5/11/2021 – 12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra scored his 2nd GM norm at the First Saturday GM Round Robin May 2021 with a round to spare. This is the second consecutive event in which Abhimanyu has scored a GM norm, with a dominating 2700+ performance. He is now just 29 Elo points and one GM norm away from becoming the world's youngest grandmaster. Abhi has annotated his eighth round game for us, and will play against ChessBase Premium Members tomorrow.
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Karjakin's record for the youngest GM stands since 2002 at the age of 12 years and 7 months. Abhimanyu has time until 5th of September! Will he manage to break it?
The 12-year-old is on fire at the First Saturday GM norm May event in Budapest, Hungary. He won his 8th round encounter, and with 7.0/8, he scored his 2nd GM norm with a round to spare (here's the current cross table). Not only that, the lad also performed at an Elo of 2703, gaining 24 rating points. Abhimanyu's live rating is now 2471. The boy has time until 5th of September (just under four months) to break Sergey Karjakin's youngest GM record. He needs one last GM norm and 29 Elo points.
Abhimanyu with his father Hemant in Budapest yesterday
Abhimanyu's eighth round victory analyzed by the boy
Immediately after finishing the game, Abhimanyu came back to his room, freshened up and annotated this game for the readers of ChessBase. Enjoy the youngster's analysis:
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1.e4
1,191,166
54%
2421
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1.d4
963,348
55%
2433
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1.Nf3
287,995
56%
2440
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1.c4
185,828
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,936
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,668
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,977
48%
2376
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1.Nc3
3,945
50%
2383
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1.b4
1,796
48%
2378
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1.a3
1,258
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,085
49%
2409
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1.d3
970
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
469
54%
2381
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1.c3
442
51%
2424
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
120
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.e4e6I played the french to suprise
my opponent who was expecting Najdorf as I had played it in this tournament2.d4d53.Nc3Bb44.e5c55.a3Bxc3+6.bxc3Ne77.Qg4Qc78.Bd3!?
this is one moves here apart from Qxg7. The idea of bd3 is to meet cxd4 with
ne2The main line runs8.Qxg7Rg89.Qxh7cxd4with complications as
cxd4 fails to qc3+8...c4Here too8...cxd4exists but white gets an
improved version of Qxg7 lines as after ne2 his bishop isnt blocked9.Ne2dxc310.Qxg7Rg811.Qxh79.Be2Qa5!?The point of including this before
Nf5 is that in this structure, one of White's plan is a4 followed by Ba3
activating the bishop. By forcing the bishop to d2 then getting to a3-f8
diagonal will be harder10.Bd2Nf511.Qf4Qa4preventing a4 and gaining
tempo12.Bd112.Ra2is also possible, leaving the bishop free12...Nc613.Nf3Bd7Black's plan in this position is to castle long then after
preparation open the kingside with f614.Ng5?!This doesnt make sense as
the knight will be kicked back. If he wanted to go to h3 then he could have
saved two tempi by playing Nh3 instead of Nf3Better was14.Nh4but even
then Black should be fine after0-0-015.Nxf5exf5with a plan of h6, rdg8
and g514...h615.Nh3Maybe15.Nxf7!?was what he originally
intended but Black is at least fineKxf716.g4Nce717.gxf5Nxf515...Rf8!?15...0-0-0I considered this move, but didn't like it due to16.g4Nh417.Qg317.Qxf7?g5!-+White queen has no way back17...Ng618.0-0as f6 can be met with f4 and ng6 is a little misplaced16.g4Nfe717.g5?This is a mistake, as now I get f5 square for my knights.Nf518.gxh6gxh619.Bg4Nce719...Qxc2was a move, but I didn't want to lose control of f5
and double my pawns20.Bxf5exf521.0-0=20.Ra2?The white king
should defend c2 not the rook.20.Kd1!0-0-021.Kc120...0-0-0
The center is about to blow up. White should hurry his king to safety.21.Qf3?this wastes further time21.Kd1!?21...f6!22.Qe222.exf6
was better, but White's position is terrible22...fxe523.Qxe5Nc624.Qe2e5!-+The white king is too weak.25.dxe5Nxe526.Bh5Nh427.Nf427.Qxe5Rfe828.Bxe8Nf3+-+27...Rf5!28.Be328.0-0fails toRxh529.Nxh5Bg4-+28...Qc6!d4 is unstoppable29.Rg1d430.cxd4Nef3+31.Kf1Nxh2+32.Ke1N2f3+0–1
Abhimanyu will next play at the GM Round Robin Invitational in Hungary from the 13th of May 2021. But before that he will appear on ChessBase India's livestream to play against the Premium Members of ChessBase Account.
But even without a Premium Account you can watch the broadcast – and gain an impression of this remarkable young chess talent.
Breaking: here the final ranking after nine rounds. Abhi won his last game, beating top seed GM Vojtech Plat (who finished third). The boy ended the tournament with a total of 8.0/9 – just two draws, three full points ahead of everyone else. His rating performance was 2739, and with that he has gained 30.5 Elo points.
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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