Iniyan will be playing against Premium members of the ChessBase Account. Time control: 3 min + 2 sec increment. The games will be commentated by IM Sagar Shah, and he will be analyzing them with the masters after each game is over! This is a perfect way to match your wits against a great talent and at the same time learn from the commentary and post-game analysis.
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Iniyan Panneerselvam
Born in Erode, a small town in Tamil Nadu in 13.09.2002, Iniyan started his chess career at the age of five and a half in his family. His first tournaments started in the end of 2008, and his talent in the game became obvious. In 2009 he won Silver in the Indian National U7 championship and qualified for internationals. The first international tournament was the Asian Youth U8 and the World Youth U-8.
During the Anand-Carlsen World Championship match in 2013 in Chennai a number of tournaments were held for chess enthusiasts. In the below 2100 category, Iniyan, who was the 41th seed player, won the tournament with 9/9 points. Improving rapidly he went on to win the Commonwealth U14 championship in 2016 with a perfect 9/9 score.
The June to September 2017 season was the best in his career. In eight tournaments, one after the other in Spain, Andorra, UAE and Malaysia. In the first he beat three GMs and gained his first GM norm. In the following years he completed five GM norms, but only gained the title when he reached the required rating (by beating the 2600+ GM Fedorchuk Sergey) in 2019. Here's that vital game in Iniyan's career:
1.e4 | 1,184,215 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 958,932 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,327 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,722 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,884 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,598 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,953 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,906 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,790 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Na4 cxd4 9.exd4 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.b4 a5 11...d6 12.b5 d6 13.Nd2!? Nbd7 14.Nb3 Rc8 15.Be3 Be4 16.Rc1 Qc7 17.Be2 Qb8 18.f3 Bg6 19.Qd2 Red8 20.Rfd1 h6 20...e5 21.Qb2 21.Qe1 Re8 22.Qf2 Rc7 23.g4! Rcc8 24.h4 Be7 25.Qh2! 25.g5 Nh7 26.gxh6 Nhf6 25...Qa7 26.g5 hxg5 26...Nh5 27.f4 27.hxg5 Nh7 28.Qg3 Bd8 29.Kf2 e5? 30.dxe5 dxe5 31.Qg4! Re6 32.c5 Nxc5 33.Nbxc5 bxc5 34.Bc4 Nf8 35.Qh3 Be7?! 36.Rh1 Bh7 37.g6! Qb8 38.Bxe6 1–0
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Iniyan,P | 2487 | Fedorchuk Sergey,A | 2609 | 1–0 | 2019 | E43 | Noisiel Open 2019 | 6 |
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In May this year Iniyan decided to organise a fundraiser for Covid-19. In this he staged a Blitz Marathon in which he played analysed the games with participants for a minimum donation of Rs.150 (two US dollars). Over the course of three days he played against 271 players from ten countries. Except for the sleeping time he was playing without stop, starting at about 8:30 a.m. and going till midnight. The total playing time was 45 hours. With this effort Iniyan raised Rs. 121,199, which was donated in full to the Chief Ministers relief fund and Prime Ministers Care fund. This is what Vladimir Kramnik thought of the effort:
On the Facebook Blitz Marathon page you can see what dozens of other grandmasters and famous personalities though of Iniyan's action for Covid relief.
Recently the World Open was held, online due to corona crisis. The GMs came in force, making up 1/3rd of the participants being GM. Iniyan started with a draw, but continued with six wins, against player like Sevian, Jobava, Nyzhyk and Erenburg, and in the end tied for first place. A great victory considering, the level of opposition. Incidentally a few days before the World Open he won a game of which he is especially proud:
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 12.d5 12...exd4 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nxe5 15.Nh2 15...Nxe5 16.f4 Ng6 17.Nf3 Bh4 18.Rf1 18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.f5= 18...Bg3 19.e5 19.f5 Ne5 19...Nxf4 20.exd6 20...Ng6? 20...Qxd6 21.Ng5 Bh4? 21...Qxd6 22.Qh5 h6 23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Be3 22.Nxh7! Re8 22...Kxh7 23.Rxf7 Rxf7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Bxg6+- 23.Qh5 23.Rxf7! Kxf7 24.Bg5‼ Bxg5 25.Qh5 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Qxd6 27.Bxg6+ Ke7 28.Qh4+ Kd7 29.Bxe8+ Kc7 29...Kxe8 30.Rf1+- 30.Re1+- 23.d7! Bxd7 24.Qf3 Qe7 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5± 23...Re5 24.Qf3 f5? 24...Ra7! 25.Qh5! Qxd6 26.Bg5! Bxg5 26...Bg3 27.Nf6++- 27.Nxg5 Qf6 28.Rae1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Bd7 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Ne6+ Kf7 32.Bxf5 Nf8 33.Nxf8? 33.Qh8+- 33...Bxf5 34.Qh5+ Kg8 34...g6 35.Qh6± 35.Ne6 Bg6 36.Qf3?! Qxb2? 36...Qxf3 37.gxf3 Bf7 37.d6 Rb8 38.d7 Qd2 39.Rd1 Qc2 40.d8Q+ Rxd8 41.Rxd8+ 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
- Try maximizing the board:
- Use the four cursor keys to replay the game. Make moves to analyse yourself.
- Press Ctrl-B to rotate the board.
- Drag the split bars between window panes.
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Iniyan,P | 2506 | Caruana,F | 2812 | 1–0 | 2020 | C96 | Titled Tuesday | 3 |
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In August/September 2019, Iniyan participated in a special training camp conducted by Vladimir Kramnik for six very talented Indian youngsters in Chens-Sur-Léman, France. He also took part in the Training Camp II in Chennai, India, with Kramnik and Boris Gelfand. In the latter he proved that he is a superb solver of logical problems, as we reported here. You can watch him perform in the video at the end of this report.