World Junior: Hovhannisyan and Cori+Girya lead

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8/14/2011 – 14-year-old Girish Koushik, who was on a meteoric winning streak in our last report, has been brought crashing down to earth by older and more experienced GMs. In the lead after eleven (or thirteen) rounds are GM Robert Hovhannisyan in the Open section (9.0/11) and WGMs Olga Girya and Deysi Cori with 9.5/11 each. Once again our report includes endgame lessons by GM Karsten Müller.
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The SDAT–RAMCO 50th World Junior &
29th Junior Girls Chess Championships 2011

This event is taking place from August 1st to 16th at the Hotel Vijay Park in Chennai, India. It is one of the strongest WJCC ever, featuring over 80 titled players among the juniors and girls. Top seeds in the Open Section are Russian GMs Maxim Matlakov (2632) and Sanan Sjugirov (2629), Spanish GM Ivan Salgado Lopez (2626) and fifteen more GMs. In the Girls' Section there are five WGMs led by Nazi Paikidze (2416, GEO), Anastasia Savina (2398, RUS), Deysi Cori (2376, PER), Olga Girya (2371, RUS) and Rout Padmini (2348, IND).

Round nine


Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan (right) brought down FM Koushik Girish

The win moved Hovhannisyan into sole lead with 8.0 points followed by fellow Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan at 7.5 points. Girish Koushik (India) and GM Dariusz Swiercz (Poland) share the third spot with 7.0 points. In another big upset, Milos Roganovic of Serbia defeated top seed GM Maxim Matlakov of Russia, whose second successive defeat put his title chances in a jeopardy.


Chandika Divyasree (India) playing WGM Anastasia Savina (Russia)


Deysi Corie vs Paikidze Nazi in round nine (1-0 in 44 moves)


Inna Agrest, Sweden, beat Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar, Mongolia, in 29

The girls section saw WGM Deysi Cori from Peru take the sole lead with 8.0 points. Russian Olga Girya is in the second spot with 7.5 points. Earlier, Cori defeated top seeded WGM Nazi Paikidze of Georgia, even as the top board game between two Russian girls, Elena Semenova and Girya ended in a draw.


Catherina P Michelle of India made a nine-gam WIM norm

The day belonged to the quartet of performers who made their respective norms. Nine-game WIM norms were achieved by Elena Semenova of Russia and Catherina P Michelle of India, while the IM norms were achieved by S L Narayanan and V A V Rajesh (both India). FIDE Master V.A.V. Rajesh defeated Peruvian Grandmaster Jorge Cori, completing his third and final IM norm. He now needs to cross Elo 2400 to become India's latest International Master. Promising Kerala lad S.L. Narayanan scored over Polish IM Piorun Kacper achieving his maiden IM norm.

Round ten

The Armenian GM duo Robert Hovhannisyan and Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (above) drew their top board game, which meant that Hovhannisyan kept his half-point lead at 8.5 points, followed by fellow Armenian Ter-Sahakyan and Dariusz Swiercz (Poland) at 8.0 points. Sharing the fourth spot were GMs Adhiban Baskaran (India) and Ray Robson (USA) at 7.5 points.

On second board Swiercz Dariusz of Poland (above left) inflicted Indian FM Girish A Koushik his second consecutive defeat. Also facing continuous defeat was Italian Axel Rombaldoni, who went down to Indian GM Adhiban Baskaran.

WGM Deysi Cori Tello of Peru maintained her stay on top, holding Ozturk Kubra of Turkey to a draw. The Peruvian girl pressed for victory and stretched herself as the game went into a knight versus three pawns ending. Kubra defended accurately, as the marathon game concluded after 75 moves. Russian Girya Olga joing Deysi on the top, scoring over Gulnar Marfat Qizi Mammadova of Azerbaijan. Cori and Girya lead the table with 8.5 points, followed by Ozturk, Irina Bulmaga (Romania) and Julia Dogodkina (Russia) at 7.0 points. A seizable 1.5 lead with three rounds to go, makes the leading duo strong title contenders.

Chief Arbiter R Antharam confirmed the following nine game norms: GM norm for Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India), and IM norms for Tihomir Janev of Bulgaria and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus. Among girls, Klaudia Kulon of Poland gained a nine-game WIM Norm. Israel GM Tamir Nabaty withdrew from the event on health grounds.

Round eleven

With comfortable wins WGMs Deysi Cori (Peru) and Olga Girya (Russia) built a huge two point lead in the Girls Section, followed by Rout Padmini (India), Nazi Paikidze, Keti Tsatsalasvili (both Georgia), Bulmaga Irina (Romania) and Dogodkina Julia (Russia) at 7.5 points.

In the Open ection, Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan drew his game against Polish GM Swiercz Dariusz and maintained his lead with 9.0 points. Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (Armenia) and Dariusz Swiercz (Poland) followed with 8.5 points. Sharing the fourth spot at 8.0 points were Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus), Vasif Durarbeyli (Azerbaijan), Ray Robson (USA) and Adhiban Baskaran (India). With two rounds to go, the games are bound to intense, as the big medals are at stake.

Top rankings after eleven rounds: Open – Girls

Rk. Ti. Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
1 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2556 9.0
2 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 2558 8.5
3 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2553 8.5
4 GM Robson Ray USA 2560 8.0
5 FM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2439 8.0
6 GM Durarbeyli Vasif AZE 2515 8.0
7 GM Adhiban B IND 2542 8.0
8 IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2492 7.5
9 IM Grover Sahaj IND 2496 7.5
10 GM Rasulov Vugar AZE 2522 7.5
11 GM Sethuraman S P IND 2529 7.5
12 IM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2459 7.0
13 FM Girish A Koushik IND 2309 7.0
14 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2626 7.0
15 IM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2489 7.0
16 IM Roganovic Milos SRB 2476 7.0
17 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2586 7.0
18 IM Piorun Kacper POL 2514 7.0
19 IM Urkedal Frode NOR 2448 7.0
20 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2629 7.0
21 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2542 7.0
22 FM Krysa Leandro ARG 2374 7.0
23 IM Anwesh Upadhyaya IND 2429 7.0
24 IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2478 7.0
25 IM Krejci Jan CZE 2503 7.0
26 IM Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2521 6.5
27 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2632 6.5
28 GM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2521 6.5
29 Abhishek Kelkar IND 2197 6.5
30 FM Barbosa Evandro Amorim BRA 2343 6.5
31 IM Lalith Babu M R IND 2495 6.5
32 Stany G A IND 2435 6.5
33 K Praneeth Surya IND 2036 6.5
34 Hemant Sharma (del) IND 2247 6.5
35 IM Shyam Nikil P IND 2398 6.5
36 FM Ikeda Junta AUS 2349 6.5
37 GM Salem A R Saleh UAE 2493 6.5
38 IM Vaibhav Suri IND 2430 6.5
39 FM Botta Gabriele SUI 2261 6.5
40 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh R IND 2422 6.5
 
Rk.   Ti. Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
1 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2371 9.5
2 WGM Cori T Deysi PER 2376 9.5
3 WGM Paikidze Nazi GEO 2416 7.5
4 WIM Bulmaga Irina ROU 2293 7.5
5 WGM Padmini Rout IND 2348 7.5
6 Dogodkina Julia RUS 2193 7.5
7 WGM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 2318 7.5
8 WIM Ozturk Kubra TUR 2258 7.0
9 WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan KAZ 2222 7.0
10 WIM Agrest Inna SWE 2220 7.0
11 Martinez Ayelen ARG 2011 7.0
12 WFM Semenova Elena RUS 2175 6.5
13 WFM Kulon Klaudia POL 2227 6.5
14 WIM Mammadova Gulnar AZE 2294 6.5
15 Tokhirjanova Hulkar UZB 2119 6.5
16 Frayna Janelle Mae PHI 1875 6.5
17 WFM Fataliyeva Ulviyya AZE 2107 6.5
18 WIM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2317 6.5
19 WGM Savina Anastasia RUS 2398 6.5
20 WIM Hoang Thi Nhu Y VIE 2204 6.5
21 WIM Vo Thi Kim Phung VIE 2141 6.5
22 Michelle Catherina P IND 2052 6.0
23 Nandhidhaa Pv IND 2101 6.0
24 Lasya G IND 1898 6.0
25 WFM Saranya J IND 2121 6.0
26 WFM Lkhamsuren Uugan. MGL 2163 6.0
27 Chandika Divyasree IND 2123 6.0
28 WFM Terao Juliana Sayumi BRA 2168 6.0
29 Pratyusha Bodda IND 2064 6.0
30 WFM Pon Nkrithika IND 2075 6.0
31 WIM Eric Jovana SRB 2282 6.0
32 WIM Olsarova Karolina CZE 2282 6.0
33 WFM Bharathi R IND 2117 6.0
34 WIM Kazimova Narmin AZE 2292 5.5
35 Forestier Carole FRA 2101 5.5
36 WIM Heredia Serrano Carla ECU 2072 5.5
37 Sithalatchumi A IND 1939 5.5

Endgame analysis by GM Karsten Müller

The following are two interesting didactic analyses submitted by our endgame expert for the CBM Blog.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g4 h6 9.f4 g5 10.f5 Ne5 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nf3 Nfd7 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qd4 Bd7 15.0-0-0 Be7 16.Kb1 Qa5 17.a3 0-0-0 18.Rhf1 Qc5 19.Qd2 Qc6 20.h4 Rhg8 21.hxg5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Rxg5 23.Rf6 Nxg4 24.Rxh6 Rdg8 25.Bxg4 Rxg4 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Rg1+ 28.Ka2 R8g2 29.Rh7 Bc6 30.Rxe6 Rxc2 31.Nd5 Rgg2 32.Ne7+ Kd8 33.Nxc6+ bxc6 34.Rb7 Rge2 35.e5 Kc8 36.Rb3 Kd7 37.Rh6 Rxe5 38.Rb7+ Kc8 39.Ra7 Kb8 40.Rg7 Rce2 41.Rh8+ Re8 42.Rhh7 a5 43.Rb7+ Ka8 44.Rbc7 Kb8 45.Rb7+ Ka8 46.Ra7+ Kb8 47.Rhb7+ Kc8 48.Rb6 R8e6 49.Rxa5 Kc7 50.Rb3 Re8 51.Ra7+ Kd6 52.Ra6 Kc7 53.Rc3 R2e6 54.Rc4 Kb7 55.Raa4 Re5 56.Rc3 Rb5 57.Rc2 Rbe5 58.Rac4 R8e6 59.Rb4+ Rb5 60.Rd4 Rbe5 61.Rcc4 Rb5 62.a4 Rbe5 63.Ka3 Kb6 64.Rb4+ Ka6 65.Rdc4 Re1 66.Rb3 R1e4 67.Rcc3 Re1 68.Rb8 R1e3 69.Kb3 Ka7 70.Rb4 Ka6 71.Rh4 Rxc3+ 72.Kxc3 Kb6 73.b3 Re3+ 74.Kc4 Re1 75.Kb4 Rg1 76.Rc4 Rg5 77.Ka3 Rh5 78.Rb4+ Kc7 79.Rc4 Kb6 80.Rc3 Rg5 81.b4 Rh5 82.Kb3 Rg5 83.Rd3 Rg4 84.Rd7 Rg3+ 85.Kc4 Rg4+ 86.Rd4 Rg1 87.Re4 Rc1+ 88.Kb3 Kb7 89.Re7+ Kb6 90.Re4 Kb7 91.Kb2 Rh1 92.Re7+ Ka6 93.Kc3 Rh4 94.a5
A tricky Rook Ending Despite the reduced material Black has to defend very carefully: 94...c5 The alternative approach is 94...Rh3+ 95.Kc4 Rh4+ 96.Kc5 Rh5+ 96...Rh7?? 97.b5++- 97.Kxc6 with the point Rh4! 97...Rc5+?? 98.bxc5+- 97...Rh6+? 98.Kd5 Kb5 99.Rb7+ Ka6 100.Rb8 Ka7 101.Re8+- 98.b5+ 98.Kc5 Rc4+= 98...Kxa5 99.Ra7+ Kb4 100.b6 Rh6+ 101.Kc7 Rh7+ 102.Kb8 Rh8+ 103.Kb7 Kb5= 94...Kb5? 95.Rb7+ Ka6 95...Ka4 96.a6+- 96.Rb6+ Ka7 97.Rxc6+- 95.Re6+ Kb5? The active solution is wrong here due to a tactical trick. 95...Ka7 defends as White's king can not join its forces, e.g. 96.b5 96.bxc5 Ra4 97.a6 Rxa6 98.Rxa6+ Kxa6 99.Kc4 Kb7 100.Kd5 Kc7= 96...Rb4 96...Ra4 97.a6 Rb4 98.Re7+ Kb8 99.Rb7+ Ka8 100.b6 Ra4 101.Ra7+ Kb8= 97.Re7+ Kb8 98.b6 Ra4 99.Ra7 Rb4 100.Rc7 Rb5 101.Ra7 Rb4= 96.Rb6+ Ka4 97.a6 cxb4+ 97...Rxb4?! 98.Rxb4+ cxb4+ 99.Kb2+- 97...Rh3+ 98.Kc4 cxb4 99.a7 Rh4+ 100.Kd3 Rh8 101.Rb8+- 97...Rh7 98.b5 Ka5 99.Rb7 Rh8 100.a7 Ra8 101.Kc4 Rh8 102.Rb8+- 98.Rxb4+! Forces a won ending queen against rook. Rxb4 99.a7 Rb3+ 100.Kc2 Rb6 101.a8Q+ Kb4 102.Qd5 Rb5 103.Qd4+ Ka5 104.Kc3 Rb7 105.Qc5+ Ka6 106.Qc6+ Rb6 107.Qe8 Rb7 108.Kc4 Rc7+ 109.Kd5 Kb6 110.Qb8+ Rb7 111.Qd8+ Kb5 112.Qe8+ Kb4 113.Kc6 Rb5 114.Qe1+ 1–0
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Salgado Lopez,I2626Huschenbeth,N25211–02011B8450th World Junior Championship8

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.h4 c5 11.e6 c4 12.Qd1 Nb6 13.exf7+ Rxf7 14.h5 Nc6 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Be3 Bf5 17.Ng5 Nxd4 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.a3 a5 22.Rh7+ Kf6 23.Rd1 Be5 24.g3 b4 25.f4 Bxc3+ 26.bxc3 b3 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Rxh3 Kf5 29.Rh7 Ra7 30.Kf2 Na4 31.Kf3 Nxc3
Mating Attack out of the Blue Even in the endgame a direct attack can occur: 32.Re1! Weaves a mating net. Black can neither escape nor bring in defenders. g5 32...Kf6 33.g4 g5 33...Rd7 34.g5+ Kf5 35.Re5# 33...e5 34.Rxa7 e4+ 35.Ke3+- 34.f5 e5 35.Rxa7 e4+ 36.Rxe4 Nxe4 37.Kxe4 c3 38.Kd3+- 33.g4+ Kg6 33...Kf6 34.f5+- 34.Reh1 gxf4 35.R1h6+ Kg5 36.Re6 1–0
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