9/11/2018 – He 12 years and 9 months old. He hails from Uzbekistan and already has a live rating of 2500+ Elo points and one GM norm. Meet Javokhir Sindarov, the big sensation at the World Juniors 2018. The boy has beaten two GMs already and today he crushed a Norwegian IM in brutal style. In the Girls section, WIM Nino Khomeriki from Georgia is dominating the field with 6.0/6 score. She has a full one point lead. Here's the round six report by Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal from Gebze in Turkey.
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The new Uzbek star on the horizon: Javokhir Sindarov
He was born on December 8th, 2005 and is not even 13 yet, but Javokhir Sindarov is already rated 2500+ and has one GM norm. He is almost certain to make his second GM norm at the World Juniors 2018. People have heard about Abdusattarov Nodirbek, the Uzbek prodigy who became the third youngest GM in the history of the game at the age of 13 years and 1 month. Well, now he has company from his country in the form of Sindarov.
ChessBase was the first one to report on Sindarov's talent. The boy was not even ten years old back then. I played blitz with him at the Abu Dhabi Masters 2015 and he simply crushed me. I realized that if guided in the right way, Javokhir will surely become a huge force to reckon with in future. Currently he is being trained by experienced Uzbek GM Marat Dzhumaev. Javokhir is playing some sublime chess at the World Junior Championships 2018. He is currently on 5½/6, and who knows, if he wins the tournament he could well become the second youngest GM in the history of the game, even surpassing Praggnanandhaa's recent feat of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days.
The last 15 minutes of Sindarov's attack | Video: ChessBase India Youtube
Javokhir already has a rating of 2484 and he is gaining 22 Elo points. That takes his live rating to 2506. You can obviously gauge his strength from the figure, but I always had the feeling that he was playing too tactically. Positionally it seemed as if there was something lacking in his games. But this seems to have been fixed to a certain extent at this event. In the third round, Sindarov was able to outwit the strong Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei (2576) and then on the same day he convincingly beat GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2578). In the fifth round he was completely lost, but once again thanks to his tactical acumen, survived against Alireza Firouzja. IM Johan-Sebastien Christiansen (he is still an IM but has already achieved all his requirements for GM title) was next in the sixth round and Sindarov simply crushed him with a typical exchange sacrifice on f6.
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1.d4
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1.Nf3
281,312
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2441
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1.c4
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2442
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1.g3
19,688
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2427
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1.b3
14,236
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2427
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1.f4
5,886
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,796
51%
2384
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1.b4
1,753
48%
2380
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1.a3
1,197
54%
2403
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1.e3
1,068
48%
2408
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1.d3
948
50%
2378
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1.g4
662
46%
2361
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1.h4
446
53%
2374
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1.c3
426
51%
2425
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1.h3
279
56%
2416
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1.a4
108
60%
2468
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1.f3
91
47%
2431
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1.Nh3
89
66%
2508
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1.Na3
42
62%
2482
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1.e430e5302.Nf330Nc603.Bc430Nf604.d30Be71:305.Nc3!?1:00 This isn't as flexible as
5.c3 but for a player like Sindarov who likes to play with pieces more than
pawns, this is a good choice.0-0306.a33:30d6307.0-00Kh8?!4:30 This seems a
bit dubious as it allows Ng5 followed by f4.8.Ng54:00Qe813:308...Bg4!?9.f3Bh5should be considered, but the bishop
does look a bit offside on h5.9.f49:30exf44:3010.Bxf46:30h63:3011.Nf330Ne53012.Bxe5!?12:30 Only a 12-year-old can play this
move! It smells freshness. At the same time we have to agree, it isn't the
best move in the position.12.Bb3Bg413.Kh112.Nxe5dxe513.Bg313.Bxe5Bc5+14.d4Qxe5-+13...Bc5+14.Kh112...dxe5013.Kh10Nd713:3013...Bd8with the idea
of ...c6 is much better.14.Nd55:00Bd83015.Qe10c612:3016.Ne30Nf6017.Qg32:30Bc7018.Nh430
Everything looks logical until this point, but now Christiansen has a
momentary lapse in concentration.Be6?6:00 A very bad move.18...Nh5!19.Qf3Nf419...f6White surely seems better, but Black is
hanging on.20.g3Ne621.Qh5±This was worked out by Sindarov as he
said after the game.19.Rxf6!4:30 Of course, you don't to ask
Javokhir twice!gxf63020.Nhf54:30Rg8021.Qh40Rg63022.Nxh60Kg72:3023.Nhf5+1:30Kg830 And now
it's time bring all the pieces to the party.24.Rf1!2:30Bxc41:3125.Nxc43025.Rf3Qd726.Rh3Kf827.Qxf6!A nice tactic to end the game!25...Qe63:2826.Rf30Rd82:2727.Nce3!5:30 White's move just
flow.27.Rg3Qxc428.Qh6Rd729.Ne7+!wins the queen on c4, but it is
not as cute as the game finish.27...Bb62:2028.Rh30Kf83029.Rg3!0 Javokhir is very
accurate. He gives his opponent no chances.Kg83:3529...Rxg330.hxg3Ke831.Ng7++-30.Ng40Rd62:5531.Nxd630Qxd63832.Nh6+30
Christiansen had had enough. An interesting struggle that was marred by the
Norwegian losing his sense of danger and then Sindarov finishing off the game
to perfection.1–0
A proud father Sanjar Sindarov (right) with the coach of Russian team Farrukh Amonatov | Photo: Amruta Mokal
After the game, Javokhir was leaving and going to his room. We approached him to show us his game on the chess board. The boy doesn't speak fluent English, but he is more than fluent at showing variations and ideas on the chess board. He readily agreed and in this video, you can see how he is thinking tactically and in terms of moves (I go here, he goes there) in all the lines.
Studying the content of this DVD and adding these openings to your repertoire will provide players with a very strong tool to fight 1...e5 - as the practice of the author clearly demonstrates.
Javokhir Sindarov analyzes his game and shows us some interesting variations
Sindarov's big test comes in round seven when he would face GM Parham Maghsoodloo with the black pieces. Until now no one really has taken him into a positional setup with a game that is developing slowly. I am sure Parham would do that. But Javokhir has shown again and again that he is able to stir up complications and calculations in any position. The game would be one to look forward to!
Nino Khomeriki's 6.0/6
"I am just trying to put my pieces on the right squares and find the plans!", says Nino Khomeriki, who is on 6.0/6 and has a full one point lead over the field. In unknown opening positions, she is taking her time, not shying away from complex decisions, and making the most ambitious moves.
Nino Khomeriki with the white pieces beat Gabriela Antova | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Take for example her position in the sixth round against Bulgarian opponent Gabriela Antova. Nino was out of her opening preparation when Gabriela played the Semi-Slav. But it didn't really matter for Georgian girl who took her time in the opening and then found a very interesting idea:
The Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6) can arise via various move orders, has decided World Championships, and is one of Black's most fascinating replies to 1 d4. Magnus Carlsen's second, Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen explains in detail what this opening is all about.
Khomeriki vs Antova
Position after 14.Ne2
In a position where over 1000 games have been played with various moves, Nino went for the idea of relocating the knight from c3 to g3 which was very rare.
Slowly and steadily she started to pile up the pressure and before you knew it, the game was already over. After the game ended, I asked Nino for an interview. As we were walking towards the interview area, her father Giorgi Khomeriki, who is a strong player came up to her and hugged his daughter tightly.
"You played a beautiful game today", he said. It was not just the result that he was happy with. The focus was on the quality of moves that his daughter has made. This puts an excellence based approach in the mind of the player whenever they sit on the chess board.
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1.d430d5302.c40e603.Nf30Nf604.Nc330c605.e34:30 After the game Nino said that she had
prepared many openings but had not looked into the Meran as her opponent had
never played it before.Nbd706.Bd30dxc407.Bxc40b5308.Bd30Bb7309.0-030a63010.e41:30c53011.d530 This is all pretty
well known.Qc7012.dxe633:30fxe6013.Ne2!?0 A very interesting possibility. White would
like to relocate his knight to g3.c413:3013...Bd614.a4Nxe415.Bxe4Bxe416.Nc3Bb717.Re10-018.Rxe61-0 (18) Esipenko,A (2587)
-Shirov,A (2652) Sochi 201813...Nxe414.Nf4±14.Bc200-0-01:3015.Qe16:30 The bishop will
come to d2 and there will be pressure on dark squares.e515:3015...Nxe416.Ned4∞16.Ng33:30Bc55:3017.Bd2!2:30Kb87:3018.a41:30 White starts
hacking at Black's structure.Qc62:3019.axb51:30axb53020.Qe212:30Bb69:3021.Ba515:24Rhe87:3021...Bxa522.Rxa5Nc523.Nxe5Qc724.Rxb5Qxe525.Qxc4Rc8Here Nino thought that the position was bad for her,
but in fact White is winning after26.Ra1+-The attack is just too strong.
22.b33:36c39:3023.Bd31:14Bxa51:3024.Rxa52b43025.Rfa13:14Nc56:5126.Bb56Qd6027.Nf51:19Qc73:1528.Qa22:48 The
attack just flows.Qb61029.Ne347Qd6030.h32:50c23:4631.Kh22:1031.Qxc2+-31...Nxb35932.Qxb326Rc85033.Nxc254Bxe41534.Nxb40
An excellent game by Nino Khomeriki.1–0
A lot of players from the same country faced each other in the sixth round. On the top board we had Parham Maghsoodloo facing Alireza Firouzja. I was expecting a short draw from their end, and my doubts were strengthened when Parham went for the Exchange French from the white side. But it was not a decision to make early peace. It was a strategic one to draw Alireza into positions where he wasn't comfortable. Maghsoodloo was right, and he got a nagging edge, but he couldn't build on it and the game petered out into a draw.
The Iranians are fighters! No short draws! | Photo: Amruta Mokal
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1.e430e62:302.d430d503.exd530 A very weird decision for a player who likes
to play uncompromising chess. But, Maghsoodloo knows Alireza very well and he
thought that exchange French maybe the right way to frustrate his opponent.exd504.Nf30Bd605.Bd30Ne7306.0-00Nbc607.c30Bf508.Bxf51:30Nxf509.Re1+0Nfe73:3010.b3!?0
Maghsoodloo was playing very fast, which means he was still in
his preparation.0-03:3011.Na330Ng6012.Nb53:30Be77:3013.c430dxc46:3014.bxc430a63:3015.Nc30Bb43015...Bf616.Nd5±16.Qb3016.Bb216...Nh4!2:3017.Nxh45:30Qxh417:3018.Be35:30b54:3019.Red17:30Rab810:3020.Rac16:3020.cxb5axb521.g3Qh322.Bf4±20...Bxc36:3021.Qxc330Ne73022.g36:3022.Qd2Positionally White
is doing very well here.22...Qh51:3023.Qa33:30Nf51:3024.Bf40bxc43025.Bxc75:00Rbc83026.Qc522:3026.Rxc4Qxd1+-+26...Qf31:3227.Qxc46:30Rxc7!0 Firouzja forces a draw.28.Qxc730Ne3!2129.fxe330Qxe3+3030.Kg230Qe2+3031.Kh30Qh5+032.Kg20Qe2+033.Kh30½–½
This DVD gives you the key to start out with the French Defence. GM Yannick Pelletier is a specialist of this opening, and believes that the most efficient way to understand its ideas, plans, and typical structures is to study classical lines.
The battle between two Indians Aravindh Chithambaram and Karthik Venkatraman also ended in a tense struggle where Aravindh miscalculated and lost the game | Photo: Amruta Mokal
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4Nf64.Nc3cxd45.Nxd4a66.Be2e67.0-0Be78.f40-08...Nc6 After the game Karthik said that it would have
been better if I had played this as then I didn't have to place my queen on c7
which I have no experience in.9.Kh1Qc79...Nc610.Nxc6bxc611.e5
Karthik was not happy with this variation.10.a4Nc611.Be3Re812.Bf3Bd713.Nb3b614.g4Bc8!A common idea which has been seen in many games. The
plan is to free the d7 square for the knight on f6 and the bishop can sit well
on b7.15.g5Nd716.Bg2Rb817.Qe217.Rf3Bb718.Rh3g619.Qg4Nb420.Qh4h5is a common way to defend.17...Bb718.Rf3Nb419.Rh3g620.Qf2f521.Nd4?!21.a5b522.Bb6!?21...Bf8!22.exf5exf5The position
should be around even.23.Rd1Nc524.Nde2Qf725.Rd2Rbc826.Bd4Bxg2+27.Qxg2d528.Rd1?A mistake from Aravindh.Nxc2!29.Nxd5Rxe2!30.Rxh7This move was missed by Karthik, but nevertheless he is still winning!30.Nf6+Qxf6-+30.Qxe2Qxd5+-+30...Nxd4!30...Qxh731.Nf6+Kg732.Qxe2Nxd4=31.Rxf7Kxf7!31...Rxg232.Ra7 is also
winning but what was played in the game was more convincing.32.Qf1Nce633.Qh3Rcc234.b4Rxh2+34...Rf2-+with the idea of Nf3 is much more clean.35.Qxh2Rxh2+36.Kxh2b537.axb5axb538.Ra1Nc639.Kg3Ned440.Rh1Bd641.Rh7+Ke642.Nc7+Bxc743.Rxc7Kd644.Rb7Ne745.Rb6+Kc746.Rf6Ndc647.Re6Kd748.Rf6Nd449.Rb6Kc750.Rf6Ne2+51.Kf3Nxf4Tactics end the
game! That's always the case when Karthik is playing!0–1
When choosing an opening repertoire, there are days when you want to play for a win with Black, when you want to bear down on your opponent’s position with a potentially crushing attack. The Najdorf is perfect for just such occasions. Strategy, combinations, attack and defence, sacrifices and marvellous manoeuvres — exciting chess is all about the Najdorf!
Intuitive queen sacrifice
In the seventh round, we see three Iranians on top three boards. If someone can stop them all it is Jorden van Foreest. This top class player from the Netherlands is slowly coming back into form. And in the sixth round, he played a very nice queen sacrifice to win the game.
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1.e4c52.Nf3d63.Bb5+Bd74.Bxd7+Nxd75.c4Ngf66.Nc3Ne5!?Black
makes White's d4 difficult to achieve.7.0-0e68.d3Be79.Nxe5dxe510.f40-011.fxe5Qd4+12.Kh1Qxe513.Bf4Qh514.Qe1Nd715.e5White goes into
the ambitious mode.Nb8!Excellent move. The knight will head to c6 and
look at the d4 square.16.Ne4Nc617.Qg3Kh818.a3Rad819.Rae1Rd720.Nd6Qg621.Qf2b622.Re3Nxe5!?22...Bxd6!23.exd6e524.Bxe5Nxe525.Rxe5Qxd3was a pretty simple way to play the position and be better.23.Bxe5Bxd624.Rg3Bxe525.Rxg6hxg6Objectively the position is just
even, but somehow with the weak d3 pawn, and the d4 square and fixed square on
f6 for the bishop, it seems as if the position is easier for Black to play.26.Qe2Bf627.b3Kg828.g3Rfd829.Rf3Rd430.h4g531.hxg5Bxg532.Kg2Bf633.a4a634.Qf1R8d635.Kh3Rd736.Qe2a537.Qf1Bd838.Qe2Bc739.Qe3Bd640.Kg2Bf841.Kh3g642.Qe2Bh643.Qe5Bf844.Qb8R4d645.Kg2Kg746.g4Be747.Kf1Bg548.Ke2e5!The e-pawn is going to act as the
battering ram for Black to open the doors towards victory!49.Rh3?Rd850.Qc7e4!Game over.51.dxe4Rd2+52.Ke1Rd1+53.Kf2R8d2+54.Kf3Rd3+55.Ke2R1d2+56.Ke1Rxh357.Qe5+Bf60–1
It's good to see Jorden van Foreest getting into his groove after three draws in the first four rounds
Pawn up in the bishop endgame, yet not winning?
A very curious position arose in the game between Alexander Donchenko and Dmitrij Kollars. After a pretty unsuccessful opening with the black pieces, Kollars lost a pawn and it seemed as if he would lose the game as well. But then he devised an extremely interesting plan - to exchange off all the pieces and go into a same coloured bishop endgame with a missing pawn.
White's last move was Rd1-e1. What would you play here as Black?
Dmitrij Kollars made the exceptionally good decision to take on e3 and liquidate the position into a bishop endgame of the same colour with a pawn deficit. It seemed as if Kollars knew exactly that this six versus five endgame was a fortress.
Why is this position a fortress?
Let's talk about this position. There are a few things going really well in Black's favour.
Black king is very active and right in the centre of the board
Kingside pawns cramp White's pawns and hence to create a passer you will have to exchange two pawns
All of Black's pawns are on dark squares, opposite colour of the bishop which is very useful, while for White most of his pawns are on light squares
All of this leads us to the conclusion that Black can draw this endgame.
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2441
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181,937
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2442
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19,688
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2427
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14,236
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2427
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1.f4
5,886
48%
2377
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3,796
51%
2384
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1.b4
1,753
48%
2380
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1.a3
1,197
54%
2403
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1.e3
1,068
48%
2408
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1.d3
948
50%
2378
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1.g4
662
46%
2361
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1.h4
446
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2374
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1.c3
426
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2425
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1.h3
279
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2416
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1.a4
108
60%
2468
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1.f3
91
47%
2431
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1.Nh3
89
66%
2508
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42
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2482
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1.d4Nf62.c4g63.Nc3Bg74.e4d65.f30-06.Be3c57.Nge2Nc68.d5Ne59.Ng3h510.Be2h411.Nf1e612.Bg5Qb613.Qd2exd514.Bxf6Bxf615.Nxd5Qd816.Nxf6+Qxf617.Ne3Nc618.0-0-0Qd419.Nc2Qxd2+20.Rxd2Rd821.Rhd1Kf822.Rxd6Rxd623.Rxd6White is a clean pawn up and one would
imagine a player of Donchenko's calibre to win this.Be624.Rd1Re825.b3Kg726.Kd2f527.exf5Bxf528.Ne3Nd429.Re1?After doing my research I
will be bold enough to give this move a question mark. It helps Black to reach
an endgame by force which is absolutely drawn.Rxe3‼An excellent move by
Dmitrij Kollars! He knows that the bishop endgame is a fortress.29...Kf7
Keeping more pieces on makes White's task more difficult.30.Kxe3Nc2+31.Kd2Nxe132.Kxe1g5!Putting all the pawns on dark squares. For a person
who doesn't have sufficient knowledge (like myself), it would seem that White
would win very simply. But this is not the case. We will discuss the specifics
within a few moves.33.Kd2Kf634.Bd3Bd735.Ke3Ke5Let's talk about
this position. There are a few things going really well in Black's favour. 1.
Black king is very active and right in the centre of the board. 2. Kingside
pawns cramp White's pawns and hence to create a passer you will have to
exchange two pawns. 3. All of Black's pawns are on dark squares, opposite
colour of the bishop which is very useful, while for White most of his pawns
are on light squares. All of this leads us to the conclusion that Black can
draw this endgame.36.g3hxg337.hxg3b638.Bg638.f4+gxf4+39.gxf4+
looks like an obvious way to play. But there is no way to win this position.Kf6How to make progress? I don't think there is any way.40.Bh7a541.Ke4Bc6+42.Kd3Bd7=38...Bc639.Bf7Bd740.Bd5Bf541.Bc6Bg642.Kd2?!Of course this is stretching it too far.Kd443.f4gxf444.gxf4Be4!45.Bd7Bh746.Bc646.f5Ke547.Ke3Bxf548.Bxf5Kxf5=46...Be447.Bd5
Donchenko gives up.Bxd548.cxd5Kxd549.Ke3b550.Kd3c4+51.bxc4+bxc4+52.Kc3Ke453.Kxc4Kxf454.a4Ke555.Kc5a556.Kb5Kd657.Kxa5Kc758.Kb5Kb759.a5Ka760.a6Kb861.Kb6Ka862.a7½–½
The 7th volume of this endgame series deals with many different aspects of endgame play: the art of pawn play, weaknesses, converting an advantage, stalemate, fortresses, the art of defence and typical mistakes. Learn how to convert an extra piece or an exchange or how to exploit space advantage and better mobility. The themes the art or defence, fortress and stalemate are also intertwined. If your position has a solid fundament then you may surprisingly reach a fortress which might even be based on a stalemate.
The game between Donchenko and Kollars was amazing! It ended in a draw, but there were so many lessons in it about bishop endgame. More analysis later in the article. | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Dmitry Kollars showed some virtuoso defence, one that surprised even the Deputy Chief Arbiter Arild Rimestad | Photo: Amruta Mokal
One of Spain's best juniors Miguel Santos Ruiz is on 4½/6 | Photo: Amruta Mokal
A beautiful future! | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Dinara Dordzhieva beat Cecile Haussernot and now faces the leader of the tournament Nino Khomeriki in the seventh round | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya drew her game against Bibisara Assaubayeva. The Russian has been doing well in this tournament and is unbeaten | Photo: Amruta Mokal
A bird's eye view of the playing hall with the top tables and beyond | Photo: Amruta Mokal
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Black must now prevent Nf3.17...Qxh417...Qxd418.Bb2Qxh418.Be3b519.Red1Rab820.Rac120.cxb5with more complications.axb521.g3Qh522.Rdc1Rbd823.a420...Bxc321.Qxc3Hoping for cxb5.Weaker is21.Rxc3Na521...Ne722.g3Qh523.Qa3Nf524.Bf4bxc4The position is equal.25.Bxc7Rbc826.Qc5Qf327.Qxc4Rxc728.Qxc7
And now Qc3 would win.28...Ne3!29.fxe3Qxe3+30.Kg2Qe2+31.Kh3Qh5+!32.Kg2Qe2+33.Kh3Precision: White = 44%, Black = 56%.½–½
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