While Deepak labors away to get to the plus side of the scores, other things of interest have happened. Deepak’s opponent from round one has taken the lead with two wins. The other 2600+ Grandmasters have not had smooth sailing; the top rated player, Maxim Matiakov, 2639 was held to a draw by V A V Rajesh of India in the first round, and the second seeded player, Sanan Sjugirov, 2632 was defeated by FM Nicolai Getz, 2385. The official US entrant, GM Ray Robson, 2560 was held to a draw in the second round by IM Firat Burak, 2373. It is always well to keep in mind these are young players, who can tell which is breaking through to a new high level of understanding and who is just having a bad day.
Here is the round two loss by Sjugirov:
FM Getz, Nicolia (2385) - GM Sjugirov, Sanan (2639) [D38]
50th World Junior Ch Chennai, India (2), 03.08.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.0–0–0 0–0 10.e4 dxe4 11.Bc4 Qc7 [11...Qd7] 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxb4 Nc6 14.Qa4 Nd7 15.Be3 Nb6 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Bxe6 Nxb3+ 19.Bxb3 Rad8 20.Kb1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qxh2 22.g3 Qh5 23.Nxe4 Qf5 24.Bc2 Rc8 25.Nc3 Qe6 26.Bb3 Qf5+ 27.Ka1 b5 28.Nd5 Qe4 29.a3 h5 30.Ka2 h4 31.Rd4 Qe5 32.Rxh4 Rd8 33.Bd4 Qg5 34.Be3 Qe5 35.Rd4 b4 36.Rd2 bxa3 37.Bf4 [37.bxa3] 37...Qe8 38.bxa3 Qf8 39.Rc2 Ra8 40.Bc1 Qd6 41.Bb2 Rd8 42.f4 Re8 43.g4 Qg6 44.f5 Qd6 45.g5 Kf8 46.Bc3 Kg8 47.Bb2 Kf8 48.Bc3 1–0
Today in round three Deepak Aaron back another step with a defeat by Dutta Debashish. 2127 of India:
Aaron, Deepak(2288) - Debashish, Dutta (2127) [B35]
50th World Junior Chennai, India, 04.08.2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3,..
Very much mainstream theory. Rybka labels this the Accelerated Dragon, main line. Some very impressive names have played the White side; Fischer and Tal in the 1960s right down to Magnus Carlsen in 2006.
8..., a5
Known but not the first choice among the elite. They like 8..., d6. Here is a game in which an up-and-coming Topalov defeats Bent Larsen to illustrate one way to play against the text:
Topalov, Veselin (2460) - Larsen, Bent (2535) [B35]
Mesa op Mesa, 1992
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 Ng4 10.Qxg4 Nxd4 11.Qh4 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Ra6 13.0–0 Re6 14.Rfe1 b6 15.Bh6 Bb7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Re3 f5 18.Rae1 fxe4 19.Nxe4 h6 20.Nd2 Rxe3 21.Qd4+ e5 22.Qxe3 d6 23.Nc4 Rf4 24.Rd1 Re4 25.Qc3 Qg5 26.g3 Rd4 27.Rxd4 exd4 28.Qxd4+ Kh7 29.Ne3 Qe7 30.f4 h5 31.Kf2 Qe6 32.Qc4 Qd7 33.Ke1 Bc6 34.Kd2 b5 35.axb5 Bxb5 36.Qd5 a4 37.bxa4 Bc4 38.Nxc4 Qh3 39.Qh1 Qe6 40.Qb7+ Kg8 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qa7+ 1–0
9.0–0 d6
Also possible is 9..., a4 10 Nxa4 Nxe4 11 Nb5 d6.
10.h3 Bd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.Qd2 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe3,..
This move could be called a “time waster”. The obvious threat; 15 Bb6, is easily met. What is accomplished is the dark squared Bishops are traded. I don’t know if that is good or bad for White. My suspicion is the Bb3 is not as good as the Bc6, so the trade helps Black. A suggested improvement is 14 Rad1, continuing to get the entire White army on active posts before undertaking any action.
14..., Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rad1 Qb6
Black has equalized the game. White either trades Queens or he will have to worry about the Bb3 and the b2 square.
17.Qg5 f6 18.Qg4 Nc5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rc7
The result of White’s choice is; the Bb3 is the worse minor piece on the board, but he can put considerable pressure on e7. Rybka says Black is a little bit better here.
21.Qf3!?,..
Agreeing to some damage being done to his Q-side pawns. This could have been prevented with 21 Qd4.
21..., Rf7 22.Rfe1 Nxb3 23.cxb3 Rc2 24.Re3 Rxb2 25.Rde1 Qc7
Black picks up a pawn, but this extra “button” is no picture of glowing health. It is a target on the open e-file, and White piles all his heavy pieces on the file.
26.Re6 Rc2 27.R1e3 Rc5 28.h4,..
Following Botvinnik’s prescription; after piling on the weak pawn and tying down the opponent’s pieces, try to open a second front and produce a weakness there. Unfortunately for White, the weakness induced is just not enough to sway the balance, and Black can apply the same principle.
28..., b5
The principle of two weaknesses cuts both ways. Black plays to worry White about his d and a-pawns.
29.h5 bxa4 30.hxg6?!,..
Keeping tension in the game with 30 bxa4 Qb7 31 Qe2 Kf8 32 h6, and the disadvantage is minimized may be better.
30..., hxg6 31.Qe4?,..
White apparently did not care for the position after 31 bxa4 Qb7. He gambles rather than accept an inferior position.
31...,Rc1+
Also good is 31..., a3 32 Qa4 Rxd5 33 Qxa3 Qc2; and Black is close to winning.
32.Kh2 Qc2 33.Qg4 Qd1
Everything is about the pawn formations left after trades of the Queens and a pair of Rooks. White avoids the Queen trade and is quickly mated by the active Black heavy pieces. The mating possibilities should have motivated the Queen trade.
34.Qxa4? Qh1+ 35.Kg3 Rg1 36.Qe4?,..
Superior but hardly enough to save the game is; 36 Kf3, then 36..., Qxg2+ 37 Ke2 Qxd5 38 b4 Qc4+; and Black has too many pawns in the long run. Nevertheless, this line holds some hope for White; Black would have to stay alert with all the major pieces on the board and calculate accurately. After the game move, Black needs only to seeing clearly for a move of two to end the party.
36..., f5 37.Qd4+ Kf8 38.Rf3,..
Stepping into destruction. Stringing things out a bit with 38 Kf3 Qh5+ 39 Kg3 Rh7 40 Rd3 Qh6+ delays the inevitable but can not change the result. The clock may have been a problem for White considering the number of moves played. A painful loss Deepak but it was a pretty finish.
38..., f4+ 1-0
Note when I published this post first in the early afternoon I had the colors reversed and thought Deepak took the point. Double checking an hour later I found my blunder and corrected it.
More tomorrow.
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