World Youth Rd 8: Pragg beats Iniyan

by Sagar Shah
10/10/2019 – In Mumbai, Praggnanandhaa beat Iniyan to join Aryan Gholami in the lead in under-18 open section. Hans Niemann is unstoppable in the under-16 open. The American chalked up yet another victory. Shuvalova maintains her lead in under-18 girls, while there is very little to choose between Nurgali and Garifullina who are both winning their games in girls under-16. IM SAGAR SHAH reports. | Photo: Amruta Mokal
One of the first lessons you learn in chess is to bring your king into safety by castling – be it on the kingside or the queenside - after having developed your minor pieces. By ignoring this rule of thumb, not only may your king end up in trouble, but your other pieces and in particular, your rooks, may never end up playing much of a role, and before you know it, things are looking grim. Even at the highest level, the consequences of neglecting this basic element of opening theory has been frequently underestimated. In this first volume of the new Mating Guide series, the emphasis will be on how to exploit a vulnerably placed king in the centre. A must-have for ambitious chess players who want to improve their own attacking skills.

Abinandhan unstoppable in under-14 open

The eighth round of the World Youth 2019 was a critical one. Some of the leaders are not letting go of their grip on the top spots, while others find motivated players nipping on their heels following back-to-back wins. Abinandhan is one of those who continued with yet another win. The 1830-rated youngster now has a performance rating of 2598. When he reached 6.0/7, everyone felt that it was a good performance, but he would not be able to keep it up. Well, he has a made a good start after the rest day and beat his compatriot Srihari LR (2283) with the black pieces in the Tartakower QGD. 

Srihari was unable to match Abinandhan's cool and calm play | Photo: Amruta Mokal

 
Srihari - Abinandhan
Position after 8.g4

Srihari launched an attack with 8.g4 but Abinandhan met it calmly by just playing 8...♞e4

 
Position after 11.dxc4

Just to give you an example of how well this youngster is calculating: he took on c4 in this position. Now 12.gxh6 is met with 12...♞xc3 13.bxc3 and ♛f6! with pressure on f3 and also threatening to take on h6 with the queen, keeping the structure intact. If after 12...♛f6, White were to play 13.hxg7 then 13....♝xf3 allowing White to take on f8 with a check, as after 15...♚xf8, he will win the rook on h1 and be an entire piece up! Fascinating calculation and judgement by an 1800-rated player.

 
Position after 26...Nd4

The knight on d4 is firmly cemented. Black is a pawn up and also the pawn on f2 and h4 are weak. The position is completely lost and Abinandhan converted without any difficulties.

 
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1.d4 610 Nf6 573 2.c4 13 e6 6 3.Nf3 7 d5 5 Abinandhan's favourite. 4.Nc3 7 Be7 5 5.Bg5 5 0-0 26 6.e3 10 h6 6 7.Bh4 6 b6 5 The Tartakower Makogonov Bondarevsky variation. 8.g4!? 10 Srihari has come with the intention to checkmate his opponent! Ne4!? 355 Abinandhan plays it the classical way. 9.Bxe7 38 Qxe7 12 10.h4 37 Bb7 165 11.g5 1493 dxc4!? 619 12.Rg1 1308 12.gxh6 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qf6 14.hxg7? Bxf3! 15.gxf8Q+ Kxf8-+ 12...h5 218 Black is already beginning to look more comfortable. 13.Nxe4 221 Bxe4 18 14.Nd2 3 Bg6 32 15.Nxc4 507 Nd7 16.Bd3 24 e5! 281 Time for the king on e1 to feel the heat. 17.Bxg6 907 fxg6 15 18.Qc2 55 exd4 242 19.0-0-0 6 Srihari tries to complicate things as much as he can. dxe3 724 20.Nxe3 33 20.Qxg6 exf2 21.Rgf1 Nc5-+ 20...Qf7 257 21.Rge1 81 Rae8 114 22.Kb1 788 Ne5 128 23.Nd5 67 c6 77 24.Nb4 202 c5 31 25.Nd5 11 Nf3 93 26.Re3 247 Nd4 74 Black is not just a pawn up, but also has better coordination. 27.Qc4 31 Kh8 270 28.Rde1 57 Rd8 239 29.Re5 54 Nf3 9 30.R1e2 20 Nxe5 24 31.Rxe5 7 Qxf2 16 32.Qe4 62 Qf1+ 118 33.Kc2 7 Rf2+ 10 34.Kb3 41 Qb5+ 94 35.Ka3 1 Qxb2+ 7 36.Ka4 8 Qc2+ 15 Practical solution. 37.Qxc2 22 Rxc2 3 38.Ne7 7 Kh7 8 39.Re6 16 Rxa2+ 46 40.Kb3 19 Rad2 54 It's true Srihari didn't play as per his strengths, but it is also true that Abinandhan played excellently, giving his opponent no real chances. 0–1
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Srihari L R2283Abinandhan R18300–12019D58Wycc 20198.1

Final moments of Abinandhan's victory over Srihari LR

Interviewing Abinandhan for the secret to his fantastic performance

There was one thing that Abinandhan revealed — he solved Jacob Aagaard's book on calculation before the event. 

For his excellent opening play and also accurate handling of the attack Abinandhan wins the best game of the day award from ChessBase | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Quite a huge blunder occurred on board three of the under-14 open section. Sreeshwan Maralakshikari, who is the top seed, was completely dominating his game against Vo Pham Thien Phuc.

 
Sreeshwan - Thien Phuc
Position after 26...♜g8

In this position Sreeshwan played the very pretty 27.♕g7+! After 27...♜xg7 28.hxg7+ ♚g8 29.♖h8+ ♚f7, we reach the next critical position of the game. 

 
Position after 29...Kf7

Sreeshwan, who had 25 minutes, on his clock, hurriedly took the queen on e8. Instead, he had a mate in four move which he missed! Can you spot it?

In this video you get to see this critical moment of the game and also we tell you what Sreeshwan missed!

 
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1.d4 575 Nf6 579 2.c4 3 g6 4 3.Nc3 4 Bg7 3 4.Nf3 4 0-0 5 5.e4 3 d6 3 6.h3 3 e5 6 7.d5 3 a5 5 8.g4 4 Na6 32 9.Be3 6 Kh8?! 226 This move doesn't make much sense. Black has to be quick, or else White gets everything that he needs. 10.Be2 72 Nd7 134 11.a3 83 Nb6 131 12.g5!? 614 The idea is to play h4-h5. Nc5 694 13.a4?! 498 13.Nd2 is a typical way to play this a4 14.h4 White continues his attack. 13...f5! 675 14.gxf6 135 Qxf6 53 15.b3 49 Bd7 102 16.Kd2 728 A typical move in this line getting your king to safety on c2 and also defending the b3 pawn. h6 870 16...Qe7 17.Kc2 Rf4! is how Black shoud continue. 18.Bxf4 exf4 Unleashes the bishop on g7 and Black is just better. 17.Kc2 11 Kh7 35 18.h4 136 Qe7 919 19.Qd2 1013 Rf7 441 20.Rag1 862 Raf8 37 21.h5! 230 g5 75 21...Rxf3 22.hxg6+ Kg8 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Bxh6± 22.Bxg5 174 Qe8 962 23.Bxh6! 79 Sreeshwan is on fire, playing one strong move after another. Bxh6 97 24.Ng5+ 1 Bxg5 22 25.Qxg5 2 Re7 589 26.h6 10 Rg8 45 27.Qg7+! 5 Rgxg7 8 28.hxg7+ 7 Kg8 2 29.Rh8+ 6 Kf7 1 30.Rxe8?? 7 This is one of those moves which should have been avoided when you have 25 minutes on your clock. 30.Bh5+ Kf6 31.Rh6+ Qg6 32.Rgxg6+ Kf7 33.g8Q# is just a mate! 30...Rxe8 7 31.Bh5+ 4 Kg8 2 32.Bxe8 8 Bxe8 0 33.f3 10 Nc8 76 34.Nd1 18 Ne7 25 35.Ne3 7 Bg6 4 36.Kc3 51 Na6 77 37.Rg4 15 Kf7 124 38.Nf5 236 Bxf5 11 39.exf5 5 Ng8 34 40.Rg6 93 Nb4 44 41.Kd2 34 Na6 23 42.Kc3 7 A big miss for Sreeshwan and a lucky escape for Pham. ½–½
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Sreeshwan Maralakshikari2449Vo,P1807½–½2019E61Wycc 20198.3

Under-14 open standings after round 8

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Under-14 girls — Still a three-way tie at the top

The under-14 girls section is going to be closely fought. After eight rounds we have three leaders, all from different countries. Eline Roebers from the Netherlands, Rakshitta Ravi from India and Ekaterina Nasyrova from Russia.

The top board clash between Rakshitta Ravi and Ekaterina Nasyrova ended in a draw | Photo: Amruta Mokal

For her debut at World Youth Championships, Eline Roebers is doing exceedingly well | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The top seed of the event Divya Deshmukh slumped to a painful defeat against her compatriot the new National under-13 girls champion Sarayu Velpula who was rated 600 points below her

Sarayu Velpula talks about her game

 
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1.d4 596 Nf6 575 2.Nf3 39 g6 14 3.Bf4 42 Bg7 4 4.c3 76 b6 7 5.e3 117 d6 11 6.h3 73 Bb7 17 7.Nbd2 70 Nbd7 7 8.Bc4 139 0-0 29 9.0-0 54 c5 12 10.Bh2 291 Qe8 1161 11.Qe2 623 e5 1252 12.dxe5 469 Nxe5 677 12...dxe5 13.e4± 13.Nxe5 190 dxe5 5 14.Bb5 98 Qe7 91 Black seems to be quite comfortable here. 15.Ba6 32 Bc6 378 16.Bb5 260 Bb7 133 17.Ba6 73 Bxa6 20 18.Qxa6 8 Nh5?! 25 When you try to create an attack against such a solid White's position, you are take a lot of risks. Something which backfired in the game for Divya. 18...Rfd8 It's true that this way of playing is not very inspring and most probably the game would end up as equal after a few moves. Yet, this is the right way to play. 19.a4 466 Rab8 98 20.Rad1 130 f5 120 21.Rfe1 88 g5 323 22.Qe2 233 Nf6 398 23.Nc4 9 Ne8 87 24.Qd3 225 Rf7 87 25.Qd5 208 Nc7 79 26.Qc6 284 g4 872 27.hxg4 333 fxg4 1 28.Qe4 22 h5 272 29.Rd2 493 29.Nd6 Rf6 30.Nf5+- The rook has to be given up or else White will take on g7 and then the pawn on e5. 29...Qe6 81 30.Rd6 Qf5 29 31.Qxf5 242 Rxf5 1 32.Rd7 15 Ne8 51 33.Rxa7 60 Bf6 31 34.Ra6 101 Bh4 5 35.Re2 25 Rd8 21 36.g3! 279 Yes it boxes the bishop in on h2, but White's other pieces will do the job. 36.Bxe5 Rxe5 37.Nxe5 g3 was what Sarayu was afraid of, but it also wins after 38.Kf1 gxf2 39.Rxf2+- 36...Rd1+ 36 37.Kg2 6 Bd8 0 38.e4 112 Rg5 85 39.Rd2 179 Rxd2 11 40.Nxd2 2 Rg7 63 41.Ra8 22 Rd7 0 42.Nc4 0 Nc7 0 43.Rc8 0 Ne6 0 44.Nxb6 0 Rd1 0 45.Nc4 0 Kg7 0 46.Nxe5 0 Ng5 0 47.Nc6 0 Bb6 0 48.Ne5 0 48.a5 c4 49.axb6 Nf3 Sarayu saw this and didn't go for the variation. It is interesting to note prophylactic she really is. She thought about the move c4 because it takes away the king from running away to d3. 48...Nxe4 0 49.Nc4 0 Bd8 0 50.a5 0 Bxa5 0 51.Nxa5 0 Ng5 0 52.Rxc5 0 Nf3 0 53.Rxh5 0 Kg6 0 54.Rh8 0 Kg7 0 55.Rh4 0 Ne1+ 0 56.Kf1 14 Nf3+ 0 57.Ke2 12 Re1+ 0 58.Kd3 6 Ne5+ 0 59.Kc2 54 Re2+ 0 60.Kb3 5 1–0
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Velpula Sarayu1717Divya Deshmukh23581–02019A48Wycc 20198.3

Under-14 girls standings after round 8

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Niemann's bold and creative play continues in Under-16 open

After beating his top competitor Rudik Makarian in round seven, Hans Niemann was up against Miguel Angel Soto of Colombia. It was a complex opening where the Colombian looked better prepared. But Hans was confident about his play, sacrificed material without much care, and built up a strong winning attack.

Hans Niemann got the better of Miguel Angel Soto in round 8 of the under-16 open | Photo: Amruta Mokal 

 
Soto - Niemann
Position after 10.Nf5

White has moved his knight to f5 and this line has scored pretty well for White in the past. You must note that because the e6 pawn is pinned, the d5 knight is also hanging. Niemann was unperturbed. He played 10...♛c7 allowing White to pick up the knight.

 
Position after 11.Qxd5

The American IM had prepared 11...0-0-0 here! 

 
Position after 19...h5

Material was the last thing on Niemann's mind in this game!

 
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1.e4 573 c5 605 2.Nf3 15 Nc6 30 3.Bb5 95 e6 114 4.0-0 80 Nge7 27 5.Re1 86 a6 63 6.Bf1 90 d5 135 7.exd5 656 Nxd5 82 8.d4 339 cxd4 504 9.Nxd4 104 Bd7 95 10.Nf5!? 462 This has scored really well for White until now and seems like a strong idea. 10.c4 is the other move here. 10...Qc7 448 10...Qa5!? 11.Qxd5 642 0-0-0 8 12.Qc4 95 exf5 69 13.Bf4 145 13.Qxf7 Bd6 Black has extremely quick development. 13...Bd6 6 14.Bxd6 180 Qxd6 7 15.Qxf7 102 Ne5 253 16.Qb3 330 16.Qxg7 Nf3+!-+ 16...Ng4 994 17.Qg3 435 f4 27 17...Qxg3 18.hxg3± 18.Qc3+ 579 18.Qd3!? 18...Bc6 9 19.h3 46 h5! 1 Niemann is in his element. 20.Na3? 298 20.f3 should have been considered. 20...f3! 41 21.hxg4 313 hxg4 3 22.Qe5 44 Qxe5 5 22...Qh6 23.Qe6+ Kb8 24.Qxh6 Rxh6 With the rook coming to h8, White is busted. 23.Rxe5 20 Rh6 1 24.gxf3 456 Bxf3 13 25.Bg2 75 Rdh8 3 26.Re8+ 45 Rxe8 4 27.Kf1 10 Rh2 17 An excellent game elucidating the theme of how activity is important in chess! 0–1
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Hans Niemann will now take on India's Aronyak Ghosh in round 9 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Rudik Makarian came back strongly in round 8 to beat Olexiy Bilych | Photo: Amruta Mokal

He is in sole second position with 6½/8.

Under-16 open standings after round 8

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Two way race - Nurgali or Garifullina

Ever since Garifullina missed her chance to beat Nurgali in round five, the Kazakh girl has been playing excellent chess. In round 8 she beat Romanian Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu. The end was especially picturesque.

Nurgali Nazerke got the better of her Romanian opponent in round 8 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

 
Nurgali - Ciolacu
Position after 50...Qg5

White to move and win! 

 
Position after 51.f4

A picturesque move! The bishop cannot take the pawn as 52.♕e1 would be a mate. The queen cannot take the pawn as 52.♕h5 would be a mate! All that Black could do was resign.

Who do you think will come out on top — Garifullina or Nurgali? | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Under-16 girls standings after round 8

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Under-18 open: Pragg joins Gholami at the top

After two draws in a row with black pieces, it was time for Praggnanandhaa to fire with the white pieces. His opponent was by no means an easy one. P Iniyan with an Elo of 2509 is already a grandmaster. It was a psychological battle where both players knew each others strengths and weaknesses very well. When Pragg opened the game with 1.e4, he expected Iniyan to play his usual Sicilian Defence. However, the GM from Erode, decided to go for 1...d6. After a few moves, Pragg was already in driver's seat with dominating knight on e5 square.

 
Praggnanandhaa - Iniyan
Position after 17.Nce5

The knight on e5 dominates the entire board. The bishop on c8 and the rook on a8 are just spectators!

The tournament director Mr. Ravindra Dongre checks out the proceedings between of India's best players at the event | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The final moments of the tense game

 
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1.e4 596 d6!? 575 Iniyan doesn't usually play this. But against Pragg he tries to do something different. 2.d4 6 g6 3 3.Nf3 25 Bg7 5 4.Bc4 14 a6 56 5.0-0 272 Nf6 43 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Bxf7+ Iniyan was afraid of this move. But it doesn't work. Kxf7 8.Ng5+ Ke8 9.Ne6 Qc8 10.Nxg7+ Kf8 Black is better. 6.Qe2 287 0-0 924 7.e5 776 This is the point of playing Qe2. You can get in e5 quicker. Ne8 139 8.h3 89 c6 655 9.Re1 760 Nc7 257 10.Nbd2 612 Nd7?! 298 10...d5 11.Bd3 Ne6 12.Nb3 Nd7 13.Be3 This is how Pragg wanted to continue and he felt that White is better here. 11.e6! 532 Played after nine minutes of thought. fxe6 477 12.Bxe6+ 31 Kh8 20 12...Nxe6 13.Qxe6+ Kh8 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Qb3+- 13.Bb3! 159 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.Qxe7 Qxe7 15.Rxe7 Rad8± White is better, but to Iniyan it seemed that he has some play here. 13...e6 754 14.Nc4! 144 d5 98 15.Bg5 111 Bf6 127 16.Bxf6+ 99 Qxf6 111 17.Nce5 31 White has created a strong outpost on e5. The black bishop on c8 and the rook on a8 are inactive. Nb5 439 18.a4 610 Nd6 34 19.c3 30 a5 172 20.Bc2 73 Qg7 171 21.h4 421 Nf5 301 22.Nd3 222 Nf6 349 23.Nf4 184 Qc7 131 24.Ne5!? 204 Pragg plays it slightly risky by sacrificing a pawn! 24.g3 was the steady way to play. 24...Nxh4 216 25.g3 106 Nf5 21 26.Kg2 15 g5 101 27.Nh5 38 27.Nh3 Qg7 Black is still fighting. 27...Ne8 254 28.Rh1 20 Kg8 23 29.Ng4 115 c5 55 30.Qd2 81 Qd8 33 31.Rae1 48 Neg7 17 32.Nxg7 41 Kxg7 1 33.Rh5 9 h6 47 34.Reh1 78 Complete domination. Rh8 68 35.Qe2 96 Qc7 30 36.Bxf5 29 exf5 2 37.Nxh6 7 Kg6 3 38.Nf7 29 A beautiful game by Praggnanandhaa. Iniyan didn't play his best, but Pragg gave him absolutely no chances. 1–0
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Praggnanandhaa R2567Iniyan,P25091–02019B00Wycc 20198.2

Aryan Gholami was held to a draw by Mitrabha Guha | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Under-18 open standings after round 8

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Can anyone stop Shuvalova in under-18 girls?

Shuvalova drew her game against Vantika, but she is still the leader by a half point margin | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Vantika shows how she managed to escape from the claws of her strong Russian opponent!

The game between Anna Afonasieva (left) and Lara Schulze ended in a draw | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Under-18 girls standings after round 8

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The chief arbiter of the event — Takis Nikolopoulos | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Some parents are worried before the round... | Photo: Amruta Mokal

...while some other parents are relaxed | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The Russians having a nice before the round | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The well known journalist of 'The Hindu' Rakesh Rao has been covering this event with great enthusiasm | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Cranberry or Rood fruit. What's your favourite flavour? | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The importance of sports psychology in chess

Janki Rajapurkar was the guest speaker on October 9th for the workshops that are held for the parents and coaches present at the World Youth 2019. Her topic was the importance of psychology for chess players.

Janki Rajapurkar is the co-founder of Samiksha, India's first sports psychology firm | Photo: Amruta Mokal

She is also a Ph.D holder in Sports psychology.

A lot of parents and coaches sat through the session with rapt attention! | Photo: Amruta Mokal

The entire talk by Janki Rajapurkar

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