Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

[Wayne Komer]

Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

April 11, 2021

Polgar Challenge

Day 4 (continued)

Round 18, April 11
Zhu, Jiner – Nihal Sarin
C70 Ruy Lopez, Classical Defence deferred

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Ba7 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 O-O 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Kh8 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Re1 Be8 13.Nbd2 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Be6 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.c4 Qd7 19.d5 Ne7 20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.Nh4 Raa8 22.Qe2 c6 23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Nxg6+ Nxg6 26.Qe4 Qb6 27.Nb3 Nf4 28.c5 Qb5 29.Kh2 a5 30.Rd6 Rxd6 31.cxd6 Qb6 32.Qe3 Qxd6 33.Nxa5 Qd5 0-1

Round 18, April 11
Lai, Tingjie – Murzin, Volodar
D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Qg4 Kf8 9.Nf3 Nge7 10.Qg3 Nf5 11.Qxd6+ Nxd6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nb5 Ke7 14.Nxd6 Kxd6 15.Kd2 f6 16.Bb5 Rhc8 17.h4 Be8 18.Bd3 h6 19.g4 Nb4 20.Bb1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nc6 22.Rg1 Ne7 23.g5 Bh5 24.Ne1 Rg8 25.Bh7 Rf8 26.Nd3 fxg5 27.hxg5 g6 28.Nf4 hxg5 29.Rxg5 Rf7 30.Bxg6 Bxg6 31.Nxg6 Rxf2+ 32.Kc3 Nf5 33.Rh5 Nxe3 34.Rh7 Nd1+ 35.Kd3 Nxb2+ 36.Ke3 Rg2 37.Ne5 Nc4+ 38.Nxc4+ dxc4 39.Rxb7 Rxa2 40.Rb4 c3 41.Rc4 Rh2 42.Kd3 c2 43.Rc8 a5 44.Rc4 a4 0-1

Round 18, April 11, 2021
Yip, Carissa – Abdusattorov Nodirbek
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.c4 Ng4 19.Rhf1 Nxf2 20.Rde1 Rad8 21.Bc3 Rfe8 22.g4 Rd3 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.g5 e5 25.gxh6+ Qxh6 26.Rg1+ Kf8 27.Nxe5 Re7 28.Qc2 Rd2 29.Qf5 Qb6 30.Qc8+ Rd8 31.Qf5 Nd3 32.Nxd3 Bxg1 33.Rxe7 Kxe7 34.h6 Qxh6 35.Qe5+ Kf8 0-1

Round 18, April 11
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Nd7 5.b3 Nh6 6.O-O Nf5 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.c4 O-O 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Rxc1 15.Rxc1 Nxe5 16.dxe5 b6 17.e3 Qb8 18.f4 h5 19.Nc3 Rd8 20.Nb5 Bd7 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.exd4 e6 23.Ba3 Rc8 24.Bf1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Bf8 26.Bxf8 Qxf8 27.Qc7 Qb4 28.Qxd7 Qxd4+ 29.Kg2 Qe4+ 30.Kf2 Qd4+ 31.Ke2 Qb2+ 32.Kf3 Qc3+ 33.Kg2 Qc2+ 34.Kg1 Qc5+ 35.Kg2 Qc2+ 36.Kg1 Qc5+ 37.Kh1 a6 38.Qb7 a5 39.Qa6 Qc1 40.Qd3 Qb2 41.a4 Qc1 42.Kg2 g5 43.fxg5 Qxg5 44.Qd4 Qc1 45.Qxb6 Qb2+ 46.Kg1 Qxe5 47.Qc5 Qb2 48.Qe3 d4 49.Qg5+ Kf8 50.Qxa5 h4 51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.Qg5+ Kf8 53.Qxh4 Qd2 54.Qe4 Qb4 55.Qd3 e5 56.Qb5 Qe1 57.Qe2 Qa5 58.Bg2 Qc5 59.Qc4 Qa3 60.Be4 Qa1+ 61.Kg2 Qe1 62.Qc2 1-0

Round 18, April 11
Salimova, Nurgyul – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.b4 a5 6.b5 c5 7.bxc6 Nxc6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bf5 10.a3 Rc8 11.c4 Re8 12.Bb2 Qb6 13.Ra2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 h6 15.d5 Nb8 16.Bd4 Qd8 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.Nxf5+ gxf5 21.Qb2+ f6 22.Nf3 Rg8 23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Qb1 Ne4 25.Rc2 Na6 26.Rfc1 Nac5 27.Bb5 Qxd5 28.f3 Ng5 29.Bc4 Qe5 30.Re2 Nge6 31.f4 Nxf4 32.Nxf5+ Kh8 33.exf4 Qxf4 34.Bxg8 Rxg8 35.Rxc5 e6 36.Qf1 Qg4 37.Nxh6 Qd4+ 38.Kh1 Rg6 39.Rc8+ Kg7 40.Rg8+ 1-0

Round 18, April 11
Liang, Awonder - Keymer, Vincent
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Re1 Nb6 10.Bb3 a5 11.c3 a4 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Re8 15.Bf4 Ra5 16.Rad1 Nc4 17.b3 axb3 18.axb3 Nb6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Ra3 21.Bc2 e6 22.Be5 Nd5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.c4 Nf6 25.Qc3 Qa5 26.Qg3 Ra2 27.Bb1 Rd2 28.Qe5 Qc3 29.Rxd2 Qxd2 30.Re3 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qh5 32.Qg3 Rd8 33.Qf4 Qh6 34.Qe5 Qh5 35.Qf4 Qd1 36.Bd3 Qa1 37.d5 cxd5 38.c5 Qa7 39.Qd4 Qb8+ 40.f4 h6 41.g4 g5 42.Re5 Kg8 43.Re2 Qxf4+ 44.Qxf4 gxf4 45.Ra2 Nd7 46.b4 b6 47.c6 Ne5 48.Bb5 Rc8 49.Rc2 Nf3+ 0-1

Round 18, April 11
Yoo, Christopher – Gukesh, D
D38 QGD, Ragozin

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5 d4 12.Bxc6 dxc3 13.Qxb4 cxb2 14.Rb1 bxc6 15.O-O Ba6 16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.Qa3 Bc4 18.Nd4 Qg5 19.Rxb2 Rxb2 20.Qxb2 Qxc5 21.Qc3 Rb8 22.a3 f6 23.e4 Re8 24.h3 Kh8 25.Nf5 Rd8 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Rc1 Qe5 28.Nxc4 Rd1+ 29.Rxd1 Qxc3 30.Ne3 Qxa3 31.Nf5 Qa5 32.Nd6 Kg8 33.h4 Qa4 34.Rc1 h5 35.g3 a5 36.Kg2 Qd4 37.Rxc6 a4 38.Ra6 a3 39.Rxa3 Qxd6 40.Re3 Qe5 41.Kg1 Kh7 42.Kg2 Kg6 43.Kg1 Kf7 44.Kg2 Ke6 45.Kg1 Qd4 46.Kg2 Ke5 47.Kg1 Qd1+ 48.Kg2 Kd4 49.e5 fxe5 50.Rf3 Qc2 51.Rf7 Qc6+ 52.Kg1 g6 53.Kh2 Kd3 54.Kg1 Ke2 55.Rf8 Qc1+ 56.Kh2 Qc5 57.Kg2 Qxf8 0-1

Round 18, April 11
Shuvalova, Polina – Bjerre Jonas
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 dxc4 9.Qxc4 gxf6 10.g3 Qxc5 11.Qxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Rac1 Be7 15.Rfd1 Kb8 16.a3 f5 17.e3 Bc8 18.h4 h6 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nbd4 Nxd4 21.exd4 f4 22.gxf4 Rhg8 23.Ne5 f6 24.Nc4 Bd7 25.Ne3 Bd6 26.f5 exf5 27.Nc4 Bf4 28.Rc3 Ba4 29.Rdd3 Bc6 30.f3 Rg7 31.Kf1 Rgd7 32.Bh3 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.Bxf5 Bc7 35.h5 Rf4 36.Bg4 f5 37.Bh3 Bxf3 38.Ke1 Bxh5 39.Ne3 Be5 40.Rb3 Bf7 41.Rd3 Bxb2 42.Nxf5 Be6 43.Nd6 Bxh3 44.Rxh3 Rf6 45.Nc4 Bd4 46.Kd2 b5 47.Na5 Bc5 48.Kc2 Bb6 49.Nb3 Rc6+ 50.Kb2 Re6 51.Nc1 Bd4+ 52.Ka2 Kb7 53.a4 b4 54.Rh4 Bc3 55.Nd3 Rd6 56.Nc5+ Kb6 57.Ne4 Rc6 58.Kb3 a5 59.Rh5 Bd4 60.Rd5 Be3 61.Rb5+ Ka6 62.Re5 Bd4 63.Rd5 Bb6 64.Rh5 Re6 65.Nd2 Re3+ 66.Kc2 Rc3+ 67.Kb2 Be3 68.Nb3 Bg5 69.Rh2 Re3 70.Rc2 Kb6 71.Rf2 Re5 72.Rf8 Re2+ 73.Kb1 Re5 74.Rb8+ Kc6 75.Ra8 h5 76.Nxa5+ Kd5 77.Nb7 Kc4 78.Na5+ Kd3 79.Nc6 Re4 80.a5 Bf6 81.Rf8 Bc3 82.Ka2 Kc4 83.Rf2 Kb5 84.Na7+ Kxa5 85.Nc8 Re6 86.Rf5+ Ka4 87.Rf2 b3+ 88.Kb1 Re1# 0-1

Round 19, April 11
Bjerre, Jonas – Zhu, Jiner
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 a5 11.a4 b5 12.axb5 cxb5 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Bc5 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Nfd4 Ne8 17.d6 Rb8 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.Bc6 Nef6 20.Rxa5 c3 21.Qxc3 Bxb5 22.Rxb5 Bxd4 23.Rxb6 Bxc3 24.Rxb8 Nxb8 25.bxc3 Nxc6 26.c4 h6 27.Ra1 Rc8 28.Ra4 Kf8 29.Ra6 Ke8 30.Rb6 Nd7 31.Rb7 Na5 32.Rb1 Nxc4 33.Re1+ Kf8 34.Re7 Ncb6 35.Be3 Rc6 36.Bxb6 Nxb6 0-1

Round 19, April 11
Gukesh, D. – Shuvalova, Polina
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 Bxf4 7.exf4 b6 8.Qe2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Ndf3 cxd4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.O-O Nd7 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Bc2 Qf6 17.Qg4 Bd7 18.Re3 h6 19.Re5 Ba4 20.b3 Bd7 21.Rae1 Rfe8 22.Qg3 a5 23.h4 b5 24.f5 exf5 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Qb8 Kf8 28.Nxb5 Qxh4 29.Nc7 Qe7 30.Nxd5 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qxf2 32.Qd6+ Kg8 33.Bxf5 Ne4 34.Qb8 Kf8 35.Qe5 Qh4+ 36.Bh3 Nf2 37.Qd6+ Kg8 38.Qg3 Qxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Nd1 40.Bg4 Nb2 41.Be2 Kf8 42.Kf4 Bc6 43.c4 Ke8 44.Ke5 Kd7 45.Kd4 a4 46.Kc3 a3 47.Kb4 f5 48.Kxa3 Bxd5 49.cxd5 g5 50.Kxb2 g4 51.Bd3 1-0

Round 19, April 11
Keymer, Vincent – Yoo, Christopher
A50 Queen’s Indian Accelerated

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.dxe5 Nd7 9.Nf3 Qe7 10.Bb5 O-O-O 11.O-O a6 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rad1 Qe6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rd4 c5 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.h3 h6 19.a4 Bc6 20.Rb1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra1 Qb7 23.Re1 Qd7 24.Qa2 Kb8 25.Qa3 Qa7 26.Qc1 Qa2 27.Qf4 Kb7 28.Nh4 Qd2 29.Qxd2 Rxd2 30.Nf5 Kb6 31.Nxg7 b4 32.cxb4 cxb4 33.Nf5 b3 34.Nd6 Bb5 35.Re3 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 b2 37.Rb3 b1=Q 38.Rxb1 Rxb1 39.Nxf7 h5 40.g4 h4 41.g5 Be2 42.Kg2 Rb3 43.f4 Bf3+ 0-1

Round 19, April 11
Mendonca, Leon – Liang, Awonder
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.a3 Be6 6.b4 Bd6 7.Bb2 a6 8.Nbd2 Qd7 9.c4 d4 10.O-O Bh3 11.c5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Be7 13.Nc4 Qe6 14.Re1 e4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 O-O-O 17.e3 h5 18.h3 Nh7 19.h4 Bf6 20.Rc1 g5 21.dxe4 gxh4 22.Qf3 Bxd4 23.exd4 Rxd4 24.Qf5 Qxf5 25.exf5 hxg3 26.fxg3 Ng5 27.Red1 Rhd8 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.Rc2 f6 30.Na5 Rg4 31.c6 b6 32.Re2 Ne4 33.Nc4 Kb8 34.Ne3 Rxg3+ 35.Kh2 Rf3 36.Kg2 Rf4 37.Nd5 Rxf5 38.Nxb6 Rg5+ 39.Kh2 cxb6 40.Rxe4 Re5 41.Rf4 f5 42.Rh4 Kc7 43.Rxh5 Kxc6 44.Kg2 Kb5 45.Kf2 Ka4 46.Rh6 Rb5 47.Rh3 a5 48.bxa5 Rxa5 49.Ke2 Rd5 50.Rf3 b5 51.Ke1 Ka5 52.Ke2 Kb6 53.Rc3 Rd4 54.Ke3 Rc4 55.Rb3 Kc5 56.Kf3 Rd4 57.Kf2 Kb6 58.Rf3 f4 59.Ke2 Ka5 60.Rb3 Re4+ 61.Kd2 Ka4 62.Rf3 Rd4+ 63.Kc2 Ka5 64.Kc3 Re4 65.Kd2 Kb6 66.Rc3 Rc4 67.Rb3 Kc5 68.Ke2 Re4+ 69.Kd2 Kb6 70.Rf3 Ka5 71.Rb3 Re6 72.Rb4 f3 73.Rf4 Re2+ 74.Kc3 Rf2 75.Rf6 Rf1 76.Kb2 Rf2+ 77.Kb3 Rf1 78.Kb2 Rf2+ 79.Kb3 Rf1 80.Kb2 1/2-1/2

Final Position



(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Julius Bar Challengers Chess Tour

April 11, 2021

Polgar Challenge

Day 4 (continued)

Round 19, April 11
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Praggnanandhaa, R
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Re1+ Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.d3 h6 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Re8 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Nb1 Qb6 17.Ra2 Bd7 18.a5 Qb4 19.Qd2 Qc5 20.Na3 Re7 21.Raa1 Rae8 22.Bf3 Bg4 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Kf1 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Nd7 26.Kg2 Nb8 27.c4 dxc3 28.Qxc3 Nc6 29.Nc2 Qd6 30.Nd4 Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qc6 32.Rh1 Re2 33.Rh5 Qc1 34.Rxd5 Qxb2 35.Qc5 Re8 36.Rd7 Qb3 37.Qc7 Re1 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Qc8 Qe6 40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Qxb7 Qe2 42.Qe4+ Qxe4 43.dxe4 Ra1 44.Rb8 Rxa5 45.Rb6+ f6 46.f4 Kf7 47.Rb7+ Kg6 48.Ra7 h5 49.Kh3 Kh6 50.f5 Ra4 51.f3 Ra2 52.Ra8 Kh7 53.Ra7 Kh6 54.Ra8 Kh7 55.g4 hxg4+ 56.Kxg4 a5 57.f4 Ra4 58.Kf3 Ra3+ 59.Kf2 Ra2+ 60.Ke3 Ra3+ 61.Kd4 Rf3 62.Rxa5 Rxf4 63.Ke3 Rh4 64.Ra7 Rh3+ 65.Kf4 Rh4+ 66.Kf3 Rh3+ 67.Kg4 Re3 68.Kf4 Re1 69.Ra8 Re2 70.Kf3 Rb2 71.Ra1 Rb3+ 72.Kf4 Rb4 73.Rh1+ Kg8 74.Rc1 Kh7 75.Rc7 Ra4 76.Rb7 Rc4 77.Ra7 Rb4 78.Rc7 Ra4 79.Rb7 Rc4 80.Ra7 Rb4 81.Rc7 1/2-1/2

Round 19, April 11
Murzin, Volodar – Yip, Carissa
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.Nc3 b4 13.Na4 c5 14.d5 Ne8 15.Bc2 a5 16.b3 g6 17.a3 Ng7 18.Nb2 Nb6 19.Bd2 f5 20.Qe2 f4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Rxa8 Nxa8 23.Ra1 Nb6 24.Nd3 g5 25.Ra7 Bf6 26.Nh2 h5 27.Bd1 Bd7 28.Qe1 Qb8 29.Ra2 Rd8 30.Be2 Be8 31.Qa1 Bg6 32.f3 Rd7 33.Ra6 Bd8 34.Be1 Ne8 35.Bf2 Nf6 36.Nxe5 dxe5 37.Bxc5 g4 38.Kh1 Qb7 39.Bg1 Bxe4 40.fxe4 Nxe4 41.Nxg4 Ng3+ 42.Kh2 Nxe2 43.Nxe5 Rg7 44.Bxb6 f3 45.gxf3 Nf4 46.Bxd8 Qc8 47.Ng4 hxg4 48.fxg4 Qc5 49.Bb6 Qd6 50.Bd4 1-0

Round 19, April 11
Mammadzada, Gunay – Lei, Tingjie
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.d5 d6 14.Nd2 c6 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Bf4 cxd5 17.Ng3 Be6 18.Bd3 Bg5 19.Qe3 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Qf6 21.Qb4 Qe7 22.Re1 Qd7 23.Ne2 a5 24.Qb6 Qc7 25.Qe3 Nf6 26.Nd4 Re8 27.Qg3 Bd7 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.Qe3 Qd8 30.f3 Nf6 31.Be2 Kf8 32.g4 h6 33.Kf2 Qe7 34.Qxe7+ Kxe7 35.Ke3 g5 36.h3 h5 37.Bd3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Be6 39.b3 Nd7 40.Nc2 Ne5 41.Be2 Ng6 42.Bd3 Nf4 43.Bh7 Kf6 44.Nd4 Ke5 45.Bc2 Bd7 46.Bb1 Ng2+ 47.Kf2 Nh4 48.Kg3 f5 49.f4+ Kf6 50.fxg5+ Kxg5 51.gxf5 Bxf5 52.Nxf5 Nxf5+ 53.Kf3 d4 54.cxd4 Nxd4+ 55.Ke4 Nb5 56.Kd3 Kf4 57.a4 Nc7 58.Kd4 b6 59.Bc2 Kf3 60.Bd3 Kf2 61.Kc4 Ke3 62.Bf1 d5+ 63.Kc3 Ne6 64.b4 Nd4 65.Ba6 Nf5 0-1

Round 19, April 11
Nihal Sarin – Badelka, Olga
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Nd2 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.Ngf3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Ne7 11.Bh4 Ne4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nec4 Bc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Rfd1 Qd5 17.b3 Qh5 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Rad8 20.Nf1 Nf5 21.Nh2 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qg5 23.g4 Nh6 24.Nd6 Rb8 25.Nxb7 Rxb7 26.Qxe4 Rb8 27.Rd7 Kh8 28.Rxa7 f5 29.gxf5 exf5 30.Qf4 Qd8 31.Nf1 Rc8 32.Qe5 Qg5 33.Re7 Rf8 34.Re8 Rxe8 35.Qxe8+ Ng8 36.a4 h5 37.a5 h4 38.a6 h3 39.Ng3 f4 40.Qh5+ 1-0

Vladimir Kramnik says it's not unrealistic to predict that Praggnanandhaa will play a match for the World Championship some day: "His talent is on the scale of the guys who we all know!"

Congratulations to 15-year-old Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa on winning the #PolgarChallenge with a round to spare! He'll now join the stars in the next @Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event, starting April 24

Anish Giri - Congrats to Prag. Very happy for him. Already for a while, I have fatherly feelings towards him.

Vladimir Kramnik on Praggnanandhaa: "He reminds me so much of the young Vishy!"

Congrats to @rpragchess for dominating the #PolgarChallenge. Great games and wish him the best for Meltwater #ChampionsChessTour

Polgar Challenge Final Standings

1 Praggnanandhaa (K) 15.5
2-5 Abdusattorov (K), Gukesh (P), Sarin (P), Murzin (P) 14
6 Keymer (P) 13.5
7 Liang (P) 12.5
8-9 Yoo (K), Mendonca (K) 12
10 Bjerre (K) 10.6
11-12 Tingjie (K), Jiner (P) 10
13 Salimova (K) 7
14-15 Shuvalova (P), Abdumalik (P) 6.5
16-17 Khadem (P), Mammadzada (P) 5.5
18 Yip (K) 4
19 Badelka (K) 3
20 Saduakassova withdrew

Team Kramnik 88 – Team Polgar 96.5

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This was a most enjoyable tournament to watch. Lots of fighting spirit and few draws. Polgar and Kramnik talked about training young players and what they need in the way of coaching.

It is the one tournament I could recommend that fifteen-year olds and younger could watch and learn from.

Look at the standings list, especially the top ten, they will be dominating chess in the next generation.
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I have no details on the April 24 Meltwater Tournament. Remember the Candidates starts April 19 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

[Hans Jung]

Praggnanandhaa first was deserved but close. Abdusattorov had good winning chances against him in the last round (he needs better technique in simplified positions).
Keymer lost to Yoo in an exciting game which cost him chances for second.
These kids are already great players and not much separated the top seven.