AICF CHRONICLE

the official magazine of the All India Chess Federation

Volume : 8 Issue : 6 Price Rs. 25 December 2014

Asian Youth Chess Championship 2014,New Delhi

INDIA TOPS MEDAL TALLY

3rd National Amateur Championship, Kolkata Asian Junior Championship, Philippines

Hemanth Raam IM Narayan Srinath

Champion Champion
 AICF CHRONICLE December 2014
Room No. 70,
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
Chennai - 600 003.
Ph : 044-65144966 /Telefax : 044-25382121
E-mail : indianchessfed@gmail.com
Publisher: V. Hariharan
Editor : C.G.S. Narayanan
Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300
Inside…
Asian Youth Championships 2014, New Delhi
India lifts overall trophy
IA S.Paul Aarokia Raj, Chief Arbiter 1
DBCA All India FIDE Rating, Kolkata
Mohammad Ahraf wins
Debasish Barua IA, Chief Arbiter 10
8th KCA FIDE Rating (below 1600)Kottayam
Vinoth Kumar wins at Kottayam
R.Rajesh, Chief Arbiter 12
5thKCM FIDE Rated (below 1600),Coimbatore
Shreyas wins KCM FIDE Rated
V.Vijayaraghavan IA, Chief Arbiter
1st Minerals CA FIDE Rated (below 2200)Vadodara
Snehal Bhosale wins title
Ambrish C Joshi IA, Chief Arbiter
Mustifund All India Open Rapid
Rohan Ahuja clinches rapid title
Promodraj Moree, Chief Arbiter
All India Open Rapid and Blitz,Mysore
R.R.Laxman and C.R.G.Krishna win titles
FA Saleem Beig, Chief Arbiter
3rd National Amateur Championship, Kolkata
Hemanth Raam is Champion
K.Pranesh Yadav, Chief Arbiter
1st QCA FIDE Rating(below 1600) Tiruvalla
Natarajan wins title
L.R.Buvana Sai IA, Chief Arbiter
2nd PING Rapid and Blitz Ty, Chennai
Vijayalakshmi and Laxman win titles Blitz event was organised.The players were given 3 minutes each with an increment of 2
V.Vijayaraghavan IA, Chief Arbiter
Vishwabharti FIDE rating,Ahmedabad
Ravi Teja is Champion
Ambrish C.Joshi IA, Chief Arbiter
Selected games from National Women
Challenger, Goa
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Puzzle of the month
by C.G.S.Narayanan 41
Tactics from Master games
Srinivas Krishnan 42
Test your endgame
C.G.S.Narayanan 43
Masters of the past-47
Carlos Torre Repetto 44
AICF Calendar 48
From the Editor’s Desk
‘Mistakes are there waiting to be
made’ Tartakower’s above quote
sprang to my mind when the seem-
ingly invincible Carlsen blundered
his central pawn in the crucial sixth
game with a hasty king move but
Anand sadly failed to capitalize on it and that proved
to be the turning point of the World Championship
match at Sochi. There were pressure situations
that were telling on the players. Carlsen was well
below his best and Anand played better than he did
in Chennai but ultimately the World Champion who
held his nerves retained the title.
Indian juniors dominated in Philippines. IM Narayan
14
Srinath won Asian Junior title for the third time
in a row. Saranya won silver and Ivana Furtado
16
the bronze in the Asian Junior Girls section. India
topped the medal tally yet again in the Asian Youth
18
Chess Championship for Under14,16 and 18 cat-
egories held in Delhi with a whopping 34 out of the
21 54 medals. Asian dominance continued at Qatar
where Yu Yangyi of China won the strong Qatar
28 Open beating former World Champion Vladimir
Kramnik. Reports with photographs on these
30 events are featured in the centre pages of this
issue.
32
On the home front, Hemanth Raam won the 3rd
National Amateur Chess Championship held in
34
Kolkata. Report on this National event and those
of other FIDE rated tournaments held during No-
36
vember 2014 are presented in this issue. Carlos
Torre Repetto is featured in the ‘Masters of the
past ‘series.
C.G.S.Narayanan
Asian Youth Chess Championship 2014,New Delhi
India lifts overall Trophy
by IA S.Paul Arokia Raj,Chief Arbiter
34 medals out of 54 was the latest honour for India in the just concluded Asian Youth
Chess Championship for Open and Girls (under 14,16 and 18) at New Delhi. This Conti-
nental championship organised by Delhi Chess Association at Hotel Park Plaza,New Delhi
from November 7 to 13,2014 had attracted a total number of 156 players drawn from 15
national federations. India fielded maximum number of 50 contingents by virtue of winning
maximum medals in the last edition followed by United Arab Emirates(23) and Iran(15),
The championship was organised under three formats namely Rapid,Standard and Blitz.On
day one ie, on 7th November Rapid tournament was held with a total number of 7 rounds.
The time duration was 15 minutes each with 10 seconds as increment. It was a cake
walk for India in the girls section when they grabbed all the three Golds in under14 (WFM
R.Vaishali),under16(WFM M.Mahalashmi) and under18 (WFM Srija Seshadri). However
in the Open category India could win Gold only in the under 16(Mohammad Nubairshah
Shaikh),leaving Gold in under 14 to Mejia Giovanni (Philipines) and in under 18 to FM Taba-
tabaei M.Amin(Iran).Another good news for the host India was that it made a clean sweep
in the under 18 girls and under 16 open categories by winning Gold,Silver and Bronze.
Day Two,November 8th started off with round one in the Standard chess with the time
control of 90 minutes each with each player having an additional increment of 30 seconds
each from move 1.There was a total of nine rounds in all the six sections.When this event
came to an end on November 12 India and Iran had equally shared number of Gold med-
als.While the Indian youths adorned Gold in the Under 14 girls(WFM R.Vaishali),under 18
girls(Parnali S Dharia),under 18 open(Chakravarthi Reddy M)),the Iranians too grabbed
three Gold medals in under 16 girls(WFM Derakhshani Dorsa),under 14 open(FM Tabatabaei
M Amin) and under 16 open(FM Lorparizangenah Shahin).Here too the India made a clean
sweep in the under 14 girls by winning Gold,Silver and the Bronze.
Day Seven was on November 13 the last day of the championship on which a seven round
seconds.It was heartening to see the young chess players of our continent demonstrating
a great skill in taming their respective opponents in a lightning speed.As expected India
dominated the scene with four Golds in under 14 girls(WFM R.Vaishali),under 16 girls(WFM
M.Mahalakshmi) and under 18 girls(Michelle Catherina)- a clean sweep by the Indian girls
and also in the under 16 open(Nr.Vishakh).In the under 14 open Iran’s FM Tabatabaei M
Amin and in the under 18 open Turkmenistan’s Nazerov Rustem were the champions.It
was a remarkable feat by WFM R.Vaishali(India)and FM TabatabeiM.Amin(Iran)when they
became champion in all the three formats namely Rapid,Standard and Blitz in the under
14 girls and open 14 categories.
The championship was organised in an elite hall at Hotel Park Plaza where the players
were accomadated. Team Delhi headed by Shri. Bharath Singh Chauhan and piloted by
Shri. A.K.Verma made every participant feel at home.All the games were played in DGT
AICF CHRONICLE
1
November 2014
boards and went on live.On 6th November
the championship was inaugurated with the
lightning of Kuthu Villaku by Shri.D.V.Sundar,
VicePresident,FIDE, Shri Bharath Singh
C h a u h a n , D y. P r e s i d e n t , A s i a n C h e s s
Federation,Shri. Pagazhavanzade, Treasurer,
Asian Chess Federation, Wing Commander
Rajendra, Chief Adminstative Officer,Air
Force and Shri.Jadhav,General Manager,Hotel
Park Plaza.Since the FWCM 2014 was slated
for the next day at Sochi,Russia a signature
campaign to wish Vishy Anand in his match
against Magnus Carlsen was flagged off.Dur-
ing the valedictory function the office bear-
ers of various federations from Asiawere the
guests of honour.
Final standings:
Asian Youth Under-18 Open
Rk Name Club Pts
1 Chakravarthi Reddy M Ind 6½
2 Mosadeghpour Masoud Iran 6½
3 Serikbay Chingiz Kazak 6
4 D Bala Chandra Prasad Ind 5½
5 Aubhropratim Manna Ind 5½
6 Mejia Giovanni Phili 5½
7 Krishna Teja N Ind 5
8 Mamatov Melis Kyrg 5
9 Jumanov Elbek Uzbek 5
10 Ikramul Haq Siam B’desh 5
11 Karimov Alisher Tajikistan 4½
12 Nazarov Rustem Turkmeni 4½
13 Deep Kapoor Ind 4½
14 Manan Rai Ind 4
15 SW M Vibushitha Sri Lanka 2½
16 Prince Bajaj CM Ind 2
17 W Nipuna Nandika Sri Lanka 2
18 S Fadel S M Alshamsi UAE-Al 1½
Under-18 Open Rapid
Rk Name Club Pts
1 Mejia Giovanni Phili 5½
2 D Bala Chandra Prasad Ind 5½
3 Mosadeghpour Masoud Iran 5
4 Karimov Alisher Tajik 4½
5 Jumanov Elbek Uzbek 4½
AICF CHRONICLE
2 33
NOVEMBER 2014
6 Nazarov Rustem Turkmen 4
7 Prince Bajaj CM India 4 Indianoil Paranjothi Memorial Chess Tournament, Chennai
8 Deep Kapoor India 4
9 Krishna Teja N India 4
10 Chakravarthi Reddy M India 3½
11 Manan Rai India 3½
12 Aubhropratim Manna India 3
13 Ikramul Haq Siam Bangla 3
14 Serikbay Chingiz Kazakh 3
15 Mamatov Melis Kyrg 3
16 S Fadel S M Alshamsi UAE-Al 2
17 W Nipuna Nandika Sri Lanka ½
18 S W M Vibushitha Sri Lanka ½
Under-18 Open Blitz
1 Nazarov Rustem Turkm 5½
2 Mejia Giovanni Philip 5
3 D Bala Chandra Prasad India 5
4 Karimov Alisher Tajik 5
5 Krishna Teja N India 4½
6 Mamatov Melis Kyrg 4 (L to R) Shri V Hariharan, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Champion
7 Manan Rai Ind 4 Bala Kannamma, Grandmaster R B Ramesh, Dr A Nirmala, Prinicipal Ethiraj College for Women,
8 Jumanov Elbek Uzbek 4 International Master Manual Aaron, Vice President, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Shri D
9 Aubhropratim Manna Ind 4 V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE.
10 Serikbay Chingiz Kazak 3½
11 Mosadeghpour Masoud Iran 3½ Vishwabharti Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament, Ahmedabad
12 Chakravarthi Reddy M Ind 3
13 W Nipuna Nandika Sri Lanka 3
14 Ikramul Haq Siam Bangla 3
15 Deep Kapoor Ind 3
16 S W M Vibushitha Sri Lanka 2
17 S Fadel SM Alshamsi UAE-Al 1
Under-18 Girls
1 Parnali S Dharia Ind 6½
2 Michelle Catherina P Ind 6½
3 T Le Dan Thuy WFM Viet 6½
4 Enriquez Jean Karen Phil 6
5 Shweta Gole Ind 5½
6 K Mokhinur Uzbek 5½
7 Madhurima Shekhar Ind 5½
8 Muratova Anel Kazak 5½
9 Narzikulova Gulhae Uzebk 5
10 Divya Garg Ind 5 Standing (L-R) Riyaz Khan, Organiser,Mayur Patel,Org.Secretary,Sekhar Sahu, IM Bhavesh Patel, Hon.Secretary,GSCA,K
11 Bala Kannamma.P Ind 5 artikeyaShukla,Organiser & Trustee Viswabharti school,Kalindiniben shukla, Chief guest, Trustee Viswabharti school,IA
12 Srija Seshadri WFM Ind 4½ Joshi Ambrish C, Chief Arbiter,Vimal Srivastav,event manager.Sitting (L-R)Falgun Purohit of Surat ( fourth)Moksh Doshi of
Ahmedabad ( second)Ravi Teja, IM, Railway (Champion)Udit Kamdar, Rajkot,(Third) Maulik Raval, Bhavnagar(fifth)
13 Potluri Supreetha WFM Ind 4½
( contd on p.5 )
AICF CHRONICLE
November 2014
 ( contd from p.2 )
2nd PING Rapid & Blitz Chess tournament, Chennai 14 Tursunova Shakhnoza Uzebk 4½ 7 Kakhramonova Mokhinur Uzbek 4½
15 Ovezova Mengli Turkm 4½ 8 Enriquez Jean Karen Philip 4½
16 Kumari S C T S L 4½ 9 Bala Kannamma.P India 4
17 Esmaeili Sanaz Iran 4½ 10 Akshaya Nandakumar India 4
18 Khursanova Farida Uzebk 4½ 11 Muratova Anel Kazak 4
19 Akshaya Nandakumar India 4½ 12 Divya Garg India 4
20 Abeer Ali UAE 4 13 Esmaeili Sanaz Iran 3½
(L-R) Thirukkalathy, S.Chandrasekaran , Mrs. Hamsavalli
21 R Nuwanthi Dileka S L 3½ 14 Kumari S C T SL 3½
Chandrasekaran,IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman,
R.R.Laxman( Blitz Winner), T.S.Ravi, V.Vijayaraghavan,Chief 22 Mynzhasarova Kamilla Kazak 3 15 Khursanova Farida Uzebk 3
Arbiter 23 Al Shamsi K Mubarak UAE 3 16 Shweta Gole India 3
24 Mira Sarhan UAE 2½ 17 Tursunova Shakhnoza Uzebk 3
25 Bekkulova Nuriza Kyrgy 1½ 18 Mynzhasarova Kamilla Kazak 3
26 Fatma Obaid UAE 1 19 R Nuwanthi Dileka SL 2½
20 Fatma Obaid UAE 2½
Under-18 Girls Rapid 21 Abeer Ali UAE 2
1 Srija Seshadri WFM Ind 6 22 Bekkulova Nuriza Kyrg 2
2 Shweta Gole Ind 5½ 23 Srija Seshadri WFM India 1½
3 Bala Kannamma.P Ind 5½ 24 Al Shamsi K Mubarak UAE 1½
4 Tran Le Dan Thuy WFM Vietn 5 25 Mira Sarhan UAE 1
5 Esmaeili Sanaz Iran 4½ 26 Madhurima Shekhar India 0
(L-R)Gowrishankar, FIDE arbiter,S Chandrasekaran, 6 Potluri Supreetha WFM Ind 4½
Bhargav builders , Mrs, Hamsavalli ChandrasekaranN , 7 Parnali S Dharia Ind 4 Under-16 Open
IM VIijayalakshmi Subbaraman (Rapid Winner) T.S Ravi, 8 Akshaya Nandakumar Ind 4 1 Lorparizangeneh
C.Natarajan, Organizer, Mastermind Chess Academy,V. 9 Khursanova Farida Uzebk 4 ShahinFM Iran 7
Vijayaraghavan, Chief Arbiter. 10 Ovezova Mengli Turkm 4 2 Visakh Nr India 6½
11 Muratova Anel Kazak 4 3 Aravindh
12 Enriquez Jean Karen Philip 3½ Chithambaram IM India 6½
13 Kakhramonova Mokhinur Uzbek 3 4 Vignesh Nr India 5½
14 Tursunova Shakhnoza Uzebk 3 5 Taalaibekov Tagir Kyrg 5
15 Narzikulova Gulhae Uzebk 3 6 Rahman Adel Uzbek 5
16 Abeer Ali UAE 3 7 Md Nubairshah Shaikh India 5
Queens Chess Academy 1st Fide Rating Tournament 17 Mynzhasarova Kamilla Kazak 2½ 8 Khodashenas Mersad Iran 5
( below 1600),Tiruvalla 18 R Nuwanthi Dileka SL 2½ 9 Pranav Vijay India 4½
19 Kumari S C T SL 2½ 10 Atabayev
20 Michelle Catherina P Ind 2 Saparmyrat FM Turkm 4½
21 Mira Sarhan UAE 2 11 Sidhant Mohapatra India 4½
22 Al Shamsi K Mubarak UAE 2 12 Azali Ashkan Iran 4½
23 Bekkulova Nuriza Kyrg 1½ 13 Ritviz Parab India 4½
The winner M. Natarajan (3rd from left) receives 24 Fatma Obaid UAE 1½ 14 K Supun Dasantha CM SL 4½
the trophy from Chief Guest Shri Jacob Mathew 15 Urazayev Arystanbek Kazak 3½
Vice President of Pathnamthitta District Chess Under-18 Girls Blitz 16 Minbayev Bolatbek Kazak 3½
Association, Chairman of Elixir group. 1 Michelle Catherina P India 5½ 17 Kumaran B India 3½
2 Ovezova Mengli Turkm 5½ 18 Vinluan Brylle Gever Philip 3½
3 Potluri Supreetha WFM India 5 19 Subramaniam Shreyes Malay 2
4 Parnali S Dharia India 5 20 Ahmed Fareed UAE 1½
5 Narzikulova Gulhae Uzebk 5
6 Tran Le Dan Thuy WFM Vietn 5
4
AICF CHRONICLE AICF CHRONICLE
4 5
NOVEMBER 2014 November 2014
Under-16 Rapid 4 Monnisha Gk WFM Ind 6½
1 Md Nubairshah Shaikh Ind 6
2 Aravindh Chithambaram IM Ind 5½
3 Visakh Nr Ind 5
4 Pranav Vijay Ind 5
5 Ritviz Parab Ind 4½
6 Vignesh Nr Ind 4
7 Khodashenas Mersad Iran 4
8 Sidhant Mohapatra Ind 4
9 Subramaniam Shreyes Malay 4
10 Urazayev Arystanbek Kazak 3½
11 Atabayev Saparmyrat FM Turkm 3
12 Lorparizangeneh Shahin FM Iran 3
13 Vinluan Brylle Gever Philip 3
14 Kumaran B Ind 3
15 Taalaibekov Tagir Kyrg 3
16 Minbayev Bolatbek Kazak 3
17 Rahman Adel Uzbek 2
18 Azali Ashkan Iran 2
19 K Supun Dasantha CM SL 2
20 Ahmed Fareed UAE ½
Under-16 Blitz
1 Visakh Nr Ind 5
2 Khodashenas Mersad Iran 5
3 Aravindh Chithambaram IM Ind 5
4 Pranav Vijay Ind 5
5 Vignesh Nr Ind 5
6 Sidhant Mohapatra Ind 4
7 Atabayev Saparmyrat FM Turkm 4
8 Kumaran B Ind 4
9 Taalaibekov Tagir Kyrg 4
10 Md Nubairshah Shaikh Ind 3½
11 Vinluan Brylle Gever Philip 3½
12 Minbayev Bolatbek Kazak 3½
13 Ritviz Parab Ind 3
14 Rahman Adel Uzbek 3
15 Urazayev Arystanbek Kazak 3
16 K Supun Dasantha CM SL 3
17 Azali Ashkan Iran 3
18 Subramaniam Shreyes Malay 2
19 Ahmed Fareed UAE 1½
Under-16 Girls
1 Derakhshani Dorsa WFM Iran 7½
2 Mahalakshmi M WFM Ind 7
3 M Shania Mae WFM Philip 7
AICF CHRONICLE
6 7
NOVEMBER 2014
5 Varshini V WFM Ind 6
6 Gholami Orimi Anahita Iran 5½
7 Meghna C H India 5½
8 Nguyen Hoang Anh WCM Viet 5
9 Yakubbaeva Nilufar Uzbek 5
10 Alijanzadeh Mohadeseh Iran 4½
11 Dhanashree Pandit Ind 4½
12 Ovezdurdiyeva Jemal Turkm 4½
13 Bui Thuy Vy WCM Viet 4½
14 Omurbekova Diana Kyrg 4½
15 Gayetri R Ind 4½
16 Shiny Das Ind 4½
17 S Wayuni Vinara SL 4½
18 Rajapaksha R G R D M SL 4½
19 Ghazizadeh Asana Iran 4
20 Bashaer Khalil WCM UAE 4
21 Hamda Sarhan UAE 4
22 Yorazizova Karima Tajiki 3
23 R Sbaa Saeed Alnuaimi UAE 3
24 Samia Binte Alam Shoshi Bangla 2½
25 Al Hosani Hamda UAE 1
26 Aisha Mohamed Al Muaini UAE 0
Under-16 Girls Rapid
1 Mahalakshmi M WFM Ind 6
2 Gholami Orimi Anahita Iran 5
3 Monnisha Gk WFM Ind 5
4 Alijanzadeh Mohadeseh Iran 5
5 Meghna C H Ind 5
6 Varshini V WFM Ind 5
7 Shiny Das Ind 4½
8 Ovezdurdiyeva Jemal Turkm 4
9 Nguyen Hoang Anh WCM Viet 4
10 M Shania Mae WFM Philip 4
11 Omurbekova Diana Kyrg 4
12 Dhanashree Pandit Ind 4
13 Bui Thuy Vy WCM Viet 3½
14 Yakubbaeva Nilufar Uzbek 3½
15 Gayetri R Ind 3½
16 S Wayuni Vinara SL 3½
17 Bashaer Khalil UAE 3
18 Hamda Sarhan UAE 3
19 Samia Binte Alam Shoshi Bangla 3
20 Rajapaksha R G R D M SL 2½
21 Yorazizova Karima Tajik 2
22 Al Hosani Hamda UAE 2
23 R Sbaa Saeed Alnuaimi UAE 1
24 Aisha Mohamed Al Muaini UAE 0
25 Ghazizadeh Asana Iran 0
26 Derakhshani Hamed Iran 0
Under-16 Girls Blitz
1 Mahalakshmi M WFM Ind 6
2 M Shania Mae WFM Philip 5½
3 Monnisha Gk WFM Ind 5
4 Varshini V WFM Ind 5
5 Nguyen Hoang Anh WCM Viet 5
6 Shiny Das Ind 4½
7 Ovezdurdiyeva Jemal Turkm 4½
8 Dhanashree Pandit Ind 4
9 Alijanzadeh Mohadeseh Iran 4
10 Gholami Orimi Anahita Iran 4
11 Omurbekova Diana Kyrg 4
12 Gayetri R Ind 4
13 Bui Thuy Vy WCM Vietn 3½
14 Meghna C H Ind 3½
15 Yakubbaeva Nilufar Uzbek 3½
16 S Wayuni Vinara SL 3½
17 Ghazizadeh Asana Iran 3
18 Bashaer Khalil WCM UAE 3
19 Hamda Sarhan UAE 3
20 R Sbaa Saeed Alnuaimi UAE 3
21 Rajapaksha R G R D M SL 2½
22 Yorazizova Karima Tajik 2
23 Aisha Mohamed Al Muaini UAE 2
24 Samia Binte Alam Shoshi Bangla 1½
25 Al Hosani Hamda UAE 1½
26 Derakhshani Dorsa WFM Iran 0
Under-14 Open
1 Tabatabaei M.Amin FM Iran 7
2 Harsha Bharathakoti Ind 7
3 Gholami Aryan FM Iran 6½
4 Jacutina John Merill Philip 6
5 Nigmatov Ortik Uzbek 6
6 Hirthickkesh Pr India 6
7 Le Minh Hoang CM Vietn 6
8 Harikrishnan.A.Ra India 5½
9 Yakubboev Nodirbek Uzebk 5½
10 Saydaliev Saidakbar Uzbek 5½
11 Kumar Gaurav India 5½
12 Tahbaz Arash Iran 5
13 Puranik Abhimanyu CM Ind 5
14 Barath Kalyan M Ind 5
15 Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc Vietn 4½
16 Suleymenov Alisher Kazak 4½
17 Mitrabha Guha FM Ind 4½
18 D Minul Sanjula CM SL 4½
19 Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein Myan 4½
20 Singh Delroy Singa 4½
21 Myradow Soltan Turkm 4
22 Dassanayake D M G S SL 4
23 Al Hosani Omran UAE 4
24 Nurullaev Akhmad Uzbek 4
25 Htet Naing Myan 4
26 Al Shamisi Hareb Nasser UAE 4
27 Nova Tasha Bangla 3½
28 Raghunandan K S FM Ind 3
29 Bektursunov Nursultan Kyrg 3
30 Obidov Siyovush Tajik 3
31 Alnyeyadi Abdulla UAE 3
32 Rayan MdAli Hassan UAE 3
33 Khalil Hanan UAE 1
34 Alia Sarhan Al Muaini UAE 1
Under-14 Rapid
1 Tabatabaei M.Amin FM Iran 6
2 Mitrabha Guha FM Ind 6
3 Raghunandan K S FM Ind 5
4 Tahbaz Arash Iran 5
5 Hirthickkesh Pr Ind 5
6 Puranik Abhimanyu CM Ind 4½
7 Harikrishnan.A.Ra Ind 4½
8 Harsha Bharathakoti Ind 4½
9 Yakubboev Nodirbek Uzebk 4½
10 Kumar Gaurav Ind 4½
11 Gholami Aryan FM Iran 4
12 Le Minh Hoang Viet 4
13 Suleymenov Alisher Kazak 4
14 Singh Delroy Singa 4
15 Jacutina John Merill Philip 3½
16 Nigmatov Ortik Uzbek 3½
17 D Minul Sanjula CM SL 3½
18 Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc Viet 3½
19 Myradow Soltan Turk 3½
20 Dassanayake D M G S SL 3½
21 Saydaliev Saidakbar Uzbek 3
22 Al Hosani Omran UAE 3
23 Nurullaev Akhmad Uzbek 3
24 Obidov Siyovush Tajik 3
AICF CHRONICLE
November 2014
25 Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein Myan 3
26 Rayan Md Ali Hassan UAE 3
27 Barath Kalyan M Ind 2½
28 Al Shamisi Hareb Nasser UAE
29 Htet Naing Myan
2½
2½
30 Khalil Hanan UAE 2
31 Alnyeyadi Abdulla UAE 2
32 Bektursunov Nursultan Kyrg 2
33 Alia Sarhan Al Muaini UAE 1
Under-14 Blitz
1 Tabatabaei M.Amin FM Iran 6½
2 Harsha Bharathakoti India 5½
3 Harikrishnan.A.Ra India 5½
4 Yakubboev Nodirbek Uzebk 5
5 Suleymenov Alisher Kazak 5
6 Barath Kalyan M India 5
7 Le Minh Hoang CM Vietn 5
8 Saydaliev Saidakbar Uzbek 4½
9 Hirthickkesh Pr India 4½
10 Mitrabha Guha FM India 4
11 Nigmatov Ortik Uzbek 4
12 Nguyen Dang Hong Phuc Vietn 4
13 Tahbaz Arash Iran 4
14 Nurullaev Akhmad Uzbek 4
15 D Minul Sanjula CM SL 4
16 Puranik Abhimanyu CM India 4
17 Gholami Aryan FM Iran 3½
18 Kumar Gaurav India 3½
19 Dassanayake D M G S SL 3
20 Jacutina John Merill Philip 3
21 Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein Myan 3
22 Al Hosani Omran UAE 3
23 Myradow Soltan Turkm 3
24 Singh Delroy Singa 3
25 Al Shamisi Hareb Nasser UAE 3
26 Nova Tasha Bangla 3
27 Htet Naing Myan 2½
28 Obidov Siyovush Tajik 2
29 Bektursunov Nursultan Kyrg 2
30 Khalil Hanan UAE 2
31 Rayan Md Ali Hassan UAE 2
32 Alnyeyadi Abdulla UAE 2
33 Alia Sarhan Al Muaini UAE 1
Under-14 Girls
Rk Name Club Pts
AICF CHRONICLE
8 9
NOVEMBER 2014
1 Vaishali R WCM India 7½
2 Savant Riya WFM India 7
3 Aakanksha Hagawane India 6½
4 Ananya Suresh WCM
5 Priyanka K
India
India
6½
6
6 Bidhar Rutumbara WFM India 6
7 Tejaswini Sagar WCM India 5½
8 Vantika Agrawal India 5½
9 Harshita Guddanti India 5½
10 Shah Vishwa India 5½
11 Muratova Saltanat Kazak 5
12 Hilmi Parveen WFM India 5
13 Bauyrzhan Arnash Kazak 5
14 Hashemi Seyed Fatemeh Iran 5
15 Chaykina Svetlana Uzebk 4½
16 Alinasab Mobina Iran 4
17 Mendoza Bea Philip 4
18 W Dilhara Ishini WFM SL 4
19 Orazmukhammedova M Uzbek 4
20 Mekanova Annagozel Turkm 4
21 Azali Tannaz Iran 4
22 Ranasinghe Shalini SL 4
23 R Miyuni Kavinya SL 4
24 Alshamsi Amal Fadel UAE 4
25 Al M Wafia D WCM UAE 3½
26 Al-Shamsi Ousha UAE 3½
27 Musaeva Shakhnazi Kyrg 3
28 Saima Binte Alam Saba Bangla 3
29 Dzhonuzokova M Tajik 3
30 Almaini Aishah Sarhan UAE 2½
31 Al Ali Aisha Saif UAE 2½
32 Fatima Saif Al-Ali UAE 1
Under-14 Girls Rapid
1 Vaishali R WFM India 7
2 Alinasab Mobina Iran 5½
3 Aakanksha Hagawane India 5
4 Tejaswini Sagar WCM India 5
5 Harshita Guddanti India 5
6 Savant Riya WFM India 4
7 Mendoza Bea Philip 4
8 Ananya Suresh WCM India 4
9 Bidhar Rutumbara WFM India 4
10 Hilmi Parveen WFM India 4
11 Ranasinghe Shalini SL 4
12 W Dilhara Ishini WFM SL 4
13 Muratova Saltanat Kazak 4
14 Priyanka K India 4
15 Orazmukhammedova M Uzbek 4
World Chess Ch 2014,Sochi
16 R Miyuni Kavinya SL 3½
Sixth game:
17 Shah Vishwa
18 Azali Tannaz
India
Iran
3
3
Magnus Carlsen-Viswanathan Anand
19 Hashemi Seyed Fatemeh Iran 3 The moves that mattered………
20 Mekanova Annagozel Turkm 3
21 Musaeva Shakhnazi Kyrg 3
22 Dzhonuzokova M Tajik 3
23 Saima Binte Alam Saba Bangla 3
24 Alshamsi Amal Fadel UAE 3
25 Chaykina Svetlana Uzebk 2½
26 Al Maamari Wafia D UAE 2
27 Al Ali Aisha Saif UAE 2
28 Al-Shamsi Ousha UAE 1½
29 Almaini Aishah Sarhan UAE 1
30 Fatima Saif Al-Ali UAE 1
(Position after 26.Kd2)
Under14 Girls Blitz
1 Vaishali R WFM India 6 {An extremely bad mistake by Carlsen and
2 Priyanka K India 5½ very uncharacteristic of him. He is usually
3 Alinasab Mobina Iran 5½ quite alert to tactical details but after this
4 Aakanksha Hagawane India 5 move Vishy could simply win a pawn.} a4
5 Muratova Saltanat Kazak 5 {Missing a huge tactical resource. As Vishy
6 Ananya Suresh WCM India 5 said after the game, he was just too fo-
7 Hilmi Parveen WFM India 5 cussed on this idea with a4-a3 and trying to
8 Savant Riya WFM India 4½ get counterplay that he did not notice this
9 Tejaswini Sagar WCM India 4 tactic with Nxe5. Magnus noticed that he
10 Chaykina Svetlana Uzebk 4 had missed the tactics after he played Kd2
11 Bidhar Rutumbara WFM India 4
and Vishy noticed this trick only after he had
12 Shah Vishwa India 4
played a4.} (26... Nxe5 {It is extremely sur-
13 Vantika Agrawal India 4
prising that Vishy missed this simple tactic.}
14 Bauyrzhan Arnash Kazak 4
15 Mendoza Bea Philip 3½ 27. Rxg8 Nxc4+ 28. Kd3 Nb2+ 29. Kd2 Rxg8
16 Ranasinghe Shalini SL 3½ {With the g2 pawn attacked and Nc4 coming
17 W Dilhara Ishini WFM SL 3½ up again, this position is extremely bad for
18 Rajapaksa Miyuni Kavinya SL 3 White. But how could Vishy miss this tactical
19 Orazmukhammedova M Uzbek 3 blow?. He was under pressure and he made
20 Harshita Guddanti India 3 his move 26...a4 very quickly. May be he just
21 Musaeva Shakhnazi Kyrg 3 didn't believe that Carlsen would blunder so
22 Azali Tannaz Iran 3 badly. Caruana's tweet at this point: "Shock-
23 Al Maamari W D WCM UAE 3 ing blunders... Vishy won't be able to sleep
24 Almaini Aishah Sarhan UAE 3 tonight."}) 27. Ke2 {Everything is back to
25 Alshamsi Amal Fadel UAE 3
normal now. Magnus is pressing and Vishy
26 Hashemi Seyed Fatemeh Iran 2½
defending!}
27 Mekanova Annagozel Turkm 2
courtesy:chessbase.com
28 Al Ali Aisha Saif UAE 2
AICF CHRONICLE
November 2014
 DBCA All India FIDE rating chess tournament , Kolkata…
Mohammad Ashraf wins DBCA FIDE Rated
by Debasish Barua IA, Chief Arbiter
DBCA All India FIDE rating chess tournament
was inaugurated by well known Bengali actor
Arjun Chakraborti and N.K. Mallick, Director ,
Indian Council for Cultural Relations , Kolkata
at ICCR in Kolkata on November 26, 2014 at
10:00 a.m.
A total of 139 chess players took part in this
5-day event which was organized by Diby-
endu Barua Chess Academy. 2 IM’s 1WIM , 2
FMs &1 CM participated in this rating tourna-
ment. The venue of the tournament was in
the heart of the city and was an art gallery
with central A/C and excellent facilities.
The total number of rounds was 9 and was
well fought with participants from Nepal,
Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Odisha, Jharkhand and
Bengal.19 year old Mohammad Ashraf of
Odisha emerged as the champion in the
DBCA All India Fide Rating Chess Tournament
with a last round draw against IM Neeraj
Kr Mishra in just 23 moves to seal the title.
Asraf, a student of KIIT in Bhubaneswar,
scored 7.5 out of a possible 9 and was richer
by 50,000/-. Debashis Mukherjee of Bengal
also scored 7.5 points but was placed 2nd on
lesser tie break. Mukerjee had to be content
with the 2nd prize of Rs.30,000/-. 13 year
old A. Harikrishnan Ra of Tamil Nadu made
short work of Laltu Chattejee in a tense last
round encounter to finish 3rd ahead of IM
Neeraj Kumar Mishra and WIM Saheli Dhar
Barua with a score of 7 points. He received
a Cash Prize of Rs 20,000/-Debarshi Mukher-
jee, Santu Mondal, Neeraj Kr Mishra and
Saheli DharBarua also scored 7 points but
were placed from 4th to 7th respectively.
AICF CHRONICLE
10
NOVEMBER 2014
Top seed, Somak Palit of Metro Railway had
a forgettable tournament and was placed 12
with a score of 6.5 points. Former National
Junior runner up Dilip Das was adjudged as
the best veteran while Dishan Barua , son of
GM Dibyendu Barua took the best u-16 boys
prize. 13 year old Samriddha Ghosh was
awarded the best woman prize.
The closing ceremony was well attended and
Srenik Sett ,Director of All Sport Management
and PradipSadani , Director of Sadani Estates
were the chief guests on the occasion. Atanu
Lahiri , Secretary of Bengal Chess Association
and Dibyendu Barua, Vice-President, AICF
were also present on the occasion.
Final standings:
Rk Name Pts
1 Mohammad Ashraf 7½
2 Debasish Mukherjee 7½
3 Harikrishnan.A.Ra 7
4 Debarshi Mukherjee 7
5 Santu Mondal 7
6 IM Mishra Neeraj-Kumar 7
7 WIM Dhar-Barua Saheli 7
8 Senthil Maran K 6½
9 Nath Rupankar 6½
10 Anurag Jaiswal 6½
11 Sarbojit Paul 6½
12 IM Palit Somak 6½
13 B Niladri Shekhar 6½
14 Chattarjee Laltu 6
15 Ashutosh Kumar 6
16 CM Aronyak Ghosh 6
17 Arpan Das 6
18 Mallick Anjan 6
19 Sumit Kumar 6
20 Nepali Badrilal 6
21 Anustoop Biswas 6
22 Shrutarshi Ray 6
23 Sandip Dey 6
24 Rajarshi Dutta 6
25 FM Hamal Manish 6
26 Sudarshan Mitra 5½
27 Subhayan Kundu 5½
28 WFM Arpita Mukherjee 5½
29 Kaustuv Kundu 5½
30 Koustav Chatterjee 5½
31 Ganguly Ritabroto 5½
32 Raunak Mondal 5½
33 Samal Ansuman 5½
34 Singh Soram Rahul 5½
35 Arindam Mukherjee 5½
36 FM Shrestha Bilam Lal 5½
37 Arka Sengupta 5½
38 Dilip Das 5½
39 Soham Das 5½
40 Ghosh Samriddhaa 5½
41 CM Sharang Sanjeev Kapoor 5
42 Avijit Das 5
43 Chakrabarti Tamal 5
44 Soumma Chakraborty 5
45 Koustav Chakraborty 5
46 Srijit Paul 5
47 Sukanta Dutta 5
48 Deep Dutta 5
49 Prithu Gupta 5
50 Bodhisatya Pal 5
51 Ambarish Sharma 5
52 Vatsal Singhania 5
53 Rohan Nag Chowdhury 5
54 Sayantan Mukherjee 5
55 Angira Choudhuri 5
56 Chouhan N.C. 5
57 Shouvik Kar 5
58 Dishan Barua 5
59 Arpan Das (jr) 5
60 Soumyadip Deb 5
61 Nihar Ranjan Banerjee 4½
62 Surya Dhanush G 4½
63 Khushi Dharewa 4½
64 Sayan Banik 4½
65 Aneek Das 4½
66 Bristy Mukherjee 4½
67 Tanmoy Mondal 4½
68 Syed Omar Zoran 4½
69 Debashis Majumder(irs) 4½
70 Shinjini Sengupta 4½
71 Samip Roy 4½
72 Shyamashree Sarkar 4½
73 Basant Kr. Das 4½
74 Rounak Pathak 4½
75 Mangal Prasad 4½
76 Sanjit Saha 4½
77 Dipanjan Chowdhury 4½
78 Bipra Nath 4½
79 Subhadip Seth 4½
80 Sudipa Haldar 4
81 Sanket Chakravarty 4
82 Dhar Manodip 4
83 Anshul Nigam 4
84 Jayanta Kr. Sarkar 4
85 Saksham Rautela 4
86 Tuhin Dutta 4
87 Arun Nandi 4
88 Souradip Deb 4
89 Mangal Hembrom 4
90 Priyam Ghosh 4
91 Shuban Saha 4
92 Pratyay Chowdhury 4
93 Tishrota Chakraborty 4
94 Bidisha Roy 4
95 Shuvam Roy 4
96 Deshmukh Nachiket 3½
97 Mehendi Sil 3½
98 Srijita Sarkar 3½
99 Sourath Biswas 3½
100 Taniya Acharya 3½
101 Sanika Sengupta 3½
102 Arunava Bhattacharjee 3½
103 Utpal Biswas 3½
104 Susanta Ranjan Dhar 3½
105 Diya Chowdhury 3½
106 Sandipan Paul 3½
AICF CHRONICLE
11
November 2014
 8th KCA FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (Below-1600). Kottayam...
Vinoth Kumar wins at Kottayam
R. Rajesh, Chief Arbiter
The 8th KCA FIDE Rating Chess Tournament
(Below-1600). Organised by Kottayam Chess
Academy was held at CMS College, Kottayam
from 1st to 3rd November 2014. Two hundred
and sixty three players from Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, AP, Telengana, Karnataka, Maharash-
tra, West Bengal, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal
Pradesh and Maharashtra participated in the
three day, nine rounds event, played under
Swiss system. A time control of 30 minutes
to each player, with an increment of 30 sec-
onds per move was used and each day had
three rounds.
S. Vinayak of the host city Kottayam was
top seeded in the tournament, followed by
R. Balasubramaniyan of Tamil Nadu. Second
round witnessed the toppling of the top seed
Vinayak by HV Shyam Hari of Kerala and five
players having a rating higher than 1500
were shocked by lower rated players. Three
players PB Sanoop of Kerala, M. Shreyas and
M. Vinoth Kumar of TN scored five points
in five rounds to share the lead. Vinoth de-
feated Sanoop in the sixth round to emerge
sole leader, as the other co-leader Shreyas
lost to second seeded R. BalaSubramaniyan
of Tamil Nadu. In the seventh round, Vinoth
drew with KP Sasikumar of Kerala, enabling
BalaSubramaniyan to join him at the top,
both securing 6.5 points.Vinoth subdued Bala
in the eighth round to surge ahead with 7.5
points, followed half a point behind, by T Bi-
juSebastin and CR Soman, both from Kerala.
Vinoth defeated Biju in the final round to
clinch the title of the 8th FIDE Rated tour-
nament, collecting 8.5 points. Four players
scored 7.5 points to tie for the second place
– R BalaSubramniyam and M Shreyas both
from TN, Amitesh Kumar Sinha of Karnatsaka
AICF CHRONICLE
12
NOVEMBER 2014
and Stephen Raj of TN finished from second
to fifth in that order.Vinoth, a student from
VIluppuram of TN received Rs. 30000 and
Bala got Rs.20000/-. Apart from five prizes
each for Under 9, 11, 13 and 15 categories
boys and girls separately, special prizes
were also awarded to below 1500, below
1350 rating categories, best unrated, best
veteran, best Kerala, best Kottayam and best
Kottayam Chess Academy players.
Rt. Rev. Thomas K. Oommen, Bishop of CSI,
Madhya Kerala Diocese and Manager of CMS
College inaugurated the tournament in the
presence of Dr. Roy Sam Daniel, Principal of
CMS College and Dr.Binu George, Secretary,
Kerala State Sports Council. Principal Dr. Roy
was the chief guest for the prize distribution
function. Mention has to be made about the
support rendered by CMS College, the old-
est one in India, dating back to 1817, which
is ready for its bi centennial celebrations.
Apart from that, it will be the venue for the
forthcoming prestigious National Premier
Championship also, in December.
Final standings:KCA
Rk Name Pts
1 Vinoth Kumar M 8½
2 Bala Subramaniyan R 7½
3 Shreyas M 7½
4 Amitesh Kumar Sinha 7½
5 Stephen Raj A 7½
6 Sasikumar K P 7
7 Sanoop P B 7
8 Soman C R 7
9 Unni Krishnan Pg 7
10 Biju Sebastian T 7
11 Sharma Vivek 7
12 Joseph S A 7
13 Naveen Giri 6½
14 Thomas Valliaprambi 6½
15 Azeeb Sharafudeen 6½
16 Hari Suresh 6½
17 Selvamurugan B 6½
18 Paulson Frenchy 6½
19 Muhammed Musthafa 6½
20 Kadakkavur Anil 6½
21 Tushar Banerjee 6½
22 Geetha Krishnan S 6½
23 SM Sunilkumar 6½
24 Shibin K Benny 6½
25 Kabil S 6½
26 Joyan Mathew 6½
27 Veeresh Bharamasagara 6½
28 Sameer C 6
29 Cyriac Antony 6
30 Vijayakumar R 6
31 Ramakrishna L 6
32 Joju K V 6
33 Satheesh Kumar P B 6
34 Barath Kumar K M 6
35 Kabhilan S 6
36 Satheesh M 6
37 Rajkumar Fischer.E 6
38 Krishna M K Ramanatha 6
39 Shree Krishna Pranama 6
40 Gautham B 6
41 Heera P 6
42 Vamsi Krishna B 6
43 A Chakrapani Santhalaya 6
44 Shaiju Andrews 6
45 Sunildutt 6
46 Vinayak S 6
47 Abhirami Madabushi 6
48 Ramakrishnan T V 6
49 Benny Thomas 6
50 Mohammed Nizzar 6
51 Rijo Mathew 6
52 Vishal Reddy 6
53 Nijai Giri 5½
54 Ravindran Nair P V 5½
55 Pavan Teja Medam 5½
56 Kuruvilla Varkey 5½
57 Swaha V S 5½
58 Pranav Shridhar 5½
59 Krishnadev S Nair 5½
60 Antony M C 5½
61 Abhinand A 5½
62 Thulaseedharan K 5½
63 Gunaseelan V A 5½
64 Saneesh Valayil 5½
65 Justin Tony John 5½
66 Vargese M Thomas 5½
67 Rajeeb K K 5½
68 Shiju Abraham 5½
69 Manabi Chouhan 5½
70 Bright Lee M Sunilkumar 5½
71 Sajan Issac 5½
72 Abhilash G 5½
73 Marimuthu K 5½
74 Denny V Davis 5½
75 Adarsh Wilson A 5
76 Avinash Vaidyanathan 5
77 Gopikrishnan S 5
78 Shibu K S 5
79 Kutty T P C 5
80 Gabriel B M 5
81 Sudheesh M A 5
82 Bovas Mathew 5
83 Fathima Abdeen 5
84 Tarun Kanyamarala 5
85 Biju Joseph A D 5
86 U Sasthamkunnel 5
87 Shane V Jose 5
88 Balachandran J 5
89 Brahmaha V S 5
90 Aravinth Raj S 5
91 Roby K Raju 5
92 Somwanshi Nathu 5
93 Vijayakumar S 5
94 Adwait Meethal 5
95 Kuldeep Singh 5
96 Abhishek Babu 5
97 Jindal Shreyansh 5
98 Babu Kumarakkom 5
99 Balakrishnan.K 5
AICF CHRONICLE
13
November 2014
 5th KCM FIDE Below 1600 FIDE Rated chess tournament, Coimbatore 52 Amitesh Kumar Sinha 6 95 Moorthy Rangasamy 5

Shreyas wins KCM FIDE Rated

53 Rajagopal A 6 96 Siva Shanmugam S 5
54 Meyyappan M 6 97 Mohanraj S 5
V Vijayaraghavan IA ,Chief Arbiter 55 Vinu Raj 6 98 Girish G 5
56 Thangadurai M 6 99 Shalini J 5
M Shreyas of Coimbatore won the 5th KCM 13 Sanjay Snehal M S 7 57 Subbhu Karthick S M 5.5 100 Naveen Kumar T 5
FIDE Below 1600 FIDE Rated chess tourna- 14 Nishanth K 7 58 Logesh S 5.5 101 Praveen Raj Pushparaj 5
mentheld at Coimbatore from 21st to 23rd 15 Rathneesh R 7 59 Sukumar M 5.5 102 Allen Chryso J 5
November. The 9 round event was held in PC 16 Kanishk S K 6.5 60 Kumar T V 5.5 103 Yugesh Maitreyan S 5
Mandapam and had a prize pool of Rs. 1.5 17 Rajashakkthivel K K 6.5 61 Mohith R 5.5 104 Guruprasadh K 5
Lakhs distributed in 53 prizes along with 20 18 Aanandha Kumar M S 6.5 62 Rajiv A 5.5 105 Vinod Kumar K 5
trophies. 19 Siddharth M 6.5 63 V Bharamasagara T 5.5 106 Shreyas Pavan 5
285 players participated in this event, in 20 Nandakumar D 6.5 64 Pranav Hariraja D 5.5 107 Guruprabhu D 5
which players from Delhi, Goa, Orissa and 21 Sai Balaji E 6.5 65 Sabarinathan S 5.5 108 Nagarajan K 5
all the Southern States where seen in action. 22 Suudhan S 6.5 66 Sandeep T 5.5 109 Mukhesh C 5
Shreyas and VelViswanathan of Namakkal 23 Prabhakaran V K 6.5 67 Kandasamy P 5.5 110 Harsha R 5
were running neck to neck till the last round. 24 Bhargav P 6.5 68 Velavan S 5.5 111 Senguttuvan K P 5
After drawing their individual encounter in the 25 Saish Ulhas Fondek ar 6.5 69 Harish S 5.5 112 Thanigaivelan K 5
5th round Shreyas won all the remaining four 26 Abirama Srinithi G 6.5 70 Jeyasimman.A 5.5 113 Sumesh K 5
rounds to finish on top with 8.5 points. Vel 27 Swaminathan S 6.5 71 Mirza Ahamed Z 5.5 114 Gowdham Kumar P 5
scored 3.5 points out of 4 rounds and took 28 Chandra Hass M C J 6 72 Dinesh Kumar G 5.5 115 Devanand K C 5
the undisputed 2nd position. K Nishanth of 29 Kabhilan S 6 73 Muralidharan S 5.5 116 Dhanasekar M 5
Coimbatore won the 1st place for the below 30 Pudhuraja V 6 74 Vedant P Kumbakonam 5.5 117 Rajan P 5
1299 category. 31 Naveen K 6 75 Subhransu Sekhar Dash 5.5 118 Surya A C 5
As usual the inauguration and closing cer- 32 Murali R Krishnan 6 76 Vignesh N 5.5 119 Tarunika P 5
emonies of KCM were simple and quick ones. 33 Jyothsna L 6 77 Abdul Gafoor Rasheed 5.5 120 Md Sudheer P P 5
The members of the club distributed the cat- 34 Shankar Ramakrishnan 6 78 Aadhisan Balakrishnan 5.5 121 Karthi R 5
egory prizes and the main prize was given 35 Naren J 6 79 Sameer C 5.5 122 Ahalya A 5
by Shri Senthil Chinnasamy, President, KCM. 36 John P B 6 80 Evan Sanjoe 5.5 123 Vignesh Srinivas 5
Final Ranking: 37 Joseph S Ganesan 6 81 Krishaanth V S S 5.5 124 Srikrishnan P 5
Rk. Name Pts. 38 Tarun Kanyamarala 6 82 Thiruvengadam C 5.5 125 Surya Prakash J 4.5
1 Shreyas M 8.5 39 L Kuppusamy 6 83 Fuzail Saudagar 5.5 126 Murugesan S 4.5
2 Vel Vishwanathan G M 8 40 Vinu P M 6 84 Gobi Krishnaan S 5.5 127 Aakarshna C G 4.5
3 Sasikumar.S 7.5 41 Pranav V 6 85 Selva Ganesh S R 5.5 128 Vivekanandhan S 4.5
4 Sanjay Saravanan 7.5 42 Lokesh R 6 86 Shirodkar Aayush 5.5 129 Panneerselvam R 4.5
5 Aziz M 7 43 Sethuram S 6 87 Sanjeeban Nayak 5 130 Saibudeen M 4.5
6 Kanishka Basu 7 44 Sahithya G 6 88 Bino Sebastian 5 131 Nivetha Vijayakumar 4.5
7 Dhanush Ragav 7 45 Vishnu Ram M 6 89 Abhinav C Kodali 5 132 Pushpanathan S 4.5
8 Magesh M 7 46 Edwin Dorairaj J 6 90 Sooraj K 5 133 Nithin A V 4.5
9 Muthu Hareeswaran S 7 47 Unni Krishnan Pg 6 91 Deepak Kumar R 5 134 Thanga Manickam M 4.5
10 Vishwak S 7 48 Suriya Prakash S K 6 92 Nithish Kumar S 5 135 Shree Krishna Pranama 4.5
11 Nandha Kumar K 7 49 Ramakrishnan T V 6 93 Subramanian P V 5 136 Senthil Kumar K 4.5
12 S.A. Surya Kumar 7 50 Arunachalam ShivaT V 6 94 Sivashankar M 5 137 Vinesh R 4.5
51 Raghava M 6

AICF CHRONICLE AICF CHRONICLE

14 15
NOVEMBER 2014 November 2014
1stMineral Chess Academy Fide Rating Tournament (Below 2200) ,Vadodara
Snehal Bhosale wins title
Ambrish C Joshi,IA,Chief Arbiter
The 1stMineral Chess Academy Fide Rating
Chess Tournament-2014 (Below 2200)was
held at the Hotel Surya, Sayajiganj,Vadodara
from 1stto 4th Nov 2014.
In this tournament, total 190 players had
participated from two different countries,
India& U.S.A, comprising 116 Rated play-
ers. The tournament had 9 rounds, with two
rounds on 1st day, three rounds on 2nd and
3rd day and a single round on last day.Hard
fought victories and some higher rated play-
ers draws were witnessed in the tournament,
culminating in the emergence of Snehal Bho-
sale of Maharashtra emerged the champion
of this event. A total of Rs. 2 lacs prizes was
awarded to achievers with beautiful trophy to
champion and under category children play-
ers. In addition to that organizer encouraged
by providing prizes to the youngest and old-
est players of the event.
Accommodation was available in the same or
nearby hotels so as even in tight schedule,
players reached at venue before time & easily
followed the time schedule. The A/C tourna-
ment hall gave great satisfaction to players.
The delicious variety of food supplied was
well received by outstation players who were
staying in the hotel. Mineral chess Academy
had the privilege of conducting this tourna-
ment first time with satisfactory levels in all
areas for players. Pruthviraj Leuva (Organ-
ising Secretary) and Sunil Manohar (Tour-
nament Director) worked hard and looked
after the requirements of the players for the
success of the tournament. The players and
parents were very happy with the amenities
AICF CHRONICLE
16
NOVEMBER 2014
and facilities provided by the organizers.
Final ranking 42 Shaival Patwa 5½
Rk Name Pts
1 Snehal Bhosale 8
2 Sudarshan Malga 7½
3 Mehta Jwalin 7½
4 Maulik Raval 7
5 Varun Bhatt 7
6 Trivedi Karan R 7
7 Mota Pankit 7
8 Jeet Jain 7
9 Avdhoot Lendhe 7
10 Roop Saurav 7
11 Gupta Rajesh R.S. 7
12 Aditya Guhagarkar 7
13 Joshi Abhijeet 6½
14 Sanjeet Manohar 6½
15 Anchit Vyas 6½
16 Dave Sneh 6½
17 Ramakrishna Perumalla 6½
18 Jitiya Sanjay D 6½
19 Bhatt Pradip P. 6½
20 Bhatt Jalpan 6
21 Shenvi Pratik 6
22 Gajengi Rajababu 6
23 Cheniram Pegu 6
24 Dhanesha Jignesh 6
25 Desai Jay Viral 6
26 Malhotra Harsh 6
27 Ashwani Mahesh 6
28 Mehta Naitik R 6
29 Karnavat Samyak 6
30 Isha Sharma 6
31 Divya Garg 6
32 Dr Sanjay Date 6
33 Amit Panchal 6
34 Milap Pandya 6
35 Rawal Shailesh 5½
36 Parikh Kairav 5½
37 Shegaonkar Akshay 5½
38 Chandi Sachin 5½
39 Gohel Bimal Ramnik 5½
40 Mukund G. Bhatt 5½
41 Shah Manish bhai 5½
43 Prajapati Ketan 5½
44 Kane Samvid 5½
45 Sopan Bhagat 5½
46 Shinde Kunal 5½
47 Foram Thakkar 5½
48 Bhogal Rupesh 5½
49 Pradeep Pandya 5½
50 Samir Dilipkumar Desai 5½
51 Dhannawat Chakshu 5½
52 Vishal Vala 5½
53 Neel Thomas 5½
54 Milind Gode 5½
55 Dhruvin Sajnani 5½
56 Kamdar Aparva 5½
57 Vraj N Shah 5½ 100 Joshi Chinmay M 4½
58 Dutta Debarghya 5½
59 Bokade Chinmay 5½
60 Thaker Kautilya P 5
61 Mraduhas Tripathi 5
62 Menon Padmanand 5
63 Bhagatji Nishant 5
64 Dwivedi Umang 5
65 Ojas Mahavir Karnavat 5
66 Bhatkar Zaheer Abbas 5
67 Sapre Shreyas 5
68 Ghelani Dhairya 5
69 Vivek N Vala 5 112 Shubham Sadhwani 4
70 Mulherkar Siddharth 5
71 Chauhan Ansh 5
72 Bhargav Patel 5
73 Bhawesh Pandiyar 5
74 Patel Dharmesh 5
75 Sadashivam Akhil 5
76 Shivang Goyal 5
77 Karra Abhinav 5
78 Batsah Arindom 5
79 Tahilianey Dhruv 5
80 Kushal Kaushik Karelia 5
81 Damani Malay 5
82 Sarthak Paliwal 5
83 Panchal Tisha N 5
84 Babel T Divyanshu 4½
85 Jainil Paresh Trivedi 4½
86 Madhani Shilpee 4½
87 H.N. Vyas 4½
88 Salunke Pramod 4½
89 Laheri Nitya 4½
90 Apeksha Khyati Tigga 4½
91 Ruhaan Mahindru 4½
92 Bhavya Gehlot 4½
93 Rohnit G Amin 4½
94 Parikh Vivek Tarak 4½
95 Samdani Sahil Sagar 4½
96 Shintre Neel 4½
97 Ananya Parikh 4½
98 Vraj Kayasth 4½
99 Goswami Kaushalgiri 4½
101 Aagam Aditya E 4½
102 Gogavale Shreeram 4½
103 Vakil Hardik 4½
104 Poojari Pranay 4½
105 Aiyer Chandrasekhar 4
106 Malvi Nirav 4
107 Dhyana Patel 4
108 Shah Yash B 4
109 Aditya P Melani 4
110 Padariya Utkarsh P 4
111 Rathod Pankaj 4
113 Vallari Rajasuba 4
114 Sangoi Hriday 4
115 Chhabra Kunal 4
116 Deota Snehil S 4
117 Dr.Madhur Goyal 4
118 Vincent Alaina 4
119 Bansode Parag 4
120 Chinmay Jain 4
AICF CHRONICLE
17
November 2014
 Mustifund All India Open Rapid FIDE Rating chess Tournament,Goa
Rohan Ahuja clinches rapid title
by Promodraj Moree, Chief Arbiter
The tournament was organized in for 2 days
with 9 rounds, 1st day 5 rounds, 2nd day
4 round. This was first Rapid rating chess
tournament organized by Mustifund Sports
Academy in Goa. The event attracted 211
Players from all over India Including ma-
jor states like West Bengal, Andrapradesh,
Hariyana Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Chattishgarh and Karnataka. 90 Fide rated
players participated in this tournament, with
9 titled players. Top seed of the event was
Mr Himanshu Sharma of Hariyana. 4 Inter-
national masters, 1 fide master, 1 candidate
maser and 2 Woman candidate masters.
The tournament was inaugurated by WIM
Ivana Furtado by lighting the traditional lamp
in the presence of Chairman of Mushtifund
Sports Academy, Suhas Sardessai and Sec-
retary, Dilip Dharwadkar , Chairman of Clube
Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Mr. Gaurish Dhond,
President of Goa Chess Association, Vinay
Tendulkar, Secretary, Kishor Bandekar, Tour-
nament Director and Coach of Mushtifund
Sports Academy , Gautam Tari and Tourna-
ment Coordinator for Mushtifund Sports
Academy, Sanjay Kaisare. Speaking on the
occasion, Ivana said she was happy to see
the growth of popularity of chess in Goa
and asked the participants and specially the
young players to play with dedication and
zeal to reach the pinnacle of success.
The venue was just in front of the Miramar
Beach, with added attraction to the event.
The organizer took good care of the all the
things related to event very well and also
provided Free lunch to all the participants.
AICF CHRONICLE
18
NOVEMBER 2014
18 Brendan Peroz 6½
19 Ajeesh Antony 6½
20 Karmalkar Deeptesh 6½
21 Riddhi Zantye 6½
22 Parsekar Anirudh 6½
23 Suyan Belurkar 6½
The Prize Distribution Ceremony took place 24 Thakkar Parth 6½
on 16th November at 6.30 pm .Those who 25 Shane A Braganca 6
were present at the Prize Distribution function 26 Barath M 6
were, President Of Mushtifund Saunstha Mr 27 Prabhugaonkar A Aman 6
Anil Counto chief Guest,Mr Sunil Naik Vice 28 Anant Prabhudesai 6
president Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias,Chief 29 Gaude Sachin 6
Arbiter Mr Promoidraj Moree presented the 30 Saish Ulhas Fondekar 6
tournament report,& Sanjay Kaisare tourna- 31 Cruz Wilson 6
ment co-ordinator proposed Vote of thanks. 32 Bodke Sharmad S 6
33 Alaya Vella D Cruz 6
I thank the All India Chess Federation for 34 Harnoor Singh 6
providing me the opportunity to be Chief 35 Sanath K Jamadagni 6
arbiter for this event and I also thank the 36 Vasant Vishnu Naik 6
tournament Director Mr Gautam Tari and as- 37 Soham Naik 6
sistant arbiters, Mr Swapnil Hoble, Mr Sanjay 38 Kambli Datta 5½
Kavlekar and volunteers who did their best 39 Fadte Rudresh 5½
to make the event a grand success. 40 Madhavan G 5½
41 CM Mendonca Leon Luke 5½
Final ranking 42 Bhimappa Harijan 5½
Rk Name Pts 43 Thorat Sanjay 5½
1 Rohan Ahuja 8 44 Barde Om 5½
2 IM Anurag Mhamal 8 45 Sachin Kakodkar 5½
3 IM Akshat Khamparia 7½ 46 Ian Savio Rodrigues 5½
4 Srinath Rao S.V. 7½ 47 Mayank Pal 5½
5 IM Himanshu Sharma 7 48 Aryan Shamrao Raikar 5½
6 IM Kathmale Sameer 7 49 Snehil Shetty 5½
7 Kulkarni Rakesh 7 50 WCM Swera Ana Braganca 5½
8 CM Nitish Belurkar 7 51 Vaskar Rajat Raghoba 5½
9 Kulkarni Chinmay 7 52 A Ramchandra Shetkar 5½
10 Audi Ameya 7 53 Ashmit Arunjay Kumar 5½
11 Naik Rishubh Naresh 7 54 Eeshan Gad 5½
12 Madkaikar Gaurav S 7 55 Bir Yogesh Pai 5½
13 FM Dutta Joydeep 6½ 56 Anish Prabhudessai 5½
14 Stanley Samson P. 6½ 57 WCM Chopdekar Gunjal 5½
15 Niraj Saripalli 6½ 58 Porob Vraj 5½
16 Nandhini Saripalli 6½ 59 Ridikesh D Vernekar 5½
17 Verma Rahul 6½ 60 Amisha Arunjay Kumar 5½
61 Divecha Ankur 5½
62 Akhilesh A Nigalye 5½
63 Borkar Shubh 5½
64 Tanad Anil Bandodkar 5½
65 Thorat Aishwarya 5
66 Audi Saiesh 5
67 Naik Shvesh S 5
68 Bhargava R Bhatkurse 5
69 Shenoy Siddharth 5
70 Kritika Pal 5
71 Ruturaj Yogesh Desai 5
72 Morajkar Navin 5
73 Ganpule Utkarsh 5
74 Sandesh P Chodnekar 5
75 Pratik S Borkar 5
76 Tanvi V Hadkonkar 5
77 Gaayathri S 5
78 Ghosarwadkar V 5
79 Antonio D'Souza 5
80 Sahil Dayanand Desai 5
81 Siddhesh D Pednekar 5
82 Ishan Sanjay Pagi 5
83 Saraf Harsh 5
84 Y Ramakant Desai 5
85 Sapnil Chodankar 5
86 Sanjeev Akash 5
87 VaibhavNT Pednekar 5
88 Swayam Naik 5
89 Vengurlekar Rugved 5
90 Dion Fernandes 5
91 Naik Snehal 4½
92 Gaude Sumesh 4½
93 Dalal Ambar Abhay 4½
94 Sanat Borkar 4½
95 Pai Vithal 4½
96 Harsh Mangesh Dagare 4½
97 Naik Pranali M 4½
98 Sharath R Shanbhag 4½
99 Eesh Prabhudesai 4½
100 Shweta S Koyande 4½
101 Naik Sayuri 4½
102 Jyoti Soni 4½
103 Harsh Sawant 4½
AICF CHRONICLE
19
November 2014
104 V Shivanand Borker 4½
105 Vibhuti S Dessai 4½
106 Mahesh Arun Shetti 4½
107 Haldankar Neeraj 4½
108 Vinayak Thevar 4½
109 Varun R Shastry 4½
110 Naroji Sanskriti 4½
111 Charuta J Shetye 4½
112 Prabhu Sakshi 4½
113 Colaco Reuben 4½
114 Utsav Divecha 4½
115 AS Adwalpalkar 4
116 Shivadatta K Joshi 4
117 P Navin Harichandra 4
118 Bharadwaj Rahul 4
119 A Rajiv Dhawalikar 4
120 Devesh Anand Naik 4
121 Sairaj Dilip Vernekar 4
122 Ayush Sanjeev Naik 4
123 Dias Neil 4
124 Naik Shirodkar Prajay 4
125 Gaude Damu 4
126 Soham Anil Dhuri 4
127 Abhijit Datta Prabhu 4
128 Yash Paul 4
129 Bhavna Aggarwal 4
130 Aayush Prabhu 4
131 Aryan Naik 4
132 Parsekar Aditya 4
133 Sarah Gayle Fernandes 4
134 Krishna Gaonkar 4
135 S Kuncolienkar 4
136 Sainee N F Dessai 4
137 Prithvi Chodankar 4
138 Swapnil Manerkar 4
139 S Sadashiv Korgaonkar 4
140 Prashant Sinha 4
141 Shraddesh G S 4
142 Siddhant S Shirodkar 4
143 Sanika Laxman K 4
144 Surabhi S Bhatkuly 4
145 H Nayak Gaunekar 4
146 Vedanth Pagi 3½
AICF CHRONICLE
20
NOVEMBER 2014
147 Prabhu Yash 3½
148 Samarth P Nasnodkar 3½
149 Naik S Harishchandra 3½
150 Parab Sneh 3½
151 Somay Naik 3½
152 Sumant Kumar L K 3½
153 Vidhi Gawde 3½
154 Sparsh Kamat 3½
155 Sonawane Harsh 3½
156 Siddhant S Kansar 3½
157 Diukar Tushar 3
158 Cyrus Gomes 3
159 Wadikar Ramchandra 3
160 Shubham Laad 3
161 Harishchandra Naik 3
162 Gourish Arun Shetti 3
163 Vinay Shanbhag 3
164 Raut Vrushabh 3
165 Dhuri Khushi 3
166 Naik Shrutika 3
167 Janhavi Singh 3
168 Nidi Nair 3
169 Kelekar Sanvi 3
170 Aarya Redkar 3
171 Aditya Vinay Prabhu 3
172 Mallika Rane 3
173 Neha R Naik 3
174 Neelay R Desai 3
175 Meera Bhandankar 3
176 Tejal Sunil Lotlikar 3
177 Naik Tejas 3
178 Ramkrishna Shinkre 3
179 Calantha Gomes 2½
180 Naik Sarthak Shyam 2½
181 Aachal Naik 2½
182 Saish Sopte 2½
183 Hazel Barreto 2½
184 Sarvad V S Amonkar 2½
185 Aayushi Sardessai 2½
186 Spandana Nandedkar 2½
187 Siya Pandharinath K 2
188 Siddhant S Desai 2
189 Ruthvi Gaude 2
All India Open Fide Rating Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournament, Mysore
R.R.Laxman and CRG Krishna win titles
FA Saleem Beig,Chief Arbiter
All India Open Fide Rating Rapid and Blitz
Chess Tournament below was conducted
from 8th to 9th November 2014. The 2 day
tournament attracted 142 entries (Rapid)
and 105 entries (Blitz) and was conducted in
a 9 round Swiss format. The event carried a
prize pool of Rs. One Lakhs in cash (Rapid)
and RS. 50000 in cash (Blitz).
The tournament was inaugurated on 8th
November by Sri. Vikram Muttanna Manag-
ing editor, Star of Mysore and Sri. Ilaialwar
Swamiji, President Sri Ram Mandir, Mysore
102 players were FIDE Rated, players were
below 15 years, players were female and
players were above 55 years. Shefali A N 5
year old is the Youngest Player and 70 years
old Mr. Biddappa M M is the oldest player of
the tournament.
The event was organized by MDCA, Mysore,
Karnataka. The event attracted local play-
ers and benefited local talents. Players from
6 states (Kar, Ker, TN, Goa, AP, Har) and 4
Federations (Botswana, Zambia, Iran, USA)
took part in this event.
All India Blitz Tournament-Final standings
Rk Name Pts
1 Krishna C.R.G. 7½
2 FM Matta Vinay Kumar 7½
3 GM Laxman R.R. 7
4 Arvind Shastry 7
5 IM Narayanan Srinath 7
6 Vasli Aref 7
7 FM Vinoth Kumar M. 7
8 IM Shyam Nikil P. 6½
9 Sanjay N. 6½
10 WGM Meenakshi S 6½
11 Kunal M. 6½
12 IM Thejkumar M. S. 6½
13 Arjun Satheesh 6½
14 Shet Prajwal P 6
15 Syed Anwar Shazuli 6
16 Varma Shabdhik 6
17 Athul Krishna S 6
18 Sharan Rao 6
19 Arjun Adappa 6
20 Darshan V P S 6
21 Ashwath R. 5½
22 Rao J. Malleswara 5½
23 FM Ramakrishna J. 5½
24 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 5½
25 Ajith M.P. 5½
26 Manasa H R 5½
27 Raghavendra V. 5½
28 Sharan R Setty 5½
29 Yashaskara Jois K.R 5½
30 Abhijit Chutia 5½
31 Harish Kumar 5½
32 Hemanth Gajula 5½
33 Balkishan A. 5
34 Ram S. Krishnan 5
35 Kanishka Basu 5
36 Ravi Kumar K 5
37 Sushrutha Reddy 5
38 Pavan C 5
39 Manu M 5
40 Jatin S N 5
41 Arun D 5
42 Ithal H L Rajath 5
43 Sudarshan Bhat 5
44 Tanav Sudarshan 5
45 Sriram Udhayakumar 4½
46 Muhammed Reja C 4½
47 Sanoj Kumar Gali 4½
48 Chaithanya Shyam D 4½
49 S P Krishnamurthy 4½
AICF CHRONICLE
21
November 2014
50 Chiranjan S 4½
51 Dhrikshu K Vasant 4½
52 Panchami Shenoy K 4½
53 Durga Prasad K 4½
54 Shashank S Mayya 4½
55 Yuva Sankar B 4½
56 Rathnavarma Bunnu N 4½
57 Chaithanya Ganesh 4½
58 Preetham Gangadhar 4½
59 Shreyas P 4
60 Saket Kumar 4
61 Priyanka Narayan 4
62 Vinayak B Hariwal 4
63 Swathi Bhat 4
64 Ramana Prasad P V 4
65 Aneesha Sathish 4
66 Chandana Prasad 4
67 Preetham H N 4
68 Prachi Bharti 4
69 Kanishk S K 4
70 Supraja M 4
71 Sanath K Jamadagni 4
72 Baligar Dr Vishwanath 4
73 Akshatha Raju 4
74 Shashank M S Gowda 4
75 Sahil Tickoo 3½
76 Mallanna Kavyashree 3½
77 Vivekananda L 3½
78 Nachiketh Adiga 3½
79 Nitin S N 3½
80 Kingshuk Basu 3½
81 Shivanth M 3½
82 Hemadri Sathish 3½
83 Sudeep S 3½
84 Ravish A 3
85 Tejas Cavale 3
86 Rakesh N 3
87 Dalal Ambar Abhay 3
88 Ashuthosh Srivatsa R 3
89 Sarvath M 3
90 Khushi M Hombal 3
91 Prema Leela K R 3
92 Shree Krishna P 3
AICF CHRONICLE
22
NOVEMBER 2014
93 Sanjana K N 3
94 Rai Shashidhar 3
95 Sanikaa M Rangayyan 3
96 Amoga Vigram P 2½
97 A J Ananthkumar Ja 2½
98 Arun Lobo 2½
99 Shreyas V 2
100 Pratham Ajay 2
101 Prameeth M G 2
102 Gaurav Kumar S 1
103 Divij A N 1
104 Biddappa M M 0
105 Anantha Shastry B S 0
All India Rapid :Final ranking
Rk Name Pts
1 GM Laxman R.R. 8
2 IM Narayanan Srinath 8
3 IM Thejkumar M. S 7½
4 Kunal M. 7
5 Ram S. Krishnan 7
6 FM Ramakrishna J. 7
7 IM Shyam Nikil P. 6½
8 Krishna C.R.G. 6½
9 FM Matta Vinay Kumar 6½
10 Ashwath R. 6½
11 Sanjay N. 6½
12 GM Bakre Tejas 6½
13 Vasli Aref 6½
14 Balkishan A. 6½
15 Manu M 6½
16 Ajith M.P. 6½
17 WGM Meenakshi S 6
18 FM Vinoth Kumar M. 6
19 Raghavendra V. 6
20 Raju M. 6
21 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 6
22 Varma Shabdhik 6
23 Shet Prajwal P 6
24 Santoshkashyap Hg 6
25 Athul Krishna S 6
26 Manasa H R 6
27 Sharan Rao 6
( contd on p.27 )
Carlsen is World Champ again
Vladimir Putin attends closing ceremony
Vladimir Putin took part in the closing ceremony of the 2014 match to determine the World
Chess Champion. The President congratulated the Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen on
his victory over the Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand. After the ceremony, Vladimir Putin
spoke to the finalists. The match to determine the World Chess Champion was held in Sochi
from on November 7th to 23rd
President of Russia Vladimir Putin spoke-
“Friends, I would first like to congratulate Mag-
nus Carlsen on his victory. Congratulations! This
victory allows you to retain the title of World
Chess Champion. I would also like to thank
Viswanathan Anand for the wonderful game we
will all remember.
This match between the two strongest grand-
masters of the planet has truly become the focal
point of the entire world chess championship.
Millions of chess fans from all over the world
followed it. As I have just been told, this was
about 2 million people in over 100 countries every day. I am certain that the honest and fierce
struggle of two equal and respectable players has met the expectations of millions of fans
across the globe.
Chess is fairly considered an important part of world culture. In Russia it has traditionally en-
joyed special respect. We are happy and proud that the Olympic city of Sochi hosted the decisive
match for the world chess crown.
This city is filled with a festive atmosphere of sports and competition, and the participants in
this match have demonstrated the same qualities as the Olympic athletes did during the Winter
Olympics.
The match to determine the World Chess Champion will definitely serve to further develop chess
in Russia and the world at large. We in Russia have a special love for chess. Let me remind you
that this country gave the world ten champions.
We have about 540 thousand people doing this sport,
while the number of those who like to spend their free
time over a game of chess runs into millions.
Once again, my congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on his
outstanding victory! I wish you success! Thank you for
your attention. I would like to ask the President of the
World Chess Federation to present the awards.”
Coutesy:fide.com
Carlsen retains World Chess title
By Arvind Aaron
Magnus Carlsen of Norway retained his world chess title
beating challenger Viswanathan Anand in the eleventh
match game to win the 12-match series with a game to
23
AICF CHRONICLE
23
November 2014
spare at 6.5-4.5. Anand took the risk and played for a win with 23…b5, breaking on the queen side
in the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez.
Just when experts thought the tide had turned in favour of black, Anand’s idea of sacrificing a rook
for bishop on move 27 gave white a safe position in this crucial encounter.
Overall, in the match, Carlsen won games two, six and eleven. Anand won game three and other
games were drawn. If Anand had won game six, history could have been different. “Anand fought
this match very well,” said D.V. Sundar, Vice President, FIDE who was also in Sochi for some time
at the start of the match.
Anand was better prepared and achieved some advantage despite playing with the black pieces.
He decided to force something which was unnecessary and it ended well for Carlsen said one Rus-
sian Grand Master.
“Carlsen made fewer mistakes in this match and won. Who knows what would have happened if
Anand had taken the pawn in game six,” said Peter Svidler, the Russian grandmaster from St Pe-
tersburg.
“It was a very tense position. If I play Bg7 it is about equal. Suddenly I saw Rb8. I evaluated this
as equal. Suddenly I decided to go for this exchange sac. It was a fair gamble,” said Anand. He said
he played objectively till that point and decided to take risk on move 27.
I did much better with white than last year. With black it was a tougher match. His nerves held
up well. My nerves were the first to crack. I think he is more stable conceded Anand. “I did many
things better, some things worse,” said Anand while comparing the two matches at Chennai 2013
and Sochi 2014.
It was a tough match from the start. Today was the happiest day. After he gave up the exchange,
I played forcibly and he did not have any chances. I think the Berlin defence suits my style with
both colours said Carlsen. My 29.Nh5 was my best move, said Carlsen.
Carlsen will turn 24 on November 30 and Anand will become 45 on December 11. Carlsen will de-
fend his title next time and Anand is now seeded to the Candidates Tournament. Many new younger
players are emerging. In 2014 March, many did not expect Anand to emerge and he qualified by
winning with 8.5/14. He could do it again despite being the oldest.
Earlier ….
Carlsen took Lead after game Two
World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway wrested
lead by winning the second match game. Carlsen
played 1.e4 and Anand responded with the Ruy
Lopez, Berlin side variation. The main line Berlin
was seen in both colours during the Chennai match
last year.
The Berlin variation became popular for black to
defend after Kramnik used the black side success-
fully in the London match against Kasparov in 2000.
Carlsen went for a king side attack and Anand
started to drift from move 19 when he could play
Rd7 instead of Ng6. The resultant queen and rooks middlegame favoured white.Anand final
blunder on move 34 helped Carlsen to wrap up the match by doubling on the seventh rank.
Black could defend 34…Qd2 allowing white to enjoy an advantage.
Anand hit back in game three to level scores
Down a game, challenger Viswanathan Anand came back strongly in the match by winning the
24
AICF CHRONICLE
24
NOVEMBER 2014
third game against Magnus Carlsen with the white pieces to level the score at 1.5-1.5. What
eluded Anand in Chennai has now been achieved. That is an important win against Carlsen.
Anand opened with the queen pawn and this time, Carlsen responded with the Queen’s Gambit
and Anand chose the Bf4 variation which is less popular than Bg5.
This variation is known to give white sharp play. White’s powerful passed pawn on the queen
bishop file left black defensive all along. Anand pressed hard and his 28th Ra1 was perhaps
the move of this game.
Carlsen lost a bishop in a pin. He tried to give a rook for bishop and survive but the Indian
nailed him with powerful moves to win in 34 moves. Carlsen was also in time pressure. Anand
played fluently well and converted his home preparation into a fruitful win.
“I went for a line Levon has been playing against Mickey in Bilbao,” said Anand about the
opening that gave him a breakthrough in this match.
“Wrong choice of opening. He was well prepared. I could have done better. After Qb6 I
thought I could hold but it did not work,” said Carlsen.
“He was well prepared for the first game and now for this game,” said Carlsen. “I have
recovered after losses, so still long way to go,” said Carlsen.Opening had been Anand’s
forte and the opening phase has helped him in this game in a significant manner. His edge
should be that this defeat should cause sleepless nights for Carlsen and his team as far as
the openings are concerned.
Lucky Carlsen was back in lead after game six
In a see-saw sixth game, Magnus Carlsen of Norway blundered his centre pawn on move
26 and the challenger Viswanathan Anand failed to seize the opportunity. A rare event for
a world championship match.
White positionally obtained a big advantage and defeated black in 38 moves. At the half-
way stage, Carlsen lead by 3.5-2.5 with another six games still to be played.
The double bishop and rooks helped white to keep black on the defensive. While unleashing
a planned defensive move, Anand forgot about this “gift” that was waiting for him in the
middle of the board. Had he played 26…Nxe5, history of world chess could look different.
Carlsen opened with the king pawn and Anand chose the same Sicilian Paulsen. Carlsen
came prepared to play the Maroczy bind and it suited him sell. Despite the blunder by
both players, the Norwegian was able to keep the slight advantage long.
After black’s pawns fell on the king side, white was in the drivers seat and opposite colour
bishops could not do much help for the Indian. Carlsen believed that had black taken the
pawn, he would have continued in the “worse” position and it was not yet a “lost” position.
Yu Yangyi wins Qatar Masters Open
by Arvind Aaron
The first Qatar Masters Open concluded in a sensational
triumph for Asia. Yu Yangyi of China who is a former world
junior champion defeated Vladimir Kramnik to take clear first
place at Doha on December 4, 2014. Anish Giri of Holland won
and took second while Kramnik was third in this 154-player
event for nine rounds.
Yu Yangyi played at a massive 2905 rating performance to
win this event and take home USD 25.000. He also pumped Yu Yangyi of China (right) plays Kramnik in
21.10 Elo into his January 2015 rating numbers. He was one the final round. Anish Giri watches.
Pic: Maria Emelianova
25
AICF CHRONICLE
25
November 2014
 ( contd from p.22 )
of the ten players who remained undefeated. 28 Tulsi M 6 71 Shree Krishna Pranama 4½
Kramnik, easily the recognisable name in this field rarely played in open events. He started 29 Muralidhar L 6 72 Sanoj Kumar Gali 4½
quietly with two draws and then posted six wins in a row. Quietly, he also gained 7.8 Elo and 30 Darshan V P S 6 73 Tejas Cavale 4½
played at 2829. He scored 2.5/4 against Asian opposition. Kramnik played the Ruy Lopez but 31 Durga Prasad K 6 74 Panchami Shenoy K 4½
lost pawns at regular intervals and Yu Yangyi was four pawns up when the big Russian resigned 32 Syed Anwar Shazuli 5½ 75 Prachi Bharti 4½
on move 33. 33 Rao J. Malleswara 5½ 76 Abhishek Bhat 4½
Final placings: 1 GM Yu Yangyi (Chn) 7.5/9; 2-3. Anish Giri (Ned), V Kramnik (Rus) 7 each;
34 Arvind Shastry 5½ 77 Chaithanya Shyam D 4½
4-6. Sanan Sjugirov (Rus), Vasif Durarbayli (Aze), Zahar Efimenko (Ukr) 6.5 each; 7-24. Salem
35 Arjun Adappa 5½ 78 Rathnavarma Bunnu N 4½
A.R. Saleh (UAE), Andrei Volokitin (Ukr), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra), Evgeny Tomashevsky
(Rus), Samuel Shankland (USA), P Milos (Srb), Pavel Eljanov (Ukr), Ivan Ivanisevic (Srb), 36 Arjun Satheesh 5½ 79 Mallanna Kavyashree 4½
Bu Xiangzhi (Chn), Alexander Moiseenko (Ukr), Ding Liren (Chn), Eltaj Safarli (Aze), Sergei 37 Shantharam K 5½ 80 Khushi M Hombal 4½
Movsesian (Arm), V Akopian (Arm), Ivan Salgado Lopez (Esp), Baadur Jobava (Geo), Andrey 38 Yashaskara Jois K.R 5½ 81 Ashuthosh Srivatsa R 4½
Vovk (Ukr), B Adhiban (Ind) 6 each. 39 Kanishka Basu 5½ 82 Shreyas P 4½
40 Sudarshan Bhat 5½ 83 Sahil Tickoo 4
41 Nagarjun K M 5½ 84 Kanishk S K 4
Srinath makes hat-trick in Asian Junior 42 Rai Shashidhar 5½ 85 Sanath K Jamadagni 4
by Arvind Aaron 43 Navodith V Bhat 5½ 86 Baligar Dr Vishwanath 4
International Master Narayanan Srinath of Chennai completed a rare hat-trick by winning the Asian 44 Swathi Bhat 5½ 87 Amoga Vigram P 4
Junior three times in a row. He remained undefeated in 45 Harish Kumar 5 88 Chiranjan S 4
the Philippines and scored eight points from nine games 46 Dhrikshu K Vasant 5 89 Akshatha Raju 4
to finish one point ahead of the rest of the 8-nation field.
47 Sharan R Setty 5 90 Nuthan B S 4
Srinath had won the Asian Junior first at Tashkent
48 Jatin S N 5 91 Kunal Verma 4
2012 and at Sharjah in 2013. He had won the World
Under-12 title as well. Saranya's second place among 49 Ravish A 5 92 Sujan H T 4
girls is a clear sign that this Chennai girl is improving. 50 Sriram Udhayakumar 5 93 Nitin S N 4
She gains over 15 Elo. Ivana Furtado is a former 51 Kingshuk Basu 5 94 Sarvath M 4
Asian junior girls' champion and bronze medal is not 52 Chaithanya Ganesh 5 95 Rakshith G V 4
a great achievement. Ivana started as the first seed 53 Pavan C 5 96 Hemadri Sathish 4
and is losing about 14.4 Elo. 54 Arun D 5 97 Chandana Prasad 4
Suede, a Physical Education student became the first 55 Shashank S Mayya 5 98 Vaishnav I K 4
Philippine girl to win this Asian Junior Chess Cham- 56 Rakesh N 5 99 Srivastav Manishika 4
pionship. She denied Indians of the podium sweep. J 57 G. Harish 5 100 Chirag S Agile 4
Saranya and former champion Ivana Furtado occupied the second and third places to pick silver 58 Krishna Murthy 5 101 Sagar Ravi 4
and bronze. 59 Yuva Sankar B 5 102 Prema Leela K R 4
A total of 16 girls and 14 boys took part in this nine round Swiss format competition. The event
60 Sankaran P K 5 103 Srikant Nayak A 4
was organised by the Asian Chess Federation. IA Casto Abundo from the Philippines acted as the
61 Dawood.K 5 104 Divij A N 4
chief arbiter. The venue was Tagaytay City in the Philippines. It took place from November 29 to
December 4, 2014. 62 Tanav Sudarshan 5 105 Abhilash Reddy 4
Open: 1 IM N Srinath (Ind) 8/9; 2 FM Paulo Bersamina (Phi) 7; 3 IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia (Phi) 63 Nachiketh Adiga 5 106 A J Ananthkumar Ja 3½
6.5; 4-5. FM Sumiya Bilguun (Mgl), Daryl Unix Samantila (Phi) 5.5 each; 6 Bibek Thing (Nep) 5; 64 Preetham Gangadhar 5 107 Pranjal Adapa 3½
7-9. CM Marc Christian Nazario (Phi), Istraelito Rilloraza (Phi), John Merill Jacutina (Phi) 4.5 each; 65 Shashank M S Gowda 5 108 Arnav Muralidhar 3½
10 Haque Siam Ikramul (Ban) 4...14 players. 66 Biddappa M M 4½ 109 Priyanka Narayan 3½
Girls: 1 Charlene Mikee Suede (Phi) 7.5/9; 2 WFM J Saranya (Ind) 6.5; 3-4. WIM Ivana Furtado 67 K R Bhat 4½ 110 Shreeya Swaraj P 3½
(Ind), WFM Sholpan Zhylkaidarova (Kaz) 6 each; 5-6. WFM Antoinette San Diego (Phi), WFM Rucha 68 Vivekananda L 4½ 111 Sanathana Karthik C A 3½
Pujari (Ind) 5.5; 7-10. P.V. Nandhidhaa (Ind), WFM Shania Mae Mendoza (Phi), Jerlyn Mae San 69 Shivanth M 4½ 112 Amaresh 3
Diego (Phi), Supriya Joshi (Ind) 5 each...16 players. 70 Supraja M 4½ 113 Pratham Ajay 3

26 27
AICF CHRONICLE AICF CHRONICLE
26 27
NOVEMBER 2014 November 2014
 3rd National Amateur Chess Championship,Kolkata….. 45 Sudarshan Mitra WB 6 88 Sudeep S Kar 4½

Hemanth Raam is Champion

by K.Pranesh Yadav, Chief Arbiter
Hemanth Raam of Tamil Nadu & Chandreyee
Hajra of West Bengal won the 3rd National
Amateur Chess Championships in the Open
& Women category respectively.This cham-
pionship was conducted by Bengal Chess As-
sociation in Kolkata on Nov.16th to 21st. Rs.
1,00000/- prize fund (Rs. 70,000/- in Open
+ Rs. 30,000/- in Women Category) held as
a 11 round Swiss.
This event was Open to those FIDE rated be-
low 2000 rated 24 months before the start of
the tournament. Totally 120 participants from
16 states participated including 105 FIDE
rated and also 22 Women with 17 FIDE rated.
The Air Conditioned Venue was the Town Hall
with a calm atmosphere befitting the mood
of chess players. The top 10 games of each
round were transmitted live by Monroi.The
Mayor in Council Mr. Debasis Kumar in pres-
ence of GM Debyandu Barua and the main
Sponsor of the Championship Mr. Pradeep
Sadani and secretary of Bengal Chess Asso-
ciation IM Atanu Lahari , IM Mr. Neeraj Kumar
Mishra distributed the prizes.
IA Pranesh Yadav from Shimoga, Karnataka
was the Chief Arbiter and he was ably sup-
ported by Deputy Chief Arbiter IA Debasis
Barua and the deputies FA Biswanath Benar-
jee and NA Swapan Adhikari. FA Anand Babu
who take care of Monroi.
Final Ranking 37 Soham Das WB 6½
Rk Name Club Pts
1 Hemanth Raam TN 9
2 Jayakumaar S TN 9
3 Rajarishi Karthi TN 8
4 Tamojit Chakraborty WB 8
5 Koustav Chakraborty WB 7½
6 Subhra Banerjee WB 7½
7 Aronyak Ghosh CM WB 7½
8 Md K Abdul Latheef S AP 7½
9 Didwania Vishal WB 7½
10 Subhayan Kundu WB 7½
11 Rajarshi Dutta WB 7½
12 Suresh P.K. Ker 7½
13 Patel Palak Guj 7½
14 Aditya Mittal CM Mah 7½
15 Singh Soram Rahul ASM 7½
16 Ajith M.P. Kar 7½
17 Chandreyee Hajra WB 7½
18 Avijit Das WB 7
19 Shahid Ahmed S.K. WB 7
20 Roy Pallabi WB 7
21 Vikesh Nandan Kumar Bih 7
22 Ganesan K. TN 7
23 Aparajita Gochhikar Odi 6½
24 Sandip Dey WB 6½
25 Chakrabarti Tamal WB 6½
26 Ghosh Samriddhaa WB 6½
27 Vivek.M. TN 6½
28 Shouvik Kar WB 6½
29 Sanket Chakravarty WB 6½
30 Sonkalan Bharati WB 6½
31 Sounak De (1) WB 6½
32 Mughaho Awomi Nag 6½
33 Mukherjee Dyutimoy WB 6½
34 Samal Ansuman Odi 6½
35 Sinha Abhay Kumar Bih 6½
36 Anis Mukhopadhyay WB 6½
38 Shyam Sundar T. TN 6½
39 Mahindrakar Indrajeet Mah 6½
40 Sumit Roy WB 6
41 Samar Chatterjee WB 6
42 Soumma Chakraborty WB 6
43 Ambarish Sharma WB 6
44 Sayantan Mukherjee WB 6
46 Rounak Pathak WB 6
47 Arpan Das (jr) WB 6
48 Rahul Dev Das WB 6
49 Goutam Sen WB 6
50 Shuban Saha WB 6
51 Saksham Rautela Uknd 6
52 Bidisha Roy Jhar 6
53 Rohan Nag Chowdhury WB 6
54 Atri Chattopadhyay WB 6
55 Sushrutha Reddy Kar 5½
56 Sandhya G AP 5½
57 Nandan Buragohain Asm 5½
58 Harpal Himansu Sekhar Odi 5½
59 Gupta Rajesh R.S. Mah 5½
60 Sayantan Kundu WB 5½
61 Neela S TN 5½
62 Aneek Das WB 5½
63 Shinjini Sengupta WB 5½
64 Swapan Kumar Das WB 5½
65 Homen Chandra Rabha Asm 5½
66 Deshmukh Nachiket Mah 5½
67 Bristy Mukherjee WB 5
68 Thakur Ankur Singh MP 5
69 Thomre Abhishek Mah 5
70 Manjunath Jain Kar 5
71 Samip Roy WB 5
72 Sujeet Chakraborty WB 5
73 Avhra Biswas WB 5
74 Mahitosh Dey Odi 5
75 Shahil Dey Asm 5
76 Angira Choudhuri WB 5
77 Bhat Siddharth K Del 5
78 Manthan Kashyap Datta Asm 5
79 Gupta Niti Mah 5
80 Srikanta Mallick WB 5
81 Dhrupad Kashyap Asm 5
82 Pousumi Maity WB 5
83 Aadrito Datta WB 5
84 Hiran Banerjee WB 4½
85 Taniya Acharya WB 4½
86 Sourath Biswas WB 4½
87 Amit Saraf Megh 4½
89 Vinayak Mittal Mah 4½
90 Chayan Dutta Megh 4½
91 Diya Chowdhury WB 4½
92 Srijita Sarkar WB 4½
93 Sinthia Sarkar WB 4½
94 Rajarshi Mandal WB 4
95 Anchita Sharma Asm 4
96 Sukumar Karmakar WB 4
97 Indrajeet Sharma WB 4
98 Avinandan Bhowmik WB 4
99 Debannita Paik WB 4
100 Sandipan Paul WB 4
101 S Chakraborty WB 4
102 Mukherjee Sanchit Jhar 4
103 C V S Nataraja Kumar AP 4
104 Uday Bhaskar S Asm 4
105 Shreejit Sarkar WB 3½
106 Shivam Shah WB 3½
107 Yash Jyoti Bir WB 3½
108 S Mukhopadhyay WB 3½
109 Soham Biswas(2001) WB 3½
110 Ashvin Sharma Asm 3½
111 Arya Maitra WB 3
112 Pranit Malhotra Asm 3
113 Ayush Bhattacherjee WB 3
114 Ashpriha Das WB 3
115 Raghavendra M V Kar 2½
116 Priya Ranjan Das WB 1½
117 Surajit Mondal WB 1
118 Jakhon Singpho Arun.P 1
119 Jaim Singpho Arun.P 1
120 Santanu Karmakar WB 1
By what right does White, in an absolutely
even position, such as after move one,
when both sides have advanced 1. e4,
sacrifice a pawn, whose recapture is quite
uncertain, and open up his kingside to
attack? And then follow up this policy by
leaving the check of the black queen open?
None whatever !
- Lasker on the King's Gambit

AICF CHRONICLE AICF CHRONICLE

28 29
NOVEMBER 2014 November 2014
 Queens Chess Academy 1st Fide Rating Tournament below 1600,Tiruvalla
Natarajan wins title
by Buvanaa Sai IA, Chief Arbiter
Dr. Varghese George, Chairman Kerala State
Plantain Corporation lighted the lamp and
inaugurated Queens Chess Academy 1st Fide
Rating Chess Tournament on 17th October
2014 at 11.30 am. The 9 rounds Swiss sys-
tem event attracted 150 players. 87 were
rated players. Prasad Subramanian of Kerala
was top seed player. Top seed players sailed
smoothly to the next round.
Prasad Subramanian, Joju, Mohammed Niz-
zar of Kerala, Chirag Hirinja of Karnataka and
M Natarajan of Tamil Nadu shared their lead
with 4 points at the end of 4th round. Chirag
of Karnataka lost to Natarajan at the end of
5th round. So Natarajan took sole lead with 5
points. In 6th round Natarajan of Tamil Nadu
beat Prasad Subramanian and maintained his
lead with 6 points Joyan Mathew and Ismail
followed the leader with 5.5 points each.
Shri Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Sports
Minister of Kerala inaugurated the 7th round
at 5.00 pm on 18th October 2014. Tamil Nadu
player maintained his lead till final round.
Arun R and M Natarajan drew with each
other in the last round. Natarajan won the
title with 8 points. Top seed player Prasad
Subramanian was the runner-up of this event
with 7.5 points.
Shri Jacob Mathew Vice President of Path-
namthitta District Chess Association, Chair-
man of Elixir group distributed the prizes to
the winners.
Final ranking 38 Aravindhan B 5½
Rk Name Pts
1 Natarajan M 8
2 Prasad Subramanian 7½
3 Ravindran Nair P V 7½
4 Joyan Mathew 7
5 Chirag Hirinja G J 7
AICF CHRONICLE
30
NOVEMBER 2014
45 Mohamed Nisthar 5
46 Razikh Ali T T 5
47 Thulaseedharan K 5
48 Hari Suresh 5
49 Harish S 5
6 Jihanudeen T E 7 50 Christi G Mathai 5
7 Arun R 7 51 Monika S 5
8 Stephen Raj A 7 52 Anil Damodaran 5
9 Ismail Md Nihuzzar 6½ 53 Arjun Sidharth S 5
10 Jojo P John 6½ 54 Sasidharan K 5
11 Mohammed Nizzar 6½ 55 Bovas Mathew 5
12 Benni T K 6½ 56 Roby K Raju 5
13 Joju K V 6½ 57 Rindhiya V 5
14 Dijo Cherian 6½ 58 Sreenish K S 5
15 Nivetha Vijayakumar 6½ 59 Joseph S A 5
16 Chulet Mayank L 6½ 60 Sibi Visal R 5
17 Aanandha Kumar M S 6 61 Saji Pappan 5
18 Kishore Dev S. 6 62 Hrishikesh S 5
19 Kuruvilla Varkey 6 63 Gabriel B M 5
20 Soman C R 6 64 Sebastian Abru 5
21 Kasthoori Mahalingam 6 65 Rijo Mathew 5
22 Murukaananth A 6 66 Rakesh Kote 5
23 Rejith Kumar T N 6 67 Anissh S K 5
24 Denny V Davis 6 68 G Padmakumari Balasa 4½
25 Sasikumar K P 6 69 Suhas A 4½
26 Gokulnath K 6 70 Shirodkar Aayush 4½
27 Krishna M K Ramanatha 6 71 Shashank S L 4½
28 Balachandran V K 5½ 72 R Narayanan 4½
29 Sulfikar Ali Bhooto 5½ 73 Eswar Theagarajan 4½
30 Ajish A 5½ 74 Adithya Sankar 4½
31 Deepak Kumar R 5½ 75 Arunachalam Shivaa T V 4½
32 Ananthakrishnan B 5½ 76 Abdallah M Nisthar 4½
33 Azeeb Sharafudeen 5½ 77 Abdul Samad Erumali 4½
34 Sreelakshmi Sunilkumar 5½ 78 Griffin Sam Emmanuel 4½
35 Bright Lee M Sunilkumar 5½ 79 Madhav S S 4½
36 Sameer C 5½ 80 Justin Tony John 4½
37 Satheesh Kumar P B 5½ 81 Tom Joseph 4½
82 Shridevi Kote 4½
39 Gunaseelan V A 5½ 83 Ani Joseph 4½
40 Afinu Shifan M 5½ 84 Keerthi Srinath K 4½
41 Unni Krishnan Pg 5½ 85 Aswin Nair 4½
42 Anandhu N 5½ 86 Shane V Jose 4
43 Jubin Jimmy 5½ 87 Anish Prabhudessai 4
44 Naushad Vavachan 5
88 Vaheeb Shafi Hassan K 4
89 Vidhyth Narain Selvam 4
90 Muhammad Faizal K T 4
91 Dhananjay V P 4
92 Shriram 4
93 Athish Vikram C S 4
94 Abhinag N 4
95 Santo Thomas Alex 4
96 Sreekumaran Nair K G 4
97 Dharaneeswar Y 4
98 Shalima Prakash 4
99 Shrinidhi K 4
100 Vivek P Thomas 4
101 Kevin J Porus 4
102 Parvathy Krishna 4
103 Siddhanth Sharad Patil 4
104 Kurien Koshy 4
105 Ramakrishna Reddi 3½
106 Harisanker A P 3½
107 Thyagarajan G 3½
108 Shashank Bhat G S 3½
109 Rajeev S 3½
110 Saypuri Srithan 3½
111 Ajesh Vijayan 3½
112 Shriganesh 3½
113 Ashwin K R 3½
114 Girish G 3½
115 Viswadev H 3½
116 Shubha Shree K 3½
117 Mahima Prakash 3½
118 Mukundan Nair A 3½
119 Maalavigaa R 3
120 Sujith V 3
121 Bobby Joseph Mathews 3
122 Arun Bose V S 3
123 Mahesh M S 3
124 Kashyap K 3
125 Anand Shaji 3
126 Ashish Shyam H 3
127 Mohanan K R 3
128 Jiju Balakrishnan 3
129 Vaisakh Krishna U B 3
130 Arun Vijayan 3
AICF CHRONICLE
31
November 2014
 2nd PING Rapid & Blitz Chess tournament, Chennai..
Vijayalakshmi and Laxman win titles
by V.Vijayaraghavan IA, Chief Arbiter
The 2nd PING Rapid Chess tournament was
won by IM Vijayalakshmi with 8.5 points out
of 10 rounds. In a two way tie on the top Viji
edged out Ram S Krishnan of BSNL with a
better tie break score. 2 GM’s R RLaxman&
Vishnu Prasanna, 2 IM’s the ultimate winner
& C Praveen Kumar and 1 WGM Meenakshi
Subbaraman have participated in this 3 day
event. The tournament prize fund was 1 lakh
and 29 thousand with 202 participants and
the events were organised by Mastermind
Chess Academy.
The 2nd PING Blitz Chess tournament was
won by GM R RLaxman with 8 points. Here
too it was a 2 way tie on the top with GM
Deepan racing with Laxman and had to settle
for the second spot on tie breaks. Blitz has its
own fun and pressure & with the participation
of 3 GMs and 6 IM and many other talents
the event was a treat to watch. The event
was a 9 round Swiss and conducted in one
day ie. on 16th November.
The Rapid and Blitz tournaments were held
in the spacious Sri Ganesh Mahal, Near
Pammal township. Both these tournaments
were inaugurated by Mr Chandrasekhar of
Bhargav Builders. The prize distribution was
adorn by Mr Chandrasekhar, Mr Muthuku-
mar, Joint Secy,TNSCA , Mr Thirukkalathy,
AsstTreasurer,TNSCA, IM’s TS Ravi &Vijay-
alakshmi& V Vijayaraghavan, JtSecy, TNSCA
and the Chief Arbiter of the event. Mr Ravi-
kumar from Mastermind Chess Academy. Mr
Muthukumar spoke on the occasion and the
Chief guest addressed the gathering.
Rapid-Final placings: 1 Darshana Balakrishnan 5½
Rk Name Pts
1 Vijayalakshmi S IM 8½
2 Ram S. Krishnan 8½
AICF CHRONICLE
32
NOVEMBER 2014
3 Laxman R.R. GM 8
4 Sai Vishwesh.C 8
5 Venkat Sundaram 8
6 Meenakshi S WGM 8
7 Syed Anwar Shazuli 7½
8 Praveen Kumar C IM 7½
9 Ashwath R. 7½
10 Prajesh R 7½
11 Ganesh Babu S. 7½
12 Prasannaa.S 7
13 Vishnu Prasanna GM 7
14 Gunasekaran K. 7
15 Phoobalan P. 7
16 Natarajan C. 7
17 Vinoth Kumar M FM 7
18 Sa Kannan 7
19 Selvabharathy T 7
20 Bavankumar
Category prizes:Rapid 4 Abhinessh S 5½
Rk Name Pts
Best youngest girl
Sindhusree K 3½
Best Under-8 Girls 1 Yutesh P 6
1 Subashree Ranganathan 5
2 Harshini V 5
3 Avanthika F G 4
Best Under-10 Girls
1 Divya Bharathi 5
2 Poorna Sri M.K 5
3 Mohana R 5
4 Kalaiarasi D Pasubathi 4
5 Hemakshi M 4
6 Kaviya R 4
Best Under-12 Girls
2 Neha Srinibash D 5½
3 Reshma C R 5½
4 Benasir M 5½
5 Pooja S (2002) 5
6 Jaya Suriyah Ayyappan 5
Best Under-14 Girls
1 Harshini A 6
2 Nivetta T 5½
3 Shivani S 5
4 Shwetha Y 1
Best Under 16-Girls
1 Bharkavi S 6½
2 Kavitha P L 6
Best veteran 4 Vishnu Prasanna V GM 7½
Subramanian V 6½
Best Women
Harini S 7 Maheswaran P FM 7
Best youngest boy
Radhakrishnan A M 3
Best Under 8 Boys
CM Nikhil Magizhnan 6½
2 Jayakrishna H 5
3 Thrish Karthik 5
Best Under 10 Boys
1 Ajay Karthikeyan 7
2 Srihari L R 6
3 Ayushh Ravikumar 6
5 Harshavardhan V R 5½
6 Rathina Sabapathi A 5½
Best Under 12 Boys
2 Vijay Shreeram P 6
3 Dileep Kumar R 6
4 Anandha Venkatesan 6
5 Ram Kailash Pl 6
6 Harshavardhan K Iyer 6
Best Under 14 Boys
1 Manu D Suthandram R 6½
2 Tharun Pranav G B 6½
3 Surya Prakash Murugesan 6½
4 Sanathanan N.R.S. 6
5 Guhan Ram Shankar 6
6 Deepak K R 6
Best Under 16 Boys 6 Hemakshi M 4
1 Godson Merlin E 7
2 Subramanian Pl 6½
3 Yuvan Bharathi K S 6½
4 Suresh Krishna S 6½
5 Adethya R 6½
6 Sanjay K 6
Blitz-Final standings
Rk Name Pts
1 Laxman R.R GM 8
2 Deepan Chakkravarthy J GM 8
3 Karthikeyan P IM 7½
5 Ram S. Krishnan 7
6 Praveen Kumar C IM 7
8 Aravindh Chithambaram IM 7
9 Vijayalakshmi SubbaramanIM 7
10 Venkat Sundaram 7
11 Ganesh Babu S. 7
12 Ashwath R. 7
13 Syed Anwar Shazuli 7
14 Meenakshi Subbaraman WGM 7
15 Prasannaa.S 7
16 Ravi T.S IM 7
17 Gunasekaran K. 7
18 Rao J. Malleswara 7
19 Harini S. 7
20 Sai Vishwesh.C 6½
Blitz:Category prizes
Rk Name Pts
Best youngest girl
1 Sindhusree K 5
Best Girl Under- 8
1 Subashree Ranganathan 5
2 Avanthika F G 3½
3 Harshini V 3½
Best girl Under-10
1 Poorna Sri M.K 5½
2 Rindhiya V 5
3 Mohana R 5
4 Rakshitta Ravi 4½
5 Kaviya R 4
AICF CHRONICLE
33
November 2014
 Vishwabharti Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament-2014, Ahmedabad…
Ravi Teja is Champion
Ambrish C Joshi,IA, Chief Arbiter
The Vishwabharti Open Fide Rating Chess
Tournament-2014 was held at the Tirth
Chess Club, Ahmedabad from 26thto 30th
Nov 2014. In this tournament 177 players
participated from all over the country which
included 82 Rated players. The tournament
had 9 rounds, with two rounds per day with
a single round on the last day.Hard fought
victories and some higher rated players
draws were witnessed in the tournament,
culminating in the emergence of Ravi Teja of
Railways as the champion of this event, fol-
lowed byDoshiMoksh (Ahmedabad) as Run-
ners-up.The total of Rs. 1 lakh as prizes were
awarded to achievers with beautiful trophy
to champion and under category children.
In addition to that, organizers encouraged
by providing prizes to youngest and female
player of the event.
Accommodation was arranged in nearby ho-
tels so that even in the tight schedule, players
reached at venue before time . Anand chess
Academy had the privilege of conducting this
type of tournament frequently with satisfac-
tory level in all areas for players. Kudos to
Mr. Mayur Patel(OrganisingSecrectary) and
Mr.Kartikeybhai of Viswabharti School who
worked hard to meet the requirements of
the players and for the success of the tour-
nament. The players and parents were very
happy with the amenities and facilities pro-
vided by the organizer.Special provision was
made by the organizers to keep the mobile
phones of players safely giving tokens. Chief
Arbiter supported by the team of Arbiters
enabled smooth conduct of the tournament.
Final standings:
AICF CHRONICLE
34
NOVEMBER 2014
Rk Name Pts
1 Ravi Teja S. 8
2 Doshi Moksh Amitbhai 7½
3 Kamdar Udit 7½
4 Falgun D Purohit 7
5 Maulik Raval 7
6 Makwana Ashvin K 7
7 Joy Pankaj Shah 7
8 Badavath Anand 6½
9 Dave Sneh 6½
10 Boricha Ketan 6½
11 P Abdul Karimbahi 6½
12 Sanjeet Manohar 6½
13 Vadoya Hitesh R 6½
14 Dharmendra Mojidra 6½
15 Sumay Mishra 6½
16 Mendonca Leon Luke 6
17 Desai Jay Viral 6
18 Parikh Kairav 6
19 Pandya Jayesh M 6
20 Pradeep Pandya 6
21 Shah Rutvi 6
22 Shah Dhaval 6
23 Jayesh Ramanuj 6
24 Pathan Zafar 6
25 Sinha Abhay Kumar 6
26 Deliwala Arpit 6
27 Pratik Baid 6
28 Rawal Shailesh 6
29 Mehta Naitik R 6
30 Sheth Preet 6
31 Chopada Ketan B 6
32 Vijay Karia 6
33 Rathod Ashok 6
34 Mulherkar Siddharth 6
35 Karecha Bharat 6
36 Dhanush Ragav 5½
37 Prajapati Ketan 5½
38 Koradia G V 5½
39 Meghani Liyakat 5½
40 Ruhaan Mahindru 5½
41 Samdani Sahil Sagar 5½
42 Sanjay Tolia Dr 5½
43 Totlani Varun 5½
44 Shah Aayush 5½
45 Priyanshu Baid 5½
46 Shah Mihir 5½
47 Milap Pandya 5½
48 Ghosh Vinodkumar S 5½
49 Chauhan P M 5½
50 Raj D Vyas 5½
51 Panwar Krish Navratan 5½
52 Shaikh Mohmad Idrish 5
53 Vijeet Deliwala 5
54 Chandrajeet Singh R 5
55 Shah Ashok Hiralal 5
56 Jigna Joshi 5
57 Vibhav Pamecha 5
58 Vrandesh Parekh 5
59 Kapadia Harshad 5
60 Padariya Utkarsh P 5
61 Deodhar N Rahul 5
62 Deota Snehil S 5
63 Rana Arjunsinh 5
64 Arun Kataria 5
65 Rajivade Nilesh 5
66 Mahi Amit Doshi 5
67 Bhagat Rajesh J 5
68 Aggarwal Vansh 5
69 Shrimali Rikhav D 5
70 Goswami Kaushalgiri 5
71 Solanki Bharat 5
72 Patel Shlok K 5
73 Soni Rahul G 5
74 Patel Vraj D 5
75 Soni Arvindbhai 5
76 Ashara Vatsal K 4½
77 Shah Jeet 4½
78 Bhargav Patel 4½
79 Bardoliwala Nirmal 4½
80 Pandya Anilkumar M 4½
81 Alpesh R Vaghela 4½
82 Parikh Pratham 4½
83 Gautam Kaushik 4½
84 Bhanushali Kunj 4½
85 Shah Karan 4½
86 Param Shah 4½
87 Sharma Venus S 4½
88 Pandya Vandan Y 4½
89 Bamania Munnalal H 4½
90 Vansh Bhaskar Singh 4½
91 Vishwa Vasnawala 4½
92 Shah Manav Hiren 4½
93 Chauhan Amitsing Y 4½
94 Soni Harshneel 4½
95 S Dilipkumar Desai 4
96 Vyas Abhay 4
97 Rawat Dhanpal Singh 4
98 Bhatt Mit H 4
99 Bhatt Palak K 4
100 Patel Maharshi 4
101 Ishan D Mehta 4
102 Boricha Yohan 4
103 Shah Vansh V 4
104 Jain Adi 4
105 Pathak Rudra S 4
106 Kamdar Apurva 4
107 Shah Kritee 4
108 Bhansali Sneh 4
109 Abhay Gopal 4
110 Shah Het D 4
111 Shah Moxit J 4
112 Viral Trivedi 4
113 Patel Chinmay M 4
114 Vadoya Vishva 4
115 Miraya Chinai 4
116 Sharma Harsh Yogesh 4
117 Soni Karan 4
118 Prakhar Pathak 4
119 Romanch A Darji 4
120 Raval Mayur 3½
121 Chittora Kusharge 3½
122 Avlani Bhavik R 3½
123 Shah Dilip 3½
AICF CHRONICLE
35
November 2014

Selected games from National
Women Challenger, Goa
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Kiran Manisha,Mohanty (2231)
Hinduja,Reddy (1867) [B95]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3
a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qe2 Though this move blocking
in his Bf1 appears odd, it has an interesting
idea. White plans to play 0–0–0 and is going
to develop the Bf1 at g2 or h3 and hurl the g-
and h-pawns in a king side attack. The only
drawback in this is that black knows so early
in the game, what white's plans are 7...Nbd7
8.0–0–0 Qc7 [The game A Sitnikov (2443) vs
A Averjanov (2395) 2005 explains the ideas
behind this variation very well: 8...Be7 9.h4
Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.a3 Rb8 12.Bd2 b4 13.axb4
Rxb4 14.Nb3 Bb7 15.Bg2 Nc5 16.Nxc5 Qxc5
17.g5= eventually 1–0.] 9.Kb1 In games
where a player plays 0–0–0, it is wiser to
protect the a2 (or a7) pawn in advance as
it often becomes tactically vulnerable. 9...
b5 10.a3 Rb8 11.f4 [11.g4 b4 12.axb4 Rxb4
13.Nb3 h6 14.Bh4 Be7 and black is better as
she is completing her development smoothly.]
11...Bb7 12.g4 Be7 13.Bg2 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6
15.h4= White has advanced her entire king-
side pawns in readiness to greet black's 0–0.
Despite this the game is equal ! 15...Qc4
16.Qxc4 [White cannot avoid the exchange
of queens, for if: 16.Qf3 b4 17.axb4 (17.Bf1
Qc5 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.axb4 d5! with a beautiful
game for black.) 17...Qxb4 18.Nb3 d5!] 16...
bxc4 17.Bf3 Diagram # 17...g6= [This gives
equality. In this situation, using the standard
procedure to attack such wall of pawns is not
a better alternative: 17...h5! 18.g5 Ng4!
AICF CHRONICLE
36
NOVEMBER 2014
(Position after 17.Bf3)
19.Bxg4 (19.Rd2 g6=) 19...hxg4 20.Rdg1
e5! 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.Rxg4] 18.g5 [Better was:
18.h5 e5 19.Nde2 gxh5 20.gxh5 Nd7=] 18...
Nh5 19.Bxh5 gxh5= 20.Rhg1 hxg5 21.hxg5
Kd7 [If 21...h4 22.Rh1 h3 23.Rh2 Kd7 24.Nf3
f6] 22.f5 d5? [this hands over the initiative to
white. Better were both: 22...Rhg8 23.f6 Bd8
24.Nf3 Rc8 25.Ne5+ Ke8 26.g6 dxe5 27.gxf7+
Kxf7 28.Rd7+ Kf8 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8 30.Rg7+
Kh8 31.Rxb7 h4; and 22...Rbg8 23.f6 Bd8=]
23.g6 Bc5 [Better was: 23...Bf6 24.gxf7 exf5
25.exf5 Ke7!] 24.gxf7!± exf5 25.Rg7! Threat-
ening to queen with a discovered check! 25...
Bf8 26.Rg8
D 26...Rh7 [If 26...Bc5 27.Nxd5! Bxd4 28.Rxd4
Bxd5 29.Rxd5+ Ke7 30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Rxf5
Rh8 32.f8Q+ Rxf8 33.Re5+ Kd6 34.Rxh5
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
With two extra pawns and the threat of Rh6+
winning one more, white is clearly winning.]
27.Nxf5 [Much stronger was: 27.e5 Ke7
28.e6 h4 29.Nce2+-] 27...Ke6 28.Nxd5 Bxd5
29.Rxd5 Rxf7 Now by a forced sequence of
moves, white wins a rook.
advantage for white on the king-side and
places her own king in grave danger. 22.f5 Nc6
23.Qh5 h6 24.Rff3 white has a near winning
attack.] 22.Qh5 [Very strong was: 22.exf5!
exf5 23.Qh5 h6 24.Re1 With nothing much
to do on the king-side, white must switch her
focus to the e-file, doubling rooks on it. 24...
30.Nd4+! Kf6 [If 30...Ke7 31.Nc6+] 31.Rf5+ Bb7 25.Rhe3±] 22...h6 23.Rg3 Rf6? [Probably
Ke7 32.Nc6+ 1–0 black's best was to allow white's bishop back
into the game with: 23...fxe4 24.Bxe4 (24.
Qxh6?? Nf5) 24...Kh8 25.Rff3 and black must
Bala Kannamma,P (1984)
defend patiently.] 24.e5? Apparently, without
Soumya,Swaminathan (2352)
much calculation, white sacrifices a pawn. Bet-
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3
ter was 24 Re1 threatning e4-e5. 24...dxe5
Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0–0 d6 9.Be3 Qc7
25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Qe8+ White probably based
10.f4 a6 11.Na4! Nd7 12.c4 The Maroczy Bind
her pawn sacrifice on this move, but she does
structure which is aimed at making black's
not seem to have seen far enough. 26...Rf8
liberating ....d5 very difficult. 12...b6 13.Rc1
27.Qxe7 Qd4+ 28.Kh1
Nc5 14.Naxc5 bxc5 15.Bd2 Bf6 16.Bc3 Bxc3
17.Rxc3 a5 18.Nd2 Rb8 19.b3 0–0 20.Bb1=
Ne7? [Why run around with the knight when
it has a ready-made perch on d4? 20...Nd4!?
21.Nf3 e5 22.Nxd4 cxd4=] 21.Rh3 [White
could play the immediate 21.Qh5 without al-
lowing black to stop it with g7-g6.; Another
attacking idea was 21.f5² with good attacking
prospects for white.] 21...f5 Diagram # [If
21...g6 to stop 22 Qh5 then comes 22.Qg4²;
or 21...e5!? Though this move severely
blunts the white bishop on b1, it allows a
great space
AICF CHRONICLE
37
November 2014
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Diagram # 28...Rb7! [White might have over-
looked this lateral defence to g7 which traps the
queen and forces white's next move. Of course,
if 28...Qxd2?? 29.Qxg7#] 29.Rxg7+ Qxg7
30.Qxc5 Rd7! Black is rapidlly mobilising her
forces for a decisive mating attack. 31.Qxa5?
[White has a knight and two pawns for black's
rook, which is a fair equivalent. But now she
wants to support her knight on d2 and at the
same time knock off one more black pawn. Thus
for the sake of a pawn, the white queen strays far
from her castled position, losing valuable time.
Though still worse, white should play: 31.Nf3µ
or 31 Qf2.] 31...Rfd8! 32.Nf3 Rd1! 33.Re1 [If
33.Rg1 Rxg1+ 34.Kxg1 (or 34.Nxg1 Rd1 35.Qc5
Bb7–+) 34...Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Rxb1 36.Qd8+ Qf8
wins.] 33...Bb7! Focussing on g2. 34.Bc2
34...R8d2! If 35 Nxd2, Qxg2# A beautiful fin-
ish! 0–1
Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman (2314)
Nandhini Saripalli (1767) [A08]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0–0 Be7 5.d3
0–0 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.c3 dxe4 9.dxe4 e5
10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Ne3 h6 13.Nf5 Rfd8
14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.b3 [15.Qe2 is played to
control the c4 square. But white has her own
ideas.] 15...b6 [With a lead in development
black stands slightly better. However, this was
unnecessary. With all of her minor pieces
AICF CHRONICLE
38
NOVEMBER 2014
developed, black must try to double her ma-
jor pieces on the only open file in the game
with: 15...Rd7 ] 16.Bb2 Qc7 [Better was:
16...c4 17.b4 b5] 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+? 18.Rxd1
Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8= From now onwards
the game is level and a lot of manoeuvring
ensues. Eventually the WGM gets the ad-
vantage. 20.Nd2 Qd6 21.Nf1 c4 22.b4 b5
23.Bc1 Nd7 24.a4 a6 25.Be3 Qb8 26.f4 f6
[26...Nf6=] 27.a5 [If 27.Qd1 (threatening
28 f5 to drive away the defence for the Nd7)
27...Nb6 28.f5 Bf7 29.axb5 axb5 30.Nd2
with a faint advantage to white.] 27...Qd6
28.f5 Bf7 29.g4 Kf8 30.Bf3 Nd8 31.Be2 Nb7
32.Qc1 Ke8 33.Ng3 Qf8 34.h4 Ke7 35.Bf2
35...Ke8 [If 35...Qa8 36.g5 hxg5 37.hxg5 Nd6
(Black cannot break out of his shackles: 37...
g6 38.gxf6+ Nxf6 39.fxg6 Bxg6 40.Qg5 Kf7
41.Qxe5+-) 38.g6 Bg8 (Perhaps he should
choose not to get his bishop doomed at g8:
38...Be8 39.Qe3 Kf8 40.Bf3 Qc6 41.Qd2 Nb7)
39.Qe3 Ne8 40.Qa7 Qc6 41.Bc5+ Kd8 42.Bb6+
Ke7 43.Qxa6 and white wins.] 36.Qe3 Qd6
37.Qa7 Nd8 [Better was: 37...Qc6 38.Qa8+
Nd8 39.Qxc6 Nxc6 40.Be3] 38.Bb6 White
threatens 39 Qxa6, so black's reply is forced.
38...Nxb6 39.axb6 Qc6 40.Qxa6 Ke7 41.Qa7+
The laws of chess do not permit a free
choice: you have to move whether you like
it or not. - Emmanuel Lasker
41...Qd7 [If 41...Qb7 42.Kh2 (White's plan
is to sacrifice a pawn with g4-g5 and then
recapture the pawn with her king via g4 after
which she has a won ending.) 42...Kd7 43.g5!
hxg5 44.hxg5 fxg5 45.Nh5 (Also winning
was: 45.Kh3 Kc6 46.Bh5! Qxb6 47.Qxb6+
Kxb6 48.Kg4 and white invades black's king-
side.) 45...Bxh5 46.Bxh5 Ke7 Black has to
worry over the threat of Be8 attacking her b5
pawn. 47.Kg3 Kf8 (47...Kf6? 48.Qxb7 Nxb7
49.Be8! Nd6 50.Bxb5!) 48.Qxb7 Nxb7 49.Kg4
Nd6 50.Kxg5! Nxe4+ 51.Kg6 Nd6 52.Bf3
e4 53.Bxe4+- and white's b-pawn queens.]
42.Nf1 Nc6 43.Qa8 Nd8 44.Ne3 Qb7 45.Qa7
Kd6 46.Nd5 [White can make the pressure
unbearable by playing: 46.Kf2 because if now
46...Qxe4 47.Qc7#] 46...Bxd5 47.exd5 Kxd5
48.Qa5 Qc6 49.Bf3+ e4 50.Bg2 [The adven-
turous 50.b7!? Nxb7 51.Qa7 (Threatening
52 Qd4#) 51...Kd6! 52.Qd4+ Qd5 53.Qxe4
Qxe4 54.Bxe4 Nd8= leads to a draw.] 50...Ke5
51.Qa7 Threatens 52 Qc7+ winning. 51...Qb7
52.Kh2 Kf4?! [Black misses a typical tactic to
break a pawn structure with: 52...h5! White has
obviously seen the chance missed by black and
hastens to ensure that black cannot ever play
the equalising ...h5] 53.h5 Diagram #
53...Ke5 [the following variations are instructive
and fascinating: If 53...Ke3 54.Qa1! Qb8+
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
+ Ke5 56.Qe3 threatening 57 Qd4+ winning
58.Bf1! and the threat of 59 Qe2+ wins.; 53...
Kxg4 54.Qxb7 Nxb7 55.Bxe4+-] 54.Kg3 Qd5?
[Leads to immediate capitulation. However, af-
ter 54...Kd5 55.Kf4! and e4 falls.] 55.Qe7+ 1–0
Sandya,G (1772)
Mohota,Nisha (2248) [E14]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 b6 5.b3
Bb7 6.Bb2 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Ne4 9.c4
Nd7 10.0–0 0–0 11.a3 a5 12.Rc1 f5 13.cxd5
Nxd2 [13...exd5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5=]
14.Nxd2 Bxd5 Black wants to keep her light
square bishop pointed at the white king. 15.h3
Qg5 16.Nf3 Qe7 [A shade better was: 16...Qg6
17.Nh4 Qf7=] 17.a4 Rad8 18.Bc4 Ba8 [18...
Nf6 19.Qe2 Ne4 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qb5 Kh8
22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 f4 is absolutely equal.]
19.Qe2 Nf6 20.Bb5 f4 21.Bc6 fxe3 22.Qxe3=
Bxc6 23.Rxc6 Nd5
AICF CHRONICLE
39
November 2014
Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
Diagram # White has averted potential danger
by exchanging off the white squared bishops,
but black's forces are better co-ordinated and
can soon develop a serious initiative. 24.Qe4
Rf4 25.Qe2 Rdf8 Threatening a promising
exchange sacrfice on f3. 26.Ne5 R4f5! This
vacates the f4 square for her knight. All the
black forces are working in unison while the
white forces are scatttered and ineffective,
especially the Bb2. 27.Ng4 [White should try
to bring his bishop into life with 27.Bc1 ] 27...
Qe8 28.Rc4 Qg6 29.Ne5? [White changes her
mind and brings back the knight to e5 to block
out black's Bd6. Better was still 29.Bc1 ] 29...
Nf4! Diagram #
30.Qg4 [The game is beyond saving. Com-
paratively better was to take the queen into a
discovered attack with: 30.Qf3 Bxe5! 31.dxe5
Nd3! 32.Qxd3 Rxf2 33.Qxg6 Rxf1+–+] 30...
Qxg4! 31.Nxg4 [If 31.hxg4 Ne2+ This knight
holds the white king in a mating grip 32.Kh2
R8f6! (threatening 33...Rh6#) 33.g3 (33.
Bc1 g5!) 33...Rxf2+ 34.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35.Kh1
Nxg3+ 36.Kg1 Rxb2–+] 31...Ne2+ 32.Kh1
I have added these principles to the law: get
the Knights into action before both bishops
are developed.
- Emmanuel Lasker
AICF CHRONICLE
40
NOVEMBER 2014
She resigns without waiting for 32... Ng3+!! 33
fg3 Rxf1+ 34 Kh2 Rb1, threatening both 35...
Rxb2 as well as 35---Rff1 mating on h1. 0–1
Aarthie Ramaswamy (2096)
Dhanashree Pandit (1704) [C06]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5
Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.0–0 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qb6
10.Re1 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nf3 Qb6 13.Qa4
Qb4 [13...0–0 14.Qc2 h6 15.Be3 Bc5=] 14.Qc2
h6 15.a3 Qb6 16.Qa4 Bc5 [16...0–0=] 17.Qh4
Diagram # 17...Be7 [Black has wasted two
moves moving her bishop up and down to get
white's queen from a4 to g3. Here, she could give
white lots of worries with: 17...Qb3! 18.Bb1 b5
19.Nd2 Qa4 20.Qg3 Bb7!³ and it would be now
too risky for black to continue with 21.Qxg7?!
Qh4! 22.Qg3 the safest 22...Qxg3 23.hxg3 Rc8
with better chances for black.]
18.Qg3 Kf8? [Black is not sure that her defence
would hold with: 18...g6 (generally this move
is considered inferior as it seems to invite a
bishop sacrifice on it.) 19.b4 a5 20.Bd2 axb4
21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Kf8 23.h4 Kg7 24.Rb1]
19.b4 a5 20.Be3 Qd8 21.Bd2 b6 22.Nd4 For
her sacrificed pawn, white has now enough
play. 22...Bb7 23.Rec1 axb4 24.axb4 Rxa1
25.Rxa1 Qb8 26.f4 g5 27.Bb5 gxf4
28.Qxf4+- [This wins, but much stronger
was: 28.Bxf4 (Black has to protect her knight
on Nd7.) 28...Qc8 (or 28...Ke8 29.Nc6 Qc8
(29...Bxc6 30.Bxc6 threatening the deadly
Ra8!) 30.Qg7 Rf8 31.Nxe7!+-) 29.Rc1 Qd8
30.Nxe6+ fxe6 31.Qg6!+-] 28...Qxe5 [Or 28...
Nxe5 29.Nxe6+ Kg8 30.Qg3+ Bg5 31.Nxg5
hxg5 32.Bxg5 and black is lost.] 29.Bxd7 Qxf4
30.Bxf4 The game is lost for black. She has
two pawns for white's knight and her bishops
are not that well posted. 30...Bf6 31.Be3 Ke7
32.Ra7 [She can also win with the spectacular
variation: 32.Bxe6! fxe6 33.Ra7 Rb8 34.Nc6+!]
32...Kxd7 33.Rxb7+ Ke8 34.Rxb6 Bd8 [Black
has a variety of alternatives like 34...Rh7 34...
Bg7, etc., but they all lose because her king
is stuck in the first rank and her light square
bishop is not active at all.] 35.Rb7 h5 36.b5
Rg8 37.Nc6 1–0
Puzzle of the month
by C.G.S.Narayanan
This month’s puzzle is retro as well
as colouring problem. Take your black
pencil and colour some of the white
men black to reach a position where
black king stands checkmated. Answer
the questions given below the diagram.
Anatoly Kuznetsov G.
Shahmaty v SSSR, 1974
Colour some of the men black to create
a checkmated position. What is white’s
mating move? What was the last move
for black before the mate was delivered.
(Solution on page 48)
AICF CHRONICLE
41
November 2014
 Test your endgame
Tactics from master games by C.G.S.Narayanan
by S.Krishnan
Nadareisvili 1961 Proskurowski 1961

1 2
1. 2.
White to play and win White to play and win
Kasparyan 1961 Moravec 1961

3. 4. 3 4
White to play and win Black to play and win

Jeno Ban 1961 Tjavlovski 1961

5. 6.
Black to play and win Black to play and win 5 6

(Solutions on page 47 ) White to play and win in all the above six endings
(Solutions on page 47 ) )

AICF CHRONICLE AICF CHRONICLE

42 43
NOVEMBER 2014 November 2014
Masters of the past-47 Carlos Torre Repetto 1stMineral Chess Academy Fide Rating Chess Tournament-2014
Carlos Torre Repetto (1904-1978) was a chess Ggrandmaster (Below 2200) ,Vadodara
from Mexico.Torre was Mexican by birth and citizenship but he
spent much of his early life in New Orleans and developed as a
young player under the tutelage of the New Orleans player E.
Z. Adams. Torre later published an extraordinary combination
that was supposed to have occurred in a game Z. Adams–Torre
and featured White's victory. It was determined subsequently
that this combination was never played in a game; Torre's
attribution of it to Adams was a homage to his teacher.

Torre first came to international attention when he attended

the great New York 1924 tournament and impressed both
the American and European Grandmasters with the high
quality of his speed chess and analytical ability. The website
Chessmetrics.com places Torre as eighth in the world following his tour of Europe. He was
awarded the Grandmaster title in 1977. Standing (L-R)Maulik Raval (Fourth)Jwalin Mehta (Third)Snehal Bhosale (Winner)SudarshanMalga
(second) Varun Bhatt (Fifth) Sitting (L-R)Kiritbhai patel, Social Worker,Mayur Patel,Vice President,
Torre's career was cut short by mental illness. Torre spent much if not the remainder of his Guj.State Chess Association,Bhavesh Patel, Hon Secretary, G.S.C.A,Hashmukh bhai Shah, CMD,
life hospitalized following his breakdown in 1926. Reuben Fine visited him many years later Surya hotel,.A.C.Joshi -Chief Arbiter,Pruthviraj Leuva, Org.Secretary,Sunil Manohar,Tournament
and found that he still played very well. Torre's meteoric rise and psychological disintegra- Director
tion at a young age strikingly recall fellow New Orleans chess player Paul Morphy.
Mustifund All India Open Rapid FIDE Rating
Torre won the Louisiana championship at New Orleans 1923. He was first at Detroit 1924, Tournament,Goa
followed by Samuel Factor, Herman H. Hahlbohm, Norman Whitaker, Samuel Reshevsky,
etc., and at Rochester 1924 (with Jennings). In 1924, Torre took third place in New York
(Abraham Kupchik won). In 1925, he took tenth place in Baden-Baden (Alexander Alekhine
won). In 1925, he tied for third/fourth place with Frank Marshall, behind Aron Nimzowitsch
and Akiba Rubinstein, in Marienbad. In 1925, he tied for fifth/sixth place with Savielly
Tartakower in Moscow (Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1925, he tied for second/third place in
Leningrad (Quadrangular; Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf won). In 1926, he tied for second/
third place with Géza Maróczy, behind Marshall, in Chicago. In 1926, he won, ahead of Jose
Joaquin Araiza, in Mexico City.

The chess opening Torre Attack is named after him. It is characterized by the moves: 1.d4
Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5.Torre also introduced the Mexican Defence to chess theory in a match
against Fritz Sämisch in 1925 in Baden-Baden, Germany.
It runs: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6.In the Moscow 1925 chess tournament, Torre defeated former
World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker with a dazzling queen sacrifice. The combination
is immortalized and is known as "The Windmill": Torre wins with a queen sacrifice, as his
(LtoR) Mr Promdraj Moree(Chief Arbiter),Mr. Sanjay Kaisare,Mr. Dilip Dharwadkar(secretary
rook and bishop form a grindstone that crushes Black with a series of checks and discov-
Mushtifund Sports Academy),Mr. Anil Counto(Chief Guest),Mr Suhas Sardessai (Chairman
ered checks. Mushtifund Sports Academ),Mr Sunil Naik(Vice President Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias),Mr.
Courtesy:Wikepedia GaurishDhond(Chairman of General assembly Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias)

AICF CHRONICLE
44 45
OCTOBER 2014
 5th KCM FIDE Below 1600 FIDE Rated Tournament, Coimbatore Solution to ‘Tactics from master games’ on p.42
1. Xiong,Jeffery (2470)
Zhou,Jianchao (2580) [B22]
Las Vegas USA Las Vegas USA (3.10)
(L to R) Mohankumar, Ranganathan (Members), Winner
Position after 51st move. Diagram [#] White to
M Shreyas, SenthilChinnasamy (President,KCM) & Chief
Arbiter IA V Vijayaraghavan, JtSecy,TNSCA play. 52.Re7! Threatening 53.Nd6 mate. 52...
Ra6 [52...Kb7 53.c8Q+ Kxc8 54.Na7+ Rxa7
(54...Kb8 55.Rb5#) 55.Rxa7+-] 53.Na7+!
Rxa7 [53...Kb7 54.c8Q+ Kb6 55.Qb7#]
54.Rd8+ [54.Rd8+ Rxd8 (54...Kb7 55.c8Q+
Kb6 56.Qb8+ Kc6 57.Qb5#) 55.cxd8Q+ Kxd8
56.Rxa7+-] 1–0
2. Shvayger,Yuliya (2306)
Smith,Graham (2073) [B43]
National Amateur Championship, Kolkata PokerStars IoM Masters 2014 Douglas ENG
(2.32), 05.10.2014
Position after 31st move.Diagram [#] White to
play. 32.Qf4!+- [32.Rxf8+! Rxf8 33.Qf4 Rg8
From left to right Mr. Pradeep Sadani, Proprieter, Sadani (33...Bf5 34.Qxf5+-; 33...Kg8 34.Ne7+) ] 32...
Estates, GM Mr. Debyandu Barua, Vice President AICF, h6 [32...Bf5 33.Qxf5; 32...Rxf4 33.Rxe8+]
Hemanth Raam ( Winner), IM Mr. Atanu Lahari Secretary 33.Qxf8+ Simple [Also playable is 33.Rxe8!
BCA, Mayor in Council Mr. Debasis Kumar, IM Mr. Neeraj Rxe8 34.Qf7 Qc6 (34...Rd8 35.Bh4; 34...Rg8
Kumar Mishra
35.Ne7 Rd8 36.Rf6 Qg5 37.Rg6+-) 35.Re1
Rxe1 36.Bxe1+-] 33...Rxf8 34.Rxf8+ Kh7
35.Ne7 Bxh3 36.Kxh3 Ba7 37.Nf5 1–0
3. Kacheishvili,G (2597)
- Ashwin,J (2468) [A05]
DBCA All India FIDE rating chess tournament , Kolkata… Millionaire Chess Open 2014 Las Vegas USA
(8.16), 13.10.2014
Position after 26th move.Diagram [#] White to
play. 27.Bxd5+! Qxd5 28.Re8+! [28.Re8+ Kf7
(28...Bf8 29.Rxd8+-; 28...Rxe8 29.Qxd5++-)
29.Rxd8+-] 1–0
(L-R)IM Atanu Lahiri,Secretary , DBCA_Champion Md. Ashraff
of Odisha,_GM Dibuendu Barua_Mr. Sadani, Chairman,Sadani
Estates_Mr. Srenik Sett, Director, All Sport Management
4. Von Meijenfeldt,Bart (2354) - Duda,J
(2599) [B90]
World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND
Position after white's 46th move.Diagram [#]
Black to play. 46...Ra1+! 47.Kxa1 Qxd4+ 48.c3
AICF CHRONICLE
46 47
OCTOBER 2014
[48.Ka2 Qb2#; 48.Kb1 Qb2#] 48...Qd1+
49.Ka2 Qc2+ 50.Ka1 Qb2# 0–1
5. Chakravarthi Reddy,M (2217) -
Anurag,M (2442) [A28]
World Junior Open 2014 Pune IND
Position after White's 31st move.Diagram
[#] Black to play. 31...Qxh2+! [31...Qxh2+
32.Kxh2 Rh8+ 33.Bh3 Rd2+ 34.Rf2 (34.Kh1
Rxh3#) 34...Rxf2+ 35.Kg1 Rd2+ 36.Kf1 Rxh3–
+ 37......Rh1mate cannot be avoided.] 0–1
6. Rozentalis,E (2600)
- Rausch,S (2276) [C15]
18th OIBM 2014 Bad Wiessee GER
Position after White's 18th move.Diagram [#]
Black to play. 18...Rxg2+! 19.Kxg2 [19.Kh1
Qh2#] 19...Nxe2 20.Rg1 Rg8+ 21.Kf1 Nxg1
22.Ng2 Qh2–+ [22...Rxg2 23.Kxg2 Bh3+
24.Kxg1 (24.Kh1 Nf3+- wins) 24...Qg5+ wins]
Solution to ‘Test your endgame’ on p.43
1.Nadareisvili,Shakmati, 1961
1.Rg5 Kh2 2.Kb6 h3 3.Kc5 Kh1 4.Kd4 h5
5.Ke3 g6 6.Rg3 g5 7.Kf2 g4 8.Ra3 g3+
9.Kxg3
2. W.Proskurowski,Themes,1961
1.Qh7+ Ke6 2.d8N+ Kd5 3.Qg8+ Ke4 4.Qg4+
Kd5 5.Qe6+ Kd4 6.Nc6+
3.G.Kasparyan,Szachy, 1961
1.Qc5+ Ka6 2.Qc2 Rb5+ 3.Kc4 Bc7 4.Qa4
Ra5 5.Qc6+ Bb6 6.Qc8 mate
4.Moravec,LidovaDemokracie1961
1.e7 Ke8 2.Na6 Kd7 3.Nc5 Ke8 4.Ne6 Kd7
5.Ng7 2…Bh5 3.Ke6 Bg4+ 4.Kd8 Kf7 5.Nc7
5.JenoBanI Pr, Tipogratia Ty, 1961
1.d6 Nf6 2.Kh2 Kg7 3.Kg1 Kh6 4.Kf1 Kg7
5.Ke1 Kh6 6.Kd1 Kg7 7.Kc2 Kh6 8.Kb2 Kg7
9.Ka3 Kh6 10.Kb4 wins
6.Tjavlovski, Szachy, 1961
1.c6 Ke6+ 2.Kd7 Rc6 3.Na5+ Kc5 4.Nxc6
a2 5.Nd4 Kxd4 6.c8Q a1Q 7.Qh8+ wins
 AICF Calendar December 2014 8th KCA FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (Below-1600) Kottayam...
1st 64 Squares FIDE Rated Open 22 Dec-26 Dec Kolkata, West Bengal
Raghav’s foundation 3rd FIDE Rated Open 24 Dec-28 Dec Nizamabad, Telengana
Suraj FIDE Rating Open Ty 2014 25 Dec-29 Dec Sangli, Maharashtra
KMCC FIDE Rated Open below 1800 25 Dec-28 Dec Karur, Tamilnadu
1st Sameen Singh FIDE Rating below 2000 25 Dec-28 Dec Amritsar, Punjab
1st Nilambur Chess Club FIDE Rated below 1600 26 Dec-28 Dec Malappuram, Kerala
1st RT Narayan Memorial FIDE Rating below 1600 26 Dec-28 Dec Mandya, Karnataka
1st MCA FIDE Rated Junior (Under 19) 27 Dec-30 Dec Hoogly, West Bengal
One goal Chess academy Rapid FIDE Rating 27 Dec-28 Dec Secunderabad,, AP
Chennai Open 2014 30 Dec- 06 Jan Chennai, Tamilnadu
Grandmaster Tournament , Delhi 09 Jan-16 Jan New Delhi
National Team Open Championship 14 Feb-20 Feb Goa
National Team Women Cahmpionship 14 Feb-20 Feb Goa
Rev. Thomas K Oommen, Bishop of Kerala Madhya Diocese inaugurates the tournament.
Grandmasters Tournament, Kolkata 15 Mar-24 Mar Kolkata IA Prof. R. Anantharam and Dr. Roy Sam Sebastin, Principal of CMS College are nearby
and R. Rajesh, Secretary, All Kerala Chess Association is looking on.
National Rapid Chess Championship 25 Apr-29 Apr Odisha
National Blitz Chess Championship 25 Apr- 29 Apr Odisha
National Under-19 Championship 12 May-20 May Tamil Nadu
Grandmasyter Tournament ,Odisha 24 May-31 May Bubaneshwar
National Under-9 Championship 11 Jun-19 Jun Gujarat
Grandmaster Tournament, Mumbai 02 Jun- 09 Jun Mumbai
Commonwealth Chess 22 Jun- 30 Jun Delhi
National Under-11 Championship 24 Jul- 31Jul Puducherry

Tariff for advertisement : Monthly (in Rs.) Annual (in Rs.)

Back Cover (Colour) 15,000 1,20,000
Inside Cover (Colour) 15,000 1,00,000
Full Page Inside (Colour) 7,000 60,000
Full Page Inside (Black & White) 5,000 45,000
Dr. Roy Sam Sebastin, Principal of CMS College awards the trophy to the winner M. VInoth
Half Page Inside (Black & White) 3,000 30,000
Kumar of TN. Others present are: Dr.C. Joshua, Associate Professor, CMS College, IA R.
Anantharam and R. Rajesh, Secretary, All Kerala Chess Association.
Soution to ‘Puzzle of the month’ on page :Kb8, Pa4,Pa7 and Pc7 are black and the rest of the men
are white. White has just mated with 1.bxa8=R. The last move of black was bxa4.

49
AICF CHRONICLE
48
OCTOBER 2014
 Asian Youth Chess Championship, New Delhi

(L to R) Shri.Jadhav,G.M. Hotel Park PlazaCaptain

Rajendra,Chief Administrative Officer,Indian Air For
ce,Shri.D.V.Sundar,VicePresident,FIDE ,Shri.Bharath
Singh Chauhan,CEO,AICF

(L-R)Asian Chess Federation Treasurer

Mr.Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, General
Secretary, Pakistan Chess Federation,
Mr.Naeem Hamid Mirza, Asian Chess
Federation Deputy President Shri. Bharath
Singh, President of Iran Chess Federation
Mr.Nikbin Beranoosh, Mr.Tarek Al Taher
of UAE Chess Federation, Honorary
Secretary of Chess Federation of Sri Lanka
Mr.LuxmanWijesuriya and Mr. S C Sahu, Vice
President All India Chess Federation

All medal winners