AICF CHRONICLE

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Asian Youth Chess Championship,Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Aakanksha-Hagawane Erigaisi-Arjun Jishitha-D Sahiti-Varshini

U18 G Gold U14 Open Gold U14 G Gold U10 G Gold

Ar-Ilamparathi Savitha-Shri Rakshitta-Ravi Jyothsna-L Sai-Vishwesh-C

U8 Open Silver U10 G Silver U12G Silver U14G Silver U18 Open Silver

Divya Desmuk Rohith-Krishna-S Tanmay-Jain

U12G Bronze U12 Open Bronze U10 Open Bronze
AICF CHRONICLE April 2017 From the Editors desk Asian Youth Chess Championship,Tashkent, Uzbekistan
It was a medal torrent at Tashkent!
India overall champions in Asian Youth
Room No. 70,
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, India emerged overall Winner of
Chennai - 600 003. the Asian Youth Championship by IA Gopakumar
Ph : 044-65144966 /Telefax : 044-25382121 with a cumulative medal tally
E-mail : indianchessfed@gmail.com
of 26 pushing Uzbekistan, the Indian youngsters once again proved its growing supremacy in youth events and lifted the
Publisher: V. Hariharan
Editor : C.G.S. Narayanan
host with 120 players, to the Asian Youth Chess Championship overall trophy with 11 Gold, 8 Silver and 7 Bronze here
second spot. The young Indian
at Hotel Le Grande Plaza.
Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300 chess stars in different categories
bagged 11 Golds, 8 Silvers and 7
Bronzes across the three formats-Standard, Rapid Before the Blitz event on Sunday, host Uzbekistan was slightly head of India due to su-
Inside.. and Blitz. The report, photographs and results of this perior silver medal count but the Indian girls had other ideas on Sunday morning as they
Asian Youth Chess Championship,Tashkent, Uzbekistan event are featured in this issue. bagged four out of six gold in the girls categories while A R Ilamparthi added open gold in
India overall champions in Asian Youth Under-8 section to take the Indian gold medal tally to eleven and pushed the host nation
by IA Gopakumar 1 It was Indias dominance yet again at the IBCA
to second place. With eight gold in the kitty, Uzbekistan finished as first runner up while
Asian Championship for the Visually Challenged
Asian Chess Championship
successfully organized by AICFB at Manipal Iran secured the third position.
for the Visually Challenged 2017,Manipal
Indians dominate Asian Blind Championship
University. It was double triumph for Kishan Gangolli
by Arvind Aaron 6
who won the NationalA title for visually challenged For India, Aakanksha Hagawane in Under-18 Girls, Jishitha D in Under-14 Girls, Divya
earlier at Dharavi, Mumbai and was also crowned Deshmukh in Under-12 Girls and Sahithi Varshini in Under-10 Girls won the gold medals in
12th AICFB National A Championship ,Dharavi, Mumbai Asian Champion at Manipal. It is heartening to note Blitz championship apart from Ilamparathi
Kishan Gagolli is Champion that Narayan Srinath, true to his potential, has met
by M.Manjunatha IA, Chie Arbiter 10 the requirements and is all set to join the ever growing
list of GMs as countrys 46th Grandmaster. Twelve Five Medals in rapid for India
3rd Assam Downtown University Inti.Open Tmt.,Gauwahati
Dhanabir Singh wins at Guwahati year-old prodigy Nihal Sarin from Kerala completed Asian Youth Chess Championship got off to a colourful start at Uzbekistan capital Tashkent
by Biswajit Bharadwaj IA, Chief Arbiter 12 his third IM norm in Aeroflot Open in February this on March 31, 2017.Total number 381 players from 17 Asian countries took part in this 10
year and has become an IM elect. In April 2017 he days long championship consisting of Standard, Rapid and Blitz formats.
DCA Open FIDE Rated Tmt.,New Delhi
also became the youngest Indian to have obtained
Himal Gusain wins Delhi Open FIDE Rated
a GM norm.
by IA Gopakumar MS, Chief Arbiter 14 In the opening day the rapid event was held and 35 member Indian contingent secured 2
Lt. Trilochand Dhakal Mem.FIDE Rating Tmt.,Gangtok The reader is invited to enjoy selected games from Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze. With an all win record, A R Ilamparathi won the Gold medal
Rupankar Nath wins title Chennai GM Open and National Team Championships in Under-8 Open section while Erigaisi Arjun secured the yellow metal in Under-14 Open
by R.Dharmendra Kumar IA, Chief Arbiter 17 interestingly annotated by IM Manuel Aaron. Reports, category. Savitha Shri B and Divya Deshmukh won silver medals in Under-10 and Under-12
final standings of the FIDE rated tournaments held girls categories respectively while Rakshitta Ravi added bronze medal to the Indian medal
Problem World
Black correction
during March 2017 besides important decisions taken tally by finishing third in Under-12 girls category.
By C.G.S.Narayanan 21
at the Central Council Meeting of AICF are presented
in this issue.Soviet International Master, chess trainer
Selected games from Chennai Open & National Team and author Alexander Konstantinopolsky is featured Standard format
Championships,Bhopal in the Masters of the past series. Fourth round
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron 27
Divya Deshmukh in Under-12 Girls, Tanmay Jain in Under-12 Open and Sahithi Varshini
Tactics from master games
C.G.S.Narayanan in Under-10 Girls took the sole lead in their respective categories with four points from as
by S.Krishnan 42 many rounds.
Test your endgame
by C.G.S.Narayanan 43 Readers are invited to offer their feedback on Divya beat Meruert Kamalidenova of Kazakhstan while Tanmay and Sahithi outwitted
the regular features in the AICF Chronicle and Mukhammadali Ibrokhimov of Uzbekistan and Reyhaneh Hajatniya of Iran respectively in
Masters of the past-75 are also invited to send interesting articles,
Alexander Knonstantinopolsky 44 annotated games and chess anecdotes to the their fourth round encounters. While other overnight leaders Erigaisi Arjun in Under-14
Editor at www.indianchessfed@gmail.com or Open and Jishitha D in Under-14 Girls maintained their joint lead by registering victories
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cgsnarayanan@hotmail.com. in fourth round against Thilakarathne GMH of Sri Lanka and WFM Asadi Motahare of Iran

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respectively while A R Ilamparathi in Under-8 Open also maintaining his joint pole position
after settling for a peace treaty with second seed Alikhon Avazkhonov of host nation.
Sixth round
D Jishitha in Under-14 Girls and Sahithi Varshini in Under-10 Girls are in sole lead at the
end of sixth round matches of the Asian Youth Chess Championship.Being the last double
round day, the championship witnessed lot of ups and downs in the crucial day. Displaying
sheer attacking skills, Jishitha outwitted higher seed Kazakhstan opponent Nazerke Nur-
gali in the sixth round to take her point tally to possible 6 points while Sahithi signed the
peace treaty with team mate Savitha Shri to occupy the pole position in leaders table. Both
Jishitha and Sahithi are now enjoying full point lead over nearest rivals. Earlier in the fifth
round Jishitha defeated WFM Bach Ngoc Thuy Duong of Vietnam and Sahithi overcame
Leyla Shohradova of Turkmenistan. Erigaisi Arjun in Under-14 Open, Divya Deshmukh in
Under-12 Girls and Ilamparathi A R in Under-8 Open are in joint lead in their respective
categories after the sixth round encounters. Three more rounds remaining for all categories
in this nine round Swiss system championship. Asian Youth Chess heading for an exciting
finish With one round remaining, five Indians were on lead to finish at top of the podium
as the Asian Youth Chess heading for an exciting finish.
In Under-10 Girls India was assured of gold as overnight sole leader Sahithi Varshini reg-
istered her seventh victory in the event to head the table with seven and half points and
leading with full point over her team mate Savitha Shri. Savitha Shri was the only player
who could deny Sahitis yellow metal finish but for Indian camp the Gold medal was already
in the kitty.
In Under-14 Girls section, the dream run of leader Jishitha D was halted by team mate
Jyothsna L but still Jishitha was maintaining her one point lead over nearest rivals. Jyothsna
and Yuliya Khegay were at joint second position with six points and Jishitha was to take on
Yuliya on final round game on Saturday and peace treaty would be enough for Jishitha for
pole position finish. Continuing his impressive performance in the championship Asian Youth
Rapid Gold medalist Erigaisi Arjun eyeing for his second gold in the championship lead the
table in Under-14 Open section along with top seed Abdussattorov Nodirbek of Uzbekistan
with seven and half points.
In Under-18 Girls category, Aakanksha Hagawane was in lead along with Iranian girl Mobina
Alinasab with six and half points. Aakanksha had a favourable pairing according to rating
in the final round and hoping that her team mate Ivana Maria Furtado would deny full point
to Mobina on top board.
Asian Under-8 Rapid champion A R Ilamparathi was on course for his second gold in the
championship and leading Under-8 Open section with seven points. He have half point lead
over nearest rival Phan Tran Gia Phuc of Vietnam and just need to draw his final round game
against unrated Uzbekistan player Kamron Karimov to ensure the gold as he had already
Cont.On p.2
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KNOW YOUR GM AryanChopra
Aryan Chopra ( born 10 Dec, 2001) started his informal chess
journey at the age of 6 years when he was introduced to chess
by his brother at home .After a short stint in training he went
on to win Delhi State U-7 Championship with perfect score at
the age of 6 1/2 years. There has been no looking back since
then. Aryan won Asian Youth Silver Medal in U-8 category. He
won Commonwealth Under-10 Gold medal at the age of 8 yrs
in 2009 and won it again the next year. At 9 years of age, he
tied for Under-11 National Championship. He came runner up
(on buchholz) though he beat the champion too. He also won
Asian Schools Gold and Silver Medals in 2009 and 2010.
He showed early skills in the game when he forced a draw from
Grand Master Deepan Chakraborty at the age of just 8 yrs in a
simul match played in Delhi. He took his first IM Norm at Sants
Open, Spain. His final IM norm, which was also his maiden GM
norm, was in RTU Open, Latvia in August,2015 with a rating
performance of 2647.His second GM Norm was in May, 2016 at Zalakaros Open, Hungary where
he beat strong Russian GM Romanov (2641) with black pieces. Keeping up his good form, he
made his third and final GM Norm in Abu Dhabi in Aug, 2016 after defeating Grandmaster
Ter-Sahakyan Samvel of Armenia in the final round with black pieces; He was the only IM and
the youngest in the top 20 positions amongst the Grand Masters in that tournament. Within
an year, he completed all his GM Norms in only 10 tournaments. Aryan touched ELO 2500 at
Malaysian Open and qualified to be a GM at the age of 14 years 9 months.Bobby Fischer and
Mikhail Tal are his role models and he draws inspiration from Viswnathan Anand and Carlsen.
He prefers tactical style of play.He loves to play badminton, listen to music and gather knowl-
edge about unknown facts of nature.
List of his significant achievements
ONGC Asian Youth Championship-Under-8 Aug, 2009 New Delhi Silver
World Youth Chess Championship Under-8, Dec, 2009, Turkey Sixth
Asian School Chess Championship Under-9 Dec, 2009. Sri Lanka Silver
Commonwealth Championship Under-10 May, 2010, Delhi Gold
Asian School Championship Under-10 - Dec, 2010. Sri lanka Gold
25th National Under-11 Championship, June, 2011 Ahmedabad Silver
Commonwealth Championship Under 10 June, 2011, South Africa Gold
Aryan' achievements at the age of 11 years, 6 months fetched him the Sportsman of the
year-2013 by POGO Channel
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Cont.from p.2
beaten his nearest rival on third round.In Under-12 Girls section, overnight leader Divya
Deshmukh suffered a shock defeat against Nguyen Thien Ngan of Vietnam and slipped to
third position. Kamalidenova Meruert of Kazakhstan was leading in this category with seven
points and she was closely followed by Indias Rakshitta Ravi with a drift of half point.
Sai Vishwesh and Kaustuv Kundu in Under-18 Open, Tanmay Jain in Under-10 Open, Rohith
Krisha S in Under-12 Open, Toshali V in Under-16 Girls were on joint second spot in their
respective categories and favourable results in the final round would make podium finish
for them.

Medal Winners : Blitz 9 medals (5 Golds 1 Silver 3 Bronzes)

Ilamparthi A R U8-Open Gold

Sahithi Varshini M U10G Gold
Dev Shah U10 Open Bronze
Divya Deshmukh U12G Gold
Jishitha D U14G Gold
Jyothsna L U14G Bronze
Aakanksha Hagawane U18G Gold
Ananya Suresh U18G Bronze
Sai Vishwesh C U18 Open Silver

Kishan Gangolli receving the trophy from N B Mote, Deputy Director of Medal Winners:Standard 12 medals (4 Golds,5 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Sports & Youth Services Mumbai Division
Illamparthi A R U8 Open Silver
Sahithi Varshini M U10 G Gold
Savitha Shri B U10 G Silver
Tanmay Jain U10 Open Bronze
Rakshitta Ravi U12G Silver
Divya Deshmukh U12G Bronze
Rohith Krishna S U12 Open Bronze
Jishitha D U14G Gold
Jyothsna L U14G Silver
Erigaisi Arjun U14 Open Gold
Aakanksha Hagawane U18G Gold
Sai Vishwesh C U18 Open Silver

Medal Winners : Rapid 5 medals (2 Golds, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Ilamparthi A R U8 Open Gold

Savitha Shri B U10G Silver
Divya Deshmukh U12G Silver
Rakshitta Ravi U12G Bronze
Patil Shirish(Runner-up), Soundarya Kumar Pradhan(Fifth) ,K,Aryan B Joshi,(Fourth) Makwana Erigaisi Arjun U14 Open Gold
Ashvin K (Third), Kishan Gangolli (Winner)
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12th AICFB National A Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2017,Manipal
Indians dominate Asian Blind Championship
By Arvind Aaron
S econd seed Kishan Gangolli of India won the Asian Chess Championship for the Visually
Challenged at Manipal in India on March 31, 2017. Kishan scored 7/8 and finished two
points ahead of top seed Husain Ejaz of Bangladesh.This is a significant performance
since Bangladesh had the top and fourth seed players in its ranks. The Indians managed to
beat and push the visitors to the middle of the pack. Kishan beat top seed Ejaz Husain in 75
moves in a long knight ending. Kishan drew Swapnil Shah and Aryan Joshi in the sixth and
eighth rounds and beat six others to finish on top with seven points from eight games.
The IBCA Asian Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2017 was organised by the
All India Chess Federation for the Blind at Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi in Karnataka
from March 23-31, 2017. IA M Manjunatha was the chief arbiter and he had IA V Anandh
Babu as Deputy Chief Arbiter and they had four others deputy arbiters to successfully run the
event.The second and third places went to Ashvin Makwana and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan
who finished one point behind the champion. With the exception of Kishan, all others suf-
fered atleast one defeat. The National 'A' Championship was held within the last month and
the Indian were warm and had good practice. So much so that the last four placings went
to visitors! Cash prizes and medals were awarded. Kishan Gangolli received the gold medal
and Rs.50,000 while Ashvin got silver medal and Rs.40,000 while Soundarya Kumar Pradhan
received the bronze medal and Rs.30,000.
A total of 23 players from four nations took part. Bangladesh (2), Sri Lanka (3) and Philippines
(one) and 17 Indians took part. Indians were dominant and took the top six slots. Eighteen
of the 23 players had FIDE ratings. One round was played every day and the event had one
free day. The players were taken to the Malpe Beach, Moodbidre Temple, 42-feet high Karkala
Gomateshwara statue in a trip organised by the Manipal University.Chief Arbiter Manjunatha
said in his report, "I am glad to add that not a single person who participated was unhappy
at any moment." A message from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a huge boost for
the organisers and the International Braille Chess Association organised Asian meet.At the
closing, Kishore Alva, Executive Director, UPCL Adani Power Ltd gave away the prizes in the
presence of Dr H.S. Ballal, Pro Chancellor, Manipal University and Dr Charudatta Jadhav,
Founder-President of the All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB).Each round was
separately inaugurated and the atmosphere was festive.
The AICF for the Blind which is a member of the All India Chess Federation, organised this
event in a very successful manner. They had previously stage mega events like the Chess
Olympiad for the Blind at Chennai some years ago. Big events hosted inside India itself will
help our players to participate and win prizes and medals in continental events such as these.
The Chief arbiter IA Manjunatha presents a nice round-by-round coverage:
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Dr Vinod bhatt Vice chancellor Manipal University inaugurated the first round of the tourna-
ment. He wished the players well. The entire seeded players won their games without much
difficulty barring fourth board where Vaishali Narendra Salvakar of India drew with Bappi
Sarkar of Bangladesh that being the only upset on first round.
Second round
Dr G K Prabhu Director of Manipal institute of Technology inaugurated the second round in
his speech delivered that he is surprised to know how technology is used to make their game
comfortable and easier.In the second round on fourth board Aryan B joshi of India drew with
Krishna Udupa of India. On sixth board Sarkar Bappi of Bangladesh lost to Samant Milind
of India, on seventh board Rodolfo D Sarmiento of Philippines drew with Vaishali Narendra
Salvakar of India. Apart from these results all high rated players won their games. Evening
musical program was performed by MIT students. The players thoroughly enjoyed the pro-
gram to their hearts content.
Third Round
Dr. Poornima Baliga dean KMC Manipal with Dr. Charudatta Jhadhav, President, AICFB, Vice
President, IBCA& Dr Rajgopal Shenoy Associate dean KMC Manipal
Dr Poornima Baliga dean KMC Manipal, inaugurated the third round where she said chess is
kind of game which challenges our intellect. She hopes private sector and government sector
should bring them into the forefront and give opportunities to achieve more in the field of
visually challenged chess.
At the start of this round there were four players in joint lead with 2 points each. On top board
Husain Ejaz of Bangladesh played against Yudhajeet De of India. Both the players are totally
blind. The game was favoring Husain for some time and some time to Yudhajeet. Finally in
end game victory was registered in Husains name.
On second board Ashvin K Makwan of India lost to consecutive four time national A Champion
Kishan Gangolli very early. At the end of this round Husain and Kishan are in lead with 3points
each.Manipal University organized a musical evening by visually challenged singer Shri S L
Venugopal retired A grade senior singer at All India Radio.
Fourth round
Round 4 was inaugurated by Dr. Ullas Kamath, DEAN, Malaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal
who himself is a chess enthusiast. He stated that tournaments like this will boost their morale
and should be conducted often.
In this round all eyes were on first board where Kishan Gagolli of India was taking Husain
Ejaz of Bagladesh. Both the players fought hardly to play a long game of 75moves. During
time pressure Husain missed the chance of draw and at the end surrendered. Kishan with this
victory leaded the tournament.
27/03/2017 was rest day. Manipal University arranged local site seeing for players. All the
players enjoyed on that day.Manipal University arranged a bus at 09.30 am for Moodbidre
and Karkala players and managers escorts visited their and enjoyed the trip evening Krishana
Temple and Malpe Beach.
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Fifth round
Round was inaugurated by Dr Sharath Kumar Rao Associate dean KMC Manipal. He said that
in India if chess is introduced as a part of curriculum especially in elementary schools that will
be helpful for the students to improve their academic activities and carrier building.
On top Board Krishna Udupa of India played with white pieces against Kishan Gangolli of In-
dia. Krishna Udupa without preparation and castling went to attack which was proved not to
be a good decision. Consecutive 4 time National A Champion and leader of this Championship
grabbed the opportunity and finished the game tactically on 24th move. With this point Kishan
maintained his lead.
Sixth round
Round sixth was inaugurated by Dr. Anice Geroge DEAN College of Nursing. With Viral Trivedi
Seceretary Gujarat state chess association for visually challenged.
On top Board Kishan Gangolli of India played with white pieces against Swapnil Shah of India.
Kishan Played Queens pawn opening, Swanpnil opted Bogo Indian defence. The position was
slight better to Kishan from the beginning but he could not convert into win. Swapnil defended
the game very calmly not committed for any mistake. On 60th move both signed for peace.
With this result Swapnil reduced the speed of Kishan. At the end of this round Kishan was
leading the race with half point.On second board Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of India defeated
Husain Ejaz of Bangladesh, Somender B L lost to Ashvin Makwana of India. Soundarya Kumar
Pradhan and Ashvin Makwana was following the leader jointly.
Seventh round
Seventh round was inaugurated by Dr. Rajshekar B, DEAN, School of Allied health science
Manipal. He inspired the players and said participation is more important than winning and
Manipal University played an important role in supporting societal commitment and disability
sector.Mr Richard Pinto ICICI Bank cluster manager Manipal presented the mementos to play-
ers and wished the players.
On top Board Yudhajeet De of India played with white pieces against Kishan Gangolli of India.
Yudhajeet opted Vienna gambit, Kishan declined gambit and very early in the beginning started
to attack. Yudhjeet while defending the game made a mistake and failed to sustain against
consecutive 4 times National Champion and surrendered on 32nd move. With this victory Kis-
han was one step behind gold.
On second board Makwana Ashvin K of India played with white pieces against Soundarya Kumar
Pradhan of India. Game was equal up to middle game. Soudarya had a pawn up in the Rook
and pawn end game but he could not convert it into win. Both the players agreed to share the
points on 70th move. This draw was advantageous for Kishan Gangolli enjoying a full point lead.
Final Round
On the final day of the IBCA Asian Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged round 8 was
inaugurated by Indira Ballal w/o H S Ballal Pro Chancellor Manipal University, with Dr Pravathi
Bhat w/o Vinod C Bhat Vice chancellor Manipal University.
On top Board Kishan Gangolli of India played with white pieces against Aryan B joshi of India.
Kishan Gangolli was in need of only half point to confirm his gold. He did not want to take any
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chance and offered draw to Aryan B Joshi very early in the opening. Arayn B Joshi accepted
immediately. With this draw IBCA Asian Chess Championship for visually challenged has been
crowned to Kishan.
On second board Krishna Udupa of (Karnataka) India played with white pieces against Ash-
vin Makwana of (Gujarat). Krishna Udupa played Kings Pawn opening. Ashvin replied with
Scandinavian defence. In the middle game it was better to Krishna Udupa. Ashvin defended
calmly and did not allow Udupa to attack. On 36th move both agreed for draw. On third board
Swapnil Shah of India played with white pieces against Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of India.
Soundary did not want to take risk and offered draw very early. Both agreed on 22nd move
to sign the peace treaty. Ashvin Makwana and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan scored 6 points on
best tie break secured Slive and Bronz medal respectively.
Valedictory ceremony started at 4pm Dr H S Ball Pro Chancellor Manipal University was the
president of the function, Chief Guest, Sri Kishore Alva, executive director UPCL Adani Power
LTD. Dr. Charudatta Jadhav, Founder and President, All India Chess Federation for the Blind,
Vice President, International Braille Chess Association, Dr Rajgopal Shenoy Associate dean
KMC Manipal,Vice president UKCA. Dr G K Prabhu Director of Manipal institute of Technology
Dr Poornima Baliga dean KMC Manipal, Dr Vinod C Nayak Head of Forensic Science Manipal,
Secretary Sports Council Manipal University.
On valedictory ceremony Pro Chancellor Dr H S Ball in his speech said Manipal University is
always willing to conduct chess championships for visually challenged annually, Dr Charudatta
Jhadav conducted two workshops during the championship to develop visually challenge chess
in Asia 10 chess boards and chess learning material CD gifted to representatives of Srilanka,
Bangladesh, and Philippines.The person worked very hard and dedicated for Radiochess. Mr
Madhu Priyatham PV was befittingly felicitated in this evening. Message from honorable Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi has gave huge importance to this unique Asian Championship.
Shri Kishore Alva, executive director UPCL Adani Power LTD. And Dr H S Ballal Pro Chancellor,
Dr Charudutta Jhadav awarded Gold medal, Trophy, and Rs 50000 cash award to Champion
Kishan Gangolli. Ashivn Makwana received Silver medal, Trophy and Rs 40000 cash prize,
Soundarya Kumar Pradhan received Bronze medal, Trophy and Rs 30000 cash prize.
Dr Rajgopal Shenoy and Dr Vinod C Nayak played important role to conduct the championship
smoothly and successfully. I deem it an honor to have taken an active part in this prestigious
championship. Accommodation, food arrangements hospitality are all remarkable. Each and
every one was cheerful and co operative.I am glad to add that not a single person participat-
ed was unhappy at any moment. Numbers of spectators were cheerful and happy and this
championship is one of the finest championships conducted
Final placings: 1 Kishan Gangolli 7/8; 2-3. Ashvin K Makwana, Soundarya Kumar Pradhan
6 each; 4-8. Aryan B Joshi, Swapnil Shah, Krishna Udupa, Ejaz Husain (Ban), K Marimuthu 5
each; 9-11. B.L. Somender, Milind Samant, Bappi Sarkar (Ban) 4.5 each; 12-14. Yudhajeet
De, Shirish Patil, Prachurya Kumar Pradhan 4 each; 15-17. Waghmare Sachin Lahu, Mrunali
Pande, Jose Antonio M Maraguinot (Phi) 3.5 each; 18-19. Rodolfo D Sarmiento (Phi), Vaishali
N Salavkar 3 each; 20 Tuan Rushdi (Sri) 2; 21 Liyana Arachchilage Upul Indraji (Sri) 1; 22-23.
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12th AICFB National A Chess Championship 2017,Dharavi, Mumbai
Kishan Gagolli is Champion
by M.Manjunatha IA, Chie Arbiter
T
he 12th AICFB National A Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged 2017 was
inaugurated on 03/03/2017 at Bharat Rattan Rajiv Gandhi District Sports Complex,
Dharavi, Sion (W) Mumbai. The 9 days tournament was oragnised by All India Chess
Federation for the blind, Sponsored by MLA Local Development Program and Co sponsored
by Hindustan Petroleum. Sri N B Mote, Deputy Director of Sports & Youth Services Mumbai
Division, inaugurated this elite chess championship in which the top fourteen selected players
from National B are vying for honours. Three times consecutive National A Champion for
Visually Challenged Kishan Gangolli of KAR was the top seeded player of the tournament with
ELO of 1973. This tournament was conducted in Round Robin system with 13 rounds. The
top 5 players from this tournament will represent India in the Visually Challenged Olympiad
to be held in Macedonia in the month of June, 2017.
In the beginning round there were no major upsets but as the rounds progressed the tem-
perature of the tournament soared up. After the 4th round Kishn Gangolli of Karnataka and
Ashvin Makwana of Gujarat were in joint lead with 3.5 points each.
In the fifth round Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka played with white pieces against Shirish
Patil of Maharastra. Kishan opted for Kings Indian defence and had a better position. But he
played his rook to a wrong square allowing Shirish patil to capture it for nothing and lost the
game. At the end of the fifth round Aryan B Joshi of Maharashtra joined Ashvin Makwana
and they led with 4 points each.
On sixth round Ashvin and Aryan maintained their lead with 5 points each. In the seventh
round Samant Milind of Maharastra played with white pieces against Aryan B Joshi of Maha-
rastra. Samant played Kings Indian Classical Variation and in a game of twisting fortune the
youngest player of this tournament made positional errors. Samant exploited the position
deftly and forced Aryan to surrender. At the end of Seventh round Ashvin emerged the sole
leader with 6 points.
The 6th day of the tournament witnessed some exciting games. In the eighth round Ashvin
Makwana K of Gujarat played with white pieces against Marimuthu K of Tamil Nadu. Ashvin
played London system set up and in an equal position Marimuthu lost his exchange for a
pawn. But Marimuthu played brilliantly and pushed Ashvin to an inferior position. However
in time pressure Marimuthu offered a draw which was gladly accepted by his opponent.
Same day on ninth round Kishan Gagolli of Karnataka played with white pieces against
Ashvin Makwana K of Gujarat. Kishan played unusual queens Indian opening and Ashvin
erred early in the opening phase. The defending Champion Kishan grabbed the opportunity
and did not allow Ashvin to come back and forced to surrender. With this point kishan took
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the sole leader position. Thereafter Kishan maintained his lead and clinched the NationalA
Chess Championship for visually Challenged consecutively 4th time.
Patil Shirish of Maharashtra, Ashvin Makwana K of Gujarat, Aryan B Joshi of Maharashtra
and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan of Odisha secured the 2 to 5th places respectively and qual-
ified to represent India in the Olympiad.Sri N B Mote, Deputy Director of Sports & Youth
Services Mumbai Division distributed the prizes to the players in the Valedictory function
attended by the sports dignitaries, officials and enthusiasts.
Final ranking
Rk Name IRtg Club Pts Win Draw Loss Res. SB
1 Kishan Gangolli 1973 KAR 10 9 3 1 0 59.25
2 Patil Shirish 1681 MAH
9 5 8 0 1 54.75
3 Makwana Ashvin K 1811 GUJ 9 7 4 2 0 49.50
4 Aryan B Joshi 1665 MAH 8 7 3 3 1 47.00
5 Soundarya Kumar Pradhan 1669 ODI 8 6 5 2 0 45.75
6 Yudhajeet De 1725 W B 7 4 7 2 40.50
7 Patra Subhendu Kumar 1635 ODI 7 5 5 3 38.75
8 Marimuthu K 1559 T N 6 4 5 4 42.00
9 Samant Milind 1621 MAH 6 3 7 3 35.75
10 Swapanil Shah 1705 MAH
5 3 4 6 0 24.25
11 Krishna Udupa 1761 KAR 4 2 5 6 0 22.00
12 Shashidhar K M 1550 KAR 4 2 4 7 0 21.75
13 Deshpande Amit 1613 MAH
3 2 2 9 0 12.75
14 Akhil Sharma 1434 DEL
1 1 0 12 0 4.00
By the time a player becomes a Grandmaster, almost all of his training time is dedicated
to work on this first phase. The opening is the only phase that holds out the potential
for true creativity and doing something entirely new. When your house is on fire, you
cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under at-
tack, don't worry about losing a pawn on the queen side.
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an
opportunity you allowed to pass you by. By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding
the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that
this provides the foundation for the continuos development of chess mastery.
- Garry Kasparov.
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 3rd Assam Downtown University International Open Rating Chess Tournament 2017,Gauwahati
Dhanabir Singh wins at Guwahati
by Biswajit Bharadwaj IA, Chief Arbiter
T
he 3rd Assam Downtown Universi-
ty International Open Rating Chess
Tournament 2017was held from 22nd
to 27th March 2017 at the picturesque Uni-
versity campus situated at Panikhaiti, Gu-
wahati, Assam.The tournament witnessed
the participation of 116 players from across
the country which includes 71 International
rated players. The top seed of the tourna-
ment was Y Dhanabir Singh of Manipur while
ApollosanaMangangRajkumar of Maniupur,
SantanuBorpatraGohain of Assam, Mrinal
Kakati of Assam and C.H Meghna of Kerala
are seeded from 2nd to 5th respectively.
The tournament was inagurated by Mrs Ban-
dana Dutta, Dean of Study, Assam Downtown
University in the presence of MrsPreetiSaikia,
Managing Trustee, DrBhabendraNathSaikia
Children Welfare Trust, MrJyotismanDatta,
Managing Trsutee, Assam Downtown Univer-
sity, Dr K.N Sarma, Past President, Rotary
Club Dispur and host of other dignitaries.
After the completion of the 9th and final
round there was a three way tie for the first
spot with Y Dhanabir Singh, Trailokya Nanda
and Santanu Borpatra Gohain all scoring 7.5
points out of 9 rounds. However Dhanabir
was adjusted champion on the basis of better
tie break score and Trailokya
and Santanu had to settle for second and
third position respectively.
The prize distribution ceremony was attend-
ed by Dr Narendra Nath Dutta,
Chancellor of Assam Downtown Universi-
ty, RijuGanguly, Director, Postal Service,
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18 Rajashekara N 6 59 Dhyan Olemmyan 4.5
19 Raja Basar 6 60 Safikul Islam 4.5
20 Dhrupad Kashyap 6 61 Prithwis Das 4.5
21 Aarohon Bharadwaj 5.5 62 Novonil Das 4.5
22 Lohit Gogoi 5.5 63 Nihad Islam Hazarika 4.5
BishovLalPathak, Convenor BJP Sports Cell,
23 Md Ardash Ali 5.5 64 Tapovrata Handique 4
PranjeetDutta, Publicity Secretary, Assam
Amateur Boxing Association, Anjanjyoti Das, 24 Swarnava Biswas 5.5 65 Manish Gwra Basumatary 4
President, Assam Chess Club and Dr. Devajit 25 Divyanga Spondon Baruah 5.5 66 Hrishikesh Chakraborty 4
Sarma, Organizing President, DrSiben Dut- 26 Anurag Medhi 5.5 67 Rajdeep Mudiar 4
ta, President Akshayam and host of players 27 Bhabishnu Pranti Bordoloi 5.5 68 Rajanna Sharma 4
official and guests. 28 Abhinav Dubey 5.5 69 Keshab Gaggar 4
29 Kaustabh Das 5.5 70 Shaurya Jalan 4
The tournament was organised by Assam 30 Sashanka Kr. Dhar 5.5 71 Bhringish Kalita 4
Chess Club and supported by Rotary Club 31 Rishita Sinha 5.5 72 Baladitya N Bora 4
Dispur and carried a total prize fund of ru- 32 Debalina Kundu 5.5 73 Abhoi Kumar Prasad 4
pees two lakhs and was recognized by the 74 Moharnab Das 4
33 Manthan Kashyap Datta 5.5
World Chess federation.The tournament was
34 Tanisha A R Som 5.5 75 Priyangshu Goswami 4
conducted by Biswajit Bharadwaj as the chief
35 Anik Kumar Lahon 5.5 76 Annu Kumari Ram 4
Arbiter and he was assisted by Lakhyajyoti
36 Dhritiman Bez 5.5 77 Pragyan Goswami 4
Saikia, Swaraj Buragohain and Amit Kumar
37 Chiraranjan Bhuyan 5.5 78 Anchita Sharma 4
Biswas as Deputy Arbiters.
38 Sakib Alam 5.5 79 Rimpu Ray 4
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds 39 Thakor Sagarkumar Vijaysinh 5 80 Priyam Das 4
Rk. Name Pts. 40 Lanheiba Loitongbam 5 81 Zakir Hussain 3.5
1 Singh Y. Dhanabir 7.5 41 Soham Nag 5 82 Himashree Deka 3.5
2 Trailokya Nanda 7.5 42 Adreeja Sinha 5 83 Barnav Deka 3.5
3 Santanu Borpatra Gohain 7.5 43 Mayukh Abhigyan Das 5 84 Nishi Prantik Mahanta 3.5
4 Khanindra Barman 7 44 Mridumoloy Das 5 85 Prachi Singh 3.5
45 Dugar Chetan 5 86 Gitartha Koushik 3.5
5 Neelabh Jyoti Borthakur 7
46 Uday Bhaskar Sarmah 5 87 Neev Jain 3.5
6 Nandan Buragohain 7
88 Saket Ghosh 3.5
7 Apollosana Mangang Rajkumar 6.5 47 Pranit Malhotra 5
8 Meghna C H 6.5 48 Himangshu Saharia 5 89 Ayan Baruah 3
9 Maharnav Deka 6.5 49 Pran Govinda Parashar K 5 90 Arshiya Das 3
10 Mrinal Kakati 6.5 50 Abhirup Das 5 91 Amritangshu Goswami 3
11 Sasanka Shandilya 6.5 51 Mayank Chakraborty 5 92 Ikshita Barman 3
12 Debanga Kalita 6.5 52 Vishesh Bajij 5 93 Dwiraj Kalita 3
13 Amlan Mahanta 6 53 Ravindra Singh Rawat 4.5 94 Mintu Ali 3
14 Anuraag Saikia 6 54 Rishabh Singh 4.5 95 Himanish Kumar Sarma 3
15 Arkaprova Rajkonwar 6 55 Utkarsh Jalan 4.5 96 Arif Choudhury 3
16 Arunabh Gohain 6 56 Faheem N H Borah 4.5 97 Rishav Sarkar 2.5
17 Piyal Roy Chowdhury 6 57 Surya Lahiri 4.5 98 Kuvam Kumar Kashyap 2.5
58 Jitabrata Nath 4.5 99 Darsh Jain 2.5
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 DCA Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament-2017,New Delhi
Himal Gusain wins Delhi Open FIDE Rated
by IA Gopakumar MS, Chief Arbiter
T
he Delhi Chess Association Open FIDE
Rated Chess Tournament was held at
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium New Delhi
from 25-29 March 2017.A total number of
727 players which includes seven Interna-
tional Masters and 619 International rated
players from different parts of India and four
foreign federations were participated in the
event which was spread over five days with
a time control of 90 minutes and 30 seconds
increment from move 1. The total prize fund
of the event was Rs.17,77,000.The Tourna-
ment was played under Swiss System with
nine rounds and had International Master
Himanshu Sharma of Railways as the top
seed. With Round one starting on time and
the players went into their business mode
from the start itself.
The tournament progressed on expected
lines as seeded players registered comfort-
able victories on earlier part of the event.
Unexpectedly, top seed Himanshu Sharma
suffered a shock defeat against Badvath
Anand in the fourth round and which changed
the complexion of the event.Delhi youngster
Ankit Gajwa emerged as the sole leader af-
ter seventh round matches with six and half
points but his presence in the leaders table
not last long as he lost crucial eighth round
match against second seed Himal Gusain,
which made the tournament wide open.
In the final round, top seed Himanshu Shar-
ma defeated Abhishek Das while fourth seed
S Ravi Teja and second seed Himal Gusain got
better of Kadav Omkar and Aronyak Ghosh
respectively to make a three way tie for the
winners trophy. But better tie break score
helped Himal to clinch the title along with a
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cash award of Rs.1,01,001/- while Ravi Teja
finished as first runner and pocket a cash
prize of Rs. 75000/-. Top seed Himanshu
Sharma satisfied with third spot finished to
secure Rs. 50000/- as cash prize.
In the rating category of 1999-1600, Kadav
Omkar of Maharashtra secured first prize with
Rs. 71,000/- while in Below 1599 category,
Leeladhar Kachroo of Haryana won the first
prize to pocket same amount as cash prize.
Anusha NLV of Andhra Pradesh adjudged as
best female player while Rajesh Dwivedi of
Madhya Pradesh become best among unrat-
ed players. Akash Sharthchandra Dalvi of
Maharashtra, Sourath Biswas of West Bengal
and Daaevik Wadhawan of Delhi finished best
among Under-15, Under-12 and Under-8 age
categories respectively. Herschelle Gupta and
Aanya Agarwal become Best Delhi player and
Best Delhi girl player respectively.
In a colourful closing ceremony, Shri. Bharat
Singh, CEO All India Chess Federation gave
away the cash prizes and trophies to the
winners along with Shri. AK Verma, Secre-
tary Delhi Chess Association, International
Master Vishal Sareen and Shri. G B Joshi,
FIDE Trainer.
Final standings:
Rk Name Pts
1 Gusain Himal 8
2 IM Ravi Teja S. 8
3 IM Himanshu Sharma 8
4 IM Krishna C R G 7
5 FM Rakesh Kumar Jena 7
6 Saravana Krishnan P. 7
7 Pranav Shetty 7
8 Lokesh N. 7
9 IM Palit Somak 7
10 FM Ramakrishna J. 7
11 FM Gajwa Ankit 7
12 Surendran N 7
13 Ram S. Krishnan 7
14 Patil Pratik 7
15 Abhishek Das 7
16 Senthil Maran K 7
17 IM R Balasubramaniam 7
18 CM Aronyak Ghosh 7
19 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M 7
20 Kadav Omkar 7
21 Dhananjay S 7
22 Singh Arvinder Preet 7
23 Alok Sinha 7
24 Ayushh Ravikumar 7
25 Akshay V Halagannavar 7
26 Akshay Anand 7
27 Joshi Govind Ballabh 7
28 Leeladhar Kachroo 7
29 AGM Sa Kannan 7
30 Anurag Jaiswal 7
31 Aishwin Daniel 7
32 AFM Choubey Saurabh 7
33 Niranjan Mocharla 7
34 Hilal Mondal 7
35 Ashutosh Kumar 7
36 Mahindrakar Indrajeet 7
37 Samdani Sahil Sagar 7
38 Sharma Pankaj 6
39 Badavath Anand 6
40 Govind Kumar 6
41 Doshi Moksh Amitbhai 6
42 Shubham Lakudkar 6
43 Nikhil M 6
44 Dave Kantilal 6
45 Sonkalan Bharati 6
46 Vinod R. Sharma 6
47 Aswin.P.G 6
48 Sinha Santosh Kumar 6
49 FM Venkata Krishna Karthik K 6
50 Karthik P M 6
51 Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi 6
52 Souhardo Basak 6
53 Raju O A 6
54 Souradip Deb 6
55 Anusha N L V 6
56 Prem Raj K 6
57 Arjun C Krishnamachari 6
58 Srinivasa Rao G.V. 6
59 Ranjith R.K. 6
60 Rupesh Ranjan 6
61 Om Kharola 6
62 Sanjay Chhabra 6
63 Herschelle Gupta 6
64 Patel Nishrut R 6
65 Shejwalkar Saurabha 6
66 Sudipta Chakraborty 6
67 Raj Rahul 6
68 Dahale Atul 6
69 Srikanth K. 6
70 Singh Murari Prasad 6
71 Negi Virender Singh 6
72 Vakil Akhtar 6
73 Rahul Ubadhyay 6
74 Vinodh Kumar B. 6
75 Sunny Bedi 6
76 Anchit Vyas 6
77 Anustoop Biswas 6
78 Pradip Tiwari 6
79 Sourath Biswas 6
80 Bhanot Stuti 6
81 Gupta Rajesh R.S. 6
82 Aditya Guhagarkar 6
83 Ashish Kumar 6
84 Jayaram R. 6
85 Sayan Banik 6
86 Pankaj Sindhu 6
87 Batham Avinash 6
88 Jagadeesh A.K. 6
89 AIM Sivasubramanian R 6
90 Prasath K R 6
91 WFM Lakshmi C 6
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92 Raunak Mondal 6
93 Abhinessh S 6
94 Subramanian V 6
95 Raghav Srivathsav V 6
96 Shuban Saha 6
97 Raveendran C.R. 6
98 Pawar Rahul 6
99 Borase Manoj 6
100 Aan Sikka 6
101 Patil Priyanshu 6
102 Ajay Karthikeyan 6
103 Kulkarni Saurabh P 6
104 Singh Jagpreet 6
105 Singh Soram Rahul 6
106 Sachin Malik 6
107 Sudarshan Malga 6
108 Verma H.S. 6
109 Sumit Grover 6
110 AGMJubin Jimmy 6
111 D. Ashraf Subhani 6
112 Vikash Kumar Dwivedi 6
113 Sahil Dhawan 6
114 Soham Kamotra 6
115 Pranav Ram Hariharan 6
116 Gopinath M 6
117 Shyam Sundar T. 6
118 Aditya B Kalyani 6
119 Rajeev V M 6
120 Jalap Indraj 6
121 Sradhanjali Jena 6
122 CM Shahil Dey 6
123 Nidheshpa S 6
124 Jayachandra Srinivas V 6
125 Kasar Prashant 6
126 Shami Vipin K. 6
127 Deepak Rai 6
128 Anil Shivpuri 6
129 Dilip Das 6
130 Yogesh Solanki 6
131 Bhagyashree Patil 6
132 Patil Rohit R 6
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133 Lalit Karmarkar 6
134 AGM Vignesh R 6
135 Naveen Bansal 6
136 Cyrus Chhikara 6
137 Sharma Avinash 6
138 Roop Saurav 5
139 AIM Aryan 5
140 AIM Durgesh K 5
141 Hiren K G 5
142 Unas K.A. 5
143 Amanpreet Singh 5
144 Nandha Kumar K 5
145 Abdul Majeed N. 5
146 AIM Mandloi Mukesh 5
147 Joy Lazar M.A. 5
148 Aaryan Varshney 5
149 Sharma Varun 5
150 Roshan S 5
151 Rakesh Bhatti 5
152 IM Wazeer Ahmad Khan 5
153 AGM Rathneesh R 5
154 Baig Akram 5
155 Aditya P Melani 5
156 Gagan Chitkara 5
157 S. Jeevanandam 5
158 Esshan Wadhawan 5
159 Madhusoodanan K.R. 5
160 Bhat Siddharth K 5
161 AIM Sushrutha Reddy 5
162 Suraj Choudhary 5
163 Sameer Kumar Y 5
164 Bhogal Rupesh 5
165 Praveen Kumar Gunasekaran 5
166 Habib Qureshi Raaz 5
167 Chilukuri Sai Varshith 5
168 Rohit S 5
169 Murarilal Kori 5
170 Satyanarayana P. 5
171 CM Gopal K.N. 5
172 Arnab Kumar Mullick 5
173 Sanchit Anand 5
Lt. Trilochand Dhakal Memorial FIDE Rating Tournament , Gangtok
Rupankar Nath wins title
R.Dharmendra Kumar IA, Chief Arbiter
T
he tournament was conducted from
February 2nd to February 6,2017 by
Knight Chess Academy , Gangtok in
loving memory of Lt. Trilochand Dhakal,fa-
ther of Mahendra Dhakal ,Hony Secretary of
Sikkim Chess Association.Tournament was
sponsored by Dhakals family headed by Mrs.
Til maya Dhakal , W/o Lt. Trilochand Dhakal
. Tournament was held at Tashi Namgyal
Academy , Gangtok , one of the best and
reputed School of the City, established in
the year 1926.
About the City and around
Gangtok is the capital of the mountainous
northern Indian state of Sikkim. Established
as a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the 1840s,
the city became capital of an independent
monarchy after British rule ended, but joined
India in 1975. Players enjoyed the sunny but
cold weather of Gangtok and Kanchanjunga
view even from tournament venue. Since
last two round single, so many players went
for city sight seen of famous tourist places.
Even some players and officials loved to visit
Tsomgo Lake too. This most visited lake is
Located 35 km from Gangtok and at an al-
titude of 12,000 ft. the lake is covered with
snow cover from early winter to late spring.
About Sikkim Chess
FA Mahendra Dhakal , Hony Secretary of Sik-
kim Chess Association started Chess Activity
here at Sikkim in the year 2009 from his own
Tadong Area with few neighbor boys & Girls
. He started making them trained as chess
player and after couple of year he introduced
them in tournament . That day and today ,
a huge radical growth can be seen here. Just
a few month back , SCA organized a school
tournament in which more then 450 school
children participated ! Really remarkable and
highly appreciable chess development ! Now
some strong players are there with around
2200 rating strength.
The tournament was formally inaugurated by
C.B. Karki, Formar minister of RMDD Sikkim
Govt. . He played a formal inaugural game
with IM Atanu Lahiri, Hony. Secretary , WBCA
in presence of Til Maya Dhakal , W/o Lt Trilo-
chand Dhakal , C.P.Dhakal, Special Secretary
, Tourism Dept. , Govt, of Sikkim , B.K. Roka
, President, Sikkim Olympic Association,
Sony Virdee , Prop. Of Mount Zionee School
Madhab Prasad Pradhan, Vice President ,
Nepal Chess Association , Mahendra Dhakal,
Hony Secretary , Sikkim Chess Association ,
IA Dharmendra Kumar , Chief Arbiter and IA
KC Umesh , Dy. Chief Arbiter. Earlier all these
dignitaries were paid their floral homage to
Lt. Trilochand Dhakal.
162 players including 2 IM ,2 FM and 87 rat-
ed players participated from different states
of country and even 4 players from Nepal.
9 round Swiss open tournament had time
control of 90 minute with sec./move with 30
minute grace time.
In the first and second round was as all seed-
ed players sailed through with no upset ex-
cept where Shyamshree Sarkar drew with FM
Joydeep Dutta. But the third round onwards
tournament turned interesting. Second seed
IM Rahul Sangma and third seed Vikramjit
Singh was forced to share the score with
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Sumit Grover OF Jammu and Rohit Gurung
of Sikkim respectively . While fourth seed
FM Saurav Kherdekar lost his game against
Rahul Gurung of Sikkim. Fourth round results
was mixed and it left 6 players at the end of
round with 4 point .
In round five , IM Nubairshah of Maharastra
lost his game against Rupankar Nath of West
Bengal while board # 2 & # 3 ended in drew
. At the end of the round , Rupankar was
sole leader with 5 point and was followed
by 6 players with 4.5 players. Sixth round
was in favour of leader Rupankar Nath who
defeated his opponent Arindam Mukherjee ,
(Both from Bengal) and maintained his lead
for next round too. From the second top
score bracket , only Raghav Shrivastava of
Telangana managed to enter in next as fol-
lower of leader by defeating Subham of Delhi.
Rupankar had 6 as leader while Raghav had
5.5 as single follower of leader .
7th round was forced between leader and his
follower . It was really interesting for every-
one to see that whats going to be happen
! And finally with white pieces , Rupankar
forced his opponent Raghav to resign in
55th move. On board # 2 , IM Nubairshah
defeated to Manush Shah another IM was not
so lucky and he lost against Laltu Chaterjee
of Bengal. And the final tally was one sole
leader Rupankar Nath with 7 out 7 and 2
follower , a full point behind the leader, were
IM Nubairshah and Laltu Chaterjee with 6/7.
Eighth round Final standing after 8th round
was too with favorite leader Raupankar Nath .
However , he drew his long complicated game
, even though he was point ahead of IM
Nubairshah who defeated 3rd seed Vikramjit
Singh of Manipur. Rohit Gurung , Santu Mo-
nadal and Sumit grover won their game on
boards 3 , 4 & 5 against Raghav Shriwastava
, Shubham and Samrat Ghorai respectively .
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In the last last round , sole leader Rupankar
Nath offered a draw to his opponent Santu
Mondal and won the tournament . However,
on board two , IM Nubairshah Shaikh de-
feated to Sumuit Grover and joined the top
score bracket . But the tie-break system,
Direct encounter, favored to Rupanker as
he defeated Nubairshah in earlier round. On
board three , local challenge Rohit Gurung
finally defeated to Laltu Chaterjee and win
2nd runner up trophy for host state .
In a closing ceremony , Shakti Singh, Mayor
of Gangtok City and Til Maya Dhakal , W/o
Lt Trilochand Dhakal were gave away thr
prizes to all the prize winners . Mahendra
Dhakal,Hony Secreatry , SCA , Dharmendra
Kumar , Chief Arbiter and Madhab Pradhan
, Vice President , NCA was also present on
this auspicious occasion.
Final standings:
Rk Name Pts
1 Nath Rupankar 8
2 IM Md Nubairshah Shaikh 8
3 Gurung Rohit 7
4 Debasish Mukherjee 7
5 FM Sauravh Khherdekar 7
6 Santu Mondal 7
7 IM Sangma Rahul 7
8 FM Dutta Joydeep 7
9 Arindam Mukherjee 6
10 Raghav Srivathsav V 6
11 Chattarjee Laltu 6
12 Shubham 6
13 Samrat Ghorai 6
14 Sumit Grover 6
15 Singh S. Vikramjit 6
16 Pradip Ghosh 6
17 Tamang Thendup 6
18 Barun Paul 6
19 Gurung Rakesh 6
20 Hilal Mondal 6
21 Rao K. Damodar 6
22 Abhishek Sonu 6
23 Manush Shah 6
24 Mullick Saikat 6
25 Nilesh Jindal 6
26 Chakrabarti Tamal 6
27 Vigneshwaran S 6
28 Samip Roy 6
29 Basu Suman 6
30 Bristy Mukherjee 6
31 CM Niraula Bhupendra 6
32 Sahu Rajendra Kumar 6
33 Gurung Rahul 6
34 AIM Mandloi Mukesh 5
35 Sumit Roy 5
36 CM Shahil Dey 5
37 Sanjay Sinha 5
38 Ambarish Sharma 5
39 Chettri Bhoj Bahadur 5
40 Rana Dillip Kumar 5
41 Subba Raju S. 5
42 Tripathy Manoj Ku 5
43 Pradhan Madhav Prasad 5
44 Sanjib Ghosh 5
45 Lepcha Johna 5
46 Sushmita Lama 5
47 Shyamashree Sarkar 5
48 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 5
49 Chhetri Priya 5
50 Pradhan Bhuwan Prakash 5
51 Phurba Wangial Bhutia 5
52 Anand Rai 5
53 Anish Rooj 5
54 Goutam Das 5
55 Chettri Dinesh 5
56 Subba Saurab 5
57 Shambo Dutta 5
58 Gouranga Sonowal 5
59 Subba Surendra 5
60 Shyam Sunder A 5
61 Sharma Durga Prasad 5
62 Dr.Thaiba Badri Prasad 5
63 Nihar Ranjan Banerjee 5
64 Dash Manoj Kumar 5
65 Vikas Sharma 5
66 Gupta Rick 5
67 Urgen Thenlay Sherpa 5
68 Madhusudan Sahu 5
69 Debargha Basu 5
70 Swaraj Saha 5
71 Rohan Nag Chowdhury 5
72 Dutta Samaritan 5
73 Rai Sejal 5
74 Thakuri Bikash 5
75 Manoj Joshi 4
76 Roy Manoj Kumar 4
77 Bidhu Bhusan Mishra 4
78 Priyangshu Gupta Bhaya 4
79 Rai Supriya 4
80 Karma Loday Bhutia 4
81 Anil Bhoi 4
82 Rasmita Kumari Patro 4
83 Adhikari Duryodhan 4
84 Gurung Pushpa 4
85 Arrya Das 4
86 Dutta Pehlaj 4
87 Vijay Kumar Sah 4
88 Subhankar Kar 4
89 Rishi Raj Ghosh 4
90 Subhrajyoti Sarkar 4
91 Yogesh Sharma 4
92 Bhutia Karchung 4
93 Anusha Chhetri 4
94 Jairaj Thapa 4
95 Sandeep Subba 4
96 Targain Abel Pemsum 4
97 Advaita Das 4
98 Prachi Roy 4
99 Bishkarma Binay 4
100 Suraj Gupta 4
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101 Aabhash Gurung 4
102 Sugato Chakraborty 4
103 Viswakarma Akash 4
104 Ishwar Thapa 4
105 Jenisha Gurung 4
106 Aradhya Raj Pokhrel 4
107 Panshul Dhangar 4
108 Prakhar Dhangar 4
109 Sujal Rai 4
110 Suraksha Rai 4
111 Tunav Kumar Sharma 4
112 Aayush Bhattacherjee 4
113 Saroj Tamang 4
114 Pasang Tshering Lepcha 4
115 Bala Ram Sharma 3
116 Acharya Leela Prasad 3
117 Kundan Tamang 3
118 Rai Chitiz 3
119 Suraj Basnet 3
120 Chewang Dorjee Bhutia 3
121 Pratik Kumar Prashad 3
122 Yogesh Subedi 3
123 Sushant Rai 3
124 Titha Subba 3
125 Thapa Saujanya 3
126 Emetna Limboo 3
127 Ajay Kumar Das 3
128 Kandel Laxmi 3
129 Arpan Tamang 3
130 Namita Pradhan 3
131 Ashok Kumar Singh 3
132 Aditya Rasaily 3
133 Priansh Yajnik 3
134 Sherap Nima Tamang 3
135 Yangchen Lama 3
136 Aneesh Kumar Singh 3
137 Vidya Kiran Adhikari 3
138 Srijana Rai 3
139 Reecha Rai 3
140 Nihang Limbu 3
141 Devashish Subedi 3
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142 Prashant Nepal 3
143 Vashundhara Singh 3
144 Dahal Keshav 2
145 Ongmu Sherpa 2
146 Mudit Agarwal 2
147 Vansh Agarwal 2
148 Rushil Bardewa 2
149 Agrawal Abhishek 2
150 Lepcha Adden 2
151 Shaurya Srivastava 2
152 Sherpa Passang Diki 2
153 Biswas Chettri 1
154 Ram Kumar Pradhan 1
155 Dinakshi Subedi 1
Puzzle of the month
by C.G.S.Narayanan
The puzzle this month is to place the
black king in the diagram below where it
stands checkmated. But there seems to
be lot of options for placing it! It requires
a little bit of retro analysis to arrive at the
correct square.
Josef Haas
Die Schwalbe 1995
Choose a square where BK stands
checkmated.
(Solution on page 48)
Problem World d-file result in distinct mates.
C.J.Morse (after K.Hasenzah)
Black correction British Chess Magazine 1966
By C.G.S.Narayanan
Black correction occurs when a black piece
whose random move permits a mate, makes
a particular move which corrects the random
error but commits a secondary error which
allows a different white mate. There are vari-
ous degrees of black correction depending on
the number of errors corrected in a problem
viz. tertiary and quaternary correction.The
first problems are frpm Jeremys book Chess
problems:Tasks and records
C.J.Morse Mate in two moves
The Field 1964 The second problem features six corrections
by the black rook, also a task. Key 1.Ke6!
waiting
1.Rany (say Rd8) results in the battery
mate 2.Kf7 as the BNc1 gets pinned. The
corrections are
1.Rd2/Rd3/Rd4/Rd5/Rd6/Rd7
2.Qf1/Nxd3/cxd4/Kxd5/Kxd6/Kxd7
Five battery mates, four lateral and a diag-
onal, and a self block
The following is a correction problem with
just nine men and a fine key.
Mate in two moves
C.J.Morse
The first problem above shows black correc-
tion A random move by the BBf5 which opens 4th prize, The Problemist 1964
WR guard to f4 is met by the Q+P battery.
The six corrections, the maximum by a black
bishop, is shown with ease.
Key 1.g4! (threat 2.Rxf5) 1B any 2.d5 and
the corrections follow 1Be4/Bd3/Be6/Bxd7/
Bxg4/Bxg6
2.f4/cxd4/dxe6/Nxd7/Nxg4/Nxg6
The second problem features six corrections
by the black rook, also a task. Key 1.Ke6!
waiting
1.Rany (say Rd8) results in the battery
Mate in two moves
mate 2.Kf7 as the BNc1 gets pinned.There
Key 1.Be8! waiting
are six corrections by the black rook on the
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1R any 2.Kb3; 1Rd4 2.Qc6
1.Rd3 2.Kxd3;1Rd2+ 2.Kxd2
1.Rd1 2.Kxd1
In the fourth example there are black cor-
rections by three pieces. After the waiting
key 1.Qf8! which gives a third flight at e4,
three black pieces open up guards to different
flight squares.
T.Tikkanen
First prize, BABY Tourney 1960
Mate in two moves
A random move by BNc3 permits 2.Rxe5
due to primary error of opening guards to c4
and c6.The correction by the same piece 1
Nxe4 continues to carry this error but com-
mit a secondary error of self-blocking e4 and
allowing 2.Nc7.Random move of BNe5 loses
control of h1-a8 diagonal leading to 2.Qa8.The
correction 1Nc6 blocks c6 and allows 2.Nxc3.
Similarly a random move by BRg6 opens guard
of e4 permitting 2.Qd6 mate. The correction
1Rxe6 permits 2.Qc5 as e6 gets blocked. 1
Kxe4, Kc6 and Kxe6 are answered by 2.Nxc3,
Qc5 and Qf7.
The second example carries the correction
motif a step further. The key 1.Rxe6! threatens
.2.Rxg6. Any move of BNc5 results in checks
to the WK from BBf2 answered by simple cap-
ture of the checking piece 2.Nxf2 as the guard
for g5 is opened up by WQ. The secondary
move 1Nd3 corrects this error threatening
to protect f2 but interferes with BBb1 and now
the switchback mate 2.Re3 results
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S.Brehmer
Schach,1951
Mate in two moves
The tertiary correction 1Ne4 permits 2.Rb6
mate as BN interferes with both the black
lines. A problem showing tertiary correction
for solving
Comins Mansfield
First prize,Australian Meredith Ty 1928
Mate in two moves
In the last example by the British Grandmaster
unpin of white bishop is involved in the cor-
rection play.
The flight giving key 1.Qe2! threatens 2.Qxe7.
The random move of BNc5 results in primary
error of losing control of d7 which permits diag-
onal mate 2.Qb5. The first correction by the BN
avoids Qb5 but commits the secondary error
of unpinning WBd5 which results in 2. Bc6.The
tertiary correction is 1Nd7 which blocks flight
square and permits 2.Bf7.
Cont.On p.27
Some of the important decisions taken by the Central Council of the All India Chess
Federation which met on 31.03.2017 is give below.
1. It was decided to recommend a School Team to participate in the All Russian Open
School Team Chess Tournament to be held at Sochi. The School team with the highest
average of the top 4 players will be recommended for the same. A detail circular on this
is posted on our website. The interested Schools may apply with details to AICF before
20th April, 2017.
2. A team from Uttar Pradesh which took part in the National Team Chess Championship
held at Bhopal from 2nd to 8th February, 2017 indulged in impersonation. Punishment
is imposed on the players as detailed below:
Since impersonation has been established beyond doubt, the two players namely Azad
Singh Verma (Captain) and Bittu, the Central Council decided to impose a penalty on
them by suspending them for a period of 2 years from 31.03.2017 from all activities
of AICF and its affiliates in any manner and in any capacity. Since other members of
the team namely Navin Kumar H Singh, Reenu Kumar, Nishant Kumar who were also
part of the conspiracy, it was decided to suspend them for a period of one year from
31.03.2017 from all activities of AICF and its affiliates in any manner and in any ca-
pacity.
3. It was decided to issue NOC to players participating in official FIDE Asian / World /
Commonwealth Championships only if they have completed the championship.
4. The World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad will be held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 10th
to 20th December, 2017.
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5. The Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 will be organised at New Delhi from Asian Youth Chess Championship,Tashkent, Uzbekistan
02nd to 10th July, 2017.
Asian Youth Chess Championship got off to a colourful start at Uzbekistan capital Tashkent
6. The Asian Cities Chess Championship 2017 will be organised at Bhuvaneswar, Odisha
on March 31, 2017.Total number 381 players from 17 Asian countries took part in this 10
from 25th August to 02nd September, 2017.
days long championship consisting of Standard, Rapid and Blitz formats.In the opening day
7. All Marathi Chess Association has been affiliated as a member of the All India Chess
the rapid event was held and 35 member Indian contingent secured 2 Gold, 2 Silver and
Federation for the state of Maharashtr
1 Bronze. With an all win record, A R Ilamparathi won the Gold medal in Under-8 Open
8. Tie Break System in all National Championships: The following order of tie breaks will
section while Erigaisi Arjun secured the yellow metal in Under-14 Open category. Savitha
be followed for all our national championships hereafter.
Shri B and Divya Deshmukh won silver medals in Under-10 and Under-12 girls categories
1. Direct Encounter, 2. Buchholz Cut 1, 3. Buchholz, 4. Sonneborn Berger, 5. Number
respectively while Rakshitta Ravi added bronze medal to the Indian medal tally by finishing
of wins (forfeits included)
third in Under-12 girls category.
9. The Chess Federation for Physically disabled has been admitted as an affiliate of the
All India Chess Federation.
10. USA Vs Rest of the World in Under 14 and Under 17. Mr.Praggnandhaa (Under 14) and
Mr.Aryan Chopra (Under 17) of India are selected by FIDE to represent the World team.
Mr.Nihal Sarin is in the reserve list for Under 14 category
India will bid for World Junior / World Amateur / World Cadet / World Youth Chess
Championship 2019.

Tribal Students Play chess

by Atanu Lahiri
1st.West Bengal School
Chess Tournament for Tribal
Students was held in Kolka-
ta from 27th to 29th March
2017.A total number of 96
students including 36 girls
from tribal schools all across
the state took part in the 3
day event. All the students
were from under privileged
section of the society and Indian Youth Team

study in Government aided
tribal schools.They have vis-
ited Kolkata for the first time
in their life and were taken for an excursion shortly after the tournament.
While the Boys Section was won by Harendranath Soren from Purulia,13 year old Nickey
Lakra from Kalchini near Bhutan border, won the Girls Section. Altogether,a total number
of 1200 tribal students are being taught chess in West Bengal on a regular basis. After
this tournament, some talented players were shortlisted and would be groomed to take
part on a higher level.The West Bengal Tribal Welfare Department assured us of all help
for nurturing the talented students.
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Indian youngsters once again proved its growing supremacy in youth events and lifted the
Asian Youth Chess Championship overall trophy with 11 Gold, 8 Silver and 7 Bronze here
at Hotel Le Grande Plaza.
Before the Blitz event on Sunday, host Uzbekistan was slightly head of India due to su-
perior silver medal count but the Indian girls had other ideas on Sunday morning as they
bagged four out of six gold in the girls categories while A R Ilamparthi added open gold in
Under-8 section to take the Indian gold medal tally to eleven and pushed the host nation
to second place. With eight gold in the kitty, Uzbekistan finished as first runner up while
Iran secured the third position.
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 Asian Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged at Manipal Selected games from 9th Chennai
Open 2017
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Stopa,Jacek (Pol) (2479) Vignesh,N R
(2414) [E11]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6
A view of the Tournament Hall
5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 a5 7.b3 Bb7 8.e3
d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.00 00 11.Bb2 Qe7
12.b4 [Uhlmann - Bronstein, Lasker Mem,
East Berlin, 1968 went: 12.Qc2 Be4 strategic spots on opposite sides of the
13.Qc3 c5 14.Rad1 a4 15.b4 Rfc8 16.dxc5 board. The knight, with its limited jump, is
bxc5 17.b5 10]12...axb4 13.axb4 not good at defending such positions.]50...
Rxa1 14.Rxa1 Ra8 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 Kd6 51.gxh5 gxh5 52.f4! Be8 53.Ba6!
[From now onwards white has a slight Bd7 [If 53...Kd7 54.fxe5 fxe5 55.Bb5+ Ke7
advantage thanks to his greater board 56.Bxe8 Kxe8 57.Bc3 Nb6 58.Bxe5 Kd7
room.]16.Qc2 Bb7 17.Nd2 Qf8 18.f3 59.Kf4 Na8 60.Kg5 Nxc7 61.Kxh5+]54.Bc4
Dr.H.S.Ballal Inaugurates c5 19.Qb3 Qc8 20.Nb1 d5!? 21.dxc5 Be6 55.Be2 Bf7 56.Ba6 Be6 [White has
with Dr Charudatta Jhadav bxc5 22.cxd5 Nxd5 23.b5 [This pawn a slight space advantage and two bishops
is destined to play the decisive role in but it would be difficult for him to win. Also,
this game though for many more moves, if 56...Kd7 57.Bb5+ Ke7 58.f5 Be8 59.Bc4
whites advantage is minimal, almost Nd6 60.Be6 Bd7 61.Bd5 Nc8 and white has
nothing.]23...N5b6 24.Nd2 Qc7 25.Nc4 not made any significant inroads to win this
Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Qd6 27.Qc3 f6 28.Qa5 game.]57.f5 Bd7 58.Be2 Be8 59.Bc4
Qb6 29.Qd2 Qc7 30.Bc3! Nb6 31.e4 Ke7 60.Ba6 Bd7 61.Bb7 Kd6 62.Ba6 Kc6
Former AICF Secretary KNK is no more Kf7 32.g3 Bc8 33.Ba5 Qd7 34.Qc2 63.Be2 Be8 64.Bc4
by Arvind Aaron Qd6 35.Kg2! [So that when black plays
Former AICF Honorary Secretary K.N. Kalyanasundaram (85) passed ....Qd4 it is not a check!]35...g6 36.h4
away in a city hospital on March 28, 2017 at Chennai.Kalyanasundaran Nd7 37.Qc1 Kg7 38.Bc3 h5? 39.Qa1
(born April 25, 1932) was a three-time General Secretary of the Tamil e5 40.Qa8! [Whites advantage has as-
Nadu State Chess Association and served as Honorary Secretary of the sumed threatening proportions.]40...
AICF in 1962-63. Nb6 41.Qa7+ Bd7 42.Ba5 Nc8 43.Qc7
He has represented the state in National Championships many times and Qe6 [If 43...Qxc7 44.Bxc7 the b-pawn
will advance unhindered and win the
was placed in the middle of the standings most of the time. He was a
game.]44.Kf2 Qd6 45.Kg2 Qe6 46.Kf2
great lover of the game who played and and was also an administrator.
Qd6 47.b6 Qxc7 48.bxc7 Kf7 49.Ke3
He was 30th in the 1959 Nationals at Delhi.
Ke7 50.g4! [Diagram # Though the
Kalyanasundaram won the Tamil Nadu Veteran Chess Championship in 1982, 1990, 1991 advanced passed pawn on c7 is an ad- 64...Nd6 [Black misses a draw with: 64...
and 1996. This event was held only four times! He came from a chess playing family. His vantage for white, it could be lost if not Kb7! 65.Be6 Bc6! (65...Nd6? 66.c8Q+ Nxc8
father Rao Sahib K.V. Nilkantham (1896-1967) was a Patron of the Madras State Chess handled properly. So, in such situations 67.Bd8 as in the game, wins.) 66.Bf7 Nd6!
Association and also served as the Post Master General of Madras. The AICF mourns the it is best for the superior side (here it is (66...Bxe4? 67.Kxe4 Nd6+ 68.Kd5 Nxf7 69.Ke6
passing away of Kalyanasundaram and offers condolences to his family members. white) to create a second theatre of oper- white wins.) 67.Be6 Nc8=]65.Bd5+ Kb5 [65...
ations and make the opponent defend two Kd7? 66.Be6+ Kc6 67.c8Q++]66.c8Q!
Courtesy: chessbaseindia
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66...Nxc8 67.Bd8! [Whites two bishops run
amok now.]67...Nb6 68.Be6! c4 69.Bxf6
c3 70.Bxe5 Nc4+ 71.Bxc4+ Kxc4 72.Kf4!
c2 73.Bb2 Kc5 74.Ke5! [In quite a few
endings, the tactics of leading with the
king is recommended. The white king
prevents the black king from coming to
the king-side and preventing the advance
of whites passed pawns.]74...Bf7 75.Kf6
Bc4 76.Ke7! [After 76.Ke7 c1Q 77.Bxc1 Kd4
78.f6 Kxe4 79.f7 Bxf7 80.Kxf7 Kf5 81.Kg7
Kg4 82.Bg5 Kf5 83.Bd8! Kg4 84.Kg6] 10
Shyam,N (2446)-Prajesh,R(2242) [A45]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 c5
5.Bd3 Nf6 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qc1 Nc6 8.h3 Bd7
9.Nf3 [Mark Orr 2360 vs Joanna Le-
gevsky 2295, Iona Tech Masters 1998
went: 9.Nd2 Rc8 10.Qb1 e6 11.Ngf3
cxd4 12.exd4 Be7 13.00 00 ....
drawn on move 89.]9...Rc8 10.00 cxd4
11.exd4 Nb4 12.Be2 Bb5 13.Bxb5+ Qxb5
14.Na3 Qa6
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15.cxb4!! [White sacrifices his queen for a
rook and knight. This move must have been
inspired by two additional facts: 1) he has
complete control of the open c-file; and 2.
blacks king-side is undeveloped.]15...Rxc1
16.Rfxc1 b5 [To prevent 18 Rc8+.]17.
Ne5!+ e6 18.Rc6 Qb7 19.Rac1 Be7
20.Rc7 Qb6 21.Nc6!
[Diagram # Defending d4 and attacking the
Be7.]21...Bd8 22.Nxd8 00 [22...Kxd8??
23.Rc8++]23.Nc6 h6 24.Rxa7 Ne8
25.Rc5 [shielding the d4 pawn from the
queen.]25...g5 26.Bg3 f5 [Diagram #]27.
Ne7+ [27.Ne7+ Kf7 (27...Kh8 28.Be5+ Nf6
29.Rcc7 threatening mate in two.) 28.Nc8+
wins the queen for nothing.]10
[White has his bishop centrally planted on
(Position after 26f5)
Venkatesh,M.R (2439) - Gukesh,D
(2236) [B20]
[This is a David and Goliath story. Gukesh
is a 11year old boy who has won the U12
National Schools Championships in Nagpur
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
in January. He plays for Andhra though he is [Diagram #][This is not the best! He could
settled in Chennai with his doctor parents and win with: 23...Nxd5 24.exd5 b5 25.Nb2
goes to the local Velammal School. We are (25.Ne3 e4 (the Rf3 is trapped!)) 25...e4
likely to hear more in the future. And M.R. +]24.Ne3 Bc6 25.c4 fxe4 26.Rxf6 Rxf6
Venkatesh is a 32year old grandmaster 27.Neg4 Rf5! [Diagram #]
who should be at his peak now but is finding
it difficult to find his form of a few years
ago. Gukesh plays with great responsibili-
ty and finishes the game with some lively
tactics as expected of a youngster.]1.e4
c5 2.b3!? [when an opponent plays such
an off beat move, we know that he trusts
the opening preparation of his opponent
and wants to play something out of the
book!]2...Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.Ne2
g6 [After adopting the pawn formation c5,
d6, e5, the g7 square is the natural place 28.Nxe4 [If 28.Nxh6 Kxh6 29.Ng4+ Kg7
for his dark square bishop.]6.00 Bg7 7.f4 30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Qxc5! fxg4 32.Bxc6 bxc4
Nf6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 dxe5= 10.Nbc3 33.b4! Qf7 34.Kg1!+]28...Bxd5+
00 11.Qe1 Bg4 12.Kh1 Nh5 13.g3 29.cxd5 Qf7! 30.Ngf6 [If 30.Rxf5 gxf5
[Best was active play with: 13.Nd5]13... and one knight is lost.]30...Rf8 [A knight is
Bh6 14.Nd5 Kg7 15.Nc1 Qd6 16.Nd3 at its weakest when it is supporting another
Rae8 17.Ne3 Bh3 18.Rf3 [(Threat 19 knight, like here.]31.g4 Rxf1 32.Qxf1
g4 trapping the Bh3)]18...Bd7 19.Bd5 f5
20.Qg1 [If 20.Bxb7 Nf6 21.Nf2 Qc7 22.Bd5
Bc6 23.d3 fxe4 24.Rxf6 Rxf6 25.dxe4
Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qf7]20...b6
21.Raf1 [If 21.Nc4 Qc7 22.g4 fxe4 23.Rxf8
Rxf8 24.Ndxe5 Nf6!]21...Nf6 22.Nc4 Qc7
d5, but it comes under vague threats and
has a miserable time. Blacks position is
already winning.]23.Nf2 b5?!
[Diagram #]32...Qxd5! 33.d3 Qc6 [A quiet
winning move. The threat is 34...Rxf6.] 01
Gukesh,D (2236) - Horvath,Adam (Hun)
(2499) [B47]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7
5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.00 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd3 Be7 [S.Gachet 2293
vs O.Letreguilly 2311, France, 2005 went:
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10...Ne5 11.Qe2 Bb4 12.Bd2 Be7 13.b3 b5
14.Rac1 h5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Nxa4 Rb8 17.Bc3 h4
18.Bd4 Rb4 19.Bb2 .... and 66.01.]11.Be3
b5 12.f4 d6 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 00 15.Nd4
Nxd4 16.Bxd4 e5 17.Be3 a5 18.Rfc1 Ba6
19.c4! exf4 [If 19...bxc3 20.Rxc3 Qb7 21.Rb3
Qc6 22.Qd2]20.gxf4 Bf6 (See diagram)
21.Bd4! [If 21.e5? dxe5 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.f5
Rd8 24.Qe2 Bb7 Though the exchange down,
blacks control over the long white diagonal
gives him a dangerous attack. For example,
if 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8+]21...Bxd4+
22.Qxd4 Rae8= [We guess that with this
move, black has decided to abandon his d6
pawn which is a backward pawn on a semi-
open file, to its fate and seek counter-play
against the central e4 pawn. When making
such a decision, black was no doubt banking
on the youth and inexperience of his oppo-
nent.]23.b3 Re6 24.Re1 Rfe8 25.Rad1
Bb7 26.f5 Re5 [26...Rf6? 27.e5! dxe5
28.Rxe5 Bc6 (28...Rf8 29.Bxb7 Qxb7 30.Qd8
Qb8 31.Qxb8 Rxb8 32.Rxa5 g6 33.Rdd5+)
29.Bxc6 Qxc6 30.Qd8 Kf8 31.Qxa5+]27.
Qxd6 Qc8 [White has won a pawn and has a
protected passed pawn on c4 which is a great
advantage. But, in the ensuing play his e4
and f5 pawns are subject to constant tactical
threats.]28.Re3 h6 [Not 28...Rxf5?? 29.exf5
Rxe3 30.Bxb7 Qe8 31.Qd8+]29.Rde1 Kh7
30.Qd4?! [If 30.Rf1 f6 31.Qd4 Bc6 32.Bf3
Qb7 33.Rfe1 R8e7=; or 30.f6?! R5e6=]30...
Qc6 31.R1e2 Qf6 32.Rd2 Qh4 33.Rg3
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Bc8 34.Qa7 R8e7 35.Qb8 Re8 36.Qa7
Qf6 37.Rgd3 Qg5 38.Qxf7 Bxf5 39.Rg3
Bg4 40.Rf2 Qd8! 41.Qf4 [Not 41.Rxg4?
Qd1+! 42.Rf1 Qxg4]41...Bh5 42.Qe3?! [A
weak move that lets go the big advantage
that he has. Better was: 42.Rd2 Qb6+ 43.Qf2
Qc7 44.Rgd3 R8e7 45.Rd5 Bg6 46.R2d4 Bf7
47.Rd6]42...Bg6 (See diagram) 43.Qa7?
[This move has an eye on g7 and temporar-
ily pins the bishop to g6, but the threat is
immediately thwarted and black seizes the
upperhand. Better was: 43.Rf4! Qd1+ 44.Rf1
Qd7 45.Rxg6!? Kxg6 46.Bh3 Qc6 47.Bf5+
Rxf5 48.exf5+ Kh7 49.Qf2]
(position after 42.Bg6)
43...R8e7= 44.Qa6? [Shakespeare said,
When trouble comes it comes not in sin-
gle spies but in battalions! The same thing
about errors in chess. One bad move is often
followed by another. This is the second bad
move in a row. It was better to acknowl-
edge that his ambitious queen sortie was
incorrect and return his queen to where
it came from: 44.Qe3]44...Qd1+ 45.Rf1
Qd4+! 46.Kh1 Bxe4 [In one stroke black
has removed his endangered Bg6 and at
the same time snatched a key central pawn.
However, stronger was: 46...Rg5! 47.Rxg5
hxg5 48.Qxa5 Re5! 49.Qxb4 Bxe4 50.Qf8
Bd3! 51.Rd1 Qc3+ with the winning threat
of ...Re1+]47.Rg1 Rh5 [Quicker was: 47...
Rg5! 48.Rxg5 hxg5 49.Qc8 Bxg2+ 50.Kxg2
(50.Rxg2 Re1+ mates.) 50...Re2+ mates
in two.]48.Qc8 Bxg2+?! [Black can tie up
white in knots and win with: 48...Bf5 49.Qf8
Qh4 50.Bh3 Be4+ 51.R1g2 Bxg2+ 52.Kxg2
(or 52.Rxg2 Re1+ 53.Rg1 Rxg1+ 54.Kxg1
Qxh3+) 52...Qe4+ 53.Qf3 Qc2+ 54.Kf1 Rxh3
55.Rxh3 Qc1+ 56.Kg2 Qd2+ 57.Kg3 Re3
+]49.R3xg2 Qe4 50.Qg4! Qe5 51.Qg6+
Kg8= 52.Rd1 Re8 53.Rd5? [A mistake which
the Hungarian GM exploits tactically. White
should not let his first rank remain untended.
Equal was: 53.c5]53...Qe1+! 54.Rg1
[Diagram #]54...Rxh2+!! [If you have the
experience of having analysed hundreds of
such positions, this move will jump up for
you. The white pieces on vantage points look
great but are too poorly positioned to defend
blacks surprise onslaught.]55.Kxh2 Qh4+
[I have always held that an attacking queen
and rook are superior to a defending queen
and rook. Here, blacks attacking queen and
rook are far superior to whites queen and
two rooks!]56.Kg2 Re2+ 57.Kf3 Rf2+ 58.Ke3
Qf4+ 59.Kd3 Rd2# 01
David,Alberto (Ita) (2569) - Laxman,RR
(2416) [C65]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 [The Berlin
Defence.]4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 00 6.00 d6 7.h3
Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Re1 exd4 [Black strikes a
new path. Topalov 2754 vs Kramnik 2891,
Norway Chess, 2016 went: 9...Ng6 10.Nbd2
c6 11.Bf1 exd4 12.cxd4= drawn after 60
moves.]10.cxd4 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nc3
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Bf5 13.Bd3 c5 [Black is looking for adven-
ture! 13...Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qd7 should be an
easy draw.]14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Rxe4 cxd4 17.Qd3 [If 17.Nxd4 Qd5
18.Qg4 h5 19.Nf5!=]17...Qd5 18.Bd2 Rfe8
19.a4 a6 [It was better to handle the threat of
a4a5 through: 19...Nc6 20.Rae1 Rad8=]20.
Rae1 Ng6 21.h4 Nf8 22.h5 Rac8 23.Rg4
[Diagram #][If 23.Nxd4? Red8 24.Be3 (24.
Bc3 Ne6 25.h6 Bxd4+) 24...Ne6 25.Rd1
Nc5+]23...Rc6?! [Black wants a fight! Bet-
ter was: 23...Qc4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.a5 Ba7
26.b3 Rc2 27.Bh6 g6 28.Nxd4 Rc5 29.Nf3
Rxa5=]24.b3 Qd7 25.Rg3 [Played with
hopes of carrying out a successful king-side
attack. If the attack does not materialise,
this rook would be a terribly misplaced rook
and contribute to whites defeat.]25...Kh8
[Better was: 25...Qd5 26.b4 Ne6 27.a5
Bc7 28.Qf5 b6 29.axb6 Rxb6=]26.Nh4
[Now whites plan is clear, f2f4f5 for
an attack on the castled king.]26...Bc7
27.f4 Bb6 [Black is preparing a combina-
tion into which white willingly walks!]28.
f5 [Diagram #]28...Rc3? [28...Qd5=]29.
Bxc3 dxc3+ 30.Kf1 Qe7 31.f6 [Whites
strongest winning move was: 31.Qc4! c2
32.f6 gxf6 33.Nf5 Qe6 34.Nh6!! Qxc4+
35.bxc4 Ng6 36.Nxf7+ Kg7 37.hxg6 fxe5
38.Nd6+]31...gxf6 32.Qxc3!+ fxe5
33.Nf5 Qf6 34.Rf3 [Black dares white to
unmask his rook and knight battery on the
f-file, believing that the world will not
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(Position after 28.f5)
crash. However the grandmaster does find
an effective way to use his battery, a move
later. Better was 34. Qe6 when black can
put up a good defence in a losing position.]
34...Nd7? 35.Qd2 [Stronger was: 35.Rd1!
Bd4 (35...Nc5 36.Rd6 Re6 37.Rxb6 Rxb6
38.Qxc5 white has a winning position with
an extra knight.) 36.Nxd4! exd4 37.Rxd4+
]35...e4? [This plunges into disaster. Best
here was again: 35...Qe6+]36.Nd6 Qh4
[(threatening 37...Qh1+)]37.Nxf7+ Kg8
38.Qg5+! Qxg5 39.Nxg5 Nc5 40.b4!
Nxa4 41.Rxe4 Rc8 42.Rg4 h6 43.Ne4+
[White has the firm and unshakable plan of
mating black with Rg8. However also good
was: 43.Ne6+ Kh8 44.Rg6+]43...Kh8
44.Nf6 Nb2
[Diagram #]45.Rfg3![The mating threat of
Rg8+ is unstoppable.] 45...Rc1+ 46.Ke2
Rc2+ 47.Kf3 Rc3+ 48.Ke4 10
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Selected games from the National
Team Chess Championships, Bhopal
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Karthikeyan,P (IM) (2506) Sameer,G
(1933) [D02]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4
5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.00 00
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.b3 Rc8N [Usual
here is: 11...cxd4 12.Nxd4 Be4] 12.Bb2
Ne4 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.dxc5 Ndxc5 15.Nd4
Bg6 16.f3?! Nf6 17.e4 Rfd8 [Better was:
17...e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 Ncd7=] 18.Na3
a6 19.Rac1 Qb8 20.Nc4 Qa7?! [This does
not do much to help blacks position which
has no problem right now. An alternative
was: 20...Bh5 with the threat of 21...Nfxe4]
21.Kh1 Rc7 22.Bc3 Ncd7
23.Ba5! The first move of an interest-
ing though obscure combination! 23...b6
24.Nxb6! Nxb6 [If 24...Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nxb6
26.Nc6+-] 25.Nc6 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Rxc6
27.Rxc6 Nfd7 28.Qd4
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
[Not the best as it gives black some chances
of a fightback! Better was the immediate:
28.Bxb6 Nxb6 29.Qd4 and the knight has
no defence.] 28...Bd8? [Black should coun-
ter-attack the Rc6 and get out of the life
threatening pin with: 28...Qa8! 29.Rxb6
Nxb6 30.Qxb6 and white has emerged
with only an extra pawn for his troubles.
Of course whites position is very good as
blacks light square bishop has been ex-
cluded from the game.] 29.Bxb6 Bxb6
30.Rc8+! Nf8 31.Qd6!! The Nf8 cannot [There are a few adverse aspects to tucking
be defended in any way. 10 this bishop into a corner. It not only restricts
its freedom (it cannot go to h4 from h2) but
Deepan,Chakkravarthy (2480) Aish- also helps black later on to inflict back rank
win,Daniel (1999) [D00] mates (see notes to 29th move). Better was:
13.Bg3 ] 13...N5b6 14.Nxb6 axb6 The
This was the last round of the National Team change in strategy in this game is a significant
Championship and grandmaster Deepan improvement for black over the above Viet-
Chakkravarthy was expected to easily namese game. 15.Nd2 Ba6 16.Nc4 Bxc4
sail through against his 2nd Board oppo- 17.Bxc4 b5 18.Be2 c5! Without this immedi-
nent on the MP B team. Aishwin Daniel ate follow-up, blacks 17....b5 would have been
is not known nationally. But now he will a grave strategic error. 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Qc1 c4
be! For the Bhopal spectators this game [Not 20...cxd4?? 21.Bc7] 21.b3?! [This is
must have been worth the trouble of or- very passive. With his two bishops sweeping
ganising the National Team Championship. the queen-side, white should go on the attack
One can only imagine this game in pro- with: 21.a4! bxa4 22.Qxc4 Rc8 23.Qa2 Nb6
gress with the spectators milling around 24.Bg4 e6] 21...e5! 22.bxc4 exd4
this game on their toes, watching history
in the making. 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3
g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 00 7.h3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 b4
11.Na4 Qa5 12.00 Nd5 [This varies
from Pham Thi Nu vs Luong Huyen Ngoc in
the 2005 Vietnam Womens Championship
which went: 12...Rd8 13.Qc2 Bb7 14.Nd2
Ba6 15.Nc4 Bxc4 16.Bxc4 e6 17.Be2 Rac8
18.Rac1 Nd5 19.Bg3 N5b6 20.Nc5 Nxc5
21.Qxc5 Qxa2 22.Ra1 Qxb2 23.Ba6 Rd5
24.Qe7 Rcd8 25.Qxa7 Nc8 26.Qc7 R5d7 Diagram # 23.c5? [Nothing is in favour of
27.Qxc6 Ne7 [%emt 0:00:52] .... and this move except that it has become a passed
01] 13.Bh2 pawn and has the backing of his two bishops.
However he might have had to pay dearly and
lose pawns had black seen through the po-
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sition still more. 23.Rb1= ; or 23.exd4 Bxd4
24.Rb1=] 23...Ne5? [It is strange that black
does not accept the offered pawns through
discovered attack and a crack at the Ra1.
Maybe he thought that white, a grandmas-
ter, would not have let go his pawns without
a reason! He should try: 23...dxe3 24.Rb1
exf2+ 25.Kh1 Ne5 (25...Qxa2 26.Rxb4 Qa5
27.Qb1 Nxc5 28.Rxb5 Qa7!) ] 24.Bb7 [24.
Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Rb1 was equal. But the Rail-
way A player playing the white pieces feels
obliged to play for a win against an unknown
player on the Madhya Pradesh B team.]
24...d3 25.c6 d2 26.Qc2 Nc4 27.c7 Bxa1
28.cxd8Q Rxd8
Diagram # 29.e4 [29.Rxa1? is not possible
on account of whites weak back rank which
would lead to mate: 29...Qxa2!! 30.Qd1
Qxa1!+] 29...Qa4! 30.Qxa4 bxa4 31.Bd5
Bc3! So, black has emerged with a dangerous
advanced passed pawn on d2 which cannot be
stopped for long. 32.Bc7 Rd7 33.Bxc4 d1Q
34.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Kh2 Now black has only
the exchange more but his queen-side pawn
majority is on the verge of deciding the game.
Black has many winning plans. He chooses
the simplest. 35...Rb1 36.e5 b3 37.axb3 axb3
[After 37...axb3 38.e6 fxe6 39.Bxe6+ Kg7
and it is all over for white.] 01
Deshmukh,A (2229) Karthikeyan,Murali
(2506) [C92]
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.00 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 00
9.h3 Bb7 10.d3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2
Re8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.Nh2 d5
16.Ng4 dxe4 17.Nxf6+? [This deviation
from the known paths brings nothing good
for white. A.Sokolov 2425 vs A.Kuzmin 2200,
Moscow 1982 went: 17.dxe4 Nxg4 18.Qxg4
Qf6 19.Nf5 Kh8 20.Ne3 ....54. drawn.] 17...
Qxf6 18.dxe4 Bc8 Black does not like the
idea of an enemy knight perching on f5 and
overlooking his castled position. 19.Nh5
Qh4 20.Qf3 Be6 21.Kh2 Rad8 Diagram #
22.Rg1? [The idea behind this move is
unclear as the situation does not demand a
pawn-storming of blacks castled position.
22.b3 denying the white pieces access to
c4 deserved attention.] 22...Be7 23.Ng3
Bg5 24.Be3 Nc4! 25.Bxc5 Rd2! 26.Rgc1?
[This should rapidly lead to a losing position,
Comparatively better was: 26.Bb3 Rxb2
27.Bxc4 Bxc4] 26...Nxb2?! Diagram #
[Black misses the immediate win with: 26...
Rc8! (amazingly the white bishop on c5 has
no satisfactory retreat.) 27.b4 Rxc5! 28.bxc5
Ne3!! 29.fxe3 Qxh3+ 30.Kg1 Bxe3+! 31.Kf1
Bc4+ 32.Ke1 Rxg2 33.Qxe3 Rxg3+ and
now, if, 34.Qf2 Qh4!!] 27.Nf1 Rd7 28.Be3
Bxe3 29.Nxe3 Qf4+ 30.Qg3 [If 30.Qxf4
exf4 31.Nd1 Nxd1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1 33.Rxd1
Rc8] 30...Rd2 31.Kg1 Qxg3 32.fxg3
Nc4 33.Nf1 Rd6 34.a4 bxa4 35.Rxa4
[Also good was 35.Bxa4 Rc8 (targetting the
backward c3 pawn.)] 35...Rb8 36.Rb1 [If
36.Rd1 Rc6 37.Rda1 a5 38.Rb1 Rxb1 39.Bxb1
Rc5 Blacks a-pawn is far superior to whites
c3.] 36...Rxb1 37.Bxb1 (See diagram) 37...
Rd1!+ White loses a piece and the game.
38.Bc2 Rc1 39.Bb3 Nd2 40.Bxe6 Rxf1+
41.Kh2 fxe6 42.Rxa6 Kf7 43.Ra5 Nxe4 01
(Position after 37.Bxb1)
Stany,G (2500) - Aslam,Belim (1662) [B12]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7
6.00 c5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Na3 Ne7 9.Bg5! h6
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
[Better was: 9...Qb8 10.Nxc4 Nd5 11.Ne3 h6
12.Bh4 Nxe3 13.fxe3] 10.Nxc4! Diagram #
10...Nxe5??+- [This is new. R.Goris vs R.
Calder, Auckland, NZ, 1996 went: 10...Qc7
11.Nd6+ Kd8 12.Nxf7+ Ke8 13.Nd6+ Kd8
14.Bxe7+ Kxe7 15.Nxf5+ exf5 ....37.10;
If 10...hxg5 11.Nd6#??] 11.dxe5 Qxd1
12.Raxd1 Nd5 13.Ne3 hxg5 14.Bb5+ This
wins one of the two pieces on d5 and f5. 14...
Ke7 15.Nxf5+ exf5 16.Rxd5 f6 17.Re1!
g4 18.Rd7+ Ke6 Diagram #
19.Rxb7! The most effective way to con-
tinue. 19...fxe5 [19...gxf3?? 20.Bc4#]
20.Bc4+ Kf6 21.Rf7+ Kg6 22.Nxe5+ Kg5
23.f4+ gxf3 24.Nxf3+ Kh5 25.Rxf5+ This
has been a massacre! 10
Swayams,Mishra (2460) Saravana,Kr-
ishnan (2308) [D12]
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3
e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Bd2
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Qxb3 10.axb3 Bc2 11.g4 Bxb3 12.c5
g5 [Black invents his own variation playing
boldly. J.Gustafsson 2556 vs R.Huebner 2625,
German Ch. 2003 went: 12...Nbd7 13.Ra3 Bc2
14.b4 Be7 15.Ng2 00 .....52.10] 13.Ng2
h5 14.gxh5 Nxh5 Threat 15...Ng3! 15.Kf2
Nd7 16.Bd3 Nhf6 17.Ra3 Bc4 18.Bxc4
dxc4 19.Ra4 Rh3 20.Rxc4 b5 21.Rb4
[If 21.cxb6 Nxb6! 22.Rxc6 Kd7! 23.Rxb6 (23.
d5 Nfxd5+) 23...axb6]
21...g4 [In such positions it is always best
to pause and complete ones development as
the opponent cannow wriggle out of the mess
that he is in. Best was: 21...000 ] 22.fxg4
Nxg4+ 23.Kg1? [It was not a good idea to de-
fend his h2 pawn with his king on g1 and rook
on h1. Better: 23.Ke2 a5 24.Rb3 Rxh2 25.Rxh2
Nxh2] 23...Bh6 24.Nd1 000 25.Rb3 Kb7
[Black misses the complicated win that follows:
25...Nxc5! 26.Rc3 Ne4 27.Rxc6+ Kd7 28.Rc2
Nxd2 29.Rxd2 Rg8!+] 26.Rc3
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26...Rh8 [Another winning line for black
emerges after: 26...Ndf6! 27.Nf4 Bxf4!
28.exf4 Rxd4!! 29.Rxh3 Rxd2 30.Ne3 Nf2+
Black gets back the exchange with a win-
ning position.] 27.Ne1 Bg5 28.Nf2 Nxf2
29.Kxf2 Nf6!+ 30.Nf3 Ne4+ 31.Ke2
Bd8 [Another exciting win was: 31...Rxf3
32.Kxf3 Nxd2+ 33.Kg4 Rg8 34.Rd3 Bd8+
35.Kh3 Ne4 36.Rf1 Bc7!] 32.Rf1 Nxc3+
33.Bxc3 Rg8 34.Rf2 a5 35.Bd2 f5 36.Ne5
[36.Kd3 or 36 Be1 was better but would
not prevent black from winning.] 36...Bh4
37.Rf1 Rxh2+ 38.Kd3 Bd8 39.Ra1 White
perceives that his only hope of saving the
game is through an attack down the a-file.
39...Rg3 40.Nf7 Bc7 41.Nd6+ Bxd6 42.cxd6
a4 43.b3 axb3! Black has calculated that
he could successfully thwart the attack that
will come up with the opening of the a-file.
44.d7 Rxd2+! [Whites game is beyond
saving. Even if now, 44...Rg8 45.Ba5 Ra2!
46.d8Q Rxd8 47.Bxd8 Rxa1 is an easy win.]
45.Kxd2 Kc7 46.Ra7+ Kd8 47.Rb7
ian Defence, but here the circumstances are
Diagram # 47...Rxe3!! Exhibiting artist-
ry and making sure that his opponents
spirit is damaged beyond doubt. 48.d5
exd5 49.Kxe3 b2 50.Kd4 b1Q 51.Kc5 Qe4
[Simpler was: 51...Qc1+! 52.Kd6 Qh6+
53.Ke5 f4! and white cannot do anything
about the threatened f4-f3, etc.] 52.Kd6
Qe7+ 53.Kxc6 Qe6+ 54.Kxb5 Qxd7+!
55.Rxd7+ Kxd7 56.Kc5 Ke6 [Another win-
ning line is: 56...f4! 57.Kd4 Ke6 which is a
well known, winning pawn ending.] 57.Kd4
f4 58.Kd3 Ke5 59.Kd2 Ke4 60.Ke2 f3+
White now knows that black means business!
01
Narayanan,Srinath (2474) Rathna-
karan,K (2407) [B48]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4
Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 d6 8.0
00 Bd7 9.g4 Rc8 [A.Saurabh 2065 vs
B.Harsha 2329, Asian Junior 2016 went:
9...b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.Kb1 Ne5 14. Bxc6= 11.g5?! [11.Bd3]
11...Ne7 12.Kb1 b5 13.Bd3 Ng6 14.Nd5?
Diagram #
[This is a typical sacrifice against the Sicil-
not right. There should be a white knight on
d4 to fuel such an adventure. Better was:
14.Bd4 though black still has a slight edge.]
14...exd5 15.exd5 Bb7 [15...Ba8]
16.Bf5 Be7 [Just because he has a big ma-
terial advantage does not mean he has to
be over generous. Better 16...Ra8 17.Bd4
Ne7 18.Rhe1 Bc8 19.Bd3] 17.Bxc8 Qxc8
18.h4 00 19.h5 Ne5 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qd4
Nf3 22.Qf4 Nxg5+ Diagram # With one
of whites attacking pawns captured, black
can now breathe a little easier and the win
is in sight.
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
23.h6 g6 24.f3 Qc4 25.Bd4 [25.Rd4 Qe2
and the f3 pawn is next to be chopped.] 25...
Bxd5 26.b3 Qc6 27.Rhe1 Ne6! 28.Qd2
Kf7 29.Bg7 Bxf3 30.Bxf8 Bxf8! 31.Qe3
Be4! Black has enough material to win. He
need not collect more enemy pieces and
burden himself! 32.Rd2 d5 33.Qa7+ Qc7
[Another way to win was: 33...Nc7 34.Qe3
Bb4] 34.Qxa6 Bxh6 35.Rxe4 dxe4 36.Rd1
Be3 37.Qxb5 Bd4 Diagram #
[37...Qc3 38.Qd7+ Kf6 39.Qxh7 Bd4 40.Qh8+
Ke7 41.Rxd4 Qxd4+] 38.c4 Kf6 39.Qd5
Qe5 40.Kc2 e3 01
Puranik,Ahimanyu (2481) Ramakr-
ishna,J (2141) [B40]
Ambitious Abhimanyu Puranik of Maharash-
tra, at 17, is among the youngest crop of
International Masters that India has been
regularly hatching in recent years. Pitted
against him is 40year old J.Ramakrishna a
prolific winner of prizes at Open Tournaments
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before Puranik was born. Despite the IM play-
ing the white pieces, the game is tantalisingly
equal. It boiled down to the very last where, if
black played correctly he drew, and otherwise
he lost. Black would have got a smart draw
through perpetual check with 41 Qe5, but
he missed it and lost to a simple threat. Age
matters! 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2
Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.c3 [6.b3 and 6 00 have
been seen in this little analysed opening.]
6...Bd7 7.00 Rc8 [Black anticipates white
to follow up 6 c3 with d2-d4 and prepares for
the opening of the c-file with this move. White
stymies blacks plan by avoiding d2-d4. Black
should have continued normal development
with: 7...Be7 ] 8.d3! b5 9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2
Be7 [If 10...Na5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Bd6
13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.dxc4 bxc3=]
11.Nc4 Na5 12.Nfd2 bxc3 13.bxc3 00
14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Nc4 Qa6 16.e5 dxe5
17.Nxe5 Rfd8= 18.c4!?
Diagram # White chooses the pawn struc-
ture that he likes. He does not give black
a chance to play c5-c4. Best here was 18
Re1. 18...Be8 19.a5 Nd7 20.Bb2 Nxe5
21.Bxe5 Bc6 22.Rfb1 Bxg2 Black plans
to exchange off as many pieces as possible
and go for a draw. Unfortunately that is not
the route to a certain draw! 23.Kxg2 Bf6?
[If 23...Rd7 24.Rb5 Rcd8 25.Ra3=; or 23...
f6 24.Bc3 Rc7 25.Rb3 Rcd7 26.Re1 e5=]
24.Bxf6 gxf6 After this voluntary fracture
of his own king-side pawn structure, black
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steadily goes downhill. Probably black has
confidence in holding such positions! 25.Qf3
f5 26.Rb5 Rc7 27.Rab1 Qd6 28.R1b3 Kg7
29.Qe3 h6 30.h4
Diagram # [30.f4 Qc6+ 31.Qf3 Qxf3+ (31...
Qd7! 32.Rb8 Kg6 33.Qa8!? (33.Kh3) 33...
Rxb8 34.Rxb8 Qxd3 35.Rg8+ Kf6
36.Kh3 (To avoid the threat of perpetual
check by ...Qe2+ and ...Qh5+) 36...Qe2!!=)
32.Kxf3 f6 33.Rb8 Rdd7 34.Ke3 White has
winning chances as his rooks are free to
roam blacks backyard while the black rooks
should defend passively.] 30...Kh7 31.Qf3
Kg7 32.Kf1 Qe5 33.Qe3 Qd6 34.h5 Re8?
[He has nothing much to do from e8. Better
was: 34...e5 35.Rb7 Rxb7 36.Rxb7 Qxd3+
37.Qxd3 Rxd3 38.Rc7 and white has the ad-
vantage with a well placed rook targeting c5.]
35.Qf3 Qe5 36.Kg2 Rd8 37.Rb7 Rxb7?
[More stubborn was: 37...Rdd7 38.a6!? Qd6
39.Qe3 Qc6+ 40.Kh2 Rxb7 41.axb7 Rxb7
42.Rxb7 Qxb7 43.Qxc5] 38.Rxb7 Qc3
39.Rxa7 Rxd3 10
Singhai,Niklesh Jain (1837)
Dhopade,Swapnil (2534) [B51]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+
bxc6 5.00 e5 6.d3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7
8.Re1N [Whites plan seems to follow the
Ruy Lopez setup of Rook to e1 and then fol-
low-up with the knight manoeuvre Nd2-f1
g3. That nobody before has played this move
so early in the game indicates that the idea is
suspect. 8.Nc4 has been tried here.] 8...Ne7
This move is a clear signal that blacks mid-
dle-game strategy is going to be f7-f5 with
an attack down the king-side. 9.Nf1 [This
knight is heading for f1 and g3. It is wrong
strategy because at g3 the knight will be-
come a welcome target for blacks onrush-
ing pawn storm. Whites best idea would be
to counter blacks king-side attack with a
queen-side attack or a central pawn thrust.
Therefore he should try: 9.c3 00 10.a3 f5
11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 h6 13.Qb3+ Kh7 14.exf5
Nxf5 15.Qa4=] 9...00 10.Ng3? f5 11.h3?!
[This weakens his castled position still fur-
ther. Though late, he should still play: 11.c3
Qc7 12.Qa4 but blacks position seems to
be preferable.] 11...f4 12.Nf1 Bf6 13.c3
g5 Black wants to advance ...h5 and ....g4.
White fights this plan the best way. 14.N3h2
Qe8 15.f3 White strong-points g4, making
g5-g4 risky. 15...h5! 16.b3 Qg6 17.Nd2
Be6 18.Nc4 Rad8 19.Qe2 Kh8 20.Bb2 Rg8
21.Red1 white tries to dissuade black from
his plan of playing g5-g4 and then Bf6-h4
attacking his rook on e1. At the same time
he plans d3-d4. 21...Qg7?! [Black seems to
be concerned with whites threat of ...d4.
He should strike now instead of sharpening
his threats. Better was: 21...g4! 22.hxg4
hxg4 23.fxg4 Bxg4 24.Nxg4 Qxg4 25.Qxg4
Rxg4 26.Kf1 d5 27.Nd2 Rdg8] 22.Rd2
Ng6 [Black is preparing a massive, massive
assault on whites castled position, Still bet-
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ter was 22...g4 23.fxg4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Bxg4
25.Nxg4 Qxg4 26.Rf1= though black does not
have the position he has in the notes to the
previous move.] 23.Rad1 d5 24.exd5 cxd5
25.Nxe5!? This combination is based on the
unsupported black bishop on e6. But white is
not out of the woods despite this. 25...Nxe5
26.d4 Rge8! 27.dxe5 Bxe5 suddenly the
nature of the battle has changed, from the
attack down the g-line to a midboard tactical
struggle. 28.Qb5 [If 28.Qa6 Qc7 29.Re2 Kg7]
28...Rc8 29.Re2 Qf6 30.Rde1 Bf5 31.Qb7
Rcd8 For every white offensive, black has
a defence. All the black forces are deployed
efficiently while, whites knight stays on h2,
an idle spectator. 32.Qxa7 Bd3! 33.Qxc5
[33.Rf2 would save the exchange but ulti-
mately lose the game: 33...Qc6 (threatening
to trap the queen on a7) 34.b4 c4 35.Qf7 Bg6
36.Qa7 Ra8 37.Qc5 Qxc5 38.bxc5 Bd3+]
33...Bxe2 If 34 Rxe2 Bd4+!! 35 Qxd4
Qxd4+ 37 cxd4 Rxe2 wins. 01
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Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Shyam Sundar,M (2554) Saravana Kr-
ishnan,P (2308) [C03]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Ngf3 Nf6
5.e5 Nfd7 6.c4 dxc4 [Black keeps the game
elastic and lively. L.Nisipeanu 2668 vs S.Biro
2324, Romanian Ch, 2007 went: 6...c6 7.Bd3
Na6 8.00 Rb8 9.cxd5 cxd5 and 28.10]
7.Bxc4 [Better was: 7.Nxc4 Be7 8.Bd3]
7...Nb6 8.Bb3 Bd7!= 9.00 Bc6 10.Re1
Bd5 11.Bc2 [Naturally, being a grandmas-
ter, white wants more than a draw with the
white pieces. If 11.Bxd5 Qxd5=] 11...Nc6
12.Ne4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 Qe7
White has completed his development quite
satisfactorily and harmoniously. Now, where
would he castle?! 15.a3 a6 16.b4
Diagram # 16...000! Whites 16 b4 did
not deter him from castling long! 17.Qc3
Rhg8 18.Rac1 Kb8 19.Nc5 Nd7 20.Rb1
Nxc5!? 21.bxc5 Ka8 22.Nd2 f6! 23.Qb2
Rb8 24.Ne4 fxe5 25.dxe5= Rgf8! Now
white has his hands full defending his c- and
e-pawns. 26.Qc3 Qh4 (threatening the f2
pawn.) 27.f3 Qf4 28.Ng3 Qg5 29.Rbd1
Seeing that nothing works against b7, white
moves away his rook to a more active station.
The enemy No.1 is the bishop on d5. 29...
Rbd8 30.Qe3 Qe7 31.Bd3 Qh4= 32.Rd2 Na5
33.Ne4 Qf4 34.Qxf4 Rxf4 35.Rf2 Nc6! Af-
ter the exchange of queens black targets the
e5 pawn which has become weak. 36.Ng3
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gxh4! Black goes for artistry when the win is
36...Ra4 The pawn on a3 can not be defend-
ed. Whites c- and e-pawns also come under
pressure. Suddenly the white position collaps-
es like a pack of cards. 37.f4 Rxa3 38.Bh7
Rc3 39.f5 exf5 40.e6 [After 40.Nxf5 Re8
the white pawns are disappearing.] 40...Re8
41.Bxf5 Rxc5+ 42.Bh3 Re7! He is following
the Nimzowitsch diktum of first blockading the
passed pawn and then destroying it! 43.Rf5
b6 44.Nh5 Nd4 45.Rf8+ Ka7 [45...Kb7 was
better, but black takes caution very seriously
and does not place the king on a white square
as White has a ligh square bishop.] 46.Nf4
Bb3 47.Rd8 Nxe6 48.Nxe6
previous day in a local tournament. Hegde
48...Rc6! White does not win a piece after
all as the Ne6 is pinned against his unsup-
ported rook on e1. But white manages to get
the exchange, albeit in a simplified but lost
position. 49.Rd3! Rexe6 50.Bxe6 Bxe6 White
has salvaged the exchange from the mess.
That is a small but inconsequential success
for him. 51.h4 black has three connected
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
passed pawns on the queen-side as a huge Qc8 11.Rac1 Na6 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Qd2 Re8
compensation for the loss of exchange. 51... 14.b4 Qd7 15.Rfe1 Rac8= 16.Ne5
a5 52.Rg3 a4! In such endings, the num-
ber of pawns a player has does not matter.
What matters is who promotes his pawn first!
53.Rxg7 b5! 54.g4 a3 55.g5 hxg5 56.Rg6
absolutely clear! 57.Rgxe6 Rxe6 58.Rxe6
a2 59.Re1 b4 60.Kf2 b3 61.Ra1 Kb6! 61...
b2! will end the game. 01
Thejkumar,M.S (2461) Hegde,Ravi Gopal
(2166) [A47]
International Master M.S.Thejkumar, born 16...Qb5 [Stronger would have been 16...
1981, is Karnatakas best Grandmaster Qa4 17.Bh3 f6 18.Bxc8 (or 18.Bd7 b5
prospect. He plays for the Railways, not for 19.Nc6 fxg5 20.Nxa7 Nb8 21.Nxc8 Nxd7+)
his home State, Karnataka. He has obtained 18...Bxc8] 17.Bh3 f5 18.Rb1 Bxe5?!
enough Grandmaster norms and is waiting 19.dxe5 Rxe5 Black has won a pawn at
for his rating to reach 2500 to become a the cost of exchanging off his important
GM. Ravi Gopal Hegde, born 1957 started fianchettoed bishop in his castled position,
his chess career in Bombay, playing for Ma- but the long dark diagonal will offer plenty
harashtra and later for Union Bank of India. of attacking opportunites to white. 20.Bf6!
On retirement, he is now playing for his home Re6 21.Ba1 Rf8? [This move does nothing to
State, Karnataka. Hegde is known for his scin- help the bad situation arising from exchange
tillating combinations and wit. Once a journalist off his key dark square bishop. Better was:
phoned him at his bank in Bombay and asked 21...Qd7 22.Qd4 c5 23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Qh8+
him what opening was played in his game the Kf7 25.Qxh7+ Ke8 26.Qh8+ Ke7 and white
ha only a slight advantage.] 22.e4!! Dia-
didnt remember and gazed at the banking gram # 22...dxe4 [22...Rxe4 23.Rxe4 dxe4
hall. Seeing two of his female colleagues at 24.Bf1! Qc6 25.Qd4 Rf6 26.b5+-] 23.Bf1!
serious work he told the reporter, the Lallu [After 23.Bf1 Qc6 white can win in a variety
Mallu Attack. And next day, it was faithfully of ways like 24.Qd4 Kf7 25.Bc4!] 10
reported in the newspaper! 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3
b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.00 00
7.Nc3 e6 8.Qc2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 [N.Brody
vs E.Eduard, Romanian Ch, 1935 went: 9...
exd5 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Nh5 12.Bg5
f6 13.Be3 f5 14.Ng5 Re8 15.Nxd5 Rxe3
16.Nxe3 Bxg2 17.Qb3+!! Diagram
black resigned here as he would first lose his
queen to whites queen and knight battery by
discovered attack and then get mated on h8
through the tactic known as Philidors Legacy
which involves a queen sacrifice on g8.] 10.Bg5 (Position after 22.e4)
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 Tactics from master games Test your endgame
by C.G.S.Narayanan
by S.Krishnan
Troitski 1925 Zakhodiakin 1930

1 2
1. 2.
White to play and win White to play and win

Troitski 1913 Gorgiev 1935

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

Rinck 1938 Kubbel 1928

5 6
5. 6.
White to play and win White to play and win

(solutions on p.47)
White to play and win in all the six endings above
(Solution on page 47)

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Masters of the past-75 Alexander Konstantinopolsky DCA Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament-2017,New Delhi
Alexander Markovich Konstantinopolsky (19February 191021 Sep-
tember 1990)was a Soviet International Master (IM) of chess, chess
coach and trainer, and a chess author. He was a five-time Kiev cham-
pion, and trained the world title challenger David Bronstein from
a young age. He earned the IM title in 1950, won the first Soviet
Correspondence Chess Championship in 1951, earned the IM title at
correspondence in 1966, and was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster
title in 1983.
Alexander Konstantinopolsky , one of the most distinguished Soviet
methodologists and theorists, first began playing in tournaments in
Kiev in 1930, when he was 20 years old.

Two years later he won the Kiev championship, leaving behind many
well-know masters. In 1933 he was again champion of Kiev. He was awarded the title of
Master in that year for his successes in Ukrainian tournaments.In the years that followed,
Alexander Konstantinopolsky registered many impressive victories. He tied for third place
with Lilienthal in the Trade-Union Championship in 1936, tied for second place with Ragozin
in the USSR Championship of 1937, and tied for 4th place with Bondarevsky and Kotov
in the USSR Championship of 1945.Alexander Konstantinopolsky is an active positional
player; he defends himself superbly and carries through the end-game with precision.
He rarely misses an opportunity to put through an unexpected combinational thrust.
Himal Gusain ,Winner, receiving the trophy from Bharat Singh,CEO, AICF. Others seen in the picture (L-R)
He is known to Soviet chess enthusiasts as a fine teacher. Among his pupils are such A.K.Verma, Secretary, Delhi Chess Association, G.B.Joshi, FIDE Trainer and IM Vishal Sareen
prominent players as Bronstein and Lipnitsky.Konstantinopolsky has played in the finals
of many USSR championships. In 1950 FIDE made him an International Master.

He is the author of many valuable studies and articles on opening theory. A member of
the Presidium of the USSR Chess Federation, he takes an active part in Soviet chess af-
fairs.He was awarded an honorary GM title in 1983. And that Konstantinopolsky was an
excellent correspondence player, having won the first Soviet Correspondence Champion-
ship in 1951.Finally, he was one of David Bronsteins trainers for his world championship
match against Botvinnik in 1951.

He was one of the Ukrainian pioneers who developed the King's Indian Defence into
prominence, along with Boleslavsky and Bronstein.He also defended the Dutch Defence
with success at a time when it was rarely played by top players. Konstantinopolsky had
a very wide opening repertoire with both colours, a very valuable attribute which he
passed on to his prize pupil Bronstein. He was also a formidable strategist and tactician,
as the games selection shows.He played in the tournament Leningrad / Moscow 1939,
scoring an excellent 8.5/17 against an exceptionally strong field. He played in the 1945
Moscow City Championship, probably on average the strongest such event in the world,
scoring 9/16.

He introduced an opening which is named for him as the Konstantinopolsky Opening (1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3), against Viacheslav Ragozin at Moscow 1956. He published two chess Kadav Omkar of Maharashtra, Winner in the rating category of 1999-1600,receivinbg the first prize from
books after age 70.Konstantinopolsky died in Moscow, September 21, 1990, at age 80. Bharat Singh CEO,AICF. Others seen in the picture (L-R) A.K.Verma, Secretary, Delhi Chess Association,
Courtesy: wikipedia G.B.Joshi, FIDE Trainer and IM Vishal Sareen
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 3rd Assam Downtown University International Open Rating Solutions to Tactics from master
games on page 42
Chess Tournament 2017,Gauwahati
1. Zuttioni,F (2203) - Dusak,Aljaz
(2004) [B06]
Nova Gorica SLO Nova Gorica SLO (2.19),
28.01.2017
White to play. 20.e5! dxe5 [20...Nd7 21.Ne4
Qa7 22.Nxd6+-; 20...Nd5 21.Nxd5 cxd5
Inaugural move made by Mrs.
Bandana Dutta, Dean of Study, 22.Rxd5+-] 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Ne4 Qe7
23.Rd7! Qe6 [23...Qxd7 24.Nxf6++-] 24.f5
Assam Downtown University
in the presence of Mrs,Preeti [24.f5 gxf5 25.gxf5++-] 10
Saikia, Managing Trustee, 2. Petrovic,Mark (1919) Jersic,Aleks
DrBhabendraNathSaikia Children (1672) [C02]
Welfare Trust, 22nd HIT Open 2017 Nova Gorica SLO
(7.33), 31.01.2017
White to play 21.Bb5! Bxb5 [21...Kf8 22.Bxd7
Qxd7 23.Bxe7+ Qxe7 24.Rc8++-] 22.Bxe7
Qd7 [22...Qxe7 23.Rc8+ Kd7 24.Rc7+ Kxc7
25.Qxe7++-] 23.Bd6 (idea 24.Rc7) 23...
Qd8 [23...g5 24.Qb4 Bc6 25.Qc3 Bb7 26.Qf3
Bc6 (26...f5 27.Rc7) 27.Qf6 Rg8 28.Rxc6]
24.Rc8 10
3. Harika,Dronavalli (2539) Tan,Zhongyi
(2502) [B06]
W C h Wo m e n 2 0 1 7 Te h ra n I R I ( 5 . 3 ) ,
Champion Y Dhanabir Singh receiving
25.02.2017
the trophy from Dr N.N Dutta, Chancellor,
Assam Downtown University White to play. 12.Qh4! Re8 [12...hxg5
13.Nxg5 Re8 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bxf7+ Kf8
16.Rae1+- Black has no good moves to sur-
vive. If 16...Bd7 17.Be6] 13.Bxh6 d5 [13...
Nc6 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Bxg7
Kxg7 17.Qh7+ Kf6 18.exf5! Bxf5 19.Rxf5+
gxf5 (19...Kxf5 20.Rf1+ Kxg5 21.h4+ Kg4
22.Qxg6+) 20.Qh6+ Wins] 14.e5 Nd7 [14...
Be6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ng5+-] 15.Ng5 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Nf8 17.Rf4 Idea 18Rh4 Wins 10
4. Tabatabaei,M.amin (2507) Vakh-
idov,Jahongir (2561) [A56]
Aeroflot Open A 2017 Moscow RUS (5.37),
25.02.2017
White to play. 29.Nxc5+! dxc5 [29...Kc8
Prize winners with dignitaries 30.e5 dxe5 (30...dxc5 31.d6) 31.Ne4; 29...
Ke8 30.Qc3 Rh7 31.Rf6] 30.d6 Bxd6 31.Rf7
[31.Rf7 Qxf7 32.Qxd6+ Kc8 33.Rf1 Qh7
(33...Qg7 34.Qxb8+ Kd7 35.Qxb7+ wins the
Queen) 34.Qxb8+ Kd7 35.Qd6+ Kc8 36.Rf6!
46
Black shall succumb to attacks through Black
squares.] 10
5. Bartel,Mat (2641) - Szabo,G ROM
(2540) [B47]
TCh-HUN 201617 Hungary HUN (6.2),
12.02.2017
White to play 19.Qxd5! exd5 [19...Qxd5
20.Rxd5 exd5 21.Nf6+ gxf6 22.exf6+ Be7
23.Rxe7+ Kf8 24.Re5+ Kg8 25.Rg5#]
20.Nf6+ gxf6 21.exf6+ Be7 22.Rxe7+ Kf8
23.Re8+! [23.Re8+ Kxe8 24.Re1#] 10
6. Chylewski,Patryk (2055) - Tica,Sven
(2384) [D31]
G ra z O p e n A 2 0 1 7 G ra z AU T ( 7 . 2 2 ) ,
24.02.2017
White to play. 24.Qh5! Rxe7 [24...Nxh5
25.Nxh7#; 24...Bd5 25.Nxd5 Nxh5 26.Rxe8+
Rxe8 27.Nxh7+ Kg8 28.Rxe8#] 25.Rxe7
Nxh5 [25...Bd5 26.Rxf7+ Kg8 27.Bxh7+ Kh8
28.Rxf6 Qxf6 (28...gxf6 29.Bb1+ Kg7 (29...
Kg8 30.Qg6+ Kf8 31.Nh7#) 30.Qg6+ Kf8
31.Nh7#) 29.Re8+ Rxe8 30.Qxe8+ Wins]
26.Nxh7+ 10
Solutions to Test your endgame on
page 43
1.Troitsky, 28 Rijen, 1925
1.a6 c4 2.a7 c3 3.Bh1!.3Ba4+ 4.Kf7! Bc6!
5.Bxc6 c2 6.a8Q c1Q 7.Qa2+Qg3 8.Qg2+
Kf4 9.Qf3+ Kg5 10.Qg3+ Kf5 11.Qg6+ Kf4
12.Qh6+
2.Zakhodiakhin, Shakmaty Listok 1930
1.f7 Kxf7 2.b6! axb6 3.d7 Bc7 4.Kb7
Bd8 5.Ke8.
3.Troitsky, Neuburger Wochenschach
1913
1.a5 Bh4 2.a6 Bg3+ 3.Ke4 Bb8 4.Kf3!
Kh4 5.Be3! Kh3 6.Bf2 Kh2 7.Bg3+
4.Gorgiev, Shakmaty 1935
1.b4+! Ka6 2.Kc6 e4 3.Be6! e3 4.Bc4+
Ka7 5.b5 Ka8 6.Bd5 Ka7 7.Bf3 Ka8 8.b6
cxb6 9.Kxb6#
5.Rinck, Basler Nachrichten 1938
1.Qd5+! Kh4 2.Qh1+ Kg4 3.Qg2 + Kh5
4.Qh2+ Kg5 5.f4+
6.Kubbel, Shakmaty Listok 1928
1.Qe6! exd6 2.Qc8+ Kd5 3.Qxf5+ Kc6
4.Qc8+ Kd5 5.Qe8!
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Solution to puzzle of the month on page

White's captures were cxb, dxc, exd, hxg, and the f-pawn on its own file. So white's last
move can't have been a capturing move by a piece. Furthermore, the black king could never Winners with dignitaries:Front row (From left) : Rohit Gurung (2nd runner up) , IM Nubairshah
have passed the 3rd row. So the only place on the board, on which the black king could Shaikh (1st runner up) , Rupankar Nath(Winner) Back row (From left) : NA Biswajit Shil , FA
Mahendra Dhakal, Hony Secretary, SCA Kapila Dhakal , IA Dharmendra Kumar , IA KC Umesh ,
legally be added, and on which it's mated, is f5.
Shakti Singh, Mayor , Gangtok City and U B bhuita , Principal, TNA.
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 Asian Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, Manipal

Kishan Gangolli, Dr Charudatta,

Founder-President of the All India
Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB),
Dr H S Ballal, , Pro Chancellor, Manipal
University and Shri Kishore Alva,
Executive Director, UPCL Adani Power
Ltd

Anice George, Dean, College of

Nursing making the inaugural move
at the start of the sixth round

Medal Winners with Dr. Charudatta

Jhadav with message from Prime
Minister Modi