World Junior CC U20 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 13, 2016

Round Six

Summary - The competition saw a dour day at the top tables as most of the games ended in draws. The top seed and the leader — Artemiev with white and Karthikeyan with black— played an excellent game in the Kings Indian Defence opening that ended in with Black taking a perpetual. The game on the second table between USA’s GM Jeffrey Xiong and China’s Xy Yinglun was also a draw. With 5.0/6, GM Murali Karthikeyan of Tamil Nadu continues to lead the tournament.

Polish IM Grzegorz Nasuta and Iran’s IM Masoud Mosadeghpour held Indian grandmasters Aravindh Chithambaram and S. L. Narayanan respectively. The fifth table saw a spectacular game by the third-seeded Russian GM Kirill Alekseenko. This allowed the Russian to join the hunt for the top places. A bunch of players is pursuing the leader Karthikeyan at the second spot with 4.5/6.

The top games:

World Junior CC U 20 2016
Bhubaneswar, Indian
Round Six, Aug. 13, 2016
Artemiev, Vladislav – Karthikeyan, Murali
E93 King’s Indian, Petrosian System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Be3 a5 9.Nd2 Nc5 10.g4 c6 11.h4 Bd7 12.g5 Ne8 13.h5 Nc7 14.Nb3 cxd5 15.cxd5 Na4 16.Nxa4 Bxa4 17.Bb6 Qe7 18.Qd2 Nb5 19.h6 Bh8 20.Bxb5 Bxb5 21.Nxa5 Ra6 22.Be3 f5 23.gxf6 Qxf6 24.Rh3 Bd7 25.Bg5 Qf7 26.Ra3 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 Qf3 28.Qe2 Qh1+ 29.Qf1 Qxe4+ 30.Qe2 Qh1+ 31.Qf1 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Aug. 13, 2016
Xiong, Jeffery – Xu, Yinglun
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason Variation

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Nf3 c6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne1 O-O 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Re8 15.Qc3 a5 16.Rad1 Bg5 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.Nc5 Qe7 19.Rfe1 f5 20.f3 Nxc5 21.dxc5 Raa8 22.Rd4 Qc7 23.Ra4 g6 24.g3 b5 25.cxb6 Qxb6 26.Kf2 c5 27.Rd1 Qb5 28.Qb3 Qxb3 29.axb3 Rab8 30.Ra3 Red8 31.Rxa5 Rxb3 32.Rd2 d4 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Aug. 13, 2016
Nasuta, Grzegorz – Aravindh, Chithambaram, Vr
C10 French, Rubinstein Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.O-O Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bc5 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rab1 g6 13.b4 Be7 14.Qc4 a5 15.Bc7 Qa7 16.bxa5 Qc5 17.Rxd4 e5 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.Bxe5 Rxa5 20.Bd5 Bf5 21.Rd2 Ne4 22.Rdd1 Bc5 23.Rxb7 Nxf2 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rd8+ Bf8 26.Rxf7 Kxf7 27.Kxf2 Rxa2 28.Ng5+ Ke7 29.Rb8 Rxc2+ 30.Kg3 h6 31.Nh7 Rc8 32.Rb6 Kf7 33.Rf6+ Kg8 34.Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Aug. 13, 2016
Mosadeghpour, Masoud – Sunilduth, Narayanan
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne-Almasi Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Ra4 Rb8 16.Bc4 g6 17.Nc1 h5 18.Nd3 Bh6 19.Qxb4 Qc7 20.Qc3 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qxc3+ 22.bxc3 Rb1+ 23.Kf2 Rxh1 24.Rc4 Kd7 25.Bxf7 Ra1 26.Bxg6 Rxa5 27.Bf5+ Ke7 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Be4 d5 30.Rc6+ Ke7 31.Bf5 Rf8 32.Re6+ Kd8 33.Rd6+ Ke7 34.Re6+ Kd8 35.Rd6+ Kc7 36.Rd7+ Kb8 37.Be6 Rf6 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Aug. 13, 2016
Tran, Tuan Minh – Alekseenko, Kirill
D80 Grunfeld, Stockholm Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nh3 Bxh3 10.gxh3 Qd7 11.Bg3 Nc6 12.Bxc4 Qxh3 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Bd5 Nd8 15.Qg2 Qc8 16.h4 c6 17.Bb3 h5 18.Qe4 e6 19.Rg1 c5 20.Ke2 cxd4 21.cxd4 Qd7 22.Rac1 Nc6 23.Rc5 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Rac8 25.Rxh5 f5 26.Qf3 gxh5 27.Bh6 Ne5 28.dxe5 Qb5+ 29.Ke1 Rc1+ 30.Bd1 Rd8 31.Rxg7+ Kh8 32.Rg8+ Rxg8 33.Bg5 Qb4+ 34.Kf1 0-1

Round Six, Aug. 13, 2016
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Praggnanandhaa, R.
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c6 6.d4 d5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.e3 Bd3 14.Rfc1 e6 15.Ne1 Ba6 16.Bc3 Rfc8 17.Bf1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Bf8 19.a4 Na5 20.Bxa5 bxa5 21.Nd3 Bd6 22.Ke2 Kf8 23.Rc3 Rc4 24.Rxc4 dxc4 25.Nc1 Ra6 26.Kd2 Rb6 27.Kc2 e5 28.Ne2 exd4 29.Nxd4 Rb4 30.Nf3 Ke7 31.h3 f6 32.g4 Ke6 33.Nd2 Be5 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Aug. 13, 2016
Nyamdorj, Davaaochir – Sahoo, Utkal Ranjan
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.a3 Bf6 12.Qd3 exd4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Qf3 Bxd4 16.Bc2 Qh4 17.Be3 Bxb2 18.Ra2 Be5 19.Nd2 Ne6 20.Nb3 f5 21.Na5 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Qd1 Bc3 24.g3 Qxh3 25.Bd2 Nd4 26.Re3 Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 exf3 0-1

Standings After Round Six

1. Karthikeyan 5.0
2. Artemiev 4.5
3. Sunilduth 4.5
4. Xiong 4.5
5. Mosadeghpour 4.5
6. Alekseenko 4.5
7. Svane 4.5
8. Aravindh 4.5
9. Xu Yinglun 4.5
10. Nasuta 4.5
73. Nyamdorj 1.5

Round Seven Pairings

1. Karthikeyan Murali (2514) – Xiong, Jeffery (2633)
2. Xu Yinglun (2516) – Artemiev, Vladislav (2665)
3. Alekseenko, Kirill (2582) – Nasuta, Grzegorz (2442)
4. Sunilduth, Narayanan (2515) – Svane, Rasmus (2546)
5. Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. (2543) – Mosadeghpour, Masoud (2437)
6. Akash, G. (2400) – Maghsoodloo, Parham (2576)
38. Seppala, Joni (1765) – Nyamdorj, Davaaochir (2015)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U20 2016

August 14, 2016

Round Seven

The games:

World Junior CC U 20 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Karthikeyan, Murali – Xiong, Jeffrey
A04 Reti (English Symmetrical)

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 Nf6 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 Ne5 9.d4 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Qd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Qe2 Be6 16.Nc3 Bc4 17.Qe3 Qa6 18.b3 Bxb3 19.Rf1 Rac8 20.Bd2 Be6 21.Rac1 Nc4 22.Qe2 Nxd2 23.Qxd2 Qa5 24.Nb1 Qxd2 25.Nxd2 Bxa2 26.e5 Bxe5 27.Bxb7 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rb8 29.Ba6 Bd4 30.Bc4 Rb2 31.Ne4 d5 32.Bxa2 dxe4 33.Bd5 Rxf2 34.Kh1 e3 35.Bc4 Be5 0-1

Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Xu, Yinglun – Artemiev, Vladislav
A41 Modern Defence

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.d5 Na5 9.Bd2 O-O 10.b3 a6 11.a3 Qc7 12.Qc2 b5 13.cxb5 c4 14.bxc4 Nxc4 15.bxa6 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qd8 18.Be1 Nd7 19.Qa2 Ndb6 20.Rab1 e6 21.f4 Rxa6 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Rxb6 Rxa3 24.Bxc4 Rxa2 25.Bxa2 Rxc3 26.Rcb1 Rc1 27.Rb8 Rxe1+ 28.Kg2 Qxb8 29.Bxe6+ Kf8 30.Rxb8+ Ke7 31.Bd5 Rd1 32.Rb7+ Kf8 33.Bb3 Rb1 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Be6 Rd1 36.Kf3 Rd2 37.h4 Rb2 38.Rd7+ Kf8 39.Rxd6 Bf6 40.Kg3 Bc3 41.Rd1 h6 42.Bd5 Bf6 43.Rc1 g5 44.Rc8+ Ke7 45.fxg5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Bxg5 47.f4 Bf6 48.Rc6 Rd2 49.Re6+ Kf7 50.e4 Bd4 51.Bc4 Kf8 52.e5 Rc2 53.Bd5 Rd2 54.Kg4 Bc5 55.Be4 Be3 56.Rc6 Rf2 57.Bf3 Rf1 58.Rc3 Bc1 59.Rb3 Bd2 60.Kf5 Ke7 61.Rb7+ Ke8 62.Ke6 Kf8 63.Kf6 Ke8 64.Bc6+ 1-0

Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Alekseenko, Kirill – Nasuta, Grzegorz
B90 Sicilian Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.g5 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.h4 Rc8 12.f4 Be7 13.Qd2 Na5 14.b3 Qc7 15.Nde2 h6 16.Rh3 Nc5 17.Bg2 hxg5 18.fxg5 g6 19.Bd4 Rh7 20.Nd5 exd5 21.exd5 Nd7 22.Bc3 Nc4 23.bxc4 Qxc4 24.Bd4 Qxc2 25.Qf4 Qf5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Ng3 Rc2 28.Kf1 Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Bxd5+ 30.Kh2 Be6 31.Re1 f4 32.g6 fxg3+ 33.Kg1 fxg6 34.Rxe6 Kf7 35.Re4 Nf6 36.Bxf6 Bxf6 37.Kg2 Be5 38.Rh1 Rh8 39.Rc1 a5 40.Rc7+ Kf6 41.Rb7 Kf5 42.Re3 Rxh4 43.Rxb5 Rh2+ 44.Kg1 Kf4 45.Rd3 Ke4 46.Rd1 Bd4+ 47.Rxd4+ Kxd4 48.Rxa5 Ra2 49.Ra8 d5 50.a4 Ke3 51.Re8+ Kd4 52.Ra8 Ke3 53.Re8+ Kd3 54.Ra8 d4 55.a5 Ke2 56.a6 d3 57.a7 d2 58.Re8+ Kf3 59.Rf8+ Ke3 60.Re8+ Kd3 61.Rd8+ Kc2 62.Rc8+ Kb1 63.Rb8+ Kc1 64.Rc8+ Rc2 65.Rd8 Ra2 66.Rc8+ Kb2 67.Rb8+ Kc3 68.Rc8+ Kd3 69.Rd8+ Ke3 70.Re8+ Kf3 71.Rf8+ Kg4 72.Rd8 Rxa7 73.Rxd2 Kh3 74.Rd1 Ra2 75.Rb1 Rc2 76.Ra1 Rd2 77.Rb1 Ra2 78.Rc1 Ra4 79.Rb1 Rc4 80.Rd1 Rc3 81.Rf1 Ra3 82.Rb1 g2 0-1

Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Sunilduth, Narayanan – Svane, Rasmus
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Stoltz Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 b6 9.a4 Bb7 10.Rd1 Bb4 11.Na2 Bd6 12.a5 Qc8 13.Bd2 dxc4 14.Qxc4 bxa5 15.Bxa5 c5 16.Nc3 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Bc5 18.Qf4 Qb8 19.Bc7 Qc8 20.Ba5 Qb8 21.Qa4 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Qh4 Rab8 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 Bc6 26.Ra2 Rb7 27.Ba6 Rbb8 28.Be2 Rb7 29.Ba6 Rbb8 30.Bc7 Rb4 31.Bd6 Bxd6 32.Rxd6 Bd5 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Be2 g6 35.Bf3 Nf6 36.Rd2 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. – Mosadeghpour, Masoud
A16 English, Anglo-Grunfeld Defence

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 c6 6.h4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.h5 Bg7 9.Nf3 Be6 10.Rb1 b6 11.a4 Ba2 12.Rb4 Na6 13.Nd4 Nxb4 14.cxb4 Qxb4 15.Bxc6+ Kd8 16.Nc2 Qc4 17.Bxa8 Bb3 18.Rh4 Qxc2 19.Qxc2 Bxc2 20.Bd5 e6 21.Ba2 Kd7 22.d3 Rc8 23.Kd2 g5 24.Re4 a6 25.h6 Bh8 26.f4 gxf4 27.Rxf4 f5 28.e4 Be5 29.Rf1 Bxa4 30.Ke3 Bxg3 31.exf5 exf5 32.Bc4 f4+ 33.Kd4 b5 34.Bd5 Rf8 35.Be4 Rf7 36.Kc5 Kc7 37.Bb2 Bb3 38.Be5+ Kd7 39.Bg7 Bh4 40.Bxh7 Bf6 41.Bg6 Bxg7 42.Bxf7 Bf8+ 43.Kb6 Bxf7 44.Rxf4 Ke6 45.Rh4 Bg6 46.h7 Bg7 47.d4 Bxh7 48.Rxh7 Bxd4+ 49.Kxa6 b4 50.Kb5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Akash, G. – Maghsoodloo, Parham
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern Variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3 Be7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.f4 e4 9.Ng3 a6 10.Be2 d4 11.Nc4 Bc5 12.Kh1 Re8 13.a4 Rb8 14.a5 Qd5 15.d3 exd3 16.Bxd3 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Rbd8 19.Rad1 Qe6 20.Nh5 Ne4 21.f5 Qh6 22.Qg4 g6 23.Qxe4 Rxe4 24.Nf6+ Kf8 25.Nxe4 Ba7 26.exd4 Bxd4 27.Bc1 Qh5 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Bg5 Rd5 30.h4 Rxg5 31.Nxg5 Qxh4+ 32.Nh3 g5 33.c3 Bc5 34.Rd5 Be7 35.Kg1 Kg8 36.Rdf5 g4 37.Nf4 Bg5 38.Ne5 Bxf4 39.R1xf4 Qe1+ 40.Rf1 Qe3+ 0-1

Round 7, Aug. 14, 2016
Seppala, Joni (1765) – Nyamdorj, Davaaochir 92015)
D37 QGD, Hastings Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qc8 14.Rfc1 Qb7 15.Bg3 Rfc8 16.e4 axb4 17.axb4 bxc5 18.bxc5 Qb3 19.Nd2 Qb7 20.Rab1 Qa6 21.Qc2 Nh5 22.Bh2 Bg5 23.Rb2 Qa5 24.Rcb1 Nf4 25.Nf3 Rcb8 26.h4 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Qa1+ 28.Qb1 Nd3 29.Rb3 Nc1 30.Rb2 Bf6 31.Bd6 dxe4 32.Nxe4 Bd8 33.Kh2 f5 34.Ned2 Nf6 35.Qxa1 Ng4+ 36.Kh3 Rxa1 37.Rb8 Ne2 38.Rxd8+ Kh7 39.g3 Nxf2+ 40.Kg2 Ng4 41.Be5 Nc3 42.Bf4 Ne4 43.Re8 e5 44.Nxe4 exf4 45.Ned2 Ne3+ 46.Kf2 Ng4+ 47.Kg2 Ne3+ 48.Kh2 Ng4+ 49.Kh3 Nf6 50.Rc8 Ra3 51.gxf4 Ne4 52.Nxe4 fxe4 53.Kg4 h5+ 54.Kxh5 exf3 55.Rb8 f2 56.Rb1 Rg3 0-1

White sealed his fate and his king with 54. Kxh5

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Standings After Round Seven

1. Xiong, Jeffery 5.5
2. Xu Yinglun 5.5
3. Nasuta, Grzegorz 5.5
4. Sunilduth, Narayanan 5.0
5. Karthikeyan, Murali 5.0
6. Svane, Rasmus 5.0
7. Arvindh, Chithambaram Vr 5.0
8. Menezes, Christoph 5.0
9. Mosadeghpour, Masoud 5.0
10. Maghsoodloo, Parham 5.0
11. Artemiev, Vladislav 4.5
12. Alekseenko, Kirill 4.5
67. Nyamdorj, Davaaochir 2.5

The sports reporter who does the round summaries evidently doesn’t work weekends!

It is to be noted that Round 8 will be held at the usual time on August 15 and the Rest Day will be on August 16, 2016.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U20 2016

August 15, 2016

Round Eight Summary

Indian GM Aravindh Chithambaram faced a resourceful GM Jeffrey Xiong on Monday as, despite going all in with the black pieces, he could not unsettle his American opponent. Xiong won and took the sole lead for the first time in the tournament with 6.5/8. Four players — Nasuta Grzegorz, Xu Yinglun, Maghsoodloo, and Karthikeyan — are in close pursuit on 6.0/8.

While the top board game between Grzegorz and Yinglun ended in a draw, Iran No. 1 Parham Maghsoodloo played a gem of a game to positionally crush GM S. L. Narayanan. Erstwhile leader GM Murali Karthikeyan jumped back into contention as he defeated Iran’s IM Masoud Mosadeghpour to also reach the tied second spot.

The games:

World Junior CC U 202016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 8, Aug. 15, 2016
Nasuta, Grzegorz – Xu, Yinglun
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qe2 h6 8.Bh4 g6 9.f4 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Nb3 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd6 15.Qd2 g5 16.Bf2 Nf6 17.Bd3 Bb7 18.Rhf1 Nxd5 19.Be4 Bb4 20.Qe2 Nf4 21.Qe3 Rc8 22.c3 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Be7 24.g3 Ng6 25.Qf5 O-O 26.h4 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.h5 Nf8 29.Bc5 Bd6 30.Bb6 Qxb6 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Nd4 exd4 36.Qf7+ Kh8 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Aug. 15, 2016
Xiong, Jeffery – Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 b6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Nh2 e5 11.O-O-O a5 12.Na4 Be6 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Ng4 Qe7 15.Nh6+ Kh8 16.h4 b5 17.Nc3 f6 18.h5 Bxh6 19.Bxh6 g5 20.Rdf1 Qf7 21.g3 b4 22.Na4 Bxa2+ 23.Ka1 c4 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 cxd3 26.fxg5 dxc2 27.gxf6 Bb1 28.Bg7+ Kg8 29.b3 Nc5 30.Nxc5 a4 31.Kb2 axb3 32.Nxb3 c1=Q+ 33.Nxc1 Bxe4 34.Rhg1 Ra5 35.Rg5 c5 36.Rfg1 c4 37.Qxb4 c3+ 38.Qxc3 Rb8+ 39.Nb3 Rxg5 40.Rxg5 Bd5 41.Bh6+ Kh8 42.Rxd5 Rxb3+ 43.Qxb3 1-0

Round 8, Aug. 15, 2016
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Sunilduth, Narayanan
A08 Reti, King’s Indian Attack (Saragossa Opening ??)

1.c3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Be6 10.h3 h6 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Re1 Rfd8 13.Nc4 Qa6 14.Bf1 Nd7 15.Be3 Rac8 16.Rec1 Nb6 17.Ncd2 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 Na5 19.b3 Bxh3 20.Rab1 Bg4 21.Kf1 Bh3+ 22.Ke1 Be6 23.Nh4 g5 24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nd5 26.Ne4 Nxe3 27.fxe3 b6 28.b4 Nb7 29.Ba6 Rc7 30.Bxb7 Rxb7 31.bxc5 Rc7 32.Rd1 Rdc8 33.g4 bxc5 34.c4 e6 35.fxe6 fxe6 36.a4 Bf8 37.a5 Be7 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.Rf1+ Kg7 40.a6 Re8 41.Rfd1 Kf7 42.Rd3 Ra8 43.Rdb3 Ke8 44.Rb7 Rac8 45.Nc3 Bd8 46.Rxc7 Rxc7 47.Rb8 Ke7 48.Kf3 Rd7 49.Ke4 Bb6 50.Rh8 Rd2 51.Rxh6 Rb2 52.Nb5 Ra2 53.Ke5 Rxa6 54.Rh7+ Kf8 55.Kxe6 Bd8+ 56.Nd6 Kg8 57.Rd7 Ba5 58.e4 Bc3 59.e5 Bd4 60.Kf5 Ra2 61.Kg6 Rf2 62.Nf5 1-0

Round 8, Aug. 15, 2016
Svane, Rasmus – Menezes, Christoph
A33 English, Symmetrical, Geller Variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6 9.Qa4 Rb8 10.Na3 Bxa3 11.Qxa3 Nxc4 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.O-O b5 14.Rd1 d6 15.Bg5 Ng4 16.Ne4 O-O 17.h3 Nge5 18.Qc3 d5 19.Nd2 f6 20.Bf4 g5 21.Be3 Bb7 22.b3 Qa5 23.Qxa5 Nxa5 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Nac6 26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Nf7 28.f5 Ncd8 29.fxe6 Nxe6 30.Kf2 Ne5 31.Nf3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Aug. 15, 2016
Mosadeghpour, Masoud – Karthikeyan, Murali
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack, Dragon Formation

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qe2 Qxc5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.O-O-O O-O 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Rd5 Qd8 12.exd6 Nc6 13.dxe7 Nxe7 14.Rd1 Nf5 15.Bf2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 17.g4 Nh6 18.h3 Qa3+ 19.Kd2 Nf6 20.Qe5 Bxg4 21.Qxf6 Rad8+ 22.Bd4 Rxd4+ 23.Nxd4 Bxd1 24.Bd3 Bh5 25.Qg5 Rc8 26.Nb5 Qf8 27.Re1 Rc5 28.Qf6 Nf5 29.Nxa7 Qb8 30.Re4 Bf3 31.Ra4 Qe8 32.Bxf5 Rxf5 0-1

Round 8, Aug. 15, 2016
Weerasinghe, C.C. – Nyamdorj, Davaaochir
D37 QGD, Hastings Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Qb6 11.Rb1 c4 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.O-O b5 15.Nd2 f5 16.Bf3 Rb8 17.Rc1 Nf6 18.Nb1 Ne4 19.b3 Be6 20.a4 a6 21.axb5 axb5 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Nc3 Rf6 25.f4 Qd7 26.Qh5 Rd8 27.Rf2 Rh6 28.Qe5 Bxh3 29.Qxd5+ Qxd5 30.Nxd5 Rxd5 31.gxh3 Rxh3 32.Rc3 Rxd4 33.Kg2 Rd3 34.Rxc4 Rdxe3 35.Rxe4 Reg3+ 36.Kf1 Rf3 37.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 38.Kg2 Rb3 39.Re6 h5 40.Re5 Rb2+ 41.Kg3 g6 42.Rg5 Kh7 43.f5 Rb3+ 44.Kh2 gxf5 45.Rxf5 Kg6 46.Ra5 h4 47.Rd5 h3 48.Ra5 1/2-1/2

Standings After Round Eight

1. Xiong, Jeffery 2633
2. Karthikeyan, Murali 2514
3. Xu Yinglun 2516
4. Maghsoodloo, Parham 2576
5. Nasuta, Grzegorz 2442
6. Svane, Rasmus 2546
7. Artemiev, Vladislav 2665
8. Menezes, Christoph
9. Ivekovic, Bozidar 2351
10. Beukema, Stefan 2380
67. Nyamdorj, Davaaochir 2015

Round Nine Pairings

1. Maghsoodloo, Parham – Xiong, Jeffery
2. Karthikeyan, Murali – Nasuta, Grzegorz
3. Xu Yinglun – Savne, Rasmus
4. Artemiev, Vladislav – Beukema, Stefan
5. Menezes, Christoph – Ivekovic, Bozidar
6. Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. – Arjun, Kalyan
32. Nyamdorj, Davaaochir (2015) – Yogit, S. (2270)

Round Nine is scheduled for Aug. 17, 2016

The feature of it is the head-to-head of the two prodigies.

Reposted September 25, 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 17, 2016

Round Nine

The top game didn’t disappoint. Judging from the number of comments from the chessbomb kibitzers, there was intense interest in the contest. Some of them:

- remember Xiong is in his peak. in the US champ he played very well

- He drew with Caruana and So and defeated Kamsky

- I sure hope for him he's not at his peak at age 16

- it's only downhill from then until you hit geezer level at age 25

- So if Parham get even half a point here it shows how powerful he is

- Parham had 2850 Performance in his last tournament , Dreev and Sokolov could not beat him as Eduard lost to him

- i would not say Jeffery is a clear fav here

- both are undefeated in this tournament so far

- I suppose they will remain so after this game...

- Parham is actually undefeated for a long time now.

- a draw would be good for Xiong

- In his last tournament he played with ten 2550+ players and remain undefeated

- 13.Qh4, so at least White will try for something

- i like white though , black queen is misplaced

- I think a 1200 would see this Qxh7 idea though :)

- The idea is just place Q in a safe and attacking place. not to attack immediately

- Rooks will come to c1,d1 and white is in a good shape
……
- pity for Parham,, he tried his best defending the endgame. but now he learnd a valuable lesson

- start and investing more in his openings

- bad day for iranian players , no one could win,

- well played by Xiong

The games:

World Junior CC U 20 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 9, Aug. 17, 2016
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Xiong, Jeffery
A05 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c5 8.e3 d5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qh4 Rad8 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nbd4 Qa8 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qf4 Kg7 21.Ne1 Rd2 22.Qb4 Rxa2 23.Qxb6 Bd5 24.Qb4 Rb2 25.Qb6 a5 26.Qb5 e6 27.Bxd5 Qxd5 28.Qxd5 exd5 29.Nf3 Rxb3 30.Rd1 Rb5 31.Nd4 Rb6 32.Nc2 Rc6 33.Nd4 Ra6 34.Nb5 a4 35.Nc7 Rc6 36.Ne8+ Kf8 37.Nxf6 Rxf6 38.Rxd5 Ra6 39.Kf1 a3 40.Rd1 Ke7 41.Ke1 a2 42.Ra1 Kd6 43.Kd2 Kd5 44.Kd3 Ra3+ 45.Kd2 h5 46.h3 g5 47.g4 h4 48.Kd1 Ke4 49.Ke2 f6 50.f3+ Kd5 51.Kd2 Kc4 52.Kc2 Rxe3 0-1

Round 9, Aug. 17, 2016
Karthikeyan, Murali – Nasuta, Grzegorz
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.Bg2 Be7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.Kb1 Rb8 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.f4 b5 16.f5 Ne5 17.Ne2 Bb7 18.Ng3 Rfc8 19.h4 Nc4 20.Qd3 e5 21.Ba7 Ra8 22.Bf2 b4 23.g5 a5 24.f6 Ba6 25.fxe7 Na3+ 26.bxa3 Bxd3 27.e8=Q+ Rxe8 28.Rxd3 bxa3 29.Ne2 Rec8 30.Nc3 Rab8+ 31.Kc1 Rb2 32.Kd2 Qc4 33.Rc1 Qb4 34.Be1 Rxa2 35.Kd1 Rb2 36.Nd5 Rbxc2 37.Bxb4 Rxc1+ 38.Ke2 a2 39.Ne7+ Kh8 40.Nxc8 axb4 0-1

Round 9, Aug. 17, 2016
Xu Yinglun – Svane, Rasmus
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Bxf5 Nf6 18.Bc2 b6 19.Ba4 Bb7 20.Bc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Rac8 22.Be3 Rxc6 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rd8 25.g3 Kg8 26.Rd1 Bc7 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Bd4 Nd5 29.Kf1 f6 30.Ke2 Kf7 31.a3 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Aug. 17, 2016
Artemiev, Vladislav – Beukema, Stefan
A81 Dutch Defence

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Qb3 d5 6.c4 e6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 c6 9.O-O O-O 10.e3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qc2 Kg7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nbd2 dxc4 15.Nxc4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nfxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Rd4 Be6 20.Rad1 Rac8 21.h4 Rc7 22.R1d2 g5 23.b4 Re8 24.Qd1 Bf7 25.Rc2 c5 26.bxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Bxb7 gxh4 29.Rxh4 Rb8 30.Qa1+ Kg6 31.Bf3 Qc2 32.Qe5 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 Kh7 34.Qf6 Bg6 35.Qe7+ Bf7 36.Qxf7+ Kh8 37.Rxh6# 1-0

Round 9, Aug. 17, 2016
Menezes, Christoph – Ivekovic, Bozidar
E90 Robatsch, King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.Re1 Bd7 13.a4 a6 14.Bf3 Bf8 15.b3 Rb8 16.Bb2 b5 17.Qc2 Bg7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ne2 Bc8 20.b4 c4 21.Nd4 Bb7 22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.dxc6 Ra8 24.Rad1 Ra2 25.e5 Nh5 26.Bxh5 Rxe5 27.Be2 Re6 28.Rb1 Qe8 29.Nf3 c3 30.Bd3 cxb2 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Re1 Ra1 33.Kf1 b1=Q 34.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35.Qxb1 Bc3 36.Be2 Qd5 37.h4 Qxc6 38.Qc2 Ne6 39.Qc1 h5 40.Kg1 Qe4 41.Bxb5 Qxb4 42.Bf1 Bf6 43.Qc4 Qa5 44.Qb5 Qd8 45.Qa4 d5 46.g3 Nc5 47.Qc6 Ne6 48.Bh3 Nf8 49.Ne1 Bd4 50.Bg2 Qa5 51.Nc2 Ba7 52.Qxd5 Qc3 53.Qa2 Bc5 54.Ne3 Bxe3 55.fxe3 Qxe3+ 56.Qf2 Qc1+ 57.Qf1 Qc7 58.Kh2 Nd7 59.Qe2 Ne5 60.Bf3 Qc3 61.Bxh5 gxh5 62.Qxh5 Qd2+ 63.Kh3 Qd7+ 64.Kg2 Qd5+ 65.Kf1 Qh1+ 66.Ke2 Qg2+ 0-1

Round 9, Aug. 17, 2016
Nyamdorj, Davaaochir – Yogit, S.
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Re1 Be7 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.d5 Nb8 14.Nh2 Nbd7 15.Ng4 Nc5 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bc2 c6 18.b4 Na4 19.Bxa4 bxa4 20.Nc4 cxd5 21.Nb6 dxe4 22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.c4 Qe6 24.Qe2 f5 25.Bb2 f4 26.Rac1 f3 27.Qf1 Be7 28.g3 e3 29.fxe3 f2+ 30.Qxf2 Qxh3 31.e4 Rf8 32.Qg2 Qg4 33.Rc3 Bd8 34.c5 dxc5 35.bxc5 Ba5 36.Qe2 Qg6 37.Re3 Bxe1 38.Qxe1 Qg5 39.Qe2 Bc6 40.Rf3 Rxf3 41.Qxf3 Qd2 42.Qc3 Qd1+ 43.Kf2 Bb5 44.g4 Qf1+ 45.Kg3 Qf4+ 46.Kg2 Bf1+ 47.Kg1 Be2 48.Qe1 Qxg4+ 49.Kh2 Qh5+ 50.Kg1 Bb5 51.Qd2 Qg4+ 52.Qg2 Qd1+ 53.Kh2 Bc6 54.Kg3 Qe1+ 55.Qf2 Qxe4 56.Qd2 Qf3+ 57.Kh2 Qf4+ 58.Qxf4 exf4 59.Kh3 Bf3 60.Bc3 Kh7 61.Be5 g5 62.Bxf4 gxf4 63.c6 Bxc6 64.Kg4 f3 65.Kg3 Kg6 0-1

Standings After Round Nine

1. Xiong 7.5
2. Nasuta 7.0
3. Xu Yinglun 6.5
4. Artemiev 6.5
5. Ivekovic 6.5
6. Karthikeyan 6.0
7. Aravindh 6.0
8. Maghsoodloo 6.0
9. Svane 6.0
10. Beradze 6.0
72. Nyamdorj 3.0

Reposted September 25, 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 17, 2016

Round Nine Summary

It was a black Wednesday at the top tables as Parham Maghsoodloo lost to USA’s GM Jeffrey Xiong, while GM Murali Karthikeyan of India lost to Polish IM Nasuta Grzegorz, whose Sicilian from the black side ended up triumphing.

Therefore, Xiong now leads the leaderboard with 7.5/9, while Grzegorz is following him closely on 7.0/9. Indian hope Karthikeyan is left stranded at 6.0/9 Joining him at the same score is GM Aravindh Chithambaram, who managed to beat country-mate Arjun Kalyan. Seven players made 9-game IM norms — Parham Maghsoodloo, Xu Yinglun, Irakli Beradze, Xu Yi, Bozidar Ivekovic, Harsha Bharathakoti, Srijit Paul and Rakesh Kumar Jena. Odisha’s local star FM Rakesh Kumar Jena brought in the much-needed cheer for the local camp with his second IM norm in his career.

Round Ten Pairings

1. Xiong, Jeffery – Nasuta, Grzegorz
2. Ivekovic, Bozidar – Xu Yinglun
3. Artemiev, Vladislav – Beradze, Irakli
4. Karthikeyan, Murali – Maghsoodloo, Parham
5. Svane, Rasmus – Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr
6. Menezes, Christoph – Alekseenko, Kirill
7. Wagner, Dennis – Bersamina, Paulo
37. Hsu Chuan-Chia-Nyamdorj, Davaaochir

Reposted September 25, 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 18, 2016

Round Ten

Playing with the white pieces, GM Jeffrey Xiong beat the Polish IM Natusa Gregorz to cement his position at the top of the table. With 8.5/10, he now leads by a full point over Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev.

Vladislav Artemiev scored a victory, too, to reach 7.5/10. He managed to beat Georgian Irakli Beradze with the white pieces as well. The second board game between Xu Yinlung and Bozidar Ivekovic ended in a draw. Parham Maghsoodloo managed to put it across India’s GM Murali Karthikeyan. Thus, Yinlung, Parham, and Ivekovic now follow Xiong and Artemiev on 7.0/10. There was an upset on the sixth board as IM Christoph Menezes defeated the third seeded Russian Kirill Alekseenko.

The games:

World Junior CC U20 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 10, Aug. 18, 2016
Xiong, Jeffery – Nasuta Grzegorz
D76 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.a3 Bd7 11.Nd2 Qc8 12.Nde4 Bh3 13.Bxh3 Qxh3 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.b4 Nd7 16.Nb3 e6 17.Bd2 Ne7 18.Rc1 c6 19.e4 Qc7 20.Bg5 Rad8 21.Qe2 Qb8 22.Rfd1 h6 23.Be3 e5 24.d5 cxd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Rxd5 Nf6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.f3 b6 29.Rc6 Rd6 30.b5 Qd8 31.Kf2 Qe7 32.Qc4 Rd7 33.a4 Qa3 34.Nd2 Kh7 35.Rc7 Rxc7 36.Qxc7 Qxa4 37.Qxf7 Qxb5 38.Qxa7 Nd7 39.Qa2 Qc6 40.Qc4 Qxc4 41.Nxc4 b5 42.Nd6 b4 43.Ke2 Bf8 44.Nc4 Kg7 45.Kd3 Kf6 46.Nb2 Bc5 47.Nd1 Bxe3 48.Nxe3 Ke6 49.Kc4 Nb8 50.Kb5 b3 51.Nc4 Kf6 52.Nd2 b2 53.Kc4 Nc6 54.Kc3 Nd4 55.Kxb2 g5 56.Kc3 h5 57.Kc4 Nc6 58.Kd5 Nb4+ 59.Kd6 Nd3 60.Nc4 g4 61.fxg4 hxg4 62.Ne3 Kg5 63.Ke6 Ne1 64.Kxe5 Nf3+ 65.Kd6 Nxh2 66.e5 Nf3 67.e6 1-0

Round 10, Aug. 18, 2016
Ivekovic, Bozidar – Xu Yinglun
A05 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Nbd7 7.c4 Bd6 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 c5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Qc7 13.Qd2 Rfd8 14.Qg5 Bf8 15.Rfe1 Nb8 16.Bf6 Rd7 17.Ne5 h6 18.Qg4 Rd4 19.Nf3 Rd7 20.Ne5 Rd6 21.Rad1 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rd2 Bc6 26.Bc3 Rd8 27.Qd1 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Be7 29.Qb2 Qd8 30.Qe2 Qc7 31.Qb2 Qd8 32.Qe2 Qc7 33.Qb2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Aug. 18, 2016
Artemiev, Vladislav – Beradze, Irakli
B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.Be3 b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Bb1 Rad8 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Qb8 18.Bh4 Qf4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.d5 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Ba2 Kf8 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Nb5 Ba6 25.Bc4 Bf6 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.g3 Qb8 28.Nd4 Bc8 29.Bb5 1-0

Round 10, Aug. 18, 2016
Karthikeyan, Murali – Maghsoodloo, Parham
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Nh4 e5 8.f4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c6 10.f5 b5 11.Qe1 Bf8 12.h3 Be7 13.Qf2 Rg8 14.fxg6 hxg6 15.g4 Rg7 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Ne2 Ne6 18.a4 b4 19.a5 Ba6 20.Ng5 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 Nd7 22.Be3 Nc5 23.Rfd1 Bh4 24.Qf3 Ne6 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 c5 27.d4 cxd4 28.cxd4 Ng5 29.Bxg5 Qxg5 30.Rac1 Kf8 31.Rc6 Bxe2 32.Qxe2 exd4 33.Rxd4 Bg3 34.Rd5 Be5 35.Qd2 Qh4 36.Qf2 Qe7 37.Qc2 Kg8 38.a6 Rb8 39.Rc8+ Rxc8 40.Qxc8+ Kh7 41.Qb7 Qh4 42.Qb1 Qg3 43.Rd3 Qh2+ 44.Kf1 f6 45.Qc1 d5 46.Rxd5 Bf4 47.Qc3 Be5 48.Qd2 Bc7 49.Bf3 Qxh3+ 50.Qg2 Qh6 51.g5 fxg5 52.Qxg5 Qh3+ 53.Qg2 Qe6 54.Qg4 Qxa6+ 55.Kg2 Rf7 56.Rd7 Qa2+ 57.Be2 Kg7 58.Rxf7+ Qxf7 59.Bd1 a5 60.Bc2 Be5 61.Qd1 Qf4 62.Qd3 Kh6 63.Bd1 Bc7 64.Bc2 Qh2+ 65.Kf1 Bb6 66.Qf3 Bd4 67.Bd1 Qg1+ 68.Ke2 Kg5 69.Kd3 Be5 70.Kc4 Qd4+ 71.Kb5 Qb4+ 72.Ka6 Qc4+ 73.Kb6 Qb4+ 74.Ka6 a4 75.Qg4+ Kf6 76.Qh4+ Kg7 77.Qg5 Qc4+ 78.Kb6 Qe6+ 79.Kc5 a3 80.Bb3 Bd6+ 81.Kc6 Qxb3 82.Kxd6 Qb6+ 83.Kd7 Qa7+ 84.Ke6 Qf7+ 85.Kd6 a2 0-1

Round 10, Aug. 18, 2016
Svane, Rasmus Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr
E05 Catalan, Open, Classical Line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qc2 e5 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Nc3 Rad8 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qc5 16.e4 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Qe2 Qc5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rd4 21.Kf1 g6 22.Rxd4 Qxd4 23.Ke1 Kg7 24.Qd2 Qc5 25.h4 Bc6 26.Ke2 Qb6 27.Kd1 Qc5 28.Ke2 Qb6 29.f3 Qg1 30.Qe1 Qb6 31.Qd2 Qg1 32.Qe1 Qb6 33.Nd1 Bd7 34.Qc3+ f6 35.Ne3 Be6 36.a3 h5 37.e5 f5 38.Qb4 Qd4 39.Qc3 Qb6 40.Qb4 Qd4 41.Qc3 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Aug. 18, 2016
Hsu, Chuan-Chia (1777) – Nyamdorj, Davaaochir (2015)
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 Be7 13.Bd3 b4 14.Ne2 Qb6 15.Ng3 h5 16.Nf1 Qc5 17.Ne3 Bb5 18.f5 Bf8 19.Kb1 Bh6 20.Bxb5+ axb5 21.Rd3 Bf4 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.g3 Be5 24.Rb3 Ra4 25.Qe2 Ke7 26.c3 bxc3 27.Rxb5 Qc6 28.Nc2 Rxe4 29.Nb4 Rxb4 0-1

Standings After Round Ten

1. Xiong, Jeffery 8.5
2. Artemiev, Vladislav 7.5
3. Maghsoodloo, Parham 7.0
4. Xu Yinglun 7.0
5. Nasuta, Grzegorz 7.0
6. Ivekovic, Bozidar 7.0
7. Arvindh, Chithambaram Vr 6.5
8. Svane, Rasmus 6.5
9. Menezes, Christoph 6.5
10. Mosadghpour, Masoud 6.5
11. Bersamina, Paulo 6.5
64. Nyamdorj, Davaaochir 4.0

Round Eleven Pairings

1. Xiong-Artemiev
2. Xu Yinglun-Maghsoodloo
3. Nasuta-Ivekovic
4. Bersamina-Svane
5. Aravindh-Menezes
6. Lorparizangeneh-Mosadeghpour
7. Praggnanandhaa-Henriquez Villagra
29. Nyamdorj (2015)-Tran Minh (2353)

Reposted September 25, 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 19, 2016

Round Eleven

The USA’s GM Jeffery Xiong maintained a point’s lead over his nearest rival, moving his score to 9.0/11, as he drew with Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev. The game was an Exchange Slav where nothing spectacular happened at any point before the players finally calling it a day. Artemiev reached 8.0/11.

Joining Artemiev at the second position is Polish IM Nasuta Grzegorz. He played a sharp Moscow Variation of the Sicilian Defence, where his opponent was playing all the right moves, until in the late middlegame, when he made critical mistakes while approaching the time control. Nasuta made full use of his chances and won, also moving to 8.0/11.

The second board game between two untitled but extremely strong players — Xu Yinglun and Parham Maghsoodloo — ended in a fitting draw after a fighting game. Maghsoodloo seemed to be pushing in the endgame, but nothing came of it. Both remain stranded on 7.5/11. India’s GM Aravindh Chithambaram beat Austrian IM Christoph Menezes to reach 7.5/11 as well.

The games:

World Junior CC U 20 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 11, Aug. 19, 2016
Xiong, Jeffery – Artemiev, Vladislav
D13 QGD Slav, Exchange Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.O-O Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Rc8 16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qb6 Ne8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nc3 f6 22.Bg3 Bd8 23.Qb3 Qc6 24.Na4 Be7 25.Kh2 Kf7 26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.dxc5 g6 28.a4 Ng7 29.Bb8 Nf5 30.Qb4 Qc8 31.Ba7 Ne7 32.Bb6 Nc6 33.Qh4 Kg7 34.b4 Ne5 35.Qf4 g5 36.Qg3 h6 37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 Kf7 39.h4 Qd7 40.f4 1/2-1/2

Round 11, Aug. 19, 2016
Xu Yinglun – Maghsoodloo, Parham
A16 English

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Be6 7.Qa3 Bc4 8.b3 Ba6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qb2 Bg7 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.g3 O-O 13.Bg2 Nxe3 14.fxe3 e5 15.d5 Ne7 16.e4 Nc8 17.O-O Nd6 18.Rfe1 Qe7 19.e3 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 b5 23.Qa3 Rfb8 24.Qc5 Bf6 25.Rc1 Kh8 26.Kh1 a6 27.Nd1 Rb7 28.Nf2 Rg8 29.e4 fxe4 30.Nd2 e3 31.Qxe3 Bg5 32.Qe2 b4 33.Rcd1 Bxd2 34.Rxd2 Rb5 35.Ne4 Rf8 36.Rdd1 Rxf1+ 37.Rxf1 Rxd5 38.Nf6 Rb5 39.Qg4 Rb8 40.Nd5 Qg7 41.Qxg7+ Kxg7 42.Nxc7 a5 43.Rd1 Nb5 44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Nd5 h5 46.Kg2 Kf5 47.Rh7 Nc3 48.Nxc3 bxc3 49.Rc7 Rd8 50.Rxc3 Rd2+ 51.Kf3 Rxh2 52.a3 Ra2 53.b4 a4 54.b5 Rb2 55.Rc4 Rb3+ 56.Ke2 Rxa3 57.Rb4 Rxg3 58.b6 Rg8 59.Rxa4 Rg2+ 60.Kf3 Rb2 61.Rh4 Rb3+ 62.Ke2 Rxb6 63.Rxh5+ Ke4 64.Rh4+ Kd5 65.Ra4 Rb2+ 66.Ke3 Rb3+ 67.Ke2 Rh3 68.Rb4 Ke6 69.Ra4 Kf5 70.Rb4 Rg3 71.Ra4 Rg4 72.Rxg4 Kxg4 73.Ke3 Kf5 74.Kf3 e4+ 75.Ke3 Ke5 76.Ke2 Kd4 77.Kd2 e3+ 78.Ke2 Ke4 79.Ke1 Kf4 80.Ke2 Ke4 81.Ke1 Kd3 82.Kd1 e2+ 83.Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

Round 11, Aug. 19, 2016
Nasuta, Grzegorz – Ivekovic, Bozidar
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 a6 11.b3 Qb6 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Rac1 Rfe8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.Qd2 Qh5 16.Nde2 Rad8 17.f3 Kh8 18.Na4 b5 19.Nf4 Qe5 20.Nd3 Qh5 21.Nf4 Qe5 22.Nb2 d5 23.Nbd3 Qb8 24.exd5 e5 25.Nh3 e4 26.Ne1 bxc4 27.bxc4 Bb4 28.Qf2 exf3 29.Bf4 Qc8 30.Nd3 Ba3 31.Qxf3 Bxc1 32.Rxc1 Nc5 33.Ne5 Kg8 34.Nc6 Rd7 35.Nf2 Qb7 36.Be5 Qb6 37.Kh1 Rb7 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.Rf1 Qb1 40.Nh3 Ne4 41.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 42.Ng1 Nd2 43.Qg3+ Kh8 44.d6 Ne4 45.Qf3 Rd1 46.Ne7 Rxd6 47.Qxe4 Re6 48.Qd4 R8xe7 49.h3 Kg7 50.Nf3 Rc7 51.Qg4+ Kf8 52.Nh4 1-0

Round 11, Aug. 19, 2016
Bersamina, Paulo – Svane, Rasmus
C00 French, Reti (Spielmann) Variation

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Qg4 Nc6 7.Nf3 h5 8.Qg3 h4 9.Qf2 Be7 10.Be2 Nf8 11.O-O Ng6 12.g3 Bd7 13.d4 Qb6 14.c3 hxg3 15.hxg3 Rh6 16.Nbd2 O-O-O 17.Qe3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.Kg2 Nce7 20.Rh1 Bb5 21.Bxb5 Qxb5 22.g4 Kd7 23.Rae1 Qd3 24.Rxh6 Qxe3 25.Rxe3 gxh6 26.Kg3 h5 27.Bc3 hxg4 28.Kxg4 Nf5 29.Rd3 Rg8 30.Ng5 Bxc3 31.Rxc3 Nxd4 32.Rd3 Nc6 33.Rh3 Rg7 34.Ndf3 Ke7 35.Rh1 f6 36.exf6+ Kxf6 37.Rh6 Ke7 38.f5 Nge5+ 39.Nxe5 Nxe5+ 40.Kh4 Rxg5 41.Rxe6+ 1-0

Round 11, Aug. 19, 2016
Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr – Menezes, Christoph
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 b5 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 O-O 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bb7 14.Ra1 Nb6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.O-O d5 17.exd5 Rfd8 18.Ra5 e4 19.Qd4 Nxd5 20.Qxe4 Qc7 21.Ra4 Rab8 22.Rc4 Qa5 23.Qe5 Re8 24.Qd4 Nf6 25.Bd2 Qf5 26.Rc5 Qd7 27.Qxd7 Nxd7 28.Rc7 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Nf6 30.b3 Re2 31.Rd1 h5 32.Be3 1-0

Round 11, Aug. 19, 2016
Nyamdorj, Davaaochir – Tran, Minh Thang
B40 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Rd1 e5 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.d4 e4 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.f3 exf3 13.Bxf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rad8 15.Kg2 cxd4 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.cxd4 Ndb4 18.Nc3 Nxd4 19.Nf3 Nxf3 20.Kxf3 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Rd8 22.Nf2 Bf6 23.Be3 b6 24.Rb1 h5 25.a3 Nd3 26.Nxd3 Rxd3 27.Ke4 Rb3 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Kxd4 Rf3 30.Re1 Rf2 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Re7 a5 33.b4 f6 34.Rb7 axb4 35.axb4 Rxh2 36.Ke3 Kg6 37.Kf3 Rb2 38.Rxb6 Kg5 39.Rb7 Rb3+ 40.Kf2 g6 41.Rb5+ Kg4 42.Rb6 Rf3+ 43.Ke2 Kxg3 44.Rd6 h4 45.b5 h3 46.Rd1 h2 47.Rb1 Rf2+ 48.Kd3 Kg2 49.b6 h1=Q 50.Rxh1 Kxh1 51.Kc3 Rf5 52.Kd4 0-1

Standings After Round Eleven

1. Xiong 9.0
2. Artemiev 8.0
3. Nasuta 8.0
4. Aravindh 7.5
5. Maghsoodloo 7.5
6. Xu Yinglun 7.5
7. Bersamina 7.5
8. Sunilduth 7.0
9. Ivekovic 7.0
10. Xu Yi 7.0
70. Nyamdorj 4.0

Pairings for Round Twelve

1. Bersamina-Xiong
2. Nasuta-Artemiev
3. Maghsoodloo-Aravindh
4. Mosadeghpour-Xu Yinglun
5. Henriquez-Gagare
6. Tran Tuan-Sunilduth
7. Xu Yi-Ivekovic
35. Evangelista (2030)-Nyamdorj (2015)

Reposted September 25, 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 20, 2016

Round Twelve

XIONG BECOMES THE JUNIOR CHAMPION WITH A ROUND TO SPARE

AUGUST 20, 2016

Jeffery Xiong of the USA scored a comfortable victory with the black pieces to become the World Junior Chess Champion 2016 with a round to spare. In a Sicilian Defence, Grand Prix Variation, his opponent IM Paulo Bersamina went slightly wrong in the early middlegame, allowing Xiong to roll over his opponent in the endgame. With 10.0/12, Xiong has taken an unassailable 1.5-point lead over his nearest opponents. At 16, Xiong is amongst the youngest World Junior Champions in chess history.

The second board game between IM Nasuta Grzegorz and the top seed GM Vladislav Artemiev of Russia ended in a draw. Both the players are tied for the second spot at 8.5/12. The third board game between Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo and India’s GM Aravindh Chithambaram was an interesting affair, where Parham amassed a huge advantage. Nevertheless, despite being an exchange for a pawn up, he could not convert and the game ended in a draw.

The games:

World Junior CC U 20 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 12, Aug. 20, 2016
Bersamina, Paulo – Xiong, Jeffery
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bc4 Na5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Qe1 Nc6 10.Bc4 Nd4 11.Qh4 b5 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Nxb5 Qb6 14.a4 a6 15.a5 Qc6 16.Na3 Nxe4 17.d3 Nf6 18.Nb1 d5 19.Bb3 Qc5 20.Re1 Ng4 21.Re2 Ne3 22.h3 O-O 23.Qe1 Rab8 24.Ra3 Rfc8 25.Kh1 Bf5 26.Bxe3 dxe3 27.Rxe3 Bxb2 28.Ra2 Bd4 29.Rf3 h5 30.Nd2 Bc3 31.Qf2 e6 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.Nf1 Rxa5 34.Rxa5 Bxa5 35.Kh2 Bc3 36.g3 a5 37.Ne3 Rb4 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bxd3 40.Ng2 a4 41.Bxa4 Be4 42.Rxc3 Rxa4 43.Ne1 Ra1 44.Re3 Rc1 45.Re2 Kf8 46.Kg3 Ke7 47.g5 Kd6 48.Kf2 Bf5 49.Nd3 Rh1 50.Ne5 Rh2+ 51.Ke3 d4+ 52.Kd2 Rxe2+ 53.Kxe2 Kd5 54.Kd2 Ke4 55.Nxf7 Kxf4 56.c3 d3 57.Nd6 e5 58.Nc4 e4 59.Ne3 Kxg5 60.Ke1 Bg4 61.Nd5 Kf5 62.Kd2 Ke5 63.Ne7 g5 64.Ke3 Bf3 65.c4 g4 66.Ng6+ Kd6 67.Nh4 Kc5 68.Nf5 Kxc4 69.Kd2 Kd5 70.Ke3 Ke6 71.Ng3 Ke5 72.Nf1 Kf5 73.Ng3+ Kg5 74.Nf1 Kh4 75.Kf2 Kh3 76.Ke3 g3 77.Nd2 g2 78.Kf2 0-1

Round 12, Aug. 20, 2016
Nasuta, Grzegorz – Artemiev, Vladislav
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.f3 O-O 10.Be3 Rc8 11.b3 Nc6 12.O-O Qd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.a4 Nd7 16.Nde2 Rab8 17.Rab1 Nf6 18.Qe1 Qb4 19.Kh1 Ne5 20.Qg1 Ned7 21.Bd2 Qa5 22.Be3 Rc6 23.Bd4 e6 24.Qe1 h5 25.Bf2 Ne8 26.Qd2 Qd8 27.Qe1 Bh6 28.Bg3 Qb6 29.Nd4 Rcc8 30.Bf2 Qa5 31.Nde2 Qb4 32.Qg1 Bg7 33.Be1 Qc5 34.Bf2 Qc7 35.Qe1 Bh6 36.Qg1 Nc5 37.Bg3 Bg7 38.Qe1 Bh6 39.Qf2 Nd7 40.Qe1 Rd8 41.Qg1 Bg7 42.Qe3 Ne5 43.Bf2 Qe7 44.Qd2 Nc6 45.Qe1 Bf6 46.Bb6 Nc7 47.Rbc1 Rd7 48.Qd2 Na8 1/2-1/2

Round 12, Aug. 20, 2016
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Aravindh, Chitham.
A30 Reti/English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O c5 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 Nc6 9.d3 d6 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 e6 12.h3 a6 13.Be3 Nd4 14.Qd2 Nb3 15.Qd1 Nd4 16.Ne2 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 b5 18.Bg2 Qc7 19.cxb5 axb5 20.d4 Nb6 21.b3 Nd7 22.Nc3 Bc6 23.a4 bxa4 24.Nxa4 Qa5 25.dxc5 Bxa4 26.bxa4 Nxc5 27.e5 Rad8 28.exd6 Nxa4 29.Rc1 Nc3 30.Qd2 Qa3 31.d7 Na4 32.Bc6 Qb3 33.Qa5 Nb2 34.Bb5 Nd3 35.Bxd3 Qxd3 36.Red1 Qb3 37.Bb6 Ra8 38.Qxa8 Rxa8 39.Rc8+ Bf8 40.Rdc1 Rxc8 41.dxc8=Q Qxb6 42.Qa8 h5 43.Rc8 Qb4 44.Qc6 Kg7 45.Kg2 Bd6 46.h4 Be5 47.Ra8 Qd4 48.Qb7 Qd3 49.Ra7 Qf5 50.Ra5 Qf6 51.Ra3 Qd8 52.Re3 Qc7 53.Qe4 Bf6 54.Rb3 Qc5 55.Rb7 Qf5 56.Qxf5 exf5 57.f4 Bd4 58.Kf3 Kf6 59.Ke2 Ke6 60.Rb3 Kd5 61.Rd3 Kc5 62.Rd2 Kd5 63.Kf3 Kc5 64.Rd1 Kd5 65.Ke2 Kc5 66.Rd2 Kd5 67.Kd3 Bg1 68.Re2 Bc5 69.Rb2 Bg1 70.Rb7 Bf2 71.Rxf7 Ke6 72.Rh7 Bxg3 1/2-1/2

Round 12, Aug. 20, 2016
Mosadeghpour, Masoud – Xu Yinglun
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical Main Line

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O Nc6 9.f4 O-O 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Qg3 Rad8 19.c3 f5 20.Nd6 Nb6 21.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 22.Kh1 Qc5 23.Rfe1 Rb8 24.Rd4 Rb6 25.Red1 Rfb8 26.h4 Bf8 27.b4 Qc7 28.c4 bxc4 29.Rxc4 Qd8 30.Rdd4 a5 31.Nxf5 1-0

Round 12, Aug. 20, 2016
Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal – Gagare, Shardul
E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Bd2 b6 10.e4 Bb7 11.Be2 d6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Nhf6 14.O-O a6 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.f4 Rfe8 17.b4 Rac8 18.g4 h6 19.Rc1 Nh7 20.Bd3 Nhf8 21.Nf3 Ng6 22.Nd4 e5 23.f5 exd4 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Bxd4 Bf6 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.g5 Ng4 28.Qe2 Ne5 29.gxh6 gxh6 30.Qe3 Qg7 31.Rfd1 Ng4 32.Qg3 Qd4+ 33.Kf1 Ne3+ 34.Ke2 Nxd1 35.Qxg6+ Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.Kxd1 Re5 38.Rc2 Rf8 39.Ke2 Rf4 40.Ke3 Rh4 41.Kd4 Reh5 42.Rg2+ Rg5 43.Re2 Rhg4 44.Na4 Rg2 45.h4 R5g4 46.Rxg2 Rxg2 47.Nxb6 Rh2 48.c5 dxc5+ 49.bxc5 Rxh4 50.Nc4 Rh1 51.Nd6 Bc6 52.Bxa6 h5 53.Ke5 h4 54.Kf4 h3 55.Kg3 Ra1 56.Bc8 Rxa3+ 57.Kh2 Rc3 58.Bxh3 Kf6 59.Bg2 Ke5 60.Nf7+ Kf4 61.Nd8 Bd7 62.c6 Bg4 63.e5 Kxe5 64.Nf7+ Kf4 65.Nd6 Rc2 66.Kg1 Bf3 67.Bxf3 Kxf3 68.Nf5 Kf4 69.Nd4 Rc1+ 70.Kf2 Ke4 71.Ne2 Rxc6 72.Ng3+ Kd3 73.Kf3 Rf6+ 74.Kg4 Ke3 75.Nf5+ Ke4 76.Ng3+ Ke5 77.Kg5 Rf4 78.Nh5 Rf8 79.Kg4 Rg8+ 80.Kf3 Rg6 81.Ng3 Rg5 82.Ne4 Rh5 83.Nf2 Kf5 84.Ke3 Rh4 85.Nd3 Rc4 86.Nf2 Rc3+ 87.Kd4 Ra3 88.Nd3 Ra8 89.Ke3 Rd8 90.Nf2 Re8+ 91.Kd4 Re2 92.Nd3 Re4+ 93.Kd5 Ra4 94.Nc5 Ra5 1/2-1/2

Round 12, Aug. 20, 2016
Evangelista, Paul Robert – Nyamdorj, Davaaochir
C24 Bishop’s Opening, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Nc3 dxe4 8.Ng5 O-O 9.Ngxe4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Qh5 Nd7 12.O-O a5 13.a4 Bf6 14.Bg5 Qe7 15.f4 Bxg5 16.fxg5 c5 17.Rf3 c4 18.Bxc4 b5 19.Rh3 h6 20.gxh6 Nf6 21.Qg6 1-0

Standings After Round Twelve

1. Xiong, Jeffery 10.0
2. Artemiev, Vladislav 8.5
3. Nasuta, Grzegorz 8.5
4. Aravindh, Chit. 8.0
5. Sunilduth, Narayanan 8.0
6. Maghsoodloo, Parham 8.0
7. Mosadeghpour, Masoud 8.0
8. Xu Yi 8.0
9. Karthikeyan, Murali 7.5
10. Xu Yinglun 7.5
75. Nyamdorj, Davaaochir 4.0

Final Round Pairings

1. Xiong-Mosadeghpour
2. Artemiev-Aravindh
3. Sunilduth-Nasuta
4. Maghsoodloo-Xu Yi
5. Gagare-Svane
6. Karthikeyan-Henriquez
7. Xu Yinglun-Bersamina
8. Lorparizangeneh-Tran Tuan
9. Akash-Wagner
39. Nyamdorj (2015)-Skettos (1561)

Reposted September 25, 2016

[Wayne Komer]

Re: World Junior CC U20 2016

World Junior CC U 20 2016

August 21, 2016

Final Round

Yesterday, with a round to go, Jeffery Xiong became the World Junior Champion for 2016.

There was also the Girl’s World Junior Championship going on, and it was won today by Dinara Saduakassov. The final wrap-up below:

DINARA SADUAKASSOVA IS THE GIRLS’ WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPION 2016

AUGUST 21, 2016

The girls’ section turned out to be interesting right until the end as the top two boards were locked in fierce battles.

Towards the end of day’s play, it was clear that nerves were playing a huge role in deciding the winner. Kazakh WGM Dinara Saduakassova was convinced that her game could end in nothing more but a draw, but it turned out that she had a winning position towards the very end after a mistake by her opponent Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya of Mongolia. Surprisingly, Saduakassova missed her chance and the game ended in a draw. It was only after it ended that she realized to her horror that she had just given away the game! In the second board, WIM Dinara Dordzhieva of Russia was a pawn up against Indian WIM Parnali Dharia. Things could have got messy had Dordzhieva won, as she may have ended up winning the tournament. However, Parnali held the Russian with some accurate calculations, thus allowing Dinara Saduakassova to become the World Junior Champion in the girls’ section with 9.5/13.

India’s WIM Nandhidhaa Pv made India proud by bringing home the silver medal. She won when it mattered most, and that too with the black pieces, against WGM Nataliya Buksa of Ukraine. She scored 9.0/13. WIM Dinara Dordzhieva, who was held to a draw, was third and won the bronze medal with 9.0/13, on the tiebreak.

In the Open section, GM Jeffery Xiong was held to a draw in the final round by Iran’s Masoud Mosadeghpour. He had already won the event with a round to spare.

GM Vladislav Artemiev of Russia won his country a silver medal by beating India’s GM Aravindh Chithambaram. Polish IM Nasuta Grzegorz, who had had a fine run throughout the tournament, ended up losing to Kerala’s GM S.L. Narayanan. Thus, Narayanan sneaked up to the third spot to take the bronze medal.

The games:

World Junior Girls CC U 20 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 13, Aug. 21, 2016
Saduakassova, Dinara – Uuriintuya, Uutsaikh
E88 King’s Indian Fianchetto, Classical Var.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Re8 10.h3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Nb3 Qb4 14.e5 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 Qxb3 16.axb3 dxe5 17.Bxa7 Bf5 18.Rfe1 Bd3 19.Be3 e4 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Bd4 Re8 22.Ra1 Nh5 23.Be3 f5 24.Ra7 Re7 25.Na4 Kf7 26.Nc5 Bxb2 27.Nxb7 Kg7 28.Nd8 Rxa7 29.Bxa7 Bc2 30.b4 Ba4 31.Bf1 Nf6 32.b5 cxb5 33.cxb5 Nd7 34.Ne6+ Kf7 35.Nc5 Bd4 36.Bc4+ Ke7 37.Nxd7 Bxa7 38.b6 Bxd7 39.bxa7 Bc6 40.Kf1 h6 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.Bb3 g5 44.Bd1 f4+ 45.gxf4+ gxf4+ 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.f3 Kc5 48.fxe4 Bxe4 49.Kf2 Kb6 50.Bf3 Bxf3 51.Kxf3 Kxa7 52.Kxf4 Kb6 53.Kf5 Kc6 54.Kg6 Kd6 55.Kxh6 Ke6 56.Kg7 Kf5 57.h4 Kg4 58.h5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

43. Bb3? Better is Bf7
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World Junior CC U 20 Open 2016
Bhubaneswar, India
Round 13, Aug. 21, 2016
Xiong, Jeffery – Mosadeghpour, Masoud
D37 QGD

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 a6 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.a3 f5 13.Ng3 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.b4 Bd6 16.Re1 Nf6 17.Rc1 Rb8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Ng4 20.Be2 Nxe5 21.Qxd8 Rfxd8 22.Rxc7 Bd5 23.Nh5 Rb7 24.Rc5 Nd7 25.Rc3 e5 26.Rd1 Nb6 27.Ng3 Rf8 28.Rc5 f4 29.Nf1 f3 30.gxf3 Bc4 31.Bd3 Rbf7 32.Rc6 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Nc4 34.Nd2 e4 35.Rd5 Nxd2 36.Rxd2 exf3 37.Rxa6 Rc8 38.h3 Rf5 39.Rg6 Kh7 40.Rg3 Rf7 41.Kh2 Rc3 42.Rg4 Rxa3 43.Kg3 Rb3 44.Rdd4 Rxe3 45.fxe3 f2 46.Rgf4 f1=Q 47.Rxf1 Rxf1 48.Rd5 Re1 49.Kf4 g5+ 50.Kf3 Rh1 51.Kg4 Re1 52.Re5 Kg6 53.Re6+ Kg7 54.Kh5 Rh1 55.Rg6+ Kf7 56.Rxh6 Rxh3+ 57.Kxg5 Rxe3 58.Kf5 Ke7 59.Rb6 1/2-1/2

Round 13, Aug. 21, 2016
Artemiev, Vladislav – Aravindh, Chitham.
A07 Reti KIA, Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 c6 5.Qa4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qa3 Rfe8 13.Be3 a5 14.d5 Qb4 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nd4 Qxa3 17.bxa3 Rac8 18.h3 Be6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Rac1 Nd5 21.Na4 Rb8 22.Rxc6 Ne5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rc7 Nc4 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 e6 27.Nc5 Nxa3 28.Rh4 h5 29.Rf4 Nb5 30.Rc6 Nc3 31.Rf6 Rbc8 32.Rxg6+ Kf7 33.Rgxe6 Rxc6 34.Rxc6 Rxe2 35.Rc7+ Re7 36.Rc6 Nxa2 37.Ra6 Nc3 38.Rxa5 Re2 39.Nd3 Rd2 40.Nf4 h4 41.g4 Ne4 42.Nxd5 Nxf2 43.Nf4 Nd3 44.Rf5+ Kg7 45.Ng2 Nc1 46.Nxh4 Ne2+ 47.Kf2 Nc3+ 48.Kf3 Rd3+ 49.Kg2 Nd5 50.Rf3 Rd1 51.Kg3 Rg1+ 52.Kf2 Ra1 53.Nf5+ Kg6 54.Kg3 Rg1+ 55.Kh2 Ra1 56.Nh4+ Kg7 57.Rb3 Nf4 58.Nf3 Ra2+ 59.Kg3 Ne2+ 60.Kh4 Nf4 61.Rb7+ Kg6 62.Rb6+ Kg7 63.Rb4 Ng2+ 64.Kg3 Ne3 65.Rb7+ Kf6 66.g5+ Ke6 67.Rb6+ Ke7 68.Rb5 Kf7 69.Kf4 Ng2+ 70.Kg3 Ne3 71.h4 Nf1+ 72.Kh3 Ra3 73.Rf5+ Kg8 74.Rf4 Ne3 75.Kg3 Nd5 76.Rd4 Ne3 77.Re4 Kf7 78.h5 Nf5+ 79.Kf4 Ne7 80.Ne5+ Kg7 81.Rd4 Ra7 82.Kg4 Ra5 83.Nf3 Nf5 84.Rd7+ Kf8 85.h6 Kg8 86.Nh4 Ne3+ 87.Kh5 Ra7 88.h7+ 1-0

Round 13, Aug. 21, 2016
Sunilduth, Narayanan – Nasuta, Grzegorz
B86 Sicilian, Sozin Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Nc5 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.O-O b5 12.f5 b4 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Na4 Nxb3 15.cxb3 O-O 16.Rac1 Qa7 17.Be3 Nd5 18.Nc6 Rxf3 19.Bxa7 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Bg5 21.Rc4 Rxa7 22.Nxa7 Ne3+ 23.Kf2 Nxc4 24.Nxc8 Ne5 25.Nxd6 Nd3+ 26.Ke2 Nc1+ 27.Kd1 Nd3 28.Ke2 Nc1+ 29.Kf3 Nxa2 30.Nc5 Nc1 31.e5 Be7 32.Nde4 Kf7 33.Ke3 a5 34.Kd2 Na2 35.Kc2 Kg6 36.g4 h5 37.h3 hxg4 38.hxg4 a4 39.bxa4 b3+ 40.Kxb3 Nc1+ 41.Kc4 1-0

Round 13, Aug. 21, 2016
Maghsoodloo, Parham – Xu Yi
D02 Queen’s Bishop Game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.dxc5 e5 7.Bg5 d4 8.exd4 Nxd4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bxc5 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Ba6 Qd6 15.Bd3 g5 16.Bg3 Rxb2 17.Re1 Re8 18.Na4 Rbb8 19.c3 Nc6 20.Qf3 Ba3 21.Rad1 Qe6 22.Bf5 Qc4 23.Bc2 Kg7 24.Bb3 Qa6 25.Qf5 Qc8 26.Qc2 Rb7 27.f3 Rbe7 28.Rf1 Na5 29.Bf2 Nc4 30.Qe2 Rc7 31.Kh1 Kg8 32.Qd3 Be7 33.Rfe1 Kg7 34.Bg3 Rd8 35.Qe2 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Nh5 37.Be1 Nf4 38.Qe4 f5 39.Qb1 Ne3 40.Rd2 Qb7 41.Bg3 Bf6 42.Bxf4 exf4 43.Qd3 Qc6 44.h3 h5 45.c4 g4 46.hxg4 hxg4 47.fxg4 fxg4 48.c5 Re7 49.Qd8 Nc4 50.Rd6 Re1+ 51.Kh2 g3+ 52.Kh3 Rh1+ 53.Kg4 Rh4+ 54.Kf5 Ne3+ 55.Ke6 Qe4+ 56.Kd7 Bxd8 57.Kxd8 Rh8+ 58.Kc7 Qa8 59.Be6 Qb8+ 60.Kc6 Rd8 61.Nc3 Rxd6+ 62.cxd6 Qb6+ 63.Kd7 f3 0-1

Round 13, Aug. 21, 2016
Nyamdorj, Davaaochir – Skettos, Nicolas
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nbd2 e5 9.h3 Be6 10.c3 Rc8 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.f4 h6 13.Ngf3 Nh5 14.Qe3 Nxg3 15.Rf2 Nh5 16.f5 Nf4 17.Nc4 Qf6 18.Nh2 gxf5 19.Qg3 b5 20.Ne3 Nxd3 21.Nd5 Qg6 22.Qxd3 fxe4 23.Qxb5 Kh7 24.Kh1 f5 25.Qe2 Be6 26.c4 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Nb4 28.Bd2 Nd3 29.Rff1 Kh8 30.Rab1 c4 31.h4 Nc5 32.Bh3 Rc7 33.h5 Qg3 34.Bxf5 Nd3 35.Qg2 Qh4 36.Qg6 Rxf5 37.Qxf5 Qg3 38.Ba5 Re7 39.Bd8 Re8 40.Bf6 e3 41.Bxg7+ Qxg7 42.Qg6 Qxg6 43.hxg6 e2 44.Rf7 e1=Q+ 45.Rxe1 Nxe1 46.Ng4 Nd3 47.Rh7+ Kg8 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Rf7# 1-0

Final Standings

Open

1. Xiong 10.5
2. Artemiev 9.5
3. Sunilduth 9.0
4. Xu Yi 9.0
73. Nyamdorj 5.0

Girls

1. Saduakassova (KAZ) 9.5
2. Nandhidhaa (IND) 9.0
3. Dordzhieva (RUS) 9.0
4. Rodriguez (COL) 8.5
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The World Junior Champions for the last eight years: Xiong (2016), Antipov (2015), Lu Shanglei (2014), Yu Yangyi (2013), Ipatov (2012), Swiercz (2011), Andreikin (2010) and Vachier-Lagrave (2009)

The World Junior Girls:

Saduakassov (2016), Buksa (2015), Goryachkina (for 2014 and 2013), Guo Qi (2012), Cori (2011), Anna Muzychuk (2010) and Swaminathan (2009)

And a raise of the hat to the organizers of this year’s tournament. Game scores, standings, pairings and round summaries were on the site soon after the round was over. Very professional. The Capablanca Memorial and others could learn from their example.

Reposted September 25, 2016