[Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.21"] [Round "1"] [Board "1"] [White "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Black "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2384"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Ne5 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Qf1 Rc8 16. Rd1 Ng6 17. Rf3 Ne5 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qf4 gxf5 20. exf5 Bd7 21. Qg3+ Bg7 22. Bh6 Ng6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. fxg6 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Bxh3 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd6 Qc8 28. gxh3 Rg8 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Bg4 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Qc4+ 32. Kf2 Qc5+ 33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Bf3 Qxc3 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Kg2 Qxc2+ 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qe3 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.21"] [Round "1"] [Board "2"] [White "Manigandan, S S"] [Black "Manik, Mikulas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2338"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. b4 Nd7 11. Ba3 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bb4 Ra8 14. a4 f5 15. Nd2 b6 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Qb3 h5 18. Ra2 Bh6 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qg3+ Kh7 24. Qh3 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Qg5 27. Ra2 Rfb8 28. f4 exf4 29. Rae2 Rg8 30. Re7+ Rg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.21"] [Round "1"] [Board "3"] [White "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Black "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Kh1 Nd7 10. g4 a5 11. Rg1 Nc5 12. Be3 b6 13. b3 Kh8 14. Qd2 Ng8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rg2 Nf6 17. Rag1 Qc8 18. Nd2 Ne8 19. a3 Qd8 20. b4 Na6 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. Nf3 Ng7 23. Bh6 Qb8 24. Nb5 axb4 25. axb4 c5 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. Nc3 Nc7 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 b5 30. Rc1 Ra4 31. Rgg1 Na6 32. Bd2 Be7 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Nc7 35. Rg1 Nge8 36. Bh6 Ng7 37. Qc3 Rd8 38. Ra1 Nge8 39. Be3 Nf6 40. Nd2 Ncxd5 41. exd5 Nxd5 42. Qc6 Nxb4 43. Qxb5 Nc2 44. Rc1 Nxe3 45. fxe3 Qxb5 46. Bxb5 Bg5 47. Nf1 Rb8 48. Bc6 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rc2 Rb3 51. Re2 Kg7 52. Kg2 Kf6 53. Kf2 Rd3 54. Bb5 Rd1 55. Kg2 d5 56. Rc2 Bh4 57. Nd2 e4 58. Be2 Re1 59. Nf1 Ke5 60. Rd2 Be7 61. Bb5 Bc5 62. Bc6 d4 63. exd4+ Bxd4 64. Ng3 Rc1 65. Bb7 Rb1 66. Ba8 Ra1 67. Bc6 Rc1 68. Bb7 Rb1 69. Ba8 Ra1 70. Bc6 Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.21"] [Round "1"] [Board "4"] [White "Aakash, G."] [Black "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Rc1 e6 10. Qb3 Ra7 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Na4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nac3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. e4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Rd3 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxf6 24. Rd5 b4 25. Nd1 Qxf3 26. Ng3 Qg4 27. Nxh5 Ba7 28. Ng3 Rc8 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Qxb4 Bb8 31. Nf2 Qh4 32. Qc3 Rc6 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nf5+ Kh7 35. Nxh4 Rb6 36. Nd1 Re6 37. Nc3 Be5 38. Nf3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rb6 40. h4 Rb2 41. Rd4 Rxa2 42. Rxc4 a5 43. Rc7 Kg8 44. c4 a4 45. c5 Rc2 46. c6 a3 47. Ra7 a2 48. c7 Kg7 49. Rxa2 Rxc7 50. Nd4 Rc4 51. Nf5+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Nxh6 Rxe4 54. Nxf7+ Kd5 55. Ra5+ Kc6 56. h5 {Kd5} 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.21"] [Round "1"] [Board "5"] [White "Lokesh, N.."] [Black "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2301"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qg4 d5 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. f3 Nd7 13. Na4 Bd6 14. g4 c5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Bf5 Rb8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4+ 19. c3 Bd6 20. Ba3 Bg3+ 21. Kd2 Ne5 22. Bb4 a5 23. Bc5 Bc6 24. Rhb1 Nc4+ 25. Kc2 Rxb1 26. Kxb1 g6 27. Bd3 Ne5 28. Nb2 Nxd3 29. Nxd3 Bc7 30. Kc2 Kd8 31. Rh1 Bb5 32. Kd2 a4 33. Bd4 Re8 34. Rxh7 a3 35. Rh1 a2 36. Be3 Rh8 37. Bc5 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "2"] [Board "1"] [White "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Black "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2301"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Bf3 d6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 Rb8 19. Be2 Ne5 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qd3 Ra8 22. Qg3 Nd4 23. Bd3 Kh8 24. Qh3 f6 25. b3 e5 26. f5 g6 27. Bc4 Nxc2 28. Rac1 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Be6 Qe8 31. fxg6 Qxg6 32. Bf5 Qg7 33. Rf4 Rf7 34. Bxh7 Qxh7 35. Rh4 Rg8 36. Rxh7+ Rxh7 37. Qd3 f5 38. exf5 Bg5 39. Re1 Be3+ 40. Rxe3 dxe3 41. Qxe3 Rd8 42. Qg5 Rhd7 43. f6 Rf8 44. g4 Rh7 45. Qf5 Rg8 46. f7 Rxf7 47. Qxf7 Rxg4+ 48. Kf2 Rd4 49. Ke3 d5 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qxd4 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "2"] [Board "2"] [White "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Black "Lokesh, N.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2377"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "182"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Na3 h6 9. Nb5 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Rxe3 O-O 12. h3 a4 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Re5 Ng6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Re1 b5 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Nxd2 Rfb8 23. Rab1 Kf8 24. Nf3 Bf5 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Nxb5 Ne8 27. Ne5 Nd6 28. g4 Bc2 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Nc6 Nf4 31. Re3 g5 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Nb4 Rc8 34. Nc6 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Nb4 Bd1 37. Bb5+ Kd8 38. a3 Kc7 39. Na2 Nxd5 40. Bc4 Nb6 41. Bb5 Nd5 42. Bc4 Nf4 43. Nc3 Bb3 44. Bb5 Ne6 45. d5 Nc5 46. Kg3 f6 47. Kf3 Kb6 48. Bc6 Bc2 49. Ke3 Bb3 50. Kd4 Bc2 51. Nb5 Ne4 52. f3 Nf2 53. Nxd6 Nxh3 54. Nc4+ Kc7 55. Kc5 Nf4 56. d6+ Kd8 57. Kb6 Ng6 58. Kc5 Nf4 59. Kb6 Ng6 60. Na5 Ne5 61. Nb7+ Kc8 62. Bb5 Nd7+ 63. Ka7 Bd1 64. Bc6 Ne5 65. Be4 Bxf3 66. Bf5+ Nd7 67. Nc5 Bc6 68. Ka6 Kd8 69. Ne6+ Kc8 70. Ka5 Ne5 71. Nc5+ Kd8 72. Kb6 Bf3 73. Kb5 Nf7 74. Ne6+ Ke8 75. Bg6 Kd7 76. Bxf7 Kxd6 77. Kxa4 Bxg4 78. Nd4 h5 79. Nb5+ Ke5 80. Nc3 Bf3 81. Nb1 h4 82. Nd2 Bc6+ 83. Kb4 h3 84. Nf1 g4 85. Kc5 Bg2 86. Bc4 Kf4 87. Kd4 g3 88. Ne3 Bf3 89. Bf1 g2 90. Bxg2 hxg2 91. Nxg2+ Bxg2 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "2"] [Board "3"] [White "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Black "Aakash, G."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2269"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd7 8. a4 g6 9. Nb3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. a5 Be6 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. O-O Bc4 16. Re1 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bb6 Qe6 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qd3 Rfc8 21. Re2 Rb4 22. b3 Rxb6 23. axb6 Qxb6+ 24. Kh1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. Na4 Ng4 27. Rae1 Rc6 28. h3 Ne3 29. c3 dxc3 30. Rxe3 c2 31. Rc1 Bh6 32. Ree1 b5 33. Nb2 Rc3 34. b4 Bd2 35. Rf1 Kf8 36. Nd3 Bxc1 37. Nxc1 Re3 38. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "2"] [Board "4"] [White "Manik, Mikulas"] [Black "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2338"] [BlackElo "2324"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qd2 h6 16. Rad1 Be4 17. Nd4 Raf8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rf2 Nf5 20. Bc5 R8f7 21. Bh5 Rd7 22. Rdf1 a5 23. b3 Qb8 24. Be2 Qe8 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Bc5 Qe8 27. Bb6 Qb8 28. Bc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "2"] [Board "5"] [White "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Black "Manigandan, S S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bh2 Nh5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. a4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. b4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Qe7 20. b5 Na5 21. Bf1 Rc8 22. Qb1 Qa3 23. e5 Qxa4 24. Re4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Red8 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Rc1 Rcd7 28. Ng5 Bxe5 29. Ndxf7 Rxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Re1 Kf6 32. Qc1 Qd4 33. Be2 Qc5 34. Qb1 Bd4 35. Kh1 Bxf2 36. Rc1 Qe5 37. Bf3 Re8 38. Rf1 Bg3 39. Qd1 Re7 40. Ba8 Kg7 41. Qd8 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "3"] [Board "1"] [White "Manigandan, S S"] [Black "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2384"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bb4 a5 14. Ra1 Qe6 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Bxa5 h6 18. Nf3 b6 19. Bxb6 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe6 21. Bc5 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. Ra8 Rxe7 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. Rc2 Rd7 27. Bd3 Ng5 28. Nxg5+ hxg5 29. Bc4 Rxd4 30. g3 f5 31. Kg2 g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "3"] [Board "2"] [White "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2316"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. h3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 Nh5 13. g4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qf3 Ng7 16. Ne2 h5 17. Qg2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 f5 22. f4 Bf6 23. g5 Be7 24. Ng3 Kf7 25. Kg2 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. cxb5 Rb8 29. Bd2 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Rxb5 31. Bc3 c4 32. Rd1 Ne8 33. Nf1 Nc7 34. Ne3 Ke8 35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. Rh1 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rh7+ Kc6 40. Rg7 Ba5 41. Rxg6 Bxc3 42. bxc3 Rd3 43. Rg8 Rxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "3"] [Board "3"] [White "Aakash, G."] [Black "Manik, Mikulas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A54"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2338"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. a3 g6 15. b4 Qxa3 16. bxc5 Kxh7 17. Ne4 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "3"] [Board "4"] [White "Lokesh, N.."] [Black "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2214"] [Annotator "Srikanth Govindaseshan"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,58,30,11,52,43,91,43,43,21,38,53,75,56,29,62,75,53,43,30,65,34,55,1,1,4,5,3,-9,-3,-12,-9,0,4,2,11,16,-32,-57,-49,-50,-45,-45,-75,-127,-139,-141,-153,-149,-155,-187,-171,-171,-206,-206,-202,-218,-227,-223,-225,-257] A game of Chess is penance! One has to pay atmost attention to the demands of the position, and such moves that happened during the opening phase in this game does not belong to the realms of Master Chess. One need not know the opening, but atleast should respect center - the fulcrum of Chess around which all phases of the game revolve until the skirmishes that happen on a particular side after the pieces have used the center to cross over.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nh6 $2 {The Knight belongs to f6 square} 6. c4 ({Though played at the cost of a move, it is still not out of place in this opening. But preferable was} 6. Na3 {followed by 7.Bc4 which would be in spirit of the position. Already in Centre counter (Scandinavian) the Queen is moved early, but when you get a chance to chase it, do it effectively combining it with piece development.} Bg7 7. Bc4 Qe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 cxd4 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nbxd4 {White pieces have developed nicely and Black will struggle to get his pieces to work together as they are scattered. "One badly placed piece and the entire game is bad" said Tarrasch. Look at those two Knights on the edge: one went to a6 on necessity, but the other? You may say, it requires only a move to bring them into play, but that one move is the most difficult thing in chess and therefore, another saying goes: "Chess is a matter of but one move!"}) 6... Qe4+ 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Nf5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Bd2 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction, which goes to justify Nh6–f5?} (11. N1c3) 11... Bg7 12. Bc3 $2 {The follow-up for the previous move, which allows Black to get back into the game.} O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. N1c3 Bc6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nd4 $2 (18. f4 $1 {controlling the e5 square, followed by Nbd4!}) 18... Bg2 19. Rfe1 e5 20. Nc2 Ne6 21. h3 (21. Ne3) 21... Nf4 22. Kh2 Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Bf3 24. Kg3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rad8 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. cxd5 g5 28. Nc3 f5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.22"] [Round "3"] [Board "5"] [White "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Black "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ne4 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Rd7 Nxc3 22. bxc3 c4 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxc4 Nc6 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bd6 Rbd8 27. Rxb7 Rxe6 28. Bg3 Rd3 29. Rc7 Bc5 30. Rc1 Ba3 31. Rc2 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Rdxd6 33. c4 Nxa5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. R7c5 Rb6 36. Rb2 Nc4 37. Rbxb5 Rxb5 38. Rxb5 Re2 39. g3 Rb2 40. Rd5 Kh7 41. Nh4 Rd2 42. Rc5 Nd6 43. Re5 Kg8 44. Re7 Kf8 45. Ng6+ Kg8 46. h4 Rc2 47. h5 Rc5 48. Rd7 Ne8 49. g4 Nf6 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. f3 Rc2 52. Ra8 Nd5 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Ne5+ Ke7 56. Ng6+ Kf7 57. Ra8 Kf6 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. f4 Nf6 60. f5+ Kd5 61. Rf7 Nxg4 62. Rxg7 Ke4 63. Nh4 Kf4 64. Ng2+ Kxf5 65. Nh4+ Kf4 66. Ng2+ Kg3 67. Rxg4+ Kxg4 68. Ne3+ Kxh5 69. Nxc2 Kg5 70. Nd4 Kh4 71. Nf5+ Kg5 72. Nxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.23"] [Round "4"] [Board "1"] [White "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Black "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Ba7 12. Be3 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Qe1 Kh7 17. Qg3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bc2 Qe7 20. h4 h5 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kh6 23. g3 Ne7 24. e4 Bg4 25. b4 Rf6 26. a4 Rbf8 27. Kg2 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Kg6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bb3 Kf6 32. Nh7+ Kg6 33. Nf8+ Kf6 34. Nh7+ Kg6 35. Nf8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.23"] [Round "4"] [Board "2"] [White "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Black "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2301"] [Annotator "Srikanth Govindaseshan"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,142,25,29,50,52,77,66,51,28,34,32,48,33,30,27,35,-3,16,-7,-5,6,-15,-18,-20,-20,-21,-54,-14,-59,-54,-55,-17,-48,180,-111,-107,-122,-133,-118,-146,-135,-149,-130,-131,-130,-151,-206,-209,-233,-84,-89,-89,-89,-62,-166,-153,-207,-199,-215,-145,-136,-136,-168,-152,-161,-156,-198,-183,-176,-204,-168,-148,-148,-166,-166,-166,-163,-192,-187,-179,-177,-172,-194,-187,-203,-170,-188,-193,-217,-243,-233,-210,-211,-208,-208,-197,-215,-210,-210,-218,-234,-245,-218,-186,-203,-199,-186,-179,-170,-166,-167,-167,-167,-168,-173,-175,-169,-184,-194,-197,-246,-241,-253,-266,-390,-401,-407,-407,-407,-363,-369,-1022,-872,-1498,-2128,-2288,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 {You have an 80 year history for this line and the verdict is not known. But for me, most of the lines that were played during the last century is viable as at best they only lead to an equal or unclear position - and when I say this, I do not discount that minute plus which White enjoys by playing first.} 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Nc5 {[#]} 12. Qe1 {Chess is a game of strategy: where equal forces meet each other and compete for equal number of spaces, initially. The fight revolves around the centre to establish control over the squares which act as a potential outpost or pitstop for the pieces to bounce to action. To this extent, one has to know how long to maintain the tension and when to relieve it. The tension in the center is held till one is not sure about how they are going to manoeuvre their pieces effectively - or in other words, to realise how to bring in harmony and concerted action with ones pieces. Though Qe1 is a normal move; there are other useful moves like a5 or Be3. The Queen move can wait as it is not yet clear where she will be usefully deployed, which will be determined only after White decides to exchange the central pawn or push f5. Needless to say, it is very difficult to ascertain the above and that is why experience comes in aid.} Re8 13. Nh4 Bd8 $5 ({Now the White Queen will squirm a bit, standing in line with the Rook on e8. Black could have preceded this Bd8 with} 13... Bd7) 14. f5 (14. fxe5 {as that will shut the line of rook and provide d5 and f5 squares for his knights.}) 14... Bd7 15. g4 $2 {Unwarranted weakening of the long diagonal. This move is good if the Bishop were on f3 instead of d3} (15. Qg3 $6 Qc6 (15... Kh8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 Qb6 18. a5 Qxb2 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Ne2) 16. Bh6 Nh5 (16... g6 $4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxg6 $18) 17. Qg4 d5 18. Qxh5 Qxh6 19. Qxh6 gxh6 20. f6 d4) (15. Bg5) 15... d5 16. g5 Nfxe4 17. Nxd5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nf2+ $1 {This move underlines the intensity of the weakness that 15.g4? self-inflicted. Black unhurriedly grabs the piece back and total domination of the light diagonal.} 19. Qxf2 Bc6 20. Ng2 Bxd5 21. f6 Rc8 22. Be3 Qc2 23. Rac1 Qxf2 24. Rxf2 {[#]} Bb6 $2 {unnecessary complications} ({Black is already winning} 24... Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bb6 26. Rc2 e4 $19) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kg1 Bd8 27. Rf5 Rc2 28. Nf4 Bc6 29. Rxe5 gxf6 ({Black could again have wrapped up the game} 29... Bc7 30. Re7 Bd6 $19 {The reminder of the game is unventful as White still suffers a bad position despite the above misses by Black}) 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Rf5 Bxb2 32. a5 f6 33. h4 Be5 34. Nh5 Re2 35. Bf2 Kf7 36. d4 Bd7 37. Rf3 Bg4 38. Rb3 Bc7 39. Rxb7 Re7 40. Ng3 Bxa5 41. Rb1 Bc7 42. d5 Rd7 43. Rb7 Be5 44. Rb6 Rxd5 45. Rxa6 Bf3 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Ra6+ Kd7 48. Nf1 Rd1 49. Ra2 Ke6 50. Be3 Bg3 51. Bf2 Bf4 52. Bb6 Bd5 53. Re2+ Kd7 54. Kf2 Bc4 55. Re1 Rxe1 56. Kxe1 f5 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Ne3 Ba6 59. Bd4 Bd6 60. Bc3 f4 61. Ng4 Kf5 62. Nf6 Bc5+ 63. Kg2 Be2 64. Kh3 h5 65. Bb2 Bg4+ 66. Nxg4 hxg4+ 67. Kg2 f3+ 68. Kg3 Bd6+ 69. Kf2 Ke4 70. h5 g3+ 71. Ke1 g2 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.23"] [Round "4"] [Board "3"] [White "Manik, Mikulas"] [Black "Lokesh, N.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2338"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 c6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 Nf4 11. Bf3 Ne6 12. Be3 Be7 13. O-O-O d6 14. Bg4 O-O 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxc8 Nxg2 17. Bd4 Raxc8 18. Rhg1 c5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxg2+ Kf6 21. Nd5+ Ke6 22. Rg7 Rg8 23. Rxh7 Bg5+ 24. Kb1 Rh8 25. Rg7 Rcg8 26. Nc7+ Ke7 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 28. Rg1 Rg6 29. c3 Bh6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Nd5 Ke6 33. Kd3 Bg5 34. Ke2 Ke5 35. Kf3 a6 36. Nb6 Bd8 37. Nc4+ Ke6 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Na3 b4 41. cxb4 cxb4 42. Nc2 b3 43. Nd4+ Kd7 44. Kg4 Bf6 45. Nxb3 Ke6 46. Nc1 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.23"] [Round "4"] [Board "4"] [White "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Black "Aakash, G."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2269"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 O-O 15. a3 Qc7 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nf4 19. h4 Rc5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qb3 22. Ne3 Bd8 23. Bc4 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Qc2 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Bb6 27. b4 a5 28. Kb3 axb4 29. axb4 Rb8 30. Kc4 Bd4 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. b5 Ke7 33. Rc2 Kd7 34. Rb1 Ng6 35. Ra2 Ne7 36. Ra6 Bb6 37. Rd1 Nf5 38. Kd3 Nd4 39. Rb1 Nf5 40. h5 Ne7 41. Ke4 h6 42. gxh6 gxh6 43. Rb2 Bd4 44. Rg2 Rxb5 45. Rg7 Rb3 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.23"] [Round "4"] [Board "5"] [White "Manigandan, S S"] [Black "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2324"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Rad1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nfd5 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rc1 f6 20. Nf3 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Ba6 22. Na3 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Re8 24. Bd2 Bf8 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. h4 Qf7 27. b3 Qa7 28. Qg4 Nc2 29. Rxe6 Qd7 30. Qf5 Qxe6 31. Qxc2 Ra8 32. Qb1 Re8 33. Be3 Bb4 34. Qa2 Qc6 35. Qb1 Qd7 36. Qa2 Qb7 37. Qc2 Qa6 38. Qf5 Qe6 39. Qc2 Ra8 40. Qb1 Bc3 41. Qc2 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Qg4 43. Ncd2 Qe6 44. Nc4 Bb4 45. Qd3 Bd6+ 46. Nxd6 Qxd6+ 47. g3 Qe6 48. Bd2 Ra8 49. Qc4 Rc8 50. Qd3 h5 51. Qb5 Qe4 52. Kg2 Kh7 53. Qf1 Rc2 54. Qd1 Rb2 55. Kh2 Rb1 56. Bc1 Nc3 57. Qh1 Kh8 58. b4 Na2 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "5"] [Board "1"] [White "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Black "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D81"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2384"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Qc5 O-O 9. Bf4 c6 10. Be2 h6 11. h4 Be6 12. Rd1 N8d7 13. Qa5 Nc4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bc1 Ncb6 16. Ng1 Nf8 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Nb3 b6 22. f3 Nf8 23. Kf2 Rd7 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Rhd1 Bc4 26. Nc1 Ne6 27. N1e2 Nc7 28. g4 Ba6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Ne8 31. e5 c5 32. dxc5 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Bxe5 35. Be3 b5 36. b4 Nc7 37. c6 Ne6 38. Bxa7 Nd8 39. a4 bxa4 40. b5 Bxb5 41. Nxb5 Nxc6 42. Bc5 f6 43. gxf6 exf6 44. Nec3 g5 45. Nxa4 Kf7 46. Be3 Ne7 47. Ke2 Nf5 48. Bf2 Kg6 49. Nc5 Bg3 50. Bg1 Nd6 51. Nc3 Kf5 52. Nd5 Ke5 53. Ne3 f5 54. Nf1 f4 55. Nxg3 fxg3 56. Kf1 g4 57. Nd3+ Kf5 58. f4 Ke4 59. Ke2 Nb5 60. Kd2 Nc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "5"] [Board "2"] [White "Aakash, G."] [Black "Manigandan, S S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. e3 Nb3 14. Rd1 Nxc5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. O-O Rhc8 18. Nd2 Rc7 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Nd4 Be4 22. Ra1 a6 23. f4 Na4 24. b3 Nb6 25. Be2 Rc3 26. Bf3 Rxe3 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Rfd1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rcc3 30. Ra2 Nxf4 31. Rad2 Kf6 32. Rf1 e5 33. Kg3 Nh5+ 34. Kg4 exd4 35. Kxh5 Rxf3 36. Rxf3+ Rxf3 37. Rxd4 Rxb3 38. Rf4+ Ke6 39. a4 Rh3+ 40. Kg4 Rxh2 41. Rb4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rxb5 g6 44. Rb6+ Ke5 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "5"] [Board "3"] [White "Lokesh, N.."] [Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B75"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2316"] [Annotator "Srikanth Govindaseshan"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,77,19,38,40,41,66,66,57,33,33,27,82,66,49,45,41,39,63,45,41,39,46,10,11,36,18,13,28,16,20,27,35,16,29,29,36,-2,-1,19,21,21,63,74,133,127,116,152,157,150,150,117,111,98,220,176,168,174,176,174,177,176,193,201,247,176,193,192,190,199,324,330,322,324,370,379,352,304,316,292]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 h5 {This is a cusp between Dragon and Najdorf. The moves h4 and h5 in various openings, has come into vogue after Alphazero played it - though I hasten to add that it is not new and it has been played even by Steinitz and later by Alekhine and others. The text move is aimed at preserving the "Dragon Bishop"} 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 b5 {[#] Magnus too tried these ...h5 and .....b5 stuff against Dominguez and Sasha (lost to Dominguez and was losing against Sasha) and left these experiments. Though, one cannot condemn these moves (Breyer once said that even 1.....f6?!? is a potent move) there is something called as "the spirit of an opening": in this case it is like two spirits residing in the same body and hence they are conflicting, as you can observe during the course of the game!} 11. Nc6 $5 Qc7 12. Nb4 Bb7 13. Bd4 Rc8 14. Nbd5 Qd8 15. h4 Kf8 $2 {Black should have any way castled here.} (15... O-O 16. g4 Nxd5 (16... hxg4 17. h5) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 {and the position assumes some character of Dragon}) 16. Be2 Bh6 17. f4 e5 18. Be3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxe4 20. Qb4 Ndc5 21. fxe5 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 {[#]} Qe7 $2 {Chess is highly resilient. It will tolerate few abuses and give you a chance for redemption. But, for that one has to respect the needs of the position and play a few good moves to allow the position to reset itself towards equilibrium.Though it is easy to write these in retrospect and one appreciates, it is very difficult during over the board play, yet...} (22... Nf2 23. Rxd6 Qe7 24. Re1 $18) (22... Kg7) 23. exd6 {essentially clinches the game!} Nxd6 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Nd5 (25. Bf3 $1) 25... Qxe2 26. Rhe1 Ne6 (26... Qc4 27. Nf6+) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxh5+ Kh6 29. Qxh8+ Rxh8 30. Rxe2 Nf5 31. Nf6 Nxh4 32. a4 Kg7 33. Ne4 Nf4 34. Rf2 Nfxg2 35. Rd7 Rf8 36. Ng5 Kh6 37. Nxf7+ Kh5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rd5+ 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "5"] [Board "4"] [White "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Black "Manik, Mikulas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2338"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 h5 8. Nb3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. f4 Ne4 14. Qb4 Ng3 15. Rg1 a5 16. Qa4 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. O-O-O a4 20. Nd4 Ra5 21. Ne2 Rb5 22. Bd4 Rxd5 23. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Kxg7 25. Rd4 Nc5 26. Nc3 Ra8 27. a3 f5 28. Kd2 Ra6 29. Rb4 e6 30. Ke3 Kf6 31. Kf3 h4 32. Ke3 g5 33. Ne2 e5 34. fxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ng1 f4+ 36. Kf2 Rc6 37. Nf3+ Kh5 38. Kf1 Rc7 39. Rb6 Ne4 40. c3 Rg7 41. Rb5 Ng3+ 42. Kf2 Nf5 43. Rb4 Ne3 44. Ne1 d5 45. Rxa4 Nd1+ 46. Ke2 Nxb2 47. Ra5 Rd7 48. Nf3 e4 49. Ne5 Rg7 50. Ng4 Rg5 51. Ra7 b5 52. Rf7 Nc4 53. Rxf4 Nxa3 54. Rf6 Rg7 55. Rd6 Rc7 56. Rxd5+ Kg6 57. Rd6+ Kg7 58. Re6 Nb1 59. Ke3 Nxc3 60. Nf2 Rc4 61. Re7+ Kf6 62. Rb7 Nd5+ 63. Ke2 Rc2+ 64. Ke1 Nc3 65. Ng4+ Kg5 66. Rg7+ Kh5 67. Nf6+ Kh6 68. Rg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "5"] [Board "5"] [White "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Black "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2377"] [BlackElo "2214"] [Annotator "Srikanth Govindaseshan"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,147,21,11,41,41,52,28,22,11,92,33,17,22,34,22,22,33,33,26,27,24,32,32,35,40,37,47,60,48,51,53,59,51,50,51,52,41,42,28,54,53,60,62,63,67,87,84,71,96,100,84,112,96,83,46,41,47,35,46,32,34,65,88,91,95,99,95,86,71,79,119,121,126,127,107,102,113,105,103,103,120,112,119,97,95,100,72,65,64,128,99,133,103,126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-34,0,0,29,17,15,88,85,59,102,108,125,102,136,170,203,112,203,172,203,202,211,209,209,250,252,252,255,264,314,246,250,250,315,310,509,527,537,537,537,537,547,547,567,567,567,29970]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 {[#] The chief aim of Black in tackling the central bind created by White's pawns "c4" and "e4"; is to attack the square that those two pawns left undefended by their advance - "The d4"! Ofcourse, the plan of undermining the stronghold of "d5" at times even by sacrificing the b-pawn is also a well known strategem in Maroczy Bind games.This and hedgehog are one of the most difficult structures to comprehend and play in chess.Recently a book has been released under the title "Chess Warrior" as a tribute to the great Hungarian Master Geza Maroczy, Adrian Mikhalchishin and Georg Mohr have written a wonderful book on Maroczy structures, and aspiring youngsters should study all the games that are listed in that book as well as so many other games that have been played and I can vouch only one thing, even after deeply studying this way, one would still be overawed by the richness of that structure and its incomprehensibility! Chess humbles us most of the time and we will ever remain a faithful student to it - mastery is only a consolation!} 10. h3 $6 ({The most common move by White to address the aforementioned plan of Black is to retreat this Knight so that it defends the d4 square. 10.Nc2! You will find many games played with} 10. Nc2) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. h4 e5 $2 ({Necessary here is} 19... h5 {White enjoys space advantage and opening up of the position only helps the side who has more space and active pieces.}) 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Bf3 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. h5 Ne5 24. Bd5 Rf6 25. h6 b6 26. Qe3 $2 (26. Qd4 $1 g5 (26... Qc5 $2 27. Qh4 $18) 27. Qe3 $1) 26... Kf8 $6 (26... Qc5 $1 {stabilises the position as the Queen does not get to better square like h4 from where it disrupts Black's defence. Instead White will have to be contended with} 27. Qg3) 27. Re1 ({Now if} 27. Qg5 {then} Rf5 $1) 27... Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re3 {[#] After both sides missed a few changes, an equal endgame has been reached. As we get to the endgame, the activity of pieces, availability of space for ones pieces and active king are foremost!} Rf4 $2 ({The black knight on e5 is as good as the white bishop on d5, but Black should have secured its outpost with} 29... g5 $1) 30. Ra3 $1 Nd7 (30... Nxc4 $4 31. Ra4 $18) 31. Rb3 $5 (31. Rxa5 Nb6) (31. g3 $5 Rf5 32. Rxa5 Nb6 33. Be4 Re5 34. Bd3) 31... Ne5 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Rb7+ Ke8 34. b3 Rd4 35. f3 g5 36. Ra7 g4 37. Kf2 gxf3 38. gxf3 Rh4 39. Rxa5 Rxh6 40. Ra8+ Kd7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 {[#]} 42. Ke3 {Such endings always favour the side which has long range piece. Moreover, black king is not active and that gives White a huge plus. White should have simply pushed the a-pawn forward without wasting time.} (42. a4 $1) 42... Rh2 43. f4 Ng4+ 44. Kf3 Nh6 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Kh4 f6 47. a4 $2 (47. Be6 $18) 47... Nf5+ 48. Kh3 h5 $6 ({Though this move doesn't mess up with the position, Black could have immediately attained a draw with} 48... Rd3+ $1 49. Kh2 (49. Kg4 Ne3+ 50. Kh4 Nxd5 51. cxd5 Rxb3 $11) 49... Rxb3 50. Rxh7 Rb2+ 51. Kh3 Rb3+ $11) 49. Rf7 Rd3+ 50. Kh2 Ne3 51. a5 Nxd5 52. cxd5 Kc8 $2 ({Why not simple} 52... Rxb3) 53. a6 Kb8 54. Rxf6 Rxd5 55. Rf7 Rd2+ $2 {In such endings, precision is most important and one has to keep things simple as far as possible. In the last few moves, Black by delaying taking the b-pawn has moved closer to the doors of defeat. One slip would be fatal.} (55... Rd3 $11) 56. Kg3 Rd3+ 57. Kf2 h4 58. f5 {Now black is lost} Rd2+ 59. Ke3 Rd5 60. Ke4 Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Rd3+ 62. Kg4 h3 63. Rh7 Rxb3 64. f6 Rb4+ 65. Kxh3 Rf4 66. Rb7+ Ka8 67. f7 c4 68. Kg3 Rf6 69. Rd7 d5 70. Rd8+ Ka7 71. f8=Q Rxf8 72. Rxf8 c3 73. Rc8 d4 74. Kf3 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "6"] [Board "1"] [White "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Black "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "276"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rae1 Qb8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Bd3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Bd2 Qxb2 21. Ra1 Qb6 22. Rxa6 Qd4 23. Rd1 h5 24. Bg5 h4 25. Qh3 Qb4 26. Rb1 Qxc3 27. Bxe7 Qd2 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Qxh4 Qh6 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Rb8 Rc7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Bb5 Rxc2 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Kg1 Rc5 36. Rb8 Rxe5 37. Rb7 Rf5 38. g3 Rf6 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. h3 Kf6 41. Be8 Kg6 42. g4 Rf4 43. Kg3 Rf1 44. Rb4 Ra1 45. Rf4 Ra7 46. Kh4 Re7 47. Bb5 Ra7 48. Bd3+ Kg7 49. Rb4 Rd7 50. Be4 Rc7 51. Rb7 Rc4 52. Bd3 Rd4 53. Bb5 Kg6 54. Kg3 Rd1 55. Rd7 Rc1 56. Bd3+ Kf6 57. h4 Ra1 58. Kf4 Rg1 59. Ra7 Rg2 60. Bb5 Kg6 61. Kf3 Rg1 62. Rc7 Ra1 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Bd3+ Kg7 65. Be4 Rf1+ 66. Bf3 Kg6 67. Rd7 Rf2 68. Rb7 Rf1 69. Rb5 Rf2 70. Rb1 Kg7 71. Kg3 Rc2 72. Rb7 Rc5 73. Kf4 Rc1 74. g5 hxg5+ 75. hxg5 Kg6 76. Be4+ f5 77. gxf6+ Kxf6 78. Rh7 Rf1+ 79. Bf3 Kg6 80. Rh3 Rf2 81. Ke5 Kf7 82. Rh7+ Kg8 83. Be4 Re2 84. Ra7 Re1 85. Kf4 Kf8 86. Bg6 Rg1 87. Bh5 Rg7 88. Ra8+ Ke7 89. Rh8 Kd6 90. Rh6 Kd5 91. Bf3+ Kd6 92. Bg4 Rf7+ 93. Ke4 Re7 94. Be2 Re8 95. Bb5 Rb8 96. Bc4 Re8 97. Kd4 Re7 98. Rh8 Rg7 99. Rh6 Re7 100. Rg6 Re8 101. Rg5 Rh8 102. Ra5 Rh4+ 103. Kc3 Rh3+ 104. Kb4 Rh4 105. Ra6+ Kd7 106. Kc5 Rh5+ 107. Kb6 Rh4 108. Bb5+ Kd6 109. Ra7 Rb4 110. Rd7+ Ke5 111. Kc5 Rb1 112. Rd2 Re1 113. Kc6 Re4 114. Rh2 Re1 115. Kd7 Kf6 116. Rf2+ Kg5 117. Be2 Kh4 118. Bc4 Kg3 119. Rf8 e5 120. Ke6 Re4 121. Bd3 Rf4 122. Rg8+ Rg4 123. Ra8 e4 124. Bc4 e3 125. Kd5 Kf3 126. Bd3 Rf4 127. Ra2 Rf8 128. Be2+ Kf4 129. Kd4 Rd8+ 130. Kc3 Rc8+ 131. Kb3 Kg3 132. Bc4 Kf3 133. Bd5+ Kg3 134. Re2 Kf4 135. Re1 Rc7 136. Rf1+ Ke5 137. Bf3 Rf7 138. Kc2 e2 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "6"] [Board "2"] [White "Manik, Mikulas"] [Black "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2338"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Nh5 Be5 18. c3 Bg4 19. Rxe5 fxe5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Nxg4 e4 22. Ba6 Reb8 23. b3 f5 24. Ne3 Kf6 25. Rd1 Ke5 26. f3 h5 27. g3 exf3 28. Rd4 Rb6 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Rf4 c5 31. Kf2 c4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Nxc4+ Kf6 34. Nxb6 axb6 35. Rb4 Rb8 36. Kxf3 b5 37. Kf4 h4 38. c4 Rg8 39. Rxb5 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 h3 41. Rb6+ Ke5 42. Rh6 Rd4 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Rxh3 Ra1 45. Rh6 Rxa2 46. Kd3 Rf2 47. Kc3 Rf3+ 48. Kb4 Ke4 49. Rh4+ Kd3 50. Rf4 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "6"] [Board "3"] [White "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Black "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2301"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8. Nce5 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Bf4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qd6 24. Qc4 Bxd5 25. Qh4 Ne4 26. Rac1 Nxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. g3 Qc6 29. Be2 Bg2+ 30. Ke1 Bf3 31. Rd2 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Qh1+ 33. Kd2 Rad8+ 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "6"] [Board "4"] [White "Manigandan, S S"] [Black "Lokesh, N.."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nd2 Nd5 9. Bg3 a6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. O-O Nb6 15. Ne4 Nxc4 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxc4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Bb5 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Nxc3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. h4 f6 25. Rc2 e5 26. f3 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 h5 28. e4 Ra1 29. Bf2 Bd3 30. Rc3 Rxa2 31. Rxd3 Rxf2 32. Ra3 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.24"] [Round "6"] [Board "5"] [White "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Black "Aakash, G."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2269"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 Qe7 12. Nd2 Qe6 13. Bg2 Rfd8 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Ne3 a5 16. Bd2 Rd4 17. Qe1 Nxe4 18. Bxa5 Nd5 19. c3 Rd2 20. Bxe4 Nxe3 21. Qxd2 Qxh3 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. fxe3 Qxg3+ 24. Qg2 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rh8 26. Qg4 Kg8+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kf3 Qe3+ 29. Kg2 Qd2+ 30. Kf3 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.25"] [Round "7"] [Board "1"] [White "Aakash, G."] [Black "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2384"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. d5 c4 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Bxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Na4 17. Qb3 Nxc3 18. Bd3 b5 19. Rc2 b4 20. Rfc1 Rfd8 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Bc8 Rd8 27. Bh3 a5 28. f4 Qh4 29. f3 Kh8 30. Rd2 f5 31. exf5 g5 32. d6 exd6 33. Bg4 d5 34. Qc7 d4 35. Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Re8 37. Rd2 Nd5 38. Qa7 Nxf4+ 39. Kf1 Rbc8 40. Rcd1 h5 41. f6 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.25"] [Round "7"] [Board "2"] [White "Lokesh, N.."] [Black "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2324"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rab8 12. c4 f6 13. a3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rac1 Rbc8 17. b4 Kg7 18. Ne3 Qb8 19. Qd2 a6 20. Ng4 Ng8 21. Ne3 Nce7 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. Qa2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc8 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. Nb3 b6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Re1 Be8 30. Qa1 Bf7 31. Ng4 Nd5 32. Nd2 h5 33. Ne5 Qc7 34. Nxf7 Qxf7 35. a5 Nxb4 36. Rb1 Nc2 37. Qb2 bxa5 38. Nb3 Nb5 39. Nxa5 Ncxd4 40. Bb7 Rc2 41. Qb4 Qc7 42. g3 Ra2 43. Nb3 Ne2+ 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.25"] [Round "7"] [Board "3"] [White "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Black "Manigandan, S S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 h6 13. h5 Nbc6 14. Nh4 O-O-O 15. f4 g6 16. Be3 Rdg8 17. Qd2 Kb7 18. Rf3 Rh7 19. Rg3 Qd8 20. Kf2 a5 21. Rh1 Qf8 22. Rhh3 Ka6 23. Qc1 Na7 24. Bg4 Nf5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bf3 Rxg3 28. Rxg3 Rg7 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Ke2 Nb5 31. Kd2 h5 32. Qh1 Qe7 33. Qa1 h4 34. Bf2 Nxa3 35. Kc1 Bd7 36. Bxh4 Qxh4 37. Qxa3 Qxf4+ 38. Kb2 Qg5 39. Qd6 Qg7 40. Qc7 Qe7 41. Bh5 Kb5 42. Kb1 Ka6 43. Kb2 Kb5 44. Kb1 Ka6 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.25"] [Round "7"] [Board "4"] [White "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B75"] [WhiteElo "2377"] [BlackElo "2316"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 h5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. h3 O-O 12. a4 Rc8 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. a5 e5 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. Bd3 exf4 18. Bd4 Bh6 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Nxf4 Qg5 22. Be3 Qh4 23. Re2 Qe7 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. Ref2 Nd7 26. Qb4 Rce8 27. Re2 Qf6 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Bd2 Qh4 30. Rbe1 Be5 31. Rf1 Ne6 32. Ref2 g5 33. g3 Qxg3 34. Rg2 Qh4 35. Be1 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. Bg3 Be5 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Qd6 f6 40. Bc4 Kf7 41. Rf2 Bxe4+ 42. Kh2 Bg6 43. Qd7+ 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.25"] [Round "7"] [Board "5"] [White "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Black "Manik, Mikulas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2338"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Ke7 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Ne2 Rhd8 17. Nc1 Ba4 18. Bd3 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxc2 20. Nb3 Rxb2+ 21. Kc1 Rxa2 22. f4 Rxg2 23. e5 Bh4 24. Rc3 g6 25. Rc7+ Kf8 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Rf2 29. Rb4 a5 30. Rd4 Be7 31. h4 Bc5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rxh5 Be3+ 35. Kd1 Bxf4 36. Ra8 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rd5 38. Kf2 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxa5 Bf6 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Rb5 h5 43. Ra5 Bg5 44. Ra8 Kf5 45. Ra7 f6 46. Re7 e5 47. Re8 h4 48. Re7 Bf4 49. Rh7 e4+ 50. Kg2 Kg4 51. Rg7+ Bg5 52. Re7 f5 53. Re8 e3 54. Re5 h3+ 55. Kh1 f4 56. Re4 Kf3 57. Re5 e2 58. Kh2 Bh4 59. Kxh3 e1=Q 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.26"] [Round "8"] [Board "1"] [White "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Black "Manik, Mikulas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2338"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bd5 c6 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxd4 g6 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Qh5+ Rg6 14. Qxh7 Rg7 15. Qh5+ Rf7 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qh8+ Rf8 18. Qh5+ Rf7 19. Qh8+ Rf8 20. Qh5+ Rf7 21. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.26"] [Round "8"] [Board "2"] [White "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Black "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Be2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Nxg5 Nxg3 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. e4 Kg8 13. Bc4+ e6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe2 c5 16. O-O-O cxd4 17. Nf3 dxe5 18. Rhe1 b5 19. Bb3 a5 20. Nxe5 a4 21. Nc6 Qg5+ 22. f4 Qxg3 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxd5 Bf5 26. Qe7 Rhf8 27. Re5 Qxg2 28. Rd2 Qg6 29. Nc7 Rf7 30. Qc5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rc8 32. Nd5 Qg1+ 33. Rd1 Rxc2+ 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.26"] [Round "8"] [Board "3"] [White "Manigandan, S S"] [Black "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qb3 Bxf4 12. exf4 Qe7 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6 Rc7 15. Qa4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 g6 18. g3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rc3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Qd6 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Qa5 Rc6 24. Bd1 Nf5 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Qc5 Qb5 28. g4 Nh4+ 29. Kg3 Qf1 30. Qc2 Ng2 31. Qc7 h5 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qf8 h4+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ Kh8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qc7+ Kh8 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kh8 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qxb7+ Kh8 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qc7+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qc7+ Kg8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qc7+ Kg8 56. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.26"] [Round "8"] [Board "4"] [White "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Black "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2301"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Rc1 f5 11. e4 Qd7 12. Re1 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxh3 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Nc5 Bg5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nc5 Bg5 21. Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.26"] [Round "8"] [Board "5"] [White "Aakash, G.."] [Black "Lokesh, N.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2214"] [Annotator "Srikanth Govindaseshan"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] {[%evp 0,31,19,31,19,0,-3,-3,-5,-4,0,2,7,10,15,0,13,0,44,-10,5,3,-22,-119,-119,-97,-79,-81,-31,-81,-86,-48,-79,-174]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 {Ragozin: one of the many old opening that has been revived in the past few years and made popular. This is played in top level too.} 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Rc1 h5 10. Qa4+ (10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. g4 h4 14. g3 Qe7 15. Kd2 Nb6 16. a3 Bd6 17. gxh4 gxh4 18. f4 Bd7 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. f5 Kb8 21. Nh3 c5 22. f6 Qf8 23. g5 Rg8 24. Kc2 cxd4 25. exd4 Rc8 26. Kb1 Bxa3 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Bxb5 Bd6 30. Bd3 Qd7 31. g6 fxg6 32. Ng5 Qa4 33. Ne6 Rc8 34. Qd1 Qd7 35. Qg4 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. Rxh4 c3 38. bxc3 Qb5+ 39. Kc2 Qa4+ 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 41. Kd1 Qb3+ 42. Ke2 Re8 43. f7 Rxe6+ 44. Kd2 Kc7 45. Rh7 Qb2+ 46. Kd3 Qb1+ 47. Kd2 Qe1+ 48. Kc2 Re2+ 49. Kb3 Qb1+ {0-1 Le,Q (2722)-Gukesh,D (2684) Biel 55th 2022 (3)}) 10... Nc6 11. Bd3 $2 (11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxc6 14. Qb3 h4 15. Be5 f6 16. f3 Nc5 $1) (11. f3 $5) 11... h4 12. Be5 f6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Qxd5 15. Bxf6 O-O {[#]} 16. Bd4 $2 (16. Qxb4 $5 Nxb4 17. Nxd5 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc1 19. Kxc1) 16... Qf7 $1 $19 17. Qc2 Be6 $5 (17... Nxd4 $1 18. exd4 e3 19. f3 Bf5 {is another way to approach this position. Black's option is interesting too and leads to exciting game.}) 18. Nh3 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bc4 20. a3 Bd3 21. Qd2 Be7 {[#]} 22. f3 $2 ({I do not see a reason why the move} 22. Nxg5 {should not be played. One should always be on the look out for opportunities irrespective of whether one has advantage or disadvantage. Paul Keres in his article titled "How to defend difficult positions", wrote thus: "Lasker said that a position can never be so bad as not to offer prospects of defence, and therein lies a great truth. However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a subborn resistance. And it is the player's task to find these opportunities and make the best of them. When the player with the upper hand is continually confronted by new problems, when, at every moment, one renders the win as difficult as possible, then it is likely that his powers will eventually weaken and he may make some mistake."Having missed this chance, White gets no other in the remainder of the game.}) 22... g4 23. Ng5 Qg6 24. Ngxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 ({One might argue that} 25. fxe4 {would have been better. But now, it is only a choice between succumbing to this or that choice; the position has gone beyond redemption!. White king is stuck in the centre and that too without Black sacrificing anything.}) 25... gxf3 26. Qd3 fxg2 27. Rg1 h3 28. Rc2 Rae8 29. Kd1 Bg5 30. Qb3+ Qe6 ({Quick way to crush would be} 30... Re6 31. Re2 Rf1+) 31. Qb5 Qg4+ 32. Re2 c6 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Ng3 Rxe2 35. Nxe2 Rf1+ 36. Kc2 Be3 37. Qc3 Qxe2+ 38. Kb3 Qb5+ 39. Kc2 Rf2+ 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.27"] [Round "9"] [Board "1"] [White "Lokesh, N.."] [Black "Slizhevsky, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2384"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. a4 Bg5 14. a5 Rc8 15. c4 g6 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. b4 g5 20. Nb3 Rf6 21. Rfe1 g4 22. c5 e4 23. Qd4 dxc5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qb4 Rc7 26. Bc4 Qd6 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. d6+ Kf8 30. d7 Rd6 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.27"] [Round "9"] [Board "2"] [White "Adireddy, Arjun"] [Black "Aakash, G."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2269"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qc8 16. c3 Nd8 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Kh2 Qh5+ 20. Kg2 Qg4+ 21. Kh2 Qh5+ 22. Kg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.27"] [Round "9"] [Board "3"] [White "Sathvik, Adiga"] [Black "Daaevik, Wadhawan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2377"] [BlackElo "2324"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. O-O Be7 16. c4 Qd8 17. h5 O-O 18. Rad1 a5 19. Rd3 a4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Rdd3 Rad8 25. f4 Rd7 26. Rg4 Rfd8 27. a3 Rg8 28. Rdg3 Qd8 29. Kh2 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. b3 Ra8 33. Rd3 c5 34. Kh3 b6 35. Rgg3 Kg8 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rb3 Kd7 40. Kg4 Kc6 41. Kf3 Kc7 42. Ke2 Ra6 43. Rcb1 Kc6 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. g4 Kc6 46. a4 Kc7 47. Rb5 Rxa4 48. Rxb6 Ra3+ 49. R1b3 Ra7 50. Rb8 Kc6 51. Ke4 Kc7 52. R3b6 Ra3 53. R8b7+ Kc8 54. Rb3 Ra4 55. Rxf7 Rxc4 56. Kd3 Ra4 57. Rbb7 Bf6 58. Ra7 Rd4+ 59. Ke3 Kb8 60. Rad7 Rb4 61. Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.27"] [Round "9"] [Board "4"] [White "Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh"] [Black "Manigandan, S S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2214"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Nb5 Qc6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nd4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. a4 a5 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Bc6 21. Bb6 Bd5 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bb5 Rd8 26. Nf1 Kf8 27. f3 e5 28. Ne3 Be6 29. b3 Rd4 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke2 g6 32. Nc4 Bxc4+ 33. Bxc4 Rad8 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. c3 Rd6 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rd4 38. bxc5 Rxc4 39. Rb1 Rxc5 40. Rxb7+ Ke6 41. Kd3 h5 42. g3 Rc1 43. Rb4 Kd5 44. Rb5+ Kd6 45. Rb6+ Kd5 46. Rb5+ Kd6 47. a5 Ra1 48. Kc4 Rc1+ 49. Kd3 Ra1 50. Kc3 f5 51. f4 e4 52. Re5 Kc6 53. Re6+ Kd5 54. Re5+ Kc6 55. Re6+ Kd5 56. Rxg6 Rxa5 57. Rf6 Rc5+ 58. Kd2 Kc4 59. Rh6 Kd4 60. Rd6+ Kc4 61. Re6 Ra5 62. Rc6+ Kd5 63. Rf6 Kd4 64. Rd6+ Kc5 65. Rf6 Kc4 66. Rc6+ Kd5 67. Rf6 Kd4 68. Rd6+ Rd5 69. Rh6 Ra5 70. Rd6+ Kc4 71. Rc6+ Rc5 72. Rh6 Kd4 73. Rd6+ Rd5 74. Rh6 Rd8 75. Rxh5 e3+ 76. Ke2 Ke4 77. Rh7 Rd2+ 78. Ke1 Kf3 79. g4 fxg4 80. f5 Ra2 0-1 [Event "21st Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai"] [Site "Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai"] [Date "2024.07.27"] [Round "9"] [Board "5"] [White "Manik, Mikulas"] [Black "Annageldyev, Orazly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2338"] [BlackElo "2316"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2024.07.21"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 a6 12. g4 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. h5 a4 16. h6 Bh8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bxh8 Kxh8 19. Qxb4 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Rg1 f6 22. Nd4 Bg8 23. gxf6 Rxf6 24. Nc6 Rh5 25. Nxe7 Rxh6 26. Bb5 Ne5 27. f4 Nf3 28. e5 Rxf4 29. exd6 Be6 30. Rgf1 Rd4 31. Rxd4 Nxd4 32. d7 1-0