Aditya Mittal clear winner of the Werder Bremen Jubilee Tournament

by Klaus Besenthal
3/11/2024 – The Jubilee Tournament of the Werder sports club in Bremen’s “Werder-Halle” came to an end on Sunday with a victory for India’s Aditya Mittal. For the 17-year-old, who is also a member of the Werder Bremen team in the Bundesliga, a draw against Czech GM Vojtech Plat was enough to win the tournament with a full-point advantage over Polish GM Pawel Teclaf. | Photos: Werder Bremen Sports Club
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The rating favourite emerges victorious

The SV Werder Bremen, internationally known for its many successes in football, is celebrating its 125th anniversary and the club’s chess department is celebrating its 75th anniversary. To mark the jubilee, the chess players organised a strong tournament on March 2-10 with a mixed field of participants.

After grabbing a crucial win with the white pieces over Jakob Pakejen in round 7, top seed Aditya Mittal entered the two final rounds of the event with a full-point lead over Pawel Teclaf, who stood in sole second place.

Jakob Pakejen, Aditya Mittal

Aditya Mital playing white against Jakob Pakejen | Photo: Werder Bremen Chess Club

In the 8th round on Saturday, Teclaf missed a chance to catch Aditya atop the standings. With a quick draw while playing white, the Polish GM kept his second place in the table, but at the same time remained a full point behind the rating favourite.

It was therefore not very surprising that Aditya won the tournament on Sunday. He got the half point he needed to obtain overall victory, but even in the event of a surprising defeat, Teclaf would not have been able to catch him, as he also had to be satisfied with a draw against Zahar Efimenko.

Aditya’s win in the 4th round was a turning point in the event. Aditya defeated Australian GM Bobby Cheng, who also plays for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. The game featured one or two small tactical wobbles, but was brilliantly executed from a strategic point of view.

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6
This symmetrical position in the Slav Exchange can rightly be described as "classical". A position that has been researched for many decades and in which a large number of moves are now easily playable. 8.Ne5 Bb4 9.Qb3 a5 This move has never been played before. 10.Bb5 0-0 11.0-0 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 h5 The prelude to an interesting plan. Mittal had probably realised that most of the white pieces were on the queenside and concluded that he could do something on the other side of the board. 13.f3 h4 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.a3 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Be2 e5
The picture changes. Because of the e3-weakness, White can hardly take this pawn. 18.Nb5 This move is unlikely to do White any favours. Possible was 18.Qd1!= which does not look too nice, but the queen returning home could join the defence on d2. Moreover, the g4-square would have been well protected. 18...Qb6 Once again, the e5-pawn cannot be taken. 19.a4 e4 20.f4 White might have done better not to make this move. He can now do practically nothing active. 20.h3 was considered as an alternative. 20...h3! The final "nail in the coffin", as we can already tell. 21.g3 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.Rfe1 Rfd8 24.Qa3
White has to cover his e3-pawn - which is attacked by a strong knight - with his major pieces. 24...Qe6 25.Nc7? Chess players prefer to orientate themselves "forwards", but that no longer works here. After 25.Nc3! Black would have to come up with something. For example, transferring a rook to b6. 25...Qd7 26.Nb5 Nh6?! A good move in practical terms, but there was something better. 26...Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.Rc3 g6-+ was promising - White is obviously finding it difficult to find a playable move. He has to keep e3 covered and at the same time prevent a black heavy piece from penetrating his position. A move coming out of nowhere was also playable: 26...Nf2‼ and after 27.Kxf2 Qg4 Black wins on the spot. 27.Qb3 Qg4?! This takes some of the advantage out of the equation. After 27...Rxc1! 28.Rxc1 Qg4 the move 29.Nc3 does not defend: Qf3 30.Qc2 Qxe3+-+ 28.Rc3?! Here too, a possibility was 28.Nc3 28...Nf5 29.Qc2 Rxc3 30.Nxc3 Nh4 31.Qe2 Nf3+ 32.Kh1 Rc8
33.Nxd5? He should not have gone for this move if he still wanted to fight for a draw. Possible, but ultimately probably also lost, was 33.Rf1 Black has installed his knight deep in the white camp, but now has to switch back to the queenside with his queen in order to make progress. 33...Qe6 White loses an exchange. 34.Nc3 Nxe1 35.Qxe1 Qb3! This is still playable! 36.Qa1 Qc2 The b2-pawn falls, and then the rook joins the attack decisively. 0–1
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Cheng,B2584Aditya Mittal25940–12024125-Jahre Werder Bremen 20244.1

Final standings

Rg. Snr Name Elo Club Pts
1 Mittal, Aditya 7
2 Teclaf, Pawel 6
3 Cheng, Bobby Sky 5,5
4 Gumularz, Szymon 5,5
5 Efimenko, Zahar 5,5
6 Plat, Vojtech 5,5
7 Colbow, Collin 5
8 Schneider, Jana 5
9 Pruijssers, Roeland 5
10 Wachinger, Nikolas 4,5
11 Gloeckler, Christian 4,5
12 Kopylov, Daniel 4,5
13 Hejazipour, Mitra 4,5
14 Kopylov, Michael 4,5
15 Pajeken, Jakob Leon 4,5
16 Krastev, Alexander 4,5
17 Knaak, Rainer 4,5
18 Meins, Gerlef 4
19 Breutigam, Martin 4
20 Reuker, Jari 3,5
21 Radeva, Viktoria 3,5
22 Wiegmann, Sascha 3
23 Guichard, Pauline 2
24 Söderström, Adrian 2

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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