World Juniors 2018 Round 6: 12-year-old Javokhir Sindarov sizzles!

by Sagar Shah
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.e4 30 e5 30 2.Nf3 30 Nc6 0 3.Bc4 30 Nf6 0 4.d3 0 Be7 1:30 5.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. 0-0 30 6.a3 3:30 d6 30 7.0-0 0 Kh8?! 4:30 This seems a bit dubious as it allows Ng5 followed by f4. 8.Ng5 4:00 Qe8 13:30 8...Bg4!? 9.f3 Bh5 should be considered, but the bishop does look a bit offside on h5. 9.f4 9:30 exf4 4:30 10.Bxf4 6:30 h6 3:30 11.Nf3 30 Ne5 30 12.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.Bb3 Bg4 13.Kh1 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bg3 13.Bxe5 Bc5+ 14.d4 Qxe5-+ 13...Bc5+ 14.Kh1 12...dxe5 0 13.Kh1 0 Nd7 13:30 13...Bd8 with the idea of ...c6 is much better. 14.Nd5 5:00 Bd8 30 15.Qe1 0 c6 12:30 16.Ne3 0 Nf6 0 17.Qg3 2:30 Bc7 0 18.Nh4 30 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.Qf3 Nf4 19...f6 White surely seems better, but Black is hanging on. 20.g3 Ne6 21.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! gxf6 30 20.Nhf5 4:30 Rg8 0 21.Qh4 0 Rg6 30 22.Nxh6 0 Kg7 2:30 23.Nhf5+ 1:30 Kg8 30 And now it's time bring all the pieces to the party. 24.Rf1! 2:30 Bxc4 1:31 25.Nxc4 30 25.Rf3 Qd7 26.Rh3 Kf8 27.Qxf6! A nice tactic to end the game! 25...Qe6 3:28 26.Rf3 0 Rd8 2:27 27.Nce3! 5:30 White's move just flow. 27.Rg3 Qxc4 28.Qh6 Rd7 29.Ne7+! wins the queen on c4, but it is not as cute as the game finish. 27...Bb6 2:20 28.Rh3 0 Kf8 30 29.Rg3! 0 Javokhir is very accurate. He gives his opponent no chances. Kg8 3:35 29...Rxg3 30.hxg3 Ke8 31.Ng7++- 30.Ng4 0 Rd6 2:55 31.Nxd6 30 Qxd6 38 32.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
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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. 

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: 

 
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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.d4 30 d5 30 2.c4 0 e6 0 3.Nf3 0 Nf6 0 4.Nc3 30 c6 0 5.e3 4:30 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. Nbd7 0 6.Bd3 0 dxc4 0 7.Bxc4 0 b5 30 8.Bd3 0 Bb7 30 9.0-0 30 a6 30 10.e4 1:30 c5 30 11.d5 30 This is all pretty well known. Qc7 0 12.dxe6 33:30 fxe6 0 13.Ne2!? 0 A very interesting possibility. White would like to relocate his knight to g3. c4 13:30 13...Bd6 14.a4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Re1 0-0 18.Rxe6 1-0 (18) Esipenko,A (2587) -Shirov,A (2652) Sochi 2018 13...Nxe4 14.Nf4± 14.Bc2 0 0-0-0 1:30 15.Qe1 6:30 The bishop will come to d2 and there will be pressure on dark squares. e5 15:30 15...Nxe4 16.Ned4∞ 16.Ng3 3:30 Bc5 5:30 17.Bd2! 2:30 Kb8 7:30 18.a4 1:30 White starts hacking at Black's structure. Qc6 2:30 19.axb5 1:30 axb5 30 20.Qe2 12:30 Bb6 9:30 21.Ba5 15:24 Rhe8 7:30 21...Bxa5 22.Rxa5 Nc5 23.Nxe5 Qc7 24.Rxb5 Qxe5 25.Qxc4 Rc8 Here Nino thought that the position was bad for her, but in fact White is winning after 26.Ra1+- The attack is just too strong. 22.b3 3:36 c3 9:30 23.Bd3 1:14 Bxa5 1:30 24.Rxa5 2 b4 30 25.Rfa1 3:14 Nc5 6:51 26.Bb5 6 Qd6 0 27.Nf5 1:19 Qc7 3:15 28.Qa2 2:48 The attack just flows. Qb6 10 29.Ne3 47 Qd6 0 30.h3 2:50 c2 3:46 31.Kh2 2:10 31.Qxc2+- 31...Nxb3 59 32.Qxb3 26 Rc8 50 33.Nxc2 54 Bxe4 15 34.Nxb4 0 An excellent game by Nino Khomeriki. 1–0
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Nino Khomeriki talks about her brilliant win

Same country, but no peace!

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.e4 30 e6 2:30 2.d4 30 d5 0 3.exd5 30 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. exd5 0 4.Nf3 0 Bd6 0 5.Bd3 0 Ne7 30 6.0-0 0 Nbc6 0 7.c3 0 Bf5 0 8.Bxf5 1:30 Nxf5 0 9.Re1+ 0 Nfe7 3:30 10.b3!? 0 Maghsoodloo was playing very fast, which means he was still in his preparation. 0-0 3:30 11.Na3 30 Ng6 0 12.Nb5 3:30 Be7 7:30 13.c4 30 dxc4 6:30 14.bxc4 30 a6 3:30 15.Nc3 0 Bb4 30 15...Bf6 16.Nd5± 16.Qb3 0 16.Bb2 16...Nh4! 2:30 17.Nxh4 5:30 Qxh4 17:30 18.Be3 5:30 b5 4:30 19.Red1 7:30 Rab8 10:30 20.Rac1 6:30 20.cxb5 axb5 21.g3 Qh3 22.Bf4± 20...Bxc3 6:30 21.Qxc3 30 Ne7 30 22.g3 6:30 22.Qd2 Positionally White is doing very well here. 22...Qh5 1:30 23.Qa3 3:30 Nf5 1:30 24.Bf4 0 bxc4 30 25.Bxc7 5:00 Rbc8 30 26.Qc5 22:30 26.Rxc4 Qxd1+-+ 26...Qf3 1:32 27.Qxc4 6:30 Rxc7! 0 Firouzja forces a draw. 28.Qxc7 30 Ne3! 21 29.fxe3 30 Qxe3+ 30 30.Kg2 30 Qe2+ 30 31.Kh3 0 Qh5+ 0 32.Kg2 0 Qe2+ 0 33.Kh3 0 ½–½
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Maghsoodloo,P2649Firouzja,A2582½–½2018C01World Junior U20 Open 20186.1

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.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 0-0 8...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.Kh1 Qc7 9...Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Karthik was not happy with this variation. 10.a4 Nc6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8! 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.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Rb8 17.Qe2 17.Rf3 Bb7 18.Rh3 g6 19.Qg4 Nb4 20.Qh4 h5 is a common way to defend. 17...Bb7 18.Rf3 Nb4 19.Rh3 g6 20.Qf2 f5 21.Nd4?! 21.a5 b5 22.Bb6!? 21...Bf8! 22.exf5 exf5 The position should be around even. 23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Nde2 Qf7 25.Rd2 Rbc8 26.Bd4 Bxg2+ 27.Qxg2 d5 28.Rd1? A mistake from Aravindh. Nxc2! 29.Nxd5 Rxe2! 30.Rxh7 This move was missed by Karthik, but nevertheless he is still winning! 30.Nf6+ Qxf6-+ 30.Qxe2 Qxd5+-+ 30...Nxd4! 30...Qxh7 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Qxe2 Nxd4= 31.Rxf7 Kxf7! 31...Rxg2 32.Ra7 is also winning but what was played in the game was more convincing. 32.Qf1 Nce6 33.Qh3 Rcc2 34.b4 Rxh2+ 34...Rf2-+ with the idea of Nf3 is much more clean. 35.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 36.Kxh2 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Ra1 Nc6 39.Kg3 Ned4 40.Rh1 Bd6 41.Rh7+ Ke6 42.Nc7+ Bxc7 43.Rxc7 Kd6 44.Rb7 Ne7 45.Rb6+ Kc7 46.Rf6 Ndc6 47.Re6 Kd7 48.Rf6 Nd4 49.Rb6 Kc7 50.Rf6 Ne2+ 51.Kf3 Nxf4 Tactics end the game! That's always the case when Karthik is playing! 0–1
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Aravindh,C2578Karthik Venkataraman25190–12018B85World Junior U20 Open 20186.5

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.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 Ne5!? Black makes White's d4 difficult to achieve. 7.0-0 e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.f4 0-0 11.fxe5 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qh5 14.Qe1 Nd7 15.e5 White goes into the ambitious mode. Nb8! Excellent move. The knight will head to c6 and look at the d4 square. 16.Ne4 Nc6 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.a3 Rad8 19.Rae1 Rd7 20.Nd6 Qg6 21.Qf2 b6 22.Re3 Nxe5!? 22...Bxd6! 23.exd6 e5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Qxd3 was a pretty simple way to play the position and be better. 23.Bxe5 Bxd6 24.Rg3 Bxe5 25.Rxg6 hxg6 Objectively 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.Qe2 Bf6 27.b3 Kg8 28.g3 Rfd8 29.Rf3 Rd4 30.h4 g5 31.hxg5 Bxg5 32.Kg2 Bf6 33.a4 a6 34.Qf1 R8d6 35.Kh3 Rd7 36.Qe2 a5 37.Qf1 Bd8 38.Qe2 Bc7 39.Qe3 Bd6 40.Kg2 Bf8 41.Kh3 g6 42.Qe2 Bh6 43.Qe5 Bf8 44.Qb8 R4d6 45.Kg2 Kg7 46.g4 Be7 47.Kf1 Bg5 48.Ke2 e5! The e-pawn is going to act as the battering ram for Black to open the doors towards victory! 49.Rh3? Rd8 50.Qc7 e4! Game over. 51.dxe4 Rd2+ 52.Ke1 Rd1+ 53.Kf2 R8d2+ 54.Kf3 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 R1d2+ 56.Ke1 Rxh3 57.Qe5+ Bf6 0–1
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Sadikhov,U2491Van Foreest,J26240–12018B52World Junior U20 Open 20186.9

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.

  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.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 e6 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qd2 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Qd8 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Ne3 Nc6 18.0-0-0 Qd4 19.Nc2 Qxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Rd8 21.Rhd1 Kf8 22.Rxd6 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 White is a clean pawn up and one would imagine a player of Donchenko's calibre to win this. Be6 24.Rd1 Re8 25.b3 Kg7 26.Kd2 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Ne3 Nd4 29.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.Kxe3 Nc2+ 31.Kd2 Nxe1 32.Kxe1 g5! 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.Kd2 Kf6 34.Bd3 Bd7 35.Ke3 Ke5 Let'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.g3 hxg3 37.hxg3 b6 38.Bg6 38.f4+ gxf4+ 39.gxf4+ looks like an obvious way to play. But there is no way to win this position. Kf6 How to make progress? I don't think there is any way. 40.Bh7 a5 41.Ke4 Bc6+ 42.Kd3 Bd7= 38...Bc6 39.Bf7 Bd7 40.Bd5 Bf5 41.Bc6 Bg6 42.Kd2?! Of course this is stretching it too far. Kd4 43.f4 gxf4 44.gxf4 Be4! 45.Bd7 Bh7 46.Bc6 46.f5 Ke5 47.Ke3 Bxf5 48.Bxf5 Kxf5= 46...Be4 47.Bd5 Donchenko gives up. Bxd5 48.cxd5 Kxd5 49.Ke3 b5 50.Kd3 c4+ 51.bxc4+ bxc4+ 52.Kc3 Ke4 53.Kxc4 Kxf4 54.a4 Ke5 55.Kc5 a5 56.Kb5 Kd6 57.Kxa5 Kc7 58.Kb5 Kb7 59.a5 Ka7 60.a6 Kb8 61.Kb6 Ka8 62.a7 ½–½
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Donchenko,A2614Kollars,D2536½–½2018E81World Junior U20 Open 20186.3

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

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Aleksandra Maltsevskaya drew her game against Bibisara Assaubayeva. The Russian has been doing well in this tournament and is unbeaten | Photo: Amruta Mokal

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Standings after Round 6 (Open - top 20)

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.nTBPerf.
1
2484
5.5
6
18.50
2833
2
2649
5.5
6
18.00
2889
3
2582
5.0
6
17.50
2754
4
2576
5.0
6
17.00
2708
5
2519
5.0
6
16.50
2772
6
2559
5.0
6
16.00
2725
7
2525
4.5
6
18.00
2637
8
2614
4.5
6
17.50
2680
9
2504
4.5
6
17.00
2630
10
2605
4.5
6
16.00
2657
11
2575
4.5
6
16.00
2629
12
2554
4.5
6
16.00
2645
13
2524
4.5
6
16.00
2571
14
2536
4.5
6
15.50
2624
15
2524
4.5
6
15.00
2614
16
2581
4.5
6
14.50
2614
17
2624
4.5
6
14.00
2594
18
2593
4.5
6
14.00
2576
19
2499
4.5
6
14.00
2481
20
2446
4.5
6
14.00
2448
TBs: Buchholz

All Open games from Round 6

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.0-0 Nbc6 7.c3 Bf5 C01: French: Exchange Variation 8.Bxf5 Nxf5 LiveBook: 4 Games 9.Re1+ 9.Qd3 Nfe7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Ng5 Ng6 12.Be3 Qf6 13.Nd2 h6 14.Ngf3 Rae8 15.Qb5 0-1 (41) Lagarde,M (2615)-Apicella,M (2501) Cannes 2018 9...Nfe7 10.b3 0-0 11.Na3 Ng6 12.Nb5N Predecessor: 12.Nc2 Qd7 13.Qd3 ½-½ (40) Van Tricht,M (2350)-Deneuville,C (2169) ICCF email 2016 12...Be7 13.c4 dxc4 14.bxc4 a6 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Qb3 White should play 16.Bb2 16...Nh4 17.Nxh4
Black must now prevent Nf3. 17...Qxh4 17...Qxd4 18.Bb2 Qxh4 18.Be3 b5 19.Red1 Rab8 20.Rac1 20.cxb5 with more complications. axb5 21.g3 Qh5 22.Rdc1 Rbd8 23.a4 20...Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Hoping for cxb5. Weaker is 21.Rxc3 Na5 21...Ne7 22.g3 Qh5 23.Qa3 Nf5 24.Bf4 bxc4 The position is equal. 25.Bxc7 Rbc8 26.Qc5 Qf3 27.Qxc4 Rxc7 28.Qxc7
And now Qc3 would win. 28...Ne3! 29.fxe3 Qxe3+ 30.Kg2 Qe2+ 31.Kh3 Qh5+! 32.Kg2 Qe2+ 33.Kh3 Precision: White = 44%, Black = 56%.
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Maghsoodloo,P2649Firouzja,A2582½–½2018C01World Junior U20 Open 20186.1
Sindarov,J2484Christiansen,J25251–02018C55World Junior U20 Open 20186.2
Donchenko,A2614Kollars,D2536½–½2018E81World Junior U20 Open 20186.3
Santos Ruiz,M2524Esipenko,A2593½–½2018C78World Junior U20 Open 20186.4
Aravindh,C2578Karthik Venkataraman25190–12018B85World Junior U20 Open 20186.5
Tabatabaei,M2576Harsha Bharathakoti24741–02018C78World Junior U20 Open 20186.6
Janik,I2447Vavulin,M25590–12018A54World Junior U20 Open 20186.7
Batsuren,D2446Hakobyan,A2554½–½2018D85World Junior U20 Open 20186.8
Sadikhov,U2491Van Foreest,J26240–12018B52World Junior U20 Open 20186.9
Sargsyan,S2477Karthikeyan,M26050–12018E97World Junior U20 Open 20186.10
Petrosyan,M2581Priasmoro,N24981–02018E62World Junior U20 Open 20186.11
Tutisani,N2471Liang,A25750–12018B13World Junior U20 Open 20186.12
Narayanan.S.L2573Lorparizangeneh,S24911–02018E10World Junior U20 Open 20186.13
Pichot,A2562Lodici,L2458½–½2018C78World Junior U20 Open 20186.14
Bai,J2556Raja Harshit24191–02018E06World Junior U20 Open 20186.15
Lobanov,S2535Gorshtein,I23831–02018B15World Junior U20 Open 20186.16
Puranik,A2524Kalogeris,I23521–02018B42World Junior U20 Open 20186.17
Agmanov,Z2379Jarmula,L25040–12018B13World Junior U20 Open 20186.18
Thybo,J2499Kamer,K22051–02018E91World Junior U20 Open 20186.19
Martirosyan,H2597Muradli,M24070–12018D55World Junior U20 Open 20186.20
Lomasov,S2545Ozer,O23881–02018B06World Junior U20 Open 20186.21
Lagunow,R2403Yakubboev,N2521½–½2018A37World Junior U20 Open 20186.22
Percivaldi,M2376Bellahcene,B2501½–½2018A12World Junior U20 Open 20186.23
Zou,C2365Tang,A24891–02018D37World Junior U20 Open 20186.24
Kevlishvili,R2485Philippe,G23580–12018B23World Junior U20 Open 20186.25
Gavrilescu,D2470Wadsworth,M2351½–½2018C05World Junior U20 Open 20186.26
Barseghyan,H2466Tuncer,T23421–02018D83World Junior U20 Open 20186.27
Krishna Teja,N2356Haldorsen,B24610–12018D58World Junior U20 Open 20186.28
Lee,J2263Morozov,N2452½–½2018A14World Junior U20 Open 20186.29
Makhnev,D2449Ozen,B23260–12018D37World Junior U20 Open 20186.30
Pang,T2290Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh2443½–½2018A16World Junior U20 Open 20186.31
Haria,R2442Amartuvshin,G22801–02018B46World Junior U20 Open 20186.32
Repka,C2523Thilakarathne,G22381–02018A36World Junior U20 Open 20186.33
Xu,X2586Galperin,P23481–02018B48World Junior U20 Open 20186.34
Asadli,V2492Sevgi,V2323½–½2018B12World Junior U20 Open 20186.35
Murzin,V2349Escalante Ramirez,B24360–12018C11World Junior U20 Open 20186.36
Hollan,M2336Sibashvili,G24251–02018D35World Junior U20 Open 20186.37
Gokerkan,C2416Nastase,R23131–02018A13World Junior U20 Open 20186.38
Shailesh,D2325Garayev,K24040–12018C84World Junior U20 Open 20186.39
Agibileg,U2321Huber,M23901–02018E94World Junior U20 Open 20186.40
Nikolovski,N2388Zlatin,A23121–02018C50World Junior U20 Open 20186.41
Macovei,A2385Jogstad,M23051–02018C16World Junior U20 Open 20186.42
Miciano,J2374Vanczak,T2276½–½2018C00World Junior U20 Open 20186.43
Dobrovoljc,V2316Nikitenko,M23680–12018C55World Junior U20 Open 20186.44
Milosevic,M2292Can,I2361½–½2018C47World Junior U20 Open 20186.45
Nogerbek,K2261Baenziger,F2360½–½2018A30World Junior U20 Open 20186.46
Tarlabasi,E2193Schitco,I23580–12018D30World Junior U20 Open 20186.47
Aydincelebi,K2060Murphy,C23570–12018C63World Junior U20 Open 20186.48
Liyanage,R1989Schekachikhin,M23560–12018B47World Junior U20 Open 20186.49
Arcuti,D2356Nyambileg,E17980–12018E81World Junior U20 Open 20186.50
Ozsakallioglu,O1955Sawlin,L23550–12018B06World Junior U20 Open 20186.51
Bashirli,N2354Gunduz,U21191–02018C54World Junior U20 Open 20186.52
Kara,Y2262Martinez Alcantara,J2565½–½2018E16World Junior U20 Open 20186.53
Sanal,V2502Samani,Y22261–02018C41World Junior U20 Open 20186.54
Ozen,D2431Can,M21951–02018C95World Junior U20 Open 20186.55
Zarubitski,V2425Cirovic,M2181½–½2018A47World Junior U20 Open 20186.56
Nalbant,T2241Secheres,A2408½–½2018C55World Junior U20 Open 20186.57
Zhao,C2275Urazayev,A23330–12018C85World Junior U20 Open 20186.58
Yilmaz,G2237Suleymenov,A23070–12018C19World Junior U20 Open 20186.59
Silva,D2223Ozenir,E23030–12018B08World Junior U20 Open 20186.60
De Block,Y2118Garidmagnai,B22870–12018A45World Junior U20 Open 20186.61
Cadilhac,I2286Ozturk,E20651–02018B72World Junior U20 Open 20186.62
Gulbeyaz,E2285Ozgur,T20560–12018A05World Junior U20 Open 20186.63
Agdelen,H2280Lin,P20341–02018B26World Junior U20 Open 20186.64
Kilic,G1910Tifferet,S22990–12018B07World Junior U20 Open 20186.65
Pigeat,A2347Petkov,M21631–02018A85World Junior U20 Open 20186.66
Tasdogen,D2329Piyumantha,M21391–02018B18World Junior U20 Open 20186.67
Kwon,S2129Taalaibekov,T22911–02018B07World Junior U20 Open 20186.68
Ongut,T2121Yaran,S22711–02018C62World Junior U20 Open 20186.69
Kilic,E2269Erdogan,A20831–02018C11World Junior U20 Open 20186.70
Wong,Y2261Gulden,E2068½–½2018B23World Junior U20 Open 20186.71
Zrikem,N2066Noboa,K22560–12018E14World Junior U20 Open 20186.72
Rodrigue-Lemieux,S2250Baylav,C20261–02018B53World Junior U20 Open 20186.73
Eren,A2180Akin,K1974½–½2018D35World Junior U20 Open 20186.74
Dedebas,E2334Helander,B1994½–½2018A57World Junior U20 Open 20186.76
Akdogan,A2278Beukema,C19041–02018E01World Junior U20 Open 20186.77
Daghan,D2004Karaoglan,D21961–02018B71World Junior U20 Open 20186.78
Sezdbekov,R2160Nurgaliyev,S16851–02018C43World Junior U20 Open 20186.79
Ismayilov,M2137Fleri,M16251–02018B53World Junior U20 Open 20186.80
Tuna,A2253Caglar,A2071½–½2018C54World Junior U20 Open 20186.81
Dionizio,A2010Maltezeanu,S20891–02018B20World Junior U20 Open 20186.82

Standings after Round 6 (Girls - top 20)

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.nTBPerf.
1
2313
6.0
6
16.50
2963
2
2234
5.0
6
16.50
2461
3
2318
5.0
6
14.50
2412
4
2222
5.0
6
14.00
2345
5
2393
4.5
6
16.50
2372
6
2371
4.5
6
16.50
2369
7
2292
4.5
6
16.00
2348
8
2315
4.5
6
15.00
2359
9
2277
4.5
6
13.00
2285
10
2080
4.0
6
19.00
2279
11
2272
4.0
6
18.50
2287
12
2203
4.0
6
17.00
2295
13
2156
4.0
6
16.50
2363
14
2369
4.0
6
16.00
2292
15
2205
4.0
6
16.00
2314
16
2261
4.0
6
15.00
2224
17
2237
4.0
6
15.00
2210
18
2356
4.0
6
14.50
2156
19
2213
4.0
6
14.50
2237
20
2299
4.0
6
14.00
2221
TBs: Buchholz

All Girls games from Round 6

 
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1.e41,165,57054%2421---
1.d4946,47455%2434---
1.Nf3281,31256%2441---
1.c4181,93756%2442---
1.g319,68856%2427---
1.b314,23654%2427---
1.f45,88648%2377---
1.Nc33,79651%2384---
1.b41,75348%2380---
1.a31,19754%2403---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d394850%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342651%2425---
1.h327956%2416---
1.a410860%2468---
1.f39147%2431---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.e3 E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+) 6.Nf3 b6 7.Ne5 d5 8.0-0 Bxd2 9.Nxd2 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 c5 12.Qa4 Rc8 13.Rfe1 Na6 14.e4 ½-½ (37) Bachmann,A (2646)-Granda Zuniga,J (2658) Buenos Aires 2017 6...Nc6 7.Ne2       d5 LiveBook: 11 Games 8.Qc2 8.a3 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 8...Rd8= 9.cxd5N Predecessor: 9.0-0 Bxd2 10.Nxd2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Qc5 14.Rfc1 Qxc4 15.Qxc4 Nxc4 16.Rxc4 0-1 (56) Mastrovasilis,A (2526)-Cruz,C (2553) Tromsoe 2014 9...Nxd5 10.Nbc3 White is slightly better. Bxc3 11.Nxc3 Ncb4 12.Qb3 c5 13.Nxd5 1–0
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Tsolakidou,S2393Hilario,A22031–02018E00World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Assaubayeva,B2371Maltsevskaya,A2234½–½2018A57World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Zhu,J2364Li,X20861–02018B21World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Dordzhieva,D2318Haussernot,C22371–02018D02World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Khomeriki,N2313Antova,G22921–02018D48World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Sieber,F2277Ghukasyan,S2205½–½2018C95World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Alinasab,M2261Tokhirjonova,G2369½–½2018C67World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Diakonova,E2243Bai,X20731–02018C99World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Paramzina,A2222Sliwicka,A22721–02018C55World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Mahalakshmi,M2213Unuk,L2299½–½2018D02World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Caglar,S2208Isha Sharma20120–12018C07World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Kubicka,A2204De Silva,T17641–02018E90World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Beydullayeva,G2202Yang,Y2018½–½2018A15World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Chu,R2199Gorti,A23150–12018E32World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Schneider,J2190Potapova,M22770–12018B51World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Pychova,N2173Hu,Y20091–02018C00World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Varshini,V2173Gomez Barrera,J20351–02018C77World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Song,Y2156Chitlange Sakshi2279½–½2018E42World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Du,Y2146Stanciu,I2000½–½2018B31World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Ivana Maria,F2144Nomin-Erdene,D2377½–½2018C22World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Wafa,S2129Nastase,A19831–02018B96World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Serikbay,A2125Kyrkjebo,H1947½–½2018E06World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Ozbay,E2114Hojjatova,A23560–12018C08World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Dwilewicz,K2081Altantuya,B22100–12018B85World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Nurgali,N2080Georgescu,L21951–02018E11World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Lingur,Z2061Vujcic,M19551–02018C54World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Auvray,H2050Salah,N19180–12018A47World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Cramling Bellon,A2009Duran,E18251–02018D60World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Ayan,B1976Sade,D18261–02018E06World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Aubert,L1970Malatsilava,V2040½–½2018B48World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Meenal Gupta1963Kanakova,N22011–02018C96World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Heydarova,A1948Aydin,G1882½–½2018E62World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Kocyigit,B1944Kamalidenova,M2011½–½2018E90World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Hereklioglu,S1930Urh,Z21280–12018D02World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Tian,S1923Catal,U18090–12018D34World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Koo,W1918Huttl,S17271–02018D52World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Doroy Allaney Jia G1914Caxita,E18031–02018A22World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Aksoy,A1898Anacoglu,C17911–02018D00World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Nass,S1888Santeramo,A21241–02018B34World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Nassr,L1854Kyrkjebo,M19351–02018D05World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Bail,E1832Celik,E20140–12018A90World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Can,I1798Sankova,S2081½–½2018B99World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Zairbek kyzy,B1770Li,Y2060½–½2018B22World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Yorgun,Y1751Caballero Quijano,M20341–02018B07World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Gur,T1724Ince,S19050–12018D02World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Incecik,S1716Koljevic,N1898½–½2018B21World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Rousseau,C1677Gusic,J-1–02018A41World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Esti,K1662Celik,E19700–12018D00World Junior U20 Girls 20186
Anandpara Jayendra Saloni1326Nemcova,K19900–12018A41World Junior U20 Girls 20186

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