10/20/2014 – In the final round of the World Juniors the world's two youngest grandmasters faced each other in an insanely complicated game, which ended in a draw. Wei Yi, who had been leading the event for many rounds, had to watch his compatriot Lu Shanglei win a nearly perfect game and take the title. Junior Girls World Champion won the title for the second year in a row. Big final report.
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Lu Shanglei and Aleksandra Goryachkina win World Juniors 2014
By Sagar Shah
With a victory in the twelfth round, Aleksandra Goryachkina created a record. She became the second girl after Ketino Kachiani to win the World Junior in consecutive years, after the latter won it in 1989 and 1990. Before the final round she was 10.5/12, which was one and a half point clear of the entire field. She quickly made a draw in her last game and became the World Junior Girls champion with a terrific score of 11.0/13. While the Girls section was completely dominated by the 16-year-old Russian, the open section was filled with tension, drama and excitement. Let's transport ourselves to the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt, Pune to witness the action!
Handshakes all around: let the final round begin!
The top board game was between Wei Yi and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Both were on nine points.
A Google search on Jan Krzysztof Duda, revealed this:
So the two youngest grandmasters of our era (2013-2014) faced each other on the first board of the final round of the World Junior Chess Championship! It couldn't have been more appropriate.
The game was completely crazy. Wei Yi began by playing the 4.Ng5 against the Two Knights Defence. It seemed as if it would all end in a few moves because of the unimaginable complications.
It's not every day that you see such a complex position in an all-important game!
But as is true with all messy games in chess, it petered out to equality. Wei Yi tried his level best to win in that equal endgame. But it was not to be. The game ended in a draw and both the players finished on 9.5/13, and proved that they really are the most talented youngsters in the world by playing such an insanely complicated game.
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The first board of the final round of the World Junior and what do we find? One of the most romantic and crazy openings in chess!1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.Ng5No subtle play today: White goes all out! Wei Yi had played this once, in the Reykjavik Open 2013. So it might not have come as a complete surprise for Duda.d55.exd5Nd4!?A very tricky move. But Wei Yi remained unfazed and kept playing at good speed, which means that he had come well prepared.5...Na5Usually Black goes for this move.6.c3b57.Bf1Of course the knight on d4 cannot move here because then b5 would hang. But in any case both the players have come to this game to create their own threats and not to respond to their opponent's!Nxd58.cxd48.Ne4was the safer way to playQh48...Ne69.Bxb5+Bd710.Bc49.Ng3Nc610.Bxb58...Qxg59.Bxb5+Kd89...Bd710.Bxd7+Kxd711.0-0±gives White a clear advantage.10.Qf3exd411.Bc611.Qxf7Bd6-+gives Black a winning position because the black pieces are just so active.11...Nf411...Nb4looked like another possibility.12.Bxa8Nc2+13.Kd113.Kf1Nxa113...Bg413...Nxa114.d3Qc515.Na3±14.Kxc2Bxf315.Bxf3gives White a small advantage.12.0-012.Bxa8?Taking the rook is not so good.Bg413.Qc6Nd3+14.Kf1Bd6Black has a very dangerous initiative.12.g3was what has happened before.Qc513.Nc3!Nd3+!14.Qxd3Qxc615.Qxd4+Bd6=12...Bg4!13.Re113.Bxa8Bxf314.Bxf3Bd6-+White has not enough compensation for a queen over here.13...Bd614.Qe4!Once again threatening a mate on e8.14.Bxa8?Bxf315.Bxf3Nd3-+14...Bd7!15.d315.Bxd7Kxd7-+and with the rook coming to e8 Black is just winning.15...Bxc616.Qxc6Qd5!It was necessary for Black to exchange queens, as his king is just too weak on d8. Once the queens are exchanged the king that was weak in the center, now becomes a strength.17.Qxd5Nxd5If someone is better in this position, then it has to be Black. But White's disadvantage is not so significant and hence he can hold on.18.Nd2Looking to plonk the knight onto the weakened c4 square.Kd719.Nc4Rhe820.Bd2c521.Kf1Rac822.g3Nb623.Nxd623.Rac1looked much more preferable, but the position is nothing more than equal.23...Kxd624.Rxe8Rxe825.Rc1Kd5Black has a small edge thanks to his centralized king, but the problem is that he cannot do much damange and hence the game will be drawn pretty soon.26.b3Re627.f4f528.Kf2Rh629.Kg2Re630.Kf3Rh631.Kg2Re632.Kf3Rh633.Rh1At this point Lu Shanglei was already winning his game. That meant that Wei Yi had to continue if he wanted to win the title. But there is absolutely no chance to play for a win in the position. It's just dead equal.Nd734.h3Nb835.Re1Nc636.Kg2Re637.Rxe6Kxe638.a3h539.Kf3g640.Ke2Kd541.Kd1Ne742.Ke2Ke643.b4cxb444.Bxb4Nc645.Bf8Kd546.Kd2a547.a4Nd848.Be7Ne649.Kc2Nc550.Bd8Nxa451.Bxa5Nc552.Bb4Ne653.Be7Kc654.Kb3Kb555.Bf6Nc5+56.Kc2Ne657.Kb3Nc5+A crazy opening, that led to great excitement. But as is always the case with such sharp openings, they more often than not peter out to equality if both sides play accurately. More than anything the players must be commended for their brave opening choice in such an important game.½–½
Vladimir Fedoseev with the black pieces played the fashionable modern line in the Bogo Indian. He equalised after the opening but slowly started to go wrong. At some point Kamil held quite a tangible advantage. But a few inaccuracies by the white player meant that Fedoseev could hold on to a draw and move to 9.5/13.
The second board battle between GM Kamil Dragun (8.5) and GM Vladimir Fedoseev (9.0)
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3Bb4+4.Bd2Qe75.g3Bxd2+The modern treatment of the Bogo Indian main line.5...Nc6used to be played a lot here, but lately people have realized that6.Nc3is a dangerous move.6.Qxd2 Taking with the queen is the most logical in order to keep the option open for the knight to develop on c3.Nc67.Nc3d58.cxd58.Bg2is the other option, but Black seems to be doing fine afterdxc49.Ne50-010.Nxc6bxc611.Bxc6Rb8=8...exd59.Bg20-010.0-0Rd810...Bg4is the other main option in this position.11.Rfe1This is a novelty but a pretty natural move.Bf512.Qf4Be4Black has equalised easily in the opening but we still have a fighting game ahead.13.Rac1a6?!This move was completely unnecessary. It weakens the queenside and allows the knight to plonk itself on c5.13...h6was much better.14.a3h615.Na4Rd6!?Defending the c6 knight and preparing to kick the white knight with b6 when it comes to c5.16.Nc5b616...Nd817.Qe317.Nd317.Nb7Re618.Bh3Nh519.Qd219.Qg4Bxf320.Qxf3Nxd419...Rf6=17...Nd818.b4a519.Qd2Ne620.b5!This move fixes the weakness on c6 and also renders c7 a backward pawn. Black slowly drifts into an inferior position.Rdd821.Qc3Qe822.a4Bh723.Bh323.Nfe5looks equally strong.Ne424.Qb2Rac825.Nc6Rd626.f3Nf627.e4±and White has a crushing advantage.23...Ne424.Qc624.Qb2 looks stronger. The idea is to of course take on e6 and then on c7.Rac825.Nfe5and once again the idea is f3 followed by a later e4.24...N4g525.Nxg5Nxg526.Qxe8+26.Bg2was stronger.Bxd327.exd3Qxc628.Rxc6Ne629.Re5Nxd430.Rxc7and Black's defensive task is really difficult.26...Rxe827.Bg2?!27.Bd7!Re727...Bxd328.Bxe8Rxe829.h4!±28.Bc628.Rxc7?Bxd3-+28...Rd829.Nf4±White has a lot of pressure.27...Bxd3!28.exd3Rxe1+29.Rxe1Rd8Now the position is too static for White to create many threats. His c7 and d5 are the two weakness which can be easily defended. And as the pawns are on d3 and d4, White has no meaningful breaks in the position.30.Rc1Rd731.Rc6Kf831...Ne632.Bh3Rd633.Rxd6cxd634.Bxe6fxe6=would have been an immediate draw. But the lust for a gold medal often makes people to go for objectively dubious decisions.32.f4Nh733.Kf2Ke834.g4Nf635.Bf335.g5hxg536.fxg5Nh5=35...Ng836.g5hxg537.Bg4Rd638.Rxd638.Rxc7Nf639.Bf3gxf4=38...cxd639.fxg5Kf840.Kg3=The white king has no entry points and bishop has no pawns to attack. A draw looks like a logical result of the game.½–½
Lu Shanglei is a fighter, and you know it when he went for the Dutch Defense against Indjic's 1.d4 in the final round. White had a pretty safe position after the opening, but it required only one error by Indjic to hand over the initiative to Lu Shanglei. The Chinese youngster made no mistake after that. With a flurry of power packed moves he finished off his opponent in style – a perfect way to crown his journey in the World Juniors.
All eyes on the third board encounter between Alexander Indjic (8.5) and Lu Shanglei (9.0)
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1.d4f5!?What a brave choice by Lu Shanglei! Playing the Dutch shows that he is going for a win at all costs.2.Nc3!?Trying for a sharp and double edged battle.Nf63.Bg5d5!?4.e3g65.h4Bg76.h5Be66...Nxh57.Rxh5gxh58.Qxh5+Kf89.Nf37.h6Bf8Black is being pushed back and White has a very comfortable and in fact a good advantage8.f4?!Completely unnecssary8.Nf3Nbd79.Be2Bf710.Bf4±White has excellent control over the e5 square.8...Bf79.Nf3e610.Ne2Be711.Nc1Ng4?!11...Ne4looked much more normal.12.Bxe7Qxe713.Nd3Nc6=13...c514.Nxc5Nxc515.dxc5Qxc516.Qd4±12.Qd20-013.Bxe7Qxe714.Nd3Nd715.Nf215.Be2was a simple developing move.15...Ndf616.c3c517.Nxg4Ne418.Qc2?This is a horrible mistake. But what I didn't understand was why White let Black take on g4 and alter the pawn structure in his favour.18.Nf6+!That is the move that would have given Black absolutely no advantage in the position as the pawn structure would remain symmetrical.Qxf619.Qc2=18.Qd1was also a fine move.fxg419.Ne5cxd4?20.Qxd4!±18...fxg419.Ne5cxd4It is an interesting question: what exactly did White miss in this position? Was it Qb4+ after cxd4 or Be8 after exd4? Your guess is as good as mine.20.exd420.cxd4Qb4+-+is simply winning.20...Be8!a nice move by Lu Shanglei. Not only does it attack the f4 pawn but also makes the bishop more active on the e8-a4 diagonal.21.Qc121.Nd3Bb5 would already make the f4 pawn difficult to defend.21.0-0-0Rxf421...Ng322.Rh222.Rg1Qh4-+22...g5!If you watch carefully, ever since the Lu Shanglei got the initiative he keeps making active moves in order to increase his advantage. Every move made by him is a threat, and soon the opponent collapses.23.Bd323.Nxg4Rxf423...Rxf4The game is effectively over.24.Qd224.Qe3is met by a cute trickNf1!25.Bxf1Re4-+24...Ba4!A strong move which not only prevents White from 0-0-0 but also clears the way for the rook on a8 to join in the party.25.b325.--Qf625...Raf826.Qe326.bxa4Rf1+27.Bxf1Rxf1#26.0-0-0Rf2-+26...Nf127.Qg127.Bxf1Rxf1+-+27...Nxh228.Qxh2Qc7!Not relaxing right until the end.29.Kd2Rf2+30.Be2Rxe2+31.Kxe2Qxc3A fantastic game by Lu Shanglei. What was particularly impressive was that once he held the initiative he never let it go.0–1
With this win, Lu Shanglei moved to 10.0/13. The top two boards later drew and no one could reach him! Thus Lu Shanglei was crowned the 53rd World Junior Champion!
Lu Shanglei is surely the deserving winner. He was unbeaten with seven wins and six draws. He played nine GMs in the events, and four of them were above 2600. His rating performance was a massive 2726, and he gained 33 Elo points from the event! A fantastic show by the youngster.
Disasppointed at not winning the gold: Wei Yi after his draw in the last round
Wei Yi played excellently in the entire tournament and was the sole leader after the eleventh round. But a loss to Fedoseev in the 12th was the turning point, and a silver is what Wei Yi had to settle for.
Aleksandra Goryachkina (left) made a draw in the final round with Anna Iwanow in the
final round to finish with 11.0/13 and win the gold medal by a mind boggling 1.5 margin
Blindfold chess? Back to back World Junior championships to her name is no mean achievement!
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (above left) won a fine game against Srija Seshadri to end with 9.5/13 and a silver medal. We remind our readers that ChessBase drew attention to this young lady five years ago:
In 2009 Sarasadat became the U-12 Asian Champion at the age of eleven!
Ann Chumpitaz (left) drew with Sarvinoz Kurbonoeva and won the bronze medal with 9.5/13.
Chumpitaz (2201) gained 65 Elo from the tournament, which is extremely impressive.
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony of the 53rd World Junior Chess Championships were held in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt at 7 p.m. on 19th October 2014.
Pratibha Patil was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. She was the President
of India from 2007 to 2012 and also the first woman in the country to hold that post.
Dignitaries on the dais (from left to right): Vice chairman of the organizing committee Siddharth Mayur, FIDE Vide President D.V. Sundar, chairman of the organizing committee Aniruddha Deshpande, AICF President Venketrama Raja, ex-President of India Pratibha Patil, MCA President Ashok Jain, CEO of AICF Bharat Singh Chauhan, AICF secretary V. Hariharan, AICF Treasurer Ravindra Dongre.
Unique knight shaped trophies with colours of the Indian flag for the winners
The top three winners in the open section: Gold for Lu Shanglei (center),
Silver for Wei Yi (left) and Bronze for Vladimir Fedoseev (right)
For his efforts, Lu Shanglei received a cheque of Rupees 150,000
(approx $2500) and also a direct entry into the next FIDE World Cup
Sarasadat Khadelmalsharieh: Silver, Aleksandra Goryachkina: Gold, Ann Chumpitaz: Bronze
A cheque of Rupees 150,000 ($2500) and an entry into the next world cup for Aleksandra.
Second and third place in both the sections received Rupees 100,000 and 50,000 respectively.
The two winners, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Lu Shanglei with the ex-president of India
China's coach Li Wenliang has added another feather to his cap. After being the trainer of the Chinese team which won a gold medal at the Tromso Olympiad 2014, he now can now boast of being the trainer for both the gold and silver medallists at the World Juniors.
An elated Farrukh Amonatov, who was the coach of the Russian team, poses with his students!
The Poles, who performed excellently in this tournament:
sixth placed Kamil Dragun and fourth placed Jan-Krzysztof Duda
GM Vidit Gujarathi, who finished fifth, received the prize of the best Indian player
Padmini Rout with her proud parents. She missed the podium but finished fourth and
was the best Indian player in the girls section.
Shardul Gagare and Rucha Pujari won the prize of the best players from Maharashtra
The team of commentators were acknowledged for their wonderful live commentary for 13 days
Reporter Sagar Shah and photographer Amruta Mokal
with some random dude from China!
The World Junior Chess Championships 2014 have come to an end. It wasn't just a chess tournament, it was a cornucopia of young and bright minds from all over the globe. The players were youthful, stylish and colourful, which made this tournament a beautiful cultural festival celebrating the game of chess! With all eagerness we wait for the World Juniors 2015 to come soon!
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