World Junior Rd 8: Yet Another Shuvalova queen sacrifice!

by Sagar Shah
10/23/2019 – Polina Shuvalova is on fire at the World Junior 2019. After her pretty queen sacrifice at the World Youth 2019 that went viral, the Russian youngster yet again sacrificed her queen, this time at the World Junior. This one wasn't as deep or beautiful as what we saw in Mumbai in her game against Afonasieva, but to beat a player like Assaubayeva with a queen sacrifice is never easy! In the open section we have two leaders: Shtembuliak drew his game against Shant Sargsyan. This let Miguel Santos Ruiz catch up. The Spaniard beat Praggnanandhaa in pretty fashion to join Shtembuliak at the top. IM SAGAR SHAH brings a detailed report from New Delhi.
Gambit play and the joy of sacrificing is an important part of the improving process. In order to become a strong player you must learn to attack and make combinations. Many continue to play in an aggressive style throughout an entire chess lifetime!

Shuvalova and queen sacrifices!

Polina Shuvalova is clearly a much stronger player than what her rating suggests. She is rated 2412, but she has already won the gold medal in the World Youth under-18 girls twice, the second one was just ten days ago. Now she seems to be all set to pick up another title. And what is impressive is the way she garners her wins. Dominant play with excellent understanding of the opening, always trying to think about opponent's plans and stopping them, and ruthless ability to finish off a game. The last one clearly points to her tactical vision. Her queen sacrifice from the World Youth against Anna Afonasieva will go down in many tactics manual.

 
Shuvalova - Afonasieva, World Youth round 7
Position after 30...♛e7

In this position Polina sacrificed her rook on g7 with 31.♖xg7 and then after 31...♝xg7 followed it up with a queen sacrifice 32.♕xh7!! ♚xh7 33.f6+ and the king was dragged out of his hiding and checkmated on h3!

After the World Youth when Shuvalova won the gold, we asked her, "Is the gold medal more special or this combination?" With a smile on her face she said, "I have to say it's the combination!" And one would imagine that to create something like this would take many years. But Shuvalova, is in a hurry to create brilliancies! She sacrificed her queen once again, this time in the eighth round of the World Junior Championships 2019. Here's how it went

 
Shuvalova - Assaubayeva, round 8
Position after 42...♞h5

Before the queen sacrifice, there is always something else to sacrifice for Polina! So how did she begin?

In this position Polina began with 43.♗xc5! The bishop has to be taken and after 44.♕xe5+ Black has to play 44...♞g7 (44...♛g7 is met with 45.♖d8+).

 
Position after 44...♞g7

What next? White to play.

Of course, a queen sacrifice! 45.♕xc5! Assaubayeva went back 45...♜b8, but that led to a lost endgame. Instead, if she had taken the queen, it would have led to a picturesque mate.

 
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Position after 46.♖d8+

46.♖d8+ and now after 46...♞e8 47.♖xe8 ♚g7, it's a pretty mate.

 
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Position after 48.Rg8#

Shuvalova beat Assaubayeva and is now in the sole lead with 7.0/8 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 10...b4 is the main move here. 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.Qxd5 Be7 13.Qd2 Nf8?! This is not in the spirit of the Najdorf. 13...0-0 14.0-0-0 Nb6 is what Polina thought might be better way for Black to play. 14.0-0-0 Ne6 The knights are looking at f4 square, but two knights looking at the same square is not a good idea. 15.Rg1 0-0 16.Kb1 Qc7 17.h4 a5?! Seeing that White has a clear plan to improve with Bh3, Black panics a bit. She sacrifices her b5 pawn. 18.Bxb5 a4 19.Nc1 Rfb8 20.c4 Qb7 21.Ne2 Nc7 22.Nc3 a3 23.b3 Bf8 24.Rg2 g6 25.Qc1 Qc8 26.Rh2 Kh8 27.Ka1 Qb7 28.Kb1 Qc8 29.Nd5 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 Qe6 31.Rd1 f5 32.Bc6 Ra6 33.Bd5 Qc8 34.exf5 Qxf5+ 35.Qc2 Qc8 36.c5!? Polina now starts the attack against the black king. dxc5 37.Bc4 Rd6 38.Rxd6 Bxd6 39.Rd2 Qf8 40.Qd3 Rb6 41.Qd5 Nf4 42.Qe4 Nh5 43.Bxc5! If it's tactics you can bank on this youngster to find them! Bxc5 44.Qxe5+ Ng7 45.Qxc5 Rb8 45...Qxc5 46.Rd8+ Ne8 47.Rxe8+ Kg7 48.Rg8# 46.Qxf8+ Rxf8 47.b4 The rest is quite easy. Nf5 48.b5 Nxh4 49.f4 h5 50.b6 Nf5 51.b7 Rb8 52.Rd7 h4 53.Bd5 h3 54.Kc1 h2 55.Kd2 Re8 56.Kd3 Rb8 57.Bh1 Ng3 58.Bf3 Nf5 58...h1Q 59.Bxh1 Nxh1 60.Rc7+- 59.Kc4 Kg8 60.Kc5 Kf8 61.Rh7 1–0
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Shuvalova,P2412Assaubayeva,B23811–02019B90WORLD JUNIOR (UNDER-20) GIRLS CHESS CHAM8.1

Polina not only speaks about her win but also the secret of her nail polish!

Miguel Ruiz on how to react when surprised in the opening

With his win over Praggnanandhaa in round 8, Miguel Ruiz has joined Evgeny Shtembuliak at the top! | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Praggnanandhaa usually sticks to his main openings. But in the eighth round, he decided to try something new in the Sicilian. Pragg didn't face any issues in the first few moves as he got a relatively fine position out of the opening. However, the real problems began somewhere in the middlegame where the lack of experience of handling such positions clearly began to show. 

 
Ruiz - Praggnanandhaa
Position after 8...♜b8

The move 8...♜b8 is not a common one here. Black usually plays 8...♛c7, forces 9.f4 and then goes 9...♛b6. The move 8...♜b8 hasn't been played by any strong player above the Elo of 2300. But Pragg had analysed it and decided to give it a go.

Ruiz's handling of the position was quite good. He developed his pieces normally and ensured that he didn't fall for any tactics that were prepared at home by Pragg. The critical mistake came on move 19.

 
Position after 19...c5

Pragg should have played 19...♜f7 instead of 19...c5. The point is not so easy to understand when the position is new to you. White's main idea in the position is to play 20.g4 and sacrifice a pawn. After 20...♞xg4 21.♖hg1, if you hadn't played c5 then you would have the option of 21...♛e3+. In the game c5 was played and after g4 White's attack was just too quick.

Miguel Santos Ruiz takes you through his win along with WIM-elect Amruta Mokal

Final moments of Miguel Ruiz winning his game against Praggnanandhaa

 
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1.e4 0 c5 0 2.Nf3 0 e6 2 3.d4 0 cxd4 5 4.Nxd4 0 Nf6 5 5.Nc3 0 Nc6 3 6.Nxc6 220 bxc6 3 7.e5 5 Nd5 3 8.Ne4 2 Rb8 This has hardly been played by anyone above the Elo of 2300. 8...Qc7 9.f4 Qb6 10.c4 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 is one of the main lines. 9.Bd3 701 9.c4 looks like a normal reaction but after Nb4 10.a3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Qxe5 This is not something you want to get into against a well prepared opponent. Also Black is just better here. 9...Qc7 1123 10.f4 157 Qb6 11.Qe2 682 11.a3 11...Be7 621 12.c4 370 f5 115 12...Bb4+ 13.Kd1 Ne7 13...f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Be3 14.a3 Bc5 15.b4+- 13.Nd6+ 486 13.Nf2 Bb4+ 14.Kd1 Ne7 15.a3 Bc5 16.b4 Bd4 13...Bxd6 16 14.exd6 4
14...Nf6N 524 Predecessor: 14...Qb4+ 15.Bd2! 15.Kf1 Nf6 16.Qe5 0-0 17.Ke2 1/2-1/2 (49) Heberla,B (2465)-Khairullin,I (2537) Istanbul 2005 15.Kd1 Nf6 16.Bxf5 15...Nxf4 16.Bxb4 Nxe2 17.Bd2 Nd4 18.c5± 15.b3 91 0-0 1211 15...Qb4+ 16.Bd2 Qxd6 17.Bxf5 15...Qd4 16.Bb2 Qxf4 17.Rf1 Qxd6 18.0-0-0± 15...c5 16.Bxf5± 16.Bb2 160 a5 116 16...c5 17.g4 Nxg4 18.Rg1 17.0-0-0!? 306 a4 80 18.Bc2 930 18.g4 axb3 19.a3 Nxg4 20.Rhg1 Rf7 21.h3 21.Rxg4 fxg4 21...Nf6 18...axb3 461 19.axb3 5 c5? 82
19...Rf7!= The point is to keep the option of Qe3+ open. 20.g4! 108 Bb7 257 20...fxg4 21.Rhg1 Bb7 22.Rxg4+- 20...Nxg4 21.Rhg1+- 21.Rhg1 10 Be4 22.gxf5 12 Bxc2 266 22...exf5 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qg4+ Kf7 25...Kh8 26.Rg1+- 26.Bxf6 Rg8 27.Qh5+ Rg6 28.Qxh7+ Kxf6 29.Qe7+ Kf5 30.Qf7+ Rf6 31.Rd5++- 23.Qxc2 480 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Rg1+ Kh8 24...Kf7 25.Qe5 Ke8 25.Qe5 23.Qg2 Rf7 24.Bxf6 Qxb3 25.Bxg7 Bxf5 26.Bh6+ Bg6 23...exf5? 31 23...Rf7 24.fxe6 dxe6 25.Qc3+- 23...Qxb3 24.Qxb3 Rxb3 25.fxe6 dxe6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.d7 24.Qxf5 34 Threatening mate with Rxg7+! Ne8 163
24...Qxb3 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 25...Kxg7 26.Rg1+ Kf7 27.Bxf6 27.Qxf6+ Ke8 28.Qe7# 27...Ke8 28.Be7 26.Rxh7+ 24...Qd8 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Re1+- 25.Rxg7+! 93 White mates. Nxg7 8 26.Qe5 2 Rf7 121
26...Nf5 27.Rg1+ Kf7 28.Qf6+ Ke8 29.Re1+ 27.Rg1! 3 Kf8 31 28.Rxg7 5 Qd8 33
29.Rg8+! 1–0
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Santos Ruiz,M2560Praggnanandhaa R25671–02019B45WJCC U20 Open 20198.2

A big theoretical discussion took place in the game between Shant Sargsyan and Evgeny Shtembuliak | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Shant was pressing throughout the game, but Evgeny managed to hold the draw.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bf4 Be7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nb5 c6 10...d6 11.Nd2 f5 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Qc2± 11.Nc7 Ra7 12.Qb3 d6 13.c5 13.Qxb6 Nd7 14.Qxa7 Qxc7 15.d5 cxd5 16.cxd5 Ndc5 The position is around equal. 13...Qxc7 14.cxb6 a4 15.bxc7 15.Qb4 Na6-+ 15...axb3 16.cxb8Q Rxb8 17.axb3 Rba8 18.Rxa7 Rxa7 Believe it or not, three games have already reached this position in 2019 and they were all drawn! 19.Rb1 Ra2 20.Ne1 d5 21.Nd3 g5 22.Be3 Nd6 23.Bd2 Nb5 24.Bb4 Bxb4 25.Nxb4 Ra5 26.e3 Nd6 27.Nd3 Ba6 28.Nc5 Bb5 29.f3 h5 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.Ke1 Ke7 32.Kd2 g4 33.Re1 Ra8 34.e4 gxf3 35.Bxf3 dxe4 36.Nxe4 Nf5 37.Kc3 Rd8 38.Rd1?! h4 39.g4 Ne3 40.Ra1 e5 41.Ra7+ Kf8 42.Ng5 exd4+ 43.Kd2 Nf1+ 44.Kd1 Nxh2 45.Rxf7+ Kg8 46.Be4 Nxg4 47.Kd2 Ne3 48.Bh7+ Kh8 49.Ne6 Nf1+ 50.Ke1 Re8 51.Bf5 Ng3 52.Rh7+ Kg8 53.Rg7+ ½–½
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Sargsyan,S2580Shtembuliak,E2577½–½2019E16WORLD JUNIOR (UNDER-20) OPEN CHESS CHAMP8.1

Karthikeyan managed to beat Murzin

Aram Hakobyan won against Semen Khanin in a complex Gruenfeld major piece middlegame | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Nd7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 a6 11.Qa3 Qc7 12.Bg5 e6 13.e5 Re8 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Qc1 b5 16.Ne4 Bb7 17.Bf3 Rac8 18.Qf4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nb6 20.Rad1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Be7 22.h4 Nd5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Rd3 Qd7 25.Rf3 Qe6 26.h5 b4 27.Re1 Rc2 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Qh6 Rc6 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.g3 a5 32.Kg2 a4 33.Rf6 Rec8 34.Qh3 R8c7 35.Rf3 Rc3 36.Rf4 Rc1 37.Rxc1 Rxc1 38.e6 h5 39.Rf7 Qe8 39...Qg5 40.Ra7 Rc2 41.e7 Qe3 42.Qc8+ Rxc8 43.fxe3 a3= 40.Rb7 Re1 41.Qh4! Qxe6 41...Rxe6 42.Qf4+- The threat of Qc7 decides. 42.Qd8+ Qe8 43.Qxd5+ Qe6 44.Qd8+ Qe8 45.Qxe8+ Rxe8 46.Rxb4 a3 47.Ra4 Re4 48.Kf3 Rg4 49.Ke3 g5 50.Rxa3 h4 51.gxh4 gxh4 52.Ra5 Kg7 53.Rh5 Kg6 54.Rh8 Kf5 55.Rh5+ Ke6 56.a4 Rg1 57.Rxh4 Ra1 58.Rh6+ Kd5 Ke4+ 1–0
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Hakobyan,A2561Khanin,S25071–02019D85WORLD JUNIOR (UNDER-20) OPEN CHESS CHAMP8.4

Viktor Gazik lost his game to IM Mihnea Costachi | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Mihnea was has had an excellent event until now and is unbeaten, closing in on his GM norm. 

 
Gazik - Costachi
Position after 31.dxe6

White has just played 31.dxe6. Why is it a blunder?

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bg2 e6 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.a3 Bxd2+ 12.Bxd2 g5 13.0-0 Nf8 14.b4 dxc4 15.Rc1 Ng6 16.Rxc4 Nh4 17.Qe2 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Nd5 19.e4 Nf4+ 20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.Rd1 Qf6 22.Qf3 0-0 23.Rc5 Rad8 24.g5 Qg6 25.h4 f6 26.Kh3 b6 27.Rxc6 fxg5 28.h5 Qe8 29.d5 29.b5 29...Rf6 30.b5 Rh6 31.dxe6?? 31.Kg2= 31...g4+! 31...Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Rxh5+ 33.Kg2+- 32.Qxg4 Rxd1 33.Qxd1 Rxh5+ 34.Kg4 34.Kg2 Qg6+-+ This is the point of g4. The g-file has opened up. 34...Qg6+ 35.Kxf4 Qg5+ 36.Kf3 Rh3+ 37.Ke2 Qxb5+ 0–1
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Gazik,V2546Costachi,M24630–12019D11WORLD JUNIOR (UNDER-20) OPEN CHESS CHAMP8.5

Or Bronstein attacked like legendary David Bronstein and scored a nice win over Visakh N R

India's Triple Crown champion Aravindh Chithambaram is trying to get his way back to the top | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Aravindh beat Rithvik Raja and he is now at 5½/8.

 
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A very instructive game gave us the current Indian national campion in all format! Dynamic play facing the Catalan opening against his Indian compatriot. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 One of the most typical continuations is: 7...Bd7 8.Qe2 b5 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Be7 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Rc1 Nb4 13.Ne5 Nfd5 14.Na3 Be8 15.Nc2 Nxc2 16.Qxc2 Ra7 The correct move in this line, strange but better square for the Rook moving away from the white diagonal, and defending c7-a6. 8.Nfd2 e5 It gives to white the possibility of damaging the black pawn structure, but in return the double bishops, and a lot of activity is there as compensation. 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Qc2 h5 It would seem a risky move with the king in the center, but Aravindh handled the position very well and was very dynamic, it was necessary! if for example he plays more passive: 13...0-0?! 14.Nf3 Re8 15.b3± Now white has an excellent position, active pieces that will prepare to play against the black structure. 14.b3 h4 15.Nf3 f5N
Anyway interesting approach with f5, perhaps it is not the most accurate but it is not easy for white to discover the best continuation, for example the natural capture en f6: This position had already been played, without the risky 15...f5: 15...hxg3 16.fxg3 Bc5 17.Kh1 Qd7 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.e4 Qf5 20.h4 Bxe4 21.Qd1 Rd8 22.Qe2 Rxh4+ 23.gxh4 Nf2+ 0-1 (23) Kim,Y (2360)-Matsenko,S (2533) Sturbridge 2018 16.e4 16.exf6?! Qxf6 17.Nxh4 Rxh4! 18.gxh4 Nxh2 19.f4 19.Kxh2?? Qxh4+ 20.Kg1 Qg4+ 21.Kh1 Rb5-+ 19...Nxf1 20.Bb2 Nxe3 21.Nxe3 Qxf4 22.Qxc6+ Ke7 23.Ng2 Qg3 Although it is a double-edged position because both kings have problems, the double bishops can make the difference. 16...hxg3 17.hxg3 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Qd7 19.Bg5? Big mistake, from here the national champion played impeccably and easily won with an admirable technique. The best way for Raja was for example the natural: 19.Nh4 Moving the Knight away from the threat with Bd5 and neutralizing the Rook in h8. 0-0 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Bxe3 Bd5 22.Rad1= A lot of game remains, but at least controlling the position step by step, without giving black all the opportunities as happened in the game. 19...Bd5 20.e6 Bxe4 21.exd7+ Kxd7 22.Rad1+ Kc8 23.Nh4 Bc5 24.Ne3 Ne5 25.f3 Rh5 26.fxe4 Rxg5 27.Nhf5 Rb4 28.Rc1 Bxe3+ 29.Nxe3 Rxg3+ 30.Kf2 Rg6 31.Nf5 Rg4 32.Ng3 Rd4 33.Rfd1 Rd3 0–1
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Raja,R2369Aravindh,C26090–12019E04open8.7

 

 
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1.e4 11 jumps of a brave Knight in only 34 moves, very funny maneuver of the Indian FM Ameya. If perhaps it is not the best plan, but it is the most original! c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f6 15.g6 hxg6 16.Na5 f5 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Rg1 Kh7 19.Qb4 Nb8
20.Na5 It was time to change the riding knight, it seems ironic because the black bishop is inside the chain and does not looks good, but Nxe7 will activate the white bishops and make the King black position weaker. 20.Nxe7 Qxe7 21.Bd3 An important move to avoid the e4 advance and at the same time threaten the strong capture in g6, for example: Nd7? 22.Rxg6! Kxg6 23.Qg4+ Kh7 24.Qxh5+ Kg8 25.Bxf5 Nf6? 25...Rxf5 26.Qxf5± Pawn up, pieces more active, king safe... 26.Qh3+- 20...Bd8 21.Nb7 Bc7 22.Kb1?! The protagonist had the secret again, it was time to play more active! 22.Nxd6 Qe7 23.Bc5 Nd7 24.Nxb5 Nxc5 25.d6 Bxd6 26.Nxd6 With a very playable position, white has to handle the little pression in the semi-open lines b and c but 22.Nxd6 it was a more successful option. 22...Nd7 23.Rd2 Rb8 24.Na5 Ndf6 25.Qc3 Qf7 26.Nb3 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Be2 Bb6 29.Bxb6 Rxb6 30.Qe3 Rbb8 31.Qg5 Qf7 32.Na5 Qf6 33.Qd2 d5 34.Nb3 Nf4 35.Rg3 Rbc8 36.Bd1 d4 37.Rg1 g5 0–1
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Audi,A2336Drygalov,S24700–12019B90open8.10

Youngster Aaryan Varshney has played excellently at the World Junior and has scored his second IM-norm with a round to spare | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Divya Deshmukh showed nerves of steel as she used her opponent Mobina Alinasab's mistake in time pressure to save a completely lost game | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Bd7 10.a5 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 b6 15.b4 Qc7 16.Rfe1 bxa5 17.Rxa5 Rfc8 18.Bh3 Ne5 19.Re3 e6 20.f4 Nd7 21.Bf1?! 21.f5!? 21...Bb7 21...e5! 22.Ra1 Nb6 23.Ra5?! Nc4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4 25.Qxd6 Rc6 26.Qd2 Qxb4 27.Ra4 Qb6 28.Rd4 Rac8 29.Kg2 Rc4 30.Red3 Kg7 31.Kh3 Qb2 32.Rxc4 Rxc4 33.Re3 Qb4 34.Qe1 a5 35.Qa1 Kg8 36.g4 Rd4 37.Qe1 a4 38.Qg3 Bxe4 39.Ne2 Rd2 40.Qe1 f5 41.g5 Qd6 42.Rc3 Rxc2 43.Rxc2 Bxc2 Black is two pawns up and completely winning. The only problem is that Divya has quite a lot of time, while Mobina's time management isn't the best. 44.Qa5 Bd1 45.Qa8+ Kf7 46.Ng3 Bg4+ 47.Kh4 a3 48.Qh8 Qxf4? 48...a2 49.Qxh7+ 49.Qf6+ Kg8-+ 49...Kf8 50.Qh8+ Ke7 51.Qg7+ Kd8 52.Qh8+ Kc7 53.Qc3+ Kd7 54.Qg7+ Kc6 55.Qc3+ Qc5-+ 49.Qf6+ Ke8 50.Qxe6+ Kd8 51.Qb6+ Kd7 52.Qb5+ Ke6 53.Qe8+ Kd5 54.Qb5+ Kd4 55.Qb4+ Ke3 56.Qe1+ Be2+ 57.Kh3 Qg4+ 58.Kg2 Qf3+ 59.Kh3 Qg4+ 60.Kg2 Qf3+ 61.Kg1 a2 62.Qc1+ Kd4 63.Qb2+ Kc5 64.Qxa2 Qe3+ 65.Kg2 Bf3+ 66.Kf1 Qd3+ 67.Kf2 Bc6 68.Qa5+ Bb5 69.Qc7+ Kb4 70.Qe7+ Kb3 71.Qe3 Kc2 72.Qxd3+ Kxd3 73.Kf3 Kd2 74.Kf4 Bd3 75.h4 Ke1 76.Ke3 Bb5 77.h5 Bc4 78.hxg6 hxg6 79.Nxf5 gxf5 80.Kf4 Be6 A mega escape for Divya! ½–½
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Divya,D2358Alinasab,M2239½–½2019B91WORLD JUNIOR (UNDER-20) GIRLS CHESS CHAM8.2

Final moments of Divya vs Mobina

Stavroula Tsolakidou won her game and is now in third place with 6.0/8 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Priyanka Nutakki beat Vaishali in round 8 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

After the game Vaishali has withdrawn from the event and would not be playing further.

Priyanka Nutakki after her win against Vaishali

American Thalia Cervantes drew her game in nine moves with black against top seed Zhu Jiner. How did she do it? | Photo: Niklesh Jain

The 2500+ top seed was in no mood to fight | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bc1 ½–½
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Zhu,J2507Cervantes Landeiro,T2176½–½2019B90WORLD JUNIOR (UNDER-20) GIRLS CHESS CHAM8.13

Round 8 saw a walkover and no it was not another Iran vs Israel pairing! | Photo: Niklesh Jain

Lakshmi C got the full point as her opponent Vantika Agrawal didn't turn up because of bad health | Photo: Niklesh Jain

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Be6 10.Ng5 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 Bxc4 12.Bxc5 Rfe8 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.b3 Ba6 15.b4 h6 16.Nh3 b6 17.b5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 bxc5 19.Rxc5 Nb4 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Nxa7 Rc5 22.a3 Nbd5 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.gxf4 e5 25.fxe5 Rxe5 26.Nc6 Rxe2 27.a4 Ra2 28.a5 Bf8 29.Rc1 Bd6 30.Bf1 Ne4 31.a6 Bc5 32.Bd3 Bxf2+ 33.Kf1 Be3 34.Rc2 Rxc2 35.Bxc2 Nf6 36.Ke2 Bc5 37.Kd3 Nd7 38.Kc4 Bg1 39.Nd4 Bxd4 40.Kxd4 Nb8 41.Bd3 Nxa6 42.Bxa6 Kg7 43.Ke5 h5 44.Bc4 f6+ 45.Ke6 h4 46.Be2 f5 47.Bf3 g5!?
Every Indian player knows very well this kind of basic things, no matter how many laps of this end game, if you catch all the pawns, or if you even push your pawn till the 7 rank, anyway it will always be draw because the bishop is in oposite color to the coronation square. 48.Kxf5 g4 49.Bxg4 h3 50.Ke4= For example try something like: Kh8 51.Bxh3 It also doesn't work for: Kg8 52.Kf5 Kh8 53.Kg6 Kg8 54.Be6+ 54.Bd7 Kh8 55.h4 Kg8 56.h5 Kh8 57.h6 Kg8 58.h7+ Kh8= 54...Kh8 55.h4= ½–½
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Dordzhieva,D2335Pandey,S1963½–½2019E65girls8.5

With three rounds to go, who do you think will win in the open and girls section?

Shtembuliak and Miguel Ruiz are in joint lead in the open section with 6½/8 each | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Polina Shuvalova is in the sole lead in the girls section with 7.0/8 and seems all set to finish first! | Photo: Amruta Mokal

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