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President speaks….

FIDE World Championship Match, 2013 for the ultimate title of World Champion has arrived in Chennai! As you are all aware, this event is fully sponsored by the Government of Tamilnadu, thanks to the benevolence of our Hon’ble Chief Minister Puratchi Thalivi Amma, who had allotted a budget of Rs.29 Crores for this event.Tamilnadu had always been been the fore-runner in promotion of sports under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister Puratch Thalaivi Amma and the world class sports infrastructures built during the South Asian Federation games bear testimony to this. Her passion

to promote chess among the youth of Tamilnadu was truly refl ected in the announcement of Puratchi Thalaivi Amma introducing Chess as curriculum in all the schools in Tamilnadu for children between 7 and 17 which according to her is bound to enhance the effi ciency and thinking capacity among students. It may also be recalled that the Chief Minister had sent an appreciation letter to Viswanthan Anand after he won the World Chess Championship title for the 5th time in Moscow against Boris Gelfand wishing Anand to retain the title for many more years. Further, the Chief Minister announced and later presented 2 crore rupees cash reward on behalf of the Tamil Nadu government to honour Anand, the highest for any individual sportsman in the country. The World Championship Match is being organized by Tamilnadu State Chess Association at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Anna Salai, Chennai from 7th to 28th November, 2013. Chennai chess blitz, under colourful umbrellas, was inaugurated by Thiru.Palaniappan, Minister for Higher Education on 25th September to kick start a series of chess events throughout the State in celebration of this event. These ventures have evinced lot of interest and enthusiasm amongst the younger generation and it is seen that new players have started taking lot of interest in learning this cerebral sport which originated in India. To encompass different sections of the society in the build up to the mega event several competitions are proposed to be held during the end of October 2013 which will include chess blitz events for- IAS/IPS Offi cers, Journailsts, Secretarial Staff of Tamilnadu,the visually impaired, veterans over 60 years and cine artistes. Each event will carry a prize fund of Rs.50,000. The inauguration of this great event by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu Sevi.J.Jayalalithaa on 7th November 2013 would mark a great moment in the history of Indian sports and I wish all chess lovers would come together to make the occasion memorable.

J.C.D. Prabhakar

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Bharat Singh, CEO, AICF briefi ng the press on the launch of the offi cial website

The offi cal logo being released

At the ‘Chennai Blitz’ Press Conference

At the press meet-(L-R) V.Hariharan, Organizing Secretary, D.V.Sundar, Vice President, FIDE, J.C.D.Prabhakar, President, AICF, Bharat Singh, CEO,AICF and B.Murugavel, Vice President, TNSCA

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Chennai Chess Blitz was organized as curtain raiser of the FIDE World Championship match 2013 between Anand and Carlsen to be held at Hotel Hyatt Regency from 9th to 28th November 2013.The event witnessed enthusiastic response from players with 180 players on 90 boards, which included 6 Grandmasters, 3 Woman Grandmasters, 15 International Masters, 5 FIDE Masters and 3 Women FIDE Masters. The entire stadium wore a festive look with colourful umbrellas all over the playing arena and school children thronged the venue in large numbers. The tournament was inaugurated by Thiru.P.Palaniappan, Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education inaugurated the event.

Grandmaster Elect V Vishnu Prasanna of Chennai with 8.5 points from nine rounds, emerged the champion in the Chennai Chess Blitz 2013 that concluded at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai. He secured the winner’s purse of Rs. 90000 (Rupees Ninety thousand only).

Remaining undefeated Vishnu was impressive in his title march defeating three Grand-masters viz., Deepan Chakkravarthy, B Adhiban and Shyam Sundar, on the way. He shed a lone draw to former TN State Champion M Kunal.Woman Grandmaster and many times National Woman Champion Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman fi nished as the best woman player scoring 7 points.

The mega blitz event was supported by Murugappa Group. Cash prizes for Rs. 405000 (Rupees Four lakhs and fi ve thousand only) were distributed to 90 players by Honorable Minister for Higher Education Department – School Education Department, Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department Thiru P Palaniappan.

Present in the dais were Thiru Md. Nazimuddin, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government, Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department, Thiru K Rajaraman, I.A.S, Principal Secretary & Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu, Thiru JCD Prabhakar, MLA, President, All India Chess Federation, Thiru S S Gopalarathnam Managing Director, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance, a joint venture of Murugappa Group, Thiru D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE (World Chess Federation) and Thiru V Hariharan, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association.

Final Placings : 1. V Vishnu Prasanna 8.5, 2 N Sudhakar Babu 8, 3 P Shyam Nikil 7.5, 4-12 B Adhiban, J Deepan Chakkravarthy, R B Ramesh, M Shyam Sundar, S Arun Prasad, R Ramnath Bhuvanesh, Ram S Krishnan, Siva Mahadevan, Vijalakshmi Subbaraman 7 pts.

Celebration of FIDE World Championship Match 2013, Chennai

Chennai Chess blitz Vishnu Prasanna emerges Chennai Blitz champion

by Arvind Aaron

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All set for the Big Match … by Aravind Aaron

World Chess Championship match between reigning champion Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and challenger world number one Magnus Carlsen in November would be one of the best in the entire history of the event, FIDE vice president Israel Gelfer said on 23rd August 2013.Addressing the media after the fi nal inspection of the venue for the prestigious tie here, Gelfer said he was fully satisfi ed with the arrangements made so far and expected that the event will be a spectacular one.

He said he had been involved in organizing almost a dozen World Championship matches and he was sure that this tie would be one of the best organized, if not the best.Gelfer recalled FIDE’s association with Hyatt group of hotels as early as 2000 during the World Championship match held in New Delhi.

“As millions of fans from all over the world will be watching the match live from various parts of the world through internet, we have ensured that the internet connections were of high quality to ensure that the server does not crash during the event,” he said.

The FIDE vice president said that Aruna Anand, manager and wife of Anand, was also present during the inspection and was very much satisfi ed with the arrangements made by the organizers.Earlier, Carlsen, who was on a visit for inspection the previous week, had also confi rmed that he and his team were extremely happy with the venue and other arrangements.

FIDE vice president D V Sundar explained that the organizers have made arrangements for 350 spectators to witness the match. He said that a glass partition would be erected to separate the players and the spectators in order to ensure that the spectators do not disturb the players.

All India Chess Federation CEO Bharat Singh said that live video streaming of the match as well as live commentary on the internet will be made available.AICF secretary V Hariharan briefed the media about the various other activities to be organized during the match. Hariharan said that there would be a Women Grandmasters’ event, an Open International Grandmasters’ tournament, National Under-9 Chess Championship as well as a host of other events during November.

He said that all these events shall be fl agged off with a Blitz event (5 minutes per player) that will be organized under the shelter of colourful umbrellas to create a gen-eral awareness to the public about the match. Hyatt Regency general manager Sunjae Sharma said that Carlsen loved Indian delicacies during his stay at the Hyatt. He said that Hyatt Regency has a Norwegian chef and that Carlsen and his team members were very comfortable with the food served at the Hotel.

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While Carlsen was in Chennai….

World number One Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen expressed satisfaction at the ar-rangements made for his World Championship match against Indian great Viswanathan Anand as he inspected the venue along with his team 22-year-old Carlsen was accom-panied by his manager Espen Agdestein and his father Henrik Carlsen. “I am happy with the arrangements and look forward to playing against Anand. I respect him a lot,” Carlsen said. Magnus Carlsen will take on Viswanathan Anand for the world title in Chennai.

Carlsen said his November 7-28 contest against Anand will be very interesting and that it would be one of the fi nest matches in the history of Chess. The Norwegian said he was confi dent of snatching the World title from Anand. “When playing a World Championship match, you should have supreme confi dence in your abilities,” Carlsen said in his reply to a question about his chances in the match. When a reporter queried about his role in helping Anand in his match against Vaselien Topalov in 2010, Carlsen was quick to respond that he did not have any major role to play in that match. But Carlsen said he worked with Anand during 2007-2008 in his World Championship matches.

Carlsen did not answer some uncomfortable questions, particularly on Garry Kasparov’s help in his match against Anand. About the role of Peter Heine Nielsen, one of the key members of Anand’s team, Carlsen said that Nielsen has been his coach-cum-trainer in his formative years but it won’t matter much. “As such, Nielsen shall not have any role in this match as he has been close to both the players. Though Anand will have the advantage of playing in his home turf, his recent encounters against me has given him enough confi dence.” To another question about GM Vladimir Kramnik’s opinion that Anand is may be scared of him, Carlsen simply rubbished his opinion and claimed that Anand is simply too great a player.

Earlier, Carlsen took on 20 top talents from Tamilnadu in the age group of six to 17 years, simultaneously at MOP Vaishnav College, Nungambakkam. Carlsen spent around two and a half hours in these simultaneous matches. He won 10 games and drew against six players. Four of Tamilnadu youngsters had the honour of defeating the World No.1. 10-year-old FM L N Ram Aravind, multiple National Champion R Vaishali, National Under 13 Champion N R Visakh and Commonwealth Bronze medallist G Jaswant forced the World Championship challenger to throw in his towel in their games. After the games, Carlsen marvelled at the strength of the talent available in the state.

Carlsen on Anand….

Wise enough not to underestimate his rival, Carlsen commented on his prospects for the Championship: “It will depend on which Anand I get on the day. Will it be the great Anand of 2008? Or will it be the terrible one? I expect him to be in top form. An Anand in top form has sharp tactics, great strength and a great understanding of the game.” Endorsing Carlsen’s view, Agdestein says, “Of late, Anand has been struggling a bit with his game. But on his day, he could be unbelievably dangerous.”

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Anand on the FIDE WCM...“You kind of put yourself in his head and think,” says Viswanathan Anand. The head in question belongs to Magnus Carlsen, the man who seeks to dethrone the Indian world chess champion. After months of anticipation, the decks have been cleared for the title clash in Chennai Anand gave a short preview of the mind games in the offi ng. The op-ponent hasn’t played you before in a match, and you know that for him you are the fi rst time,” he says about the championship, giving a glimpse of the mental terrain that he hopes to draw Carlsen into. Anand says there might be two different warriors who take the board in November. “In a match, people alter their personalities,” he says, “By this, I mean preparation and style.”

The champ is hard at work in an undisclosed training location outside the country. Is the match slowly becoming real to him? “It is,” he says, “But it always becomes real when you arrive at the venue and more so when you catch a glimpse of your opponent, his physical language, etc.” Magnus’s recent recce to Chennai has raised the temperature. Did he track the Norwegian’s progress? “Before a match I do not follow any chess news except the games,” says Anand. “Aruna mentioned that he was in town and I don’t know much else. I hope he enjoyed his stay,” he adds diplomatically. There was one part of Carlsen’s itinerary that Anand did follow — when Carlsen took on 20 young talents si-multaneously. In a shocker, he lost 4 and drew 6. “I am so proud of our chess kids,” says Anand. “In a way, for me, it’s a sense of personal pride. The children post the Anand effect beat the World No. 1, not once but four times.”

The Anand effect is, of course, the chess explosion in India since he became GM in 1988. The championship venue at the Hyatt Regency is not too far from his residence. Will he “commute” to work, as it were? He shoots down the idea, “I would treat it like any other world championship. In fact, I would be even more disciplined here.” Carlsen had worked in Anand’s preparatory camps in 2007 and ‘08. Will this help the Norwegian? “Defi nitely, he has some idea of how I work and what I look for. But this information works both ways,” Anand says. Does he fi nd similarities? “There are, for sure. But Magnus does it in a very intelligent way,” he says, explaining that Carlsen is “infl uenced by the way in which he has had his chess education”, pointing out that “Karpov studied chess differ-ently to Magnus so their grinding styles also represent that”.

The “illness clause”, which allows the Norwegian to take two days off in the middle of the match if he feels under the weather, has attracted a lot of attention. Anand says: “I don’t doubt Magnus’s integrity and I hope the clause will not be used.” Anand will be playing in front of a home crowd since his world championship qualifi cation match against Alexey Dreev way back in 1990. Who would he like to invite on the big day? “I don’t involve myself in all that. Aruna will be responsible for that. But to see some guys from school or friends will be nice.”

Is there anything like a “home” advantage in a cerebral struggle? “Of course, you feel good to play in a familiar environment. I enjoyed Delhi 2000 a lot,” he says referring to the last time the World Championship was held in India. He cautions though, “But the advantage doesn’t work during a game. There, only the moves count.” This is Anand’s fourth title defence since winning the championship in 2007. Has he become used to it? “Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don’t have time to sit and ponder.” (courtesy:ET)

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An interview with Anand...

1. Do you feel more than ever before, a compelling need to prove that your best form is not behind you as the countdown for the World Championship begins?

In every World Championship, you try to rise above yourself for your own self. This time round, too, that is what I will be aiming to do. When I train I don’t think of form or what I expect from myself. I try to work, both, on the physical aspects and my chess. Before a match, you draw up a basic strategy and try to work as much as possible towards that. This takes up most of your waking hours. So that’s what I am concentrating on. Form will take care of itself if the work is thorough and you can cope through the 12 games.

2. Your thoughts on Fide’s zero-tolerance policy. Do you think it would be more appropriate to impose fi nes than make a player forfeit a game for being late?

In World Championship matches, it works differently. But this is a question for the chief arbiter.

3. Carlsen has said he expects a different Anand in November. In terms of prepa-ration, in what ways is your approach towards November’s match different?

Well, we know it will be different. What exactly that will be, we will know only on November 9.

4. Playing on home turf will bring with it the added weight of expectation. How do you intend to deal with this pressure?

Normally, during a World Championship match, the team stays as a closely knit family and we maintain a certain discipline. In Chennai too we will do the same. Of course, for me it’s a big moment that India, my hometown at that, will play host to one of chess’ biggest events ever. I feel a sense of personal pride to see how chess has grown and in the role I played in it. I have played big events in India earlier too, in Chennai against Dreev, in 2000 the World Championships in New Delhi and in 2002 the World Cup. These three events hold very positive memories for me.

5. This match has been billed as a clash of generations. How do you see that? Is it between his youth and your experience?

It is. We grew up in different chess eras. We were the cross-over generation to move from chess books and bulletins to databases and analysis engines. He just grew up in the internet generation.

6. There’s a thought that Carlsen is the toughest you have played in the fi nals over the last decade. Your comments? What do you make of Carlsen and his tag ‘Mozart of chess’?

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I think every match opponent is the ‘toughest yet’. The same was said about Kramnik in 2008, Topalov in 2010 and Gelfand in 2012. A match just makes a person rise to his maximum level. Carslen is a gem of a talent and of course going by the achieve-ments at his age, it is defi nitely something special.

8. All this hue and cry over a recce trip. Do you think it’s necessary? You never did that yourself.

I haven’t followed the news in a while. I try not to follow chess news while I train and play. Aruna mentioned he was in Chennai and I hope he enjoyed our city. In my case, Aruna handles all these aspects, my job is to simply turn up and play. She handles everything else.

9. Kasparov said that Carlsen can rekindle a new interest in chess. Your thoughts.

Carlsen defi nitely is an interesting personality. Courtesy:Excerpts from the interview to TOI on 29th August 2013

Carlsen on the World Championship Match…

1. In older interviews you said that World Champion title is not something spe-cial for you. Do this attitude change now?

At the time it was defi nitely true that I didn’t particularly want to be a part of the Championship cycle. This time in the Candidates I really wanted to play and really wanted to win. So it was a little bit different. I think that the World Championship is not that different from other tournaments, apart for the fact that people spend more time preparing for it. Still I believe that to some extent the achievement of winning more or less every tournament is a greater one than being world champion.

2. A few years ago you said that you don’t prepare for each player’s style in a match. Will you change this aspect of preparation?

Probably to some extent. But at the same time it is also important to focus on myself. I cannot change the way I play completely because of my opponent. It’s better to try and force him to adapt to my style rather than to adapt to his – if that makes sense.

3.You don’t seem to be an opening expert. Is it not dangerous to enter the match without any opening surprises in hand?

There are different approaches. As you see in [the Tal Memorial] when I beat both Kramnik and Anand the approach was to play something unexpected that I haven’t really played before, not necessarily to get a big advantage but to get some playable positions. And in both games I succeeded in getting positions that were playable – against Anand even slightly better – and defi nitely not comfortable for my opponent.

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I think that Anand and others are so strong in the opening that it might not make sense for me with my skillset to try and beat him in the opening. I will certainly pre-pare some surprises and try to outfox him in a way, but I don’t think it is very realistic that I can try to beat him in the opening. That’s not where my strength is.

4. Most of Grandmasters have their ups and downs.You manage to keep stabil-ity on a very high level. How do you do it?

I’ve played some good tournaments and some bad tournaments, but somehow even in tournaments where I don’t play very well I still manage to get a more-or-less re-spectable score. I don’t know if it has something to do with youth or other non-chess related reasons. I’ll defi nitely prepare for the Vishy of 2008 when he beat Kramnik convincingly. I don’t expect him to be in poor shape, like he was [at the Tal Memo-rial]. It just doesn’t make any sense to me to prepare for that. I think he will be in excellent shape and it will be an interesting match. I might stumble of course at any time, but I hope that I will be in good shape, sharper in every sense – in the open-ing, in the middle game, in the endgame, sensing the important moments. I don’t see any reason why I should not be in top shape in November.

5. You don’t have any match experience. Do you think it is important?

I don’t think it is going to be a decisive factor. I do not have any match experience, true, or very little, but at the same time I’ve already played in top tournaments for six-seven years now, and I think that should amount to some useful experience. And I’ve played Vishy so many times as well. You can see, for instance, that when Karpov and Kasparov played their fi rst World Championship match they had actually basically not met in tournaments at all, so maybe that is part of the reason for the diffi cult transition for Kasparov. I have played Vishy in almost every tournament I’ve played since I was sixteen-seventeen years old, so we certainly already know each other quite well.

6. You certainly kept the ability to learn fast. Do you have constant urge for new information, new things to learn?

I think I am not learning too much anymore – in chess I am still learning obviously. There are so many way I can improve, I make mistakes in every game I play. Hope-fully I can continue to improve, and I think I’ll need to do that to stay on top. Obvi-ously I love winning, but I am just motivated by having fun playing chess, and also learning new things. In general I don’t think I will ever lose motivation for chess, until I feel that I’ve stagnated, that I’m not learning. I think the game is so rich that the possibilities will never be exhausted, at any time soon anyway.

(Courtesy: Interview to Chessbase)

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National Under-11 Chess Championship-2013, Delhi…

Ram and Priyanka champions

As expected, top seeds Ram Aravind of Tamilnadu and Priyanka Nutakki of Andhra Pradesh clinched the titles after beating Barath M of Goa and Lakshmi C of Tamilnadu respectively in the eleventh and fi nal round in the National Under-11 Chess Championship-2013, which concluded at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex,Delhi.

Playing with black pieces, Ram had some anxious moments in the match as he faced stiff resistance from his Goan rival but managed to secure full point to take his point tally to ten. He won nine and drawn two in this eleven round Swiss System tournament to lift the coveted trophy with an unbeaten record.

While in the girl’s section, Priyanka easily overcame her final round rival without much struggle in 37 moves to register her tenth win in the tourney. The only lose she suffered in the event from the hands of Samridhaa Ghosh of West Bengal in the fourth round. Samridhaa fi nished fi fth in the championship with seven and half points

Vantika Agrawal brought cheers to home crowd by securing the runner-up position in the girl’s section with nine points after beating Krystal Fernandes of Goa in the fi nal round. Odisha duo Salonika Saina and Anwesha Mishra tied for the third spot but better tie break score helped later to fi nish as second runner-up.Meanwhile in the Open section, four players including local hope Aansh Gupta tied for the second spot with eight and half points but better Buccholz tie break score helped Rahul Srivatshav of Andhra Pradesh to fi nish second while

second seed Saurabh Anand of Bihar, who beat Rahul in the fi nal round to fi nish third. Neelash Saha of West Bengal and Aansh Gupta of Delhi satisfi ed with fourth and fi fth spot fi nish.

In a colourful closing ceremony, Shri. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Chief Executive Offi cer All India Chess Federation give away the prizes in presence of Shri. AK Verma, Secretary Delhi Chess Association, Shri. Sudarshan Kumar, Secretary Himacal Pradesh Chess Association, Shri. Atul Kumar, Secretary Jammu & Kashmir Chess Association and Shri. Shambu Ved, Secretary Delhi Gujarati Samaj.

The results of the last round:

Open Round 11 :- Barath M of Goa (8) lost to Ram Aravind of Tamilnadu (10); Saurabh Anand (8.5) beat Rahul Srivatshav of Andhra Pradesh (8.5); Bhavik Bharambe of Maharashtra (8) lost to Aaansh Gupta of Delhi (8.5); Praggnanandhaa R of Tamilnadu (8) drew with Sadhu S Adithya of Tamilnadu (8); Neelash Saha of West Bengal (8.5) beat Aronyak Ghosh of West Bengal (7.5); Vatsal Singhania of Jharkhand (7.5) lost to Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal (8); Samal Ansuman of Odisha (8) beat Iniyan P of Tamilnadu (7); Prajesh R of Tamilnadu (8) beat Pranab Kumar Patra of Odisha (7); Subhasis Barik of Odisha (7.5) drew with Rudraksh Parida of Odisha (7); Anshul Nigam of Jharkhand (6.5) lost to Sankarsha Shelke of Maharashtra (7.5); Harshvardhan G B of Tamilnadu (7) drew with Aditya Basu of West Bengal (7); Nihal Sarin of Kerala (7) drew with Amitansu Priyadarsan of Odisha

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(7); Lokesh Hans of Hayana (7) drew with Tarun V Kanth of Tamilnadu (7); Manoj B Kulkarni of Karnataka (6.5) lost to Ritam Nag of West Bengal (7.5); Cheela Naga Sampath of Andhra Pradesh (6.5) lost to Shuban Saha of West Bengal (7.5).

Girls Round 11 :- Lakshmi C of Tamilnadu (7.5) lost to Priyanka Nutakki of Andhra Pradesh (10); Krystal Fernandes of Goa (7.5) lost to Vantika Agrawal of Delhi (9); Anwesha Mishra of Odisha (8) beat Tejasvi M of Tamilnadu (7.5); Salonika Saina of Odisha (8) beat Rutvi Shah of Gujarat (7); Adyasa Mahapatra of Odisha (7.5) drew with Samriddhaa Ghosh of West Bengal (7.5); Riddhi Zantye of Goa (7.5) beat Shyamshree Sarkar of West Bengal (7); Palkin Kaur of Delhi (7.5) beat Arushi Kotwal of Jammu & Kashmir (6.5); Bommini Mounika Akshaya of Andhra Pradesh (6.5) lost to Sanskriti Goyal of Uttar Pradesh (7.5); Divya Deshmukh of Maharashtra (7.5) beat Bidisha Roy of Jharkhand (6.5); Pooja S of Tamilnadu (7.5) beat Kalyani B of Andhra Pradesh (6.5); Srimathi R of Tamilnadu (6.5) drew with Ashna Makhija of Maharashtra (6.5); Jishitha D of Andhra Pradesh (6) lost to Meenakshi Bhoite of Maharashtra (7); Kruthika K R of Tamilnadu (7) beat Priyanka Naryan of Karnataka (6); Kiruthika B of Tamilnadu (6.5) drew with Pracheta Agarwal of Jharkhand (6.5); Niyati Parakh of Chhattisgarh (7) beat K Anvitha of Andhra Pradesh (6).

National Under-11 Open

Final Ranking:

Rk. Name State Pts. 1 Ram Aravind L N FM TN 102 Rahul Srivatshav P AP 8.53 Saurabh Anand BIH 8.5

4 Neelash Saha WB 8.55 Aansh Gupta DEL 8.56 Bharambe Bhavik C MAH 87 Praggnanandhaa R FM TN 88 Koustav Chatterjee WB 89 Prajesh R TN 810 Sadhu S Adithya TN 811 Samal Ansuman ORI 812 Barath M GOA 813 Aronyak Ghosh WB 7.514 Shelke Sankarsha MAH 7.515 Subhasis Barik ORI 7.516 Ritam Nag WB 7.517 Dileep Kumar R TN 7.518 Vatsal Singhania JHA 7.519 Shuban Saha WB 7.520 Doshi Moksh Amitbhai GUJ 7.521 Iniyan P TN 722 Nihal Sarin KER 723 Aditya Basu WB 724 Rudraksh Parida ORI 725 Aditya B Kalyani KAR 726 Pranab Kumar Patra ORI 727 Akshit Kumar J AP 728 Harshavardhan G B TN 729 Shakthi Vishal J TN 730 Tarun V Kanth TN 731 Yutesh P TN 732 Sonowal Aryan ASM 733 Aryan Abhijeet Shah MAH 734 Om Kharola DEL 735 Jain Arnavv RAJ 736 Amitansu Priyadarsan ORI 737 Lokesh Hans HAR 738 Alan Diviya Raj TN 739 Sruya Dhanush G AP 740 Aditya S S V AP 741 Kushal Kaushik Karelia MAH 742 Anshul Nigam JHA 6.543 Manoj B Kulkarni KAR 6.544 Joy Pankaj Shah GUJ 6.545 Soham Das WB 6.546 Dipanjan Chowdhury WB 6.5

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47 Ayush Pattanaik MP 6.548 Shreyas A Kulkarni KAR 6.549 Cheela Naga Sampath AP 6.550 Parsekar Anirudh GOA 6.551 Anurag Kuruvada AP 6.552 Mehta Naitik R GUJ 6.553 Adarsh Tripathi DEL 6.554 Erigaisi Arjun AP 655 Raahul V S TN 656 Gaurav Rajesh Zagade MAH 657 Shah Rishab MAH 658 Upendra R TN 659 Sharma Dushyant PUN 660 Devansh Ratti MAH 661 Samyak Dutta WB 662 Panda Sambit ORI 663 Roneet Das MAH 664 Thaker Kautilya P GUJ 665 Ayush Bhai Mehta MP 666 Prem Krishna N KER 667 Vilakshan Mehta J & K 668 Shilimkar Avanish Anil MAH 669 Anshuman Singh MP 670 Saksham Rautela UTT 671 Ambarish Sharma WB 672 Alok Sinha DEL 673 Aryan Ranjan DEL 674 Harisurya B Gundepudi AP 675 Shuvam Roy WB 676 Dhanush Ragav N TN 677 Prem Arpan Tirkey WB 678 Debanga Kalita ASM 679 Arnav Tiwari DEL 680 Mridul Agarwal DEL 681 Krishnater Kushager MAH 5.582 Gursimar Singh Arneja DEL 5.583 Dharshan P TN 5.584 Divyanga S Baruah ASM 5.585 Kabir Belgikar MAH 5.586 Patil Priyanshu MAH 5.587 Sadhwani Raunak MAH 5.588 Rishabh Jain DEL 5.589 Sahil Shetty GOA 5.5

90 Vardan Nagpal DEL 5.591 Karthik Sorikh RAJ 5.592 Sahoo Soumya Prakash ORI 5.593 Aan Sikka DEL 5.594 Rudhvi U AP 5.595 Manas Rajawat DEL 5.596 Prithu Gupta DEL 5.597 Saksham Sharma RAJ 5.598 Japman Avtar DEL 5.599 Abhishek A R KER 5.5100 Anmol Bhagat PUN 5101 Dikshant Dash ORI 5102 Nirgun Keval MAH 5103 Bhatt Harsh GUJ 5104 Dheekshith Kumar R TN 5105 Daksh Jain DEL 5106 Aadit Bhatia DEL 5107 Shourya Jain MAH 5108 Srivastava Pranjal RAJ 5109 Hridhik Bhai DEL 5110 Namann D Jain RAJ 5111 Gupta Aakarsh DEL 5112 Om Chauhan UP 5113 Hriday Goel DEL 5114 Harshit Arya HAR 5115 Anurag Kalita ASM 5116 Chirag Tayal HAR 5117 Ruhaan Mahindru MAH 5118 Akshath Sinha WB 5119 Deepanshu Khemka DEL 5120 Jain Kashish Manoj MAH 5121 Routh Utkarsh UP 5122 Garv Rai DEL 5123 Madhav Sharma DEL 5124 Anhat Singh CHD 5125 Niteesh S R PUD 5126 B Chidambaram.C TN 4.5127 Prasant N Nayagam TN 4.5128 Romok Bhattacharjee WB 4.5129 Diyan Kubadia MAH 4.5130 Bhoite Harshvardhan MAH 4.5131 Mishra Sumit UP 4.5132 Uday Bansal DEL 4.5

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133 Cyrus Chhikara HAR 4.5134 Sai Pranav Siddamshetty AP 4.5135 Kirtvir Singh DEL 4.5136 Aaryan Bhutani DEL 4.5137 Shah Jainam A GUJ 4.5138 Alex Khundongbam MAN 4.5139 Arya Nirag Shah MAH 4.5140 Arjun S PUD 4.5141 Agrawal Uttaransh GUJ 4.5142 Saaketh Ramachandra P AP 4143 Abhay Kumar BIH 4144 Mahesh Madhavan HAR 4145 Aaryan Singh UP 4146 Shishir Lamba CHD 4147 Gurman Avtar DEL 4148 Zoramthara MIZ 4149 Vodnala Bhuvan Rag AP 4150 Rupesh B Ramchandra BIH 4

National Under-11 Girls( Ranking)

1 Priyanka Nutakki AP 102 Vantika Agrawal DEL 93 Mishra Anwesha ORI 84 Salonika Saina WCM ORI 85 Ghosh Samriddhaa WB 7½6 Lakshmi C WFM TN 7½7 Divya Deshmukh WFM MAH 7½8 Fernandes Krystal WCM GOA 7½9 Adyasa Mahapatra ORI 7½10 Kaur Palkin DEL 7½11 Tejasvi M TN 7½12 Riddhi Zantye GOA 7½13 Sanskriti Goyal UP 7½14 Pooja S (2002) TN 7½15 Shyamashree Sarkar WB 716 Shah Rutvi GUJ 717 Anannya Menkudle MAH 718 Bhoite Meenakshi MAH 719 Kruthika K R TN 720 Tanya Pandey MAH 721 Parakh Niyati CHAT 722 Bommini MAkshaya AP 6½23 Pracheta Agarwal JHAR 6½

24 Arushi Kotwal J & K 6½25 Sudipa Haldar WB 6½26 Bidisha Roy JHAR 6½27 Srimathi R TN 6½28 Kiruthika B TN 6½29 Kalyani B AP 6½30 Makhija Aashna MAH 6½31 Garima Gaurav BIH 6½32 Swera Ana Braganca GOA 6½33 Khan Faiziya GOA 6½34 Jishitha D AP 635 Kanukuntla Anvitha AP 636 Arputha Jasmine B A TN 637 Bristy Mukherjee WB 638 Reshma C R TN 639 Mishra Riya UP 640 Priyanka Narayan KAR 641 Prachi Bharti KAR 642 Keerthi Bandlamudi AP 643 Yuti Mayur Patel MAH 644 Sneha Paul WB 645 Bhavya Gupta HAR 5½46 Shruti Kakar DEL 5½47 Saanya Mahesh DEL 5½48 Khandelwal Khushi MAH 5½49 Jesica DEL 5½50 Diya James KAR 5½51 Meenal Gupta J & K 5½52 Ashitha K M KER 5½53 Bhavi Bhansali CHAT 5½54 Katlamudi Vinita AP 5½55 Taanya Ss TN 5½56 Alekhya B AP 5½57 Jenny Gogoi ASM 5½58 Shah Vrushti GUJ 5½59 Navya Tayal HAR 5½60 Kriti Mayur Patel MAH 5½61 Jain Nityata MP 562 Yumkhaibam Y Devi MAN 563 Tanishka Kotia WFM HAR 564 Lasya Mayuka N AP 565 Siva Sai Sugandhi Ch AP 566 Katariya Sheel MP 5

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85 Bhushita Ahuja DEL 486 Nanditha V AP 487 Diva Zalani MP 488 Mistry Tinaz Dinkoo GUJ 489 Vanshika Sachdeva RAJ 490 Bajaj Anandamayi MAH 3½91 Manya Bagla DEL 3½92 Rajvi Dhankher DEL 3½93 Sruthi P.S KER 3½94 Zothanmawii L H MIZ 3½95 Aanya Agarwal DEL 3½96 Ashmika Modi RAJ 397 Udisha DEL 398 Abha Kumari BIH 399 Allena Khumukcham MAN 3100 Konalika Yumnam MAN 2½101 Vidhi Bhartiya DEL 1

1st Supermind All India Chandrasekhar Memorial FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2013, New Delhi….

Karthik Gopal is WinnerThe 1st Supermind All India Chandrasekhar Memorial FIDE Rated Chess Tournament for the category of Elo Rating 1999 & below held at Chandrasekhar Bhawan, ITO, New Delhi from 12th to 15th September 2013.A total number of 245 players which include 166 rated players from across India participated in this 9 round event played under FIDE’s Swiss Rules with a time control of 60 minutes each with increment of 30 second from move 1. Mr. Dilip Das of West Bengal with a rating of 1994 started as the top seed for this Rs. 3 lakh prize money tournament.

Shri. AK Verma, Hony Secretary Delhi Chess Association inaugurated the event on 12th Sep 13 by making the customary fi rst move against former veteran Nasir Ali Syed in presence of Shri. Ankur Aroa, tournament director.

The tournament saw the surge of Andhra Pradesh youngster Karthik Gopal as he recorded eight straight wins and settling for draw in the last round to clinch the title in style with eight and half points from possible nine and pocketed a cash prize of Rs. 55,000/- along with coveted trophy.

While four players with seven and half points tied for the second spot but better buchholz tie break score helped Saurav Roop of Bihar to fi nish as runner-up while Senthil Maran of Tamilnadu fi nished third. K Srikanth of Services Sports Control Board and Sa Kannan of Tamilnadu also scored seven and half points but they have to be satisfi ed with fourth

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and fi fth position respectively.Stuti Bhanot of Haryana adjudged as best women player while Lakshmi Krishna Bhusan of Andhra Pradesh, Barath Kalayan of Tamilnadu, Hemanth Ram of Tamilnadu, Samal Ansuman of Odisha, Om Kharola of Delhi, Aaryan Singh of Uttar Pradesh won the best prizes in Under-21, Under-15, Under-13, Under-11, Under-9 and Under-7 age categories respectively. Ajay Bhadoria of Madhya Pradesh fi nished best amongst unrated players. Among the visually challenged players Akhilesh Srivastava of Delhi bagged the fi rst prize while Best Veteran and Youngest participant prizes were secured by Sanjit Dutta of Daman & Diu and Konalika Yumnam of Manipur respectively.

Dr. Vijay Kumar Arora, former Additional Director General Health Service Govt of India and Vice Chancellor of Santosh Hospital gave away the prizes in a befi tting closing ceremony.

Final ranking

Rk. Name Pts.

1 Karthik Gopal G 8.52 Roop Saurav 7.53 Senthil Maran K 7.54 Srikanth K. 7.55 Sa Kannan 7.56 Srivastava Mithilesh Kumar 77 Sumit Grover 78 Aansh Gupta 79 Ramachandra Bhat 710 Manish Uniyal 711 Saurabh Anand 712 Rishabh Nishad 713 Mughaho Awomi 714 Nasir Ali Syed 6.515 Kumar Gaurav 6.516 Ashutosh Kumar 6.5

17 Vijay Anand M. 6.518 Negi D.S. 6.519 Lakshmi K Bhushan D 6.520 Chakrabarti Tamal 6.521 Singh Soram Rahul 6.522 Yashpal Arora 6.523 Barath Kalyan M 6.524 Sharma Pankaj 6.525 Bhanot Stuti 626 Hemanth Raam 627 Deepak Rai 628 Intkhab Alam 629 Kaushik Shubham 630 Sharma Manoj 631 M Tulasi Ram Kumar 632 Jaydeep Sharma 633 Sharma Avinash 634 Krishnankit Banerjee 635 Anurag 636 Rajesh Kumar Nath 637 Saranya Y 638 Shishir Kumar 639 Om Kharola 640 Devesh Mukherjee 641 Mota Pankit 642 Samal Ansuman 643 Gupta Rajesh R.S. 644 Sukhjeet Singh Sivia 645 Saket Kumar 646 Pathak Anshu Kr 647 Anustoop Biswas 5.548 Rajeev V.M. 5.549 Dilip Das 5.550 Abhinav Gola 5.551 Dev Krishan 5.552 Shegaonkar Akshay 5.553 Athish K 5.554 Ajit Kumar Saw 5.555 Sanjit Dutta 5.556 Kuldeep Kashyap 5.557 Modgil Moninder Singh 5.558 Satya Sekhar Mitra 5.559 Visanyuzo Kuotsu 5.5

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60 Sharang Sanjeev Kapoor 5.561 Balasubramanian A. 5.562 Bhadoria Ajay 5.563 Bhandari Jitendra Singh 5.564 Rishabh Jain 5.565 Baij Nath Prasad 5.566 Md Khaja Abdul Latheef S 5.567 Raghav Nohria 5.568 Lakash Gupta 5.569 Shrutarshi Ray 5.570 Milind Parle 5.571 Mulay Pratik 572 Dony K V 573 Saveson K 574 Sahil Tickoo 575 Ananya Suresh WCM 576 Avinash Chandra 577 Raja Rithvik R 578 Katiyar Prashant 579 Kaur Palkin 580 Anchit Vyas 581 Kuldeep Singh Panwar 582 Javed Ansari 583 Yumkhaibam S Singh 584 Jagat Singh Rajpoot 585 Nandan Buragohain 586 Aditya Kumar 587 Manoj Kumar Singh 588 Sparsh Bansal 589 Nehete Akshay S 590 Stuti Dewan 591 Jaskirat Singh 592 Gupta Shailendra 593 Saksham Rautela 594 Surja Enghi 595 Tiwari O P 596 Nivedan Bhardwaj 597 Aashish Payal 598 Priya Ranjan Das 4.599 Sandeep Chitkara 4.5100 Patil Samiksha 4.5101 Raja Bose 4.5102 Alok Sinha 4.5103 Kavisha S Shah 4.5

104 Manish Vatsa 4.5105 Dinesh Kumar Gupta 4.5106 Malgaonkar Bhushan 4.5107 Aaryan Singh 4.5108 Krishnater Kushager 4.5109 Mohd. Arshi Khan 4.5110 Sukul Khanna 4.5111 Subramanian T.V. 4.5112 Vishal Javakhedkar 4.5113 Anuj Saxena 4.5114 Dharmpal Khari 4.5115 Akhilesh K. Srivastava 4.5116 Ratnesh Singh 4.5117 Arnab Bhor 4.5118 Girotra Shiv 4.5119 Projnabrata Seth 4.5120 Harish Chandra Joshi 4.5

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World Champion

Viswanathan Anand, born 11 December 1969 in Madras, is the reigning World Chess Champion. Anand has won the World Chess Championship fi ve times in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012 in different formats - tournament, match and knockout. He has been World Champion continuously since 2007. By winning the 1987 World Junior in Baguio, and achieving GM norms at the Bhilwara Tournament in Delhi and the Sakthi Finance Tournament in Coimbatore Anand became India’s fi rst grandmaster in December 1987.

He was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2002, at a time when there was a rival World Championship by Kasparov’s Professional Chess Association (PCA). He became undisputed World Champion in 2007 and defended his title against Kramnik in 2008, Topalov in 2010 and Gelfand in 2012 Anand is one of six players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list, and in April 2007 at the age of 37 became, rating-wise, the World Number One for the fi rst time.

“Vishy”, as he is sometimes called by his friends outside India, burst upon the upper echelons of International chess in the early 1990s, winning tournaments like Reggio Emilia 1991, ahead of Kasparov and Karpov. Playing at such a high level did not slow down his speed of play, and he continued to play at blitz speed. At the 1986 Dubai Olympiad, GM Yasser Seirawan was twice in time trouble within the fi rst session of play against Anand, the 17-year old top board from India.

In the 1993 World Chess Championship cycle Anand entered the Candidates for the fi rst time by qualifying through the 1990 Zonal at Doha and the Interzonal in Manila. In the 1991 Candidates’ Pre-Quarter Finals, Anand was pitted against Alexei Dreev of the USSR in Chennai. Anand won the 8-game “Butterfl y” Candidates match 4½-1½.Unfortunately, Anand narrowly lost the 1991 Candidates Quarter Finals to Karpov in Brussels 3½-4½.

In the 1993 World Chess Championship cycle Anand lost his quarter-fi nal match to Anatoly Karpov. In 1994–95 players could play in two qualifying cycles, one for FIDE and the other for the rival PCA world championship. In the FIDE cycle Anand lost his quarter-fi nal match to Kamsky in Sanghi Nagar.

FIDE World Champion in 2000

Anand won the FIDE World Championship in 2000 which was held in Delhi till the semi-fi nal stage and the fi nal in Tehran. He defeated Alexei Shirov 3½–½ in a 6-game fi nal to become the fi rst Indian to win the World Chess Championship.

In the next World Championship cycle, Anand lost in the semifi nals to Ivanchuk in December 2001. He did not participate in the 2004 World Championship held in Tripoli, Libya. In the 2005 FIDE World Championship won by Veselin Topalov Anand tied for second.

Viswanathan Anand

OCTOBER 201324

World Champion 2007

In 2007 Anand became World Champion again by winning the World Championship Tournament in Mexico City. He won the double round-robin tournament a full point ahead of his closest rivals Kramnik and Gelfand. In 2000, when Anand won the FIDE World Championship, there was also the rival “Braingames” World title held by Kramnik. By 2007, the two championships had been unifi ed. So, Anand’s victory in Mexico City made him undisputed World Champion.

Anand convincingly defended the title against Kramnik in the 2008 World Championship Match (WCM) held in Bonn, Germany. The winner was the fi rst to score 6½ points in a 12-game match. Anand hit the target in 11 games, having won three of the fi rst six games, two with the black pieces. After Anand’s win, Kasparov said “A great result for Anand and for chess. Vishy deserved the win in every way and I’m very happy for him. It will not be easy for the younger generation to push him aside”. Prophetic?

World Champion 2010

The start of the 2010 match with Topalov coincided with all fl ights over western Europe grounded due to volcanic ash clouds. Anand was stranded in Germany and asked for a three-day postponement. The Bulgarians refused. Therefore, Anand embarked on a 40-hour road journey to reach Sofi a. Despite this hazardous start, Anand played well and with only one game left in a 12-game match, the score was 5½–5½. Anand won game 12 with the Black pieces to retain his World title.

Anand successfully defended his title in the WCM 2012 in Moscow against Boris Gelfand of Israel. After the match was tied 6–6, Anand won the rapid tie break 2½–1½ to remain World Champion.

World Championship 2013

Anand will now defend his title in Chennai during November against Magnus Carlsen, 21 years his junior.

Awards:

The Government awarded Anand the Padma Shri in 1988. He was the fi rst recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92, India’s highest sporting honour. In 2007, he was awarded India’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, making him the fi rst sportsperson to receive the award in Indian history. Anand has won the Chess Oscar six times – in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008.

Personal life

Anand went to Don Bosco School, in Egmore, Madras and has a B.Com degree from Loyola College, Madras. He is married to Aruna Anand and has a son, Akhil, born in 2011. Anand has been regarded as a gentleman with a reputation for refraining from political intrigues and controversies. Tall, handsome and soft-spoken, he has been a well-liked fi gure throughout the chess world for decades. He has proved that nice guys could win World Championships.

OCTOBER 201325

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, born 30 November 1990, is the No. 1 ranked player in the world. His peak rating, 2872, is the highest in history. On 26 April 2004, Carlsen became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him the second youngest Grandmaster (GM) in history at that time. Now, he is the third youngest after Parimarjan Negi and Sergei Karjakin. On 1 January 2010, at the age of 19, he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked World No 1. Based on his FIDE rankings, Carlsen qualifi ed for the 2013 Candidates Tournament, which he won, to become challenger to V Anand in the 2013 World Championship Match (WCM) in Chennai.

Known for his attacking style as a teenager, Carlsen later developed into a universal player. He does not focus much on opening preparation and plays a variety of openings, making it hard for opponents to prepare against him. His positional mastery and endgame prowess are likened to former world champions Karpov, Capablanca and Smyslov.

2006In the Norwegian Chess Championship, Carlsen tied for fi rst with Agdestein. After two draws in the initial full-length tie-break games, Carlsen won both rapid games in Round two, securing his fi rst Norwegian championship.

2007Carlsen won the Biel Grandmaster Tournament after defeating Alexander Onischuk in a fi erce tie-break match to determine the winner.

2008In the 2008 Corus tournament, Carlsen shared fi rst place with Aronian. However, at Linares, he fi nished second, behind World Champion V Anand. Carlsen was one of 21 players in the six-tournament FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2009, a qualifi er for the 2012 World Championship. In the fi rst tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, he fi nished in a 3-way tie for fi rst.

2009Carlsen won the Category 21 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament, 2½ points ahead of second-placed Topalov, the world’s highest-rated player at the time. By rating performance, this was one of the greatest results in history. Carlsen won the London Chess Classic one point ahead of Kramnik and others. For about a year, Kasparov was his personal trainer. Carlsen stated later that he learned from Kasparov the most important thing - Complex positions.

Magnus Carlsen World No.1 The Challenger

OCTOBER 201326

Based on average ratings Carlsen qualifi ed for the Candidates Tournament that would determine the challenger to Anand in the WCM 2012. However, in November 2010, he dropped a bombshell withdrawing from the Candidates expressing dissatisfaction over the frequent changes of rules by FIDE in the World Championship cycle.2010Carlsen won the Corus chess tournament in January. In May it was revealed that Carlsen had helped Anand prepare for the 2010 WCM against Topalov. Carlsen had also helped Anand prepare for the World Chess Championships in 2007 and 2008. Carlsen won the Bazna Kings Tournament in Romania in June, two points ahead of Radjabov and Gelfand. Carlsen then played in a rapid tournament, the Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament in Kristiansund, Norway, in August. The fi eld included V Anand, Judit Polgár and Jon Ludvig Hammer. In the preliminary round robin, Carlsen was second behind Anand. But, in the fi nal, Carlsen defeated Anand 1½–½ to win the championship Carlsen next won the Pearl Spring Tournament in October in Nanjing, China. This was the only tournament in 2010 to feature Anand, Carlsen and Topalov, at the time the top three players in the world. Carlsen won the London Chess Classic in December in a fi eld which included Anand and Kramnik. 2011Carlsen again won the Bazna Kings tournament, a double round robin played in Medias, Romania in June. He also won the Grand Slam Chess Final held as a double round robin with six players, in São Paulo and Bilbao during September-October. The other players were Ivanchuk, Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, and Vallejo Pons. He fi nished level with Aronian in the Tal Memorial in Moscow, a ten-player double round robin, but won on tiebreak. 2012Carlsen won the Grand Slam Chess Final, a double Round Robin with six players, in São Paulo and Bilbao. Carlsen tied with Caruana for fi rst but won both tiebreak games. He won the London Chess Classic in December for the third time. It pushed his rating to a record 2861, breaking Kasparov’s 1999 record of 2851. 2013Carlsen won the Tata Steel Tournament in January in Wijk aan Zee 1½ points ahead of second-placed Aronian. Carlsen tied for fi rst with Kramnik in the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London but came fi rst on tiebreak. Carlsen played in the 2013 Tal Memorial in June. He fi nished second, half a point behind Gelfand. He lost to Caruana but beat Anand, Kramnik and Nakamura. AwardsCarlsen won the Chess Oscars for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He has also won several different awards in Norway. In praising Carlsen, Lubomir Kavalek, called him the “Mozart of chess”.Playing styleAccording to Agdestein, Carlsen’s play in his youth was characterised by “a fearless readiness to offer material for activity”. As he matured and rose in the chess world, Carlsen realised that his playing style was hazardous against the world elite. To progress, Carlsen’s style became varied, capable of handling all sorts of positions well. As white, Carlsen has no favourite openings and makes it harder for opponents to prepare against him. His approach to openings is very much like Tal’s – to get into the middlegame where he believes he is very strong and could outplay his opponents with positional play.

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Less than two years after learning the moves, Blackburne entered the 1862 London International Tournament (the world’s fi rst chess round-robin or all-play-all tournament) and defeated Wilhelm Steinitz in their individual game, although Blackburne fi nished in 9th place. Up to that point time-keeping was measured with hourglasses, and it was Blackburne who suggested chess clocks. In the 1868-69 season he won the British championship by beating the current holder, Cecil Valentine De Vere, and he was therefore regarded as England’s best player. After losing his job and discovering that he had a special aptitude for blindfold chess, in Blackburne began give blindfold and simultaneous exhibitions all over Britain, and for most of his career made most of his income from these exhibitions, including blindfold displays against up to sixteen opponents simultaneously. He even travelled to Australia and New Zealand in 1885 to give exhibitions. The dubious chess opening the Blackburne Shilling Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?!) has been named for Blackburne because he purportedly used it to win quickly against amateurs, thus winning the shilling wagered on the game. For many years Blackburne was a chess correspondent for The Field, the UK’s leading sports journal, and held that position until his death.

In 1914, at the age of 72, Blackburne won a Special Brilliancy Prize for his win over Aron Nimzowitsch at the great St. Petersburg 1914 tournament, but failed to qualify for the fi nal stage. That same year he tied for fi rst place in the British championship with Frederick Yates, but ill health prevented him from contesting the play-off for the title. This was Blackburne’s last major tournament. However, in 1921 Blackburne was still giving simultaneous exhibitions. In 1922 his wife died. Blackburne died of a heart attack in September 1924 at the age of 82. Blackburne is an icon of Romantic chess because of his wide open and highly tactical style of play. He was especially strong at endgames and had a great combinative ability which enabled him to win many brilliancy prizes, but he will be best remembered for his popular simultaneous and lightning displays which captured the imagination of the general public who fl ocked to watch him.Mr. Blackburne’s Games at Chess, which he published in 1899, has been recently reprinted by Moravian Chess. It contains over 400 of his games, around 20 problems composed by him, and a short biography. Courtesy: Wikepedia

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Solutions to ‘Tactics from master games’ on page 391. Predke,A (2481) - Belous,V (2560) [B66]

Russian Juniors 2013 Loo RUS (8), 23.04.2013

Position after 21st move. Diagram # White to play. 22.Rh8+ Ke7 [22...Kf7 23.Bh5+ g6 (23...Ke7 24.Re8#) 24.Bxg6+ Kxg6 25.Rg8+ Kh5 (25...Kh7 26.Qh8#; 25...Kf7 26.Qg7#) 26.Qh3#] 23.Qxg7+ Rf7 24.Bh5!!+- Qf4+ [24...Ne5 25.Bxf7 Nxf7 26.Qf8+ Kd7 27.Qe8#] 25.Kb1! Bb7 26.Bxf7 Qxf7 27.Qxf7+ [27.Rh7!] 27...Kxf7 28.Rh7+ Kg6 [28...Ke8 29.g6+-] 29.Nf6 Nc5 [29...Nxf6 30.Rxb7+-; 29...Bc8 30.Nxd7 Kxh7 31.Nxb6 Rb8 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 33.Re1 Kg6 34.f4+-] 30.f4+- White won in 36 moves. There are threat s such as 31.b4 or 31. Rh6+ ffollowed by 32. Rf1 and 33. g4 combining mating threats with queening of the King side pawns. 1–0

2. Morozevich,Alexander (2760) - Topalov,Veselin (2793) [B12]

Makedonia Palace GP Thessaloniki GRE (9), 01.06.2013

Position after White’s 42nd move. Diagram # black to play. 42...Rxg3+! 43.Kxg3 Qg1+ 44.Kf3 [44.Rg2 Qe3+ 45.Kh2 Rxh4#; 44.Kh3 Rxh4#] 44...Bb6 Threatens 45.....Qg4 mate which cannot be prevented by any reasonable means. 0–1

3 . C h e p a r i n o v , I v a n ( 2 6 7 8 ) - Kobalia,Mikhail (2651) [D12]

FIDE World Rapid Ch Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (2.10), 06.06.2013

Position after 30th move. Diagram # White to play. 31.e7!+- Rxd1+ [31...Nxe3

32.Ne6+ Kb8 (32...Kc8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.exd8Q#) 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.exd8Q+ Nc8 35.Qxa5+-] 32.Rxd1 Nxe3 33.Ne6+ Kb8 34.exf8Q+ Nc8 35.Qc5+- 1–0

4. Ivanchuk,Vassily (2753) Giri,Anish (2734) [D43]

26th Leon Masters g5 Leon ESP (10), 09.06.2013

Position aftr 37th move. Diagram # White to play. 38.g5+! Kxg5 39.Rg1+ Kh5 [39...Ng4 40.f3+-] 40.Ng6 Threatening both 41. Nxe7 and 41.Nf4 mate 40...Ng8 41.Nf4+ [41.Nf4+ Kh6 42.Rg6+ Kh7 43.Rxd6+-] 1–0

5.Fedorov,Alex (2591)

Ozolin,M (2387) [E97]

35th Nezhmetdinov Cup Kazan RUS (1.44), 31.05.2013

Position after White’s 19th move.Diagram # Black to play. 19...Ng3+! 20.hxg3 Nf5! 21.exf5 [21.Nf1 Nxg3+ 22.Nxg3 Qh4#] 21...Qg5 22.Nf1 Qh6+ 23.Nh2 fxg3 0–1

6.Denisov,L (2368)

Ibragimov,I (2571) [C00]

35th Nezhmetdinov Cup Kazan RUS (5.16), 04.06.2013

Position after White’s 21st move. Diagram # Black to play. 21...Nfd4! 22.cxd4 [22.Qd1 Nf3+ 23.Kh1 Nxd2+ 24.Kg1 Nxb1+-] 22...Nxd4 23.Qd1 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Nxd2+ 25.Kg1 Nxb1 26.Qxb1 e4 27.b3 [27.gxf4 Qxf4 28.Nce3 Bd4 29.Nxd5 Bxf2+ 30.Kh1 Qf3+ 31.Bg2 Qxe2–+] 27...fxg3 28.Nxg3 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 [29.Rxf2 Qxg3+–+] 29...Qf4+ [29...Qf4+ 30.Kg2 (30.Kg1 Qxg3++-) 30...exd3+–+] 0–1

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Solutions to ‘Test your endgame’ on page 40 1.G Kasparyan Sakkelet 1995White to play and draw1.a6 Rb5+ 2.Kxa7 Kf3/i 3.h4 Ke4 4.h5 Kd5 5.h6 Kc6 6.h7 Rh57.h8Q Rxh8 stalemate.i) Kh3 3.Ka8 Kg4 4.h4/ii Kf5 5.h5 Ke6 6.h6 Kd7.ii) But not 4.a7? Kf5 5.h4 Ke6 6.h5 Kd7 7.h6 Kc7 8.h7 Rh5 9.h8QRxh8 mate.2. Richard Reti“Shakhmatny Listok” 1927White to move and win1 Kd7 Rh8 2 Kd6 Kc4 3 c6 bxc6 4 Ke5 Kc5 5 Ke6/i and wins.i) 5 Kf6 Kd6 6 Kg7 Ke7 =3. Y. Afek ,2 HM,Sachove, 1973 White to play and win1 e5! Bxe5 2 Ke4 Ne6! 3 Kxe5 Nf8!/i 4 h8N! Kc5 5 Kf6 Kd6 6Nf7+ Kc7 7 Ne5 Nh7+! 8 Ke7!! Ng5 9 Bf5. It is zugzwang, so theKnight is lost.i) 3...Ng5 loses at once to 4 h8N followed by Kf54.J.Desensky,Comm, Moravskoslez skysach1995-6 (v)Z.LibsWhite to play and win1.Bf3 Kxf3 2.a7 Nc7/i 3.Bxc7h1Q 4.a8B+/ii Kg4 5.Bxh1.i) Nc5 3.a8Q+ Ne4 4.Kf5. ii) 4.a8Q+? Kg4 and either 5.Qxhl draw, or 5.Qa4+ Kh3 6.Qb3+Kg2, or 5.Qc8+ Kf3 6.Qb7+ Kg4 7.Qb4+ Kh3. “Underpromotionto avoid stalemate.”

5. A.A. Troitzky 1895White to play and win1 h6!/i gxh6 2 c3 Qxf4/ii 3 g3 and the Queen is lost.i) A preparatory move, blocking this square for Black’s Queen. ii)The Queen has no other retreat (domination over 26 squares).

6.M.S. Liburkin, 1931White to play and win

1 Nc1! Rd5+/i 2 Kc2!/ii Rc5+ 3 Kd3!!/iii Rxb5/iv 4 c7 Rb8/v 5 cxb8B! and wins.

i) 1...Rxb5 is to be met by 2 c7 Rd5+ 3 Nd3!! And this driving-on sacrifi ce helps White to achieve the former winning position without loss of time: 3...Rxd3+ 4 Kc2! (4...Rd4 5 c8R! Ra4 6 Kb3). We have already seen this. But how to proceed now?

ii) 2 Ke2? won’t work on account of 3 c7 Re5+ and 4...Re8. Nor is the knight sacrifi ce any better for: 2 Nd3? Rxd3+ 3 Ke2 Rc3 and 4...Rc5! Or 3 Kc2 Rd5! etc. There is only one solution left.

iii) This interpolation is much more cunning that one might fi rst think. Doubtless it is not easy to notice that the natural 3 Kd2 can be parried by 3...Rxb5 4 c7 Rb2+ 5 Kd1 Rc2!! And after 6 Kxc2 Black is stalemated; otherwise the rook can capture the pawn.

iv) It is not much better to take the knight since after the continuation 3...Rxc1 4 Kd4! Ka2 5 Kd5 Ka3 6 b6 the united passed pawns would easily win against the rook.

v) The last stalemate attempt! Now

the careless 5 cxb8R or 5 cxb8Q would lead to stalemate again, and after 5 cxb8N the two knights would be powerless against the king. By good luck there is a fourth way of capturing the rook...

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Solution to “Puzzle of the month” on Page 16 : Shift the BPg3 to f4 and add a WPg2. Now the last moves (the last four half-moves) before the given position were:- (1)...Sg4-e5+ (discovered check) (2) g2-g4 f4xg3 e.p. + (double check) (3) Kf5xe5

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