AICCF Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

2015.03.28 to 2016.09.26

All India Correspondence Chess Association

Last updated: May 22, 2016

2016

Copyright © All India Correspondence Chess Federation, 2016.

Prepared by Anil Anand and Umesh P. N.

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Contents

1 Overview 4

2 Cross Table 5

3 Games 63.1 Gupta, Vibhor – Sastry, K. V. S. (0–1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.2 Sastry, K. V. S. – Gupta, Vibhor (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3 Prakash, Om – Saxena, Alok (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.4 Saxena, Alok – Prakash, Om (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123.5 Saxena, Vaibhav – Prabhanandan, K. (1–0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.6 Prabhanandan, K. – Saxena, Vaibhav (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163.7 Das, Arghyadip – De, Gautam (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.8 De, Gautam – Das, Arghyadip (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.9 Sengupta, Deep – Trivedi, Kalapi B. (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.10 Trivedi, Kalapi B. – Sengupta, Deep (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213.11 Chandra, Sailesh – Chatterjee, Ambar (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.12 Chatterjee, Ambar – Chandra, Sailesh (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.13 Sethuraman, S. P. – Anand, Anil (0–1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.14 Anand, Anil – Sethuraman, S. P. (1–0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253.15 Dutta, Amit – Turaga, Mohan (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263.16 Turaga, Mohan – Dutta, Amit (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273.17 Somani, Ayush – Gupta, Aniruddha (*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.18 Gupta, Aniruddha – Somani, Ayush (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.19 Atteri, Sekhar – Khan, Shams (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.20 Khan, Shams – Atteri, Sekhar (12 – 1

2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Index 32

3

1 Overview

4

2 Cross Table

Board Y S Points

# Player Results Results Player

W B W B Y S Total

1 Gupta, Vibhor 0 = = 1 Sastry, K. V. S. 12 1 1

2 2

2 Prakash, Om = = = = Saxena, Alok 1 1 2

3 Saxena, Vaibhav 1 = = 0 Prabhanandan, K. 1 12

12 2

4 Das, Arghyadip = = = = Saxena, Alok 1 1 2

5 Sengupta, Deep = = = = Trivedi, Kalapi B. 1 1 2

6 Chandra, Sailesh = = = = Chatterjee, Ambar 1 1 2

7 Sethuraman, S. P. 0 0 1 1 Anand, Anil 0 2 2

8 Dutta, Amit = = = = Turaga, Mohan 1 1 2

9 Somani, Ayush = = Gupta, Aniruddha 12

12 1

10 Atteri, Sekhar = = = = Khan, Shams 1 1 2

Overall points 812 101

2 19

5

3 Games

6

3.1 Gupta, Vibhor – Sastry, K. V. S. (0–1)

◦ Gupta, Vibhor AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Sastry, K. V. S. 1 : 2015.03.28

B97h: Sicilian Najdorf, Poisoned Pawn Variation

A double-edged game with castling on opposite sides and fierce attacks. Whiteconducted an attack with a thematic piece sacrifice, but unfortunately blun-dered a piece and lost.

1 e4 c52 Nf3 d63 d4 cXd44 NXd4 Nf65 Nc3 a66 Bg5 e67 f4 Qb68 Nb3 Be79 Qf3 Nbd710 O-O-O Qc711 Bd3 b512 g4 Bb713 BXf6 BXf6?!

8 rZ0ZkZ0s7 ZblnZpop6 pZ0opa0Z5 ZpZ0Z0Z04 0Z0ZPOPZ3 ZNMBZQZ02 POPZ0Z0O1 Z0JRZ0ZR

a b c d e f g h

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14 BXb5! aXb515 NXb5 Qc616 NXd6+ Kf817 Rhf1 Be7

18 NXb7 QXb719 a3 Rc820 Kb1 h621 Rd4 Rc722 a4 g623 f5 Ne524 Qf2 f625 fXe6 Kg726 Rd5 Rhc827 Nd4 Rc528 Rd1 Qb4

8 0ZrZ0Z0Z7 Z0Z0a0j06 0Z0ZPopo5 Z0sRm0Z04 Pl0MPZPZ3 Z0Z0Z0Z02 0OPZ0L0O1 ZKZRZ0Z0

a b c d e f g h

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29 Rd7! NXd730 eXd7 Rb831 b3 Qb6

7

8 0s0Z0Z0Z7 Z0ZPa0j06 0l0Z0opo5 Z0s0Z0Z04 PZ0MPZPZ3 ZPZ0Z0Z02 0ZPZ0L0O1 ZKZRZ0Z0

a b c d e f g h

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32 Nb5??

Such blunders happen in OTB games due totime pressure, but how does that happen incorrespondence games where computer assis-tance is allowed?

32 Qg3! keeps the attack.

32 . . . RXb5!

White resigns. 33 aXb5 QXf2 loses theQueen, while 33 QXb6 R5Xb6 will lose apiece.

0–1

8

3.2 Sastry, K. V. S. – Gupta, Vibhor (12– 1

2)

◦ Sastry, K. V. S. AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Gupta, Vibhor 2 : 2015.03.28

B90r: Sicilian Najdorf

A sharp, double-edged game that concluded peacefully.

1 e4 c52 Nf3 d63 d4 cXd44 NXd4 Nf65 Nc3 a66 Be3 e57 Nb3 Be68 f3 Be79 Qd2 O-O10 O-O-O Nbd711 g4 b512 g5 Nh513 Kb1 Nb614 Nd5 BXd515 eXd5 Qc716 Na5

8 rZ0Z0skZ7 Z0l0apop6 pm0o0Z0Z5 MpZPo0On4 0Z0Z0Z0Z3 Z0Z0APZ02 POPL0Z0O1 ZKZRZBZR

a b c d e f g h

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16 . . . NXd517 QXd5 QXa518 Bd3 Rac819 c4 Qd820 h4 bXc421 BXc4 a522 Rh2 g623 Ba6 Rb824 Rc2

8 0s0l0skZ7 Z0Z0apZp6 BZ0o0ZpZ5 o0ZQo0On4 0Z0Z0Z0O3 Z0Z0APZ02 PORZ0Z0Z1 ZKZRZ0Z0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

9

3.3 Prakash, Om – Saxena, Alok (12– 1

2)

◦ Prakash, Om AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Saxena, Alok 1 : 2015.03.28

B33: Sicilian Defence, Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation

A game of some interesting manoeuvres, but neither side could gain anyadvantage, and decided to split the point.

1 e4 c52 Nf3 e63 d4 cXd44 NXd4 Nc65 Nc3 Nf66 Ndb5 d67 Bf4 e58 Bg5

The game transposed to the Lasker/Pelikanvariation of the Sicilian Defence.

8 . . . a69 Na3 Be7

9. . . b5 and 9. . .Be6 10 Nc4 Rc8 are morepopular continuations. Looks like Alok Sax-ena has specialized in this line.

10 Nc4 Bg411 Be2 BXe212 QXe2 b513 BXf6 BXf614 Ne3 Bg515 Ncd5 Nd416 Qg4 h517 Qd1 BXe318 NXe3 Qh419 Qd3 O-O20 O-O Rfd821 f3 Ne622 Rfd1 Rac823 c3 Rd7

24 Qe2 Qd825 Nd5 Rb726 Rd2 a527 a3 h428 Rad1 Qg529 h3 Rc630 Qe1 g631 Qf1 Kg732 Qe2 Nc533 Qe1 Rd734 Qf1 Rb735 Rf2 Ne6

8 0Z0Z0Z0Z7 ZrZ0Zpj06 0ZronZpZ5 opZNo0l04 0Z0ZPZ0o3 O0O0ZPZP2 0O0Z0SPZ1 Z0ZRZQJ0

a b c d e f g h

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36 f4

White had a slight plus till now, but now thegame is reduced to a dead equal game.

36 . . . eXf437 NXf4 b4

10

37. . .NXf4 38 RXf4 b4 39 Rd5 (39 aXb4 aXb430 cXb4? Rc2 g) 39. . .Qe7j.

38 Nd5

After 38 NXe6+ fXe6 39 aXb4 aXb4 40 cXb4,40. . .RXb4 is possible as 41 Rf7+ Kh6 42Rd7 Rc8, and both 43 R7Xd6 RXe4 and 43Qf7 Qe5 are harmless for Black.

38 . . . bXa339 bXa3 Rc840 Nf6 Qc541 Kh1 QXc342 Qa6 Rcb843 Ne8+ Kg844 Nf6+

8 0s0Z0ZkZ7 ZrZ0ZpZ06 QZ0onMpZ5 o0Z0Z0Z04 0Z0ZPZ0o3 O0l0Z0ZP2 0Z0Z0SPZ1 Z0ZRZ0ZK

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

11

3.4 Saxena, Alok – Prakash, Om (12– 1

2)

◦ Saxena, Alok AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Prakash, Om 2 : 2015.03.28

B06r: Modern Defence

White seemed to have some initiative in this game, but it was hard to convertit to a full point. The resulting rook and pawn ending was drawish.

1 e4 g62 d4 Bg73 Nf3 d64 Nc3 e65 Bg5 Ne76 Qd2 h67 Be3 Nd78 Bd3 a69 O-O b610 Rae1 Bb711 d5 e512 h3 Nc513 Be2 f514 eXf5 gXf515 Nh4 Bf616 Bh5+ Kf817 Ng6+ NXg618 BXg6 f4

8 rZ0l0j0s7 Zbo0Z0Z06 po0o0aBo5 Z0mPo0Z04 0Z0Z0o0Z3 Z0M0A0ZP2 POPL0OPZ1 Z0Z0SRJ0

a b c d e f g h

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19 BXc5 bXc5

20 Bf5 Bg521 Qd3 Kg722 Be6 a523 Nb5 Rf824 c4 Kh825 Bg4 Bc826 Qf3 BXg427 QXg4 a428 Qf3 Qd729 Re2 Rf730 Nc3 Rg731 Ne4 Qf532 Kh1 Be733 Rg1 Qh7

8 rZ0Z0Z0j7 Z0o0a0sq6 0Z0o0Z0o5 Z0oPo0Z04 pZPZNo0Z3 Z0Z0ZQZP2 PO0ZROPZ1 Z0Z0Z0SK

a b c d e f g h

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34 Rc2 Rgg835 Rc3 Bh436 Ra3 Qg637 Qe2 Rge8

12

38 f3 Reb839 Nc3 Bf640 RXa4 RXa441 NXa4 e442 fXe4 Re843 Nc3 BXc344 bXc3 RXe445 Qd3 Kg746 a4 Re347 QXg6+ KXg6

8 0Z0Z0Z0Z7 Z0o0Z0Z06 0Z0o0Zko5 Z0oPZ0Z04 PZPZ0o0Z3 Z0O0s0ZP2 0Z0Z0ZPZ1 Z0Z0Z0SK

a b c d e f g h

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The game is heading to a draw.

48 Ra1 Kf549 a5 Re850 a6 Ra851 Kg1 Ke452 Kf2 Kd353 Kf3 KXc354 KXf4 KXc4

55 Ke4 Re8+

56 Kf5 KXd557 h4 c458 g4 c359 g5 hXg560 hXg5 Rf8+

61 Kg6 c262 Rc1 Ra863 RXc2 RXa664 Kf5 Ra165 Rd2+ Kc666 g6 Rg167 Kf6 d568 g7 Kd669 Re2 Rf1+

70 Kg6 Rg1+

71 Kf7 Rf1+

72 Ke8

8 0Z0ZKZ0Z7 Z0o0Z0O06 0Z0j0Z0Z5 Z0ZpZ0Z04 0Z0Z0Z0Z3 Z0Z0Z0Z02 0Z0ZRZ0Z1 Z0Z0ZrZ0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

13

3.5 Saxena, Vaibhav – Prabhanandan, K. (1–0)

◦ Saxena, Vaibhav AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Prabhanandan, K. 1 : 2015.03.28

C11k: French Defence, Steinitz Variation

The game was pretty equal till 15 moves, and then White slowly built thepressure and won comfortably in 28 moves.

1 e4 e62 d4 d53 Nc3 Nf64 e5 Nfd75 f4 c56 Nf3 Nc67 Be3 a68 Qd2 b59 a3 Qb610 Ne2 c411 g4

8 rZbZka0s7 Z0ZnZpop6 plnZpZ0Z5 ZpZpO0Z04 0ZpO0OPZ3 O0Z0ANZ02 0OPLNZ0O1 S0Z0JBZR

a b c d e f g h

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11 . . . h5?!

Beginning of Black’s problems. White hasa space advantage on the King side, so itis risky to start an activity there. Instead,Black should continue the attack on theQueenside. 11. . . b4 or 11. . .Qa5 seems con-sistent with the plan.

12 gXh5 RXh513 h4 a514 Ng3 Rh815 h5 Ne716 Nh4 Qc6

8 rZbZka0s7 Z0Znmpo06 0ZqZpZ0Z5 opZpO0ZP4 0ZpO0O0M3 O0Z0A0M02 0OPL0Z0Z1 S0Z0JBZR

a b c d e f g h

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White slowly built an initiative on the Kingside, and patiently starts a neat attack.

17 f5! eXf518 Qf2 a4?

The end of all Black’s activity, and nowWhite can concentrate on the King side.18. . .Qe6 19 Bh3 g6 would have kept moreresistence.

19 c3 f620 NhXf5 NXf521 NXf5 fXe522 Qg2

14

As a result of the maneuvres, White slowlybuilt a comfortable position with a clear ad-vantage.

22 . . . e423 NXg7+ Kd824 Be2 Kc725 Kd2 Nf626 h6 Ra627 Raf1 Kb828 Nh5

8 0jbZ0a0s7 Z0Z0Z0Z06 rZqZ0m0O5 ZpZpZ0ZN4 pZpOpZ0Z3 O0O0A0Z02 0O0JBZQZ1 Z0Z0ZRZR

a b c d e f g h

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Black resigns.

An amazing position where Black is lost de-spite being a pawn up. After 28. . .NXh529 RXh5 BXh6 (29. . . RXh6 30 RXf8 h)30 Kc2!, despite the fact that Black hasthree defenders for the Bishop, all efforts failto White’s threatened attack, because theQueen has no squares to protect h6 otherthan along the 6th rank, and Black is justone move short of reversing the Queen andthe Rook on the 6th rank. If Black plays. . .BXe3, he not only is down an exchange,but White gets a winning attack with all hispieces against Black’s open King.

Things are not better even if Black doesn’tcapture the h-pawn immediately, e.g.,

A) 29. . .Qe8 30 h7 Rg6 31 Rg5 (32 RXf8!also wins.) 31. . .RXg5 32 QXg5 RXh7 33QXd5, with threats of 34 Qg8 and 34Rf6, wins.

B) 29. . .Be7 30 h7 Bf6 31 Rf6h.

1–0

15

3.6 Prabhanandan, K. – Saxena, Vaibhav (12– 1

2)

◦ Prabhanandan, K. AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Saxena, Vaibhav 2 : 2015.03.28

E59: Nimzo-Indian, 4 e3, Main line

1 d4 Nf62 c4 e63 Nc3 Bb44 e3 O-O5 Bd3 d56 Nf3 c57 O-O Nc68 a3 BXc39 bXc3 dXc410 BXc4 Qc711 Bd3 e512 Qc2 Re813 e4 eXd414 cXd4 Bg415 e5

8 rZ0ZrZkZ7 opl0Zpop6 0ZnZ0m0Z5 Z0o0O0Z04 0Z0O0ZbZ3 O0ZBZNZ02 0ZQZ0OPO1 S0A0ZRJ0

a b c d e f g h

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15 . . . BXf316 eXf6 NXd417 BXh7+ Kh818 fXg7+ KXg719 Bb2 Rad820 Bf5 Re221 BXd4+

8 0Z0s0Z0Z7 opl0Zpj06 0Z0Z0Z0Z5 Z0o0ZBZ04 0Z0A0Z0Z3 O0Z0ZbZ02 0ZQZrOPO1 S0Z0ZRJ0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

16

3.7 Das, Arghyadip – De, Gautam (12– 1

2)

◦ Das, Arghyadip AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• De, Gautam 1 : 2015.03.28

D27l: Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Classical main line

1 d4 d52 c4 dXc43 Nf3 Nf64 e3 e65 BXc4 c56 O-O a67 dXc5 BXc58 QXd8+ KXd89 Ne5 Ke710 Be2 Nbd711 Nc4 a512 Nc3 b613 Na4 Ba614 NXc5 NXc515 b3 Rac816 Ba3 BXc417 BXc4 Nd518 Ba6 Ra819 Bb5 Rhc8

20 Rfc1 Nb421 Rc4 Rd8

8 rZ0s0Z0Z7 Z0Z0jpop6 0o0ZpZ0Z5 oBm0Z0Z04 0mRZ0Z0Z3 APZ0O0Z02 PZ0Z0OPO1 S0Z0Z0J0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

17

3.8 De, Gautam – Das, Arghyadip (12– 1

2)

◦ De, Gautam AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Das, Arghyadip 2 : 2015.03.28

A07: King’s Indian Attack

1 Nf3 d52 g3 c63 Bg2 Bf54 c4 e65 cXd5 eXd56 O-O Nf67 d3 Be78 Qb3 Qb69 Qc2 O-O10 Nc3 Na611 e4 Bg612 Be3 Nb413 Qb3 c514 eXd5 NXd315 Nh4 Ng416 NXg6 QXg617 Ne4 NXe318 fXe3 Qa619 Qc3 Rae820 Rad1 c421 b3 Nc522 bXc4 NXe423 BXe4 Bc524 Qd3 g6

8 0Z0ZrskZ7 opZ0ZpZp6 qZ0Z0ZpZ5 Z0aPZ0Z04 0ZPZBZ0Z3 Z0ZQO0O02 PZ0Z0Z0O1 Z0ZRZRJ0

a b c d e f g h

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25 d6 QXd626 QXd6 BXd627 BXg6 fXg628 RXd6 RXe329 Rd7 RXf1+

30 KXf1 Rf3+

31 Ke2 Rf732 RXf7 KXf733 Kf3 Ke634 Kf4

18

8 0Z0Z0Z0Z7 opZ0Z0Zp6 0Z0ZkZpZ5 Z0Z0Z0Z04 0ZPZ0J0Z3 Z0Z0Z0O02 PZ0Z0Z0O1 Z0Z0Z0Z0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

19

3.9 Sengupta, Deep – Trivedi, Kalapi B. (12– 1

2)

◦ Sengupta, Deep AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Trivedi, Kalapi B. 1 : 2015.03.28

B90e: Sicilian Najdorf

1 e4 c52 Nf3 d63 d4 cXd44 NXd4 Nf65 Nc3 a66 h3 e57 Nb3 Be78 Be3 Be69 f4 eXf410 BXf4 O-O11 Qf3 Nbd712 O-O-O Rc813 Kb1 Qb614 g4 Ne515 Qg3 Rfe816 Be2 h617 Rhg1 Bd818 Bc1 Rc619 Rgf1 Rc820 Ka1 BXb321 aXb3 Qc622 Rd4 Qb623 Ra4 Nfd724 h4 Nc525 Be3 Qc726 Nd5 Qc627 BXc5 dXc528 g5 b5

29 Ra3 Qe630 Kb1 Rc631 Qg2 g632 Qf2 h533 b4 cXb434 NXb4 Rd635 Qf4 Kg736 Nd5 Rc637 Nb4 Rd638 Nd5 Rc639 Nb4

8 0Z0arZ0Z7 Z0Z0Zpj06 pZrZqZpZ5 ZpZ0m0Op4 0M0ZPL0O3 S0Z0Z0Z02 0OPZBZ0Z1 ZKZ0ZRZ0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

20

3.10 Trivedi, Kalapi B. – Sengupta, Deep (12– 1

2)

◦ Trivedi, Kalapi B. AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Sengupta, Deep 2 : 2015.03.28

E92r: King’s Indian, Classical Variation

1 d4 Nf62 c4 g63 Nf3 Bg74 Nc3 O-O5 e4 d66 Be2 e57 d5 a58 h3 Na69 Bg5 Qe810 Nd2 Nd711 a3 f612 Bh4 Nb613 b3 Bd714 O-O Bh615 Qc2 Nc516 Rab1 f517 f3 Be3+

18 Bf2 BXf2+

19 RXf2 fXe420 NcXe4 NXe421 fXe4 RXf222 KXf2 c523 Rf1 Qe724 Kg1 Qg5

25 Qc3 a426 bXa4 NXa427 Qf3 Qe728 Qe3 Kg729 Rb1 b630 Nf3 h631 Bd3 Rb832 Qd2

8 0s0Z0Z0Z7 Z0Zbl0j06 0o0o0Zpo5 Z0oPo0Z04 nZPZPZ0Z3 O0ZBZNZP2 0Z0L0ZPZ1 ZRZ0Z0J0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

21

3.11 Chandra, Sailesh – Chatterjee, Ambar (12– 1

2)

◦ Chandra, Sailesh AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Chatterjee, Ambar 1 : 2015.03.28

B90i: Sicilian Najdorf

1 e4 c52 Nf3 d63 d4 cXd44 NXd4 Nf65 Nc3 a66 Be3 Ng47 Bg5 h68 Bh4 g59 Bg3 Bg710 h3 Ne511 Qd2 Nbc612 O-O-O NXd413 QXd4 Be614 Kb1 Qa515 Nd5 BXd516 QXd5 QXd517 eXd5 h518 h4 g419 Rd4 O-O-O20 Be2 Nd721 Rf4 Bf6

22 Re1 Rdf823 Rc4+ Kb824 Rb4 Kc725 Bd3

8 0Z0Z0s0s7 ZpjnopZ06 pZ0o0a0Z5 Z0ZPZ0Zp4 0S0Z0ZpO3 Z0ZBZ0A02 POPZ0OPZ1 ZKZ0S0Z0

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

22

3.12 Chatterjee, Ambar – Chandra, Sailesh (12– 1

2)

◦ Chatterjee, Ambar AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Chandra, Sailesh 2 : 2015.03.28

B93q: Sicilian Najdorf with 6 f4

1 e4 c52 Nf3 d63 d4 cXd44 NXd4 Nf65 Nc3 a66 f4 e57 Nf3 Nbd78 a4 Qc79 Bd3 Be710 O-O O-O11 Kh1 Nc512 Bd2 h613 Qe1 Bd714 b4 NXd315 cXd3 Rac816 Rc1 Rfe817 f5 Qb618 Qg3 Kh719 Qh3 Kg820 g4 RXc321 RXc3 d522 NXe5 BXa4

23 NXf7 dXe424 Be3 Qb525 NXh6+ gXh626 QXh6 eXd327 Qg6+

8 0Z0ZrZkZ7 ZpZ0a0Z06 pZ0Z0mQZ5 ZqZ0ZPZ04 bO0Z0ZPZ3 Z0SpA0Z02 0Z0Z0Z0O1 Z0Z0ZRZK

a b c d e f g h

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12 – 1

2

23

3.13 Sethuraman, S. P. – Anand, Anil (0–1)

◦ Sethuraman, S. P. AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Anand, Anil 1 : 2015.03.28

C65h: Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1 e4 e52 Nf3 Nc63 Bb5 Nf64 d3 d65 O-O g66 d4 Bd77 d5 Ne7

8 rZ0lka0s7 opobmpZp6 0Z0o0mpZ5 ZBZPo0Z04 0Z0ZPZ0Z3 Z0Z0ZNZ02 POPZ0OPO1 SNAQZRJ0

a b c d e f g h

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0–1

24

3.14 Anand, Anil – Sethuraman, S. P. (1–0)

◦ Anand, Anil AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Sethuraman, S. P. 2 : 2015.03.28

E60e: King’s Indian Defence

1 d4 Nf62 c4 g63 g3 Bg74 Bg2 c55 d5 O-O6 Nc3 e67 Nf3 eXd58 cXd5

8 rmbl0skZ7 opZpZpap6 0Z0Z0mpZ5 Z0oPZ0Z04 0Z0Z0Z0Z3 Z0M0ZNO02 PO0ZPOBO1 S0AQJ0ZR

a b c d e f g h

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1–0

25

3.15 Dutta, Amit – Turaga, Mohan (12– 1

2)

◦ Dutta, Amit AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Turaga, Mohan 1 : 2015.03.28

E16r: Queen’s Indian Defence, Capablanca Variation

The game was level throughout the game. After a long series of manueverings,the palyers decided to split the point.

1 d4 Nf62 c4 e63 Nf3 Bb4+

4 Bd2 BXd2+

5 QXd2 b66 Nc3 Bb77 g3 O-O8 Bg2 d59 cXd5 eXd510 O-O Nbd711 Rac1 c612 Rfd1 Qe713 Qc2 Rfe814 Nd2 Nf815 e3 Rab816 Nf3 N8d717 Ne1 h618 Nd3 a519 h4 Ba620 a3 Rbd821 Nf4 Bb722 Re1 Qd623 Bf1 Rc824 Be2 Rb825 Bf3 Ba626 Rcd1 Rbd827 e4 dXe428 NXe4 NXe429 RXe4 RXe430 QXe4 Rc8

31 Qc2 Nf632 Qb3 c533 dXc5 QXc534 Nd5 Bc435 NXf6+ gXf636 Qc3 Kg737 Bb7 Rc738 Qf3 Be639 Bd5 Bc840 Qf4 Qe741 Rc1 RXc1+

42 QXc1 Be643 Bf3

8 0Z0Z0Z0Z7 Z0Z0lpj06 0o0Zbo0o5 o0Z0Z0Z04 0Z0Z0Z0O3 O0Z0ZBO02 0O0Z0O0Z1 Z0L0Z0J0

a b c d e f g h

�Þ

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3.16 Turaga, Mohan – Dutta, Amit (12– 1

2)

◦ Turaga, Mohan AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Dutta, Amit 2 : 2015.03.28

D18c: Slav Defence, Euwe Variation without 9 Qe2

1 d4 d52 c4 c63 Nf3 Nf64 Nc3 dXc45 a4 Bf56 e3 e67 BXc4 Nbd78 O-O Bg69 a5 Bd610 Re1 Qc711 e4 e512 dXe5 NXe513 NXe5 BXe514 g3 O-O15 Qc2 Rfe816 f3 BXg317 hXg3 QXg3+

18 Kf1 QXf3+

19 Qf2 Qh1+

20 Qg1 Qf3+

8 rZ0ZrZkZ7 opZ0Zpop6 0ZpZ0mbZ5 O0Z0Z0Z04 0ZBZPZ0Z3 Z0M0ZqZ02 0O0Z0Z0Z1 S0A0SKL0

a b c d e f g h

�Þ

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2

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3.17 Somani, Ayush – Gupta, Aniruddha (*)

◦ Somani, Ayush AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Gupta, Aniruddha 1 : 2015.03.28

:

This game is not finished yet.

8 rmblkans7 opopopop6 0Z0Z0Z0Z5 Z0Z0Z0Z04 0Z0Z0Z0Z3 Z0Z0Z0Z02 POPOPOPO1 SNAQJBMR

a b c d e f g h

�Þ

28

3.18 Gupta, Aniruddha – Somani, Ayush (12– 1

2)

◦ Gupta, Aniruddha AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Somani, Ayush 2 : 2015.03.28

A29: English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto

1 c4 e52 Nc3 Nf63 Nf3 Nc64 g3 Bc55 NXe5 BXf2+

6 KXf2 NXe57 e4 c58 d4 cXd49 QXd4 O-O10 Bf4 Nc611 Qd2 Re812 Re1 Ne513 h3 d614 c5 Bd715 QXd6 Ng616 Bg2 Nh517 h4 Qc818 Bf3 Bg419 BXg4 QXg420 Qd1 QXd121 RXd1 NgXf422 gXf4 NXf423 Ke3 Ne624 Rd5 b625 cXb6 aXb626 Rhd1 g6

27 a3 f528 Rg1 Ra529 RXf5 RXf530 eXf5 Ng7+

31 Kf4 NXf532 h5 Ne733 Rg5 Kg734 hXg6 NXg6+

35 Kg4 Re536 Rf5 h6

8 0Z0Z0Z0Z7 Z0Z0Z0j06 0o0Z0Zno5 Z0Z0sRZ04 0Z0Z0ZKZ3 O0M0Z0Z02 0O0Z0Z0Z1 Z0Z0Z0Z0

a b c d e f g h

�Þ

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2

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3.19 Atteri, Sekhar – Khan, Shams (12– 1

2)

◦ Atteri, Sekhar AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Khan, Shams 1 : 2015.03.28

B01b: Scandinavian Defence

1 e4 d52 eXd5 Nf63 d4 QXd54 Nf3 e55 NXe5 Nc66 Nf3 Bf57 Nc3 Bb48 Bd3 Qe6+

9 Be3 Nd510 O-O BXc311 bXc3 NXc312 Qd2 Ne413 BXe4 BXe414 Ng5 Qg615 NXe4 QXe416 Rfe1 O-O-O17 c3 Qf518 Rab1 Rhe819 Qe2 a620 Qb2 b621 a4 Na522 Qe2 Kb723 Rb4 Rd6

24 Qf1 Qc225 Rc1 Qa226 Ra1 Qc227 Rc1 Qa228 Ra1 Qc229 Rc1

8 0Z0ZrZ0Z7 Zko0Zpop6 po0s0Z0Z5 m0Z0Z0Z04 PS0O0Z0Z3 Z0O0A0Z02 0ZqZ0OPO1 Z0S0ZQJ0

a b c d e f g h

�Þ

12 – 1

2

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3.20 Khan, Shams – Atteri, Sekhar (12– 1

2)

◦ Khan, Shams AICCF: Youngsters vs Seniors 2015

• Atteri, Sekhar 2 : 2015.03.28

C36: King’s Gambit Accepted, Modern Variation

1 e4 e52 f4 d53 eXd5 eXf44 Nf3 Nf65 c4 c66 d4 cXd57 c5 Nc68 BXf4 Bg49 Nc3 Qe7+

10 Be2 BXf311 gXf3 Nh512 Bg3 NXg313 hXg3 O-O-O14 Qa4 Qe315 Rd1 g516 Kf1 Kb817 Rd3 Qe718 Nb5 Bg719 Rb3 Qe620 Rh2 Rhe8

21 Nd6 RXd622 cXd6 NXd423 Rb4 NXe224 RXb7+ KXb7

8 0Z0ZrZ0Z7 okZ0Zpap6 0Z0OqZ0Z5 Z0ZpZ0o04 QZ0Z0Z0Z3 Z0Z0ZPO02 PO0ZnZ0S1 Z0Z0ZKZ0

a b c d e f g h

�Þ

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2

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Index

OpeningsA07 : King’s Indian Attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18A29 : English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29B01b : Scandinavian Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30B06r : Modern Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12B33k : Sicilian Defence, Pelikan/Sveshnikov Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10B90e : Sicilian Najdorf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20B90i : Sicilian Najdorf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22B90r : Sicilian Najdorf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9B93q : Sicilian Najdorf with 6 f4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23B97h : Sicilian Najdorf, Poisoned Pawn Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7C11k : French Defence, Steinitz Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14C36 : King’s Gambit Accepted, Modern Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31C65h : Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24D18c : Slav Defence, Euwe Variation without 9 Qe2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27D27l : Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Classical main line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17E16r : Queen’s Indian Defence, Capablanca Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26E59 : Nimzo-Indian, 4 e3, Main line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16E60e : King’s Indian Defence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25E92r : King’s Indian, Classical Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PlayersAnand, Anil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

(+) Black vs Sethuraman, S. P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24(+) White vs Sethuraman, S. P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Atteri, Sekhar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Khan, Shams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31(=) White vs Khan, Shams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chandra, Sailesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Chatterjee, Ambar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23(=) White vs Chatterjee, Ambar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chatterjee, Ambar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Chandra, Sailesh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22(=) White vs Chandra, Sailesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Das, Arghyadip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5(=) Black vs De, Gautam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18(=) White vs De, Gautam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

De, Gautam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Das, Arghyadip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17(=) White vs Das, Arghyadip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Dutta, Amit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5(=) Black vs Turaga, Mohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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(=) White vs Turaga, Mohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Gupta, Aniruddha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

(=) White vs Somani, Ayush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29(*) Black vs Somani, Ayush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Gupta, Vibhor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(−) White vs Sastry, K. V. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7(=) Black vs Sastry, K. V. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Khan, Shams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Atteri, Sekhar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30(=) White vs Atteri, Sekhar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Prabhanandan, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(−) Black vs Saxena, Vaibhav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14(=) White vs Saxena, Vaibhav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Prakash, Om . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Saxena, Alok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12(=) White vs Saxena, Alok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Sastry, K. V. S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(+) Black vs Gupta, Vibhor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7(=) White vs Gupta, Vibhor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Saxena, Alok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Prakash, Om . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10(=) White vs Prakash, Om . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Saxena, Vaibhav. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5(+) White vs Prabhanandan, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14(=) Black vs Prabhanandan, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sengupta, Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Trivedi, Kalapi B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21(=) White vs Trivedi, Kalapi B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Sethuraman, S. P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(−) Black vs Anand, Anil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25(−) White vs Anand, Anil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Somani, Ayush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Gupta, Aniruddha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29(*) White vs Gupta, Aniruddha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Trivedi, Kalapi B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) Black vs Sengupta, Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20(=) White vs Sengupta, Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Turaga, Mohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5(=) White vs Dutta, Amit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27(=) Black vs Dutta, Amit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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