Battle of the Sexes: Men triumph!

by John Saunders
2/3/2022 – In the final round the men's team needed four points to be sure of overall success. They managed to go undefeated as three of their number won their games to reach a score of 6½. The winners on the final day were Bobby Cheng, who beat Jovi Houska; Ravi Haria, who beat Olga Girya; and Bilel Bellahcene, who defeated Marie Sebag (her only loss of the event). Balazs Csonka drew his game with Marsel Efroimski and this was enough to secure his second grandmaster norm. Interim report and photos by John Saunders.
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Interim report

Round ten of the GibChess Battle of the Sexes match-tournament saw the men’s team win by 6½-3½ to finish overall winners by 53-47. On the day they needed four points to be sure of overall success, but they managed to go undefeated on the day as three of their number won their games to reach a score of 6½. The winners on the final day were Bobby Cheng, who beat Jovi Houska; Ravi Haria, who beat Olga Girya; and Bilel Bellahcene, who defeated Marie Sebag (her only loss of the event). Balazs Csonka drew his game with Marsel Efroimski and this was enough to secure his second grandmaster norm.

The best individual score of 7/10 was achieved by Balazs Csonka (Hungary) and Bilel Bellahcene (Algeria). One member of the women’s team, Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) scored 6½/10, as did two members of the men’s team, captain Sabino Brunello (Italy) and Ravi Haria (England).

Photos of the players who won their games...

Bobby Cheng beat Jovi Houska

Ravi Haria defeated Olga Girya

Bilel Bellahcene defeated Marie Sebag

A fuller report will be issued later.

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Vrishank Royadu-Ishan Warudkar
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1.d4 1:01:00 Nf6 1:01:00 2.Nf3 30 g6 3.c4 30 Bg7 4.Nc3 30 0-0 1:30 5.e4 30 d6 30 6.Be2 30 Bg4 30 7.0-0 30 Nfd7 8.Be3 30 Bxf3 1:00 9.Bxf3 30 e5 30 10.Be2 30 Nc6 30 11.d5 30 Nd4 30 12.Qd2 30 f5 30 13.f3 30 Qe7 14.Rac1 30 c5 1:00 15.dxc6 30 bxc6 30 16.b4 30 Rac8 30 17.Rb1 30 Kh8 30 18.b5 30 fxe4 30 19.fxe4 30 cxb5 30 20.Nxb5 30 Nc5 30 21.Nxd4 30 exd4 30 22.Bxd4 30 Qxe4 30 23.Bxg7+ 30 Kxg7 30 24.Qc3+ 30 Qe5 30 25.Qd2 30 Rxf1+ 30 26.Rxf1 30 Rb8 30 27.Bf3 30 Rb2 30 28.Qa5 30 Qd4+ 30 29.Kh1 30 Nd3 30 30.h3 30 Nf2+ 30 31.Kh2 30 Qf4+ 30 32.Kg1 30 Nxh3+ 30 33.Kh1 30 Nf2+ 30 34.Kg1 30 Qd4 30 35.Qc7+ 30 Kh6 30 36.Qe7 30 Nh3+ 30 37.Kh2 30 Ng5 30 38.Qf8+ 30 Qg7 39.Qxd6 30 Qf7 40.Qe5 30 Qxf3 1:30 41.Qxg5+ 30 Kxg5 42.Rxf3 30 Rxa2 1:00 43.Rf7 30 h5 30 44.c5 Rc2 30 45.Rxa7 1:00 Rxc5 30 46.Ra4 30 Kf5 30 47.Rh4 30 Re5 30 48.Rh3 30 Re4 30 49.Rf3+ 30 Rf4 50.Ra3 30 g5 1:00 51.Kg3 30 Rg4+ 30 52.Kh3 30 Rb4 53.Rf3+ 30 Rf4 54.Ra3 30 Kg6 55.Ra6+ 30 Rf6 2:00 56.Ra5 30 h4 30 57.Ra3 30 Kh5 58.Ra5 30 Re6 1:00 59.Rb5 30 Re3+ 60.Kh2 30 Kg4 61.Rb4+ 30 Kf5 1:30 62.Rb5+ 30 Kf4 63.Rb4+ 30 Kf5 1:00 64.Rb5+ 30 Kf4 65.Rb4+ Kf5 66.Rb5+ Kf4 67.Rb4+ Ke5= 2:00 ½–½
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Gokul G1858Nijesh R18137.21854646
Aditya Dileepraj1746Nayak,B19797.11854645
Gaigore Sanskar1752Afreed T Khan19217.31854647
Elesh Tripathi1758Narahari Geethika Hasini18567.41854649
Anushka Gupta1739Swapnil Priyadarshi18147.51854650
Karyasheel P1808Aryan Behera17327.61854651
Hrishikesh Ganapathy Subramani1792Prashanth J Naik19797.71854652
Krishnasai Ramesh Vandanapu1790Chakravarti,K19307.81854653
Nihaan Pohane1882Sathyachith E M18017.91854654
Tamang,S1875Vishwajit S17937.101854655
Kaustuv,K2407Majumder Shrayan21112.151760314
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Nayak,B1979Rohith P18086.11843873
Afreed T Khan1921Elesh Tripathi17586.21843875
Narahari Geethika Hasini1856Anushka Gupta17396.31843876
Nijesh R1813Justin,J19236.41843877
Aditya Dileepraj1746Subramanian,R18636.51843878
Swapnil Priyadarshi1814Karthikeyan,J19166.61843879
Arush A1876Karyasheel P18086.71843880
Alaukik Sinha1787Gokul G18586.81843881
Niranjan J Warrier1841Vivaan Sachdev17826.91843882
Vrishank Royadu1741Ishan Warudkar18326.101843874
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In 1999 John Saunders gave up his job as an IT professional to become full-time editor/webmaster of 'British Chess Magazine'. During the 2000s he was also webmaster and magazine editor for the English Chess Federation, and regular webmaster and photo-reporter at Isle of Man and Gibraltar tournaments. In 2010 he became editor of the leading UK monthly 'CHESS' Magazine, retiring in 2012 but remaining its associate editor and regular contributor.

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