7/13/2020 – Most of the top players cannot take part in over-the-board tournaments, due to the pandemic. But they are often seen in various titled online events. Like in an online blitz tournament on chess.com, where only titled players from all over the world are allowed to take part. Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani made the most of the opportunity and beat the former World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana. The game is instructively commented by a video by IM Sagar Shah - with quiz questions and points.
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India's 65th GM beats former World Champion Challenger
By Shahid Ahmed
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic all over-the-board tournaments have either been cancelled or postponed. However chess is such a sport that can still be played online without huge modifications, in fact slim to none would be the right thing to say. Thanks to various online platforms, players from all over the world can now play against the stronger opponents from the comfort of their home. Since most of the top players are not taking part in any over-the-board tournaments, they are often seen in various titled tournament events. Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani made the most of the opportunity and beat the former World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana (and had a a winning position against Anish Giri). What is sopecial about this result: Raunak is all of fourteen years old!
Every Tuesday an online blitz tournament takes place on chess.com, where only titled players all over the world are allowed to take part. Last Tuesday (7th July) GM Raunak Sadhwani started the day well and got a winning position against Anish Giri in Round four. However Giri somehow managed to save the day. Caruana won the Swiss League with 9.0/10 and Raunak finished eighth with 8.5/10. But Raunak eliminated Caruana in the one-game mini match after Caruana misplayed in a completely winning position.
Anish Giri praised Raunak's win over Caruana and said Raunak's loss against him was an "unlucky defeat"
We now bring you analysis by IM Sagar Shah, the founder and CEO of ChessBase India. It is very instructive to follow his comments on this YouTube video and learn more about the ideas and thought processes of top players. If your screen is large enough you can at the same time follow the game on our replay board below the video.
If you have any "but why not?" or "what if?" questions that Sagar doesn't address, simply pause the video and ask the enigine on the replay board (fan icon below the chess diagram). If both the video and the relayer do not fit on your screen, try pressing Ctrl- (Ctrl Minus) a couple of times to compress the display (Ctrl-0 will restore the display to its original size).
In addition you should also pause the video when Sagar poses his quiz questions. Jot your answer on a piece of paper and award yourself the points he awards if you were right. Thinking is fun! So enjoy watching the dramatic game Raunak-Fabio, with Sagar commenting:
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1.e4
1,185,008
54%
2421
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1.d4
959,510
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.d4f52.Nc3Nf63.Bg5d54.e3Be65.Bd3Nbd76.Nf3g67.h4Bg78.Ne2Nh59.Nf4Nxf410.Bxf4h611.c3Bf712.Qb3Qc813.c4c614.cxd5Bxd515.Bc4Bxc416.Qxc4Nb617.Qb3Nd518.Ne5Bxe519.Bxe50-020.0-0Kh721.Rae1h522.f3Qd723.Qc2Nf624.b4a525.bxa5Rxa526.Qf2Rfa827.Re2Qe628.Rb1b529.Rbb2Nd530.Rb3c531.e4fxe432.fxe4Nb433.Rf3Kg834.Qg334.Qe334...cxd435.Bxd435.Ref235...Rxa236.Rxa236.Rf6‼+-exf636...Qxf637.Bxf6exf638.Qxg6++-37.Qxg6+Kf837...Kh838.Bxf6+38.Bc5+36...Nxa237.Rf6Qxe438.Rxg6+Kf739.Rg7+Ke640.Bc5Re841.Qb3+Qc442.Qe3+Kd543.Rg5+Kc644.Ba744.Qf3+Kc745.Bf244...Qc1+45.Qxc1+Nxc146.Rxh5Ne2+47.Kf2Nf448.Rf5e549.Be3Nd550.Bc1e451.Bb2e3+52.Ke2Rg853.Rg5Rf854.Bd4Rf2+55.Ke1Rc256.Rg6+Kd757.Rg7+Ke658.Rg6+?Kf559.Rg8Ke460.Rg4+Kd3RaunakSadhwani2005 won by resignation0–1
As you probably know, in our replay board above there are a large number of functions you can use to really understand the game and the analysis. The biggest advantage is that you can start an engine (fan icon) that will help you to analyse. You can get multiple lines of analysis by clicking the + button to the right of the engine analysis window. The "!" key, incidentally, shows you the threat in any position, which is incredibly useful in the case of unclear moves.
There is one more thing you can do. It is a lot of fun, but also a serious challenge: Click on the rook icon below the notation window. This will allow you the play the above position against Fritz, at your level of playing strength (e.g. "Club Player"), right here on the news page. Note that your analysis, in which you can delete, move or promote lines, is stored in the notation as new variations. In the end you will find the game with your analysis in the cloud. So nothing is ever lost,
And here is the unlucky game Raunak played against world's to ten GM Anish Giri:
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1.e4
1,185,008
54%
2421
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1.d4
959,510
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
---
1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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Please, wait...
1.d4Nf62.c4Nc63.Nf3e64.g3Bb4+5.Bd2Qe76.Nc3d67.d5Bxc38.Bxc3Nb89.Bg2e510.0-00-011.c5Na612.cxd6cxd613.Nd2Bg414.h3Bh515.Re1Rac816.Nf1Bg617.e4Nc518.Nd2Nfd719.Re3f520.exf5Bxf521.Qe2Qf722.g4Bg623.Nc4Qe724.b3Rf425.Rf1Rcf826.Rg3Qf627.Bd2Rd428.Rf3Bd329.Qe3Rf430.g5Rxf330...Qf731.Nxd6Rxf332.Qxf3Qxf333.Bxf3Rxf3-+31.gxf6Rxe332.fxg7Kxg732...Rf633.Bxe3Bxf134.Kxf1b535.Nd2Kxg7-+33.Bxe3Bxf134.Kxf1Rf635.Bg5Rg636.Be7Nd337.Nxd6Kg838.Be4Rg739.Nf5Nf440.Nxg7Kxg741.d6b642.Bf5Nb843.d7 AnishOnYoutube won by resignation1–0
Shahid AhmedShahid Ahmed is the senior coordinator and editor of ChessBase India. He enjoys covering chess tournaments and also likes to play in chess events from time to time.
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