World Junior Rd 6: Alinasab leads, Iran-Israel pairing creates chaos

by Sagar Shah
10/20/2019 – Going into the rest day we are now past the half way mark at the World Junior Championships 2019. In the open section we have two leaders: Evgeny Shtembuliak of Ukraine and Aram Hakobyan of Armenia. They are on 5.0/6 and are followed by a pack of seven players on 4½/6. In the girls section we have Mobina Alinasab who has taken the sole lead with 5½/6 beating Altantuya on top board. Polina Shuvalova is in the sole second spot with 5.0/6. As many as ten girls are on 4½/6. In this report we bring you the most interesting games of round six and interviews. We also tell you about the Iran-Israel controversy which has been going on at the event. Two Iranians (pictured) were paired against Israeli opponents in this tournament and forfeited. A power-packed report by IM SAGAR SHAH from New Delhi.

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The Iran-Israel Controversy continues

In round four Aryan Gholami was paired against Alexander Zlatin. Due to medical reasons Aryan didn't turn up for the game and later that day he withdrew from the event and left back for Iran. His score was 1½/4. A couple of rounds later in the sixth round it was Amin Tabatabaei who was paired against Or Bronstein. Amin didn't turn up for the game and when the arbiters asked for the reason, a medical certificate was provided. When the seventh round pairings came out, Tabatabaei's name was taken out from the pairing. Iran's head of delegation appealed this decision of the chief arbiter. The appeal's committee was assembled at night and in a long meeting that lasted over couple of hours, Amin's name was put back in the tournament with a fresh pairing list created. But this was done only under the condition that the next time Amin has a medical issue, he will be checked by the doctor provided by the organizers and most importantly, if he is paired against Israeli opponent or a player from any country, he will ensure that he plays the round. Only after these conditions were met, was his name put back into the pairing.

The chief arbiter is Hamid Majid, the head of delegation for Iran is Shadi Paridar and the chairman of appeals committee is Tania Sachdev. We will be trying to get the official quotes from these important personalities for our next report on this incident. For now, the pairing in the open section was changed well past midnight, around 00:40 hours, so the players who are fighting it out below board number 20 should check it out again.

The team of arbiters in action after the appeal was submitted | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Interview with Israeli player Or Bronstein after he got a walkover against Amin Tabatabaei

Back to chess!

After defeating Praggnanandhaa, Evgeny Shtembuliak was up against another top Indian: Karthikeyan Murali.

After just 12 moves we reached the following interesting position:

 
Karthikeyan - Shtembuliak
Position after 12...hxg6

Have you ever got this "Block" pawn structure in your games?

Shtembuliak explained after the game, "Sometimes I can just start pushing my pawns down the board with ...f5 and ...g5 and my king would still be safe!" Black had a comfortable position and Karthikeyan was under grave time pressure. But he found some very interesting moves to hold on. Shtembuliak was especially impressed with the idea where White placed his pawns on h4, g3 and then exchanged his bishop with 30.♗f4.

 
Position after 26...♛d7

White had little time on the clock and Black is threatening to gain space with g5. Hence, White put his pawn on h4 and then after 29.g3, he tried to exchange the bishops with 30.♗f4. It perhaps wasn't objectively great but during the game it looked quite a good idea with White having very little time on the clock. 

 
Position after 47...♞xd7

To take on d7 or not? White to play.

Shtembuliak (Black) against Karthikeyan Murali | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Here is where Karthikeyan's calculating abilities combined with his knack for solving studies came into good use. He confidently took the knight on d7. He had seen that the pawn ending is drawn and that he can always meet ...g5 with h5 and Black cannot make progress. If Black after g5 and h5 goes to Kf7 and tries for g6 then White takes and get his king to the e6 square. All of this has been explained in the notes below.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be4 Re8 11.Qd3 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.Rfe1 Qc7 15.c4 f5 16.Bg5 b6 17.a3 Nf8 18.b4 Qd7 19.Bd2 Bc7 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Rxe8 Qxe8 22.Bg5 f6 23.Bc1 c5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.d5 Bd6 26.Re1 Qd7 27.h4! Stopping g5. Re8 28.Rxe8 Qxe8 29.g3 Nd7 30.Bf4!? Bxf4 31.gxf4 Nb6 32.Kg2 Kh7 33.Kg3 Kh6 34.Nd2 Qe1 35.Nf3 Qe8 36.Kg2 Kh7 37.Nd2 Qe1 38.Nf3 Qc1 39.Nd2 Qd1 40.d6 Karthikeyan doesn't agree for a draw and fights on. Qg4+ 41.Qg3 Qxg3+ 41...Qe2!? 42.fxg3 Kg8 43.Nb3 Kf7 44.Nxc5 Nxc4 45.d7 Ke7 46.a4 Nb6 47.Kf3 Nxd7 48.Nxd7! A great decision by Karthikeyan who has seen that the pawn endgame is just a draw. Kxd7 49.Ke3 Ke6 50.Kd4 Kd6 50...g5 is what Shtembuliak thought might win but White has 51.h5! Kf7 52.Kd5 g6 53.hxg6+ Kxg6 54.Ke6 a5 55.Ke7 gxf4 56.gxf4 Kg7 57.Ke6 Kg6= 51.Kc4 Kc6 The game just ended in a draw. ½–½
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Indian GM Iniyan facing Aram Hakobyan | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Aram Hakobyan is in excellent form at the World Junior 2019. In round five he beat the strong Spanish GM Miguel Ruiz and now against Iniyan with the black pieces, he played some flawless chess to move into the joint lead with 5.0/6 along with Shtembuliak.

 
Iniyan - Hakobyan
Position after 18.e4

White has broken in the centre with the move 18.e4. How should Black respond?

In this position Black went for the move 18...c5! It was an excellent decision by Aram as this opens up the position for his bishops and also the white king on c1 starts to feel the heat.

 
Position after 21.♗e4

White's 18.e4 finished off the game quickly after 18...dxc3 19.xb7 cxb2+ 20.b1 e7! The pawn on a3 is hanging now. 

 
Position after 26.Kc2

Time for the final blow. Black to play and win.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nfd2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.Nc3 Nh5 8.Bg3 d6 9.e3 g6 9...Nxg3 10.hxg3 10.Nf3 10.Be2 Bxg2 11.Rg1 Nxg3 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.Be2∞ 10...Nd7 11.Be2 Bf6 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Nb5 Nxg3 13...Qd8 14.Bxd6 cxd6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7 16.Nxb7 Qc7 17.g4!+- 14.hxg3 14.Nxc7+ Kd8-+ 14...Qd8 15.Bd3 0-0 16.0-0-0 Re8 17.Nc3 17.Rh2 a6 18.Nc3 d5 19.Rdh1 Nf8 20.Rxh7 Nxh7 21.Bxg6 Nf8-+ 17...d5 18.e4?! This is where Hakobyan takes over. 18.Kb1= 18...c5! White's centre begins to disintegrate and with that the two bishops start to get active and also the king on c1 starts to feel the heat. 19.exd5 19.e5 Bg7 19...cxd4 20.dxe6 Rxe6 20...dxc3 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Rxh7+ 21.Be4? 21.Ne4 Nc5 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21...dxc3 22.Bxb7 cxb2+ 23.Kb1 Qe7! 23...Rb8 24.Bd5 Re7 24.Bxa8 24.Ka2 Rb8 25.Bd5 Re2 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Qe2-+ 24...Qxa3 25.Qd3 Qa1+ 26.Kc2 Qa2! Excellent calculation by Aram. 27.Rb1 Nc5 28.Qd5 Qb3+ 29.Kd2 Bc3# Black made absolutely no mistakes. 0–1
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After suffering his first loss in a while, Pragg was back on track with a nice win over IM Zhanados Agmanov | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.d4 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 h6?! Pragg felt this was unnecessary. 11...Ne4 11...Nc7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.e4!? 12.a3 Re8 13.Ne5 Nc7 13...cxd4 14.Nb5 14.Qxd4 Bc5 15.Qd3 15.Qd2 g5 16.Bxg5 hxg5 16...Rxe5 17.Bh4 17.Qxg5+ 15...g5 14...g5 15.Bd2 Ne4 16.Nf3 16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Nef3 17.Nec6 Qf6-+ 17...g4 14.dxc5 Bxc5 14...bxc5 15.Nc4! Ne6 15...Rb8 16.Bxc7 Qxc7 17.Bxd5± 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Rbd8 19.e4 Bg5 20.Rc2 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Bxd5= 16.Be5 15.Nd3 Bd6 16.Qa4 Ne4 16...Ne6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qb4 Qxb4 19.axb4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxd6 18.Red1 exd3 18...Nd5 19.Bxd6 19.Bxe4 Nxf4 20.Bxb7 Nxe2+ 19...exd3 20.Bc7 dxe2 21.Bxd8 exd1Q+ 22.Rxd1 Rexd8 19.Rxd3 Bxg2 20.Rxd6 20.Kxg2 Re6 20...Ne6 21.Bxd6± 21.Rcd1 Ne8 22.Bxd6 Nxd6 23.Qf4 20...Qe7 21.Kxg2 Ne6 22.Rd2± 18...Qxd6 19.Red1 Qe7 19...exd3 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Rxd3+- 20.Nf4 Red8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21...Rxd8 22.Qxa7+- 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4+- White is a pawn up and should win this quite easily but Pragg's endgame technique wasn't the best. Qe8 24.Qb7 24.Qxe8+ Nxe8 25.g4± 24...Nb5 24...Ne6 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rc7+- 25.e3 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qd5 Qxd5 28.Nxd5 Nd6 29.Ne3± 25...Nd6 26.Qc6 Rd8 27.Qxe8+ Nxe8 28.Kf1 Kf8 28...Rd2 29.Rc8 Kf8 30.b4 Ra2 31.Nd5+- 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.g4 g6 31.h3 31.h4 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Nh5 31...Rd7 32.Rc8 Nd6 33.Nd5+ Ke6 34.Nf4+ Ke7 35.Rh8?! Pragg misplaces his rook. 35.Rc2± 35...Nc4 36.Nd3 Rc7 37.Kd1 Rd7 38.Kc2 Rc7 39.Nf4 Ne5+ 39...Nxe3+ 40.Kb3 40.Kd3 g5 41.fxe3 41.Ng6+ Kf6!= 41...fxg6 42.Rh7+ 41...gxf4 42.exf4± 40...g5 41.fxe3 gxf4 42.exf4± 40.Kb3 Rd7 41.Rc8 41.Rxh6 Rd2 41...Nf3 41...Rd2 42.Rc2 42.Kc3 Ne5 42...Ng1 43.h4 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Nd3 Nf3= 43.e4 Nf3 44.Nd5+ White has got his knight on a good square and Black hasn't made much of a progress in the last few moves. Kd6 45.Kd3 f5 46.Ke3 Ng5 46...fxe4 47.Kxe4 47.Nf6 Rf7 48.Nxe4+ 47...Ng5+ 48.Kd4 Ne6+ 47.f3 fxe4 47...Nxh3 48.fxe4 Nxh3 49.Rg8 Kc5 49...Ng5 50.Rxg6+ Ke5 51.Rxh6 51.Nb4 Nxe4 52.Nd3+ Kd5 53.Nf4+ Ke5 54.Re6# 51...Rf7 52.Rh5+- 50.Rxg6 Rh7 51.Nf6 Rh8 52.Rg8 The notes in this game contain the post game analysis with Pragg. 1–0
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Praggnanandhaa,R2567Agmanov,Z24031–02019A05open6.4

Volodar Murzin played the endgame like a champion to beat Harsha Bharathakoti | Photo: Niklesh Jain

In our last report we had already mentioned the phenomenal endgame acumen of 13-year-old Volodar Murzin. Well, he went one step ahead in the sixth round where he showed all the skills of a good endgame player. We are going to change our format for this one and first give you the entire game to look at. Afterwards, we will explain to you the techniques used by the Russian IM to win his game.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.0-0 Qc7 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Re1 0-0 9.e5 Nd5 10.a4 a5 11.Qe2 b6 12.h3 Rd8 13.b3 h6 14.Bb2 Be6 15.Ne4 Qc8 16.Rad1 g5 17.Nh2 Nf4 18.Qe3 Bf5 19.h4 Nd5 20.Qg3 g4 21.h5 Kh7 22.Qh4 Ra7 23.Ng3 Rg8 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxg4 Qxg4 26.Nxg4 Nf4 27.Bc1 Nxh5 28.Re4 Bf8 29.Ne3 Ng7 30.g3 Ne6 31.Kg2 Rd7 32.Nc4 Rb7 33.Rh1 Nd4 34.Ne3 Rg6 35.Bb2 Rd7 36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.Nf5 c5 38.Nh4 Rc6 39.Nf3 Kg8 40.e6! A nice pawn sacrifice. Rxe6 41.Rxe6 fxe6 42.Ne5 Rd6 43.Nc4 Rc6 44.f4 Bg7 45.Kf3 Kh7 46.Ke4 Kg6 47.g4 White has maximized his position. What is the next plan? Bf6 48.Rh2 Bg7 49.Rg2 Bh8 50.Rg3 Bg7 51.Rg1 Bh8 52.Nd2 Rc8 53.Nf3 Bf6 54.Nd2 Bg7 55.Nc4 Murzin is just 13 years old, but already knows how to tire out his opponent. Rc6 56.Rh1 Bf6 57.g5! Staying alert to the tactical possibilities. hxg5 58.fxg5 Bg7 58...Kxg5 59.Rg1+ Kh4 60.Rg8+- Once the rook penetrates, all of Black's pawns are in trouble. 59.Rf1 Kxg5 59...Rc8 Stopping the infiltration was important. 60.Nxb6 Rh8 61.Nc4 Rh2± White is still better, but Black can hope for a draw thanks to his activity. 60.Rf7 Bf6 61.Rf8 The two extra pawns for Black are useless. White rook and knight will pick up all the extra queenside pawns. Kg4 62.Rg8+ Kh4 63.Rb8 Kg3 64.Rxb6 Rc8 64...Rxb6 65.Nxb6+- 65.Rxe6 Rh8 66.Nxa5 Rh2 67.Kd5 Rxc2 68.Nb7 c4 69.bxc4 Ra2 70.c5 Bg5 70...Rxa4 71.c6+- 71.c6 Bf4 72.Nc5 Rh2 73.Rxe7 Rh5+ 74.Kc4 Rh6 75.Kb5 Bd6 76.Ne4+ Some brilliant endgame play by Murzin. 1–0
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Murzin,V2433Harsha,B25301–02019B31open6.6
 
Murzin - Bharathakoti
Position after 40.e6

First step was to create a weakness in the position.

 
Position after 47.g4

Maximizing the position with each piece standing on an ideal square.

 
Position after 56.♖h1

Patience! Here Murzin could have gone 56.g5 directly like he did on move 57. However, he did not do it immediately. Why to end the misery for the opponent when he cannot do anything. From move 47 to 57 Volodar just moved his pieces from one square to another doing absolutely nothing. Defence is always tiring.

 
Position after 57.g5

The breakthrough! Often when you are playing slowly, it is possible to just forget about calculating lines. But good players are always on the watch out for tactical opportunities. Here the move 57.g5! is pretty strong.

 
Position after 61.Rf8

Once the rook breaks in, the knight and rook combo will create havoc on the board! It was necessary to calculate lines here and Murzin did so without too much of difficulty.

After watching this performance, one can easily see the talent in this youngster and predict that he will be a great player in the years to come! | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Miguel Ruiz played a fine game from the white side of the Najdrof to beat Leib Mendonca | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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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 0-0 9.a4 Be6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Be3 Qa5 12.h3 Rfc8 13.Qd2 Bc4 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Rdc1 b5 16.b3 b4 17.Na2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qb7 19.Bd2 a5 20.Rab1 Bd8?! 20...Nc5!= 21.c3! White has a much more pleasant position now. bxc3 22.Nxc3 Bb6 23.Nb5 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Bc5 25.Rd1 Qb6 26.Qf3 Nf8 27.Bf1 Ne6 28.Bc4 Nd4 29.Nxd4 Bxd4 30.Bg5 Qd8 31.Kg2 h6 32.Bd2 Qe7 33.h4 Nd7 34.Rf1 Nb6 35.Bb5 Nd7? 36.Bxh6! gxh6 37.Qg4+ Kh8 38.Bxd7 Rg8 39.Qh5 Qf6 40.Bf5+- Rb8 41.Rc1 Bc5 42.Rc3 Qg7 43.Qd1 Rb4 44.Qd5 Rd4 45.Qb7 Rd2 46.Rxc5 dxc5 47.Qb8+ Qg8 48.Qxe5+ Qg7 49.Qb8+ Qg8 50.Qf4 1–0
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Santos Ruiz,M2560Mendonca,L23881–02019B91open6.5

Aravindh finally showed what he is capable of against Artur Davtyan | Photo: Niklesh Jain 

 
Davtyan - Aravindh
Position after 34.Nd5

It looks like a such a simple position. But that's the thing about magicians! They can create something out of nothing! Look how Aravindh makes some magical moves to beat his strong opponent.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Bc5 15.Nf5 g6 16.Nh6+ Nxh6 17.Bxh6 Re8 18.Bf3 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qe6 20.Rad1 Bb6 21.a3 Ng4 22.Bg2 f6 23.Bc1 Rad8 24.h3 Rxd1 25.Nxd1 Ne5 26.Ne3 Nf7 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.Kh2 Bc8 29.f4 Nd6 30.e5 fxe5 31.Qxc6 Nf7 32.Qxe6 Bxe6 33.fxe5 Nxe5 34.Nd5 Aravindh's magic starts from here. Bg4! The bishop cannot be touched because of Nxg4+ 35.Rf1 35.Rd2 was the best but it is always awkward to block your bishop. 35...Be2! The rook is running out of squares. 36.Rf6?! 36.Re1 Nd3 is still better for Black, but White can still keep fighting after 37.Rh1! 36...Bc4 37.Rd6 Bc5 38.Ra6 Bxd5 39.Bxd5 Nd3 The black bishops doesn't have too many squares. 40.b4 40.Bg5 Re2+ 41.Kh1 Bb6-+ Now there are multiple threats. Main one being Re5 and also to trap the rook with Nc5. 40...Bb6 41.Bf4 g5! Aravindh is in top notch form. 42.Bxg5 42.Bd6 Rd8 42...Re2+ 43.Kh1 Re5 Black loses a piece! 44.Bd8 Rxd5 44...Bxd8 45.Rxa7+ 45.Bxb6 axb6 46.Rxb6 Black still needs a bit of technique, but he should be winning here. Ne5 47.Ra6 Rd2 48.Kg1 Ra2 49.Ra5 Nf3+ 50.Kf1 Nd4 51.Ra6 Nf5 52.g4 Ne3+ 53.Kg1 Nc4 54.Ra7+ Kg6 55.Rb7 Rxa3 56.Rxb5 Rxh3 57.Kg2 Rb3 58.Kf2 Ne3 59.Kg3 h6 60.Rc5 Nf5+ 61.Kf2 Rb2+ 62.Kf3 Nd4+ 63.Kg3 Rb3+ 64.Kh4 Nf3+ 65.Kg3 Ng5+ 66.Kg2 Rb2+ 67.Kh1 Nf3 68.Rh5 Rxb4 69.Kg2 Rxg4+ 70.Kh3 Ra4 71.Rd5 Ng5+ 72.Kg3 Ra3+ 0–1
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Davtyan,A2418Aravindh,C26090–12019D45open6.12

 
Ameya - Haria
Position after 70.Kg3

Black to play and win

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Re1 0-0 6.d3 Ng4 7.Rf1 Nf6 8.Re1 d6 9.c3 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh7 13.d4 Bb6 14.dxe5 g4 15.Bh4 Ng5 16.Nxg5 hxg5 17.Bg3 Nxe5 18.Nd2 Qf6 19.Bf1 Be6 20.Qa4 Kg7 21.Bc4 Bd7 22.Bb5 Nd3 23.Re2 Nc5 24.Qc4 c6 25.Ba4 Be6 26.e5 Qg6 27.Qd4 d5 28.Nf1 Nxa4 29.Qxa4 Rfd8 30.Rd1 Rd7 31.Ne3 Qh5 32.Nc2 Rad8 33.Nd4 Qg6 34.Red2 Kh6 35.Rd3 Bf5 36.Nxf5+ Qxf5 37.Kh1 Kg6 38.f3 d4 39.cxd4 gxf3 40.gxf3 Rd5 41.R1d2 Ba7 42.Kg2 c5 43.Qb5 R8d7 44.Re2 Rxd4 45.Rxd4 cxd4 46.a4 d3 47.e6 Qxb5 48.axb5 fxe6 49.Rxe6+ Kf7 50.Re1 Rd5 51.Rd1 a4 52.Kh3 Be3 53.Kg2 Kf6 54.Be1 d2 55.Bf2 Bf4 56.Bg3 Be3 57.Bf2 Bf4 58.Bg3 Kf5 59.Kf2 b6 60.Ke2 Re5+ 61.Kf2 Rxb5 62.Bxf4 Kxf4 63.Rxd2 Rb4 64.Ke2 b5 65.Kf2 Rc4 66.Ke2 Rb4 67.Kf2 Rb3 68.Rd4+ Ke5 69.Rd2 b4 70.Kg3 Rxb2! A great decision by Ravi. 71.Rxb2 b3 72.f4+ 72.Kg4 Kd4 73.Kxg5 Kc3 74.Re2 b2 75.Re1 a3 76.f4 a2-+ 72...gxf4+ 73.Kf3 Kd4 74.h4 Kc3 74...Kc4! 75.h5 a3 76.Rb1 b2 77.h6 a2 78.Rxb2 a1Q-+ 75.h5 Kxb2 75...a3 76.h6 axb2 77.h7 b1Q 78.h8Q+= 76.h6 Ka2 77.h7 b2 78.h8Q b1Q 79.Kxf4 a3 80.Qc3 80.Qg8+= 80...Qb2 81.Qc4+ Qb3 82.Qc1 Qd3 83.Qc5 Kb3 84.Qb6+ Ka4 85.Qa7+ Kb4 86.Qe7+ Kb3 87.Qb7+ Kc3 88.Kg5 a2 89.Qc7+ Kb2 90.Qe5+ Kc2 91.Qc5+ Qc3 92.Qf5+ Kd1 93.Qf1+ Qe1 94.Qf3+ Qe2 95.Qh1+ Kc2 96.Qc6+ Kb1 97.Qh1+ Kb2 98.Qb7+ Kc3 99.Qc7+ Qc4 100.Qe5+ Kb3 101.Qe3+ Ka4 102.Qa7+ Kb4 103.Kh6 Qc1+ 104.Kh7 a1Q 105.Qb6+ Kc3 106.Qc5+ Kb2 107.Qb4+ Ka2 108.Qa4+ Kb1 109.Qb3+ Qab2 110.Qd5 110.Qd3+ Qcc2 The queen is pinned! Or else it could have been a nice drawing mechanism. 110...Qc7+ 111.Kg6 Qbb6+ 0–1
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Audi,A2336Haria,R24630–12019C50open6.10

Open standings after round 6

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Mobina Alinasab leads in the girls section

Mobina beat Boldbataar Altantuya in round six of the World Juniors 2019 to take sole lead with 5½/6. She has a half point lead over Shuvalova and a full point lead over rest of the field. While Iran is struggling in the open section with bad results as well as the pairing related issues, Mobina's performance gives the Iranian fans something to cheer about.

Although Mobina's rating is just 2239 and she is still a WIM, you can expect a lot from her at this event. At the Women's World Championships 2018 she went to round three knocking out strong players like Elizabeth Paehtz and Monika Socko. She has also finished her schooling and has taken a year of break from studying so that she can focus on her chess!

She is trained by GM Oleg Korneev.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 e5 This is not very common but Mobina was already thinking on her own here. 11...Qc7 is the main move here. 12.Ne2 c4 13.Bc2 Bc5 14.Ng3 14.b3± 14...g6 15.Qe2 Qb6 16.Bd2 h5 17.Rfd1 Ng4 18.Be1 18.Nh1 18...h4 19.Nf1 h3 20.Ng5 hxg2 21.Qxg4 gxf1Q+ 22.Kxf1 Rxh2 23.Kg1 Rh5 24.Nxf7? 24.Ne6! Ke7 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 Black is better, but it is better than what happened in the game. 24...Qf6! 25.Qe6+ Kf8 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 The knight on f7 is trapped. 27.Nxe5 Rxe5 28.Bc3 Rg5+ 29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 Re8 31.Kf3 Rh5 32.Rh1 b4 33.Bd2 Reh8 34.Rxh5 Rxh5 35.Kg2 g5 36.f3 a5 37.Bd1 Bd4 38.Rb1 Rh8 39.Be2 Be5 0–1
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Altantuya,B2277Alinasab,M22390–12019D47girls6.1

Polina Shuvalova is making a strong claim to fight for the world title in under-20 as well when she beat Solozhenkina in round six | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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Russian duel on the third table of this world junior championship! Shuvalova made respect her elo with a very active and dynamic game: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 0-0 7.Ngf3 a5 8.0-0 Na6 9.e5 Nd7 10.c4 Nb4 Wesley So use a very active continuation in the center, advancing the d pawn as a kamikazi regardless of his destination, because its main objective was to open the diagonal a8-h1. 10...Ndxc5 11.Bb1 d4 12.Rd1 d3 13.Qe3 b6 14.Ne1 Bb7 15.Nxd3 Qc7 16.Nf4 Rfd8 17.Re1 Bg5 18.Nf1 Nb4 19.Qg3 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Nbd3 21.Re3 Ne4 22.Qh4 Qxc4 23.Bg5 Rd4 24.Bxd3 Nxg5 25.Bxc4 Rxh4 1/2-1/2 (57) Liang,A (2552)-So,W (2786) Saint Louis 2018 11.b3N Moves like 11.Bb1 keeping the bishop in the great diagonal could be interesting, very important also consider the paradogic advance 11.c6 supported by positional sense, perhaps not the most precise but if very attractive. 11.c6 Nxc6 11...bxc6 12.Bb1 c5 13.Re1 Giving more support to e5 and releasing in the future the g3 square for the knight's passage. 12.cxd5 exd5= 11...Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Nxc5 13.Qe3 Bd7 As will see the bishop in this square does'nt participate too much of the contest, instead on the contrary obstruct a little the cordination of the pieces, maybe b6 and try to develop for b7 could have worked better. 13...b6 14.Bb2 Bb7 15.Rad1 Qc7 With a very interesting position, then try to take advantage of the double bishops in the open position, obviously white also has some good ideas d4 squeare is a good support and e5 peon gives an important space. 14.Bb2 b5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nd4 Ra6 17.Rad1 Re8 18.Qf3 Rg6 19.h3 Bg5 20.Nf5 Bxd2 21.Rxd2 Qg5 22.Ne3 d4 23.Rxd4 Bc6 24.Nd5 Qxe5 25.Rfd1 Ne4 26.Qf4 Qe6 Maybe exchange the Queens and free her self a little from the press could been a good continuation, anyway it is difficult to decide because the activity of white is intimidating. 27.Qe3 Ng5 28.Kf1 Elegant move that removes presion to the g6 rook, defends entry in 2 rank in future and activates the king for a possible end game. Qd6 29.Nf4 Qc7 30.Qc3??
A major tactical error, losing the game almost instantly. Chess is dangerous no matter how good your position is, if you lose your concentration even for 1 minute everything can collapse like a sandcastle. 30...Rf6? 30...Bxg2+ 31.Nxg2 31.Kxg2 Ne4+-+ 31...Qh2-+ 31.Qg3 Rf5 32.Rd6 f6 33.Qg4 Be4 34.h4 Now it was the Knight's time to be the protagonist! 34.Nh5 Qb7 35.f4! Bxg2+ 35...Ne6? 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.Qxg7# 36.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Nf7 38.R6d5± 34...Qc2 35.hxg5 Rxg5 36.Qd7 Bxg2+ Now no matter how much effort black put in, Shuvalova is clear that her position is winning. 37.Nxg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Re4 39.Qd8+ Re8 40.Qxe8+
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Shuvalova,P2412Solozhenkina,E22831–02019C03girls6.3

Divya Deshmukh managed to hold the much more experienced Stavroula Tsolakidou to a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Mariia Berdnyk beat the giant killer Toshali V | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The Indian match up between Rakshitta and Vaishali ended in a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Arpita Mukherjee managed to hold Bibisara Assaubayeva to a draw | Photo: Niklesh Jain

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