kg8 36 Qgl Kf737c5 Nhf6 38 Nf6 Nf6 39 cd6 cd6 40 Qb6 Bb3 41 Qc7 Kg6 42 Nb3 1-0.

After bringing about a winning position from a wild complicated game Koshy is troubled by the gim-micks that Chatteijee throws about and loses on time.

L.Chatterjee-V.Koshy Pirc Defence B09

1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Ne3 d6 4 f4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c5 6 dc5 Qa5 7 Bd3 Qc5 8 Qe2 0-0 9 Be3 Qa5 10 0-0 Bg4 11 Qel Nc6 12 a3 Nd7 13 b4 Qd8 14

Radl Rc8 15 Ne2 e5 (Black stands better.) 16 (5 gf5 17 ef5 d5 18 Qg3 Nf6! 19 b5 (If 19...Ne5? 20 Ne5 Qe5 21 Nh5 f6 22 Bf6 wins.) 19...B13 20 Rf3 e4 21 Bh6 Nh5

m l

(A fantastically wild position with many pieces of both sides in an incredible tangle. White is in trouble but he plays inventively.) 22 Bg7! ef3! 23 Qf3 Ng7 24 bc6 Rc6 (The skirmish is over and black has emerged with rook for bishop. But the complications had taken a heavy toll on Koshy's clock.) 25 Nf4 Rd6 26 Khl Re8 27 Qg3 Kh8 28 Qh3 QTC 29 Rfl h6 30 Qf3 Re5 31 Qf2 b6 32 Qd2 Kh7 33 Ng6! Re8 34 Nf4 d4 35 Ne6! Kg8 36 Qb4 (At tliis point Koshy looked at his digital count down chess clock and saw that he had 23 seconds left. Koshy later said, "In the old clocks you know that you are extremely short of time if the flag was hanging. Here 23 seconds looked like a lot of time. I just forgot the clock for a short while and made my move. I was surprised when the arbiter said that the time was up.") 36...Nf5 1-0 (T).


Konguvel missed a win in the following game. If he had won, he would have taken over the lead from Parameswaran.

T.N.Paramesw&ran-P.Konguvel Grunfeld Defence D93

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 dS 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3 c5 7 dc5 Qa5 8 Nd2 dc4 9 Bc4 Qc5 10 Qe2 Nc6 11 Nb3 Qh5 12 Rdl Qe2 13 Be2 Bf5 14 NcS b6 IS Bf3 Rac816 Na6 Bg4 17 0-0 Bf3 18 gf3 Rfd819 Rd8 Rd8 20 Rdl Rdl 21 Ndl NdS 22 Bb8 Kf8 23 a3 Nb8 24 Nb8 Ke8 25 b4 a5 26 ba5 ba5 27 e4 Nb6 28 Nc6 a4 29 Nb4 Nc4 30 Nc2 Nd2 31 Kg2 Kd7 32 Nb4 e6 33 Nd3 Kc6 34 eS Kd5? (Konguvel later on criticised this move and said the 34...Kb5 would have won the game. If then 35 Nc3? Kc4 and black wins one of the two knights. Or, if 35 Nlb2 [Ne3] Nc4 gains entiy for the king into the queen-side. After 34...Kb5 Blacks a-pawn would have remained on the board and become extremely danger-ous.) 35 N3b2 Ke5 36 Na4 Nc4 37 Nab2 Na3 38 Ne3 Nb5 39 Nd3 Kd4 40 Nb4 Bf8 41 Nc6 Kc5 42 Ne5 Bd6 43 Nf7 Bf4 44 Ng4 Nd4 Draw.


P.Konguvel-N.K.Mishra Sicilian B44

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nc6 5 Nb5 d6 6 c4 Nf6 7 Nlc3 a6 8 Na3 b6 9 Be2 Bb7 10 0-0 Nb8 11 f3 Nbd7 12 Be3 Qc7 13 Qd2 Be7 14 Racl 0-0 15 Rfdl Rac816 Bfl Qb8 17 Khl Rfe8 18 Bgl Qa8 19 Nc2 Red8 20 Rel Bf8? (During the pro-longed juggling of pieces by both

sides black has forgotten that his b6 pawn could be threatened. Here per-haps 20...Rb8 was worth considering in order to reply to 21 Na4 with Bb6. Also, iij such situations black has a plan to play b6-b5. In this opening black has to be wary on all fronts, the king-side and the queen-side. At pre-sent, white has no plans on the king-side with both of his bishops resting atgl andfl.)21 Na4! Qa722b4 d5? (Best was 22...Bc6 and if 23 b5 ab5 24 cb5 Qa4 25 bc6 Rc6 black has a pawn more. It is terrible to have a queen standing guard over the b6 pawn in a corner!) 23 cd5 ed5 24 e5! Ne8 25 Qe3 d4? (Better was 25...Nc7 which gives away the b6 pawn. But it is certainly better than giving away a central pawn, free! Now black loses by force.) 26 Nd4 Rel 27 Rel Bb4 28 e6 Ndf6 29 ef7 Kf7 30 Qe6 Kf8 31 Qb3! Rd4 (White was threatening both Qb4 as well as Ne6.) 32 Bd4 Be7 33 Nb6! Qb8 34 Nc8! 1-0.

In the following game Para-meswaran tries his best to win through a knight sacrifice, but has to ultimately take a draw by perpetual check with his knight.

N.S.Babu-T.N.Parameswaran Nimzo-Indian Defence E32

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 0-0 5 a3 Bc3 6Qc3 b6 7Bg5c5 8 dc5 bc5 9 e3 a5 10 NO d6 11 Rdl Qe7 12 Bd3 Bb7 13 Bc2 Ra6 14 Qd3 g6 15 h4 h5 16 0-0 Nbd7 17 Nd2 c5 18 f4 e4 19 Qe2 Rb6 20 b3 Qe6 21 f5 Qe5 22 fg6 fg6 23 a4 Qb2 24 Nbl Ng4 25 Rd2 Rfl 26 Qfl Qc5 27 Qf4 Qb2 28 Qfl Qe5 29 Bf4 Qf6


30 Qel Nde5 31 Bg5 Qe6 32 Nc3 Nc4 33 bc4 Qe5 34 Ne2 Qh2 35 Kfl Ba6 36 Bc4 Bc4 37 Bd5 Bd5 38 Rd5 Qhl 39 Ngl Rb2 40 Rd2 Nh2 41 Ktl Ng4 42 Kfl Nh2 43 Kf2 Draw.

The next game illustrates the weakness in a position where the pawn formation is like a fianchetto, but the bishop is elsewhere.

It is also a lesson in the impor-tance of the open file.

C.S.Go khale-L.Ch atterjee Slav Defence D23

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Qc2 dc4 5 Qc4 Bf5 6 Nc3 e6 7 Bg5 Be7 8 e3 Nbd7 9 Qb3 0-0 10 Be2 b6? (Such a move is rarely played. With the white square bishop out at f5, pushing this pawn weakens the white squares (a6, b7, c6) on the queen-side. Normal was 10...Qb6.) 11 h3 Ne412 Bf4 Ndf613 0-0 Nd514 Nd5 cd5 15 Rfel Bd6 16 Bd6 Qd6 17 Ba6! (With white's bishop on a6 black cannot challenge the only open file on the boani.) 17...Rab818 Qb5 Qe7 19 Ne5 Qg5 20 Nd7! Bh3 21 Qf l Bg4 22 Nb8 Nd2 23 f4 Qg6 24 Qf2 Ne4 25 Nc6! (The knight is back, hale and hearty! If now 25...Nf2? 26 Ne7 Kh8 27 Ng6 fg6 28 Kf2.) 25„.Qh5 26 Qel g5 27 Bd3 f5 28 Be4 fe4 29 Qg3 gf4 30 ef4 Kh8 31 Ne5 Be2 32 Qh2 Qe8 33 Rc7 Bh5 34 Racl c3 35 Rc8 1-0.

In the following game Lanka Ravi boldly took unusual strategic risks with the black pieces because his position in the standings was very low.

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T.S.Ravi-Lanka Ravi Sicilian B22

1 e4 c5 2 c3 e6 3 d4 d5 4 ed5 ed5 5 Bb5 Nc6 6 Qe2 Be7 7 dc5 Nf6 8 NO 0-0 9 0-0 Bc510 Bg5 h6 11 Bh4 g5 (Lanka Ravi is in a aggressive mood. One must always weigh very carefully the advantages and disad-vantages of moving up the pawns in front of ones castled positioa A for-mation of 1)6 and g5 is weaker than a formation of g6 and h5 because in the former ease the king cannot hide be-hind a pawa) 12 Bg3 Ne4 13 Rdl Bg4 14 Nbd2 Ng3 15 hg3 Qb6 16 Be6 bc6 17 b4 Bd6 18 Nc4 Qa6 19 Rd4 Be6 20 Qd2 Be7? (Lanka Ravi later on pointed out that he should have won the exchange with 20...c5! 21 bc5 Bc5.) 21 Nce5 Bf6 22 Rel Rfe8 23 g4 Re7 24 Rd3 Qc8 25 Nd4 Rc7 26 O a5 27 a3 ab4 28 ab4 c5 (Lanka Ravi said that 28...Ra3 to be followed by Qa6 should precede this push.) 29 bc5 Rc5 30 Rde3 Ra3 31 Ne6 fe6 32 Qc2 Qe8 33 Qb2 Rca5 34 Nd3 Qb5 (If 34...Bc3 35 Re6! Qe6? 36 Qb8+-) 35 Qb5 Rb5 36 Re6 Bc3 37 Re8 Kh7 38 Rle7 Bg7 (38...Kg6 would have been better.) 39 Ne5 Re3 40 Rd7 Rbl 41 Kf2 Rbel 42 Ree7 Rle2 43 Kg3 Re5 (The pawn formations for white and black in the castled side are quite instructive. The white king is well protected whereas the black king is not) 44 Rg7 Kh8 45 Rh7 Kg8 46 Rh6 Rd2 47 Ra6 Kf8 48 Ra8 Re8 49 Re8 Ke8 50 Rg7 d4 51 Rg5 Ke7 52 Ra5 Ke6 53 g5 d3 54 f4 Rc2 55 Re5 Kd6 56 KO Rg2! (Last trick. If now 57 Kg2? d2 58 Re8 Kd7 and black wins.) 57 Re3Rd2 58 Ke4 1-0.


R.B.Ramesh-A.Kunte Sicilian B43

1 e4 c5 2 N(3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 a6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Bd3 Nf6 7 f4 Bb4? 8 0-0 Bc5? (Having played Bb4, and found it dangerous [8...Bc3 9 bc3 Qc3 10 Nb3 0-0 11 Ba3 with advan-tage to white] there was no need to retreat the bishop immediately. He can just play 8...d6 and wait to see where black develops his Bel. If white then played 9 Be3, then 9.. .Bc3 is possible though black should think twice before capturing the resultant pawn on c3 with Qxc3.) 9 Be3 d610 Khi Nc6 11 eS! de5 12 Ndb5! abS 13 Bc5 Nd4 14 fe5 Qc5 15 ef6 Qe5 16 Qg4! g617 Rael Qc518 Qf4 Nf5 19 Nb5 Ra5? 20 b4 1-0.


Mari Arul used the white pieces aggressively to attack the castled king. It looked like his 17 Nf7 sacri-fice was killing. It got back the piece, but Kunte brought back his pieces on time to defend his king.

S.Mari Arul-A. Kunte Sicilian B42

1 e4 c5 2 NO e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 a6 5 Bd3 Nf6 6 0-0 Qc7 7 Qe2 d6 8 c4 Be7 9 f4 Nbd710 Nc3 b6 11 NO Bb7 12 Bd2 0-0 13 Rael Rac8 14 Khi g6 15 Ng5 Rfe8 16 e5 Nh5 17 Nf7 Kf7 18 f5 efS 19 e6 Kg8 20 ed7 Qd7 21 Bf5 Ng3 22 hg3 gf5 23 Qh5 Bf6 24 Rf5 Rel 25 Bel Bg7 26 Qg4 Qc8 27 Bd2 Rd8 28 Nd5 Bd5 Draw.

For T.S.Ravi , a move like 18...Bh3 is uncharacteristic. This

Vwas one of the few powerful games

played by Ravi Hegde in this cham-pionship.

R.G.Hegde-T.S.Ravi Irregular A07

1 NO Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 0-0 Bf5 5 b3 e6 6 Bb2 Bc5 7 d4 Bd6 8 Nh4 Bg4 9 Nd2 Qe710 a3 0-011 c4 e5 12 h3 Bd7 13 cd5 cd5 14 e4 de4 15 Ne4 Ne4 16 Be4 Nc617 Rel Bh3 18 de5 Bc519 b4 Bb6 20 Qh5 g6 21 Qh6 Be6 22 NO f5 23 ef6 Rf6 24 Bd5 Nd8 25 Re2 RO 26 Re6 Bf2 27 Kg2 Rg3 28 Kf2 1-0.

Though the following game ended drawn it is full of interesting points. When Shetty forced a draw by repetition, he was actually gifting Gokhale a valuable half point. Tlie position was won for Shetty!

R.G.Shetty-C.S. Gokhale Sicilian Paulsen B42

1 e4 c5 2 NO e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 a6 5 Bd3 Nc6 6 Nc6 bc6 7 0-0 d5 8 c4 Bb7 9 Nc3 d4 10 Nbl Qc7 11 f4 f6 12 e5 f5 (If 12...fe5 13 Qh5.) 13 Nd2 c514 NO Nh615 Bd2 a516 b3 Be717 a3 0-018 h3 Nf719 Qe2 Qb6 20 Rabl Bc6 21 Kh2 Ql>7 22 b4 ab4 23 ab4 Ra2 24 b5 Be4 25 Rbel Bd3 26 Qd3 Rfa8 27 Bel Bd8 28 Re2 R a l 29 Rfel Ba5 30 Rd l Bb6 (30...Bc3 looks more natural and strong, specially when there are chances of playing Qe4 in some vari-ations.) 31 Bb2 Rdl 32 Qdl Ra2 33 Nel Qa8 34 Kgl Kf8 35 Nd3 Nd8 36 Ncl Ra4 37 Qc2 g6 38 g4 Ra7 39 Qb3 Rf7 40 g5 Ra7 41 h4 h5 42 gh6 Rh7 43 Qa3 Qa3 44 Ba3 Ra7 (Black prefers to take on h6 with liis king. 44,..Rli6 led to complications whichy*


are very obscure.) 45 Ra2 Kg8 46 Kfl Kh7 47 Kc2 Kh6 48 Kd3 Kh5 49 Ral Nb7 50 Nb3 Ra4 51 Ra2 Kh4?

52 Nd4!! Ra3 (If 52...cd4 53 Be7 and 54 Ra4.) 53 Ra3 cd4 54 Ra8 Kg4 55 Rb8 Nc5 56 Kd4 Ba7 (If 56...Nd7 57 Rb6 Nb6 58 c5 and die b-pawn queens.) 57 Ra8 Bb6 58 Rb8 (White could win with the ma-noeuvre 58 Rc8 Kf4 [58...Nd7 59 c5 Nc5 60 Rc5 Kf4 61 Kc4 Bc5 62 Kc5 and wliite soons earlier.] 59 Rc6 Na4 60 Rb6! Nb6 61 c5 and 62 b6 wins.) 58...Ba7 59 Ra8 Draw.

T.N.Parameswaran-V.Koshy English A42

1 d4 d6 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 e5 5 e4 Nd7 6 Bg5 f6 7 Be3 Nh6 (Black has the Gandhi Defence set up with pawns on f6, g6 and N on h6.) 8 h3 0-0 9 Qd2 Nf7 10 g4 Re8 11 0-0-0 c6 12 Rgl ed4 13 Nd4 Nc5 14 f3 a5 15 h4 (This pawn assault is easy as black's knight is on f7 and not on its natural f6 square.) 15...a4 16 h5 Qa5 17 hg6 hg6 18 Kbl Ne6 19 a3 Ne5 20 Be2 Nd4 21 Bd4 Be6 22 f4! (With all of his pieces in van-

tage squares Parameswaran sacri-fices a pawn to cany through with the king-side attack which he has been preparing all along.) 22...Nc4 23 Bc4 Bc4 24 g5! KT7 25 f5!! Re5 (Black offers his rook for bishop to appease and calm the attack.) 26 fg6 Ke7

27 Bb6!! (Tliis is the line clear-ance sacrifice. White wants to take on d6 with Queen and gets rid of his own bishop which is on the way.) 27...Qb6 28 Qd6 Ke8 29 gf6 Bf6 30 Qf6 1-0.

D.V.Prasad-P.Konguvel PetrofFs Defence C42

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Ne5 d6 4 Nf3 Ne4 5 Nc3 Nc3 6 dc3 Nc6 7 B14 Bg4 8 Be2 Be7 9 Qd2 Qd710 0-0-0 0-0-0 11 h3 Bf3 12 Bf3 Kb8 13 Rhel Rde8 14 Qd5 f5 15 Qf7 g5 16 Bc6 (Also possible was 16 Be3 f4? 17 Bc6 bc6 [17...Qc6 18 Ba2 Ka2 19 Re7] 18 Qb3 Ka8 19 Ba2 Ka2 20 Re4 winning.) 16...Qc6 17 Be3 Rhf8 18 Qh7 Bf6 (Black is aiming for a counter-attack with Bxc3. If here, 18...Qg2 19 Ba2 Ka2 20 Re7 with advantage.) 19 Bd2 Ee5 (If 19...Qg2

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f 20 Qf5 and if now 20. ..Bc3? 21 Bc3! because the queen cannot be taken on account of back rank mate.) 20 Bg5? (White should play 20 f3 and con-tinue with a safe extra pawn.) 20„.Qg2 21 Bd2! (Prasad had planned 21 f4 but now saw that after 21...Qg3 22 fe5 allows 22...Qxg5 with check. Instead of 22 fe5, if 22 R f l , then comes the promising bishop sacrifice 22...Bc3 23 bc3 Qc3 where white's queen and bishop are out of play.) Draw.

Round 11 (10 June 1996)

P.Konguvel-S.Mari Arul Ruy Lopez C88

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 Bb7 8 c3 dS 9 edS Nd5 10 Ne5 Ne5 11 Re5 Nf4 12 d4 Ng2 13 Qe2 h6 14 Qh5 g6 15 Qh3 Qd616 Nd2 Nh417 Ne4 Qe5 18 de5 Be4 (So far, it is supposed to be 'book'.) 19 f4? (This pawn move only helps black in in-creasing the effectiveness of his pieces. This pawn has to be sacri-ficed two moves later. Better was 19 Be3 [Lanka Ravi] for 20 Rdl and getting all his forces in action.) 19...g5 20 Qe3 Bb7 21 f5 (White finds it wiser to give up this pawn than to allow black to open the g-file forhis rook.) 21...Nf5 22 Qf2 Be4 23 Bc2? (Priority had to be given to the queen-side pieces. Here 23 Be3 looks good. Also coming into con-sideration would be 23 Qe2 chasing away the Be4 and following up with either Qg4 or e6.) 23...Bc2 24 Qc2 Bc5 25 Kfl Ng7 26 b4 (An interest-ing alternative was 26 Be3!? Be3 27 Qe4)26...Bb6 27 c4 bc4 28 Qa4 Kf8

29 b5 a5 30 Ba3 Kg8 31 Qc4 (This move could wait. Better would be 31 Be7 for 32 Bf6 tying up the black king-side.) 31...Rd8 32 Bc5? (Again 32 Be7 should be considered.) 32...Bc5 33 Qc5 Ne6 34 Qe7 Rd4 35 Kgl Rg4 36 Khi Rf4 37 Rdl Kg7 38 Rd7 Kg6 39 Qa3 a4 40 Rd3 Rb8 41 Rf3 Rd8 (Black cannot play 41 ...Rb5? 42 Qd3 Kg7 43 Rf l and 44 Qb5 winning.) 42 Rf4 Rdl 43 Kg2 Nf4 44 Kf2 Rd2 45 Kel Rd4 (Black cannot allow white to capture his a4 pawn and therefore the rook must watch over a4.) 46 Qe7 Nd5 47 Qe8 Kg7 48 Kf2 Nf4 49 Qc7 Ne6 50 Qf6 Kg8 51 Ke3 (If 51 Qh6?? Rh4 52 Qf6 Rf4 winning) 51...Rh4 52 QO Rf4 53 Qdl Kg7 54 Qe2 Rh4 55 Qf2 Rf4 56 Qe2 Rh4 57 Qdl Rf4? (Black can win the h2 pawn with 57...Rh3 58 Ke4 Rh2 and wliite can-not play 59 Qa4 because of Rh4 skewering the queen.) 58 Qe2 Draw.

The next is a technically flawless victoiy by T.S.Ravi.

T.S.Ravi-L.Chatterjee Ruy Lopez C88

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 0-0 8 a4 b4 9 d3 d6 10 a5 Bg4 11 Be3 d5 12 Nbd2 h6 13 h3 d4 14 hg4 de3 15 fe3 Ng4 16 Nh2 Nh2 17 Kh2 Bg5 18 Bd5 Qd7 19 Qli5 Rae8 20 Nf3 Bf6 21 g4 Ne7 22 Bc4 g6 23 Qh6 Qg4 24 Rfl Rd8 25 Ba6 Rd6 26 Bc4 g5 27 Qh3 Qh3 28 Kh3 Kg7 29 Nh2 Nc6 30 a6 Na7 31 Ng4 Be7 32 Ne5 Rh6 33 Kg2 f6 34 Nf3 Bd6 35 Rhl Rfh8 36 Rli6 Rh6 37 Rhl Rhl 38 Khi c5 39 Kg2 Bb8 40 Kh3 Nc8 41 Kg4 Kg6 42 Be6 Nb6 43 Nd2 Na8 44 Nb3 Nc7<


45 Bc8 Ba7 46 Na5 Bb6 47 Nc6 Nb5 48 Bd7 Na7 49 Ne7 Kf7 50 Nd5 Ba5 51 Kf5 Bd8 52 b3 Kg7 53 d4 1-0.

RB.Ramesh-RG.Hegde Sicilian B82

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 e6 5Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 f4 b5 8 Bd3 Bb7 9 Qf3 Nf6 10 Nb3 d6 11 0-0 Be7 12 Qh3 Rd8?! 13 Rael 0-0 14 g4 Nb4 15 g5 Nd7 16 f5 ef5 17 ef5 Nd3 18 cd3 Rfe8 19 g6 Nf8? (Better was 19...hg6 20 fg6 fg6 when white would be wise to take a draw with 21 Qe6 Kh7 22 Qh3 Kg8 23 Qe6. After 19...Nf8? black loses by force.) 20 gf7 Kf7 21 Bd4 Kg8 (If 22...Bf6 23 Qh5 Kg8 24 Re8 wins a rook.) 22 Qg4 g6 23 fg6 hg6 (The natural 23...Ng6 allows mate in one: 24 Qe6#) 24 Rf8! Kf8 (If 24...Bf8 25 Re8 Re8 26 Qg6 winning a rook.) 25 Rfl Bf6 26 Rf6 Ke7 1-0.

Abhijit Kunte Not a memorable debut

1 e4 c5 2 c3 e6 3 d4 d5 4 ed5 ed5 5 Be3 c4 6 b3 cb3 7 ab3 Nc6 8 Nf3 Bd6 9 Bd3 Nge7 10 0-0 0-0 11 Ne5 Bf5 12 Nc6 bc6 13 Qc2 Bd3 14 Qd3 Qb8! (Double attack! White must give up either h2 or b3.) 15 b4 Bh2 16 Khi Bc7 17 Nd2 a5 18 ba5 Ra5 19 g3 Qc8 20 Kg2 Ral 21 Ral Qg4 22 Ra7 Bd6 23 Bf4 Bf4 24 Re7 h5 25 NO Bd6 26 Rel Ra8 27 c4 g6 28 c5 Bf8 29 Ne5 Qe6 30 Qb3 Bg7 31 Qb7 Ra2! 32 Nf3.(If 32 Qc6 Qf5 33 Nf3 Bd4! This same combinative idea works during the next two moves too.) 32...Qf5 33 Re8 Kh7 34 Qc8Qf6

A.Kunte-Lanka Ravi Sicilian B22

35 Qd8? (White lias a draw with 35 Qc6!! Qc6 36 Ng5 Kh6 37 Nf7 Kh7 38 Ng5. This was pointed out by Prasad who was spectating after a quick draw.) 35...Kh6 36 Qf6 Bf6 37 Rc8 Ra6 38 Rb8 Ra4 39 Rb6 Bd4 40 Rc6 Rc4 41 Nd4 Rd4 42 Rd6 Kg7 43 c6 Rc4 44 Rd5 Rc6 (This rook ending with tliree pawns against two on the same side is abook draw.) 45 Kh3 Rc4 46 Ra5 Re4 47 O Re2 48 Rb5 Kf6 49 g4 hg4 50 Kg4 Rg2 51 Kf4 g5 52 Ke3 Kg6 53 Rb6 f6 54 Ra6 Rb2 55 Rc6 Ra2 56 Rb6 K»7


57 Rb7 Kg6 58 Rb6 Ra4 59 Rc6 Rf4 60 Rc8 Kf5 61 Rc5 Kg6 62 Rc8 Rf5 63 Kf2 Ra5 (White had deliber-ately played 63 Kf2 inviting black to play 63...g4 so that he could take it after 64 Rg8. Both players were play-ing veiy fast, and the game ended within four hours though it is 90 moves long.) 64 Rc6 Kf5 65 Kg3 Ke5 66 Rc8 Kf5 67 Rb8 Ra6 68 Rb4 Kg6 69 Rb8 Rd6 70 Ra8 KfS 71 Ra5 Ke6 72 f4? (All that white had to do to draw was not to touch his own pawn and not to lose it. He should continue to whiz his rook around the board, not allowing the black king to advance.) 72...Rd3 73 Kg4 Rd4 74 Rf5 Rc4! (Zugzwang! Whateverwhite moves he lose some-thing. If he moves the king, the rook is lost and if he moves the rook, the pawn is lost) 75 Ra5 Rf4 76 Kg3 Rd4....90 0-1.

Round 12 (11 June 1996)

S.Mari Arul-Lanka Ravi Caro-KannB17

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de4 4 Ne4 Nd7 5 Ng5 e6 6 Bd3 Ndf6 7 Nl(3 Bd6 8 Qe2 h6 9 Ne4 Ne410 Qe4 Nf6 11 Qe2 c5 12 dc5 Bc5 13 0-0 0-0 14 c4 b6 15 Rfdl Qc7 16 h3 Bb7 17 Ne5 Rad8 18 Bf4 Rd4! 19 Bh2 Rfd8 20 Be2 Qc8 (Black has successfully completed his opening and has better prospects in the middle-game thanks to white's Bh2.) 21 b3 Qa8! 22 Ni3 Bf3! 23 gf3 (Better was 23 Qf3 ex-changing queens because it is better not to have a shattered castled posi-tion with the queens on the board.) 23...Bd6 24 Rd4 Bh2 25 Kh2 Rd4 26 Rdl Qd8 27 Rd4 Qd4 28 Kg2 g6

29 Qe3 Qh4 30 Bd3 Nh5 31 Bfl Nf4 32 Kh2 Qf6 33 b4 g5 (Black has a better position. White's only chance is to create a passed pawn on the c-file and hope for counter-play.) 34 a3 Qb2? (Black said after the game that he should play 34...Ng6 first and then go for the queen-side pawns.) 35 h4! Qc2 36 hg5 hg5 37 Qd4 Qf5 38 Qd6 Kg7 39 Qb8 Ng6 (Black has burnt his boats. He gives up his queen-side pawns for getting at the king.) 40 Qa7 Qf3 41 Qb6 Qh5 42 Kgl Qg4 43 Khl Nh4 44 Qd6 Qe4! 45 Kgl Nf3 46 Kg2 e5!

(The white queen is excluded from the defence of the king.) 47 Qd7 g4! 48 c5 (Unfortunately 48 Bd3 loses to 49 Nel which is a dou-ble check. Now black forces mate.) 48...Qf4 49 Bb5 Qh2 50 Kfl Qgl 51 Ke2Nd452 Ke3 (If52Kd3 Qbl! 53 Kc4 [If 53 Kd2 Qc2 54 Ke3 Nf5; or 53 Ke3 Qel as in the game.] 53...Qb3#) 52...Qel 53 Kd3 Qe2 0-1. (It is mate in one: 54 Kc3 Qc2 #)

It is difficult to imagine that T.S.Ravi will risk giving up his g7 pawn to be taken by the queen. Re-quiring two points from four games


for his maiden IM norm was probably weighing on his mind and he was not playing his natural game.

R. G.S hetty-T.S. Ravi Evan's Gambit C51

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bb4 5 c3 Be7 6 d4 NaS 7 Be2 ed4 8 Qd4 d6 9 Qg7 Bf6 10 Qg3 Qe711 0-0 Qe4 12 Rel Kf8 13 Bb5 Qg6 14 Re8 Kg7 15 Ng5 Nh6? (White was threatening 16 Bd3. Better here was 16 Ne7 when black automatically solves the problem of developing his Rh8.) 16 Re4 Bg5 17 Qg5 Bf5 18 Rh4 Qg5 19 Bg5 Ng4 20 h3 Ne5 21 Bh6 Kg6? 22 Nd2 Bd3 23 Bd3 Nd3 24 Rdl Rae8 25 Nb3! (A very fine move that ensures that the Rdl joins the chase against the king.) 25...Nb2 26 Rd5 Rel 27 Kh2 Nb3 28 Rg5 Kf6 29 ab3 Ke6 (29...Ndl was pref-erable. If then 30 Rf4 Ke6 31 Bg7 Rg8 32 Rf6 Ke7 33 Rf3 Ke8 with a difficult game for both players.) 30 Bg7 Rg8 31 Rh7 Ndl 32 Rh6 Kd7 33 Rf6 Nc3? (In the ensuing open position the greater activity of the white rooks and the long range of the bishop favour white. 33...Ke8 was more stubborn.) 34 Rf7 Ke6 (Unfor-tunately, if34...Kc6 35Bc3 wins.)35 Rc7 Ne4 36 Rg6 Kf5 37 Rg4 Nd2 (If 3"/ ...Nf2? 38 Rf7 wins the knight.) 38 g3 Rbl 39 Rb7 Rc8 40 Rf7 Ke6 41 Rf6 Ke7 42 Ra4! Rc7 43 h4 Ke8 44 Rf8 Ke7 45 Ra2 Rdl 46 Bh6 Nb3 47 Re2 Kd7 48 Rf7 Kc8 49 Rc7 Kc7 50 Rc2 Kd7 51 Rb2 Nc5 52

! Be3 Kc6 53 h5 Rd5 54 g4 a5 55 h6 | Kf6 56 Rb8 Kg6 57 Rg8 Kh7 58 ! Rg7 Kh8 59 Re7 Nd3 60 f4 a4 61 ! Ra7 Nb2 62 (5 Nc4 63 Bg5 1-0.

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Perhaps Konguvel was a bit over-confident after the nice victories that he has scored so far. In a good posi-tion he went on a spending spree tiying to give away his pieces. Babu knew which to take and which not to.

P.Konguvel-N.S.Babu Ruy Lopez C93

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 h6 10 d4 Re8 11 Nbd2 Bf8 12 Bc2 Bb7 13 a3 Na7? (Better was 13...Nb8 for 14...Nbd7. But this move was psychologically responsi-ble forKonguvel's unsound sacrifice that comes up.) 14 b4 c5 15 bc5 ed4 16 cd4 dc5 17 e5 Nd5 18 Ne4 c4 (White's position is very good with all of his pieces poised for king-side play while black's chances lie on the queen's wing. Now white should plan his attack after playing 19 Ng3 which would give him many varied possibilities.) 19 Neg5? hg5 20 Ng5 g6 21 e6 f5 22 Bf5 Qf6! (Konguvel had not considered this. He had prob-ably seen that after 22...gf5 23 Qh5 Qc7 24 Qf7! leads to complications favourable forwhite.) 23 Bg4 Nc6 24 Ne4 Qg7 25 Be3 Nd8 26 Nc5 (More stubborn was 26 Ng5 but white should anyway lose.) 26...Bc5 27 dc5 Ne6 28 Bh6 Qf6 29 Bc6 Rc6 0-1.

Round 13(12 June 1996) Six of the eight games Of this

round were drawn. Curiously the endings in both games have two similarities. First of all in both games black resigned after white's 39th move. And in both cases both sides J


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(In this opening system it is impor-tant that white does not move any of the queen-side pawns unless forced. Specially, the c and d-pawns are not to be moved. If the c-pawn moves, then d3 will become an object of attack and white will not be able to carry out his plans on the king-side. After playing b2-b3, white can cany out his plans on the king- side with-out any problems as that move dras-tically reduces black's activity on the queen-side. If black is himself al-lowed to play b4-b3, then white's d3 will be without any pawn support.) 18...Bb5 19 Nh2! (White's idea is to exchange off his bishop for black's dark square bishop so that the dark squares on the king- side become very weak.) 19...Kh8 20 NO Qb6 21 Bg5! Rfc8 (Of course 21...f6 would lose e6 and 21...Bc5 is unthinkable.) 22 Bc7 Re7 23 h5 Qc5 (If 23...h6 24 g4 for g5.) 24 h6 gh6 25 Qd2 Qc3 26 Qh6 Qc2

(Tlie players who liad finished their games early were moving around discussing this position. Parameswaran wins with 27 Bf5! they said in loud whispers. Yes, it

does win. The idea of that move is to interfere with Black's defence of h7 via d3 which is now on take. If then 27,..ef5 28 Ng5 NIB [28...f6 29 ef6 Rel 30 Rel Nf6 31 Qf6 +-] 29 Qf6 Kg8 30 Qe7 Be8 31e6fe6 [31...Ne6 32 Re6 fe6 33 Qh7 Kf8 34 Ne6#| 32 Reel! Qb2 33 Rc7!! [After the game Parameswaran confessed that he hadnt thought about 27 Bf5 at all. "I had seen a win, and I just wanted to pursue it!" he said.]) 27 Qh4 Rae8 28 Bfl! Nf8 (If 28...Bd3? 29 Racl winning the Bd3. Or if 28...ab3 29 ab3 Bd3 30 Raci Qb3 31 Nd4 Qa3 32 Nc6 and die Re7 is mated!) 29 Nd4 Qc5 30 Racl Qb6 31 Nb5 Qb5 32 d4 Qb6 33 ba4?! (The coiTect way to win tliis position is with 33 Rc5 for 34 Rb5 and tlien capture the b4 pawn. At this point both players had 15 minutes left and Para-meswaran was tempted to see how his opponent will continue after tlie text.) 33...Rc7 34 Rc7 Qc7 35 Rbl Qc3 36 Qf4 Kg8 37 Rel Ng6 (Tliis was black's only chance, because if tlie queen flees, 38 Rc7 will kill.) 38 Rc3 Nf4 39 Rb3 Ng6 40 Rb4 Ne7 41 a5 Ra8 42 a6 Nc6 43 Ra4 Kf8 44 Kg2 Ke7 45 Bb5 Na7 46 Bd3 h6 47 KO 1-0. (White is planning Ra4-b4-b7. Tlierefore, if 47...Rb8,48 a3 Rb3 49 Ke3 with 50 Rb4 coming up.)

Tliis is the best game of the round. Gokhale had to win tliis to keep his alive chances of making his first IM norm.

P.Konguvel-C.S.Gokhale Ruy Lopez C78

1 e4 c5 2 NO Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 b5 6 Bb3 Bb7 7 Rel Bc5


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8 c3 d6 9 d4 Bb6 10 Be3 0-0 11 Nbd2 Re8 12 dS Ne7 13 Bb6 cb6 14 Bc2 Nd7 15 Nfl R18 16 Ne3 Rc8 17 Rel Rc718 h4 h619 g3 Qa8 20 Qd2 f5?! 21 ef5 Nf6 (Black can get back the d5 pawn, but then his d6 pawn will be, backward, exposed and weak.) 22 Bb3 Nfd5 23 Rcdl Rc5 24 h5 Kh8 25 Nh4 Ne3 26 Qe3 Rf6 27 Be6 Qe8 28 b4 Qc6 29 f3 Rc3 30 Rd3 Rd3 31 Qd3 Bc8?

32 Re5! Rf8 (If 32...de5 33 Qd8 and black can interpose on tliree dif-ferent squares and still gets mated.) 33 Re2 Qel 34 Kg2 Qg5 35 Bc8 Rc8 36 Re7! 1-0.

Final Rd. 15 (14 June 1996)

C.S.Gokhale-N.S.Babu Dutch Defence A81

1 d4 f5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 g6 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 1)3 0-0 6 Bb2 d5 7 0-0 Be6 8 c4 c6 (If 8...dc4 9 Ne5) 9 Ng5 Bf7 10 Qc2 Qc8 (e6!?) 11 Nbd2 h6 12 Nf7 Qf7 13 Nf3 Qe6 14 Ne5 Ne4 15 f3 Nd6 16 e4! de4 17 fe4 Nc4 18 Be4 fe4 19 Rf8 Bffi 20 Qe4 Qf5 21 Qe2 Bg7? (21...Nd7 cliallenging the Ne5

Vwas better though white is still better

after 22 Nd7 Qd7 23 d5 tlireatening 24 Qe5.) 22 Nd3 Na6 23 Rfl Qd7 24 Qc4! g5 25 d5 Qd6 (If 25.,.Bb2 26 Qg6 Bg7 27 Rf7 wins.) 26 Bg7 Kg7 27 Ne5 Rf8 28 R18 K18 29 Qf3! Ke8 (If 29...Qf6 30 Nd7 folks king and queen.) 30 Qh5 1-0. For if 30...Kd8 31 Nf7 forks die king and queen from a different direction!

T.S.Ravi-D. V.Prasad Ruy Lopez C91

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4 Bg4 10 d5 Na5 11 Bc2 c6 12 h3 Bc8 13 dc6 Qc7 14 a4 Qc6 15 Nbd2 Be6 16 Nfl Rfc8 17 Ng3 g6 18 Ng5 Bd7 19 Qe2 h6 20 Nf3 Bf8 21 Nh2 Bc6 22 Qf3 Nh7 23 Ng4 Bg4 24 Qg4 Bg7 25 Rdl Red8 26 Nfl ! (This prevents black's threat-ened d6-d5 because now after26...d5 27 ed5 Rd5 28 Be4 wins as 28...Rdl is not check.) 26...b4 27 cb4! Qc2 28 Ne3 Qb3? (Better was 28...Qc7 to recapture on a5 inunediately. Now he does not get the chance and is in trouble till the end.) 29 ba5 Nf6 30 Qf3 Qb4 31 Nd5! Nd5 32 Rd5 Rac8 (Wliite is not giving back the dou-bled pawn quietly.) 33 Qc2 Rc4 34 Bd2! Rc4 35 Qa6 (Now wliite is pinning his hopes on liis a5 pavva If it does not queen, he loses.) 35...Qb2 36 Rel Ra4 37 Qb6! (Now the game is over. Wliite is clearly winning.) 37...Qb6 38 ab6 Ra2 39 Rb5 Kh7 40 b7 Rb8 41 Be3! 1-0. (Black has no defence against 42 Rc8.)

Concluded.

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^National U-18 Girls, Vijayawada

Pallavi Shah's First National Title By IM Manuel Aaron

Pallavi Shah, till May 18 was the strongest girl not to win a national title. Finally she got her maiden title by winning the 6th Samrat National Under-18 Girls Chess Champion-ship held at Vijayawada on from May 12 to 18.

Pallavi was trailing 15-year old IWM Nisha Mohota by half a point at the end of the penultimate round in a 7-round swiss. But in the last round Nisha, with the white pieces, was defeated by defending champion Swati Ghate of Maharashtra while Pallavi defeated Nivedita Sagade. Nisha's mistake was probably in the 5th round when she had the white pieces against Pallavi Shah, but still did not try to win and drew quickly.

One game:

Neha Singh-R.Aarthi French Tarrasch C05

Final Placings 1 Pallavi Shah (Mah) 6 2 Nisha Mohota (W.B) 5.5 3 Swati Ghate (Mah) 5.5 4 Nivedita Sagade (Mah) 5.5 5 B.S.Keerthi (A.P) 5 6 R.Aarthi (T.N) 5 7 Ch Kavitha (A.P) 4.5 8 S.Cynthia (T.N) 4.5 9 Hamaira Qamar (A.P) 4.5 10 Swati Mohota (W.B) 4

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 c5 6 c3 Nc6 7 Ne2 cd4 8 cd4 f6 9 ef6 Nf6 10 NO Bd6 11 0-0 0-0 12 Bg5? e5! 13 de5 Ne5 14 Ne5 Be5 15 Qc2 Bh2! 16 Kh2 Ng4 17 Kgl Qg5 18 Bh7 Kh8 19 Bd3 Bf5 20 Bf5 Rf5 21 Qc7 Qh6 22 Radl Re5! 0-1.

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The next two games are anno-tated by the winner of the tourna-ment, Pallavi Shall. In the first, she beats her Maharashtra team-mate and in the second she downs Andhra Pradesh's Keertlii.

Nivedita Sagade-Pallavi Shah King's Indian Classical E98 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4

d6 5 NO 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 Nd2 a5 10 Rbl Nd711 a3 f512 b4 Kh813 Qc2 ab414 ab4 Nf6 15 f3 c6 16 Rfdl cd5 (16 Kill oc-curred inLputian-Dolmatov, Inf 57.) 17 cd5 Bd7 18 b5 (18 b5 probably witli the idea b6, Nc4, Nb5) 18...f4 (Planning the king-side pawn storm g5-g4) 19 Nc4 g5 20 b6 (20 Nd6? Qb6 wins the knight) 20...Nc8 21 Bd2?! (21 Bd2 idea Bel, Bf2 rein-forcing the b-pawn and also defend-ing the king side. But it is too slow and wliite wastes valuable time in this bishop manoeuvre. 21 Nb5 was better.) 21...g4 (21...Ra6!? was also possible) 22 Bel Rg8 23 Nb5 g3! 24 hg3? (24 h3 blocking the king side

V̂ vvas much better.) 24...Nh5 25 g4

\ Ng3 26 Rdcl? (Better is 26 Nd6 or 26 Bg3 idea Kf l , Kel which may hold the position.) 26...Qh4?! (26. . .Bb5 27 Rb5 and now Qh4 would have g iven wliite no counterplay.) 27 Nbd6 Nd6 28 Nd6 Bf6 (Wliite liad only 7 or 8 minutes to the time control at move 40.) 29 Bc3 Rac8!? 30 Nc8?? (A serious blunder in time pressure. Better is

30 Qb2 ) 30...Qhl 31 Kf2 Nc4!! 32 fe4 Bh4 (If 32 Qe4 Bh4#) 33 Kf3 Bg4# 0-1.

Pallavi Shah—B.S.Keerthi Ruy Lopez C97

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Na510 Bc2 c5 11 d4 Qc7 12 Nbd2 Re8 13 Nfl h6?! (Mixing up tlie Chigorin and the Smyslov variations.) 14 d5 Nc4?! (Better is c4 followed by Nb7 and Nc5.) 15 Ng3 Bf8 16 Bd3 Nb6 (Threat was 17 Bc4 and Qe2) 17 Nh2 Bd7 18 Ng4 Ng4 19 hg4 Be7 20 Nf5 Bg5! (A good move. Exclianging the dark bishop and thus slowing down whites offen-sive.) 21 g3 Bel 22 Rel Na4 23 Qd2 c4 24 Bbl Nc5? (Black should ex-change off the dangerous white knight and then play f6; with a play-able position.) 25 Nh6! gh6 26 Qh6 Qd8 27 Kg2 Re6? (But anyway, there is no defence. If 27...Qe7 28 Rhl f6 29 Qli8 Kf7 30 Rh7 Kg6 31 Rg7!! Qg7 32 Qh5#. Or 27...f6 28 Qg6 Kf8 29 Rhl mates.) 28 de6 Ne6 29 Rhl f6 30 Qg6 Ng7 31 Rh7 1-0 J


Pallavi G.Shah from Kolhapur, Maharashtra

National Panorama Gujarat

Surendranagar Open Tourney Raju Gandhi (Manager, Gramin

Bank, Shekhpur) won this 84-player free hospitality to all tournament scoring 7.5/8 to receive the first prize of Rs. 1,000. The event was organised by the Surendranagar Dis-trict Chess Academy and arbiters Pankaj Pancholi and J.V.Pandya handled the event smoothly. Final standings: 1 Raju Gandhi 7.5/8, 2-3 Virendrasinh Makwana, Bharat Mavani 6.5 each, 4-5 Mukesh Par-mar, Pankaj Pancholi6 each.-Viren-drasinh N .Makwana , Surendranagar.

Kerala Paltambi State U-18

Kukku Ramesh of Ernakulam won the statejunior U-18 champion-ship with 4/5 points held at Pattambi from May 16-20. K.Ratnakaran of Kozhikode came second with 3.5 points. Both players will represent the state in the nationals at Bikaner, Rajasthan.-Vimal Kumar, R, Kochi.

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Open Tournament

Former national champion FM Ra^q Khan won the Shah Faisal Open in Bhopal and received R s . 2 , 1 0 0 and a Golden Cup. A. Khan finished second and Jagdish Tillu became third. This event was organised from May 14-22 this year.

Rafiq Khan-Shahid A/.mat Queen's Indian Defence E12 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 c4 b6 4 Nc3

Bb7 5 Bg5 c5 6 e3 Be7 7 dc5 bc5 8 Be2

Ne4 9 Be7 Qe7 10 Ne4 Be4 11 Bd3 Bf3 12 Qf3 Nc6 13 Be4 Rc8 14 Bc6 Rc6 15 0-0 0-0 16 Rfdl Rb6 17 Rd2 Rd8 18 Radl d6 19 e4 f6 20 Qa3 Qb7 21 Qc5! Qe4 22 Qc7 Ra8? 23 c5! Rb7 24 Qd6 Rc8 25 a3 Rb3? 26 Qe7 h6 27 Rd7 Qg4 28 h3!! Rh3 29 Rld4 1-0 . -D.V.Singh, Bhopal.

Maharashtra Mumbai Central Railway

D.V.Singh, Bhopal won the In-ter-Division Central Railway tour-nament held at Mumbai. CRWS, Bhopal was champion and Jabalpur team took the second place. Individ-ual positions: 1 D.V.S ingh , 2 Lawrance Das, Jabalpur, 3 Mohd. Syed, Bhopal, 4 K.L.Kashyap, Jabalpur, 5 Sohan Lai, Jabalpur, 6 S.L.Malviya, Bhopal.

D.V.Singh-Sohan Lai Queen Pawn D02

1 d4 e6 2 NO d5 3 e3 a6 4 Bd3 c5 5 b3 Nf6 6 Nbd2 Nc6 7 Bb2 Bd7 8 Ne5 Qc7 9 a3 Be7 10 0-0 cd4 11 ed4 Bd6 12 f4 0-0 13 Khl Ne8 14 Qh5 f5 15 Rf3 Nf6 16 Qh4 Be7 17 Rh3 Be8 18 Qf2 Ne4 19 Qe2 Qb6 20 N2f3 Ne5 21 Ne5 Rc8 22 c4 Nf6 23 c5 Qd8 24 Nf3 Ne4 25 Ne5 Nt<5 26 g4 Bd7 27 g5 Ng4 28 Ng4 fg4 29 Bh7 Kf7 30 Qg4 1-0.

Punjab Ludhiana 25th State championship

The Silver jubilee edition of this championship was held at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana from May 18-21. It at-tracted players from all parts of the^


state numbering 97 for an 8 round Swiss. Local star, Vikas Sharma, a 15-year old school boy won this championship by a half point margin scoring 7/8.

Ashwani Tiwari of Jalandhar se-cured the second place on progres-sive score (6.5/8). Kanwaljit Singh (Jalandhar) 6.5/8 got the third posi-tion. Internationally rated Rajiv Nayyar (Ludhiana) got the fourth place with 6.5/8. Typing for the 5th to 10th places with 6 points were Rakesh Garg, Ravinder Aery, Ra-jinder Sharma, Vivek Asthir, Jatin-der Kapoor and Satrajeet Sharma. Defending champion Vinod Sharma (Moga) was in poor form and ob-tained the 15th place with 5.5 points.

Vikas becomes the youngest Punjab champion breaking the re-cord of his teacher Rajiv Nayyar who held it at the age of 20. The prize fund was Rs. 10,000. The event was organised by the Ludhiana Dist. Assn. under the presidentship of Dr. Harish Sehgal. Dr. Sehgal and Dr. R.S.Chawla (organising secretary and tournament director) worked hard day and night to make the event a big success. Here, is the deciding game of the championship played in the seventh round:

Vikas Sharma-Ashwani Tiwari King's Indian Defence E86 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4

d6 5 f3 0-0 6 Be3 e5 7 Nge2 Nbd7 8 Qd2 c6 9 g4 a6 10 d5 cd5 11 cd5 b5?! ( I l . . .h5 12 h3 Nh7 13 0-0- 0 unclear) 12 Ng3 b4 13 Ndl?! (Better is 13 Ne2) 13...Nc5?! 14 b3? (14 Qb4!) 14...Qa5! (White has a tiny advantage) 15 Bc4 Bg4!? (Idea Ne4,

Xal, e l ) 16 fg4 Nfe4 17 Ne4 Ne4 18 Qg2 Nc5 19 h4 (With attack) 19...Rae8 20 h5 e4? (20...g5! 21 Bg5 e4! 22 Rbl Nd3!! 23 Kfl [Only move. 23 Bd3 ed3 24 Kfl 15!! and Black has the advantage.] 23...f5! with advantage to Black.) 21 hg6! fg6 (Only move) 22 Qh2 h6 23 Qd6!? (23 Bh6? Nd3! followed by Bal and Qa2 with advantage to Black.) 23. . .Nd3 24 Ke2 (Only move. 24 Bd3 ed3 followed by Bal and Qa2 with advantage to Black.) 24...Ne5! (Idea Rf6, Xd6 with ad-vantage to Black.) 25 g5! (Only move) 25...h5 26 a4! (White has a better game) 26.. .Nc4 27 bc4 Bal 28 Qg6 Bg7 29 Qh5 Rf7?! (Idea Re7) 30 g6 Rf3 31 Bd4! Bd4 32 g7 Bg7 33 Qe8 Rf8 34 Qe6 Rf7 35 Rfl Qc7 36 d6 Qd7 37 Qd5 b3? (37...Qg4! and White advantage is little.) 1-0 (Time).-Ashwani Tiwari, Jalandhar.

West Bengal Belda One-day Open Rapid

D.P.Sarkar of Kharagpur won the Belda one-day open rapid tour-nament organised by the Belda Chess Club at Gangadhar Academy on May 26. Land-revenue minister Surya Kant Mishra inaugurated the event. Sarkar scored 4.5 points. Sukhdev Das was adjudged the best among veteran and Shila Khatic was selected as the best woman player. Pushpendu De won the junior title.

Final placings: 1 D.P.Sarkar, 2 T.S.Choudhary, 3 Kalyan Pradhan, 4 Shyamal Dhawa, 5 Prabhas Ku-mar.-Tapan Paul, Kharagpur.

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Gujarat Surat State Championship

Praful Mehta of GEB, Gandhi-nagar became champion in the open Gujarat state championship spon-sored by HIMSON Group and or-ganised by the Surat Dist. Chess Assn at Surat in June. The first four would be selected for the National 'B'. Praful scored 11.5/13 and won Rs. 1,000. A title with the name Gu-jarat Master was conferred on Praful Mehta. Indubhai Parmar was th chief arbiter.

Final standings: 1 Praful Mehta (Ahmd) 11.5/13, 2 Manthan Choksi (Ahmd) 11 ,3 Yusuf Shaikh (Ahmd) 10.5, 4-6 S.D.Rajan (Baroda), Yo-gesh Dongre (Baroda), V.R.Shah (Baroda) 10 each.

Best in Surat: Harshad Posti-wala, Dinesh Tamakuwala (U-20), Chintan Jhavery (U-15), Priyand Gajiwala (U-lO).-K.R.Gajiwala, Surat.

Pondicherry Pondicherry State Selection

The Pondicherry state senior se-lection for National 'B' was held from June 16-23 at Savarirayalu Nayakar Govt. Girls middle school here by the Square 64 Chess Club.

Seventy players took part and sixty players played till the last round. V.S.Venkatraman was the arbiter. S.P.Sivakumar, Honour-able Minister for Education and Sports gave away the prizes.

Placings: 1 T.Balaguru 7/8, 2-3 S.Vasudevan, V.Subbarayan 6.5 each, 4-7 T.Ganesh, A.G.Nagarad-jane, T.Arivoli, S.Komathi 6 each,

8 R.C.Murali 5.5. Best boy prize: J.Ganesh Prabhu 5, best girl prize: K.Kayal Vizhi 5.

Lightning tournament winners: 1 S . V a s u d e v a n 6 . 5 / 7 , 2 - 3 V.Vaithianathan, T.Kathiravan 5.5 each. Best junior: Harish 4.S.-R.Raman, Pondicherry.

Maharashtra Mumbai 2nd AICCF Chp.

The 2nd All India Correspon-dence Chp. of AICCF commenced with 15 participants from 8 states as below: T.Chandran, Dr. A.Chatter-j e e , V . H . C h o l e , P . M . D a l v i , C.S.Mohan, A.A.Patil, K.Valson (all Mah) , R . K . C h a u h a n , P.B.Pathak (both Guj), Gautam De (WB), Cdr. R.Ganapathi (TN), K.Lhouvum (UP), A.G.Nagarad-jane (Pondy), R.G.D.Saxena (MP), K.C.Sukumaran (Ker). Av. rating 1104, average age 37, compared to previous year's 1002 and 34. Adju-dication date: June 30, 1998. Tour-nament director: M . B . M u l l a (Mumbai).-V.D.Pandit, Mumbai.

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^Obituary

A.K.VADIVEL By Manuel Aaron

The backbone of Erode Chess, A.K.Vadivel, passed away most unex-pectedly on 16 Jan 1996 at Erode, Tamil Nadu. He was 45.

In the seventies, Vadive! saw news-reports of chess activities in Coimbatore and paid a visit to gain first hand chess knowledge. At that time Erode was a taluq of Coimbatore and the people of Erode went to Coimbatore for every-thing. Impressed by the chess activities in C o i m b a t o r e , Vadivel invi ted T.P.Narayanan, secretary of the Coim-batore District Association to visit Erode and organise tournaments for which he had roped in the Erode Jaycess (a social service organisation) as sponsors. Thus many tournaments were organised in Erode and when a separate district was formed and called Periyar District with Erode as headquarters, Vadivel formed the Periyar District Chess Association.

As secretary, Vadivel put his heart and soul into this new association organ-ising regular district championships, children's tournaments and coaching camps. He visited the sites of all big tournaments around Erode going as far as Kozhikode in the west, Madras in the east and Hyderabad in the north. The Periyar District Championship has be-come a much sought after event in Tamilnadu with a first prize of Rs. 5,000 in a total prize fund of Rs 20,000. Over half of this is regularly donated by the

Sakthi Group whose chairman Dr N.Mahalingam appreciated the drive and public zeal of Vadivel. As a respect-able, soft spoken gentleman of middle age coming from a wealthy family, Vadivel was able to raise funds for Periyar chess as nobody else could.

Vadivel's missionary zeal led to the discovery of many talented youngsters from Erode and surrounding areas. Rad-hakrishnan, captain of the Bharathiyar University Chess team and P.Sumathi of Vellaikovil who won the State U-12 Girls Championship are two of the many examples.

In his youth, an astrologer told Vadi-vel that he should not marry for several years to avoid bad luck. Vadivel fol-lowed that advice and by the time he could marry without any ill effects he had become older and his choice of brides in his community became very limited. Then he developed asthma and never married. He had only one brother, younger to him, and that brother also did not marry as he waited for his elder brother to get married. Vadivel was doing business in turmeric.

Thanks to his wisdom and zeal for chess the Periyar District Chess Asso-ciation is the richest chess association in Tamil Nadu with a good network of people both willing and having the means to organise chess activity. They have a big, functioning chess library for their members. Vadivel leaves behind a large chess legacy and the pleasant memories of a chess dreamer.


Book Review Low-Profile Book On Anand

Reviewed by Vijay D.Pandit

Selected Games of Anand Published by Chess Moves,

Madras 600 083. This 20-page booklet gives In-

dian idol's 50 wins. These are just printed one after the other without any annotations and with the help of only eight diagrams.

The publisher has forgone his right to explain the basis on which these wins (35 of them as White) were selected. Moreover, the games are published in any sequence with-out any logic. There is no 'Contents' page (list of games) at the beginning nor any index (player-wise or open-ing-wise) at the end which the reader finds so helpful. The Indian readers, I am sure, would not mind paying a little more for such 'added value'.

In as many as 14 games (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, 27, 33, 35, 36) the annotation after Anand's opponent gave up is shown as part of the game itself. Example, Anand-Adams is given as 36.Rc6! Rg4 37.Rc8 1-0; it is in fact 36.Rc6! 1-0 (35...Rg4 38 Rc8).

Last three games (48-50) Vs. Kamsky were played at Las Palmas in the PCA Candidates final and not Linares as printed.

The printing is clear and good. To reader's delight, it has few er-rors. Though for a 'Chess Mate'

^subscriber none of the games might

be new, all the same he gets games of his idol at one place and at one go. For a meagre price of Rs.15, the book, though a low-profile one, is a good bargain.

Highly Entertaining Detail

Reviewed by IM Manuel Aaron

The Sorcerer's Apprentice By David Bronstein

Cadogan publication, card cover, 304 pages (17 cms x 25 cms). David Bronstein is a living leg-

end and an original thinker. In this book he develops the chess skills of the reader with examples from his own games - 222 games spanning an active career of 57 years.

This is a highly interesting and entertaining book with plenty of dia-grams and commentaries not neces-sarily pertaining to the game.

Bronstein's humility is evident from a commentary to a game he played with Deep Thought II, an IBM computer, and lost: When Bob English executed this move on the board, I asked him to check with New York if there had been a mis-take. But two seconds later I changed my mind. 'No, don't call,' I said, 'I now see that I am playing against a genius!'

The man who tied Botvinnik 12-12 in the 1951 World Championship Match, was twice Soviet champion and six times Moscow champion is also an entertaining writer.


Chess-In-The-Schools, New York

Mickey Adams Supreme The Chess-In-Schools tourna-

ment was one of the strongest tour-nament in the United States clocking an Elo average of 2571 good for Category 13. British GM Michael Adams gave a super show winning the event with domination. The event went parallel to the VSB, Am-sterdam from March 21 to April 2.

Top seed Valery Salov suffering from jet-lag, and also a defeat to the wily veteran Viktor Korchnoy only finished third. Second seed Ivan Sokolov was defeated by Serper of Uzbekistan. Had IMs Ashley and Waitzkin not played, the tournament might have gained in category.

All decisive games. Comments are by Eric Schiller from the bulletin which Jerome Bibuld and Vadim Kaminsky so kindly sent. The first round saw plenty of lighting chess. The players seemed well-prepared. Tragedy befell Korchnoi as he blun-dered a winning game against Pat-rick Wolff.

J.Waitzkin-Adams

Rd.l , Two Knights C50

l . e 4 e5 2 . N f 3 N c 6 3 . B c 4 N f 6 4 .d3Bc55 . c3 a 6 6 . 0 - 0 B a 7 7 . R e l O -

; O 8. B b 3 j (Kudrin | K o r c h n o y ,

Wjjk aan Zee

1985 saw 8 Nbd2 Re8 9 Bb3 but black equalised with a quick ...d5) 8 . . . d 6 9 .h3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 l l . N f l Bxb3 12.Qxb3 Nc5 13.Qc2 Ne6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 N f 4 16.Kh2 Qf6 17.Ngl Rae8 18 .Rf l Qd8 19.g3 Nh5 20.Rael Nf6 21 . f4 d5 22.f5 d4 23.Ng2 dxc3 24.bxc3 Qd6 2 5 . R d l R d 8 . 2 6 . N f 3 Qc5 27.Qb2 b5 28.Rfel Rd7 29.d4 Qe7 30.d5 Na5 31.g4 h6 32 .Qc l c6 33.g5 hxg5 34.Qxg5 Rfd8 35.Ngh4 cxd5 36.Rgl Ne8 37.Qh6? (Josh just missed black's reply. Instead, 37 Qe7 Re7 38 f6! looks strong, and black would have to defend care-fu l ly . ) 3 7 . . . R d 6 3 8 . Q h 5 dxe4 3 9 . R x d 6 Rxd6 4 0 . N g 5 R d 2 + 41.Ng2 Nf6 42.Qh4 Qb7 43.Qg3 Nc4 44.Khl e3 0-1.

I.Sokolov-Sunye Neto Rd.l, Nimzo-Indian E48

l . d 4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0 - 0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Re8 8 . 0 - 0 b6 (8...Bd6 9 f3 c5 10 Qel Nc6 11 Qh4 Be7 12 Qf2

F i n a l Rank ing C r o s s T a b l a 1 . Adaina 2660 ENO X - - 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 8 . 5

2 . S o k o l o v , I 2665 BOS - X - - - 1 0 - - 1 1 7 . 0

3 . S a l o v 2670 BUS - - X - - 0 1 1 1 - - 6 . 5

4 . Ben jamin 2570 OSA 0 - - X 1 1 - - - 1 - 6 . S 5 . Wol f f 2565 USA 0 - - 0 X 1 1 1 - - 1 6. 5 6 . Korchnoy 2645 SWZ 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 - 1 1 6. 5 7 . S « r p « r 2540 DZB 0 1 0 - 0 0 X - - 1 1 5 . 0

8 . D« F i r m i a n 2595 OSA 0 - 0 - 0 0 - X - 1 1 5. 0

9 . D z i n d z i c h a s h v i l i 2545 OSA - - 0 - - - - - X 0 - - 4 . 5 10 . Sunya Nttto 2505 BRA - 0 - - - 0 - 0 1 X 1 0 4 . 5

11 . Ashlf ty 2460 OSA - 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 X 1 3 .0

12 . W a i t z k i n 2435 OSA 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 X 2 . 5


Nb4 13 Bbl b6 14 Rdl Ba6 15 Nf4 cd4 16 Rd4 Bd6 17 Rdl Bf4 18.ef4 Qe7 and black won on the 35th move, Benjamin-A.Ivanov 1991) 9 . f 3 Bb7 10.a3 Bf8 11 .b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rbl Qc8 14.Qb3 Bc6 15.Qa2 Nbd716.a4 Qd817.a5 Rb8 18.Bd2 Rxbl 19.Rxbl Bd6 20.Nb5 Bb8 21.Ng3 g6 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Qc2 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bxb5 25.Rxb5 Qd7 26.a6 Qe6 27.Rb7 Nd7 28 .Bc3 Be5 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Nb831.e4 Qxa6 32.Qxd5 R f 8 3 3 . h 4 Nc6 34.Rd7 Q b 6 + 35 .Kh2Nb436.Qg5a537 .Nf51-0 .

Wolff-Korchnoy Rd.l , Sicilian B66

l . e 4 c5 2 .Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8 . 0 - 0 - 0 h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Bd7 l l . B e 2 b5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.Kbl b4 (13...Na5 14 g4 b4 15 Nce2 Nc4 16 Qd3 e5 17 Nf5 Bf5 18 gf5 Ne3 19 Qe3 Qc7 20 Rd2 0-0 21 Nc l Rfe8 22 Rg2 Kh7 23 Nd3 a5 24 Qf2 Bf8 25 Rhgl ef4 26 Nf4 Qc5 27 Qc5 dc5 28 Nh5 Nh5 29 Bh5 Kg8 30 Bf3 Rcd8 31 Kcl c4 32 h4 Kh8 33 Rdl Be7 34 Rd8 Bd8 35 Rg4 Bf6 36 c3 bc3 37 bc3 Bc3 38 e5 Be5 39 Rc4 Bf6 40 Rc7 Kg8 41 Bd5 Rel 42 Kd2 Re7 43 Re7 Be7 Drawn, Joe G a l l a g h e r - B e n j a m i n , 1988 . ) 14.Nce2 Qc7 15.g4 e5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 e418.Bg2 Na5 19.Bd4 Nc4 20.Qcl Nxg421.Bxe4Bf622.Rhgl Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Nf6 24.Rxg7 Kf8 25.Rgl Rg8 26.Bd3 Rxgl 27.Nxgl d528.N«3 Qc529.Qdl Nd630.Qel a5 31 .Qh4 Ke7 32,Qel + Nde4 33.Kal Kf8 34.Qh4 Kg7 35.Qel Kh7 36.Qe3 a4 37.Qel b3 38.c3 a3 39.axb3 a x b 2 + 40.Kxb2 Nxc3

41.Ba6 Rc7 42.Bc4 Nfe4 43.Bxd5 Ra7 44.b4 Ndl + ?? 45.Rxdl 1-0.

Salov gave Korchnoy a birthday present by overstepping the time limit. Meanwhile , Adams and I.Sokolov continued their winning ways by dispatching the two W's -Wolff and Waitzkin.

Korchnoy-Salov Rd.2, Nimzo-Indian E41

l . d 4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8 . 0 - 0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 l l .bxc3 e512.Bg5 Qd6 13.Rel Bg414.13 Be615.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17,Ng3 Qc7 18.Ne4 Rh6 19.d5 exdS 20.Qxd5+ Qf7

21.Radl RIB 22.c4 Rg6 23.Nc5 b6 24.Nd7 Rd8 25.h4 Re6 26.h5 Re7 27.Qxc6 Rexd7 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 2 9 . Q x d 7 R x d 7 3 0 . R x e 5 R d 3 31.Re7 Rxa3 32.Kf2 Rc3 33.Rxa7 Rxc4 34.Rb7 Rc6 35.g4 h6 36.Kg3 Kh7 37.Rb8 g5 38.hxg6+ Rxg6 39.Kh4 Rd6 40. f4 (Here Salov made his reply but was unable to stop the clock before the falg fell.) 1-0.

I.Sokolov-J. Waitzkin Rd.2, QG Accepted D26

l .d4 Nf6 2.N13 d5 3 .c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.e4 b5 10.Bd3 B b 7 1 1 . a 4 bxa4 1 2 . N c 3 B d 6 13.Rxa4 Nc5 14.Rd4 Qb8 15.Bc2 e5 1 6 . R d d l O-O 17 .Bg5 Be7 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 e4 20.d6 Bd8 (20...ef3 21 QO Bd6 22 Bf6 is very strong for white.) 21.Qc4 exf3 2 2 . Q x c 5 f x g 2 2 3 . R f e l Q c 8 (23...Nd7 24 Qd5 Bg5 25 Qg5 Qb2


26 Bh7 Kh7 27 Qf5 Kg8 28 Qd7 would also have given white excel-lent c h a n c e s . ) 2 4 . Q x c 8 Rxc8 25 .Ba4 h6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27. d7 Rcd8 28.Re8 g6 29.b3 Bg5 (Even bishops of opposite colour cannot save this one.) 30.Rd6 a5 31.Rd5 f5 3 2 . K x g 2 Kg7 33.Rxa5 Kf7 34.Rae5 Bf6 35.R5e6 g5 36.Bc6 1-0.

Adams-Wolff Rd.2, Sicilian B50

I . e4c5 2.Nf3 d63.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.d3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8 . R e l Bg7 9 .Bf l 0 - 0 10.d4 e6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Rad8 13.a4 a6 14.b4 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.a5 Bh6 17.Nb3 cxb418.cxb4 Rfe8 19.Bcl B18 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.Nc5 (This move offers a pawn for some valu-able open lines.) 21.. .Qxb4 22.Ba3 Qb6 23 .Rbl Bxc5 24.Rxb6 Bxb6 25 .h4 Bc6 26 .Qcl Bb5 27.Qh6 Nxe5 (This sacrifice fails tactically.) 2 8 . N x e 5 B x d 4 2 9 . B x b 5 axb5 30.Qf4 (This is the move that Wolff missed. ) 3 0 . . . f 5 31 .Re2 ( N o w black's game is hopeless.) 31.. .Ra8 32.Bb2 Ra4 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.Qcl R c 4 3 5 . N x c 4 bxc4 3 6 . f 3 Nc5 37.Qc3 Nd3 38.Qf6 1-0.

M.Ashley-De Firmian Rd.2, Queen's Gambit D32 l . d 4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3

d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 0 . b 3 B g 4 l l . B b 2 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rcl Bd6 14.Ne2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 R c 8 1 6 . K h l R e 8 1 7 . R g l g6 18.Qd2 Bf8 19.b4 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Bg7 22.Rc2 Qd7 23.Rgcl Nh5 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Nd4 Qh3

26 .Qdl Nf5 27.Nxf5 Qxf5 28.Rxc6 Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Rb8 30.Qd4 Qxf3+ 31.Kgl Qf5 32.Rd6 Qg5+ 3 3 . K f l Qh5 3 4 . R x d 5 Qxh2 3 5 . R d 8 + Rxd8 36 .Qxd8+ Kg7 3 7 . Q d 4 + Kg8 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39 .Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qd5 Qh3+ 41.Kel (Time con-trol was reached, and there followed a very complicated queen endgame where Maurice, in trying to win, overplayed his hand and lost .) 41. . .Qg4 42.b5 Qb4+ 43.Ke2 h5 4 4 . f 4 Q b 2 + 45.Kf3.Qbl 46 .Qd8+ K h 7 4 7 . b 6 Q h l + 4 8 . K e 2 h 4 4 9 . Q d 7 Q g 2 + 5 0 . K d 3 Q f l + 5 1 . K c 3 Q c l + 5 2 . K b 4 Q b 2 + 5 3 . K c 5 Q c 3 + 5 4 . K b 5 Q b 2 + 5 5 . K a 6 Q a 3 + 5 6 . K b 7 K g 7 5 7 . Q d 4 + f6 5 8 . Q d 7 + K h 6 5 9 . Q d 8 K g 7 6 0 . Q d 7 + K h 6 61.Qd8 Kg7 62.Kb8 Qxe3 63.b7 h3 6 4 . Q d 7 + Kh6 6 5 . K c 8 h 2 6 6 . b 8 = Q h l = Q 67.Kd8 Qhe4 68. f5 Qxf5 69.Qh2+ Qh5 70.Qhc7 Q h e 5 7 1 . Q b 7 Q 5 e 4 7 2 . Q b c 7 Q a 8 + 73.Qdc8 Qd5+ 74.Q7d7 Qg8+ 75.Kc7 Qc5+ 0-1.

Joshua Waitzkin defeated GM Sunye Neto to move out of the cel-lar, building on a solid opening ad-vantage and huge clock advantage to establish a powerful passed pawn which proved decisive in the first time control. Gregory Serper also notched up his first victory, obtain-ing an extra pawn in a rook ending against Maurice Ashley.

J.Waitzkin-Sunye Neto Rd.3, Sicilian B93

l . e 4 c5 2 .Nf3 d6 3 .d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 1 0 . 0 - 0

J 453 CHESS MATE * July 1996

exf4 l l . B x f 4 Nc5 12 .Khl Bg4 13.Qel Rc814.Qg3 Be615.Be3 b5 (15...d5 was thematic and compli-cated, but in the post-mortem it seemed that white would emerge with a small advantage.) 16.axb5 axb5 17.Ng5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 b4 1 9 . N b 5 B d J 2 0 . N x d 6 Bxdti 21.Qxd6 h6 (21...Bb5!?) 22.Bb6 (22 RfiS Qf6 23 Qf6 gf6 24 Nf3 was an interesting alternative, since the black pawns are very weak. ) 22 . . .Qe8 2 3 . N D (23 Rf6 Rc6!) 2 3 . . . B b 5 2 4 . R f c l Qd7 25 .Bc5 Qxd6 26.Bxd6 R x c l + 27 .Rxcl Rd8 28 .e5 Ne8 29 .Bxb4 Rxd3 30 .Kgl Re3 31.Rc5 Bd7 32.Bc3 Kh7 33 .KO Re4 34.b4 g5 35.b5 Ra436.b6 Ra6 37.Ba5 Ra8 38.Nd4 Kg6 39.Nc6 1-0.

G. Serper-M. Ashley Rd.3, English A30

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rfdl Qc7 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Be7 13. Nde4 O-O 14. Racl Rfd8 15. Kgl h6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd7 20. Qg4 Kh7 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. b3 Qe8 23. a4 Qd7 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. Bd4 Bf8 27. Bb2 Qb7 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxfi Rd7 30. Rd3 Kg8 31. e4 f6 32. Rcdl Kf7 33. Ba3 Rbd8 34. Kg2 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. c5 d5 37. c6 Rc7 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. exd5 exd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 . Rxc6 42. Rxb5 h5 43. b4 Rc4 44. Rb7 Kg8 45. h4 Kh7 46. Kfi Kg6 47. b5 Rb4 48. b6 Kf5 49. Ke3 Kg6 50. Kd3 Kf5 51. Kc3 Rbl 52. Kd4 Rb2 53. f3 Rb3 54. Kc5 g5 55. Rd7 gxh4 56. gxh4 Kf4 57. Rd4+ Kxf3

58. Rb4 Rc3+ 59. Kd6 Rc8 60. b7 Rb8 61. Ke6 1-0.

Korchnoi did not have a promis-ing game out of the opening, but exploited de Firmian's time pressure to move into the plus score group. Sunye Neto notched up his first point by taking advantage of a terrible blunder by Ashley. Wolff advanced by accepting a pawn from Waitzkin, who never had much to show for it. Adams might have won but was bluffed by Dzindzi. Benjamin tried to make up for his short draws but was in a slew of repetitions before splitting point again. Sokolov devel-oped a nice attack against Saloc and pressured him into the third time control, but the win never came.

Sunye Neto-M. Ashley Rd.4, English A18

l . c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9 . 0 - 0 O-O lO.Rel Nc6 l l . Q c 2 h 6 12.Be4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rae8 14.d4 b6 15.Re3 Na5? 16.c5 bxc5 17.dxe5 Rxe5 18.c4 Rfe8 1 9 . N x e 5 Bxe5 2 0 . B x e 5 Rxe5 21.Rael Re6 22.Qd2 1-0.

J. Waitzkin-Wolff Rd.4, Sicilian B50

l .e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 NflS 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6 . 0 - 0 O-O 7.c3 b5 8.Rel Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.d4 d5 11 , e x d 5 Nxd5 1 2 . N e 4 c x d 4 13.Nxd4 b4 14.Bc2 bxc3 15.bxc3 Rc8 16 .Rbl Ba8 17.Qd3 Ne5 18.Qh3 Ng6 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.Nf3 Nf6 21.Neg5 Rc5 22.Rbdl Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qd5 24.Qh3 Qxa2 25.Bbl Qb3 26.Be3 Rxc3 27.Rd7 Bc5


28.Rd2 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Qb5 30.Qg3 Qc5 31.Rf2 Rcl 32.Rxcl Qxcl + 33.Rfl Qc5 34.h4 Qe5 35.Qh3 Rb8 36.Ba2 h6 37.Nf3 Qxe3+ 38.Khl Qf4 39.h5 Ne5 40.Nh2 Qg5 0-1.

Korchnoy-De Firmian Rd.4, Irregular A04

l .Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.g3 e5 4.d3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.c4 Nge7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.e3 a6 l l . N e l b5 12.Nc2 Be6 13.Nd5 f5 14.Bc3 Qd7 15.f4 Rbe8 16.Qd2 b4 17.Bb2 exf4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nxf4 Bf7 20.d4 Qc7 21.Khl a5 22.Radl Rd8 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.cxd5 Na7 25.dxc5 Qxc5 26.Rcl Nb5 27.e4 fxe4 28 .Ne3 Nc3 29.Ng4 Bxd5 3 0 . Q h 6 + Kg8 3 1 . N f 6 + Rxf6 3 2 . R x f 6 e3 3 3 . R c f l B x g 2 + 3 4 . K x g 2 Qc6 + 3 5 . R l f 3 Qe8 3 6 . R f 7 Q x f 7 3 7 . R x f 7 Kxf7 3 8 . Q x h 7 + Ke6 39 .Qxg6+ Kd7 40 .Qf7+ Kc641.Qf3+ d542.Qxe3 d4 43.Qd3 Kb6 44.h4 Nxa2 45.h5 Rd6 46.h6 Rxh6 47.Qxd4+ 1-0.

Black ruled the fifth round with three wins against no defeats. Ben-jamin who lives near the world fi-nancial capital finally realised that to reach the goal you must invest and so he parted with a pawn to open up some lines against Ashley's hapless king. Korchnoy smashed through Serper's defenses with a simple but devastating sacrifice. If you keep in mind that he had a winning position against Wolff which he blundered away, Viktor's performance is frightening. He ought to have 4.5 from 5! Mickey Adams surged to sole possession of first place with an early knockout of Nick de Firmian,

who squandered too much time in an opening he should know very well.

De Firmian-Adams Rd.5, Ruy Lopez, Marshall C89

l . e4 e5 2 .ND Nc6 3 .Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5 . 0 - 0 Be7 6 .Re l b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 l l . R x e 5 c6 12. d4 (Indredibly, Nick took an hour to reach this position, the starting point of the main line of the Marshall attack. He said later that this was quite stupid, and it left him suffi-ciently short of time that he made a bad move later.) 12.. .Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.a4 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 1 8 . N f l h5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra6? (A poor move that was played hastily, con-cerned that his time was evaporat-ing.) 20.. .Nc7 21.Ra7 h4 22.Ne3 hxg3 23.fxg3 Bxg3! 24.hxg3 Rxe3

25.Bxe3 Qxg3+ 2 6 . K f l B h 3 + 2 7 . K e 2 B g 4 + 2 8 . K d 2 B x d l 2 9 . B x d l N d 5 3 0 . R a 8 + K h 7 31.Re8 f5 32.Ke2 Q h 2 + 33.Kd3 Qxb2 0-1.

Serper-Korchnoi Rd.5, English A29

l . c 4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3 .Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6 . 0 - 0 Re8 7.Nd5 Bc5 8.d3 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nd4 10.Nd2 d6 l l . e 3 Nf5 12.Nc4 a5 13.Bd2 a4 14.b4 Bb6 15.Na5 Qd7 16.Qc2 h517.Racl h418 .Qc4 Qe7 19.Qc2 hxg3 20.hxg3 g6 21.Qxa4 Kg7 22 .Qc2 Rh8 2 3 . N c 4 Qg5 2 4 . N x b 6 Qh5 2 5 . R f e l Q h 2 + 2 6 . K f l N x g 3 + 2 7 . f x g 3 B h 3 (White's pieces cannot come to the aid of their monarch, and the end c o m e s brutally and s w i f t l y . ) 28.Bxh3 Qxh3 29.Kf2 Qf5 0-1.


M. Ashley-J. Benjamin Rd.5, Sicilian B49

l . e 4 c5 2 .Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 1 0 . N x c 6 b x c 6 l l . N b 6 R b 8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bcl Bc5 15.Bd3 Qc7 16.g3 Bd4 17.c3 Bxe5 18 .Bxa6 O-O 19.Bd3 f5 20.Rel Bd6 21.Re2 Kh8 22.Qc2 c5 23.b3 Nf6 24. f4 c4! 25.Bxc4 Ng4 26.Rg2 B c 5 + 27.Kfl Qc6 28.Be2 e5! 29. h3 Nf2 (The knight cannot be captured because of . . .Qdl mate.) 30.h4 Rbe8 (Not the most precise move as Benjamin pointed out later. 30.. .Ne4 31 BO Nd2 32 Qd2 Qfi 33 Kel ef4 34 gf4 Rbe8 35 Re2 Qhl#) 31.fxe5 f4 32.gxf4 Nh3 0-1.

T h e m o u s e a n d the l ion: Mickey Adams swept Serper and kept pace with the charging Viktor Korchnoy who downed Ashley. Dzindzi worked hard to try to defeat Waitzkin in a wild game lasting 80 moves. In the end he had to settle for his sixth draw in six games, but none of the draws were without interest. Standings: 1 Adams 5 / 6 , 2 Korchnoy 4.5, 3 I.Sokolov 4, 4-5 Benjamin, Wolff 3.5, 6 Dzindz-ichashvili 3, 7-10deFirmian, Salov, Serper , Sunye Neto 2 . 5 , 11 Waitzkin 2, 12 Ashley 0.5.

Korchnoy-M. Ashley Rd.6, English A18

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Bf512. Qa4+ Nd7 (12...c6 was an interesting alterna-

V. tive. At first in the post-mortem it

seemed that 12...Nd7 might have been an error, but no clear refutation was found.) 13. 0 - 0 Bd6 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. g4 (Korchnoi took a long time on this move, and the game now becomes wild. It is by no means clear that Ashley was in serious trouble, but precise defense was required and a few inaccurate moves led to defeat.) 17...Qxe5 18. Rael O- O-O 19. Rxe5 NxeS 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Kb8 (White has an advantage, but it is not easy to exploit.) 22. Qd4 h6 (Black needed to establish counter-play, and this could have been achieved with 22...c6 23.c4 cxd5 24.cxd5 Rc8!) 23. c4 Rhe8 24. c5 c6 25. d6 Re6 26. Qe4 Ree8 27. R b l Ka8 28. Qh7 Rd7 29. Rb4 Rb8 30. Kg2 b5 31. Re4 a5 32. Qf5 Rbb7 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Qe4 Rd8 35. Qxc6 Kb8 36. Qa6 1-0.

Adams-Serper Rd.6, Sicilian B66

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 (It is dangerous to play this way against Adams, a Classical player who un-derstands how to exploit lack of de-velopment.) 14...Qa5 15. K b l b4 16. Ne2 Qc5 17. Nd4 h5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Bc4 Qb6 21. g4 hxg4 22. Qxg4 f5 23. Nxe6+ f x e 6 24 . Qg6 Qc7 25 . Q x e 6 (25.Bxe6 might have been at least as effective, but Black's king is in mor-tal danger in any case.) 25. . .Ke8 26. Rhgl Bxe4 27. Rg7 Kd8 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Rxd6+ Qxd630. Qxd6+


'Ke8 31. Qe5+ (Black resigned, since loss of material or checkmate is inevitable.) 1-0.

The Benjamin-Korchnoi game was clearly the centre stage. The game became interesting as early as move four, as Korchnoi adopted an unusual opening strategy against the American who co-wrote the book on unorthodox openings! Korchnoi managed to make his last move but not press his clock before the time expired. Benjamin stole the point as he was the one who was acutely short of time.

Sokolov was also damaged by the time lords, but he did invite some of this by arriving a little late for his game against Serper and then by using a lot of minutes on his first three moves. Adams only drew Ashley but stretched his lead to a point.

J. Bery amin-Korchnoy Rd.7, French C07

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 c4 (A rather unorthodox ap-proach, perhaps designed to make Benjamin, a noted theoretician, find original moves. But Joel is up to the task.) 5. Qe2 Be7 6. g3 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. 0 - 0 b510. Ne5 Bb7 11. exdS exd5 12. Ndf3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Qf3 Qc716. Rfel Ne417. Qh5 Rf818. Bh3 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 g6 22. Qg4 Rfe8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Qh3 Nh5 25. Bd2 f5 26. f4 Nf6 27. Be3 b4 28. Qg2 Rb8 29. h3 Ne4 30. Racl Kh8 31. g4 Rf8 32. Rc2 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb6 34. Khl

\Be7 35. Nf3 Qb8 36. Rgl Rbl 37.

Ne5 Rxgl+ 38. Qxgl Qc8 39. Qel Bf6 40. Rg2 1-0.

De Firmian-Waitzkin Rd.7, Scandinavian BOO

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O 6. c4 Qf5 (Cubas-van Riemsdyk, World Un-der-18 Championship, 1995 saw 6.. .Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qh5 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qg6 10.Bc3 and White went on to win.) 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Rcl. Nxa2 (Taking this pawn should have been prohib-ited by health regulations!) 11. Ra l Nb4 12. O-O a6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bd6 15. Ra4 c5 16. Rxb4 (Josh may have thought his King had enough protection, but Nick crakcs open the shell and goes after his head!) 14...cxb4 17. c5 Bb8 18. d6 Ba7 19. Qb3 e4 20. Ng5 Kb8 (Re-turning the exchange, but material is the least of Josh's problems.) 21. Nxf7 Bxc5 22. g4 Qc8 23. R c l b6 24. Nxh8 Rxh8 25. Qa4 Qd7 26. Qxa6 Bxe3 27. Rc7 Bxf2+ (Two spite checks and it is time for the showers.) 28. Kxf2 e3+ 29. Kg2 1-0.

Serper-I.Sokolov Rd.7, English A20

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 c6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. d3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Bg4 15. Rel Nb6 16. a5 Nd5 17. Rcl f5 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nc5 f4 20. Nc3 f3 21. Bfl Nc7 22. N3e4 Nba6 23. Nxa6 Rxa6 24. Bc3 Qc8 25. Nc5 Bh3 26. Rxe5 Bxfl 27. Re7 Bf6 28. Nd7 Nd5 29. Qxd5 Bxc3 30. Qe4 Bg7 31. Nxf8 Bxd3 32. Re8 Bxe4 33. Nxg6A 1-0.


Mad Cow Runs Amok!

Some thing must have gotten into the players today, since there were absolutely no draws. Mickey Adams went mediavel on Joel Benjamin and all but clinched first place with three rounds to go. Benjamin's position became infectpd early, and the dis-ease' spread from the centre to his king's position. Adams has yet to confront both Korchnoi and Sok-olov, who remain mathematically alive for first place.

Korchnoi remains in second place exploiting a blunder from Sunye Neto and Sokolov is just a half-point behind thanks to an effi-cient win against Ashley. Patrick Wolff and Nick de Firmian entered what promised to be a lengthy queen ending, but Nick made a strategic error in time trouble and soon found his position had become hopeless.

I.Sokolov-M. Ashley Rd.8, Nitnzo-Indian E42

1. d4 Nffi 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 0 - 0 12. f4 b613. b4 e514. dxe5 bxc515. bxc5 Qa5 16. Nb5 Qa4 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rad8 21. Bxa6 Rxd5+ 22. Ke3 (Black has no compensation in this endgame.) 22.. .Rxc5 23. Rhcl Rxc l 24. Rxc l Ne7 25. Rc5 Rb8 26. Bc4 Rb7 27. g4 g6 28. a4 Kg7-29. a5 h6 30. a6 Rd7 31. h3 Kf8 32. Ke4 R d l 33. f5 gxf3+ 34. gxfS h5 35. f6 R e l + 36. Kf3 1-0.

Adams-Benjamin , Rd.8, Sicilian B22

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 Nac7 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf614. Bxf6 gxf6 15. R c l d5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh4 Bd6 18. f4 f5 (Black's position is as bad as it looks.) 19. Nh5 Qf7 20. Rf3 Kh8 21. Rh3 Rg8 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Qe2 Ne8 24. Rc6 Qd7 25. Ne5 Qe7 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. Nc6 1-0.

Waitzkin-Serper Rd.8, Caro-Kann B17

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. NO Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a6 12. c4 Qc7 13. a3 b6 14. b4 Be7 15. Rel Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Racl Ng6 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bfl Rad8 21. c5 bxc5 22. bxc5 Bd5 23. Nde2 Rc8 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxa6 Rxc5 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Bb5 Ng4 28. a4 Rac8 29. Qfl h5 30. O Nxh2 31. Ne2 Qd2 32. Kxh2 Qxb2 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Khl Bd6 35. Ngl Qd4 36. Nh3 Rc2 37. Rdl Qe5 38. f4 Qe3 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. a5 Rcl 0-1.

Wolff-De Firmian Rd.8, Alekhine Defence B04 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4.

Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Nxe5 8. dxe5 c6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qe2 Be6 11. b3 Qc8 12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. c4 Nc7 16. Ne4 Qf5 17. f4 Ne6 18. Qf3 h5 19. h3 Bh6 20. Rae l Rad8 21. R(2 h4 22. g4 N x f 4 + 23. Kh2 Qe6 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. B e l b6 26. Ne4 Rd3 27. Re3 Nxh3 28. Kxh3 Bxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe6 30. Qf4 f5 31. Kxh4 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 fxe4


33. R x f 8 + Kxf8 34. Qxe4 Kg7 35. Kg5 c5 (This is the losing plan. After 35.. .b5 White would have had much more difficulty making pro-gress.) 36. a3a637 . a4Kf738 . Qe3 Kg7 39. a5 Qc6 40. axb6 Qxb6 41. Qh3 Kg8 42. Qd3 Kf7 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44. e6 1-0.

Salov-Dzindzicashvili Rd.8, Sicilian B36

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. NO cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 a6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rfd l Bc613. b4 b614. Rabl Nd715. h4 b5 16. a3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qh3 Bc8 21. Qg3 Bg4 22. D Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 (This eliminates the powerful knight and replaces it with a less useful bishop.) 24. Bxd5 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Rac8 (At this point things seemed promising for Black, who has strong attacking chances on the c-file and g-file.) 26. Rbcl e6 27. Bb3 Kh8 28. Bg5 Rg8 29. Q e l

Rxcl 30. Bxcl Bf631. Be3 Q d 8 3 2 . ' Bf4 Qf8 33. a4 Qg7 34. Qg3 Ng6 (Too ambitious. Black should have offered to repeat the position by re-treating to f8 with the queen.) 35. Bxd6 h4 36. Qf2 B e 5 + 37. K h l Bg3 (Capturing on d6 would have been better.) 38. Bxg3 hxg3 39. Qxg3 Qc3 40. Qg5 f6 41. Qh6 Qe5 42. Rd7 Nf8 43. Rd8 Qc3 44. R d l Qb2 45. Bc2 Ng6 46. Rd7 Nf8 47. Rf7 Qc3 48. Qxf6+ Qxf6 49. Rxf6 Rg7 50. e5 1-0.

Sunye Neto-Korchnoy Rd.8, Irregular A06

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 d4 7. exd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. d3 e5 10. Be2 Bd611. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. b4 b614. f4 exf415. Bxd4 Re8 16. Nb3 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Bf2 Rb8 19. B f t Bd7 20. Nd2 Be5 21. R b l Bb2 22. c5 Bf5 23. Nc4 BxcL 24. Nxb2 Bxbl 25. Qxd8 (If White had just captured on bl with the queen, Black would have been in

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Computers, Clocks Stolen From Tournament Office

Eric Schiller reports in the bulletin: Another day of excitement, on and off the board. The day began in disaster. Someone broke into the office

and stole the computers belonging to Chief Arbiter Carol Jarecki and Bul-letin editor Eric Schiller. They also stole the Chronos clocks, so the play-

ers were forced to switch to analog clocks for the remaining rounds. Software and,a clock radio were also stolen. To make the situation even

sadder, it seems that the burglers were members of the chess community. Police and independent investigations are ongoing, but it is unlikely that

any items will be recovered. The only bright spot is that Dzindzi hap-pened to borrow the ICC portable just before it got locked up for the

night, so it was not stolen, too. If anyone tries to sell you a second-hand Chronos clock, and you suspect

it might be part of the stolen property, please contact us ([email protected]) and we can give you some information which can be used to determine if it is one of the ones that were stolen. The loss of the comput-

ers was devastating. I had planned to play in the New York Open, but without all my notes and preparation, and without the data I was going to sell to help pay for the trip, I'll probably be returning to the safer climate of California after this event ends. And I suspect it will be at least another six years before I revisit New York City. I'll take my chances with earth

quakes instead!

serious trouble.) 25...Rexd8 26. battle that ended in victory for Rxbl Rd2 27. c6 Rdxb2 28. Rel Maurice, who finally earned some h6 29. Ba7 Rc8 30. Bd4 Rb3 31. point money. Amazingly, eleven of Bxf6 gxf6 32. Re7 Rxa3 33. Ra7 a4 the last twelve games have been de-34. Bd5 Rd3 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. cisive. Bc4 R d l + 37. Ki2 Rxc6 38. Rxa4 Rd4 39. Bb5 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rc3+ Korchnoi-Adams 0"1- Rd.9, Queen's Indian E17

Adams defeated Korchnoy and 1. d4 Nf6 2. NO e6 3. g3 b6 4. wrapped up first place. Korchnoy, Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. who was by his own admission lucky Bd2 O-O 8. d5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bf6 in the first half of the tournament 10. Rcl d6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O noted that this was a form of justice. Qe7 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Korchnoi is now two points behind Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Qe4 Adams. Wolff is at the door, but he Raf8 18. Qb7 Ne5 19. h3 g5 20. O is unlikely to get in. Benjamin a5 21. a3 h5 22. Nb5 R6f7 23. b4 played well and deserved an extra axb4 24. axb4 h4 25. c5 bxc5 26. half point against Sokolov. Tailen- bxc5 d5 27. gxh4 Rg7 28. Khl g4 ders Ashley and Waitzkin put aside 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. their friendship and entered glorious hxg4 Rfc8 32. Rc3 d4 33. Rb3 Rxc5 ,


34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rf2 Rd2 36. f4 Nc4 37. K D Ra2 38. Rd3 Nd2+ 39. Kg2 Ne4 40. Rf l Rc3 41. Rcl Rxe2+ 0-1.

M. Ashley-Waitzkin Rd.9, English A28

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O Bc5 9. h3 h610. Be3 Be6 11. b3 Nd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qg5 15. f 4 Qf6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. R f e l c619 . Racl Bc8 20. Redl Rfe8 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Kf8 23. Rcd l Ke7 24. R4d2 a5 25. Kf2 Be6 26. f5 Bc8 27. g4 g5 28. e5 Kf8 (The pawn cannot be cap-tured because 29 . f6+ would win.) 29. exd6 Re5 30. Ne2 Bd7 31. Ng3 f6 32. Bf3 Rde8 33. Re2 Kf7 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Ne2 h5 36. Nd4 h4 37. a3 Na6 38. R b l Nc5 39. R d l Na6 40. Rd2 Re8 41. Nc2 Re5 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Ke8 44. c5 Kd8 45. Be2 Nxb4 46. Nxb4 Rxc5 47. K e l Be8 48. Nd3 (A very useful move which not only brings the knight out to the kingside but also lets it get at e4, from which it can attack the weak f-pawn.) 48.. .Rc3 49. Nf2 Re3 50. Rd3 Re5 51. Rd4 b5 52. Re4 Rd5 53. Re6 b4 54. Ne4 1- 0.

Sunye Neto-Dzindzichashvili Rd.9, English A30

1. c4 Nf6 2. N O c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. R e l e6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc711. b3 Be712. Bb2 0 - 0 13. R c l Rac8 14. f4 Rfd815. f5 e5 16. Nd5 Nxd517. cxd5 Nc518. N O

, Qb819 . g4 Nd7 20. g5 f6 21. h4 b5 V

22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. R c l Qb6+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. B e l Bd8 29. h5 (Now Dzindzi throws away a pawn, and the game, with a reckless advance.) 29. . .Nc5 30. N e l fxg5 31. Be3 Bb6 32. b4 Na4 33. Bxb6 Nxb6 34. N O h6 35. Nd2 Nd7 36. N f l Nf6 37. Ng3 Bd7 38. BO Be8 39. Be2 Kf8 40. Kg2 g4 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. a3 Kd8 43. Kg2 Bxh5 44. Nxh5 Nxh5 45. Bxg4 N f 4 + 46. Kg3 Ke7 47. f 6 + Kxf6 48. KO Nd3 49. Bc8 N e l + 0-1.

Serper-Wolff Rd.9, English A31

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qa4 Qxa4 9. Nxa4 e5 10. a3 Be6 11. e3 Ng5 12. Be2 Bh3 13. Rgl h5 14. f4 Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O 17. Ra2 Bc5 18. Rd2 Rde8 19. Rdl g6 20. Kf2 Re7 21. Rgel Rhe8 22. Bf3 Be6 23. Kg2 Bf5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd4 R5e7 26. Rf4 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Bxh5 Rxc3 30. a4 Rc2+ 31. Kgl Be6 32. Bf3 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. h4 f5 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Kd4 Bd5 38. Bdl b639. g 4 c 5 + 4 0 . K e 3 K e 5 4 1 . g5 Bf7 42. Be2 c4 43. BO Bd5 44. h 5 f 4 + 45. Kf2gxh5 0-1.

De Firmian-Salov Rd.9, Sicilian B88

1. e4 c5 2. N O Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. O-O Na5 10. f4 b5 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Bb7 13. Nd5 (This coihmits White to a pawn sacrifice which Salov later evaluated as over-opt imis t ic . )


13.. .Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 15. Be l Q c 5 + 16. K h l Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Nc3 Be7 19. Ne4 Qxd5 20. Qf3 (20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rdl Nb4 22. c3 d5 23. cxb4 (23. Ng3 Nc2 24. Rbl Rd8) dxe4)(and White can't get the pawn back.) 20. . .Rc8 21. Be3 Nd7 22. R a d l Qc623 . Rd3 d5 24. Rc3 Qb7 25. f6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxc8+ Qxc828. Qxd5 0 - 0 2 9 . Qe4 Qe6 30. b3 Rc8 31. Rf2 Be7 32. K g l f6 3 3 . 1 0 1 g6 34. Qb7 Rd8 (Salov has a winning position but makes it difficult by allowing an e x c h a n g e of rooks . So here 34...Kf7, intending Qc6, may be best.) 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 h5 37. h3 g5 38. Be3 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Bb6 g3 41. Ke2 f5 42. Bc7 (If 42.Qxa6?? then 42...Bd8! wins.) 42. . .Bf6 43. Q O Kf7 44. Ba5 f4 45. Qe4 Kg7 46. c4 bxc4 47. bxc4 Qg4+ 48. Kd2 Qd7+ 49. Ke2 Qa4 50. Bd2 Qxa2 51. c5 Qb2 52. c6 Bd8 53. K d l Qb5 54. Bc3 Bc7 55. Kc2 Qc5 56. Kb3 a5 57. Qf3 Kf8 58. Qe4 Kg7 59. Qf3 Kh6 60. Qe4 Kg5 61. Bd2 Qd6 62. Qc4 Qxd2 63. Qg8+ Kf6 64. Qf8+ Ke6 65. Qc8+ Kd5 66. Qxc7 Qb4+ 67. Kc2 Qc4+ 68. Kb2 Qb5+ 69. Ka2 Qxc6 70. Q d 8 + Ke4 71. Qe7 Qa4+ 0-1.

J.Benjamin-I.Sokolov Rd.9, English A28

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 0 - 0 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Bd3 h6 8. a3 Bf8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be4 d6 11. b4 Ne712. Bb2 Qe6 13. d4 fS 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxc7 f4 18. O-O Bg419. e4 Qxe4 20. Nxe5 Re7 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. f3 Qd5 23.

Rad l Qa2 24. Qd4 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rx(2 26. Kx£2 Bf5 27. Rd2 Qe6 28. Qxf4 g5 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Rc7 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Be5 R c l 33. Rd8 Kf7 34. Bb2 Rc6 35. Bd4 a6 36. Rb8 (This allows the rook to get trapped and eventually costs Joel the exchange so the whole plan is sus-pect. Still, his flag had been hanging for a few moves.) 36. . .Bc8 37. Be5 Ke6 38. f4 gxf4 39. Bxf4 Kd7 40. g4 (This time Benjamin cleared time control with a whole 11 seconds to spare, but since we were using ana-log clocks because of the theft of our digital clocks, Joel had no idea ex-actly how much time was left.) 40.. .Bd6 41. Bxd6 Rxd6 42. Nf5 Re6 43. Kg3 Kc7 44. Ra8 b6 45. R a 7 + Bb7 46. Kh4 (White could have tried to get an endgame with two powerful pawns against the rook. GM Ron Henley and I found it difficult to defend for Black, and the l ine o f fers good w inn ing chances. 46 h4 Kb8 [46...h5 47. gxh5 Kb8 48. Rxb7+ Kxb7 49. h6 Rg6+ 50. Kf4 Rg8 51. Ne7 Rf8 +

52. Kg5] 47. Rxb7 + Kxb7 48. Nxh6 Rxh6 [48... Re3 + 49. Kf4 Rxa3 50. g5 Rc3 51. g6 Rc7 52. Nf7 a5 53. bxa5 bxa5 54. h5 a4 55. h6 a3 56. h7 Rc8 57. N d 6 + ] 49. g5 Rh8 50. Kg4 Kc6 51. g6 Kd7 52. Kg5 Ke7 53. g7 Rc8 54. Kg6 Rc6+ 55. Kh7) 46. . .Kb8 47. Rxb7+ Kxb7 48. Kh5 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 (This is a fascinating and complex endgame. Black must be concerned about the kingside pawns. The a-pawn flies, and that is why Joel advances his own a-pawn to slow it down.) 50. a4 (There are many complex lines here, but most seem to lead to a draw. 50.


Nxh6 Re3 51. h4 Rxa3 52. g5 Rg3? [a. 52... Rc3 53. g6 Rc7 {53... Rc8 54. g7 a4 55. Nf5 a3 56. Nd6 + } 54. Nf7; b. 52... Rd3 53. g6 a4 54. g7 Rd8 55. Nf7 Rg8 56. Kg6 a3 57. Nd6+ Ka6 58. Ne4] 53. Ng4 Rxg4 54. Kxg4 a4 55. g6 a3 56. g7 a2 57. g8 = Q) S0...Re2 51. h4 Ra2 52. Kxh6 Rxa4 53. g5 Rj-4 54. g6 a4 55. g7 a3 56. Ne3 Rgl 57. Nc2 a2 58. h5 Kb6 59. Kh7 Kc5 60. g 8 = Q Rxg8 61. Kxg8 Kc4 62. h6 Kc3 63. h7 Kxc2 64. h8=Q Kbl Draw.

Adams confirmed his title with a draw against Sunye Neto in the 10th round. Sokolov beat Korchnoi and Salov grinded out Serper in 92 moves.

I. Sokolov-Korchnoi Rd. 10, Nimzo-Indian E44

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf4 0 - 0 8. Bd3 f5 9. 0 - 0 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Rbl Bxf412. exf4Rf'613. Be3 Rh6 14. O Nc6 15. c5 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. R12 Re8 20. Rbfl (When I saw this position, with a bad bishop and pile-up on the f - f i l e , I assumed that Korchnoi would rack up another full point. But white's position is better than it looks.) 20...bxc5 21. dxc5 Nj>6 22. Qc2 RIB 23. Bd4e5 24 . fxe5f425. g4 Qg5 26. Be4 Nxe5 27. Bd5 N17 28. Qb3 Re8 (28. . .Bd5 29 cd5 Re8;

V28...Re6! 29 Be6 de6 30

Qa3 a] 30 Rel e5 31 h4 Qh4 32 Be5 Ng5 33 Kfl Re8 34 Qc3 Qhl 35 Ke2 Bf3 36 RD {36 Kd2 Ne4 37 Re4 Qdl#} 36...Re5 37.Qe5 Qel 38Kel Nf3; b] 30 Re2 e5 31 Bal e4 32 fe4 Qc5 33 Khl Ng5 34 Qd3 Ne4 35 Re4 Qe7 36 Rel Re8 37 Qd4 Be4 38 Kgl c5) 29. Re2 Qd8 30. Rfel Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rg6 32. Qd3 Bxd5 33. cxd5 c6 34. d6 Re6 35. Rxe6 dxe6 36. Qb3 Qc8 37. Qb2 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Ng5 40. Kg2 Qd7 41. Qb8 1-0.

Salov-Serper Rd.10, Sicilian Dragon B70 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.

Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7.

Michael Adams Confident victory by leading from the start. Having played 65 rating games in the July 1996 rating list, he is in the world top ten

n o w . P h o t o : Jerome Bibuld, New York


f N d e 2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. 0 - 0 Rb8 10. h3 b5 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. c3 e6 13. Nb4 Nxb4 14. cxb4 Nb6 15. Nc3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bb7 19. Be3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc7 21. Racl Rfc8 22. Bc5 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. R f d l Q b 7 + 25. K g l Rc4 26. Rd3 Rbc8 27. R e l Re4 28. Qdl Kg7 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Rd7 Rc4 32. Rd8 Qe5 33. Rd3 Re4 34. Rf3 Qc7 35. Kh2 Rc4 36. Qg5 f5 37. Qd2 Qe7 38. Rd3 Rc7 39. Rd6 Kf7 40. h4 Kg7 41. Qd4+ Qf6 42. R d 7 + Rxd7 43. Qxd7+ Kh6 44. Qxb5 Qxc3 45. Qc5 Qa3 46. Qf8+ Kh5 47. Qe7 Kg4 48. Qxe6 Kf3 49. Qe l Qd3 50. b5 h6 51. a4 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Kgl f4 54. Qf l Qd4 55. a5 fxg3 56. Qg2+ Ke2 57. Q x g 3 Q a l + 58 . K g 2 Q x a 5 (58. . .Qfl 59 Kh2 Qf2 60 Qf2 Kf2 61 Kh3 Kf3 62 b6 ab6 63 a6 g4 64 Kh4 g3 65 a7 g2 66 a 8 = Q Kf2 67 Qa2 and White wins-Salov.) 59. Qxg5 Qb6 60. Qe5+ Kd3 61. f4 a6 62. Qd5+ Ke3 63. Qf3+ Kd2 64. Q d 5 + K e l 65. Qe5+ Kd2 66. bxa6 Qc6+ 67 .Kg3 Qg6+ 68. Kf3 Qxa6 69. f5 Q f l + 70. Kg4 Qg2+ 71. Kh5 Q f 3 + 72. Kg5 Qg2+ 73. Kf6 Qc6+ 74. Kf7 Qb7+ 75. Qe7 Qd5+ 76. Qe6 Qb7+ 77. Ke8 Kc2 78. Qc4+ K b l 79. f6 Qb8+ 80. Kd7 Qb7+ 81. Ke6 Qb6+ 82. Ke5 Q b 2 + 83. KP5 Q f 2 + 84. Qf4 Qc5+ 85. Kg6 Qc6 86. Qf5+ K a l 87. Kg7 Qc3 88. Kh7 Qc2 89. Qg6 Q h 2 + 90. Kg7 Qb2 91. Qg4 Qe5 92. Kg6 1-0.

In the final round, Adams drew Sokolov to win $2500 first place money and $1666.80 point money to

vnet $4,166.80. He scored 8.5/11,

finishing 1.5 points ahead of second-placed I.Sokolov. Korchnoi im-proved to finish joint third by crushing Waitzkin and in the only other decisive game, Nick de Fir-mian crushed Sunye Neto.

Beiyamin-Wolff Rd . l l , Sicilian Alapin B22

I . e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd5 12. Nb5 Rc813. Nfxd4 Nxd414. Nxd4 e6 15. R d l Bc516. Q b 5 + Ke7 17. Qe2 Rhd8 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Qg4 Kf8 20. Bf4 h5?? (This is a blunder. Up to here we were still in the deep preparation that Joel had prepared when working on the Deep Blue vs. Kasparov match. After 20...Qd5, black would only have been slightly worse.) 21. Qh4 Qd5 (Too late.) 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Bxc5+ Nxc5 26. c4 Rf5 27. R d l 1-0.

Korchnoi-Waitzkin Rd. 11, King's Indian Att A07 1. NO d5 2. g3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4.

Bb2 Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Bd6 10. e3 O-O 11. Qe2 Ne8 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. h4a5 14. g5 Qe7 15. a4Nc7 16. Bh3 b5 17. h5 Qxg5 18. NO Qe7 19. hxg6 h6 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qh5 a4 23. f4 a3 24. Bc3 Nd7

.25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qxd5 Ndc5 27. b4 Na4 28. Bd2 Rae8 29. f5 Qg5 30. Nxe6 Qg3+ 31. Kdl Nb6 32. Qe4 Qf2 33. Rxa3 Rxf5 34. Ra7 Be5 35. Nxg7 1-0.

De Firmian-Sunye Neto Rd. 11, Sicilian Najdorf B90

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l . e 4 c 5 2 . N O d 6 3 . d4cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nd5 a5 14. a4 b6 15. N c l Rc8 16. Ne2 Bxd5 17. exd5 h6 18. 0 - 0 - 0 hxg519. Bxg5 NcS 20. Nc3 Qd7 21. K b l

The Unusual St; Your honorary editor IM

Manuel Aaron takes a look at this game played at Madras in the Sakthi GM Tournament recently:

The next game represents the unusual style of tournament winner, Tony Miles. It is a very nice game.

Thipsay-Miles Ruy Lopez C67

1 e4 e5 2 N O Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 0-0 Ne4 5 d4 Nd6 6 Bc6 dc6 7 de5 Nf5 8 Qd8 Kd8 9 Nc3 Ke8 10 b3 a5 11 Bb2 Bb4 12 h3 Be.? (Black is planning to play c6-c5 and does not wish to allow the Nc3 to cl5) 13 Bc3 c5 14 Rfe l h6 15 g4 Ne7 16 e6 f6 17 Nh4 Ra6! (Black now has a good target.) 18 f4 Be6 19 Ba5 h5!

21.. .Rh3? (This is an error, be-^ cause the rook can be attacked from g2.) 22. Qg2 Qf5 (Perhaps black should have admitted his error and simply retreated the rook. But the loss of time has in any case dealt a severe blow to black's attack.) 23. R h f l f6 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Ne4 Qh5 26. Bg l Rh4 27. Qe2 f5 28. Qa6 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 fxe4 30. fxe4 Qg6 31. b3 Qxe4+ 32. Kb2 Rh3 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Bxb6 Rxb3+ 35. Kxb3 Qb4+ 36. Kc2 Qxa4+ 37. Kd2 Qb4+ 38. Ke2 Qxb6 39. Qc4 Nc5 40. Rbl Qc7 41. Q h 4 + Ke8 42. Qh5+ 1-0.

All comments by Eric Schiller in the bulletin. Round-by-round report was also based from the bulletin by Schiller. Concluded.

yle Of Tony Miles

20 g5 Kd7 21 Bd2 Rha8! 22 Be3 Bh3 23 Bc5 Nf5 24 Nf 5 Bf5 25 b4 Kc6 26 Re7 fg5 27 fg5 g6 2814 Ra4 (Black now guns for the vital b4 pawn. He threatens 29...b6 and then Rb4.) 29 Re5 b6 30 Bf2 Rb4 31 c5 b5 32 Be3 Rb2 33 a3 Ra4 0-1.

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FIDE Ratings - July 1996

Kasparov Back In Saddle Anand 2735 Up By 10 Elo; 295 Indians In; Judit heads ladies list

By Arvind Aaron

Strong performance in VSB and above-expectancy result in Dos Her-manas has pushed wodd champion Garry Kasparov's rating to the top of the world once again. Poor showing by Kramnik in the VSB drifted him lower in the order. Anand maintains his sixth placing, increasing his rat-ing by 10 Elo points.

Not many Indian events reached the rating list that most Indians have 0 rating games for the six month period. The Indian list with title, Elo rating and number of games played.

V. Anand g 2735 31 D.Barua g 2550 31 D.V.Prasad i 2470 28 P.Thipsay i 2455 28 Murugan i 2430 9 N.S.Babu i 2415 28 S.S.Tilak i 2390 11 N.K.Mishra i 2390 0 Paraineswaran i 2390 0 Konguvel i 2385 29 R.B.Ramesh i 2380 28 Ravisekhar i 2380 0 V.Koshy i 2375 21 R.G.Shetty 2375 9 J.S.Gokhale 2375 0 V.Saravanan 2375 0 G.B.Prakash 2360 0 R.G.Hegde m 2355 0 V.Ravikumar m 2355 0 P.Mitlirakanth m 2350 9 Abhijit Kunte 2345 0 M.B.Muralidliaran 2345 0

R.Nagendra 2345 0 T.S.Ravi f 2345 0 Sriram Jha 2345 0 C.S.Gokhale 2340 0 R.Kartluk 2340 0 S.C.Sahu i 2340 0 K.Sasikiran 2335 10 R.R.Laxman 2335 0 N.R.Anilkumar 2335 0 S.Mari Arul 2325 0 S.Soman 2320 0 M.Aaron m 2315 0 P.K.Mishra 2310 0 Alex Thomas 2305 0 G.B.Joshi 2305 0 Joe Parappalli 2305 C.K.Achaiya f 2300 0 P.D.S.Girinath 2300 0 L.Imoclia 2300 0 V.Subramanian 2300 0 S.Ganesan f 2295 0 Neelakantan 2295 0 Sanjeev Kr. 2295 0 Shankar Roy 2295 0 Yogesh Gore 2295 0 T.DamodarRao 2290 0 Anup Deshmukh 2290 0 A.B.Meetei 2290 0 G.Bakliwal 2285 0 A.Kamath 2285 0 S.K.Ratliore 2285 0 S.Rengarajan 2285 0 A.B.Vaidya m 2285 0 A.S.Awate f 2280 0 L.Chatteijee 2280 0 Lalgopal Sharma 2280 0 T.S.Venkataramanan 2280 0


V.Jahagirdar 2275 0 Santhosh Kaushik 2275 0 Pritain Singh 2275 0 Vislial Sareen 2270 9 Kes. Krishna 2270 0 A.Pavanasam f 2270 0 Ravi Shukla 2270 0 S.Vasudevan ' 2270 0 S.S.Ganguly 2265 0 K.Panditrao 2265 0 P.M.Mohanty 2265 0 A.Shankar 2265 0 G.P. Singh 2265 0 P.K. Singh 2265 0 E.Joseph 2260 5 V.Krishnakumar 2260 0 B.T.Muralikrishnan 2260 D.K.Sharma 2260 0 H.C.Singala 2260 0 S.C.Subramaniam 2260 0 Brajesh Agarwal 2255 0 Nasir Ali 2255 0 N.Y.Rajasuba 2255 0 Y.P.Srivastava 2255 0 K.Ashok 2250 0 Sway an Baran De 2250 0 M.J.Ismail 2250 0 S.G.Joshi f 2250 0 V.Ravichandran 2250 0 S.C.Sinha 2245 0 S.Hasan 2240 0 S.J.Kainath 2240 0 Swapan Mitra 2240 0 V.S.Negi 2240 0 K.Ranganathan 2240 0 K.V.Shantharamf 2240 0 Vijayalakshmi m 2240 Ow Bhowmik 2235 0 D.Chakrabarty 2235 0 K.Dave 2235 0 Devangshu Datta 2235 0 Pappu Ramani 2235 0 Rajendra Singh 2235 0 Nassir Wahij 2235 0

D.A.Andurkar 2230 0 A.S.Bartakke 2230 0 Ravi Bhave 2230 0 J.K.Choudhury 2230 0 P.Leelarainaii 2230 0 Praful Mehta 2230 0 Y.Nandakumar 2230 0 S.R.Kidambi 2230 0 Tejas Bakre 2230 0 J. Venkata Ramana 2230 0 V.N.Viswanathan 2230 0 G.M.Wagh 2230 0 Gajendra Singh 222.5 0 V.Hariharan 2225 0 Rupesh Kant 2225 0 Umined Singh 2225 0 C S.Unni 2225 0 V.K.Shukla 2225 0 Atanu Lahiri 2220 0 Bishnoi Mahesh 2220 0 S.S.Dave 2220 0 Vedant Goswami 2220 0 N.Sanjay 2220 0 Sreeram Kote 2220 0 C.S.Sridhar 2220 0 T.K.Vardhana 2220 0 V.K.Solanki 2215 7 P.R.Bhatt 2215 0 K.N.Chetan 2215 0 A.K.Ghosh 221-5 0 R.V.Gokhale 2215 0 K.Gopalakrishnan 2215 0 R.S.Gupta f 2215 0 Manishi Krishna 2215 0 Hari OM Sharma 2215 0 L.R.Sharma 2215 0 A.Thipsay 2215 0 R.M.Dongre 2210 16 M.Bhagwat 2210 0 N.Jyotliilal 2210 0 M.J.Noohu 2210 0 E.P.Ouseph 2210 0 A.K.Sinlia 2210 0 K.V.S.Sudhakar 2210 0


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K.Visweswaran 2210 0 Prasenjit Datta 2205 4 S.C.Bharathi 2205 0 K.N.Gopal 2205 0 Shamsul Hassan 2205 0 Manoj Verma 2205 0 Neelotpal Das 2205 0 S.Satyapragyan 2205 0 Shaliul Hameed 2205 0 Suvrajit Saha 2205 0 Z.Naina 2205 0 B.S.Tliipsay m 2200 l l w P.Bhattachaiyya 2200 0 Dilip Pagay 2200 0 U.C.Mohanan 2200 0 Rajiv Nayyar 2200 0 M.V.Raju 2200 0 Subliash C.Sahu 2200 0 R.Sureshkumar 2200 0 Rajendra Teli 2200 0 H.N.Deshmukh 2195 0 R.Upadhyay 2195 0 J.S.K.Wari 2195 0 Saheli Dharf 2190 l lw R.Balasubramanian 2190 0 F.Gladwin 2190 0 A.L.Kasi 21900 M.A.Qureshi 2190 0 Naveen Jain ' 2185 0 Ketan Khaire 2185 0

v .

Arvind Narayanan 2185 0 M.V.Ramdas 2185 0 J.D'Souza 2180 0 Roktim Bandyopadyay 2180 G.Srikanth 2180 0 A.Gokhale m 2175 l l w Ashok Agarwal 2175 0 Paul Arokiaraj 2175 0 Bipin Shenoy 2175 0 K.Chakravarti 2175 0 Moti Ram 2175 0 Parag Varde 2175 0 K.Haridas 2170 0 P.Jay akumar 2170 0 K.H.Lhouvum 2170 0 R.Muralidharan 2170 0 S.Bhattachaiya 2170 0 G.V.Srinivasa Rao 2170 0 Arif Mohd. 2165 0 P.Sreekumar 2165 0 Swati Ghate 2160 4w Dipanjan Das 2160 0 S.Laliiri 2160 0 Raj Sen 2155 0 T.K.Chandrasekhar 2150 0 Umesh Panbude 2150 0 K.Rathnakaran 2150 0 S.R.Choudhuiy 2150 0 R.Bahadur 2145 0 Pradip Bhatt 2145 0


Men - July 1996 Adams,M Kasparov, G 2785 18 Shirov.A Karpov.A 2775 12 Salov.V Kramnik,V 2765 22 Glek,I Topalov.V 2750 40 Sokolov,I Kamsky.G 2745 20 Azmaiprashvili Anand, V 2735 31 NikoUc,P Ivanchuk,V 2730 22 Gelfand, B Short ,N 2695 25 Yusupov.A

2685 65 Women - July 1996 2685 41 Judit Polgar 2665 9 2675 23 Zs.Polgar 2565 13 2670 56 Pia Cramling 2545 32 2670 27 Chiburdanidze 2540 13 2670 27 Xie Jun 2510 17 2670 25 Joseliani,N 2500 29 2665 42 Sofia Polgar 2480 30 2665 31 Galliamova,A 2475 31

K.K.Manikandan 2145 0 Rashmin Pulekar 2085 0 Sengupta 2145 0 B.R.Choudhuiy 2085 0 S.K.Sinha 2145 0 Sanjay Thakurel 2085 0 Murnalini Kunte 2140 l l w P.B.Bhilare 2080 0 P.Pendalwar 2140 0 S.R.Krishnan 2080 0 Sanjibghosh 2140 0 B.V.Prakash 2080 0 Shyamol Dutta 21350 Prasad Ghate 2080 0 D.R.Jaiswal 21350 Rajesh Kamble 2080 0 Joydev Saha 2135 0 C.Shivakumar 2075 0 F.Pratik 2135 0 Bindu Saritha f 2070 l l w R.S.Singh 2135 0 V.N. Ghate 2070 0 Sunil Lahane 2135 0 S.R.Radha 2070 Ow M.C.Tanwar 2135 0 M.Rajendra 2070 0 S.Chandar 2130 0 V.G.Nambiar 2070 0 G.Vinod 2130 0 Aniiban G.Roy 2065 0 G.S.Mehta 2125 0 R.Anoop 2065 0 Beenish Bhatia 2120 0 Binu Balak 2065 0 M.J.Chokshi 21200 J.K.Chaudhiy 2065 0 N.N.Majee 2120 0 Vijay Deshpande 2065 0 Vasanti Unni m 2120 Ow S.Meenakshi 2060 l l w Saritha Reddy m 2115 l l w Manas Chowdhuiy 2060 0 K.K.Jha 21150 Arghyadip Das 2055 0 R.C.Kamath 21150 Chingkhei Singh 2055 0 Raghuve Singh 21150 P.Mangal 2050 l l w Ra.Pal Singh 21150 Krish. Ghosh 2045 0 Sharath Gokul 21150 Sravan Pai 2045 0 Pallavi Shah 2110 l l w S has hank Sathe 2045 0 K.Dwarak 21100 Kiraii Agrawal f 2040 l l w NishaMohotam 2110 Ow Neha Singh 2040 Ow Austin Samson 21100 R.Aaithi 2035 4w Ann. Mukheqee 2105 0 Arpi Shah 2035 Ow A.K.Mohanty 2105 0 Avijit Bala 2035 0 Vir. Sharma 2105 0 Bharat Singh 2030 0 N.L.Harsh 2100 0 S.K.Shukla 2030 0 Girish Joshi 21000 Bahadur Singh 2025 0 Shahid Azmat 2100 0 M.J.Chokshi 2025 Cliaturvedi - 2095 0 B.M.Hazra 2025 0 P.Deshmukh 2095 0 Sai Meera 2020 l l w T.V.Karthikeyan 2095 0 Gulshan Bhagga 2020 0 T.J.Suresh Kumar 2095 0 Santhosh Khedeken 2015 0 Veerash Chaturvedi 2095 0 Philip Selvin 2015 0 Safria Shanaz 2090 l l w K.Ravichandran 2010 0 C.N.Iyer 2090 0 Kukku Ramesh 2005 0. D.V.Singh 2090 0 W indicates women. Source: FIDE


Chess Magic

No.lO Mate in two. No. 11 Mate in two. No. 12 Mate in two. For solutions, please see the August 1996 issue. ^


^National U-12, 14 Boys & Girls

Four States Share Honours By Manuel Aaron

The National Chess Champion-ships for children are the most popu-lar of championships in the country. They were organised for the first time in 1988 at Madras. At that time there were six sections separately for boys and girls in the Under-10, Under-12 and Under 14 categories. The number of participants in all the six sections put together was 83. In 1990, a new Under-8 category was added so that children in the six to eight age group did not have to com-pete with older and more experi-enced children in the Under-10 group and get discouraged.

There were thus eight champion-ships for children and they had be-come so popular by 1994 that it became almost impossible for one organiser to hold all eight events together. So, from 1995, these championships have been split into two. The Under-8 and Under-10 are held together while the Under-12 and Under 14 are held later, simul-taneously.

The AICF has also taken a deci-sion to hold the U-8 and U-10 during the Christmas holidays and the other two during the summer vacation.

The 9th Under-12 and Under-14 Championships held at Kozhikode from May 22 to 28, had 252 entries in all four sections put together. The most number of entries (102) came in the U-12 Boys. Children who had played in the U-10 in December,

ytried their skills again in the stronger

U-12 Section to gain experience and thereby boosted the entries in the U-12.

After Dibyendu Barua became a grandmaster and got exempted from playing in the National "A" there has been no West Bengal player making his presence felt in the senior nation-als. But in the children's champion-ships there has been for long a keen fight between the players of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

In the U-12 and U-14 events held so far, from a maximum possible 36 gold medals, Tamil Nadu has taken 13 and West Bengal, nine. The lead that Tamil Nadu has taken will soon be challenged because the Goo-dricke National Chess Academy has recently taken up systematic coach-ing for promising youngsters in Cal-cutta. Tamil Nadu has quite a few coaching academies and coaches. Almost every Tamil Nadu child has a coach and these coaches compete among themselves for producing re-sults.

This time, no state was able to take more than one of the four titles on offer. The honours went to TN, W.B., Andhra and, for the first time, Kerala.

Under-12 Boys: Till the last round nobody could predict the champions in this section. With 102 entries, it took four rounds for a clear leader to emerge. It was Ar-ghyadip Das of West Bengal. But in the next round he was beaten by they


reigning U-10 champion P.Harik-rishna of Andhra. At the end of the 5th round three shared the lead with 4.5 each: Harikrishna, Homorghya Homeroy and Adway Chowdhury (both of WB). The 6th round leaders were : Sanjoy Haldac, Adway Chowdhury, Homeroy (all WB), Pranav Akolkar (Mah) and Harik-rishna. After the 7th round, Harik-rishna and Chowdhury were on 6 points. After the 8th and penultimate round Harikrishna was in sole lead. In the last round Harikrishna was held to a draw by Akolkar while Arghyadip Das won and tied with him for first.

Harikrishna had a better tie-break score and emerged No. 1. This is the first time that a player is winning two age-limited champion-ships at the same time.

From the age of six, Harik-rishna, born 23 April 1986, has been a student of K.Sivaprasad, the And-hra State Chess Secretary. Si-vaprasad runs his own Sivaprasad Academy of Chess Education (SPACE) at Vijayawada where he makes available to his students com-puters and well-known software like Chess Base and Fritz 4.

Last year Harikrishna spent five months at Neyveli being trained by IM Lanka Ravi.

Harikrishna is the son of a small fanner from Prathipadu village in Guntur District. He has a younger sister studying in Vijayawada. He is a sixth standard hostel student in Vignan Public School, Guntur. The Vignan Educational Institutions sponsor him upto Rs one lakh each year. This is the biggest known

sponsorship in Indian chess for a boy. It takes care of his education, travel, living expenses, etc. Mr L.Rattaiah, Director of Vignan Edu-cational Institutions has taken the initiative for this sponsorship be-cause he remembers his own diffi-culties in childhood and wants to provide talented young children with the facilities that they need to achieve higher objectives.

Under-12 Girls: Logically, this was supposed to be a fight between top seed J.E.Kavitha of TN who has won both the U-10 and U-12 titles, and 2nd seed Ananya Sarkar who has won the U-8 and U-10 titles. Both of these players have repre-sented India and have been prepared well by seasoned coaches, Ananya being a student of the Goodricke Academy. There were also well known chal lengers like Tania Sachdev of Delhi, Ridhi Shah of Gujarat and R.Mahima of TN.

After four rounds, Kavitha and Ananya led with 4 points. In Round 5 Ananya defeated Kavitha to take sole lead. In the 6th round Ananya lost to Shradha Samani of Ma-harashtra and suddenly the tourna-ment outcome became unclear with Shradha, Ananya and newcomer Neenu George of Kerala leading jointly with 5 points. After the 7th and penultimate round, Ananya again went into sole lead with her co-leaders of the previous round drawing against each other. And in the last round, Neenu George sprang the biggest surprise of the champi-onship by defeat ing favourite Ananya and winning the title by a clear half point.


Kerala's First National Champion! By R.Vimal Kumar, Kochi

A national champion from Kerala! It seems to be unheard of, barring the lone tri-umph of N.R.Anilkumar in the 1989 National 'B' at Kozhikode. Many young-

sters from the state have performed creditably well at the junior level in the nationals and claimed second, third places but not the first. Neenu A.George

erased that jinx by claiming the title in the National U-12 Girls Championship. Kerala boys started making an impact on the national scene from the late 1970's. In the 1978 National Sub-Junior championship, M.Sureshkumar finished second to Arvind Aaron at Mangalore. Later, P.Manojkumar repeated the feat in 1981 Sub-Juniors and finished third in the 1985 national junior in the year in which

Barua won the title with a record 9/9 score. Above these, some others like K.M.Zainudin Naina and Matthew George per-

formed well at the junior level. Matthew finished third in 1975 national juniors at Calcutta behind T.N.Parameswaran and D.V.Prasad. That year, fourth place

went to Pravin Thipsay. These three players went on to become IMs while Mat-thew stopped playing the game to pursue a career in medicine. Same fate fell on

Naina also. Recent casualty is T.J.Sureshkumar, who finished second in the 1992 National Junior to P.Konguvel. Now he is lacking motivation to continue at the

higher level. In the Girls section, Sasinas Haritha recently finished second in a national cate-

gory event that probably motivated Neenu George, thus giving Kerala its first na-tional champion. Remember, Anilkumar won the National 'B', not the premier.

When seed No.38 and Kerala's State N o . 3 in the U-12 , Neenu George won her first two games and then drew her next two, nobody was surprised. Also, when she won her n e x t t w o g a m e s ( o n e a g a i n s t Kavitha!) and then drew the penulti-m a t e g a m e a g a i n s t Shraddha Samani, the media did not focus on her. When she was paired against Ananya Sarkar in the last round she had 5 .5 points to Ananya's 6 points. And Ananya was playing white. Theoretically, Neenu had no chance against Ananya. But it was the other way round. Much to the joy of the Kerala organisers Neenu convinc-ingly beat Ananya and got Kerala's first ever national chess title. We are

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not considering the National "B" winner in 1989, N.R.Anilkumar as the "B" is a purely qualifying tour-nament.

Neenu George


Neenu Arackaparambil George, born 17 September 1984, started playing chess at the age of six. She has won the Kerala U-8 and U-10 titles. But she has never won the Kerala U-12 championship; in 1995 she was second and in 1996, third. Neenu plays practically and has a natural aggressive chess instinct over the board.

Neenu has a younger sister Nimmy who is Kerala U-12 cham-pion. Their father George John, a lecturer in St Pauls College, Kala-massery and his friend and colleague K. X. Alexus, have been coaching the children. George John said that they have an informal Chaturanga Club in Aluva. It has about 20 members. They meet in members' houses and among themselves, organise small tournaments and matches where children gain experience playing elders. George John who is a Er-nakulam District player, plays chess with his children every day. Both sisters are students of Nirmala En-lish Medium School, Aluva.

At the prize distribution cere-mony, Mr P. A.Hamza, President of the All Kerala Chess Association announced a monthly award of Rs 1000 for one year for Neenu. The Tal Chess Academy, functioning at Kozhikode, also announced an iden-tical award for Neenu.

Under-14 Boys: The Under-14 Boys Championship is a tough event with stronger standards. Twelve of the 76 participants were FIDE-rated. The top ranked player was R.Laxman of TN. But the favourite for the title was Surya Sekhar Gan-guly of West Bengal. Both of them

disappointed. While Laxman no longer plays as he did in 1994, Gan-guly is looking like another of our run of the mill top players in the National "B", agreeing to friendly draws with friends.

A review of the round by round leading scores from the fifth round will give you a good idea of how the tournament progressed.

Round 5: 1-2 Saptarshi Roy-chowdhury (WB), Rishipal Singh (AP) 4.5; 3-10 Ganguly, Dwarak (TN), Mahesh Chandran (TN), Nee-lotpal Das (WB), Prathamesh Mokal (Mah), Satyapragyan (Ori), Vik-ramjit Singh (Man) and S.Goradia (Guj) 4.

Round 6: 1 Saptarshi 5.5; 2-4 Satyapragyan, Ganguly, Vikramjit Singh 5; 5-9 Laxman, Kidambi, Neelotpal Das, Rishipal Singh, Pradip Ghosh 4.5.

Round 7: 1-2 Saptarshi, Ganguly 6; 3-5 Neelotpal Das, Kidambi, Satyapragyan 5.5.

Round 8:1-2 Saptarshi, Ganguly 6.5; 3-8 Kidambi, Dwarak, Neelot-pal Das , Vikramji t S ingh , Satyapragyan, Sandipan Chanda.

In the last round Saptarshi beat Dwarak and became champion be-cause Ganguly only drew against Kidambi.

Saptarshi Roychowdhury, born 13 February 1982 is the only child of his parents Sushmita and Swapan Roychowdhury, a bank employee.

Though a student of the Goo-dricke Academy, Saptarshi was not given top billing because Surya Sek-har Ganguly, a more famous Goo-dricke student was considered the big favourite.


Moreover, Saptarshi came with the reputation of being a leader and not a winner. In the 1992 National U-10 he led with 5/5 and then fin-ished with 5.5/8! A year earlier in the U-10 he had led with 4/4 and then wound up with 6.5/9. The same thing happened in the 1994 U-12 when he led 4/4 with R.Laxman and then fell away. And the same sort of thing has happened to him in com-petitions in West Bengal too. He was second in the 1995 Telegraphs Schools Chess, second in the U-18 and 2nd in the WB State Selection.

When he led this time at Kozhik-ode from the start there were voices saying that he cannot keep it up. But he did, and in the final round won the tournament. The quality of the games that he played were very im-pressive. He is good in both strategy and tactics. He is a student of Nar-mada High School, Calcutta. He l o v e s c r i c k e t , f o o t b a l l and videogames. His Goodricke coaches are Shyamal Bhattacharya, Bipin Shenoy and Abhijit Majumdar.

Under-14 Girls: This section had 30 players in an 8-round swiss. We take up the leading scores from the 4th round.

Round 4: 1 M.Sigappi (TN) 4; 2 Sasirekha (TN) 3.5; 3-6 Malvika Singh (Bih), B.S.Keerthi (AP), Mugdha Dolas, Ashwini Kulkarni (both Mah) 3.

Round 5: 1 Sasirekha 4.5; 2-4 Sigappi, Keerthi, Mugdha 4.

Round 6: 1 Sasirekha 5.5; 2 Mugdha 5; 3 Manasi Dadarkar (Mah) 4.5; 4-8 Sigappi, Keerthi, Malvika, Ashwini, Sindhuja (TN).

Round 7: 1 Sasirekha 6.5; 2-4 Manasi, Keerthi, Mugdha 5; 5-9 Manjula James (TN), Sindhuja, Si-gappi, Malvika, Sanitha Sathian (Ker) 4.5.

Thus Sasirekha won the champi-onship with one round to spare and was the only player in Kozhikode to win her title convincingly.

Sasirekha

Born on 1 April 1982 at Vellore, Sasirekha is now a tenth standard student in Leo Matriculation School in Anna Nagar, Madras.

In 1994 at Kozhikode, she and her brother Karthick had won the National U-12 and U-10 Boys titles simultaneously.

She has won the Tamil Nadu U-12, 14 and 18 titles. In the World U-12 Champioship at Szeged (Hun-gary) she creditably finished 15th among 70 p laye r s . He r fa ther G.T.Sekhar is a branch manager in State Bank of India. She is coached by A.Sankar, a strong National "B" player from Madras.

Sasirekha displayed great deter-mination in her games. When she was materially behind, she did not


quit or do anything stupid. She fought. This is the stuff that cham-pions are made of. She was stubborn in defence and always on the look out for the chink in the enemy's armour.

The top standings in all sections: Under-12 Boys: 1-2 P.Harik-

rishna, Arghyadip das 7.5; 3-4 A.Pranav, (Mah), P.Phoobalan (TN) 7; 5-10 Adway Chowdhury (WB) , Sanjoy Haldhar (WB), V.K.Parikh (Guj), M.R.Venkatesh ( T N ) , Vijai Venkatesh (TN) , G.Thangkhiew (Meg) 6.5.

U n d e r - 1 2 Gir l s : 1 Neenu George 6.5; 2-4 Ananya Sarkar, Shraddha Samani (Mah), T.S.Sub-hasini (TN) 6; 5-11 J.E.Kavitha (TN), Anuradha Beniwal (Har), P.Sumathi (TN), K.Charanya (TN), Koneru Humpy (AP) , Tania Sachdev (Del), P.Apama Krishnan (TN) 5.5.

Under-14 Boys: 1 Saptarshi Roychowdhury (WB) 7 .5; 2-3 S.S.Ganguly (WB), Neelotpal Das (WB) 7; 4-7 S.Satyapragyan (Ori), S.Vikramjit Singh (Man), S.Ki-dambi (TN), R.Kirubakar (TN) 6.5; 8 - 1 4 K.Dwarak (TN) , Pradip Ghoshi (WB), J.M.Utarid (Kar), Rahul Shandilya (Bih), Sandipan Chanda (WB), Akash Vijay Thakur (Mah), V.Rakesh (AP) 6.

Under-14 Girls: 1 Sasirekha (TN) 7; 2-4 B.Srutha Keerthi (AP), Manasi Dadarkar (Mah), T.V.Sind-huja (TN) 5.5; 5-9 M.Sigappi (TN), Mugdha Dolas (Mah), Malvika Singh (Bih), Manjula James (TN), Sanitha Sathian (Ker) 5; 10-15 Ash-wini Kulkarai (Mah), G.Ramya-

shree (TN), Swati Sengupta (WB), C.V.Rajalakshmi (TN), Sukanya Dave (Guj), S.Beulah Alagammal (TN) 4.5.

Now let us look at some of the games.

Under-12 Boys: The clash between the first and

second prize winners took place in the fifth round.

Arghyadip Das (WB)-P. Harikrishna (AP)

Pirc Defence B09 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 f4

Bg7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 0-0 Bg4 8 Be3 e5 9 fe5 de5 19 d5 Nd4 11 Be2 Ne2 12 Qe2 Nh5 13 Qc4 Kh8 14 Bc5 Rg8!? 15 Qb4 h6 16 Qb7 Rb8 17 Qa7 Rb2 18 Qa3 Rb8 19 Be7 Qc8 20 Nh4 Nf4 21 Rabl? Rbl 22 Nbl g5 23 Nf3 f5 24 h3 Bh5 25 Qe3 (If 25 ef5 Qf5 26 g4? Bg4 wins.) 25.. .fe4 26 Qe4 Bg6 27 Qc4 e4 28 Nd4 Re8 29 Nc6 Qd7 30 Bb4 Qd5 31 Qa6 Re6 32 Qc8 Re8 33 Qa6 e3 34 Rf3 Qdl 35 Q f l Qc2 (e2!) 36 Na3 Qc6 0-1.

S.Karthick (TN) -H.Homeroy (WB)

Sicilian Dragon B76 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4

Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 0-0-0 d5 10 ed5 Nd5 11 Nc6 bc6 12 Bd4 e5 13 Bc5 Re8 14 Ne4 f5 15 Nd6 Bf8! 16 Ne8 Bc5 17 Qc3? Qg5 18 Qd2 Be3 19 Qe3 Qe3 20 Kbl Be6 21 Nd6 Qc5 22 Nc4 Rb8 23 Kal Nb4 0-1.

Harikrishna plays a great game. After being put in a corner he is forced to sacrifice a pawn. Then he fights his way out of his difficulties


and improves his position gradually, sacrificing the exchange. The mid-dle-game should be of great interest to young aspirants. It shows that the middle-game is more important than the opening.

Sanjoy Haldhar (WB) -P.Harikrishna (AP)

Pirc Defence B09 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 f4

Bg7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 d5 Nb8 8 0-0 c6 9 dc6 Qb6 10 Khl Nc6 11 Qel a6 12 Be3! Qc7 (If 12...Qb2? 13 a3 and next move either 14 Ra2 or 14 Na4 would win the queen.) 13 Qh4 b5 14 f5 b4 (14...Nb4 was worth consideration.) 15 Ne2 Ne5?! (This hands over the initiative to white totally. 15...Na5 for 16...Nc4 was possible.) 16 Ne5 de5 17 g4 Rd818 g5 Nh519 f6 ef6 20 gf6 Bh8 21 Rf3 Qc6 (Black's priority Num-ber One is to stay alive. And he does that remarkably well, not minding to part with some of the luxuries of life.) 22 R g l Nf4 (If 22...Nf6 23 Bg5 Rd6 24 Rgfl and f7 will fall.) 23 Nf4 ef4 24 Rf4 Rd6 25 Rgf l Bd7! (This bishop must stay on this diagonal to stop any white rook from getting to h3.) 26 R4f2 Re8 27 Kgl Re5 28 Qg3 Rde6 29 Bd4 Rh5 30 e5 Qd5! 31 Rf4 Bc6 32 h4 Ree5! (It pays to keep your opponent worried, specially when he has a material advantage as here.) 33 Be5 Re5 34 Kh2 Qe6 35 Qg4 Qe8 36 R2f2 Bd7 37 Bf5?

See diagram

37.. .Rf5! 38 Rf5 Qc8! 39 Qe4 Bf5 40 Rf5 gf5 41 Qe7 Qc2 42 Kg3 f4! 43 Kf4 Qf2 44 Ke5 Qb2 45 Kf5

Qf6! 46 Qf6 Bf6 47 Kf6 Kf8 48 h5 a5 49 Kg5 a4 50 Kh6 Kg8 0-1.

Under-12 Girls:

J.E.Kavitha (TN) -Ananya Sarkar (WB)

Ruy Lopez Chigorin C92~ 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4

Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 d6 8 c3 0-0 9 h3 Re8 10 d4 Bb7 11 a4 Na5 12 Bc2 Bf8 13 Nbd2 Nc6 14 d5 Ne7 15 b3 g6 16 N f l Bg7 17 g4 Qd7 18 Ng3 c6 19 g5 Nh5 20 Nh5 gh5 21 dc6 Bc6 22 Kh2 Ng6 23 Rgl Qe6 24 Nel d5 25 ed5 Bd5 26 Qh5 Bb3 27 Bbl Ba4 28 Nd3? e4 29 Nf4 Qd6 30 Rg4? Bdl 31 Ba3 Bg4 (Qc7) 32 Bd6 Bh5 33 Nh5 Bc3 34 Ra3 Bd4 35 Ba2 Red8 36 Bg3 Be5 37 Nf6 Bf6 38 gf6 a5 39 h4 Rd3 40 Rd3 ed3 41 Bb3 a4 42 Bdl a3 43 h5 a2 44 hg6 al = Q 0-1.

Ananya Sarkar (WB) -Neenu George (Ker)

Scotch Game C45 1 e4 e5 2 NO Nc6 3 d4 ed4 4

Nd4 Bc5 5 Be3 Bb6 6 Nc6 bc6 7 Bb6 ab6 (Ananya needed only a draw in this game to win the national title. But as many of us have found in the past, exchanging pieces is no,


guarantee of a draw.) 8 Bc4 Nf6 9 0-0 0-0 10 Re l d5 11 ed5 cd5 12 Bb3 Qd613 Nc3 Ng414 g3 Qh615 h4 c6 (No theoretical chess. Just practical chess. After weakening the white castled position Neenu stabi-lises her centre.) 16 Qd4 b5 17 R a d l Kh818 Qb4 Be619 Ne2 Ne5! 20 Kg2 Bg4 21 Qc3 Nf3 22 R h l Rde8 23 Nd4 Ne5 24 Rde l Qf6 25 f 4 Nd7 26 Re8 Re8 27 Nc6 Re2 28 K f l Qc3 29 bc3 Rd2 30 Kel?? R d l 31 Kf2 Rhl 32 Bd5 Rh2 33 Ke3 Rc2 34 Kd4 Rd2 35 Ke4 Nf6 36 0-1.

Neenu George (Ker) -J.E.Kavitha (TN)

Sicilian Defence B85 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4

Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Be3 e6 7 Be2 Be7 8 0-0 a6 9 f4 Qc710 Bf3 0-011 Khl Nd4 12 Qd4 e5 13 Qd2 b5 14 f5 Bb7 15 a3 Rac8 16 Racl Rfd8 17 Qf2 Rd7 18 Bb6 Qb819 Rfd l Qa8 20 Nd5 Nd5 21 ed5 Bg5 22 R a l Bd8 23 f6! Bb6 24 Qb6 Rc2 25 Bg4 Qd8 26 Qe3 Rdc7 27 fg7 Qh4 28 Bf5 Qf2 29 Qg5! Rc8

White was threatening 30 Bh7 Kh7 31 g8Q#!

30 Bc2 Rc2 4

31 Rfl ! ! Bd5 (If 32 Qd2 Qd8 33 Kg7 Qf6 and mates. Or if 32 Qb6 Rf7 33 Kf7 g8Q#) 3 2 R f 2 R f 2 33 Qd8 Kg7 34 Qg5 Kf8 35 Qh6 Kg8 36 Kgl Rg2 37 101 Rb2 38 Qd6 Bc4 39 Kgl Re2 40 R d l ! Kg7 41 Qd8 1-0.

Under-14 Boys:

K. Dwarak (TN) -S. Roychowdhury (WB)

Queen's Gambit D06 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Bf5 3 Nc3 e6 4 N O

Nfi5 5 Bg5 c6 6 e3 Be7 7 Bd3 Bd3 8 Qd3 Nbd7 9 0-0 0-0 10 b3 Rc8 11 e4? de4 12 Ne4 Ne4 13 Be7 Nf2! 14 Bd8 Nd3 15 Be7 Rfe8 16 Bd6 e5 17 de5 N3e5 18 Ne5 Ne5 19 Radl Ng6 20 Bg3 Rcd8 21 Bc7 Rdl 22 Rdl f6 23 Kf2 Kf7 24 Ba5 Ne5 25 h3 Re7 26 Rd8 Rd7 27 Rb8 b6 28 Bc3 Nd3 29 Ke3 Ncl 30 Bel f5 31 Kf2 Na2 32 b4 Ncl 33 Bc3 c5 34 b5 Nb3 35 Ke3 Nd4 36 Bd4 cd4 37 Kd3 Kf6 38 Rc8 Kg5 39 c5 bc5 40 Rc5 Kf4 41 Rc2 Kg3 42 Rc5 Kg2 43 Rf5 g6! 44 Rf6 Kh3 and 51 0-1.

S.Rishipal Singh (AP) -Pradip Ghosh (WB) English Opening A27

1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 g6 4 d4 Bg7? 5 de5 Ne5 Ne5 Be5 7 h4! d6 8 Bg5 f6? 9 Bd2 Be6 10 h5 g5 11 g3 Ne7 12 f4 gf4 13 gf4 Bd4 14 e3 Bb615 Qf3 Nc616 Nd5 Bd517 cd5 Nb8 18 h6! Qe7 19 Bh3! Nd7 20 Qfi5! Kd8 (If 20...Qf7? 21 Bd7 wins.) 21 0-0-0 Nc5 22 Rhg l Qe4 23 Bc3 Nd3 2 4 R d 3 B e 3 (If 2.4...Qd3 25 Bf6#) 25 Kc2 1-0. (Black cannot stop both 26 Bf6# and 26 Rel.)


Though the following game is not of high quality, it has its comical moments.

Avish Chadha (AP) -P.Umesh Krishnan (TN)

French Defence COO 1 e4 e6 2 g3 d5 3 ed5 ed5 4 Bg2

Nf6 5 d3 Be7 6 Nf3 0-0 7 0-0 Bg4 8 Nbd2 Nc6 9 b3 Re8 10 R e l Qd7 11 Bb2 Rad8 12 a3 Bh3 13 b4 Bg2

I Kg2 Ng4 15 h3 Nf6 16 Nb3 Qc8 17 Qc l Nd7 18 b5 Ncb8 (It is inter-esting to observe that all the black pieces and pawns except one pawn on d5 are confined to the first two rows.) 19 Re7 Re7 20 Bg7 Kg7 21 Nbd4 Kf8 22 Qh6 Ke8 23 Nf5 Re2 24 Ng7 Ke7 25 Nfd4 Re5 26 f4 c5 27 Ndf5 Kf8 28 Ne6 Ke8 29 Nd6 Ke7 30 Nc8 Rc8 1-0.

Prathamesh Mokal (Mah) -S.Satyapragyan (Or)

Sicilian Sveshnikov B33 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4 4

Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Bf6 gf6 9 Na3 b5 10 Nd5 Bg7

I I Bd3 0-0 12 c3 Ne7 13 Ne7 Qe7 14 Nc2 f 5 1 5 Ne3 f416 Nd5 Qg517 R g l Bb7 18 Nb6 Rad8 19 Qc2 (3 20 Qd2 Qg6! (Preventing 0-0-0.) 21 Qe3 Bh6 22 Q<3 d5 23 Nd5 Bd5 24 ed5 e4 25 Be4 Rfe8 26 K f l Qe4 27 Qe4 Re4 28 R d l Rd6 29 b3 Bg7 30 Rd3 Re8 31 g3 Rc8 32 Ke2 Rc3 33 Rc3 Bc3 and 53 0-1.

The next game is a powerful display by the new champion.

S.Roychowdhury (WB) -Rishipal Singh (AP) Closed Sicilian B26

1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 d3 d6 4 g3 g6 5 Bg2 Bg7 6 Be3 e5 7 Nge2 Nge7

8 0-0 0-0 9 Qd2 Nd4 10 f4 Be6 11 N d l Qd7 12 c3 Ne2 13 Qe2 Rac8 14 Qf215 15 Qd2 b6 16 Nf2 e f 4 1 7 Bf4 d5? (Better was 17.. .Nc6.) 18 e5 d4 19 c4 Nc6 20 R a e l Kh8 21 Re2 Rce8 22 Rfe l Bg8 23 h4 Re7 24 Qdl Rfe8 25 Qa4 Nb8 26 Qd7 Nd7 27 Bc6 Be6 28 Bg5 Rf7

(Powerful play by Roychowd-hury. He has a fantastic position. The isolated pawn on e5 spearheads the white thrust. The white rooks and bishops are ideally placed. The knight is shortly going to take up residence at f4.) 29 Nh3 Rc8 (Better was 29...h6. He does not get a chance to play it again.) 30 Bd5! Nf8 31 Nf4 Re8 32 h5 gh5 33 Nh5 Ng6 34 lf6< Rc7 (If 34...Bf6 35 efi6 and the Be6 falls.) 35 Ng7 Rg7 36 R f l Bc8 37 e6! Ne7 38 Bg7 Kg7 39 g4! fg4 40 Rf7 Kg6 41 Re5 Nd5 42 cd5 h5 43 R7f5 Rh8 44 Rg5 Kf6 45 Ref5 Ke7 46 Rh5 Rh5 47 Rh5 Kd6 48 KI2 b5 49 Rg5 c4 50 dc4 bc4 51 R g 4 1 - 0 . To be continued.

See Tournament Calendar on page 407. The delay in this issue was

caused by power failure following cyclone over Madras.


Solutions To Chess Magic Published In June 1. l...Bf2! 2Rf2 Rel 3 Rfl Qe5M

4 Bh6 (4 Bd2 Qd4 5 Khl Ral 6 Ral Ng4 7 Be3 Ne3 8 c3 Ndl) 4...Qd4 5 Be3 Re3 0-1 . R.Ravisekhar-N.Neelakantan, Calcutta 1992.

2. 1 Rd8 Bd8 2 Bc5 Bd7 3 Qd3 Qb5 4 c4 Qc5 5 Qd7 Kf8 6 Qb7 g6 7 Qa8 Kg7 1-0. Anand-Robatsch, Ma-nila Olympiad 1992.

3. l...Ra4! 2 ba4 Qb2! 3 Kb2 Nc4 4 Kb3 Na5 5 Kb4 Rb8! 0-1. If6 Ka5 Bc3. Zarovniatov-Pankratov, Correspondence 1990/91.

4. l...Bg5! 2 fg4 Bd2 3 Kfl Bg4!! 0-1. Kuzinin-Akopian 1993.

5. 1 e7! Qe7 (l...Be7 2 Nb5; l...Re7 2 Rf8) 2 Nd5! 1-0 idea Bd5. Lugo-Elizart 1992.

6 1 Qg5!! 1-0. Dvoiris-Gy. Fe-her, Budapest 1991. If l...Bg5 2 Rh8 Kg7 3 R3h7#; l...Rd5 2 Rh8!Bh8 3 Qd8 Kg7 4 Qh8#. Dvoiris-Gy. Fe-ller, Budapest 1991.

7. l...Re2!! 2 Qe2 Rb3! 3 Kcl Qc3 0-1. If 4 Qc2 Rbl 5 Kbl Qal. Pelaez-De Devittis, Havana 1993.

8. l...Nc5! 2Rc5Qc53Nc3Qf2! 0-1. Durovic-Enqvist, Titograd 1991

9. lRe7!Ne7(l. . .Be72Bd5Kb6 3 Nh8 Bb7 4 Bb7 5 Rd7 Kb6 6 Re7 fg2 7 Rel) 2 Nd8 Kb6 3 Rd6 Kc7 4 Rd3 1-0. Henkin-Afek, 1993.

10. 1 Ka2. G.Mott-Smith 1939. 11. 1 Qel. G.Mott-Smith 1937. 12. 1 Rd3. G.Mott-Smith 1937.

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