Deepak Aaron got to a fifty percent score with a win from Soares of Angola today. Once again there were moments in the game when Mr. Aaron was in some trouble. Resourceful play in a poor position, and with some help from his opponent, Deepak was able to prevail. Reaching a 3 - 3 score won for him his first titled opposition since round one, IM Bhuvanesh R Ramnath, 2422 of India in round seven. Tomorrow, Monday is a rest day. Round seven will take place on Tuesday.
Soares, Erikson R M (2181) - Aaron, Deepak (2288) [D11]
50th World Junior Championship, Chennai, India, 07.08.2011
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3,..
A position that can arise from the English or the Catalan as well as the Slav.
6..., Bb4?!
Not a completely new move but one not found in many games. More usual are; 6..., Be7; and h6.
7.Qb3 a5 8.c5!?,..
As for Black in some variations of the French, pushing the c-pawn does not always work out well. Rybka suggests 8 0-0, 8 a3, and 8 Nh4, as better alternatives for White.
8..., Nbd7 9.0–0 b6 10.cxb6 c5?
Too risky by far. Better 10..., Qxb6 11 Bf4 0-0; equalizing.
11.Nh4 c4 12.Qa4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxb6
Standard in this kind of position is 13..., Bg4; threatening to capture on c3 and then on e2. The text leads to a game with two Knights battling the Bishop pair. Worse is the lack of aggressive, safe posts for the Knights and things are made more difficult by the inability of Black to castle soon.
14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Ba3 Rb8 16.Qc2?!,..
Not outright bad but the move shows a that some doubts have crept into Soares’ mind. The natural continuation is; 16 Rfb1, then 16..., Qc7 17 Rxb8+ Qxb8 18 Qxa5, collects a pawn and cements a plus close to winning. If Black tries to vary with say 16..., Qxb1+; White obtains an overwhelming position after; 17 Rxb1+ Rxb1+ 18 Bf1 Rg8 19 Qc6 Rb8 20 Bd6 Rd8 21 Bg2.
16..., g6 17.Rab1 Qc6
Black is still worse, but he has begun to get things organized for defense.
18.Rxb8+ Nxb8 19.Rb1 Na6 20.Bc5?!,..
One more doubtful move lets pass an opportunity. Taking command of the b-file with 20 Rb2, and 21 Qb1, better. Exposing the Bishop keeping the Black King in difficulties to a trade is poor technique.
20..., Nd7 21.Qb2 Naxc5 22.dxc5 0–0
The Black King is away and safe from sudden shocks. White certainly still has some advantage but not nearly as much as he could have had.
23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Qb7 Qxb7 25.Rxb7 Nxc5 26.Rc7 Ne6 27.Rc6 Rd8
Resourceful as always Deepak has equalized.
28.e3 a4 29.Ra6 Nc5 30.Ra5 Nd3!?
Going into the Rook and pawn endings with 30..., Ne4; might be the best objective choice. Here typically our young master prefers to keep material on the board to increase the chances winning. White goes for the standard tactics when a Rook and light squared Bishop are in the White forces; counter-play against f7.
31.Bxd5 Nb2 32.Rb5 Nd1 33.Bxc4 Nxc3 34.Rb7 Kg7 35.Rxf7+ Kh6
White has an extra pawn for the moment. Black has the chance for active piece play.
36.Rc7,..
Either 36 Ra7, or 36 h4, may be better choices.
36..., Ne4 37.f3?,..
Too routine. Black is now thinking of setting up the mechanism of a Rook on the second and a Knight on the third, something that can make the White King extremely uncomfortable. White should try 37 g4, a slightly unusual looking thrust that has good chances to keep things equal.
37..., Rd1+ 38.Kg2 Rd2+ 39.Kg1 Ng5 40.f4 Nf3+ 41.Kf1 Nxh2+ 42.Kg1 Nf3+ 43.Kf1 Rc2!
Alertness to tactical possibilities pays off
44.Rc6 Nd2+
Also possible is 44..., Rxc4 45 Rxc4 Nd2+; winning a piece.
45.Ke2 0–1
And White resigns because 45..., Nxc4+ 46 Kd3 Ne5+; wins a Rook. A couple of times Mr. Aaron has gotten himself into trouble only to rescue a result by being tactically alert. If he continues the pattern the titled players he will be facing are less likely to offer opportunities to claw back from the brink of defeat. That may mean a result poorer than it might be for this event.
On the top board, the Italian IM Axel Rombaldoni with the Black pieces continued his winning ways defeating the Polish IM Kacper Piorun 2514. This puts him in clear first place at 6 - 0. Following a point back are; German IM Niclas Huschenbeth, 2521, Armenian GM Samuel Ter-Sahakyan, 2558, and the surprise of the event so far; Indian FM Koushik Girish, 2309. Rombaldoni plays Ter-Sahakyan in round seven.
GM Ray Robson won his sixth round game from Indian IM Nitin, 2365 bringing him to 4 ½ - 1 ½. This result puts Robson in a tie for 6th through 11th place. He is paired with GM Rasulov of Armenia in the next round.
Here is Rombaldoni’s win from round six:
Piorun, Kacper (2514) - Rombaldoni, Axel (2459) [D91]
50th Workd Junior Ch Chennai, India, 07.08.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qxd5
One of the many variations of the Grunfeld Defense. It has the basic traits of the Grunfeld; Black has a two to one pawn majority on the Q-side and pressure down the long a1-h8 diagonal. White has a lead in development.
10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Be2 e5!?
A bold decision to open the game up before his King is safely away from the middle of the board. The safer alternative is 11..., 0-0; but it is less enterprising.
12.dxe5 Qa5+ 13.Nd2 Nxe5 14.0–0 0–0 15.Nb3 Qa3 16.Nd4 a6 17.Qc1 Qa5
The balance has been maintained so far, but White is not out of the woods yet. Defending the a-pawn and securing the Ra1 from nasty shocks arising out of some discovered attack occupy the attention of White leaving Black with the initiative.
18.Qb2 Re8 19.a4 Be6
The Bishop is immune to capture because 20 Nxe6, is fatally answered by 20..., Nf6+. The b-pawn is on offer. There seems to be no better choice for White than to take it.
20.Qxb7 Bd5 21.Nb3 Bxb3 22.Qxb3 Rab8 23.Qa3 Rb4
The last operation by Black has a point; converting the two to one pawn majority to a single outside passed pawn.
24.Bg3 Nc4 25.Bc7?!,..
GM Piorun elects to play for the advantage. The position after; 25 Bxc4 Rxc4 26 Qd3 Rxa4 27 Rab1, is level for the moment. In this position Black will try to mobilize his a-pawn by getting his Queen and Rook out of the way and advance the pawn with the Bg7 in support. White will have to find some way to blockade the a-pawn while also finding threats to slow Black’s reorganization of his forces. GM Piorun must not care for such methods and tries a a more active approach. It loses material. Piorun may have thought it possible to find a blockade for the a-pawn even when down the Exchange reasoning reduced material will help him to do so.
25..., Nxa3 26.Bxa5 Rxa4 27.Bd2 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Rb8 29.Bd1 Rc4 30.Kf1 Nb1 31.Ke1 Nxd2 32.Kxd2 Rb2+ 33.Ke1 Rc6 34.Be2 Rcc2
Doing what endgame theory tells us to do; extra material, or passed pawns that are not yet too far advanced can be offered up to convert one kind of advantage to another more telling advantage. In this case Black will massacre the White K-side leaving the makings of a trivial sort of win in a pure pawn endgame
35.Bxa6,..
The threat on e2 leaves no other choice.
35..., Rxf2 0–1
If White looks for a standard kind of counter-play with 36 Bc4, then 36..., Rxg2 37 h3 Rg3 38 h4 Rg1+ 39 Bf1 Rh1; and all Black needs to do is engineer the trade of his two Rooks for the White Bishop and Rook. That is not hard to do in such an open position. If White attempts a purely defensive approach with 36 Bf1, Black simply takes what offered with 36..., Rfc2; and White has few active moves left to play. After 37 Kd1 Kg7 38 h3 Rc3 39 Be2 Rxe3 40 Bf3 Re7 41 Ra8 Rd7+ 42 Kc1 Rf2 43 Ra5 Rdd2 44 Ra7 Ra2; forces the Bishop versus Rook endgame where Black has no problem bringing up his King to enter on the dark squares on the K-side and wins the game.
More in a day or two.
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