Watching IM Mishra on road to youngest GM

[Hans Jung]

Just finished watching IM Mishra beat a GM. IM Mishra is 12 years old and has 3 and a half months to beat Sergei Karjakhins record as world youngest GM. He is currently playing tournaments in Europe one after the other to do so. In this current tournament in Hungary he lost in the second round to the tournament leader but the game was a nice try. What I like about watching him is his opening choices and sharp positional play. In this game he had to grind an experienced GM (not easy to do). I really like how he played that endgame but imo the GM snapped with Rxd6 (although it was the computers number one choice of move) https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...u-Varga_Zoltan

[Hans Jung]

https://en.chessbase.com/post/second...or-abhimanyu-2 Heres what he's done so far (two GM norms) and about 30 Fide points south of 2500.

[Hugh Brodie]

Unfortunately - those "First Saturday" tournaments in Budapest have gotten a reputation as being "norm machines".

Michael Yip (a resident of Budapest for some years) wrote on Chesstalk on March 18, 2019

"Somewhat ironically First Saturday was the main reason I chose to move to Budapest around 10 years ago. I was somewhat naive when I arrived but slowly I have realized some of what goes on. I have not bothered even to watch any FS tournament as it just is not worth even making a minimal effort to. These RRs offer what amount to paper norms, the absolute minimum an organizer can get away with without breaking any FIDE rules. The IM and GM titles are severely devalued and I don't really care what title someone has here as active Hungarian players are well established in the Team Ch and it is clear who is strong and who is not. The chess culture is different here(Hungary). I cannot explain every part of it as I do not speak Hungarian(still!) and so do not grasp the chess politics here. When Hungarian players get titles IM/GM there is no big fanfare, it is just normal for a talented hard working player to make upward progress until something stops them. My team produced a new GM (Mihok,Olivier) a while ago, it was barely news. It was routine. In all the time I have lived here, not one Hungarian player or organizer(Non-FS) has ever recommended that I play in FS events. It is not a part of normal Hungarian chess life. It is tourist chess, real Hungarian chess is the Team Ch and the many leagues."

[Michael Yip]

This May RR tournament? I noticed because there was a Chessbase article on the young man. It is not news here. No-one has mentioned it to me here, I would assume because they just do not care. Now that I know of it, I know I don't care either. This is an insult to the GM title and its holders. Two GMs do not meet the requirement for the IM title(2400). It is a blatant example of a paper norm. I am shocked that the rules have not been changed to ensure the integrity of the title. I played GMs Kantor Gergely and Adam Kozak when they were kids in 1600-1700s and I am happy to say I beat them once when they were pre-GMs. Now I am still working on regaining the 2000 level. I am sitting at 1998 so I need to work very hard for the next two points

[Hans Jung]

https://en.chessbase.com/post/abhima...from-the-title At the bottom of the article are best wishes from 12 of the best known chess personalities in the tournament world.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...-Aczel_Gergely This might be the tournament where he gets the title. Im very impressed with his play. Just look at this game!

[Sam Sharpe]

^^^
Didn't he lose that game?

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...nyu-Issa_Rafat This is the game I was referring to in the previous post. Sorry about the confusion. I posted the wrong game and wrong result.

[Wayne Komer]

Watching IM Mishra on road to youngest GM


June 7, 2021

All of Mishra’s games from Vezerkepzo GM. Played at the Hotel Berlin in Budapest, Hungary with a 90 min + 30 sec increment

Round 1, April 24
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Pacher, Milan
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 d5 9.cxd5 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 exd5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Kg2 f5 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.Qc2 Na6 15.Ne2 c5 16.h4 Nc7 17.Nf4 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Bf4 h6 20.h5 Rac8 21.Qe2 c4 22.Nd2 b5 23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Nb1 Rb8 25.f3 Nd6 26.a4 Nb7 27.Nc3 Na5 28.Rb1 a6 29.Be3 Rb3 30.Qc2 Rfb8 31.Ne2 Qb6 32.Nc3 Qd8 33.Qxf5 Rxc3 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Bd2 Qb2 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qc8+ Bd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7 39.Rd1 Rc2 40.Qxa5 c3 41.Qxa6 Rxd2+ 42.Kh3 Qc2 43.Qg6+ Qxg6 44.hxg6+ Kxg6 45.Rc1 c2 46.g4 Kf7 47.a5 Ke6 48.a6 Rxd4 49.Rxc2 Ra4 50.Rc7 Kxe5 51.Rxg7 Rxa6 52.g5 Kf4 53.gxh6 Rxh6+ 54.Kg2 d4 55.Re7 Rd6 56.Kf2 d3 57.Re4+ Kf5 58.Ke1 d2+ 59.Kd1 Rd3 1/2-1/2

Round 2, April 25
Gaal, Zsoka – Mishra, Abhimanyu
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 c6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Na3 b5 7.O-O Nf6 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Be6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Qxc6 Qxd4 14.Rb1 a6 15.Qxa8 Rxa8 16.Bxa8 Qa4 17.Bc6 Bd5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Rb3 Nc3 20.Be3 b4 21.Nb1 a5 22.Nxc3 Bxc3 23.Rd1 Qxa2 24.Rbb1 a4 25.Bc5 b3 26.Bxe7 Kg7 27.Kg2 b2 28.e3 a3 29.g4 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 a2 31.Rd1 b1=Q 32.Rxb1 axb1=Q 0-1

Round 3, April 26
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Krstulovic, Alex
D10 QGD, Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxb7 Bd7 8.Qb3 Rb8 9.Qd1 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bd6 14.h3 O-O 15.O-O Rfd8 16.Qe2 Bh2+ 17.Kh1 Be5 18.Rd1 Bc6 19.a4 Ne4 20.Nb5 Qe7 21.Kg1 h6 22.Bd2 Bxb2 23.Ba5 Bxa1 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxa1 Qb4 26.Nd4 Bxa4 27.Qa6 Bd7 28.Qxa7 Qd6 29.Ra6 Qe5 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Ra5 Qd6 32.Qc5 Qf6 33.Qc7 Be6 34.Ra6 Kh7 35.Qb6 Rf8 36.Qc6 Qg6 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Ra4 Qf5 39.Qxe4 Qxe4 40.Rxe4 Re8 41.f4 Kg6 42.Re5 Kf6 43.Kf2 g5 44.Kf3 Ra8 45.Rb5 Ra3 46.Kg4 Ra2 47.fxg5+ hxg5 48.g3 Ra4+ 49.Kh5 Ra8 50.Rxg5 Rh8+ 51.Kg4 Rxh3 52.Rh5 Rxh5 53.Kxh5 Kf7 1-0

Round 4, April 27
Southardo Basak – Mishra, Abhimanyu
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Re1 Rfd8 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Nf1 Rb8 16.Na4 Qxa5 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Nb6 Qxa1 19.Qxa1 Rxa7 20.Qa5 Nxb6 21.Qxb6 Rda8 22.Ne3 Nd7 23.Qc7 b5 24.Qc6 Rb8 25.Bg4 Rb6 26.Qc8 Rb8 27.Qc6 Rb6 28.Qc8 Rb8 29.Qc6 1/2-1/2

Round 5, April 27
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Nagy, Gabor
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.a4 Bd6 8.Nd2 e5 9.Nxc4 Bc7 10.b3 O-O 11.Ba3 Re8 12.O-O exd4 13.Qxd4 Nb6 14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6 Be6 16.a5 Nbd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bc5 Nd7 19.Bd6 Re4 20.Qc3 Qg5 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.a6 Qe7 25.Rfc1 h6 26.h3 c5 27.axb7 Qxb7 28.Ra5 Rg5 29.g3 Rc8 30.Qc4 Qd7 31.h4 Rg4 32.Qc2 g5 33.h5 Rb4 34.Rxc5 Rxc5 35.Qxc5 Rxb3 36.Qe5 Rb5 37.Qf6 Rb6 38.Qe5 Rb5 39.Qf6 Rb6 40.Qe5 1/2-1/2

Round 6, April 28
Plat, Vojtech – Mishra, Abhimanyu
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Nc5 8.Bf3 e5 9.Nb3 Be6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rad8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bg4 Rd4 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qg4 Qc6 19.Re1 b5 20.Re3 b4 21.Ne2 Rd2 22.Rc1 c4 23.Rf3 h5 24.Qxh5 Qxe4 25.Ng3 Qd5 26.Qg6 e4 27.Qxe4 Bxb2 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qf4+ Kg8 30.Rf1 Be5 31.Qg4 Bd4 32.Qg6 Qe5 33.Ne4 Re2 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Nf6+ gxf6 36.Qf7+ Kh8 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf7+ Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh5 40.Qh8+ Kg5 41.Qg7+ Kf4 42.Qg3+ Kf5 43.Qg8 Bxf2+ 44.Rxf2+ Rxf2 45.Kxf2 Qf4+ 46.Ke2 Qg4+ 47.Qxg4+ Kxg4 48.Ke3 e5 49.Ke4 a5 50.Kd5 c3 51.Ke4 a4 52.Kd3 e4+ 53.Ke3 f5 54.Kd4 b3 55.axb3 a3 0-1

Round 7, April 29
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Danada, Tomas
D30 Queen’s Gambit declined

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Bg5 f6 5.Bd2 dxc4 6.a4 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Bxc4 Nxd4 10.O-O Bc5 11.Be3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Qd6 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Rfd1 Qc6 16.Ba2 O-O 17.Rac1 Qe8 18.Bxe6+ Bxe6 19.Qxe6+ Qf7 20.Qb6 Nc6 21.Ne4 Rab8 22.Nc5 Rfe8 23.Nxa6 bxa6 24.Qxc6 Qe6 25.Qxe6+ Rxe6 26.Rc7 Re4 27.h3 Rxa4 28.Rdd7 g5 29.Rg7+ Kh8 30.Rxh7+ Kg8 31.Rcg7+ Kf8 32.Rxg5 Rxb2 33.Rc5 Kg8 34.Ra7 Rb8 35.Rc6 Rf8 36.Rcxa6 Rxa6 37.Rxa6 Kg7 38.g4 Rb8 39.Kg2 Rb3 40.f3 Kg6 41.Kg3 Kg7 42.Ra5 Kg6 43.h4 Rb1 44.Ra6 Kg7 45.g5 Rg1+ 46.Kh2 1-0

Round 8, April 29
Bodi, Tibor – Mishra, Abhimanyu
A03 Bird’s Opening

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 b5 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Bd6 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 b4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.a3 a5 13.axb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Qa1 Bb7 16.Ne5 Bf8 17.Qa7 Qc7 18.Qa1 Ra8 19.Qb1 Bd6 20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.d3 c4 22.bxc4 dxc4 23.e4 Nc5 24.Bd4 Na4 25.Kh2 Bc5 26.Be5 Qd7 27.Rd1 c3 28.d4 Bf8 29.d5 Nb2 30.Re1 exd5 31.f5 dxe4 32.f6 g6 33.Bf4 Ra6 34.Qc1 Rxf6 35.Be5 Rf2 36.Qe3 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Qd2 38.Kf2 Nd1+ 39.Rxd1 Qxd1 40.Qb6 Qh1 41.Qf6 Qf3+ 42.Qxf3 exf3 43.Nd4 Bc5 44.Ke1 Be4 45.Nb3 Be3 46.Na1 f2+ 0-1

Round 9, April 30
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Persanyi, Barnabas
E16 Queen’s Indian, Yates variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Qf4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Qe3 Rac8 14.Rac1 Ba8 15.Nh4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 g6 17.Nf3 e5 1/2-1/2

First Saturday June GM
Budapest, Hungary
Round 1, June 5
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Issa, Rafat
E92 King’s Indian, Gligoric-Taimanov System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 Nbd7 11.O-O Nh5 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Rad1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Ng4 16.Bxg4 fxg4 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.f5 Re5 20.Qg5 Rae8 21.Qxh5 Rxe4 22.Ne6 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Qc8 24.Qxg4 Bxe6 25.Bd4 Qc7 26.fxe6 Kh8 27.e7 Be5 28.c5 Qxe7 29.cxd6 Qf6 30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Qe4 Qd8 1-0

Round 2, June 6
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Aczel, Gergely
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.Nd2 c6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxf6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.O-O b5 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Qb4 Rfc8 17.Nb3 h6 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.Qxc5 Be4 20.Rfc1 Re8 21.Bf1 Kh7 22.Qb6 Qg6 23.Qc7 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Re6 25.Qg3 Qh5 26.f4 Rg6 27.Qf2 Qg4 28.Re1 Qd7 29.Qd2 Kg8 30.Ra1 Qf5 31.Qf2 Qg4 32.Re1 h5 33.Qe2 Bf3 34.Qf2 h4 35.Ra1 Bxg2 36.Bxg2 h3 37.Qg3 Qh5 38.Bf1 Rxg3+ 39.hxg3 Qf3 40.Kh2 Qxe3 41.Bxh3 Qd2+ 42.Bg2 Qxc3 43.Ra8+ Kh7 44.Rc8 b4 45.Rc7 f5 46.Bh3 Qc2+ 47.Kg1 b3 48.Rf7 b2 49.Bxf5+ Qxf5 50.Rxf5 b1=Q+ 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Thanks for posting those games Wayne. Adds clarity.

[Wayne Komer]

Watching IM Mishra on road to youngest GM

June 12, 2021

First Saturday June
Round 3, June 7
Pacher, Milan – Mishra, Abhimanyu
A16 English, Anglo-Grunfeld Defence

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Be3 e5 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.Ke2 Bc5 11.h4 Bxe3 12.Kxe3 h5 13.g3 Ke7 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.Bb3 a5 16.Nc4 Nxc4+ 17.Bxc4 Be6 18.Bxe6 Kxe6 19.f4 Rad8 20.Rad1 c6 21.Rhf1 Ke7 22.a4 b6 23.b4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Ra8 25.Rb1 b5 26.axb5 cxb5 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.Kd3 Kd6 29.Rf1 Ra3 30.fxe5+ Kxe5 31.Rb1 Ra5 32.Rb4 Ke6 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.Rd4 Ke6 35.Rd5 Ra3 36.Kd4 Rb3 37.e5 fxe5+ 38.Rxe5+ Kf6 39.Rg5 Rb1 40.Kd3 Rb2 41.g4 hxg4 42.Rxg4 Rh2 43.Kd4 Kf5 44.Rg5+ Kf6 45.Rg4 Kf5 46.Rg5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

Round 4, June 8
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Velten, Paul
D24 QGA

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qc1 Nb4 12.Nc3 a5 13.Rd1 Ba6 14.a3 N4d5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qc2 Rab8 17.Bg5 Qd8 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nd2 Rfd8 20.Ne4 Bb7 21.Nc5 Bd5 22.Rac1 h6 23.Qc3 Ra8 24.Qe3 Rab8 25.Rd2 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Rc3 f5 28.h3 Kh7 29.f3 g6 30.Kf2 c6 31.g3 Kg7 32.Bf1 Rh8 33.Bg2 1/2-1/2

Round 5, June 9
Bharath Subramaniyam, H – Mishra, Abhimanyu
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 b5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Ra7 12.Be3 Rb7 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.f4 O-O 15.Qd2 b4 16.f5 Rc7 17.Kb1 Bb7 18.g4 Qa8 19.g5 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Bf8 21.Qd3 Rc4 22.Rhf1 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qd2 h4 25.f6 g6 26.Ng1 d5 27.Bf2 d4 28.Qe2 Qc6 29.Rfe1 Bd6 30.Red1 a5 31.Nf3 a4 32.Be1 b3 33.c3 bxa2+ 34.Ka1 Rc5 35.Nxh4 a3 36.b3 Nb6 37.Qc2 Nd5 38.Qe4 Nxc3 39.Qxc6 R8xc6 40.Rd3 Ne4 41.Rxc5 Nxc5 42.Rd1 Nxb3+ 43.Kxa2 Nc1+ 44.Ka1 Rc2 45.Kb1 d3 46.Rxd3 Nxd3 47.Kxc2 Nxe1+ 48.Kb3 Bc5 0-1

Round 6, June 11
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Gaal, Zsoka
D38 QGD, Ragozin

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.Nd2 c6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Qb3 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Bf4 Qe6 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.O-O Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Qb4 b6 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Bxd6 Re6 19.Bg3 c5 20.Ba6 c4 21.Rfc1 Nf6 22.a4 Bd3 23.Ra3 Ne4 24.Bb7 Rd8 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd3 Rc6 27.f3 f5 28.Kf1 Nxg3+ 29.hxg3 b5 30.Rdc3 a6 31.b3 f4 32.gxf4 Rh5 33.axb5 cxb3 34.bxc6 b2 35.Ke2 1-0

Round 7, June 12
Shahil Day – Mishra, Abhimanyu
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Rb8 9.a4 a6 10.Qd2 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 e5 14.h3 b4 15.Nd1 Kh8 16.Qd2 Nd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.c3 Be6 19.cxd4 exd4 20.f4 Nd7 21.f5 Bb3 22.Nf2 Ne5 23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.hxg4 Qf6 25.fxg6 Qxg6 26.Rf4 Qg7 27.Rc1 Be6 28.Rc6 Qe5 29.Bf3 b3 30.Bd1 Rfc8 31.Rxc8+ Rxc8 32.Kh2 Qc5 33.Rf1 Rg8 34.Qf4 Rg6 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Qf2 Qe5 37.Be2 Qc5 38.Bd1 h6 39.Rh1 Kg7 40.Rf1 Kf8 41.Qd2 Ke7 42.Rh1 Qg5 43.Qxg5+ Rxg5 44.Rh5 Rc5 45.Rxc5 dxc5 46.Kf3 Kd6 47.Kf4 Kc6 48.g5 hxg5+ 49.Kxg5 Kb5 50.Be2 c4 51.dxc4+ Bxc4 52.Bd1 Be6 53.Be2+ Bc4 54.Bd1 Kb4 55.Kf4 Bf1 56.Bh5 f6 57.e5 fxe5+ 58.Kxe5 d3 59.Kd4 Be2 60.Ke3 Bxh5 61.Kxd3 Kc5 62.Kd2 Kd4 63.g4 Bxg4 64.Kc1 Bf5 65.Kd2 Bg6 66.Kc1 Ke3 67.Kd1 Kd3 68.Kc1 Bh5 69.Kb1 Kd2 70.Ka1 Bg6 1/2-1/2

Standings after Round Seven

1 Aczel 6.5
2-4 Mishra, Pacher, Shahil 4.5
5 Velten 4
6 Bharath 3.5
7-8 Manish, Souhardo 3
9 Issa 1
10 Gaal 0.5

12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra can no longer set a record as the youngest grandmaster ever this tournament after a draw today, but he still has plenty of time to try again

[Hans Jung]

I enjoyed round 5, especially the intense pawn play on both sides.

[Wayne Komer]

Watching IM Mishra on road to youngest GM

June 14, 2021

Rounds 8 and 9

Round 8, June 13
Mishra, Abhimanyu - Manish Anto Cristiano F
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Bd3 Re8 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Rc1 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Be2 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Be5 17.Na4 Qd6 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Qd2 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qd7 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Nc3 f5 25.Nb5 Rd7 26.Rc1 Ba6 27.Nd4 f4 28.h4 g6 29.g3 fxe3 30.fxe3 Kf7 31.g4 Ke7 32.Nc6+ Ke6 33.Nb8 Rd3 34.Nxa6 Rxe3 35.Rc7 Rf3 36.Nb4 e3 37.Nc2 Kd6 38.Rc3 Rg3+ 39.Kh2 Rxg4 40.Kh3 Rg1 41.Nxe3 g5 42.h5 Ke5 43.Rc7 Ke4 44.Ng4 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Rb1 46.Nf2+ Kf5 47.Rf7+ Ke6 48.Rxh7 a5 49.Rg7 Kf5 50.h6 1-0

Round 9, June 14
Douhardo Basak – Mishra, Abhimanyu

Evidently neither player felt like playing the last round and so there was a double forfeit.

Final Standings

1 Aczel 8
2 Shahil 6
3 Mishra 5.5
4 Velten 5
5-6 Bharath, Pacher 4.5
7 Souhardo 4
8 Manish 3
9 Gaal 2.5
10 Issa 1

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Subramaniyam_H A very nice game (breaking down the queenside, controlling the C-file, dominant knight, shifting the attack to the king, and finally trapping and forking blacks two remaining pieces) Im impressed!

[Wayne Komer]

Watching IM Mishra on road to youngest GM

June 27, 2021

Vezerkepzo GM Mix 2021
Budapest, Fortuna u. 4. St. George Residence
Round 1, June 24
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Juhasz, Agoston
D97 Grunfeld, Russian, Alekhine variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Be3 e6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rad1 Nxc5 15.Qa3 Ncd7 16.Qe7 Rc8 17.Ne4 Qd8 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Bg5 Rf8 20.Nd6 Bd5 21.Be7 Nc6 22.Bxf8 Nxf8 23.Ng5 Nxe5 24.f4 Nc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Ngxf7 Bxb2 27.Ne5 c3 28.Ndc4 Rb8 29.Rf2 Be4 30.Nd3 Bxd3 31.Rxd3 Rc8 32.Ne3 Rc5 33.Rc2 e5 34.Rd5 Ne6 35.Rxc5 Nxc5 36.Nd1 Nd3 37.Nxc3 exf4 38.Rd2 Bxc3 39.Rxd3 Bb4 40.Kf1 g5 41.Rd7 a5 42.Ke2 g4 43.Rd4 f3+ 44.gxf3 gxf3+ 45.Kxf3 1-0

Round 2, June 25
Ilincic, Zlatko – Mishra, Abhimanyu
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.a4 O-O 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Nc4 Be7 12.e4 Ba6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nf4 16.Qe4 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Nc5 20.Qc4 Rc8 21.Rd1 Qc7 22.f4 Rfd8 23.Rd2 Nd3 24.Qxd3 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Kg1 Qd3 28.Kf2 a5 29.Kf3 Bc5 30.h4 h5 31.g3 Kh7 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.Kf3 f6 34.exf6 gxf6 35.b4 axb4 36.a5 Bd4 37.Ra4 Bxe3 0-1

Round 3, June 26
Souhardo Basak – Mishra, Abhimanyu
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Qxc5 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.a5 Qc7 11.Nb3 Nc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Be4 Qc7 18.g3 h6 19.Bd2 Rac8 20.Ra4 Nf6 21.Bc3 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Rfd8 23.Rg4 e5 24.Rd1 f6 25.Rd5 Bf8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qc4+ Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.Rc4 Bd6 30.Kf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 h5 32.Bb4 g5 1/2-1/2

Round 4, June 27
Mishra, Abhimanyu – Shahil Dey
D23 QGA Neo-Mannheim

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Nc4 Qa6 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Bd6 Be4 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Nd6 Bd5 16.Qc2 Nc8 17.Ng5 Nf6 18.Nde4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 g6 21.e3 h6 22.Nf3 Qb5 23.Ne5 Ne7 24.Qf4 Nf5 25.a4 Qa5 26.g4 g5 27.Qf3 Nh4 28.Qf6 Qd5 29.f3 Kh7 30.Nxf7 Ng6 31.e4 Qb3 32.f4 Qe3+ 33.Rf2 gxf4 34.Ra3 Qe1+ 35.Rf1 Qh4 36.Qxh4 Nxh4 37.Rxf4 Kg7 38.g5 hxg5 39.Nxg5 Rxf4 40.Nxe6+ Kf6 41.Nxf4 Kg5 42.Ne2 Re8 43.Rg3+ Kf6 44.Rg4 Nf3+ 45.Kf2 Nd2 46.e5+ Ke6 47.Ke3 Nc4+ 48.Ke4 Nd2+ 49.Kd3 Nf3 50.Rg7 c5 51.Nf4+ Kf5 52.Rf7+ Kg4 53.Nd5 1-0

Round 5, June 27
Gaal, Zsoka – Mishra, Abhimanyu
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.axb3 Be6 13.b4 a6 14.Na4 Nd5 15.Bd2 Bg4 16.e3 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Bf3 22.Nc5 Rfc8 23.Nxb7 d4 24.Nc5 dxc3 25.Nb3 Rab8 26.Nd4 Be4 27.Rfc1 Rxb4 28.Rxa6 Rb1 29.Ra1 c2 30.Ne2 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Bf3 32.Nc1 Rd8 0-1

Standings after Round Five

1 Mishra 4.5
2-3 Souhardo, Shahil 3.5
4-6 Nagy, Pacher, Junasz 3
7-13 Gaal, Mendonca, Czebe, Manish, Varga, Leszko, Murphy 2.5
14-15 Egresi, Ilincic 2
16 Reviczki 1.5
17 Royal 1
18 Lyell 0.5

Time control is 90min/40 moves + 30 min/end + 30 sec increment per move starting from move 1

12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra's latest attempt to break Sergey Karjakin's youngest GM record has started very well! (this time it's a Swiss, so getting the final GM norm is a little more complicated)

Two wins today! Abhimanyu Mishra is on a 4.5/5 score, and if he gets to 7/9, he'll become the youngest GM of all time. Exact odds still depend on pairings, but he probably has around a 60% chance now of pulling it off during this current event.