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Rounds six and seven: A leader emerges!
By Sagar Shah
After extremely grim and intense fights for seven rounds we finally have
a sole leader in the open section. Jorge Cori (2612) of Peru leads with
a score of 6.o/7. In the girls section, no one really is able to run away
with wins on a trot. As a result we have five leaders with 5.5/7. They are:
WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2430), FM DariaPustovoitova (2354), WGM Padmini
Rout (2331), Anna Iwanow (2279) and WIM Ann Chumpitaz (2201). So let's have
some action!
The World Junior tournament in Pune has surely
enhanced the interest of chess
aficionados in the game. The top boards are attracting a lot of spectators.
First board clash between GM Jorge Cori and
GM Mikhail Antipov in round seven
Jorge Cori's opponents have to be careful about one thing: not to go into
an endgame! The Peruvian talent is so good with a few pieces on the board
that he invariably converts even the tiniest of edges. In his seventh round
game, GM Mikhail Antipov made a mistake in an equal middlegame to reach
a very difficult pawn down endgame. Jorge's technique was perfect and he
emerged as the sole leader with 6/7. He faces the Armenian GM Karen Grigoryan
(2591) in the eighth round.
GM Karen Grigoryan suffered a defeat at the hands of Lu Shanglei in the
fifth round. But he quickly struck back with two wins in round six and seven
and is now on 5.5/7. He is known for aggressive and free flowing style of
play. With such contrasting styles, the clash between Karen and Jorge in
round eight will be an exciting one.
Padmini Rout and DariaPustovoitova get ready for the top board clash as
Aniruddha Deshpande makes the first move and Robert Zsifkovits (left), Niranjan
Godbole and Nitin Shenvi (right) look on
Padmini Rout and Daria Pustovoitovaare are two of the favourites in the
girls section. Hence, a battle between these two girls was naturally very
interesting. After a complicated opening the Russian slowly gained an upper
hand and converted it into a winning position. In the arising rook endgame
Daria had to find a clever idea to win, but she wasn't able to do it, and
Padmini drew the game. A lucky escape for the Indian player.
[Event "World Under 20 Girls Chess Championship"] [Site "Hyatt Pune"]
[Date "2014.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Padmini, Rout"] [Black "Pustovoitova,
Daria"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2331"] [BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
h4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. g5 Nd7 11. g6 fxg6 12. Qg3 Qf6 13. Bf4 e5 14.
Be3 Be7 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. f4 O-O 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxg6 Bf5 19. Qg2 Nxe4
20. Bd4 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Bf6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rhg1 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 Be4 25.
Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxd4 27. cxd4 d5 28. Bd3 Rf4 29. h5 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Rb8+
31. Kc1 Rh4 32. Rg6 Rc8 33. Ra3 Rxh5 34. Rxa6 Rg5 35. Rxg5 hxg5 36. Kd2
Kh7 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ra7 g4+ 40. Ke3 Re8+ 41. Kf2 Ke4 42. c3
Rf8+ 43. Ke2 g5 44. Re7+ Kf4 45. Kf2 g3+ 46. Kg2 Ra8 47. Rf7+ Kg4 48.
Rf6 Rxa2+ 49. Kg1 {[#]After playing the entire game very well, Daria has
a chance to finish this completely winning position.} g2 $2 {This move
throws away the win. The winning idea was very pretty.} (49... c5 $1 50.
dxc5 Rc2 {Now the c3-pawn cannot be defended.} 51. Rd6 (51. c6 Rxc3 52.
Rd6 d4 53. Rxd4+ Kh3 $19 {wins as in the main line.}) 51... Rxc3 52. Rxd5
Kh3 53. Rd1 Rxc5 {This position would have been a draw if Black did not
have the g5-pawn, but it's presence makes all the difference.} 54. Ra1
g4 55. Rb1 Rc3 $1 {in order to later stop the checks on the third rank.}
56. Ra1 g2 57. Rb1 Rf3 58. Ra1 Rf1+ 59. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 60. Kxf1 g3 $19)
50. Kh2 $1 {The game ends in a draw after a few moves now.} g1=Q+ 51.
Kxg1 Kg3 52. Kf1 g4 53. Rxc6 Ra1+ 54. Ke2 Kg2 55. c4 dxc4 56. d5 Ra8 57.
Rxc4 Re8+ 58. Kd3 g3 59. Kd4 Kf1 60. Rc7 Re2 61. Rg7 g2 62. d6 g1=Q+ 63.
Rxg1+ Kxg1 64. Kc5 Kf2 65. d7 Rd2 66. Kc6 Ke3 67. Kc7 Ke4 68. Kc6 Ke5
1/2-1/2
One of the leaders in the girls section: WGM
Padmini Rout
Seeing the above game might give you an impression that Padmini was fortunate.
But fortune favours the brave, and in the sixth round Padmini played a ferociously
aggressive game in which she dragged her opponent's king out from the h8
square right up to the h3 where it was brutally mated. This game is definitely
worth a look.
[Event "WCh U20 Girls"] [Site "Pune"] [Date "2014.10.11"] [Round "6"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"] [Black "Gelip, Ioana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2331"] [BlackElo "2154"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount
"75"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] [EventCountry "IND"] {This is a brilliant
attacking game by WGM Padmini Rout.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {a6 and cxd4 are the main moves in this
position, but of course Qb6 is also played quite often.} Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+
9. c3 b6 (9... cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2
{ leads to complicated positions which are a little similar to the game
when it comes to the material balance.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Be2 Ba6 $15) 10...
c4 (10... Ba6 11. c4 $1 $18) 11. b4 Nxb4 (11... Qa6 {was the other possibility})
12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Qc2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 {Taking stock of the position, we
find that Black has two pawns for a piece. But his c4 pawn is extremely
strong and the b-pawn is about to join in. Judging from the times it seemed
as if the white player had been surprised in the opening. Thus objetively
White has a good position, but taking all the factors into consideration
would lead us to believe that Black has good practical chances.} b5 15.
Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 O-O 17. Rb1 {is an over the board novelty by Padmini.}
(17. Be2 {is the other possibilty looking to quickly 0-0.}) 17... Qb6
18. Nf3 Nb8 19. Ng5 $5 {As Padmini explained after the game, she felt
that White should launch an attack before Black consolidated and hence
she went for concrete action.} f5 $2 {A very weird decision by the Romanian
player.} (19... g6 {was surely the best move.} 20. Qf2 {[%cal Gf2h4]}
(20. Qd2 $14 {Looks the best.}) 20... Nc6 21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 { the position
is crazy but Black can hold it if she is accurate.} f6 $1 23. exf6 Qxd4
24. gxh5 c3 $1 {[%cal Gd4d2]} 25. Qf2 Qxf6 {And it is White who is in
some trouble here.}) 20. exf6 g6 21. f7+ Kg7 {White already has a sizeable
edge and now Padmini goes for the final attack.} 22. h4 $1 Qxd4 23. Nxh7
$5 ({ The strongest move in the position was the very surprising} 23.
Bxc4 $3 Qxc4 ( 23... dxc4 24. Rxb4 $18 {Ba6 is not possible as the e6
pawn will fall and hence White is better.}) 24. Qd2 $1 {Attacking the
b4 pawn.} Nc6 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. h5 $18 {With a nearly decisive attack. But
the entire variation starting from Bxc4 is difficult for a human to calculate.})
23... Rxf7 (23... Kxh7 24. h5 Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Rxb4 Rxf7 27. Rxc4
Nd7 28. Rxe4 $16 {White has an advantage thanks to her extra pawn. But
winning the game? That will not be easy.}) 24. h5 Qxf4 (24... Rf5 25.
g4 $16) 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rb2 $3 {This is the brilliant move which Padmini
had to foresee if she went for this variation. Even though the white pieces
are scattered, they are doing a perfect job. The rook on h1 is well placed,
and the knight on d1 is doing a great job of defending the white king.
With this move Rb2, the rook enters decisively into the game.} (26. Ng5
$2 Rg7 $19) 26... Rg7 27. Nf6 $1 Bd7 (27... Rxg6 28. hxg6+ Kg7 29. Nh5+
$18) 28. Rf2 Qc1 (28... Qe5+ 29. Re2 Qf4 30. g3 $16) 29. Rc2 $6 ( 29.
Ne8 $1 {was the fastest way to win.} Rxg6 30. hxg6+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8
32. Rf8#) 29... Qf4 30. Rf2 Qc1 31. Nxd7 Rxg6 $2 (31... Nxd7 {would have
made White's technical task considerably difficult.} 32. Qxe6 c3 33. Qe3
Qxe3+ 34. Nxe3 $16) 32. hxg6+ {And now follows an attack on the black
king that is reminiscent of the game Lasker vs Bauer.} Kg7 33. Rh7+ Kxg6
34. Nf8+ Kg5 35. Rg7+ Kh5 36. Be2+ Kh4 37. g3+ Kh3 38. Bf1# {A game filled
with some excellent calculations and resources for both sides.} 1-0
S.L. Narayanan (left) is playing the tournament
of his life!
The big surprise of the event, IM S.L. Narayanan (2420), proved that his
round four and five wins against GM Dragun Kamil and GM Vladislav Kovalev
were not a fluke. He played some extremely solid chess and effortlessly
drew against the top seed Vladimir Fedoseev (2661) and GM Lu Shanglei (2533)
in round six and seven respectively. With a rating performance of 2669 the
young boy is well on his way to make a maiden GM norm at the event.
In tournaments like the World Junior, where so many ambitious players participate,
your mistakes won’t go unpunished. It doesn’t matter if you
are a lowly ranked player or 2600+ super grandmaster.
GM Robin van Kampen (2641) lost his sense of objectivity against IM Anurag
Mhamal (2442) and was outplayed in an endgame. The strong Dutch player,
who is also the second seed in the event, is now on just 4.0/7.
Anurag Mhamal created the upset of the day
by beating the second seed
Speaking of 4.0/7, India’s biggest medal hope at the event, Vidit
Gujrathi (2635), is also on the same score after he lost his game against
IM Aryan Tari (2450) of Norway in the sixth round. This game showed that
no matter how good your position is, there is always the possibility of
making that one mistake which can completely change the result of the game.
[Event "WCh U20"] [Site "Pune"] [Date "2014.10.11"] [Round "6"] [White
"Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Black "Tari, Aryan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2450"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount
"90"] [EventDate "2014.10.06"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7
8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Qc8
$146 (13... Bf8 {was exclusively played in this position.} 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Rd6 Re8 17. Rad1 $44 {White has decent compensation.})
14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Bg7 $6 (15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 17. Qxd4 {The point
to note here is that even though White is a complete exchange down, the
black king is not so well placed and doesn't have a good square to go
to.} Qc6 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Qf4 $44 {White's compensation is of that kind
where you have to play some moves to understand the advantages. To put
it into simple words, the rook on h8 is not active and the knight on c3
is, and hence White is better in this position.}) 15... Rg8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nd5 Bd8 (17... Bxh4 18. gxh4 Qd8 {looked like a nice way for Black
to play.} 19. e3 Bc6 $1 $15) 18. Rd2 $1 {White intends to double his rooks.}
Kf8 19. Rad1 g5 20. Rxd4 $1 {A strong exchange sacrifice.} cxd4 21. Nf5
$14 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5,Gg2] White has excellent hold on the light squares.}
Qc5 22. Rxd4 Rg6 23. b4 Qc6 24. b5 Qc1+ 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Nde3 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 {Vidit plays this phase of the game at an extremely high level.}
d6 28. Rd5 Qc7 29. Nd4 Bf6 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Rd2 (31. Qc4 $14) 31... Bh8
32. Nd5 Qd7 33. Qxa7 Qg4 34. h3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Rh6 36. Qd7 Ree6 37. f3 Qf5
$2 {[#]White now has to find the winning move, which is not too difficult.
But there is only one that wins.} (37... Qc4 {was forced.} 38. Qc8+ Kg7
39. Nce7 Rxe2+ 40. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 $11) 38.
Qd8+ $4 (38. Qc8+ $1 {would have finished the game.} Kg7 39. Qg8+ $1 Kxg8
40. Nce7+ Kf8 41. Nxf5 $18 {And with the b6 pawn falling, it's all over
for Black.}) 38... Re8 $19 39. g4 Be5+ 40. Kg2 Qb1 {The threat of Rxh3
is impossible to parry now.} 41. Qxg5 Rxh3 42. Nxe5 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+
44. Kg3 Rg2+ 45. Kf4 Qh2+ {A heartbreaking loss for the White player who
conducted the entire game very well but as they say: In chess the one
who makes the last mistake loses!} 0-1
Vidit Gujrathi (right) vs Aryan Tari: position
after White made the fateful Qd8?? blunder
Another example of how even a grandmaster can go wrong in a dead drawn
pawn endgame if he is not objective is shown in the game below.
[Event "World Junior Chess Championship-2014(Op"] [Site "Pune,India"]
[Date "2014.10.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Johansson, Linus"] [Black "Abasov,
Nijat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E58"] [WhiteElo "2401"] [BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 c4 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Nd2 b5 14.
Re1 Bb7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Na5 18. d5 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nxc1
20. Qxc1 Qd6 21. Rae2 g6 22. Qb2 Qd7 23. Qb4 Rac8 24. Bf3 Bxd5 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Rd1 Re5 27. Qa5 Qe7 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+
31. Kg1 Qxd5 32. Qxa7 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6+ 34. Kg1 h5 35. h4 Qe5 {I selected
this game for the extremely brave decision made by the White player on
his next move, and to show how complicated pawn endgames are, even for
a seasoned GM.} 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. fxe3 { So who is winning in this endgame?
As Dvoretsky mentions, the nice thing about a pawn ending is that you
can always come to a conclusion regarding its outcome. Here with logical
play, it should be a draw, but it is really difficult to play logical
chess all the time!} Kg7 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. e4 Ke6 ( 39... Ke5 40. Ke3) 40.
Ke3 Ke5 41. Kf3 f6 42. Ke3 {Until now everything has been very normal.
Both sides have activated the king. Now comes the difficult part, and
I think it has more to do with the desire to get a full point and lack
of objectivity than the inability to calculate.} Ke6 {This is not a losing
move, but I can understand why Black made it. He must have thought that
g5 was winning until he noticed the brilliant idea White has and hence
decided to make this move.} (42... g5 {has to be accurately calculated.
It seems as if Black is just winning, as he is going to create an outside
passer. But White has the deadly} 43. g4 $3 (43. hxg5 fxg5 $19 {[%csl
Rg2,Gg5,Gh5]}) (43. g3 g4 $19) 43... hxg4 (43... gxh4 44. gxh5 f5 45.
h6 Kf6 46. exf5 $18) 44. h5 Ke6 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Kg3 Kg7 47. Kxg4 Kh6 48.
Kf5 Kxh5 49. Kxf6 g4 50. e5 g3 51. e6 g2 52. e7 g1=Q 53. e8=Q+ Kh4 54.
Qxb5 $16 {and in this ending, White has the better chances. This line
is extremely difficult to calculate accurately until the end.}) (42...
f5 {was the easiest way to draw the game.} 43. exf5 gxf5 44. g3 Ke6 45.
Kd4 Kd6 46. a4 bxa4 47. Kxc4 Kc6 48. Kb4 Kd5 49. Kxa4 (49. c4+ Kd4) 49...
Kc4 50. Ka5 Kxc3 51. Kb5 $11) 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. a4 $1 {White takes his chance.
Though the position is still drawn, Black has to be careful.} bxa4 45.
Kxc4 g5 (45... f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Kb4 Kd5 $1 48. Kxa4 Kc4 $11) 46. Kb4
Ke5 $1 47. Kxa4 gxh4 $2 {The critical mistake of the game and one that
leads to a loss.} (47... Kxe4 {it is surprising to see that Nidjat missed
this simple move.} 48. c4 Ke5 49. Kb5 Kd6 50. Kb6 Kd7 $1 {And now we see
the famous pendulum concept described by Dvoretsky. Both kings keep moving
up and down and no progress can be made!} 51. Kb7 Kd6 52. Kb6 $11) 48.
c4 $1 {The game is all but over now. Nothing works because the e4 pawn
is much more useful for White than the h4 pawn for Black.} Kf4 (48...
Kd6 49. Kb5 Kc7 50. Kc5 $18) 49. c5 Kg3 50. c6 Kxg2 51. c7 h3 52. c8=Q
$18 h2 53. e5 fxe5 54. Qg8+ Kf2 55. Qf7+ Kg2 56. Qg6+ Kf2 57. Qxh5 Kg2
58. Qg4+ Kf2 59. Qh3 1-0
Anna Iwanow (2279) from Poland is one of the
leaders with 5.5/7
P.V. Nandhidhaa (2174) from India is playing
some excellent chess
and is currently on 5.0/7, gaining an amazing 68 Elo points
The Chinese players continue to impress. Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi are heading
the charge with 5.5/7 on second and third positions. IM Bai Jinshi (2406),
in the picture above, is not so far behind with 5.0/7.
A draw offer on 28th move! That is not allowed.
The arbiters at work making sure
that no player agrees to a draw before the 30th move.
From right to left: IM Tadeas Kriebel (2428) of the Czech Republic with
WCM Karolina Turkova (2033) of Slovakia. Also seen in the picture are her
boyfriend and her father.
The nine-year-old R. Praggnanandhaa, who can
hardly reach the back rank of the board,
is playing wonderfully: with 3.0/7 he has already gained 80 Elo points.
French girls: Solenn Afraoui (1989) with Cyrielle
Monpeurt (2115)
Petroleum and Natural Gas minister of India
Dharmendra Pradhan paid a visit to the tournament.
It is very nice to see that such big personalities getting attached to the
game of chess.
One of the things that I am trying to do in the World Juniors is to find
stories of players that would inspire the world. Meet Uapingene Uatiavi
Jossy from Namibia. He is one of the four players who have travelled from
Africa and is currently unrated.
In the video above Jossy talks about the challenges
Namibian chess players face and
his dream of becoming an International Master in the next five years.
Karva Chauth is a festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India in
which they fast (no morsel of food nor a drop of water) from sunrise to
moonrise for the well-being and longevity of their husbands. In the above
picture, the mothers of three players (Tarini Goyal, Sahaj Grover and Nishant
Malhotra) perform the puja (act of worship) during the day. The women usually
wait to see the moon in the night sky before they have their food.
This is the first time in India (apart from World Championship match in
2013) that live commentary broadcast is being provided. In the above picture
you can see two of the commentators: IM Prathamesh Mokal and WGM Soumya
Swaminathan. The laptop hides the beautiful attire worn by Soumya:
A spectacular saree!
All pictures by Amruta Mokal
Results and standings
Before we could publish this report the eighth round of the World Junior
Championship had been completed. In the following we bring you the results
of the top pairings and the tournament standings after eight rounds. Our
next report will come after round nine.
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
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Sagar ShahSagar is an International Master from India with two GM norms. He loves to cover chess tournaments, as that helps him understand and improve at the game he loves so much. He is the co-founder and CEO of ChessBase India, the biggest chess news portal in the country. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers, and to date close to a billion views. ChessBase India is the sole distributor of ChessBase products in India and seven adjoining countries, where the software is available at a 60% discount. compared to International prices.
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