World Junior Rd 2: The optimism of the young!

by Sagar Shah
10/17/2019 – The World Junior Championships 2019 is so rich with chess content, it is becoming extremely difficult to write a report that would cover everything! In spite of having just 94 boards (47 in open and 47 in girls) there is high quality chess taking place on almost 70% of these games. After two rounds we have nine boys in the lead with 2.0/2 in the open section and eleven girls in the lead with 2.0/2 in the girls section. In this article we bring some of the most interesting and instructive moments of the second round. We not only have the pictures, analysis, and interviews but also a special section called highlights of the day which gives you the glimpse of what happened in just 12 minutes! | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Endings with rook and minor piece against rook and minor piece occur very frequently, even more often than rook endings, yet there's not much literature on them. This endgame DVD fills this gap. The four different material constellations rook and knight vs rook and knight, rooks and opposite coloured (and same coloured ) bishops and rook and bishop vs rook and knight are dealt with. In view of the different material constellations Karsten Mueller explains many guidelines like e.g. "With knights even a small initiative weighs heavily".

The Bravado of the Juniors

The wonderful thing about juniors is that their dreams are limitless. For them, the rating is just a number. Untouched by the unforgiving teacher called experience, these players bring to the table what not many event of the elite GMs can! And that's the reason why following the World Junior Championships is extremely exciting. You have players who have the talent in them to rule the chess world in the years to come, but they also have the youthful exuberance to try out new stuff which the 2750+ GMs will not!

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Aaryan - Rahul
Position after 45...b5

Black has just pushed his pawn to b5. White is a couple of pawns down. Yes, White has some compensation because the f7 point is weak, but give this position to any elite player and he would use his sense of objectivity and try to find the best resources to hold the position. Give such a position to an "inexperienced" junior and he will try his best to use his bishop and rook to launch a mating attack against the black king! 

 
Position after 60.Bh7

And guess what? Sometimes it works! The Black king is completely caged in!

 
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1.d4 0 d6 32 2.Nf3 0 Nf6 10 3.c4 13 g6 7 4.Nc3 7 Bf5 10 5.g3 336 Bg7 105 6.Bg2 22 Nc6 7 7.0-0 87 0-0 4 8.d5 73 Na5 70 9.Nd2 17 c6 11 10.dxc6 420 Nxc6 416 11.e4 944 Bg4 190 12.f3 20 Bd7 575 13.Nb3 279 Be6 1326 14.Nd5 238 Ne5 7 15.c5 522 Bxd5 74 16.exd5 27 dxc5 8 17.f4 145 Ned7 5 18.Re1 69 c4 197 19.Nd2 113 Nb6 96 20.Qe2 102 Rc8 397 21.Qxe7 130 Nfxd5 43 22.Qxd8 296 Rfxd8 15 23.Nf3 163 Nb4 80 24.Rf1 26 Nd3 77 25.Ne5 44 Rc7 111 26.Rb1 101 Nxe5 133 27.fxe5 3 Bxe5 11 28.Bg5 18 Bd4+ 27 29.Kh1 11 Re8 3 30.Bf4 26 Rce7 47 31.b3 33 c3 103 32.Rbc1 40 Kg7 123 33.h4 125 a5 260 34.Bf3 106 h6 57 35.Rfd1 136 Bf6 79 36.Bd6 128 Re6 251 37.Bc5 521 Na8 588 38.Kg2 175 Nc7 852 39.Rd7 674 Na6 8 40.Bd4 32 Bxd4 8 41.Rxd4 1805 Re3 1807 42.Rc4 69 Nb4 0 43.R1xc3 0 Nxa2 0 44.Rxe3 0 Rxe3 0 45.Rc7 0 b5 0
Incredible end game! 2 pawns down and the b3 pawn is also falling. But Aaryan did not give up. He saw that the f7 pawn is weak and decided to base his counterplay on it. 46.Ra7 0 46.Bd5!? 46...Rxb3 0 It would have been better to get the knight back into the game by tactical means. 46...Nb4 47.Rxa5 Nc2 48.Bd5 48.Rxb5?? Nd4-+ 48...Rd3 49.Bc6 49.Rxb5 Rxd5?? 50.Rxd5 Ne3+-+ 49...b4-+ Now the bishop will be sentenced to passivity defending the pawn in a4 and lose all his activity as originally happened in the game. 50.Ba4 Ne3+ 51.Kf2 Ng4+ 52.Kg2 Nf6 53.Rb5 Ne4 54.Rxb4 Rxg3+ 55.Kh2 Re3-+ 47.Bd5 0 Rb2+ 0 48.Kf3 0 Kf6 0 49.Ra6+ 0 Kg7 0 50.Ra7 0 Kf6 0 51.Ra6+ 0 Ke7 0 The king's initiative in the end game in these types of positions is even more important than defending a pawn 51...Ke5 52.Bxf7 a4 53.Rxg6 Rb3+ 54.Kg2 Nc3 55.Rxh6 Rb2+ The black pawns look more threatening than White's at least for the time being. 52.Rxa5 0 Nc3 0 53.Ra7+ 0 Kf6 3 54.Bxf7 0 Ne2 114 Activating the rook was a good possibility but it does not seem that victory can be easy to achieve. 54...Rd2 55.Be8 Rd3+ 56.Kg2 Ne4 57.Bxb5 Rxg3+ 58.Kh2 Rb3 59.Ra6+ Ke5 60.Be8 g5= 55.Bg8 216 Ng1+ 112 56.Ke4 38 Rb4+? 113 The beginning of the disaster, Rahul had to accept the new situation of equality, but by puting in discord in his pieces and helping to activate the white king he gives the full point to his young opponent. 56...Re2+ 57.Kd5 Rd2+ 58.Ke4 Re2+= The continuation of draw was reasonable, because the coordination of white pieces is now dangerous to face. 57.Kd5 34 g5 29 58.h5 52 g4 16 59.Rf7+ 80 Kg5 14 60.Bh7 32 Check mate is inevitable! 1–0
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Aaryan Varshney2239Rahul Srivatshav P24601–02019E62WJCC U20 Open 20192.15

14-year-old Aaryan Varshney is one of the leaders after round two | Photo: Niklesh Jain

On the top board, the game between Dmitrij Kollars and Dambasuren Batsuren ended in a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

After a draw at World Youth 2019, Shant beat Aditya at World Junior | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
Shant - Aditya
Position after 11.Qc6

Shant played his queen to c6 attacking the rook on a8. The natural move here was to play 11...♝a6. Aditya was perhaps afraid of 12.♘c7, but after 12...♝xf1 13.♘xa8 ♝xg2 14.♖g1 ♝e4 Black has excellent compensation and a fine position. In the above diagram, Black moved his rook to b8 and after ♘xa7, Shant was just a pawn up, and he comfortably converted it into a win.

 
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1.d4 178 d5 0 2.c4 20 c6 0 3.Nf3 31 Nf6 9 4.Nc3 33 e6 9 5.e3 62 Nbd7 12 6.Qc2 31 b6 26 7.cxd5 655 cxd5 277 8.Nb5 225 D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Bb4+ 23 9.Bd2 49 Bxd2+ 8 10.Nxd2 26 0-0 21 11.Qc6 567
11...Rb8N 1878 From this moment until the end of the game the Armenian did not give to the talented Indian master a chance to breathe.The best and usual continuation is to accept entering the line of quality sacrifice, with compensation of better placed pieces and safer king 11...Ba6 12.Nc7 Bxf1 13.Nxa8 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bh3 15.Nc7 e5 16.Qd6 exd4 17.exd4 Ne8 18.Nxe8 Rxe8+ 19.Kd1 Qh4 20.Qg3 Qh5+ 21.Kc2 1/2-1/2 (35) Kovacs,G (2493) -Reiss,T (2403) Hungary 2011 12.Nxa7 72 e5 332 13.Qd6 476 Ne8 736 14.Qb4 246 Bb7 232 15.Be2 236 Nc7 569 16.0-0 92 Ne6 345 17.Nb5 263 f5 202 18.dxe5 273 Nxe5 75 19.Nd4 134 Nc5 325 20.N2b3 219 Qd6 333 21.Rac1 79 Ned7 69 22.Bb5 196 f4 125 23.Bxd7 103 Qxd7 1 24.Qxb6 126 Nxb3 142 25.axb3 44 Rf6 278 26.Qc7 191 Qxc7 45 27.Rxc7 1 Ba6 12 28.Rfc1 118 fxe3+- 77 29.fxe3 3 Rbf8 47 30.h3 124 Bd3 56 31.Rc8 118 Rg6 32 32.Rxf8+ 125 Kxf8 2 33.Rc6 38 Rxc6 20 34.Nxc6 1 Ke8 10 35.Kf2 26 Be4 3 36.g4 78 Kd7 10 37.Nd4 8 Kd6 30 38.b4 11 g5 10 39.Kg3 32 Bd3 11 40.Nf3 81 h6 51 41.Nd4 1816 Be4 1808 42.Nf5+ 40 Kc6 2 43.Nxh6 10 Bg6 22 44.Nf5 10 Kb5 3 45.Nd4+ 13 Kxb4 5 46.Nf3 3 Kb3 8 47.Nxg5 5 Kxb2 6 48.h4 5 1–0
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Sargsyan,S2580Aditya Mittal24301–02019D45WJCC U20 Open 20192.2

Bharath Subramaniyam: IM at the age of just 11 years and 8 months — the next big thing from Indian chess? | Photo: Niklesh Jain 

 
Bharath - Shtembuliak
Position after 16...♛f6

White has a completely dominating position here out of the opening. Bharath took the pawn on h7 here which turned out to be an error. Instead, find the best way to win.

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Bharath was unable to find the above mini-combination and eventually lost the game.

 
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1.e4 0 e6 0 2.d4 0 d5 0 3.Nc3 0 Nf6 0 4.Bg5 11 dxe4 0 5.Nxe4 12 Be7 0 6.Bxf6 24 gxf6 0 7.Qd2 23 b6 5 C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack 8.0-0-0 13 Bb7 5 9.Nc3 7 c6 3 The position is equal. 10.Be2 8 Nd7 13 11.Bh5 11 f5 293 12.Nf3 72 Rg8N 631 13.Rhe1± 621 Nf6 1857 14.Qh6 128 Nxh5 209 15.Qxh5 15 Bg5+ 44 16.Kb1 558 Qf6 49
17.Qxh7? 693 Waiting for the beautiful sacrifice in e6 after Rh8, but for black it is not mandatory to enter that line. The possibility of entering the advantageous middle game after Te6 vanished after the capture on h7. 17.Rxe6+!+- Qxe6 18.Re1 Qxe1+ 19.Nxe1+- The bad black structure and the current situation of the King makes the 2 Rooks do not compensate the Queen. 17...0-0-0= 216 Threatens to win with . ..Rh8. 17...Rh8? 18.Rxe6+ fxe6 19.Qxb7 Rd8 20.Re1+- king in the center, disconnected rooks, uncoordinated pieces ... 18.Nxg5 625 Rxg5 44 19.Qh4 151 Rh8 323 20.Qf4 13 And now Ne4! would win. Rg4 53 21.Qd6 531 Rd8 214 White is under pressure. 22.Qa3 34 Kb8 163 23.Ne2 298 Rxg2 96 Double Attack 24.Rg1 60 Rxg1 202 25.Rxg1 18 f4 160 26.f3 285 c5! 364 27.dxc5 130 Qe5 42 28.Nc1 59 Qxc5 223 29.Qxc5 53 bxc5 2 Endgame KRB-KRN 30.Nd3 84 c4 215 31.Nxf4 115 Bxf3 7 32.a4 108 e5 227 33.Rf1 198 e4 235 34.h4 120 Kc7-+ 140 35.Kc1 94 Kc6 183 36.c3? 183 Rg8 222 37.Kd2 118 Kd6! 14 38.Ke3? 107 Ke5 3 39.h5 787 Rg4! 44 40.Ne2 40 f5 58 41.Rxf3 1887 exf3 1812 42.Kxf3 9 KR-KN Rh4 46 43.Nd4 8 Rh3+ 0 44.Kf2 0 Rxh5 0 45.Nc6+ 0 Ke4 0 46.Nxa7 0 f4 0 Black mates. 47.Nc6 0 Rh2+ 0 48.Kf1 0 Rxb2 0 49.a5 0 Ra2 0 50.Ke1 0 f3 0 51.Nd4 0 Rxa5 0 52.Kf2 0 Ra2+ 0 53.Kg3 0 Rg2+ 0 54.Kh3 0 Rg1 0 55.Kh2 0 f2 0 0–1
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Bharath Subramaniyam H2417Shtembuliak,E25770–12019C13WJCC U20 Open 20192.3

Praggnanandhaa was pitted against Israeli IM Or Bronstein in round 2 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

After winning the World under-18 Youth, Praggnanandhaa is on a high. But at the same time, it is never easy to play 22 rounds of gruelling chess. As Pragg said after the game, "Yes, I am a bit tired, but I sleep more during the day and it helps me." For now, the youngster seems to have enough energy as he played a fine game to beat Bronstein from the white side of the Sicilian Najdorf. 

 
Praggnanandhaa - Bronstein
Position after 18.Nb5

A wonderful thing to note about Praggnanandhaa's game was his preparation. Until move number 18 (where he went ♘b5!?) he was prepared!

Bronstein got no real chances in the game and although Praggnanandhaa could have shown better technique in some instances, the win was never in doubt.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 b5 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 Nb6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.b3!? Playing this before 0-0 has a subtle point to it. Qc7 12...b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Be6 15.Qc6+ This is the point. Now you have the check with you. 12...0-0 13.Ba3!? 13.Qd3 b4 14.Nd1 a5 15.c4 bxc3 16.Nxc3 0-0 17.0-0 Ba6 18.Nb5 Until this point Pragg was prepared. Here he had seen Black's Qc6, but Qd7 came as a surprise. Qd7 19.a4 Rfb8 20.Be3 Nc8 21.Rfc1 Ne7 21...Bxb5 22.axb5 Rxb5 22...Qxb5 23.Rxc8++- 23.Bh3!+- 22.Bf1 d5 23.Qd1 The point was to place the bishop on d2 if Black went d4. Rc8 24.Bb6 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bg5 26.Rc7 Qe6 27.Bc5 Rd8 28.h4 Bf6 29.Kh2 29.Bc4! And next White takes on e7 followed by taking on d5. 29...Bc8 30.Bxe7 Bxe7 31.exd5 Qf6 32.Bg2 Bb4 33.Qc2 White is a pawn up, but there is still some technical task left. Bd7 34.Nc3 Qb6 35.Ne4 h6 36.Qc4 Kh8 36...Bf5! 37.d6 Be6 37.Bh3 f5 38.Rxd7! Rxd7 39.Bxf5 The exchange sacrifice gives White complete control on the light squares. White is better. Rc7 40.Qe2 Rf7 41.Qh5 Rf8 42.d6 Bxd6 43.Qg6 Rxf5 44.Qxf5 Qd4 45.g4 Be7 46.g5 White is dominating completely. Bronstein decides to cut his suffering short. 1–0
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Praggnanandhaa,R2567Bronstein,O24131–02019B91open2.4

The final moments of Pragg's victory and also interview with the youngster

Spanish GM Santosh Miguel Ruiz showed the power of two bishops as well as a common attacking theme — rook lift! | Photo: Niklesh Jain 

 
Santos Ruiz - Hollan
Position after 20...Rf8

White to move. What would you do?

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GM Karthikeyan Murali, two-time National champion of India played a very nice game against Nitish Belurkar

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Karthikeyan Murali, 2019
White to play and win

The position is composed by Karthikeyan and the variations are quite deep. Hence, we recommend you to put on your thinking cap on to try to figure out the details.

Aronyak Ghosh played excellent chess to beat India's Triple Crown champion Aravindh Chithambaram | Photo: Amruta Mokal

 
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Bc5 4.b4 Bf8 5.Bb2 c6 6.Ne3 f6 7.a3 d5 8.g3 Be6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.d3 Nge7 12.Rc1 g6 13.Nf3 Bh6 14.Rc2 Qb6 15.Bc1 Bg7 16.h4 h6 17.0-0 0-0 18.Nd2 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.Rb2 Qa7 21.Qb3 Nd4 22.Qxb7 Nxe2+ 23.Kh2 Bf7 24.Nb1 Nd4 25.Bd2 Ra6 26.Rc1 Ndc6 27.Qxa7 Rxa7 28.Nxd5 Rd8 29.Nxf6+ Bxf6 30.Bxc6 e4 31.Rb4 exd3 32.Bxh6 Nf5 33.Bd2 Nd4 34.Bg2 Nc2 35.Rg4 Kg7 36.h5 Re7 37.Nc3 g5 38.Ne4 Bxh5 39.Nxf6 Bxg4 40.Nxg4 Re2 41.Rd1 Kg6 42.Bf1 Kf5 43.Bc3 Re6 44.Rxd3 Rxd3 45.Bxd3+ Kxg4 46.Bxc2 Kf3 47.Bd4 Re1 48.Ba4 g4 49.Bc6+ 1–0
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Aronyak,G2380Aravindh,C26091–02019A21open2.18

Aram Hakobyan on board five was held to a draw by Zhandos Agmanov of Kazakhstan | Photo: Niklesh Jain

One of the latest IMs of India, Anuj Shrivatri, held Harsha Bharathakoti to a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Viktor Gazik (2546) lost to IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin (2391) | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Youngster Leon Mendonca held Sergei Lobanov to a draw in round two | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Open standings after round 2

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Girls section

In the girls section we have eleven leaders after round two on 2.0/2. We had quite a big upset on the first board itself when second seed Stavroula Tsolakidou lost to the youngster from India Mrudul Dehankar.

 
Tsolakidou - Mrudul
Position after 10...Rg8

11.♘f4 was coming up and hence Mrudul went for the move 10...♜g8. Her point was that now 11.♘f4 can be met with 11...♝g6 and after 12.♘xg6 or ♗xg6 she could take back with the h-pawn. However, Stavroula surprised her opponent with 11.♗xh7 after 10...♜g8. Mrudul also went on to the attack with 11...♝xf3 and after the rook was taken on g8, the knight was picked up on e2.

 
Position after 12...Bxe2

The fireworks continued with 13.♖xf6 and although White won a pawn after 13...gxf6 14.♕xf6, Black's play was easier, as her king was much safer. Mrudul won a nice game.

The final moments of Mrudul's game along with her post-game analysis

 
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Again an Indian player with the responsibility of facing a strong rival on the first board, and again an Indian player made sure to bring her A game forward. 1.e4 0 c6 0 2.d4 0 d5 0 3.exd5 24 cxd5 0 4.Bd3 13 Nc6 13 5.c3 16 Qc7 25 6.Ne2 273 Bg4 22 7.0-0 21 e6 122 8.Qe1 76 Nf6 435 9.f3 174 Bh5 47 10.Qh4 84 Rg8 564 A very original subvariant that seeks to complicate the position 10...h6 It has also been played 11.g4 11.Qh3 Bd6 12.Ng3 Bxg3 13.Qxg3 Qxg3 14.hxg3= Leading to a very close position where the pair of bishops is compensated by the pawn structure. 11...Bg6 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Nf4 Kf7 It seems a very weak position for the king, but the semi-open F file does not represent much danger, also fulfills the role of defending g6, now only the development of the bishop is missing and the development of the pieces will be almost completed 11.Bxh7 1593 Bxf3 1027 12.Bxg8 1208 12.Rxf3 Rh8 13.Rxf6 gxf6 14.Nd2 0-0-0= 12...Bxe2 25 13.Rxf6 85 gxf6 55 14.Qxf6 420 Bd6 1652 15.Kf2N 653 It had been played before: 15.Bg5 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1= 15...Ba6 561 The g8 bishop is trapped. 15...Bd3 16.Nd2 Qe7-+ The g8 bishop will be hunted in the next moves 16.g3? 789 The knight was screaming out to play 16.Nd2 Bxh2 16...Qe7 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Bh7 f5 19.h4 Rh8 20.Bg6 Rxh4 20...Kf8 21.h5 Ne7 22.Nb3= 21.Nf3 Rh8 22.Bg5+ Kd7= 17.Nf1 Bd6 18.Bg5 Qe7= 16...Qe7 298 17.Qg7 74 Kd7 354 18.Bh6 56 Rxg8 A very nice way to end the game, after the sacrifice the string cannot be avoided 19.Qxg8 Qf6+ 20.Ke1 Qf1+ 21.Kd2 Qf2+ 22.Kd1 Bd3 23.Qg4 Qxb2 24.Qf3 Bc2+ 0–1
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Tsolakidou,S2431Mrudul Dehankar22270–12019B13WJCC U20 Girls 20192.1

On the second board Nurgyul Salimova was held to a draw by Oliwia Kiolbasa | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Aakanksha Hagawane managed to hold Bibisara Assaubayeva to a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Thalia Cerventes managed to beat Margarita Potapova in an extremely complex game where the fortune changed hands on many occasions | Photo: Niklesh Jain

One of the shortest games of the round of the Berdnyk vs Nilssen  | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.c4 0 Nf6 36 2.Nc3 0 d5 76 3.cxd5 0 Nxd5 9 4.g3 0 g6 24 5.Bg2 0 Nb6 19 6.d3 2 Bg7 10 7.Be3 28 0-0 388 8.Qd2 13 c6 290 This is not the normal continuation, is more habitual: 8...Re8 9.Bh6 Bh8 10.h4 N8d7 11.h5 Nf6 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Bf3 c6 14.Qf4 Nbd5 15.Qh4 Nxc3 16.bxc3 e5 17.Kf1 1-0 (36) Tomashevsky,E (2524) -Vokarev,S (2491) Sochi 2005 9.Nf3 107 Na6 288 10.Bh6 617 Nd5N 797 The plan known until now was Nb4-Nd5 with the idea of centralizing the night. 11.h4 273
11...Qd6 834 Trying to hinder the white plan was the best decision, for example: 11...Bxh6 12.Qxh6 f6± White has adventage of development and space but with this structure black pieces will try to handle the situation and defend. 12.h5 128 Bxh6 828 13.Qxh6 10 Even idea like Qf6 is not enough for stop the white attack: gxh5 7 13...Qf6 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.hxg6 Qxg6 16.Qh4+- Now the plan will be to secure the king and bring the another rook to the game, the semi-open column h ensures for many more moves the white advantage. 14.Qxd6 478 exd6 10 15.Nxd5 8 cxd5 11 16.Rxh5 4 Be6 180 17.Kd2 92 tactics and strategy are a team, beautiful way of materialization by the Ukrainian player. Rac8 287 18.Nd4 743 Nb4 77 19.f4 164 1–0
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Berdnyk,M2349Nilssen,E21371–02019A16WJCC U20 Girls 20192.6

The game between Saloni Sapale and Gabriela Antova is a good example of how a theoretically winning game (as per the engine) is not always winning! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Practically it could be very difficult to play the best moves.

 
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1.e4 0 c5 0 2.Nf3 0 d6 0 3.d4 0 cxd4 0 4.Nxd4 8 Nf6 0 5.Nc3 30 a6 7 6.Be3 20 e6 12 7.g4 17 e5 144 Although it is in the theory moving the pawn twice is not a natural move 8.Nf5 11 g6 8 9.g5 15 Very aggressive line of the Sicilian defense Scheveningen: Keres Attack, Both players must play with great precision. gxf5 45 10.exf5 10 d5 44 11.Qf3 19 d4 76 12.0-0-0 20 B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack Nbd7 32 13.Bxd4 63 White can try a quieter continuation, but it will give black some time to improve his position: 13.Bd2 dxc3 14.Bxc3 Rg8 15.gxf6 Qxf6 The black king is not well located of course, but even kind of plans like Ra7-b6-Bb7 are may be possible to try to develop The black king is not well located of course, but even kind of plans like Ra7-b6-Bb7 are may be possible to try to develop 13...exd4 15 14.Rxd4 9
14...Bc5 160 Jugada activa e importante, Bg7 es posible pero el blanco consigue un posicion mas comoda 15.Rd2 33 Qc7 128 '!' 16.Bc4N 1493 La continuacion en 2 juegos anteriores habia sido gxf6. 16.gxf6 Nxf6 17.Bc4 Be7 18.Bb3 0-0 19.Re2 Kh8 0-1 (29) Matinian,N (2491)-Navara,D (2697) Legnica 2013 16...Be7 153 17.gxf6 2399 Nxf6 45 18.Re1 521 Perhaps a better option to not give opportunities to black defense with the bishop's sacrifice, one piece down was enough. Nd5 looked better and then continues with the action plan and attacks the black king 18.Nd5 Qxc4 19.Nxf6+ 19.Nxe7 is not the best idea because of the intermediate Qe4! Qe4 20.Nc6 Qxf3 20...0-0 21.Rg1+ Kh8 22.Qg3 Rg8 23.Rd8 Qg4 24.Qxg4 Nxg4 25.Rxg4+- 20...Qxc6?! 21.Re1+ Be6 22.Qg3 It lose a lot of the advantage, 21.Rd8# 19...Bxf6 20.Re1+ Be7 21.f6 Be6 22.fxe7= Here the computers show equality but of course play it on the board is not easy with black pieces, exchange down and king in the center, the only big compensation is a strong Be6, is important also to anotate that F file is close so black position can be controlled. 18...Qxc4 2087 19.Rde2 466 0-0 325 20.Rxe7 32 Qh4 244 21.Kb1 682 Bd7? 477 Kh8 was really important, King's safety will always be more important than any concept like as development, space, activity etc. 22.Ne4 90 Rfd8 1138 23.Qg3+ 27 The victory was so near, the plan was to press more the king black with: 23.Rg1+ Kf8 23...Kh8 24.Ng5 Rf8 25.Qc3 Qh6 26.Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.Rxf7+- 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qb3+ Kf8 26.Qa3+ Kf7 27.Nd6+ Kf8 28.Nc8+ Kf7 29.Qe7# 23...Qxg3 20 24.Nxf6+ 5 Kf8 18 25.fxg3 88 Bxf5 12 26.R7e2 57 Rac8 75 27.g4 34 Bg6 32 28.Ne4?! 43 The knight was located in an ideal position, so the best option was to put one of the rooks in F file and try to push king side pawns for make her king more weak. 28.Rf1 Rc6 29.b3 Kg7 30.g5 Re6 31.Rg2 h6 32.gxh6+ Kxh6 33.Rf4± 28...Rd4 115 29.h3 40 Re8 489 30.Nc3 19 Rxe2 59 31.Rxe2 5 Rf4 4 32.a3 44 Rf1+ 18 33.Ka2 9 Rh1 34 34.Re3 31 Bxc2 21 35.b4 56 Rh2 186 36.Re2 44 Rxe2 8 37.Nxe2 3 Ke7 38 38.g5? 57 Kd6 109 38...Bg6 39.h4 Ke6 39.Kb2 31 Bf5 47 40.h4 29 Ke5 64 41.Kc3 158 Bg4 500 42.Nc1 476 Kf4 148 43.Kd4 8 Kg3 193 44.Ke5 6 Kxh4 57 45.Kf6 6 Be6 89 46.Nd3 120 Kg4 367 47.a4 300 b6 417 1/2-1/2 (47) Sapale Saloni (2142)-Antova,G (2318) New Delhi 2019 ½–½
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Sapale Saloni2142Antova,G2318½–½2019B81WJCC U20 Girls 20192.9

After a draw in the first round, Zhu Jiner lost her second round game | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The top seed has had quite a rough start to the event.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Bb7 9.g4 Nfd7 10.0-0-0 Nb6 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.Qf2 Na4 13.Nxa4 bxa4 14.Nc5 a3 15.Nxb7 Qb8 16.Nxd6+ Bxd6 17.b3 0-0 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.f4 Nb4 20.Bd3 Qb7 21.Rhg1 Bf8 22.e5 Rab8 23.f5 a5 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.g5 a4 26.Bxh7+ Kh8 27.Bg6 Rc4 28.Bf4 Kg8 29.Qh4 1–0
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Gomez Barrera,J2033Zhu,J25071–02019B90girls2.20

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Highlights of round two by WIM-elect Amruta Mokal

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