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INDIA'S FIRST GRANDMASTER

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SAKTHI FINANCE International

Grandmasters Chess Tournament 1987

Lightning Kid blossoms i n t o G M

"A dream fulfilled" was everybody's saying at the penultimate round of the Sakthi Finance International Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Coimbatore on December 28, 1987. The Indian Chess Fraternity was jubiliant when the news was flashed "Anand has become India's First Grandmaster". Tamilnadu's Chess Patron, Dr.N.Mahalingam, with determination took over the Presidentship of AICF three years ago and from thereon with his guidence, the All India Chess machinery under the stewardship of India's first International Master Manual Aaron relentlessly started the search for an India's first Grandmaster. At that time there were three contenders - Anand, Thipsay & Barua in the hot run for the coveted title. But, the teenager Anand proved his class to win laurels a f t e r laurels in almost all his chess tournaments. After he won the Asian Junior Chess Championship at Coimbatore in 1984, Anand did not belie the great expectations that surged in the minds of chess enthusiasts. The following year he retained the title at Hongkong and with that became the youngest ever International Master. His steep rise in the World Junior Chess Championships at Khiljava Finland, Dubai (UAE), Gausdal (Norway) and Bagiuo (Philipp i n e s ) , and his excellent international performances in Europe and the Soviet Union made him a Strong contender for the GM title. In f a c t , within four months ever since he bagged his first GM norm by winning the World Junior Championship at Baguio in August, he achieved his second and third GM norms in succession at the Bhilwara Grandmasters, New Delhi and in the Sakthi Finance Grandmasters in the month of December respectively. Thus the bud which was growing petal by petal finally blossomed into a beautiful flower to the great joy of chess enthusiasts.

Dr. N. MAHALINGAM, President, AICF Congratualtes ANAND and his parents. Not stopping with the GM title Anand achieved his double by sharing the top spot with Soviet Grandmaster Gennedy Zaitchik. Indeed, no other Indian chess player did achieve this f e t e . Considering the participation of five Grandmasters and three other international masters, Anand's performance can be summed up in a single word "Brilliant". When I christained him as "Lightning Kid" he was a little man in a big hurry. Now as on date, he still maintains that great speed and he is a young man on his way to wrest the world crown from Kasparov. Sakthi Finance's Grandmaster plan worked out very successfully satisfying immensely all the chess fans of our country. This 7th category GM tournament sponsored by Sakthi Finance will be remembered in the Indian history of chess as it proved to be the stepping stone for Anand's entry as the first Indian into the "Grandmasters Club" -Veekay

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Mitrakanth wins Gelier

1st Round White K.Murugan P.Lukacs Csom Istvan Lanka Ravi Mithrakanth Zaitchik P.M.Thipsay Black S.C.Sahu D.Barua E.Vasiukov V.Anand E.Geller Ravi Hegde A.Pavanasam 16.12.87 Result 1/2 -1/2, 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0

The Sakthi Finance Grandmasters' International Chess Tournament was inagurated by Hon.C.Ponnaiyan, Minister hot Education and Lau> of the Tamilnadu Govt, at Hotel Annapoorana Conference Hall amidst much fanfare, which was preceded by a colourful procession. The first round began with a surprise. The veteran Soviet Grandmaster Effim Gelier, ironically faltered in the opening itself today against Mithrakanth. The local hero replied strongly against the dubious 11...b4 in the Richter-Rauzer variation of the Sicilian Defence. Gelier lost a pawn and through another miscalculation expecting compensation lost a piece also on the 21st move. The game was over after the 28th move in favour oft the Indian. World Junior Champion Uiswanathan A nand opened his quest for the third GM Norm with a fine win over his compatriot, Lanka Ravi. A nand playing the Ragozin System of the Queen's Indian Defence forced his opponent to be saddled with an isolated 'd' pawn. He then launched a clever invisible attack on this isolated pawn. Ravi's efforts to defend the pawn not only proved futile but also cost him a piece. Hence, Ravi resigned on the 28th move.

Game 1 Murugan Sahu Nimzo Indian Defence 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3Nc3 Bb4 4 N f 3 c5 5 g3 b6 6 Bg2 Bb7 7 0-0 cd 8 Nd4 Bg2 9 Kg2 0-0 10 Qb3 Be7 11 Rdl Qc8 12 Bg5Nc6 13 Qc2 h6 14 Bf6 Bf6 15 Ndb5 a6 16Nd6Qb8 17 e3 Ra7 18 Racl Be7 19Qd2 Rc7 2 0 e4 Ne5 21 Qe2 Rc6 22 f4 Ng6 23 c5 Rc5 24 e5Qa8+ 25 Qe4 Rc6 26 Na4 Bd8 27 Rc6 dc 28 Qe3 c5 2 9 Q f 3 Bc7 30 Nc3 Ne7 31 g4 Q f 3 32 Kf3 Rd8 33 Ke4 Kf8 34 f5 ef 35 gf f6 36 ef gf 37 Nc4 Rdl 38 N d l b5 39 Nce3 h5 40 h3 Be5 41 b3 Kg7 42 a4 Kh6 43 ab ab 44 h4 b4 45 N f l Bd4 46 Nd2 Nc6 47 Nf3 Na5 4 8 N d 4 c d 4 9 Kd4 Nb3 50 Kd3Na5 51 Ne3 Nb7 52 Nd5 Kg7 53Nf4Kh6 54 Nd5 1/2-1/2 Game 2 Lukacs Barua Queen's Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 N f 3 Nf6 3 c4 e6 4 Nc3 Be7 5 Bg5 Nbd7 6 e3 h6 7 Bh4 0-0 8 Rcl dc 9 Bc4 a6 10 a4 c5 11 0-0 Qa5 12 Qd2 Qb4 13 Ba2 Rd8 14 Rfdl Nf8 15d5 g5 16 Bg3 ed 17 Bc7 Be6 18 Bd8 Rd8 19 Qc2 Qa5 20Rd2 g4 21 N e l d4 22 Be6 Ne6 23 Ne2 Nd5 24 ed Bg5 25 Rddl Bel 2 6 Q c l cd 27 Qh6 Qa4 28 Rd4 Nd4 29 Qg5 Kh7 30Qh5 Kg8 31 Qg5 Kh7 32 Qh51/2-1/2 Game 3 Csom Vasiukov English Opening A2.0 1 c4 e5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 c6 4 d4 ed 5 Qd4 d5 6 Nf 3 Be7 7 cd Qd5 8 Nc3 Qd4 9Nd4 0-0 10 0-0 Rd8 11 Rdl Na6 12 Bf4 Nb4 13 Nb3 Nfd5 14Nd5Nd5 15 Bd5 Rd5 16Rd5 cd 17 Be3 b6 18 Rcl Ba6 19Nd4 Bf6 20 Rc2 Bd4 21 Bd4 Rc8 1/2*1/2

Game 4 Lanka Ravi Anand Queen's Indian ^VL 1 d4 Nf6 2 N f 3 e6 3 c4 b6 4 a3 Bb7 5 Nc3 d5 6 cdNd5 7 Qa4 Qd7 8 Qc2 Nc3 9 be Bd6 10 e4 c5 11 Bd3 cd 12 cdQc6 13 Qb3 0-0 14 0-0 Ba6 15 d5

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Anand defeats Mitrakanth

Anand ic ored hii iec ond iucceaive victory today against Mithrakanth 0& Ne.yve.li Lignite Corporation in the. Scheveningen Variation the Sicilian Defence which iz> hit, pet line. Anand castled on the Queen side and launched a vigourous attack on the opponents uncastled King. Anand ofa&ered a pawn at g6, which was refused. However, ha heavy pieces invaded through the 'h' &ile and when threatened with the loss ofi a Rook, Mithrakanth resigned. ed 16 ed Qd7 17 Bb2 Bd3 18 Qd3 Qg4 19 Racl Rd8 20 Rc4 Qg6 21 Qd2 Nd7 22 h3>f6 23 Rc6 Nc5 24 Nd4 Qd3 25 Qcl Qe4 26 Nb5 Bf4 2 7 Q e l Qd5 28 Rc7 Qb3 0-1 Game 5 Mithrakanth Geller Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 Nf 3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 e6 7 Qd2 a6 8 0-0-0 h6 9 Bf 4 Bd7 10 Nb3 b5 11 a3 b4 12 ab Nb4 13 Bd6 Rc8 14 Bf8 Rf8 15 f3 Qc7 16 Kb 1 Ke7 17Qd4 a5 18 e5 N f d 5 19 Nd5 Nd5 20 c4 R f d 8 21 cd Qc2 22 Ka2 a4 23 Nal Qc5 24 Ba6Qd4 25 Rd4 Rc5 26 d6 Ke8 27 Rel Rb8 28
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2nd Round S.C.Sahu Ravi Hegde E.Geller V.Anand E.Vasiukov D.Barua K.Murugan

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A.Pavanasam P.M.Thipsay Zaitchik P.Mithrakanth Lanka Ravi Csom Istvan P.Lukacs

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17.12.87 1 - 0 1/2-1/2 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1/2-1/2

Nd4 13 Bg2 f 5 14 c3 Ne2 15 Qe2 Rb8 16 e5 b6 17 d4 cd 18 Bd4 Bb7 19 Rbdl Bg2 20Qg2 d5 21 c4 Rc8 22 cd Qd5 23 Qd5 ed 2 4 Rf2 Rfd8 25 Rfd2 Rc7 26 Bf2 Rcd7 27 Rc2 d4 28 Rd3 Bf8 29 Rc4 Kf7 30 Kg2 Ke6 31 Rdd4 Rd4 32 Bd4 b5 33 Rc6 Kd5 34 Rc2 Rd7 35 Kf 3 a5 36 Ke3 a4 37 Kd3 Be7 38 Rc8 Bb4 39 Rb8 1-0

Game 9 Hegde Thipsay 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Nf 3 0-0 5 Bf4 d6 6 e3 Nfd7 7 Be2 e5 8 Bg5 f6 9 Bh4 Nc6 10 Bg3 Ne7 11 c5 ed 12 cd dc 13 de Qe7 14 Qb3 Kh8 15 Qc3 Nc5 16 0-0 Bg4 1/2-1/2 Game 10 Zaichik Center Counter 1 e4 d5 2 ed Nf6 3 d4 Nd5 4 N f 3 Bg4 5 Be2 e6 6 h3 Bh5 7 0-0 Be7 8 Ne5 Be2 9Qe2 0-0 10 c4 Nb6 11 Rdl Qe8 12 Nc3 Nc6 13 Bf4 Rd8 14Nf3 Rd7 15 Rd2 Qd8 16 Radl Re8 17 b3 Bb4 18 Qe3 Ne7 19 g4 Bc3 20 Qc3 Nbd5 2 1 cd Nd5 22 Qa5 N f 4 23 Qa7 Nh3 24 Kh2 Ng5 2 5 N e 5 Rd5 26Qb7 f6 27 Nc6 Qd6 28 Kg2 Qf4 29 Kf 1 Ne4 30 Rc2 Ng3 31 Kel Qe4 32 Kd2 Rd4 33 Kcl Q f 4 34 Kb2 Rdl 35 fg Qf 1 36 Qc7 R b l 37 Ka3 Ra8 38 Kb4Qel 39 Kb5 Qf 1 40 Kb4 h6 41 Qb7 Q e l 42 Kb5 Rf8 43 Ne7 Kh7 44 Rc8 Qe2 45 Kb4 Qd2 0-1 Game 11 Mithrakanth Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4" cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be3 a6 7 Qd2 Nc6 8 0-0-0 Be7 10 f3 h6 Anand Geller

Round 2 Game 6 Game 8 A Zaitchik Ravi Hegde ^ Sahu Pavanasam Kings Indian Defence 1 Nf 3 d5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 c6 4 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 b3 g6 5 Bb2 Bg7 6 d3Nbd7 7 Nf3 0-0 5 Bf4 d6 6 h3Nbd7 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 dc 9 beQc7 10 e3 Qe8 8 Bh2 c6 9 Be2 d5 10 a4 e5 11 a5 Re8 12 Nbd2 Nh5 0-0 e5 11 Nd2 Qe7 12 b4 Re8 13 Ra2 f 5 14 Qc2 Nc5 15Nb3 13 c5 e4 14 b5Nb8 15 be be Na6 16 Ba3 Nf6 17 Nfd2 Be6 1 6 Qa4 Nfd7 17 Qa5 f 5 18 18 Nc5 Nc5 19 Bc5 Nd7 20 R a b l g5 19 Bh5 Rf8 20 Bd6 Bb4 Rad8 2 1 Nb3 Nf8 22 Bc5 Qe6 21 Bf8 Bf8 22 Be2 Nf6 23 b6 23 Be3 Bc8 24 Rbl Ne6 25 Qc7 Nbd7 24Qg3 Bh6 25Nb3 ab ab 2 6 N c l c5 27Qa4 f4 28 Ne8 26 Na5 Kh8 27 h4 f4 28 Bd2 Nd4 29 Qa7 Qd6 30 Bd5 Bg4 Qg8 2 9 Qh3 Nef6 30 Be6 Be6 31 Rb6 Qf8 32 Re6 Ne6 Qg7 31 hg Bg5 32 ef Bf4 33 33 Ra6 Rd6 34 Nb3 Kh8 35 Nc6.Ba6 34 Bd7 Nd7 35Nd5 Rd6 Qd6 36 Be6 Qe6 37 Nc5 Nf6 36 Nf4 1-0 Qc6 38 Ne4 Ra8 39Qe7 Ral 40 Kg2 Ra8' 41 gf ef 42 Bf4 Game 7 Re8 43 Qd6 Qa8 44Qd5Qd5 Thipsay Pavanasam 45 cd Kg8 46 e3 Be5 47 Bg5 Closed Sicilian frl^lk Kf 7 48 d6 Ke6 49 Be7 Rc8 50 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 d4 _ . 1-0 Bg2 Bg7 5 d3 d6 6 f 4 e6 7 Nf 3 Nge7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Be3 Nd4 10 R b l Nec6 11 Ne2 Nf3 12 Bf3

10 g4 Nd4 11 Bd4 e5 12 Be3 Be6 13 h4 Qa5 14Qf2 Qc7 15 Be2 Rc8 16 Kbl b5 17 Bd3 Qc6 18 g5 hg 19 hg Rhl 20 Rhl Nd7 21 g6Nc5 22 Bc5 dc 2 3 Nd5 Bd5 24 edQd5 25Qg2 Bf6 26 Rh8 Kd7 27 Qh3+ 1-0 Game 12 Vasiukov Lanka Ravi <y<J|i>Au. French Defence ^>P-0 1 e4 e6 2 d3 c5 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 g3 g6 5 d4 cd 6 Nd4 a6 7Nc6 be 8 Bg2 Bg7 9 0-0 Ne7 10 c4 Rb8 11 Nc3 c5 12 Na4 d6 13 Bf4 e5 14 Bg5 f6 15 Be3 Beb 16 Rcl 0-0 17 b3 Nc6 18 f4 Nd4 19Qd3 Bd7 20Nc3 a5 21 f 5 Bc6 22 Nd5 a4 23 Bd4 cd 24 b4 Bh6 25 Rbl Rb7 26 Khl Kg7 2 7 Rf2 Qa8 28 h3Qc8 29 g4 Bd5 30 ed Be3 31 Rc2 Rc7 32 Be4 Rh8 33 Rfl g5 34 Bf3 Qa6 35 Be2 Re7 36Qe4Qb6 37 a3 Rc7 38 Kg2 Rhc8 39 Rhl Bf4 40 Bd3 1-0(T) Game 13 ffo'-^h Csom Sicilian Defence B58 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Be2 e5 7 Nf 3 h6 8 0-0 Be7 9 h3 Be6 10 Re 1 Rc8 11 Bf 1 Nb8 12 Nd5 Nd5 13 ed Bf5 14 c4 0-0 1 5 Be3 b6 16 b4 Bg6 17Qb3 Kh8 18 Racl Nd7 19Qa4 Rc7 2 0 Bd2 Bf6 21 Bc3 Qb8 22 Bb2 R f c 8 23 Qb3Qb7 24 h4 b5 25 c5 dc 26 Be5 c4 27Qdl Ne5 28 Ne5 Be5 29 Re5 f6 30 d6 fe 31 dc Qc7 32 a4 Rd8 33 Qg4 Bh7 34 ab c3 35Qf3 c2 36 Qc6 Rc8 37 Qd5 Qc3 38 Qd7 Qc7 39 Qe6 Rf8 40Qc6 Qe7 41 Qc5 Qf7 42 Rc2 Bc2 43 Qc2 Rd8 44 Be2 Q f 4 45 Qc5 Qh4 46 Qa7 Rc8 47Qa3 Q f 4 48 Bf 1 Qd4 49 g3 Rf8 50 Qa2 Qb4 51 Qc2 e4 52 Kg2 Qd4 53 Qe2 Re8 54Qh5Re6 55 Q f 5 Rf6 56 Qc8 Kh7 57 Qc2 Rf 5 58 b6 Rc5 59 Qbl Rf 5 60 Qc2 Rf 7 61 Bc4 Re7 62 Qb3 Rb7 63 Qb5 Rb6 64 Qf 5 g6 65Qc8 h5 66Qg8 Kh6 67 Qf8 Qg7 68 Q f 4 Kh7 69 Qe4 Qf6 70 Bd5 Rb5 71 Qc4 Rb2 72 Qc7 Qg7 7 3 Q f 4 Q e 7 74 Bf3 Rb6 75 Qc4 Rf6 76 Qc2 Qe5 77 Qd3 Kg7 78Qc4 Rf7 79 Qc6 Rc7 80Qb6Qc5 Barua

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A n a n d levels w i t h Zaitchik
3rd Round P.Lukacs Csom Istvan Lanka Ravi Mithrakanth Zaitchik P.M.Thipsay Pavanasam Game 15 Lukcas Sahu Csom Benoni Defence 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 g6 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 e4 d6 6 N f 3 0-0 7 Bd3 e5 8 Bg5 h6 9 Bd2 Nh5 10 g3 f 5 11 Nh4 Nf4 12 Bc2 a6 13 a 4 Q f 6 14 Qf3 Nh3 15 ef gf 16 Qh5 Ng5 17 0-0 f4 18Ne4 Ne4 19 Be4 Bh3 20Ng6 Bfl 2 1 Nf8 Bc4 22 Ne6 Nc6 23 Ng7 Nd4 24 Ne8Qe7 25Qg6 Kf8 26 Nd6 Be2 27Qh6 Kg8 28 Nf5 1-0 81 Qb2 Qc3 Qb8 Qd6 84 Qe5 86 Qd3 88 Qb6 Rd7 Qa8 Qd4 91 Ra7 93 Qe6 95 Qb3 Qf6 82 Qb6 Qc5 83 Qb2 Qf6 85Qd2 Re7 87Qd8Rf7 89 Qc6 Qd6 90 Qa2 Rf7 92 Qe2 Rd7 94 Be4 Qd6 96 Bf3 Rc7 97 1.0 S.C.Sahu 1.5 K.Murugan D.Barua Vasiukov 1.0 2.0 V.Anand E.Geller 1.5 Ravi Hegde
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18.12.87 1 - 0 1/2-1/2 0 - 1 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

Murugan English Opening A 3 9 1 N f 3 Nf 6 2 c4 c5 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 d4 cd 6 Nd4 Nc6 7 Nc2 0-0 8 Nc3 d6 9 0-0 Be6 10 Ne3 Qd7 11 Rel Bh3 12 Bhl Rac8 13 Bd2 h5 14 Rcl h4 15 b3 Ne5 16Ned5Nd5 17 Nd5 hg 18 hg Rfe8 19 Be3 b6 2 0 Bd4 Qg4 2 1 Rc3 g5 22 e4 Qdl 23 Rdl Be6 24 f4 Nc6 25 Bg7 Kg7 26 Re3 f6 27 Rd2 Rh8 28 Nc3 gf 29 gf Rh4 30 Rg3 Kf7 31 f5 Bd7 32 e5Ne5 33 Bd5 e6 34 f e Be6 35Nb5 Rd8 36 Rdg2 Rh7 37 Be6 Ke6 38 Rg7 Rg7 39 Rg7 Kf5 40 Nc3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

Qb8 Rf7 98 Qb3 g5 99 Qe3 Re7 100 Qc5 h4 101 Bg4 hg 102 Kg3 Qf4+ 103 Kh3 Rf7 1 04 Qd5 Kh8 105Qd8Kh7 106 Qd3 Kh6 107Qc3Qf2 0-1 Game 14 Murugan c4Lukacs 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 N f 3 dc 5 Bg2 Bd7 6Nbd2 Bb4 7 0-0 Bd2 8 Bd2 Bc6 9 Rcl Bd5 10 Bg5 Nc6 11 Rel Be4 12 Rc4 0-0 13 b3 h6 14 Bf6 Q f 6 15 e 3 Rad8 16Qe2 Rd5 17 R e e l R f d 8 18Rc5Qe7 19 Qb5 a6 2 0 Qc4 R8d6 21 Qc3 Qd8 22 Ne5 Rc5 23Qc5 Bg2 2 4 Kg2 Rd5 25Qc3 Ne5 26 de c6 27 Rc2 Qc7 28 f4Qd7 29 Re2 b6 30 Qc4 b5 31 Qe4 c5 32 Kf2 g6 33 g4Qc6 34 h4 c4 3 5 be be 36 h5 Kg7 37 Kf3 c3 38 hg fg 39 Rc2 Qb5 40 Kf2 Q b l 4 1 Qa4 Qhl 42 Qe8 Qh4+ 43 Kf3 Rdl 44 Rh2 1/2-1/2

Game 17 7 Lanka Ravi Barua Queen's Gambit 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3Nc3Nf6 4 Nf 3 Be7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3 c6 7 R c l Nbd7 8 Bd3 b6 9 cd ed 10 0-0 Bb7 11 Ne5 Ne5 12 de Ne8 13 Q f 3 g6 14 Rfdl Ng7 1 5 Ne2 f6 16 ef Bf6 17 b4 Qe7 18 b5 c5 19Qh3 Rad8 20 Nc3 Rf 7 21 Be2 Bc3 22 Rc3 R f 4 23 ef Qe2 24 Reel Qb5 2 5 R e l Re8 26Qh4Qd7 27 f3 N f 5 28 Re8 Qe8 29 Rel Qf8 30 Qg5 d4 31 g4 Ne3 32 K12 Qf 7 33 Qd8 Kg7 34 Kg3 h6 35 h4 Bd5 36 a 4 Q f 6 37Qc7 Bf7 38 Qa7 Qe6 39 a5 Qa2 40 Rgl Qa5 41 Qc7 c4 42 f 5 Q c 5 43 Qd8 c3 44 f g Bg6 45 h5 Bf7 46 g5 Qe5 47 f 4 Nf5 48 Kh3 Q e 3 49 Kg4 Qe2 50 Kh3Qh5 51 Kg2 Bd5+ O-l

Page 6 Game 18 Mithrakanth Vasiukov Sicilian Defence 6 CO 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 Nc6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Bg5Qb6 7 Nb3 e6 8 Qd2 a6 9 0-0-0 Qc7 10 Kbl Be7 11 Bf6 gf 12 Qh6 Bd7 13 Qg7 0-0-0 14Qf7 h5 15 Nd4 Rdf8 16Qg7 Rfg8 17 Qf7 Rf8 18 Qg7 Rfg8 19 Qf7 1/2-1/2 Game 20 Thipsay Geller Ruy Lopez (J\V 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 Bb7 10 d4 Re8 11 Ng5 Rf8 12 Nf3 h6 13 Nbd2 Re8 14 Nf 1 Bf8 15 Ng3 Na5 16 Bc2 Nc4 17 b3 Nb6 18 a4 ba 19 ba a5 20 Bd3 g6 21 Bb5 c6 22 Bfl Qc7 23 R b l Ba6 24 Ba6 Ra6 25Be3 Nbd7 2 6 d e d e 2 7 Q d 2 Kh7 28 Game 19 Qa2 Re6 2 9 Q c 4 R a 8 30 Rb3 Zaitchik Anand Veresov Opening j ) ^ 0 ' R b 8 31 R l b l Rb3 32 Rb3 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 Ne4 3 Bf4 d5 4 Ne833.Qa6 c5 34Qa8Nd6 35 Nd2 Re8 36 Qa6 c4 37 Rbl e3 c6 5 Bd3 Nd7 6 Be4 de 7 Kg7 38 Qa7 Qa7 39 Ba7 Be7 Nc3 Nf6 8 Nge2 Bf5 9Ng3 e6 40 Rdl Ra8 41 Nc4 Ra7 42 10 Bg5 Bb4 11 0-0 Bc3 12 be Nd6 Bd6 43 Rd6 Nc5 44 Rd5 h6 13 Bf6 Qf6 14 f3-Qg5 15 f4 Na4 45 Re5 Nc3 46Rc5Na2 Qe7 16 a4 0-0 17 c4 c5 18 47 Ne2 a4 48 Rc4 a3 49Nd4 N f 5 ef 19 d5 Rfd8 20Qd2 a5 Rd7 50 Nc2 Rd3 51 f3 g5 52 2 1 R a b l Rd6 22 Rb5 b6 23 Ra4 Rd2 53 Ne3 Rd3 >4Nc4 R f b l Ra6 24Qc3 Kh7 25Qe5 Rd4 55 Ra3 Rc4 56 Ra2 Rc6 Qd7 26 Kf2 h5 27 g3 Rh6 28 57 Kf2 Kg6 58 Kg3 f5 59 Ra5 h3 Rg6 29 g4 hg 30 hg fg 31 f e 60 f e Rc3 61 Kf2 Rc2 62 R h l Rh6 32 Rh6 gh 33 f5Qd8 Kg 1 R c l 63 Kh2 h5 64 Ra6 34 f 6 Ra8 35Qe4 Kh8 36Qf4 Kg7 65 Ra5 1/2-1/2 Kh7 37 Q f 5 Kh8 38Qf4 Kh7 39 Rbl Qg8 40Qf5 Qg6 41 e4 Game 21 Q f 5 42 ef Re8 43 d6 h5 44 Pavanasam Hegde Kg3 Kh6 45 Kf4 Rg8 46Rgl Rd8 47 Rdl Rd7 48 Rd3 g3 49 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 g3g6 3 Bg2 Bg7 4 Kg3 Kg5 50 Rd5 Rd8 51 d7 h4 d4 0-0 5 0-0 d5 6 c4 dc 7 Na3 52 Kf 3 Kf 6 53 Kg4 Ke7 54 c3 8 be c5 9Nc4 Nc6 10Nfe5 Kh4 Rd7 55 Rd7 Kd7 1/2-1/2 Nd5 11 Bb2 Be6 1/2-1/2 4th Round S.C.Sahu j Geller [ Anand [ Vasiukov D.Barua Murugan Lukacs Sahu Game 22 VyT.r Hegde Closed Sicilian 1 e4 c5 2 c3 e6 3 d3 d5 4 Nd2 Nc6 5 N g f 3 g6 6 Be2 Bg7 7 0-0 Nge7 8 Nb3 b6 9 a4 a5 10 Bf4 0-0 11 Rel e5 12 Bg5 f6 13 Bel Be6 14 Nbd2 Ra7 15 Qb3 Rd7 16 d4 ed 17 cd cd 18 Bb5 Bf 7 19 e5 f e 20 Ng5 Qe8 21 Qh3 h6 22 Ndf3 e4 23 Ne6
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Game 23 Pavanasam Sicilian Defence B'3^ 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 Nc6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 N d 5 Q a 5 10 Bd2 Qd8 11 Bd3 Nd5 12 ed Ne7 13 c4 f5 14 0-0Ng6 15 cb Be7 16 ba 0-0 17Qa4 Bg5 18 Ba5 Qe7 19 Bb6 e4 20 Bb5 Ne5 21 Nc4 Nf3 22 gf Bf4 23 R f d l ef 24 Ne3 Qg5 25 Kfl Be3 26 Be3 f 4 27Qd4 f e 2 8 Q e 3 Qg2 2 9 Kel Ba6 30 Bd7 Rab8 31 b3 Be2 32 Rdcl Qh2 Geller 33 Kd2 Qh4 34 Be6 Kh8 35 R h l Qb4 36 Qc3 Qf4 37Qe3 Qb4 38 Qc3 Q f 4 39 Kc2 Rb5 4 0 Rh7 Kh7 41 Rhl Kg6 42 Rgl Kh5 43 Rhl 1/2-1/2 19.12.87 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1/2-1/2

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Ravi Hegde Pavanasam P.M.Thipsay Zaitchik Mithrakanth Lanka Ravi Csom Istvan
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Game 24 Thispay Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bc6 dc 5 0-0 f6 6 d4 Bg4 7 de Qdl 8 Rdl f e 9 Rd3 Bd6 10 Nbd2 Nf6 11 Nc4 0-0 12 Nfe5 Be2 13 Rd2 Bc4 14 Nc4 Bc5 15 Re2 Rae8 16 Nd2 Rd8 17 g'3 Ng4 18 Nb3 Rf2 19 Rf2 Bf2 2 0 Kg2 Be3 21 h3 Bel 22 Rcl Ne5 23 g4 b6 24 c3 c5 25 Rc2 Rd3 26 N c l Rdl 27Ne2 Nd3 28 Kg3 c4 29 b3 b5 30 be be 31 Nd4 Kf7 32 Re2 Ne5 33 Rf2 Ke8 34 R f 5 Rd3 35 Kf2 Nd7 36 Rf 3 Rd2 37 Ke3 Ra2 38 Ne6 g6 39 Nc7 Kd8 40 Nd5 a5 41 Rf7 h5 42 gh gh 43Rh7 Kc8 44 Kd4 Re2 45 Rh5 a4 46 Ne3 Kb7 47 Nc4 Re4 48 Ke4 Nf 6 49 Kf 5 Nh5 50 Kg5 Ng3 51 h4 Kc6 52 h5 Nh5 53 Kh5 Kc5 54 Na3 Kd5 55 Kg4 Ke4 56 c4 Kd4 57 Kf3 Kc5 58 Ke3 Kb4 59 Kd3 Ka3 60 c5 Kb2 61 c6 a3 62 c7 a2 63 c8Q a l Q 64 Qc2 Ka3 65 Qc5 Ka2 66Qe4 Ka3 67 Qa6 Kb2 6 8 Q b 6 K c l 69 Qc5 Kb2 70 Qb4 1-0 Game 25 Vasiukov Zaitchik Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 Nbd7 7 g4 d5 8 g5 Ne4 9 Ne4 de 10 Bg2 Ne5 1 1 Be4 Nc4 12 Qf3 e5 13 Ne2 Ne3 14 fe Bc5 15 Bc6 be 16 Qc6 Bd7 17 Qc5 Qg5 18 Rgl Qe7 19 Qe7 Ke7 2 0 Rg7 Bf5 2 1 Rg2 Bc2 22 N c 3 Bd3 2 3 Rdl Rhd8 24 Rgd2 Bc4 2 5 b3 Rd2 26 Rd2 Be6 27 Nd5 Bd5 28 Rd5 Ke6 29 Ra5 Kf5 30 Ra4 Rc8 31 Ra6 Rc2 32 a4 Ke4 33 a5 Ke3 3 4 Kdl Ra2 35 b4 Kd3 36 Rd6 Kc3 37 Rb6 f5 38 a6 f4 39 b5 f 3 40 Kel Kd3 41 Rd6 Ke3 42 Kdl f2 43 Rf6 Ra5 44 Kc2 Rb5 45 a7 Ra5 46 Rf5 Ra7 47 Re5 Kf4 48 Re8 Rf7 0-1 5th Round Csom Istvan Lanka Ravi Mithrakanth Zaitchik P.M.Thipsay Pavanasam Ravi Hegde 2.5 1.0 1.5 3.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 Anand

Game 26 Barua Mithrakanth Sicilian Defence a s f 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5Nc3 d6 6 g3 Be7 7 Bg2 0-0 8 0-0 a6 9 Be3 Nc6 10 Nc6 be 1 1 e5 Nd5 12 ed Qd6 13 Ne4 Qc7 14 Bd2 Rd8 15 c4 Nb4 16 Qa4 a5 17 Bb4 Bb4 18 c5 Ba6 19 Rfdl Be2 20 Rd8 Rd8 21 a3 Bb5 22 Qb3 Bd2 23 Rdl a4 24Qc2 Ba5 25 Nd6 Qb8 26 Be4 g6 27 Qcl Bc7 28 Qf4 Rd7 29 h4 Qd8 30 Bc2 Qf8 31 h5 Qg7 32 Ba4 Qb2 33 h6 Ba4 34 Qa4 Qe2 35 R b l Q f 3 36 Rb7 Bd6 37 Rd7 Bc5 38 Rd8 Bf8 39Qa8 1-0 Game 27 Murugal Lanka Ravi 1 d4 b5 2 e4 a6 3 N f 3 Bb7 4 Bd3 e6 5 0-0 c5 6 c3 Nc6 7 Nbd2 d6 8 Qe2 Qc7 9 a4 c4 10 Bc2 Nf6 11 R e l Be7 12 Nfl 0-0 13 Ng3 Rfe8 14 Bg5 h6 15 Bd2 Bf 8 16 h4 e5 17 d5 Nb8 18 h5 Nbd7 19 Nh2 Rab8 20 N f 5 Bc8 21 a5 Kh7 22 Ng4 Ng4 23 Qg4 Nf6 2 4 Q f 3 N g 8 2 5 Be3 g6 26 Bb6 Qd7 27 Ne3 Bg7 28 Bdl Nf6 29 g4 Qe7 30 hg fg 31 g5 hg 32 Qhl Bh6 33 Nc2 Kg7 34 Nb4 Bb7 35 Nc6 Bc6 36 dc g4 37 Qg2 Rbc8 38 c7 Qe6 39 Be2 Bf4 40 Radl Rh8 41 Bf 1 Rh5 42 Re2 Rch8 43 f 3 Rh3 44 Red2 Bd2 45 Qd2 Rhl 0-1 Game 28 Lukacs A07 Csom 1 Nf 3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bg4 4 0-0 Nd7 5 d3 Ngf6 6 Nbd2 e6 7 b3 a5 8 a3 Bc5 9 Bb2 0-0 10 c4 b5 11 cb cb 12 h3 Bf3 13 Nf 3 Qb6 14 Ne5 Ne5 15 Be5 Bd4 16 Bd4 Qd4 1/2-1/2

Game 29 Csom / A 37 Sahu English Opening 1 c4 c5 2 Nf 3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nc3 d6 6 a3 Rb8 7 0-0 Nh6 8 b4 Qd7 9 Rbl b6 10 b5 Nd8 II d3 Nf5 12 Bb2 Bb7 13 Nd5 Bb2 14 Rb2 Ne6 15 a4 0-0 16 Bh3 Qd8 17 Bf5 gf 18 Qd2 f 6 19 Qe3 Kf7 20 Qh6 Kg8 21 Qe3 Kf7 22 Nh4 Ng7 23 Qh6 Kg8 24 Rd2 e6 25Ne3 Qe7 26 d4 c d 2 7 Rd4 Rbd8 28 R f d l Bc8 29 Nhg2 Ne8 30 Nc2

e5 31 R4d2 Be6 32 Nce3 Rc8 33 Nh4 Qd7 34Qh5 f4 35Nef5 Bf5 36 N f 5 f g 37 hg Rc4 38 Nd6 Ra4 39 Nf5 Rd4 40Nd4 Ng7 41 Qf3 ed 42 Rd4Qb5 43 Rd7 Rf7 44 Qa8 1-0 Game 30 Lanka Ravi Lukacs Nimzo Indian Defence E 2 0 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 N f 3 c5 5 g3 cd 6 Nd4 0-0 7 Bg2 d5 8 0-0 dc 9Ndb5Nbd7 10 Qa4 Bc5 11 Qc4 a6 12 Nd4 Qc7 13 e3 b5 14Ne6Qb8 15 Qb3 f e 16Qe6 Kh8 17 a3 Ne5 18 Qa2 Bb7 19 b4 Bb6 20Qc2 Qc7 2 1 Bb2 Bg2 22 Kg2 Qc6 2 3 e4 Nc4 0-1 Game 31 Mithrakanth Murugan Sicilian-Keres Attack 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 g4 h6 7 h4 Nc6 8 Rgl d5 9 edNd5 10 Nd5 Qd5 11 Bg2 Qa5 12 Bd2 Qe5 13 Be3 Nb4 14 c4 Bc5 15 Kf 1 0-0 16 a3 Rd8 17 ab Bd4 18 Ra3 Qc7 19 Qe2 Bb2 20 Rd3 Rd3 2 1 Qd3 Bd7 22 Qe2 Be5 23 g5 hg 24 hg g6 25 Rhl a5 26 b5 Rc8 27 c5 a4 28Qc4 a3 29 c6 be 30 b6Qd6 31 Bf3 Ra8 32 Bc5 Qd2 33 b7 Rb8 34 Ba3 Rb7 35 Be7 Rbl 36 Kg2 Rhl 37 Khl Qf2 0-1

S.C.Sahu Lukacs Murugan D. Barua Vasiukov Anand Gelier

2.0 2.5 1.5 2.5 2.0 3.5 1.0

20.12.87 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1/2-1/2 0 - 1 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

Page 8 Game 32 Zaitchik Barua Reti Opening A i i / o 7 * 1 Nf 3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bf5 4 A.Pavanasam of N.L.C. stole, the show today by holding 0-0 Nd7 5 c4 e6 6 d3 Ngf6 7 the redoubtable A nand. Pavanasam opened with the Nc3 Be7 8 Be3 dc 9 dc e5 10 Reti Opening and obtained slight advantage in the h3 0-0 11 Rcl h6 12 Nd2 Qc7 initial phase of the. game. After passing over an equal 13 a3 R f d 8 14 b 4 N f 8 15Qb3 middle game, they switched over into a Hook and Ne6 16 g4 Bg6 17Nd5Qd7 18 Pawn ending. In the end game meele Pavanasam gained N f 6 Bf6 19 Ne4 Be7 2 0 R c d l a pawn. However, Anand put up a stiff resistance Nd4 21 Bd4 e d 2 2 c5 h5 23 gh and obtained a draw. Bh5 2 4 Ng3 Bg6 25 e4 Qe6 26 Qe6 fe 27 f4 Bh4 28 f5 Bf7 29 Rd4 52 Rd6 Kc7 53 K b 3 R d l f e Be6 30 Nf5 Bf5 31 Rf5 g6 54 Rc6 Kd7 55 Rd6 Kc7 56 32 Rf3 Bg5 33 Bf 1 Rf8 34 Bc4 Game 3^ Kc2 Rd4 57 Kc3 R d l 58 h3 Kg7 35 R d f l Rf3 3 6 R f 3 R f 8 Pavanasam Anand R c l 59 Kb4 R b l 6 0 K a 3 R d l 37 Rf8 Kf8 38 a4 Bd2 39 b5 Neo-Grunfeld Reversed fctfy 61 Kb3 Rd4 62 Kc3 R d l 63 Bb4 40 be be 41 Kg2 Ke7 42 1 N f 3 g~6 2 eft Bg7 3 g5 c3 4 R c 6 Kd7 64 Rh6 Rd5 65 Kc5 e5 Bc5 43 Kf3 1/2-1/2 Bg2 c d 5 Nd4 Nc6 6 c3 tff6 7 Rd4 66 Kb5 e4 67 c6 Kd8 68 0 - 0 0-0 8 Nd2 Nd4 9 cd d5 10 Rh7 e 3 69 Rh8 Kc7 70 Re8 Nf 3 Bf 5 11 Bf 4 Qb6 12 Qb3 Game 33 R d 5 71 Kc4 Kc6 72 Re6 Rd6 Qa6 13 R f c l b6 14 Bfl Bd7 15 Thipsay J? bO Vasiukov 73 R e 3 R d l 74 R e 5 R h l 75 Rc7 Rfc8 16 Racl Rc7 17 Rc7 Sicilian Defence Kd4 Kd6 76 R g 5 R h 3 77 Ke4 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 Nc6 3 d4 cd 4 e6 18 Ne5 Be8 1 9 N c 6 B c 6 20 Ke6 78 Rf5 Rhl 1/2-1/2 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Bg5 Qa5 R c 6 Q a 5 21 Q c 3 Q c 3 22 be Ne4 2 3 e 3 g5 24 Bc7Nd2 25 7 Bf6 gf 8 Nb3 Qg5 9 Nd5 Kd8 Game 35 Ba6 Bf8 26 g4 Re8 27 Kg2 f6 10 f 4 Qh6 11 g3 e6 12 Ne3 Hegde $2.2. Gelier 28 f 3 Nc4 29 Bc4 dc 30 Bd6 Kc7 13 Qd2 Bd7 14 0-0-0 Rd8 Sicilian Defence Bd6 31 Rd6 b5 32 Kf2 Kf7 33 15 Qc3 Be7 16 Bg2 Kb8 17 1 e4 c 5 2 c3 Nf6 3 e5 Nd4 4 R a 6 Re7 34 a4 ba 35 Ra4 Rc7 Nc4 Bc8 18 Kb 1 Rd7 19 Nd4 d4 cd 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 B c 4 N b 6 7 36 e4 Ke7 37 Ke3 Kd7 38 Ra6 Nd4 2 0 Qd4 Rhd8 21 Ne3 Rc7 Bb3 d5 8 e d Q d 6 9 N a 3 Be6 10 Rb7 39 d5 e 5 40 R c 6 a5 41 22 c4 Bd7 23Qd3 Rdc8 2 4 B f 3 Nb5 Qd7 11 Nbd4 Bb3 12 Qb3 R c 4 Ra7 42 Kd2 a4 43 Kc2 a3 Bc6 25 Qe2 Bf8 26 b3 f 5 27 Nd4 13 Nd4 e6 14 Bg5 Be7 15 44 K b l a2 45 Kal Ra3 46 Rc6 ef Bf 3 28 Qf 3 Qf6 29Nc2 Bg7 Be7 Q e 7 16 Qb5 Qd7 17 Qd7 Ke7 47 c4 Rf3 48 Ka2 Re3 49 30 Rd4 d5 31 Kcl Qf5 32 g4 Kd7 18 0-0-0 Ke7 19 b3 Rhd8 c 5 Re4 50 Re6 Kd8 51 Rf6 Qg6 0-1 20 c4 Rac8 21 Kb2 a6 1/2-1/2 ANAND GAINS LEAD World Junior Champion Anand moved ahead scoring a fluent win over Ravi Hegde in the sixth round of the Sakthi Finance GMs International Tournament being played here today. Ravi Hegde adopted the Alekhine Defence against Anand. Both players castled on the opposite sides and Hegde brought up pressure on Anand'S King when he doubted his rooks on the 'G' file. Anand warded off the threats by forcing Hegde to divert his pieces on the Queen-side. All of a sudden, Anand sacrificed his rook for a knight and obtained two connected parsers. When the pawns supported by a bishop were on the point of gobbling up a rook, the Bombay player raised his hands. 6th Round S.C.Sahu Anand Vasiukov D.Barua Murugan Lukacs Csom Istvan
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Pavanasam draws with Anand

Game 36 Sahu Gelier Ruy Lopez 6 6 1 e4 e 5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bc6 d c 5 N c 3 f 6 6 d4 ed 7 Q d 4 Qd4 8 Nd4 Bd7 9 Be3 0 - 0 - 0 10 0 - 0 - 0 Ne7 11 Nde2 Ng6 12 h4 h5 13 Nf4 Ne5 14 f 3 Bd6 15 Nd3 Nd3 16 cd c5 17 Kc2 b6 18 g3 Be6 19 Bf4 Be7 2 0 b3 Rd7 21 Rd2 Rhd8 22 Be3 Kb7 23Ne2 Bf7 24 f4 g6 2 5 Rh2 f 5 26 Nc3 Bf6 27 e 5 Be7 28 R h l Be6 2 9 R h d l b5 30 Bgl Kc6 31 Be3 Rb8 32 d4 cd 33 Rd4 Rbd8 34 Rd7 Rd7 35 Rd3 Rd3 36 Kd3 Kd7 37 N b l c5 38 Nd2 Kc6 39 Kc3 Kd5 40 Bf2 Bf7 41 a3 a5 42 Bgl Be8 43 Bf2 Bc6 4 4 N f 3 Bb7 45 Bgl Bc6 46 Bf2 b4 47 ab cb 48 Kc2 a4 49 Ng5 a3 50 Kbl Bc5 51 Bel Bb5 52 Ka2 Be2 53 Bd2 Ba6 54 Bel Bc8

2.0 4.0 / 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.5 3.5

Gelier Ravi Hegde Pavanasam P.M.Thipsay Zaitchik Mithrakanth Lanka Ravi

1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 4.0 1.5 1.0

21.12.87 1/2-1/2 1 - 0 1/2-1/2 1 - 0 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 1 - 0

55 Kb 1 Be7 56 Nf7 Bc5 57 Nd6 Ba6 58 Ka2 Kc6 59Nf7 Bc8 60 Nd6 Be6 61 Ne8 Bd5 62 Nd6 Kd7 63 Nb5 Bc6 64 Nd6 Ke6 65 Kbl Kd5 66Kal Bd4 67 Ka2 Kc5 68 Kbl Bgl 69 Ka2 Bd5 70 Ne8 Bg8 71 Nc7 Kb6 72 Ne8 Bc5 73Nd6 Kc6 74 Ne8 Be6 75 Nd6 Bd7 76 Nc4 Kd5 77 Nd6 Bc6 78 Kbl Ke6 79 Ka2 Bd5 80 Ne8 Ke7 81 Nc7 Bb7 82 Nb5 Kd7 83 Nd6 Bc6 84 Nf7 Ke7 85 Nd6 Ke6 86 Kal Kd5 87 Kbl. Here the game was adjourned but on the next day without resuming play Geller and Sahu agreed for a draw. Game 37 Anand ft Hegde Alekhine Defence 1 e4 Nf 6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 N f 3 g6 5 Bc4 Nb6 6 Bb3 Bg7 7 Ng5 d5 8 f4 Nc6 9 c3 Bf5 10 0-0 Qd7 11 Q e l h6 12 N f 3 0-0-0 13 Nbd2 Rdg8 14Nh4 Bf8 15 Nf5 gf 16 Bdl' e6 17 Bh5 Rh7 18 N f 3 Kb8 19 b3 Rhg7 20 Rf2 Nc8 21 Be3 Be7 22 Khl f 6 23 Rc2 f e 24 de Qd8 25 Rdl Q f 8 26Qgl Nb6 2 7 g3 Nd7 28 c4 Nb4 29 Rcd2 Nc5 30 a3 Nc6 31 cd ed 32 Rd5 Ne4 33 Q e l Ba3 34 Nd4 Nd4 35 R5d4 Be7 36 Bf2 Qc8 37 Re4 fe 38Qe4 Rd8 39 Rd8 Bd8 40 Bf 3 c6 41 f5 Qd7 42 f 6 Rg8 43 e6 Qd2 44 B e l Q d 6 45 f7 Rf8 46 Bb4 1-0 Game 38 Vasiukov Pavanasam * Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 4 0-0 Bg7 5 Rel e5 6 Bc6 dc 7 d3 Ne7 8 Nbd2 0-0 9Nc4 f6 10 Be3 b6 11 a4 a5 12 b4 ab 13 a5 ba 14 Bc5 Be6 15Nfd2 Bh6 16 Nb3 a4 17Nb6Rb8 18 Na4 Rf7 19 Qe2 Nc8 20 d4 Bb3 21 cb ed 22 Radl Rd7 23 Bd4 Bg7 24 Nc5 Rd6 25 Be3 Rb5 26 Ne6 Qe7 27 Ng7 Kg7 28 h3 Re6 29 f3Nd6 30 Ral Nf7 31 Ra7 Rb7 32 Real Rd6 33 R7a6 Qe5 34 Rcl Rbd7 35 Rac6 Rd3 36 Rbl Ng5 37 Bg5 fg 38 Rc2 h5 39Qel R7d4 40 Re2 Rc3 41 Rd2 g4 42 hg hg

43 fg Qe4 44 Qe4 Re4 45 g5 Rf 4 46 Rd7 Kg8 47 Rb7 Rg3 48 Rb5 Rc3 49 Rb2 Kg7 50 Rb7 Kg8 51 Kh2 Rh4 52 Kgl Rf 4 53 Ra2 Rb3 54 Ra8 Rf8 55 Ra6 Rf7 56 Rg6 Kh7 57 Rh6 Kg7 58 Rb5 Rb2 59 Rd6 R f f 2 60 Rb7 Rf7 61 Rbb6 Rff2 62 Khl b3 63 g6 Rbd2 64 Rb7 Kg8 65 Rd2 Rd2 66 Rb3 Kg7 67 Rb6 Rd5 68 Kh2Rg5 69 Kh3 Kh6 70 g3 Rf5 71 Kg4 Ri 1 72 Re6 Rf2 73 R a 6 R f l 74 g7 Kg7 75 Kg5 Rf7 76 Rg6 Kh7 77 Rf 6 Rg7 78 Kh4 Ra7 79 Kh5 Ra5 80 Kg4 Kg7 81 Re6 Kf7 82 Rd6 Kg7 83Kf4 Kf7 84 Ke4 Rg5 85 Kf3 Rf5 86 Kg4 Ra5 87 Rd7 Kg6 88 Rd6 Kf 7 89 Rb6 Kg7 90 Kh4 Ra4 91 g4 Ra5 92 Rb7 Kg6 93 Rb6 Kg7 94 Rc6 Rb5 95 Rc7 Kg6 96 Rc6 Kg7 97 Ra6 Rc5 98 R a l Kg6 99 Ra8 Kg7 100 R b 8 Ra5 101 Rb4 Kg6 102 R b 7 Rc5 103 Ra7 Rb5 104 R a 6 Kg7 105 Kg3 Rb3 106 Kh4 Rb5 107 Rc6 Ra5 108 Kg3 Kf 7 109 Rd6 Kg7 110 Kf4 Ra4 111 Kf5 Ra5 112 Ke4 Rg5 1 13 Kf4 Ra5 114 Re6 Ra4 115 K f 5 R a 5 116 Re5 Ra7 117 Kg5 R b 7 118 Kh5 Ra7 119 Rg5 Kh7 12 0 Rb5 Kg7 121 g5 Rc7 122 Ra5 Rb7 123 Ra6 Rc7 124 R g 6 Kh7 125 Ra6 Kg7 126 Ra8 Rb7 1/2-1/2 Game 39 Barua Thipsay Two Knights Defence 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Qe2 Be7 5 0-0 d6 6 c3 0-0 7 Bb3 h6 8 d 3 N h 7 9 Be3 Kh8 10 N e l f 5 11 f 4 f e 12 de ef 13 Bf4 Bg5 14 Nd3 Bf4 15Nf4 Ne5 16 Nd2 Qg5 17Qf2 Bd7 18 h4 Qe7 19 Qg3 Be8 20 R a e l c6 21 Rf2 Rf6 2 2 N f l Bf7 2 3 Bc2 Rf8 24Ne3 g6 25 R e f l Rg8 26 Ne2 Be6 27 Nd4 R g f 8 28 Rf6 Rf6 2 9 R d l Nf8 30 h5 gh 31 Nef5 Bf5 32 Nf5 Qd7 33 Rd6 R f 5 34 Rd7 Rg5
1-0

Page 9 d6 13 Be2 0-0 14 0-0 a5 15 Bg4 a4 16 Bg5 h6 17 Bd2 Qb6 18 Qg3 Ne7 19 Bf5 Kh8 20 Ne3 Ng8 21 Qh4 Bd4 22 Radl ab 23 ab Ra2 24Ng4Qd8 25 Qh3 Rd2 26 Rd2 Qg5 27 Rd3 g6 28 Rg3 Qd2 29 Rd3 Qg5 30 Rg3 Qd2 31 Rd3 Qg5 32 Rg3 Qd2 33 Rd3 1/2-1/2 Game 41 Lukacs Mithrakanth Queens Indian Defence 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3Nf3 b6 4 g3 Ba6 5 b3 Bb4 6 Bd2 Be7 7 Nc3 Bb7 8 Bg2 0-0 9 0-0 c5 10 d5 ed 11 Nh4 Ne4 12 Nf5 Bf6 13 Rel Be3 14 Bc3 d4 15 Be4 Be4 16Nd4 d5 17 cdQd5 18 Nb5 Qc6 19 Qd6 Qd6 20 Nd6 Bg6 21 f 4 f6 22 b4 Na6 23 a3 R f d 8 24 R f d l Rd7 25 Rd2 Rad8 26 R c d l cb 27ab Nc7 28 Kf2 Ne8 29Ne8 Be8 30 e4 Rd2 31 Rd2 Rd2 32 Bd2 Kf7 33 Ke3 g6 34 Kd4 Bc6 35 g4 f 5 36 ef 1/2-1/2 Game 42 Csom Lanka Ravi Kings Indian Defence 1 N f 3 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 d4 Bg7 4 g3 c6 5 Bg2 0-0 6 Nc3 5 7 Qb3 Qb6 8 0-0Na6 9 c d Q b 3 10 ab cd 1 1 Bf4 Bf5 12 Ra5 R f d 8 13 R f a l Bc8 14 Bg5 e6 15 e4 h6 16 Bf6 Bf6 17 ed Nb4 18 de Be6 19 Ra7 Ra7 20 Ra7 Nc6 21 Rb7Nd4 22 Nd4 Rd4 23 Bf 1 Kg7 24 Kg2 g5 25 h3 Kg6 26 Be2 h5 27 Rb5 g4 2 8 h4 Rd2 29 Kfl Rb2 30Nd5 Bd5 31 Rd5 Rb3 32 Bd3 Kh6 33 Rd7 Bg7 34 Ke2 Rb2 35 Ke3 Rb6 36 R f 7 Re6 37 Be4 R f 6 38 Ra7 Rd6 39 Rf7 Rf6 40 Rd7 Rb6 41 Kd3 R f 6 42 Ke3 Rb6 43 Bf5 Rf6 44 Ke4 Rb6 45 Re7 Rb4 46 Kd3 Rd4 47 Ke3 Rd6 48 Kf4 Rd4 49 Ke3 Rd6 50 Be4 Bd4 51 Ke2 Bg7 52 Kf 1 R d l 53 Kg2 Rd6 54 Kgl R d l 55 Kh2 Rd6 56 Kg2 R f 6 57 Rd7 Rb6 58 f3 gf 59 Bf3 Re6 60 Bh5 Kh5 61 Rg7 Ra6 62 Rg5 Kh6 63 Re5 Ra4 64 Kf3 R a l 65 Kf4 Rfl 66 Kg4 Rf6 67 h5 Rb6 68 Kh4 R b l 69 Re6 Kh7 70 g4 Rb7 71 Re4 Ra7 72 g5 Rb7 73 Kg4 Ra7 74 h6 Ra6 75 Re7 1-0

Game 40 Murugan Zaitchik English Opening 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 N f 3 c d 4 Nd4 e5 5 Nc2 b5 6Nc3 b4 7 Nd5 Nd5 8 Qd5 Nc6 9 b3 Bb7 10 e4 Qc7 11 Qd3 Bc5 12 Be3

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Murugan
7th Round Lanka Ravi Mithrakanth Zaitchik P.M.Thipsay Pavanasam Ravi Hegde Geller

defeats
2.5 4.5 4.0 3.0 4.0 3.5 5.0 22.12.87 1 - 0
1/2-1/2

Thipsay

1.0
2.0 4.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

S.C.Sahu Csom Istvan Lukacs Murugan D.Barua Vasiukov Anand

1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1
1/2-1/2

0 - 1

The Thipsay-Murugan encounter today was a Sicilian Scheveningen in which the former National Champion played several weak moves. Murugan the Tamil Nadu State Champion who is in very &ine t$oim in this tournament was able to win two pawns and then finally the game in 32 moves. Now, Murugan is with 4 points and needs only 3.5 points &wm the remaining 6 games to get his iirst IM norm. Game 43 Lanka Ravi A57 Sahu English Opening 1 Nf 3 c5 2 c4 Nc6 3Nc3 g6 4 g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 d6 6 a3 e5 7 Rbl Nge7 8 b4 0-0 9 d3 f5 10 Bd2 h6 11 h4 Nd4 12 be dc 13 Nd4 cd 14 Nd5 Nc6 1 5 Qa4 Kh7 16 f4 h5 17 0-0 Rf7 18 fe Be5 19 Bg5 Qe8 20Kh2 Rb8 2 1 Rbel Qf8 22 Nf4 Bd7 23 e4 de 2 4 Re3 Bd4 2 5 N e 6 Q c 8 26 Nd4 Nd4 27 Qd 1 Ne6 28 Bd5 Ng5 29 hg Rg7 30Qal Qc5 31 Qe5 Re8 32 Bg8 1-0 Game 44 Mithrakanth Csom Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf 6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 e6 7 Qd2 a6 8 0-0-0 h6 9 Be3 Be7 10 f 3 Qc7 11 g4 b5 12 Bd3 Ne5 13 Kbl b4 14Nce2 d5 15 ed Nd5 1 6 N f 4 N e 3 17 Qe3 Nd3 18 Rd3 0-0 19 h4 Ra7 20 g5 e5 21 Nd5 e d 2 2 Rd4 Qc5 23 gh g6 24 Rel Bf5 2 5 Qe5 Qc2 26 Kal f6 27 Ne7 Kh7 28 Qe3 Re8 29 Re4Qe4 30 f e Rae7 31 h5 Re4 32 hg Bg6 33 Qa7 Kh6 34 Rhl Bh5 3 5 Qf2 R8e6 36 b3 a5 37 Qd2 Kg6 38 Qg2 Kh6 39 Qd2 Kg6 40 Qd3 Bg4 41 Qg3 R6e5 42 Qf2 1/2-1/2 Zaitchik Game 45 C2& Lukacs Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Bc6 dc 7 d3 Nd7 8 Nbd2 f6 9 N c 4 N c 5 10 Khl 0-0 11 Ngl Ne6 12 Ne2 c5 13 a4 a5 14 f4 ef 15 Bf4 f 5 16 ef Rf5 17 Bd2 R f l 1 8 Qf 1 b6 19Qf3 Bd7 20Ne5 Be8 21 Nc6 Bc6 2 2 Q c 6 N f 8 23 Bf4 Rc8 24 Nc3 Bd6 25 Qd5 Kh8 26 Bd6Qd6 27Qd6 cd 2 8 Rel Rd8 29 Nd5 Kg8 30 Kgl Nd7 31 Re6 Nf6 32 Nb6 Kf 7 33 Re2 d5 34 Re5 Rd6 35 Nc8 Rd7 36 Nb6 Rd6 37 Nc8 Rd7 38 h3 h6 39Nb6 Rd6 40 Nc8 Rd7 41 Kf 1 g5 42 b3 g4 43 Ke2 h5 44 h4 Rd8 45Ne7 Rd6 46 g3 Rd8 47 Nc6 Ra8 48 c4 be 49 dc 1-0 Game 46 Thipsay 685 Murugan Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be2 Be7 7 0-0 Nc6 8 Khl a6 9 a4 0-0 10 f 4 Qc7 11 Be3 Nd4 12 Qd4 e5 13 Qd2 ef 14 Rf4 Be6 15Nd5 Bd5 16 ed Nd7 17Rc4Qd8 18 R b 4 Q c 7 19 a5 Bf6 20 c4 R a e 8 2 1 Rb3 Nc5 22 Rba3 Ne4 2 3 Qc2 Re7 24 Bg4 Rfe8 2 5 Bb6 Nc5 26 Rgl Qb8 27 b4 Nd7 28 Bf2 Ne5 29 Bh3Ng6 30 Bg4 Ne5 31 Be2 Qc8 32 c5 Ng4 33 Bg4 Qg4 34 Rh3 h6 35

Qb3 Re4 36 c6 Rb4 37 Qd3 Qc8 38 R e l Bg5 39 Rc4 Rc4 40 Qc4 Qf 5 41 Qf 1 be 42 dc Qc2 43 Rd3 Qc6 44 h4 Bd8 45 Qd 1 Re6 46 Rd5 Bf6 47 Qb3 Be5 48 Qb8 Re8 4 9 Q b 3 Q c l 50 Bgl Rc8 51 Qh3 Rc4 0-1 Game 47 Pavanasam Barua 1 N f 3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bf5 4 c4 e6 5 cd ed 6 Qb3 Qb6 7 Nd4 Bg6 8 Qe3 Be7 9 d3 Nf6 10 0-0 c5 11 Nf3Nc6 12 Qd2 0-0 13 Nh4 Rfe8 14 Ng6 hg 1 5 Nc3 Rad8 16 b3 Bf8 17 Bb2 Qa5 18 R f d l b5 19 e4 de 20 Ne4 Qd2 2 1 Nf6 gf 22 Rd2 Re6 23 a4 Na5 24 Rfdl Nb3 2 5 Rc2 a6 2 6 B f l c4 27 ab ab 2 8 Kg2 Ra6 2 9 Be2 Rad6 30 Rc3 Nc5 31 Ba3 Na4 32 Reel cd 33 Bf 1 Rd4 34 Bf8 Kf8 35 Rd2 b4 36 Rbl Nc3 37 Rb3 Ke7 38 f3 Kd6 39 h4 Kc5 0-1 Game 48 Hegde 816 Vasiukov Caro-Kan Defence 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de 4 Ne4 Nf 6 5 Nf 6 gf 6 N f 3 Bg4 7 Bf 4 e6 8 Be2 Na6 9 c3 Nc7 10 Qb3 Nd5 11 Bg3 Qb6 12 0-0 Qb3 13 ab Bh6 14 Rfel 0-0 15 b4 a6 16 Nh4 Be2 17 Re2 R f d 8 18 N f 3 Rd7 19Nd2 Bd2 2 0 Rd2 Kg7 21 Re2 h5 22 f3 R h 8 2 3 R a d l Kg6 24 Bel Rhd8 25 R a l N f 4 26Rc2 e5 27 Bg3 Kf5 28 Bf4 Kf4 29 de f e 30 Rel Rd2 31 Re4 Kf5 32 Re2 R d l 33 Kf2 f6 34 R e l R l d 7 35 Re4 Rg8 36 Ree2 R g d 8 37 Re4 Rd5 38 Ree2

Page 11 R8d7 39 Ke3 Rd3 40 Kf2 Ke6 41 Re3 R d l 42 R e l Rld5 43 Re3 Kf5 44 Ree2 c5 45 be R c 5 46 Red2 Rd2 47 Rd2 a5 48 Ke3 a4 49 Kd3 Rd5 50 Ke2 Rd2 51 Kd2 Kf4 52 Ke2 h4 53 Kf2 e4 54 g3 hg 55 hg Kf5 56 Ke3 ef 57 K f 3 b5 58 g4 Ke5 59 Ke3 Kd5 60 Kd3 Kc5 61 Kd2 Kc4 62 Kc2 b4 63 cb Kb4 64 Kbl Kb3 65 Kal a3 66 Kbl 1/2-1/2 Game W C4"2Anand Petroff Defence 1 e4 e5 2 N f 3 N f 6 3Ne5 d6 4 N f 3 Ne4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Be7 7 0-0 Nc6 8 c4 Nf6 9Nc3 0-0 10 cd Nd5 11 Rel Be6 12 a3 Bf 6 13 Be4 Nce7 14Ng5Bg5 15 Bg5 f6 16 Bd2 Qd7 17 Qc2 f 5 18 Bf 3 c6 19 Re2 Ng6 20 R a e l Nc3 21 Bc3 Bc4 22 Re3 f 4 23 Bb4 f e 24 Q c 4 Q f 7 25 Qf 7 Rf 7 26 f e Re8 27 Bc5 a6 2 8 Bd 1 Kh8 29 a4 Nf4 30 Bc2 Rd7 31 Kf2 Nd5 32 e4 b6 33 Ba3 Nf6 34 Ke3 Nd5 35 Kf3 Nc7 36 Rdl Red8 37 Ke3 Ne6 38 a5 Nd4 39 Rcl b5 40 Bc5 Nc2 41 Rc2 Kg8 42 Bb6 Rc8 43 b4 Kf 7 44 Bd4 Ke6 45 g4 Rcd8 46 Rc6 Rd6 47 Rb6 Rb6 48 ab g6 49 g5 Kd6 50 Kf4Kc6 51 Be3 a5 52 ba b4 53 e5 b3 54 Bel Rdl 55 Ba3 Rel 0-1 Gelier Game 50 Sahu Anand Sicilian Defence^ 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 a6 5 Be2 N'f6 6 Nc3 Qc7 7

GM Defeats GM
In the game, between hitherto undefeated players Grandmasters Csom and Zaitchik, the latter as usual played a complicated middle game sacrificing a pawn. But the Hungarian <5M defended well and nursed his extra pawn in a rook and pawns ending to win in 49 moves. In another fight between GM4 Vasiukov and Gelier, the game was a long fought one in Two Knights Defence and the bispectacled Vasiukov defeated the Veteran after SO moves. 8th Round S.C.Sahu Vasiukov D.Barua Murugan Lukacs Csom Istvan Lanka Ravi 2.5 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 2.0 Anand Gelier Ravi Hegde Pavanasam P.M.Thipsay Zaitchik Mithrakanth 6.0 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 5.5 2.5 23.12.87 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1/2-1/2

0-0 Be7 8 Be3 0-0 9 f4 d6 10 Q e l Nbd7 11 Khl b5 12 a3 Bb7 13 Bf3 Rac8 14 Radl Nb6 15 Bel Nfd7 16 f 5 e5 17 f6 Nf6 18 Nf 5 Ne8 19 Rd3 Rd8 2 0 Qf2 Bf6 21 b3 Kh8 22 Be3 Nc8 23 R f d l Be6 24 Kgl Qb8 2 5 Bc5 g6 26 Ng3 Qc7 27 Be3 Bg7 28 Nd5 Bd5 29 Rd5 f5 30 ef gf 31 Bg5 Ne7 32 Nh5 e4 33 Ng7 Ng7 34 Be7 Qe7 35 Be2 Rf6 36 c4 be 37 Bc4 f4 38 Qd4 f 3 39 Re5 Qf8 40 Re4 d5 41 Bd5 f g 42 Re5 Rf4 43 Q a l Qc5 44 Kg2 Qc2 45Kgl Rg4 46 Khl Rh4 47 h3 Rh3 48 Kgl Qh2 49 Kf 1 Rf8 50Kel Re3 0-1

Game 51 Vasiukov ^ Gelier Two Knights Defence 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3Nc6 3 Bc4Nf6 4 d3 Be7 5 0-0 0-0 6 Bb3 d6 7 c3 h6 8 Nbd2 Re8 9 h3 Bf8 10 R e l Be6 11 Ba4 Bd7 12 Nfl Rb8 13 Ng3 b5 14Bb3Na5 15 Bc2 c5 16 d4Qc7 17 b3 cd 18 cd Nc6 19 Bb2 Nb4 20 Bbl Rbc8 2 1 Qd2 Nc6 22 Bd3 Qb6 2 3 R a d l a5 24 Bbl Rc7 25 Khl g6 26 Rf 1 Bg7 27 a3 b4 2 8 d5 Nb8 29 a4.Na6 30 Rcl R e c 8 31 Qdl Rcl 32 Bel Nc5 33 Be3 Qa6 34 Kgl h5 35 Rel Rc7 36 Re2 Qc8 37 Rc2 Be8 38 R c l Nfd7 39 N f l Na6 40 Rc7 Qc7 41 Bd3 Ndc5 42 Ba6 Na6 43 Qd3 Nb8 44N3d2 Bf6 45 Qc4 Bd8 46 Qc7 Bc7 47 Nc4 Nd7 48 f 3 f 5 49 Bg5 f e 50 fe Kf7 51 Nld2 Nc5 52 Be3 Nb7 53 Kf2 Bd7 54 Nb6 Be8 55 N f 3 Bd8 56 Nc4 Bd7 57 Kg3 Kf 8 58 Nb6 Be8 59 Nc4 Bd7 60 Bb6 Bb6 61Nb6Nc5 62 Kh4 Kg7 63 Nd2 Kf6 64 Nd7 Nd7 65 Nc4 Nc5 66Na5 Ne4 67 Nc4 Ke7 68Na5Kd7 69 Nc6 g5 70 Kh5 Nf6 71 Kg5 Nd5 72 Na5 N f 4 73 h4 d5 74 h5 Ne6 75 Kg4 Nf8 76 Nb7 Nh7 77 h6 e4 78 Kf4 Kc6 79 Nd8 Kd7 80 Nf7 1-0

Barua

Game 52 P>M Hegde Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 Nf 3 Nc6 3 N c 3 N f 6 4 Bb5 Nd4 5 e5 Nb5 6 Nb5 Nd5 7 Ng5 f5 8 0-0 e6 9 d4 a6 10 c4 ab 11 cd cd 12 Qd4 Be7 13 N f 3 ed 14 Qd5 b4 15Qb3 Qb6 16 Bg5 Qe6 17 Qd3 Bg5 18 Ng5Qg6 19 Nf3 0-0 20Qc4 Qf7 21 Qb4 Ra6 22 R f e l f4 23 R a c l Rg6 24 Rc7 Qa2 25 b3 Qa6 26 Reel b5 27Qe4 d5 28 ed(e.p) Bh3 29 Nh4 Bg2 30 Ng2 f 3 31 Qd5 Kh8 32 Qf3 1-0

Game 53 Murugan Pavanasam Catalan Opening 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 N f 3 Be7 4. g3 Nf6 5 Bg2 0-0 6 0-0 dc 7 Qc2 a6 8 Q c 5 b5 9 Qc2 Bb7 10 Bf4 Nc6 11 R d l Nb4 12 Q c l Nbd5 13 Nbd2 c5 14 dc R c 8 15 Nb3 N f 4 16Qf4Qc7 17 R a c l Q f 4 18 gf Bd5 19 Nfd4 Ne4 2 0 N f 5 Bc5 2 1 Nc5 R c 5 22 Rc5 Nc5 23 Ne7 Kh8 2 4 Nd5 ed 2 5 Rd5Ne6 26 e3 Rd8 27 Rd8 Nd8 28 Bd5 Kg8 29 Kf 1 Kf8 30 Ke2 Ke7 31 Kd3 Kd6 32 Kd4 a5 33 f5 1-0

Page 12 Gamte 54 Lukacs Thipsay Kings Indian D e f e n c e 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 N c 3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 N f 3 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 0 - 0 Nc6 8 d 5 N c e 7 9 N e l N d 7 10 f 3 f 5 11 g4 Kh! 12 Be3 Nf 6 13 Nd3 c6 14 h3^Je8 15 Kg2 Bd7 16 R c l a6 17 b4 cd 18 cd Ng8 19 Qd2 Qe7 20 a4 Bf6 21 a 5 Bh4 22 Nb2 f4 23 Bgl h5 24 Nc4 Bg3 25 Nb6 Rd8 26 Nd7 Rd7 27 Bb6Qg5 2 8 b5 ab 2 9 Nb5 Ngf6 30Qd3 Kg7 31 Rhl Rh8 32 Rcgl Kg8 33 Kf 1 Rdh7 34 Rg3 fg 35 Be3 Qh4 36 g5 1-0 Game 55 Zaitcik English Opening 1 c4 e5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 d5 4 cd Nd5 5 Nc3 Nb6 6 d3 Be7 7 Be3 0-0 8 R c l Nc6 9 Bc6 be 10 Nf3 Bh3 11 Ne5 Bf6 12 Nc6 Qd7 13 Ne4 Bb2 14 Rc2 Rfe8 15 R g l Ba3 16Qal Nd5 17 g4 R e 6 18 Rg3 Rc6 1 9 R c 6 Q c 6 20 Rh3 Rb8 21 Kf 1 N e 3 22 R e 3 Bel 23 Rf3 Rb2 24 a4 h6 2 5 Q a 3 Qe6 26 Q c 5 R b l 27 Q f 5 R a l 28 Kg2 Ra4 2 9 Q b 5 Ra6 30 Qb8 Kh7 31 Qc7 Qg4 32 Rg3 Bf4 33 Qc4 Qe6 34 Qe6 Re6 35 R f 3 f 5 36 N c 5 R c 6 37 d4 Bd6 38 Rf5 Kg6 39 Csom

Gelier earns full point

Gelier one of the but prepared Grandmasters in the world as to the opening phase, gave a lesson to Barua's odd choice of Bird's Defence in the Ruy Lopez. He made the latter to lose the right to castle. Then Gelier went ,on to win a pawn. However, Barua though having equality in spite of the pawn minus, lost yet another pawn and Gelier getting the momentum for his major pieces pocketed his first full point in this Tournament. 9th Round Mithrakanth Zaitchik P.M. Thipsay Pavansam Ravi Hegde Gelier Anand 25.12.87 1 - 0 1 - 0 1/2-1/5 1/2-1/2 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0

3.0 5.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.0 7.0

S.C.Sahu Lanka Ravi Csom Istvan Lukacs Murugan D.Barua Vasiukov

2.5 2.5 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.0

Rd5 Bc5 40 dc a5 41 K13 a4 42 Ke4 a3 43 Rd3 Re6 44 Kd5 Re2 45 R a 3 Rd2 46 Kc4 Kf6 47 Rf 3 Ke6 48 Re3 Kf6 49 c6
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Game 56 Lanka Ravi ^ < ^ < 3 Mithrakanth Queens Gambit 1 N f 3 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 N c 3 d5 4 d4 Be7 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 0-0 7

e 3 b6 8 Qb3 Bb7 9 Bf6 Bf6 10 Nb8 38 Bc5 Kd7 39 Ba7 Nc6 cd ed 1 1 R d l Re8 12 Be2 c6 4 0 Bd4 Ke7 41 a4 Nb8 42 Bc5 13 0-0 Nd7 14 Bd3 Nf8 15 Bbl Kd7 43 Ba7' Nc6 44 Bd4 Ke7 Qd7 16 a3 R a d 8 17 Ba2 Ne6 45 a 5 Nb8 46 Ba7 Nd7 47 Bc5 18 Qc2 Qc7 19 b4 Rd7 20 Rcl Kd8 48 Bd6 Ne5 49 Be5 f e 1-0 R e d 8 21 R f d l Qb8 22 Qf 5 Qd6 2 3 Bbl N f 8 2 4 Qc2 Qe7 2 5 Game 58 Qa4 Ra8 26 Ba2 b1) 27 Qb3 a5 Zaitchik Lanka Ravi 2 8 N e l ab 2 9 ab Bc8 30 Be! Nimzo Indian Defence R d a 7 31 Nd3 Bf5 32 N c 5 B b l 1 d4 N f 6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 33 Q b l Nd7 34 Nd7 Qd7 35 e 3 c5 5 Nge2 cd 6 ed 0-0 7 a3 Ne2 1/2-1/2 Be7 8 d5 ed 9 cd Re8 1 0 g 3 Bc5 11 Bg2 Ng4 12 0-0 Qb6 13 Q e l d6 14 h3 Ne5 15Qdl Qd8 16 Ne4 Bb6 1 7 N 2 c 3 B f 5 18 Kh2 Na6 19 f4 Nc4 20 Qd3 R c 8 21 b4 Nb8 22 g4 Be4 23 Ne4 Nd7 24 Ra2 N f 6 25 g5 Ne4 26 Be4 g6 27 Re2 Qd7 28 R f e 1 a5 29 B f 3 Re2 30Qe2 Qb5 31 Bg4 Rf8 3 2 Q f l ab 33 R e 4 ba 34 Qc4 Qc4 35 Rc4 R a 8 36 Rc8 Rc8 37 Bc8 a2 38 Game 57 Bb2 Be3 39 Kg3 h6 40 h4 hg Mithrakanth Qft Sahu 41 hg 1-0 French Defence Game 59 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 a6 4 1 Csom N g f 3 c 5 5 ed ed 6 dc Bc5 7 Thipsay Sicilian Defence Bd3 Qe7 8 Qe2 Qe2 9 Be2 Nc6 1 0 0-0 Nge7 11 Nb3 Bb6 12 c3 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 a6 3 c3 d5 4 ed Bg4 13 h3 Bh5 14 Rel 0-0-0 Qd5 5 d4 e6 6 Be2 Nf6 7 0-0 Nc6 8 Bg5 Be7 9 d c Q d l 10 15 Bf4 f6 16 Nfd4 Be2 17 Re? Nd4 18 Nd4 Ng6 19 Be3 Bd4 R d l Bc5 12 Nbd2 Ba7 13 Nc4 2 0 Bd4 Rhe8 21 Rael Re2 22 Ke7 14 Be3 Be3 14Ne3 Bd7 15 Nc4 Rab8 1 6 N f e 5 R h c 8 17 Re2 Kd7 2 3 g3 h5 24 f4 Re8 Nd7 Na7 18 Rd7 Kd7 19Nb6 2 5 R e 8 Ke8 26 Kg2 Kf7 27 Ke7 20 Nc8 Rc8 21 Rdl g5 22 Kf 3 Ne7 28 g4 hg 29 hg g6 30 Bc5 Nc6 31 Ke3 Ke6 32 Kd3 Kf 1 Rc7 23 K e l f 5 24 Kd2 g5 33 f 5 Ke5 34 Ke3 b6 35 N e 5 25 Ke3 Rc5 26 h3 Ra5 2 / Bb6 Kd6 36 Bd4 Ke7 37 b4 a3 h6 28 g3 Nf7 2 9 R d 4 N d 6

Page 13 30 Bf3 f4 31 Kd2 fg 32 f g R f 5 33 Ke2 Rb5 34 Rb4 R e 5 3.5 Kf2 b5 36 Rd4 a5 37 a4 N f 5 38 Re4 Re4 39 Be4 ba 40 Bc6 a3 41 ba Kd6 42 Bb5 Kd5 43 Bd3 Nd6 44 K f 3 Nc4 45 a4 Ne5 46 Ke3 Nd3 47 Kd3 Kc5 48 h4 gh 49 gh h5 50 Ke4 Kc4 51 Ke5 Kb3 52 c4 Kc4 53 Ke6 Kb4 54 Kd5 Ka4 55 Kc4 Ka3 56 Kc3 a4 57 Kc2 Ka2 58 Kc3 1/2-1/2 Game 60 Pavanasam rM\ Lukacs 1 Nf 3 d5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 c6 4 O-0 Bg4 5 c4 e6 6 Q b 3 Q b 6 7 d3 Nbd7 8 Be3 Bc5 9 d4 Be7 10 c 5 Qb3 11 ab 0-0 12 Nc3 Bf3 13 Bf3 b6 14 cb ab 15 R a c l c5 16 R f d l Rfc8 17Nb5 h6 18 Bd2 cd 1 9 N d 4 N c 5 20 b4 Ne4 21 Nc6 Bc5 22 b c R c 6 2 3 c b Rb6 24 Rc2 Nd2 25 R ld2 R a b 8 26 Kg2 Rb4 27 e3 Nd7 28 Bdl Nb6 2 9 B e 2 N a 4 30 R c 7 Rb2 31 Rb2 Nb2 32 h4 g6 33 f 4 Kg7 34 g4 Rb3 35 Kf2 Na4 36 Bdl Rc3 37 Rc3 N c 3 38 Bc2 K f 8 3 9 K e l Ke7 40 Kd2 Nb5 41 Bd3 Na7 42 e4 Nc6 43 ed ed 4 4 K e 3 Kd6 45 g5 hg 46 hg Ne7 47 B b 5 N f 5 48 Kd3 Kc5 49 Be8 Nd6 50 Bd7 d4 51 Ba4 Nb7 52 Bb3 Nd8 53 Ba2 Ne6 1/2-1/2 Game 61 Hegde Murugan Sicilian D e f e n c e 1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 e d Q d 5 4 d4 N f 6 5 N f 3 c d 6 cd e6 7 Nc3 Q a 5 8 Bd3 Bd7 9 0-0 Bc6 10 N e 5 Be7 11 Bg5 0-0 12 Rel Nbd7 13 Rel Rae8 14 a3 Ne5 15 R e 5 Qd8 16 Qd2 Ng4 17 Be7 Re7 18 R e e l Rd7 19 Rcdl Game 62 CG\ Barua Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nd4 4 Nd4 ed 5 0-0 Bc5 6 Bc4 d6 7 c 3 N f 6 8 cd Bd4 9Qa4 Kf8 10 Be2 c 5 11 d3 Ng4 12 Bg4 Bg4 13 N c 3 a6 14 Q b 3 b5 15 Be3 Be6 16 Qc2 R c 8 17 Qd2 Bc3 18 b e h6 19 a4 Kg8 20 ab ab 2 1 Rf bl R a 8 22 R a 8 Qa8 23 R b 5 Kh7 24 c4 Q a l 25 Q e l R a 8 26 R b l Qa2 27 h3 f 5 28 Rb6 f e 2 9 Rd6 Bf5 30 de Be4 31 Bh6 Rf8 32 Be3 Rb8 33Qc3 R b l 34 Kh2 Qe2 3 5 Q e 5 B g 6 36 Rd7 1-0 Geller Game 63 Anand Sahu Game 64 I? Vasiukov Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 a6, 5 Nc3 b5 6 Bd3Qb6 7
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Vasiukov Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c 5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 a6 5 Bd3 Qb6 6 N b 3 Q c 7 7 0 - 0 N f 6 8 c4 Nc6 9 N c 3 N e 5 Game 65 10 Bf4 d6 11 R e l b6 12 Bbl Barua ^ Anand Be7 13 Nd4 0-0 14 b3 Bb7 15 Giauco Piano Bg3 Ned7 16 f4 Nc5 17 Qe2 g6 1 e4 e5 2 Nf 3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 18 Khl Nh5 19 Bel Bf6 20Qd2 d3 N f 6 5 0-0 a6 6 c 3 Ba7 7 Qd8 21 b4 Nd7 22 Nf3 Rc8 23 Be3 0-0 8 Rel d6 9 a4 Be6 10 Ne2 Be7 24 Ng3 Ng3 25 Bg3 Nbd2 Re8 11 Bg5 h6 12 Bh4 g5 N f 6 2 6 Qe3 h5 27 cb ab 28 f 5 .13 Bg3 Kg7 14 Nf 1 Bc4 15 dc R e l 29 Rel e5 30 Bh4Qa8 31 Qd7 16 N3d2 Ne7 17 Ne3 Rf8 h3 Rc8 32 Rf 1 Kg7 33Qf2 Be4 18 a 5 R a b 8 19 b4 Be3 20 f e 34 f g f g 35 Bf6 Bf6 36Nd2 Ng6 21 R f l Qg4 22 Qc2 Qe6 B f 5 37 B f 5 gf 38 Qf5 Rf8 39 2 3 R f 5 Ng8 24 R a f l N6e7 25 Qd7 R f 7 40 Qd6 Qa2 41 Ne4 R5f2 h5 26 h3 f 6 27 Qdl h4 28 Qc4 42 N g 3 Be7 4 3 Q e 5 K g 8 Bh2 Rf7 29 Qb3 Nh6 30 c 5 Q b 3 >4 Rel Bf8 4 5 R e 4 Re7 46Qg5 31 Nb3 d5 32 Nd2 g4 33 hg Rg7 47 Qe3 Qf7 4 8 R f 4 Q d 5 49 Ng4 34 Rf 3 Rd8 35 Rh3 1 )g6 Q e 8 Rf 7 50 Rg4 Kh8 51 Kh2 36 ed R d 5 37 Ne4 Rd3 38 c6 h6 52 Re4 Qd7 5 3 Q a 8 K h 7 54 b e 39 Nc5 Rc3 4 0 N a 6 R c 4 41 R e 8 Bd6 55 Rh8 Kg6 56Qg8 N c 5 Rb4 42 a6 Rb5 43 Ne6 Rg7 57 Qb3 Kf6 58 Q f 3 Ke7 59 Kh6 44 Bg3 Kh7 45 Bh4 Kg8 Qf8 Ke6 60 Rh6 Kd5 61 Rd6 1-n

Nb3 Q c 7 8 0-0 Bb7 1 Qe2 Nc6 10 f 4 Nb4 11 Be3 Nib 12 Khl Be7 13 R a c l 0-0 14 Rf3 d6 15 R g 3 g6 16 a3 Nd3 17 c d Q d 8 18 Rf 1 Rc8 19 Nd4 Kh8 20Rh3 Rg8 21 Nf3 Nd7 22 Bd4 Bf6 23 Ng5 Rg7 24 B f 6 Q f 6 25 e5 de 2 6 Nce4 Be4 27 Ne4 Qe7 28 fe N e 5 29 d4 N-!7 30 b4 Rc4 31 Q e 3 g5 32 Rh5 f6 33 Rh6 Rg6 34 Rg6 hg 35 N c 5 Nc5 36 dc Qd7 37 h3 Kg7 3 8 Q f 3 Rf4 39 R d l Q c 8 40 Qe2 e 5 41 Kh2 R c 4 42 Qf 3 e4 4 3 Q g 3 Q f 5 44 Q c 7 Kh6 45 Qd8 Qe5 46 Khl f 5 47 h4 f 4 48 Rd5 Qg7 49 Qg5 Kh7 50 h5 1-0

Zaitchik outplays

Mitrakanth

Qb8 20 g3 Rfd8 21 h3 Nf6 22 Q e 3 a6 23 Bt>l b5 24 Ne4 Be4 2 5 Be4 Qb6 26 Bf3 Rd4 27 Rd4 Qd4 28 Qd4 Rd4 29 Rel g6 30 Rc2 Kg7 31 h4 Nd7 32, Bb7 Rd6 33 Rc6 Rc6 34 Bc6Nb8 35 Bf 3 Kf6 36 Kf 1 Ke5 37 Ke2 Kd4 38 Kd2 Nd7 39 Bb7 Nc5 40 Bc6 Nd3 41 b4 Nf2 42 Bb7 Ne4 43 Kc2 Nd6
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Zaitchik adopting the Najdori variation 0& the. Sicilian Defence outplayed Mithrakanth in the 10th round o& the Sakthi Finance GM Tournament, today. 10th Round S.C.Sahu D.Barua Murugan Lukacs Csom Istvan Lanka Ravi Mithrakanth 26.12.87 1 - 0 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1

2.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 6.5 2.5 4.0

Vasiukov Anand Geller Ravi Hegde Pavanasam P.M.Thipsay Zaitchik

5.0 8.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 6.5

Page 14 46 R a l Rb8 47 Bel Re7 48 a7 Ra8 49 Nc5 Kg7 50 e4 Nf4 51 Rb3 R e e 8 52 Rb7Rh8 53 Ra2 Kg6 54 Bg3 Rhd8 55 Rbl Ra7 56 Ra7 Ne2 57 Kf 1 Ng3 58 Kel Rd4 59 Ra4 Ra4 60Na4Ne4 61 Ke2 Nd6 62 Nc5 Nb5 63 R a l Nh6 64 Ra8 N f 5 65 Rf8 Ne7 66 Ke3 Nd5 67 Ke4 Nd6 68 Kf 3 f 5 69 Nd7 Kg7 70 Rb8 e4 71 Kf2 Nb5 72 Ne5 Nd4 73 Rd8 e3 74 Kel Nb4 75 Rd4 Nc2 76 Ke2 Nd4 77 Ke3 c5 78 g4 Kf6 79 Nd7 Ke7 1/2-1/2 Game 66 Murugan Geller Catalan Opening 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 d5 3 c 4 e6 4 g3 Be7 5 Bg2 0-0 6 0-0 dc 7 Qc2 a6 8 Qc4 b5 9Qc2 Bb7 10Bf4 Nc6 11 Nc3 Nb4 12Qcl Rc8 13 Rdl Nbd5 14 Nd5 Bd5 15 Bg5 c5 16 Bf6 Bf6 17 dcQe7 18 N e l Rc5 19 Qd2 Bg2 20 Kg2 Bg5 Qe2 Rd2 Rc2 Qb7 21 f 3 Rfc8 22 Racl 23 e3 Rel 24 Rel Rd8 25 Qd5 26 b3 Qd2 27 Qd2 28 Kf 1 f5 29 f 4 Bf6 30 Rdl 31 Ke2 Ral 32 Nd3 Game 67 Hegde Benoni Defence 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 g6 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 e4 0-0 6 Be2 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 a4 h6 9 Bf4 e6 10 N,f3 e5 11 Bd2 Ne8 12 Q e l Kh7 13 h4 f5 14 h5 g5 15Qc2 f4 16 a5 Nd7.17Nh2 Ndf6 18 Na4 Rb8 19 Nb6 Bd7 20 g4 Bc8 21 f 3 Nd7 22 Na4 Qe7 23 Kf2 Nef6 24 b4 c b 2 5 B b 4 N c 5 26 Rhbl Bd7 27 Nb6Rfd8 28 Rb2 Bf8 29 Rabl Be8 3 0 N f l Qc7 31 Nd2 Nfd7 32 Na4 Rdc8 33 Kg2 Be7 34 Nc5 dc 35 Bc3 Bd6 36 Rb3 Nf6 37 Qb2 Qe7 38 Rb7 Rb7 39 Qb7 Rc7 40Qa6 Rd7 41 Qb6 Nh5 42 Bdl Ng3 43 Ba4 Rd8 44 Be8 Qe8 45 a6 h5 46 a7 1-0 Game 68 Pavanasam Queens Gambit 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nf 3 e6 3 b3 d5 4 Bb2 Be7 5 cd ed 6 e3 c6 7 Be2 Nbd7 8 d3 0-0 9 0-0 Re8 10 Nbd2 Bf8 11 a3 a5 12 Bc3 Nc5 Lukacs 11th Round Zaitchik P.M.Thipsay Pavanasam Ravi Hegde Geller Anand Vasiukov 7.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 8.5 , 5.0 S.C.Sahu Mithrakanth Lanka Ravi Csom Istvan Lukacs Murugan D.Barua 3.5 4.0 3.5 7.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 27.12.87 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 1/2-1/2

13 b4 ab 14 ab R a l -15 Qal Game 71 Na6 16 R b l Nc7 17Nd4Ng4 Zaitchik Sahu 18 N 2 f 3 Qe7 19 Qb2 Nh6 20 Queens Gambit j j ^ R a l f6 21 Bf 1 Nf7 22Qb3Nd6 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3Nc3 Nf6 4 2 3 h3 Qf7 24 Bb2 h5 25Ne2 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Nf3 a6 7 g5 26 h4 g4 27 Nfd4 Bh6 28 g3 cd ed 8 Bd3 0-0 9 0-0 Re8 10 N f 5 29 Nf5 Bf 5 30 Nd4 Bc8 31 Qc2 Nf 8 11 Rael Nh5 12 Be7 Qc3 Bg7 32 Bg2 f5 33Qb3 Kh7 Re7 13 Ne5 c5 14 f4 cd 15 ed 34 Ne2 Nb5 35 Bg7 Qg7 36 d4 Nf6 16 f5 Bd7 17Qb3 Be8 18 Qh6 37 Nf4 Be6 38 Bfl Nd6 39 Re2 N8d7 19 Rfe 1 Qb6 20Qb6 b5Ne4 40 be be 41 Ra7 1-0 Nb6 21 g4 h6 22 h4 Na4 23 Na4 Ba4 24 g5 h g 2 5 h g N h 5 26 f6 Rc7 27 Rh2 gf 28Ng4
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Game 69 Lanka Ravi Thipsay Kings Indian Defence 1 N f 3 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 c4 g6 4 Nc3 Bg7 5 Bg5 0-0 6 e3 Nbd7 7 Qc2 c6 8 Rdl Qa5 9 Be2 e5 10 de de 1 1 Nd2 Re8 12 0-0 Nf8 13 a3 Qc7 14 c5Nd5 15 Nde4 Bf5 16 Bd3Nc3 17Nc3 Bd3 18 Qd3 Ne6 19 Bh4 f5 20 Qc4 e4 21 Bg3 Qf7 22 Rd2 R a d 8 2 3 Bd6 Rd7 24 R f d l Red8 25 Nbl a6 26 a4 Ng5 27 Qc2 Qe6 28 Na3 Nf7 29Nc4 Re8 30 h3 h5 31 Nb6 R7d8 32 b4 g5 33 b5 ab 34 ab cb 35 Nd5 1-0 Game 70 Mithrakanth Zaitchik Sicilian Defence B'H 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3, d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f 4 b5 8 e5 de 9 fe Qc7 10 Qe2 Nfd7 11 0-0-0 Bb7 12 Bf4 Nc6 13 Nc6 Qc6 14 Qg4 Rc8 15 Rd2 b4 16 Ne2 h5 17Qg5Qa4 18 Kbl Nc5 19 b3 Qa5 2 0 R d l Ne4 21 Qh4 Be7 22 Qel Rc2 2 3 Kc2 Qa2 24 K e l Q a l 25 Kc2 Qa2 26 Kel 0-0 27 Ng3 Rc8*28 Bc4 Rc4 29 be b3 0-1

Game 72 Thipsay Mithrakanth Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be2 e5 7 Nb3 Be7 8 0-0 0-0 9 Be3 Be6 10 f 4 ef 11 Rf4 Nfd7 12 Nd4 Ne5 13 Ne6 fe 14 Bg4 Ng4 15 Qg4 Qd7 16 Rf8 Bf8 17 Rdl Nc6 18 Nd5 Qf7 1 9 R f l N e 5 20 Qh3 Qg6 21 Nc7 Rc8 22 Qe6 Qe6 2 3 Ne6 Be7 24 c3 Nc4 25 Bel Bf6 26 N f 4 Re8 27 Nd5 Bd8 28 R e l Ne5 29 Re2 Nd3 30 Bf4 Nf4 31 Nf4 Bb6 32 Khl R f 8 33 g3 g5 34 N d 5 R f l 35 Kg2 Rgl 36 Kf 3 8 a 7 37 Kg4 h6 38 Kh5 Kg7 3 9 N e 7 R h l 40 Nf 5 Kf6 41 Nh6
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Csom

Game 73 Pavanasam Lanka Ravi Double Fianchetto Opening 1 N f 3 b6 2 g3 Bb7 3 Bg2 c5 4 c4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 b3 Bg7 7 Bb2 0-0 8 Qc2 d6 9 0-0 Nc6 10 R a d l Nd4 11 Nd4 Bg2 12 Kg2 cd 13 Nbl Nd7 14 d3 Qc7 15 Nd2 Qc6 16 Kgl e5 17 e3 R f e 8 18 Rdel de 19 f e d5 20 Nbl dc 21 dc Nf6 22 Nc3 e4 23 Nb5 Ng4 24 Bg7 Kg7 25 R d l Rad8 26 Rd8 Rd8 27 Nd4 Qe8 28 h3 Qe5 29 Rf4 Rd4 30 hg Rd3 31 Kf2 Q a l 32 Ke2 Qgl 33 Re4 Rd8 34 Qc3 Kg8 3 5 Rd4 Re8 36Qd2Qg3 37 b4

Page 15 h5 38 gh gh 39 Kd3 Kg7 40 Qe2 Re5 41 R f 4 Qg6 42 Kc3 Qg3 43 Rf3 Qgl 44Qd2 h4 45 Kb2 Qg6 46 Qd4 Qg2 47 Kb3 Q f 3 48 Qe5 Kg6 49 c5 h3 50 Qd6 Kf 5 51 c 6 Q e 3 52 Ka4 b5 53 Kb5 Qe2 54 Kc5 h2 55Qd7 Kf 6 56 Qd6 Kf5 57 Qd7 Kg6 58Qd6 f6 59 Qg3 Kf7 60Qh4 Qe3 61Kc4Qcl+ 0-1 Game 74 Ravi Hegde Csom Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c 5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 e6 7 Qd2 a6 8 0-0-0 h6 9 Bh4 Ne4 10Qf4 Ng5 11NC6 be 12 Qa4 Qb6 13 f 4 Nh7 14 Bc4 Bg7 15 Be7 Ke7 1 6 R h e l R b 8 17 Bb3 Nf6 18 f 5 Rd8 19 fe Be6 2 0Ne4 Qb5 21 Qd4 c5 22 Qc3 c4 23 Nf6 Qg5 24 Kbl cb 25 Nd5 Kf8 26 ab Bd5 27 h4 Qg2 28 Rgl Rbc8 29 Rg2 Rc3 30 Rd5 Rc5 31 Rd4 g5 32 c4 a5 33 Kc2 R f 5 34 Rgd2 Ke7 35 Rd5 Re5 36 hg hg 37 Kc3 g4 38 Kd4 Rd5+ 39 Kd5 f5 40 Re2+ Kf6 41 Kc6 g3 0-1 Game 75 Lukacs Ruy Lopez C3C) 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6, 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel b5 7 Bb3 0-0 8 c3 d5 9 ed Nd5 10 Ne5 Ne5 11 Re5 c6 12 d4 Bd6 13 Re2 Qh4 14g3Qh3 15Nd2 Bf5 16 N_e_4 Bg4 17Ng5Be2 1 8 Qe2 Qd7 19 Qd3 f5 20 Bd5 ed 21 Bf 4 Bf 4 22 gf Qe7 23 Qh3 h6 24 N f 3 Qe2 25 Rel Qb2 26 Ne5 Rac8 27 Qf3 Qc3 28 Qd5 Kh7 29 Re3 Qc2 30 Kg2 R f 6 31 h4 Qc7 32 Q f 3 Qd8 33 d5 Rd6 34 Nf7 Rg6+ 35 Kh3Qf6 36Ne5 Rgl 0-1 Game 76 Anand Murugan Sicilian Defence 1 e4 c5 2 N f 3 e 6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be3 Be7 7 f 3 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 g4 Nd4 10 Bd4 e5 11 Be3 Be6 12 0-0-0 Qa5 13 Kbl Rfc8 14Nd5Qd2 15 Ne7 Kf 8 16 Bd2 Ke7 17 b3 Nd7 18 h3 Nc5 19 Rh2 a6 20 h4 Rc6 21 Be3 Rac8 22 Rhd2 b5 23 Kb2 R8c7 24 g5 Rc8 25 h5 Nd7 -26 R a l Nc5 27 a4 b4 Gelier 28 R a d l a5 29 Bb5 Rb6 30 g6 hg 31 hg f6 32 Rhl Bg8 33 Rhdl Be6 34 Rh2 Bg8 35 Rel Rbb8 36 Rh8 Rd8 37 Rdl Rbc8 38 Rh2 Rc7 39 R e l Rb8 40 Rh4 Rbc8 41 Re2 Rb8 42 f4 ef 43 Bf4 Nd7 44 Bd7 Rd7 45 Rd2 Rc8 46 Rh5 R c 5 47 Rh8 Rc8 48 Be3 Rb7 49 Rh5 Ra8 50 Rf2 Ra6 51 R f f 5 d5 52 edKd6 53 Bf4 Kd7 54 Bg3 Ra8 5 5 R f 2 Re8 56 Rd2 Re3 57 Bh2 Re4 58 Rh8 Re8 59 Rh4 Ra7 60 Rc4 Rc8 61 Rc6 Re8 62 Rd6 Kc8 63 Rd4 Re2 64 Bf4 Rd7 65 Rc4 Kd8 66 Rc5 Rd6 67 Bd6 Kd7 68 Bf8 Rg2 69 Ra5 Rg6 70 Bb4 1-0 Game 77 Queens Gambit Vcisiukov Barua 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 N c 3 N f 6 4 N f 3 Be7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3 c6 7 Bd3 Nbd7 8 0-0 Nh5 9 c5 Nf4 10 ef b6 11 b4 a5 12 a3 Ba6 13 g3 Bd3 14 Qd3 b5 15 h4 Re8 16 Kg2 Qc7 17 Rfbl Bf8 18 Ng5 Nf6 19Ndl h6 2 0 N f 3 ab 2 1 ab Nd7 22 Ne3Qb7 23 Nc2 R a l 24 R a l Ra8 25Ra8 Qa8 2 6 Ne5 Qb7 27 Qa3 f 6 28 Ng6 Nb8 29 h5 Qa6 30 Qe3 Qc8 31 N e l Na6 32 Qa3 Kf7 33 Nd3 Be7 34Qal Bd8 35Qdl Bc7 36 Qg4 Qd7 37 Nh4Nb8 38 Qe2 Kg8 39 f5 ef 4 0 Q f 3 f4 4 1 Nf4 Bf4 42 Qf4 Na6 43 Ng6 Qe8 44 Qd2 Nc7 45 f 3 Ne6 46 g4 Qa8 47 Qe3 Kf7 48 Nh4 Qb8 49 Nf5 Qf4 5 0 Q e l Q g 5 51 Nd6 Ke7 52 Nf5 Kd7 53 Qal Qd2 54 Kgl Qb4 55 Qa7 Nc7 56 Qb8 Q e l 57 Kg2 Q e 8 58Qb6Qe2 59 Kg3 Q e l 60 Kg2 Qd2 61 Kg3 1/2-1/2 Game 78 Sahu <\\?> Barua 1 Nf 3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bf5 4 c4 e6 5 Qb3 Qb6 6Nc3Nd7 7 d3 Ngf6 8 0-0 h6 9 cd ed 10 Be3 Qb3 11 ab a6 12 h3 Bd6 13 R f c l 0-0 14 Na4 Rfe8 15 g4 Bh7 16 Bf 1 Rad8 17 Nc5 Nc5 18 Be5 Bf4 19Rc2 h5 20 Ra4 Bb8 21 g5 Nd7 22 Ne3 N f 8 23 Rh4 Bg6 24 Rb4 Rd7 2 5 Nh4 Bh7 26 Ng2 Ne6 27 Rh4 Bg6 28 R c l Be5 29 d4 Bc7 30 b4 Bd8 31 Nf4 Ng5 32 Ng6 f g 33 R f 4 Be7 34 Rc2 Ne6 0-1 Game 79 Murugan Vcisiukov Dutch Defence / * 1 d4 f 5 2 c4 Nf6 3Nc3 g6 4 g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 0-0 6Nh3 d6 7 d5 Na6 8Nf4 e5 9 de(e.p.) c6 10 0-0 Nc5 11 Rbl a5 12 Be3 Qe7 13 Qc2 Be6 14Ne6Ne6 15 R b d l Ng4 16 Bel Kh8 17 e3 h5 18 Ne2 h4 19Nf4Nf4 2 0 ef hg 21 hg R f d 8 22 Bf3 Qf 7 2 3 Kg2 Nf6 24 b3 Kg8 25 Bb2 Ne8 2 6 Ba3 Bf8 27 Rfel Rd7 28 Re3 Nf6 29 Bb2 Ne8 30 R d e l Bg7 31 Qe2 Nc7 32 Bg7 Qg7 33 Rdl Kf8 34 Red3 Q f 6 35 Qd2 Ne8 36 Rel Re7 37 Re7 Ke7 38 Qe3 Kf8 39 Qb6 Qg7 40 Re3 Qf7 41Qd4 Qg7 42 Qb6 Qd7 43 Rel Kf7 44 Qd4 Rd8 45 Qc3 a4 46 ba Nf 6 47 Qb4 Qc7 48 Rbl Rd7 49 a5 d5 50 cd cd 51 Qa3 Ne4 52 Rc 1 Qd8 53 a6 Qa8 54 Qa4 N f 6 55 ab Qa4 56 b8QQa2 57 Qh8 Q a 3 58 Rc6 Qe7 59 Rc8 Qd6 60 Qh6 Rd8 61 Rcl Rb8 62 R a l Qc5 63 Ra6 Re8 64 Bh5 Rg8 65 R f 6 Kf6 66Qg5 Ke6 67 Bg6 R f 8 68 g4 fg 69 Qe5 Kd7 70 Be4 Qd6 71 Bd5 R f 4 72 Be6 Ke7 73Qd6Kd6 74 Kg3 Rf3 75 Kg4 Rf2 76 Bf5 Ke5 77 Bh7 Rf7 78 Bbl Rf4 79 Kg3 R f 8 80 Kg4 Rb8 81 Bh7 Rb7 82 Bc2 Rg7 83Kf3 Kd4 84 Bbl Rf7 85 Kg4 Ke3 86 Bc2 R f 4 87 Kg5 Kf3 88 Kh5 Rc4 89 Bbl Rcl 90 Bd3 R g l 91 Bc2 Kf4 92 Bd3 Rg5 93 Kh6 Rg3 94 Bc2 Rc3 95 Bbl Rc5 96 Bh7 Kg4 97 Bd3 Rc6 98 Kh7 Kg5 99 Be4 Rc7 100 Kh8 Kf6 101 Bh7 Rc8 102 Bg8 Rb8 103 Kh7 Rb2 104 Kh8 Kg6 105 Bh7 Kf7 106Bg8Kf8 107 Bh7 Rg2 108 Bd3 Rg7 109 Be4 Rg4 110 Bc2 Rh4 111 Bh7 Rb4 112 Bg6 Rb2 113 Bh7 Kf7 114 Bg8 Kf6 115 Bc4 Rh2 116 Kg8 Rh3 117 Bd5 Re3 118 Bc4 R g 3 119 Kh7 Rc3 120 Bd5 R h 3 12 1 Kg8 Rg3 122 Kh7 R d 3 123 Be4 Rd7 124 Kg8 Rd4 125 Bc2 Rd8 126 Kh7 1/2-1/2

Page 16 12th Round S.C.Sahu Murugan Lukacs Csom Istvan Lanka Ravi Mithrakanth Zaitchik 3.5 6.5 7.5 8.5 t.5 t.O 8.5 D.Barua Vasiukov Anand Geller Ravi Hegde Pavanasam P.M.Thipsay 7.0 5.5 9.5 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 28.121.87 0 - 1 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2 1/2--1/2 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2 1- 0 Game 85 Thipsay Sahu Alekhine Defence 1 e t Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d t d6 t Nf3 g6 5 Bet Nb6 6 Bb3 Bg7 7 Ng5 e6 8 f t de 9 fe c5 10 c3 cd 11 0-0 0-0 12 cd Nc6 13 Nf 3 f 6 I t ef Qf6 15Be3Nd5 1 6 Bd5 ed 17 Nc3 Bgt 18 Qd3 Qd6 19 Khl Rae8 20 Bgl Bf3 2 1 gf Rf 5 22 Ne2 Qbt 23 b3 Bh6 21 Radl Qa5 25 Ng3 Rf7 2 6 a t B f t 27 Bf2 Rfe7 28Qbl Be3 2 9 Be3 Re3 30 f t Qc3 31 f5 Rg3 32 hg Qg3 33 R d e l Qh3 3 t Kg 1 Qg3 35 Khl Qht 36 Kg2 Q g t 37 Khl Qh3 38 Kg 1 Qg3 39 Kh 1 Qht tO Kg2 Qg5 t l Khl Qht t2 Kg21/2-1/2 Game 86 Pavanasam Zaitchik 1 N f 3 g6 2 g3 Bg7 3 d t c5 t d c Na6 5 Bg2 Nc5 6 0-0 Nf6 7 c3 0-0 8 Be3 d6 9Nbd2 Qc7 10 Nb3 b6 11 h3 Bb7 12 Qcl N a t 13 Rdl b5 I t Bh6 e5 15 Bg7 Kg7 16 N h t Bg2 17 Kg2 h6 18 Rd3 d5 19Qd2 Rfe8 20 Rf 1 Nb6 21 Qcl Rac8 22 Rddl d t 23 Qbl dc 2 t be Nb5 25 Rd3 Nc3 26Qb2 b t 2 7 N c l a5 2 8 f t e t 29 Rd2 Red8 30 g t Nat 0-1 3.5 9.5 t.5 5.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 29.12.87 1/2-1/2 0 - 1 1/2-1/2 1 - 0 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

Game 80 Lu k a c s , : Anand Nimzo Indian Defence 11' 1 d t Nf6 2 c t e6 3 N f 3 Bbt t Bd2 Bd2 5 Qd2 0-0 6 g3 d5 7 Bg2 Qe7 8 0-0 Rd8 9 Rdl Nc6 10 Ne5 Bd7 11 Nc3 Be8 12 cd Nd5 13 Nd5 ed I t Nd3 Rd6 15 R a c l Nb8 16 e3 c6 17 Nc5 Na6 18 b t Rdd8 19Qc2Nc5 2 0 d c f 6 21 Rdt a5 22 a3 ab 2 3 ab Bg6 2 t Qb3 Kh8 25 ht Re8 26 Rcdl Qe5 1/2-1/2 Game 81 Csom Geller Catalan Opening B C 5 1 c t e6 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 g3 Be7 t Bg"2 0-0 5 0-0 d5 6 (R dc 7 Qc2 a6 8 Q c t b5 9Qc2 Bb7 10 B f t Nc6 11 Rdl N b t 12 Q c l Rc8 13 Nc3 Nbd5 l t N d 5 Bd5 15_Be3Ngt 16 Bg5 f6 17 Be3 c5 18 dc Ne3 19Qe3Bc5 2 0 N d t Re8 21 bt Bb6 22 Qa3 Bg2 2 3 Nf3 Qe7 2 t Kg2 a5 25 Racl 1/2-1/2 Game 82 Lanka Ravi Hegde English Opening 1 N f 3 c5 2 c t N f 6 3Nc3 g6 t g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 Nc6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d3 Rb8 8 a3 a6 9 Rbl b5 10 c b ab 11 b t cb 12 ab d5 13 B f t Rb6 I t Ne5 Ne5 15 Be5 d t 16 Bf6 ef 17 N e t f 5 18 Nc5 f t 19Qd2 fg 20 hg h5 21 R a l h t 22 Ra7 hg 23 f g R f 6 2 t Rf 6 Qf 6 25 Q f t Q f t 26 gf Bh6 27 Bc6 Bft 28 Bb5 Bd2 29 Bet Bbt 30 Nd7 Bd7 31 Rd7 Bd2 32 Kg2 Be3 33 Kf3 Kg7 3 t Kgt Kf6 35 Ra7 Bd2 36 Rb7 Be3 37 Rd7 g5 38 Bd5 B f t 39 Ra7 Bd6 t 0 R a 8 Ra8 t 1 Ba8 Bft t2 Bet Ke5 t 3 Bf5 f 6 t t Bc8 Kd6 t 5 Kf5 Be5 t 6 Bb7 Kc5 t 7 Bc8 Kbt t 8 Kgt Kb3 t 9 Kf 3 Kbt 1/2-1/2

Game 83 Mithrakanth Pavanasam 1 e t c5 2 Nf 3 Nc6 3 d t cd t N d t Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6.7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Bf6 gf 10 Nd5 f 5 11 Qd3 Bg7 12 ef Ndt 13 g t 0-0 l t Q e t Bb7 1/2-1/2 Game 84 Zaitchik Thipsay Veresov Opening p 1 d t Nf6 2 Bg5 d5 3 Bf6 ef t e3 Bf5 5Ne2 Bd6 6Ng3 Bg6 7 Be2 Nc6 8 Bb5 0-0 9 Bc6 be 10 Nc3 Qc8 11 0-0 Rb8 12 N a t Re8 13 R e l Bf5 l t N f 5 Qf 5 15 Rcl Ret 16 h3 Rht 17 Qd3 Qg5 18 Kf 1 f5 19Nc3 g6 2 0 R b l Qe7 21 Ne2 Qd7 22 Ngl R e t 23 N f 3 Ree8 2 t c t f 6 25 h t Qf7 26 Reel Qd7 27 g3 f t 28 ef Qh3 29Kgl Bft 30 gf R e t 31 Rc3 R f t 1-0 13th Round P.M.Thipsay Pavanasam Ravi Hegde Geller Anand Vasiukov D.Barua 3.5 3.0 3.0 t.O 10.0 6.0 8.0

S.C.Sahu Zaitchik Mithrakanth Lanka Ravi Csom Istvan Lukacs Murugan

Game 87 Hegde Mithrakanth 1 d t Nf6 2 Nf 3 e6 3 g3 d5 t Bg2 c5 5 0-0 Nc6 6 c t dc 7 Ne5 Bd7 8 N e t cd 9 Bft Nd5 10 Nd6 Bd6 11 Bd6 Nde7 12 Qb3 Na5 13 Qd3 Bc6 I t Be7 Qe7 15Qdt 0-0 16Nc3 1/2-1/2 Game 88 Geller Ravi French Defence C C b 1 e t e6 2 d t d5 3Nd2 Nf6 t e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 c5 6 c3 Nc6 7 Ne2 cd 8 cd f6 9 ef Nf6 10 0-0 Bd6 11 N f 3 Qc7 12 Bg5

0-0 13 Rcl Ngt I t Ng3 g6 15 N h t Nf6 16 Qd2 Qb6 17 Bh6 Q d t 18 N f 3 Qb6 19Qg5Net 2 0 Net B f t 21 Nf6 Rf6 22 Qf6 Bh6 23 Bg6 h g 2 t Q g 6 Bg7 25 Ng5 Qd8 26 Qf7 Kh8 27Qh5 Kg8 28 Rc3Ne5 29 f t 1-0 Game 89 Anand Csom Caro-Kan Defence 1 e t c6 2 d t g6 3Nc3 Bg7 t B e t d6 5 Qf3 e6 6Nge2 Nd7 7 0-0 Ngf6 8 Bb3 0-0 9 Bg5 Re8 10 R a d l Qa5 11 Bd2 Qc7 12 h3 a5 13 a t e5 I t Bg5 b6 15 d5 1/2-1/2

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Game 90 Lukacs Ruy Lopez pi0 1 e4 e 5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf 6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Rel Rb5 7 Bb3 d6 8 a4 Bd7 9 c3 0-0 10 d4 h6 11 Nbd2 Re8 12 h3 Bf8 13 Bc2 ed 14 c d N b 4 15 Bbl ba 16 R a 3 g6 17 e5 de 18 de N f d 5 19 Ndf 1 Nb6 20Nd4 c5 2 1 N f 3 Be6 22 Qe2 Bg7 23 R c 3 Qe7 2 4 N l h 2 Nc6 25Ng4 Q f 8 26 Be4 Rac8 27 Qa6 Nd5 2 8 Bd5 Nb4 29 Qa4 Bd5 30 Qd 1 Re6 31 Be3 h5 32 Nf6 Bf 6 33 ef Rf6 34 Bg5 Re6 35 Re6 Be6 36 Qe2 Nd5 37 Rel Qd6 38 Qd2 Qb6 39 Rel Rb8 40 Re2 Qb3 41 Q e l Qb5 42 Q e l R e 8 43 Bh6 Qb4 4 4 Q a l Qb7 45 b4 f 6 46 be Bf7 47 Ra2 Rb8 48 Nd2 Re8 49 Ra4 Kh7 50 Ra7 R e l 5 1 Q e l Q a 7 52 Bf 8 Qd7 53 Bd6 Kg7 5 4 N f 3 Qa4 55 Kh2 Qc4 56 Qa5 g5 57 Qd8 Kg6 58 h4 g4 59 Ngl Qc2 60 Bg3 Qc5 1/2-1/2 Vasiukov

Game 91 Barua Murugan Sicilian Defence 1 e 5 c 5 2 N f 3 e6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be2 Be7 7 0-0 Nc6 8 Nb3 0-0 9 Be3 a6 10 a4 b6 11 f 4 Rb8 12 Bf3 Na5 13 Nd4 Qc7 14 Bf2 e5 15 Nde2 b5 16 ab ab 17 b4 Nc6 18 Nd5 Nd5 1 9 e d N b 4 2 0 R a 7 Rb7 21 Rb7 Bb7 22 c3 Na6 23 f e Rd8 24 e6 f e 2 5 N d 4 e5 26 Ne6 Qc4 27 Nd8 Bd8 28Qd2 Nc5 29 Be2 Ne4 3 0 Q e 3 Q d 5 31 Bf 3 Qc6 32 Qa7 Bf6 33 Rel d5 34 Be4 de 35 Be3 h6 36 Q c 5 Q c 5 37 Bc5 Bd5 38 Rdl Bc4 39 Rd7 Kh7 40 Kf2 h5 41 Ke3 Bd3 42 Be7 Kg6 43 Rd6 h4 44 Bd8 Kg5 45 h3 Kg6 46 Kf2 Bc4 47 Bb6 K f 5 48 Be3 Bd3 49 R c 6 Bc4 5 0 R c 8 B d 3 51 K e l Bc4 52 Rh8 Bd3 53 Bf2 Bc4 54 Bb6 Kg6 55 Kf2 Bg5 1/2-1/2

The most crucial game o^ the iinal round foom the spectator's and Indian point o& view, was that o& Murugan's, who is bidding for his jfast IM norm. Murugan was forced to wage a grim battle by Barua. It may be recalled here that Murugan was forced by Vasiukov to play his penultimate round game for 12 hours ^om yesterday upto 126 moves in a 7look vs. Bishop drawn ending which ended rightly so at 4.00 a.m. today. Compelled to frght again within a space ofi six hours, Murugan proved himself worthwhile for the task. Murugan gave up the exchange for two pawns. Barua had to be content with a draw, as otherwise had he tried to force a win he could have lost. By his performance today Murugan of, N.L.C. did his state proud, by having qualified for his maiden IM norm.

President, AICF now focussing his attention on Barua the next GM aspirant.

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Anand V. Zaitchik I. Csom Istvan Lukacs P. Barua D. Murugan K. Vasiukov E. Gelier E. Mithrakanth P. Ravi L. Sahu S.C. Thipsay P. Hegde R.G. Pavanasam A.

IM GM GM GM IM

IND URS. HUN HUN IND IND

2505 2490 2480 2520 2455 2325 2490 2515 2310 2325 2380 2420 2345 2360 2423

X 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/2

1/2 X 1 0 1/5 1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1/2 0 X 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 0 1/2 0 0

1/2 1 1/2 X 1/2 1/2 1/2 9 1/2 0 0 0 0 1/2

1/2 1/2 1 1/2 X 1/2 1/2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 X 1/2 1/2 0 1 1/2 0 0 0

1 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 X 0 1/2 0 1 0 1/2 1/2

1 1 1/2 1 0 1/2 1 X 1 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

1 1 1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2 0 X 1/2 0 1 1/2 1/2

1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1/2

1 1 1/2 1 1 1 1 1/2 0 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 X 1/2

1/2 1 1 1/2 1 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1/2 X

10.5 10.5 9.5 8.5 8.5 7.5 6.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.0

I-II I-II III IV-V IV-V VI VII VIII-X VIII-X VIII-X XI-XII XI-XII XIII XIV

GM GM

URS URS IND

1 1 1/2 X 0 0 1/2 0

0 1/2 1 1 X 1/2 1/2 0

IM

IND IND

in
X 1/2 0

IM

IND IND IND

Average Rating

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L. Ravi

Vasiukov

Thipsay

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L ukacs

Pavanasam

Mitrakanth

Ravi Hegde
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