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WJCC 10: Kane and Abel - II

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 19/08/2016

The USA's GM Jeffrey Xiong (2633) faced Polish IM GM Nasuta Grzegorz (2442) in the tenth round. He did manage to convert easily and now leads the tournament with a monstrous 8.5/10, a full point ahead of second placed GM Vladislav Artemiev. Check out how it came to pass in our illustrated report.

WJCC 10: Kane and Abel - II

'She only stopped screaming when she died. It was then that he started to scream.'

 

For the main report, scroll below.


 

18 April 1906: In Boston, a baby boy is born who is the heir to the Kane & Cabot Bank. In Poland, in a forest, another baby boy is born to a woman who dies immediately after giving birth.

 

William Lowell Kane is a wealthy and powerful Boston Brahmin while Abel Rosnovski (originally named Wladek Koskiewicz) is a Pole who was born in a situation of great poverty and eventually migrated to the United States.

 

William follows the steps of his father, Richard Kane, to become a successful banker. When William was still a child, Richard dies in the Titanic disaster, leaving William fatherless and heir to the Kane & Cabot bank. William displays extraordinary discipline and intelligence as a young man at St. Paul's School and later at Harvard. His mother, Anne, marries Henry Osborne, who turns out to be interested in gambling and women. William hates Henry from the beginning and spends most of the time at Harvard and at his best friend Mathew Lester's home. William dreams of becoming the chairman of Lester's bank one day. Henry spends every last penny of Kane's mother's money on the pretext of speculation, while she dies in a miscarriage. Kane throws Henry out of his home.

 

Wladek Koskiewicz is born in a forest and raised by a trapper family. When he grows up and is found to have exceptional intelligence, Baron Rosnovski asks him to become a companion to his son Leon so Wladek might prove to be a competition to him. Wladek agrees to go to the Baron's castle on the condition that he can bring along his elder sister Florentyna. Soon afterwards, World War I breaks out. Germans attack Poland and capture the Baron, his staff and son in his castle. Leon dies by the hand of a soldier. Before dying, the Baron hands him his silver band of authority. Wladek realises that the Baron was his father when he finds that, like him, the Baron too had a missing nipple. Florentyna is killed in front of young Wladek by Russian soldiers.

 

Read the complete plot here.


Kane and Abel end up facing each other many times in the story, without really knowing that they are facing each other. I could not help but think about the story...

...when USA's GM Jeffrey Xiong (2633) faced Polish IM GM Nasuta Grzegorz (2442) in the tenth round.

White had a classical and good position, but timely exchanges meant that the Pole was left with good defensive chances. They eventually landed in a minor pieces endgame, where Xiong converted.

[Event "World Junior Chess Championship 2016"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1985"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:08"]
[BlackClock "0:01:34"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nd2 Qc8 12. Nde4 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Nc5 Qc8
15. b4 Nd7 16. Nb3 e6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Rc1 c6 19. e4 Qc7 20. Bg5 Rad8 21. Qe2
Qb8 22. Rfd1 h6 23. Be3 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. f3 b6 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. b5 Qd8 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Qc4 Rd7 33. a4 Qa3 34. Nd2 Kh7
35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Qxc7 Qxa4 37. Qxf7 Qxb5 38. Qxa7 Nd7 39. Qa2 Qc6 40. Qc4 Qxc4
41. Nxc4 b5 42. Nd6 b4 43. Ke2 Bf8 44. Nc4 Kg7 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Nb2 Bc5 47. Nd1
Bxe3 48. Nxe3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Nb8 50. Kb5 b3 51. Nc4 Kf6 52. Nd2 b2 53. Kc4 Nc6 54.
Kc3 Nd4 55. Kxb2 g5 56. Kc3 h5 57. Kc4 Nc6 58. Kd5 Nb4+ 59. Kd6 Nd3 60. Nc4 g4
61. fxg4 hxg4 62. Ne3 Kg5 63. Ke6 Ne1 64. Kxe5 Nf3+ 65. Kd6 Nxh2 66. e5 Nf3 67.
e6 1-0

Jeffrey beat the Grzegorz to cement his position at the top of the table.

With 8.5/10, he now leads by a full point over Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev. Will he be able to maintain the crown upon his head? Only time can tell. Meanwhile, the second board game between Xu Yinlung and Bozidar Ivekovic ended in a draw. 

Artemiev scored a victory, too, to reach 7.5/10. He managed to beat Georgian Irakli Beradze with the white pieces as well.

White to play

What is the best way for white, which also is thematic in such positions? 

[Event "World Junior Chess Championship 2016"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Beradze, Irakli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1155"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:02"]
[BlackClock "0:00:39"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Bb1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. Bh4 Qf4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. d5 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Ba2 Kf8 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nb5 Ba6 25. Bc4 Bf6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27.
g3 Qb8 28. Nd4 Bc8 29. Bb5 1-0
Iran No. 1 Parham Maghsoodloo managed to put it across India's National Champion GM Murali Karthikeyan.

Parham played a beautifully conducted game with the black pieces. Now, time for some prophylaxis.

Black to play: What would you have played had you been in Maghsoodloo's place, with the black pieces? Do you see what exactly white is planning, and how precisely to stop it?
[Event "World Junior Chess Championship 2016"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2016.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+950"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:25"]
[BlackClock "0:02:26"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nh4 e5 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. f5 b5 11. Qe1 Bf8 12. h3 Be7 13. Qf2 Rg8 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
g4 Rg7 $1 (15... a5 16. g5 $1 $18) (15... Rf8 16. Nf3 a5 17. Bh6 $14) 16. Nf3 (
16. g5 Nh7 $17) 16... Nc5 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Ba6 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21.
Bxg5 Nd7 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Rfd1 Bh4 24. Qf3 Ne6 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 c5 27. d4
cxd4 28. cxd4 Ng5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Rac1 Kf8 31. Rc6 Bxe2 32. Qxe2 exd4 33.
Rxd4 Bg3 34. Rd5 Be5 35. Qd2 Qh4 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qc2 Kg8 38. a6 Rb8 39. Rc8+
Rxc8 40. Qxc8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Qh4 42. Qb1 Qg3 43. Rd3 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 f6 45. Qc1 d5
46. Rxd5 Bf4 47. Qc3 Be5 48. Qd2 Bc7 49. Bf3 Qxh3+ 50. Qg2 Qh6 51. g5 fxg5 52.
Qxg5 Qh3+ 53. Qg2 Qe6 54. Qg4 Qxa6+ 55. Kg2 Rf7 56. Rd7 Qa2+ 57. Be2 Kg7 58.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 59. Bd1 a5 60. Bc2 Be5 61. Qd1 Qf4 62. Qd3 Kh6 63. Bd1 Bc7 64. Bc2
Qh2+ 65. Kf1 Bb6 66. Qf3 Bd4 67. Bd1 Qg1+ 68. Ke2 Kg5 69. Kd3 Be5 70. Kc4 Qd4+
71. Kb5 Qb4+ 72. Ka6 Qc4+ 73. Kb6 Qb4+ 74. Ka6 a4 75. Qg4+ Kf6 76. Qh4+ Kg7 77.
Qg5 Qc4+ 78. Kb6 Qe6+ 79. Kc5 a3 80. Bb3 Bd6+ 81. Kc6 Qxb3 82. Kxd6 Qb6+ 83.
Kd7 Qa7+ 84. Ke6 Qf7+ 85. Kd6 a2 0-1

 

Thus, Yinlung, Parham, and Ivekovic now follow Xiong and Artemiev on 7.0/10.

There was an upset on the sixth board as IM Christoph Menezes defeated the third-seeded Russian Kirill Alekseenko.

Standings after Round 10:

Rank   Name IRtg Club Type Pts Res. BH. BH. BL Vict
1 GM Xiong Jeffery 2633 USA U16 0 57½ 62 5 7
2 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2665 RUS U18 0 54 58 4 6
3   Maghsoodloo Parham 2576 IRI U16 7 0 57½ 61½ 5 5
4   Xu Yinglun 2516 CHN U20 7 0 57½ 61½ 5 4
5 IM Nasuta Grzegorz 2442 POL U20 7 0 54 58 6 5
6   Ivekovic Bozidar 2351 CRO U20 7 0 52 55 4 6
7 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2543 IND U18 0 57 62 5 4
8 IM Svane Rasmus 2546 GER U20 0 54½ 59 5 4
9 IM Menezes Christoph 2408 AUT U20 0 54½ 58 4 5
10 IM Mosadeghpour Masoud 2437 IRI U20 0 52½ 56 5 4

Complete Standings


 

In the girls' section, the top board game between WIM Alina Bivol and IM Andrea Rodriguez ended in a tied result.

However, WIM Frayna Janelle Mae beat...

...WIM Michelle Catherina.

Thus, Frayna walked into the sole lead with 8.0/10. She is half a point ahead of Alina Bivol.

[Event "World Junior Girls Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Black "Michelle Catherina, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. c5 Nh5 17. Be3 g6 18. b4 Ng7 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra5 Bd8
22. Ra3 Nf5 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Bh3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Ra8 26. Rda1 Qb7 27. Bf1 Rxa3 28.
Rxa3 Rb8 29. Ra5 Bd8 30. Ra3 Bf6 31. Ra5 Bd8 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Qd1 Bg5 34. Kf2
Qc8 35. Ra7 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Qxa8 37. Bxb5 Bxb5 38. Nxb5 Qa2+ 39. Qe2 Qb1 40. c6
Qf5+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Qb1 43. c7 Qc1 44. Nd6 Qc6 45. c8=Q Qxd6 46. b5 Bd8
47. Qc6 Qb4 48. Qd7 Bf6 49. Qc6 Bd8 50. Qd7 Bf6 51. Qc7 h5 52. b6 Qb1 53. Kg2
h4 54. gxh4 Qe4+ 55. Qf3 1-0

 

WFM Vaishali R. (2284) defeated WIM Dinara Dordzhieva (2304), who suffered her second consecutive defeat to reach a bevy pursuing the leaders at third place with 7.0/10.
[Event "World Junior Girls Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vaishali, R."]
[Black "Dordzhieva, Dinara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Qb4 Bc6
15. Bb6 dxe5 16. Qa5 Qc8 17. fxe5 f5 18. Rf4 g6 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. Rd1 Ng7 21. Bc7
Qe8 22. Bd6 Rc8 23. Qb4 Rf7 24. Kg1 Bg5 25. Qc5 Bd7 26. Qb6 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Bc6
28. b4 Bxa4 29. Nxa4 Qxa4 30. Bc5 Qe8 31. Rd3 Rd7 32. b5 Rxd3 33. Bxd3 axb5 34.
Qxb7 Bf4 35. Bd6 b4 36. Qxb4 Be3+ 37. Kf1 Qa8 38. c4 Qa1+ 39. Ke2 Ba7 40. c5
Qa2+ 41. Kf1 Qd5 42. Qc4 Qb7 43. Qb5 Qd5 44. Qc4 Qb7 45. h3 h6 46. Bc2 Qb2 47.
Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qe3 49. Bd1 Kh7 50. Bf3 Ne8 51. Qa4 Bxc5 52. Bxc5 Qxc5 53.
Qxe8 Qxe5+ 54. Kg1 Qd4+ 55. Kh1 Qa1+ 56. Kh2 Qe5+ 57. g3 Kg7 58. Qd7+ Kf6 59.
Qd2 Kg7 60. h4 Qc5 61. Bd1 Qb5 62. h5 gxh5 63. Bxh5 Qb7 64. Qd4+ Kh7 65. Qf6
Qg7 66. Qxe6 Qg5 67. Qf7+ Kh8 68. Bg6 1-0

 


Standings after Round 09:

Rank   Name   IRtg Club Type Pts Res. BH. BH. BL Vict
1 WIM Frayna Janelle Mae F 2292 PHI U20 8 0 57 61½ 5 6
2 WIM Bivol Alina F 2362 RUS U20 0 58½ 63½ 5 6
3 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv F 2151 IND U20 7 0 57½ 62 5 5
4 WGM Saduakassova Dinara F 2423 KAZ U20 7 0 57½ 61 5 4
5 IM Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea F 2321 COL U20 7 0 55½ 60 6 6
6 WGM Buksa Nataliya F 2261 UKR U20 7 0 53 56½ 4 6
7 WIM Vaishali R F 2284 IND U16 7 0 51 54½ 4 6

Complete Standings


Pairings for Round 10:

Open

Girls

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