World Teams R06: Deadlock with Turkey
It was a thrilling round against Turkey. The Indian team was so close to winning. However, in the end it was just a draw with one win exchanged and two draws. Sasikiran was our man of the match as he defeated Emre Can. Adhiban lost to Yilmaz. Negi was close to winning, but blundered and very nearly lost. In the end he and Vidit drew. In the women's section Indians were beaten comprehensively by the Russians with a score of 3-1. In this report we have game analysis of all the eight encounters and an important lesson on the rule of Photographic draw.
Photos by Anastasiya Balakhontseva
Indian men draw Turkey 2-2, women lose to Russia 3-1
It was a real edge of the seat action at the sixth round of the World Teams 2017 for Indian fans. It was as if the unstoppable force was going to meet an immovable object. India with its last three consecutive wins were in great form. On the other hand Turkey had not lost even a single game, leave alone match. In that sense it was going to be an exciting match up. Rating wise India was the favourite, and until a certain point it seemed as if victory was ours! However, some last minute errors and the match was drawn.
Vidit has held the first board pretty well. But he has not been able to breakthrough his opponent's defences. After the first round win against Wojtaszek, his next five games were all drawn.
Vidit was surprised in the opening by Dragan Solak, as the Indian consumed a lot of time. Not something that we are accustomed to from Vidit, who is usually excellently prepared. Solak, like he has been doing in the tournament, kept making strong moves and was able to get a fine position. Before things went out of hand, Vidit made a smart move and offered a draw.
In a team tournament accepting a draw is as much a coach's decision as it is of the player. Krasenkow has a look at the position, while Vidit is trying to figure out where the Polish trainer is going to let Dragan accept the draw or not!
[Event "11th World Teams 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 $5 {I think Vidit was
perhaps surprised by Dragan choosing this line.} 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O {Black doesn't have the centre but he has been
able to develop both his bishops and knights and castled. I think he has
equalized out of the opening.} 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O Bxf3 $1 {A typical exchange.
} 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Kh1 f5 {is not something that a player like Vidit
would like to indulge in.}) 13... e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 {If White can
get in f4 and e5 he would be better, but that's just not possible.} Neg4 $1 16.
Bc1 Qe5 17. g3 Qh5 18. h4 Qc5 {The queen and the knight have created
weaknesses in a way that the g4 square has become an outpost for the knight.}
19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Bf4 h5 21. Bg5 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Re8 23. Bf3 b5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25.
Rc1 {Overall it seems like a wise decision by Vidit to offer a draw at this
point as Black never had a problem in the game, and will never have one. A
good game by Solak.} 1/2-1/2
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 $5 {I think Vidit was
perhaps surprised by Dragan choosing this line.} 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Be2 O-O {Black doesn't have the centre but he has been
able to develop both his bishops and knights and castled. I think he has
equalized out of the opening.} 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O Bxf3 $1 {A typical exchange.
} 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Kh1 f5 {is not something that a player like Vidit
would like to indulge in.}) 13... e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 {If White can
get in f4 and e5 he would be better, but that's just not possible.} Neg4 $1 16.
Bc1 Qe5 17. g3 Qh5 18. h4 Qc5 {The queen and the knight have created
weaknesses in a way that the g4 square has become an outpost for the knight.}
19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Bf4 h5 21. Bg5 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Re8 23. Bf3 b5 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25.
Rc1 {Overall it seems like a wise decision by Vidit to offer a draw at this
point as Black never had a problem in the game, and will never have one. A
good game by Solak.} 1/2-1/2
Mustafa Yilmaz was the saviour for the Turkish team as he beat Adhiban on board two
Ready for some tough training? Evaluate the consequences of 25.Nxa7.
[Event "11th World Teams 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 (9... b5 {is the normal way to play in the Meran. But Adhiban
goes for a line that is not played so much now.}) 10. h3 e5 11. Bb3 Bc7 12. Rd1
h6 $6 (12... Rd8 13. Nh4 (13. Ng5 Rf8 $11) 13... Nf8 $11) 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5
Qf8 15. Nb5 $1 Bb8 (15... Bb6 16. Nbd6 $18) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18.
Nbd4 $14 a5 19. a4 Ba7 20. Bd2 c5 $5 21. Nb5 c4 22. Ba2 {Black has bitten more
than what he can chew. Now there are weaknesses all over in the position and
so Adhiban has to continue with his aggressive play.} Nf3+ (22... Bxf5 23. Qxf5
Qxd2 24. Qxe5 $16) 23. gxf3 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxd2 25. Bxc4 {The most human move
to play.} (25. Nxa7 $1 {was the winning move, but it is very difficult to see
through all the complications.} Qxb2 26. Rd1 $3 Qxa2 27. Nc8 {Now threatening
Rd8+} g6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Qc5 {Theres a mate on f8} Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qb4 {This
might have been what Yilmaz saw and left it. But White has a killer move.} 31.
Qc7 $3 {The idea is to play Nd6.} h5 32. e4 $3 $18 {Once again Black is all
tied up and e5-e6 is just too powerful.}) 25... Bb6 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qb3 Qd7 28.
Kg2 $16 {Adhiban is a pawn down and has a huge defensive task ahead. Not that
he is not capable of defending such positions. He has done much better before.
But landing in such situations is not a good idea, in any case!} Nh7 29. h4 Bc5
30. Nc3 Qe7 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Nf6 (32... Qxh4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qd5+ $16)
33. Qd3 Bb4 34. Ne2 Nd7 35. Qf5 Ne5 36. Bd5 b6 37. f4 Nd7 38. Ng3 {The
opposite coloured bishops is making Black's defensive task tougher because
White is playing on the light squares.} Nf6 39. Bb3 Qc7 40. e4 Qc6 41. Qg6 Qb7
42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Qf5 Qd7 $1 44. Qxd7 Nxd7 {This is just what the doctor ordered
for Black. The queens are off and the drawing chances have increased.} 45. Bc2
Bd2 46. f5 Ne5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Nh5 Bc1 49. b3 Ng4 50. Kf3 Ne5+ 51. Kg3 Nc6 52.
Bd1 Nd4 53. Nf4 Bxf4+ $2 {A bad decision by Adhiban that lands him in a lost
endgame.} (53... b5 $1 {keeping the bishops on the board would have increased
his chances of draw.}) 54. Kxf4 Ke7 55. e5 f6 56. Ke4 fxe5 57. f4 $1 {it could
be that Adhiban missed this.} Nc6 58. fxe5 $18 {Now white is just winning and
went on to convert the game, but we have a interesting case of a photographic
draw pointed out by one of the readers.} Nb4 59. Be2 {Position number one -
Ke4, Be2 vs Ke7, Nb4 and Black to play.} Nc6 60. Bf3 Nb4 61. Bg2 Nc2 62. Bf1
Nb4 63. Be2 {Position number two - Ke4, Be2 vs Ke7, Nb4 and Black to play.} Nc2
64. Kd3 Nb4+ 65. Kc4 Nc6 66. Kd5 Nb4+ 67. Kd4 Nc6+ 68. Ke4 Nb4 {Now one might
assume that this is the third time that the position was repeated and claim a
photographic draw. However, a difference is that it is White to play here, and
while on the last two occasions it was Black to play. Hence, this is not a
draw yet.} 69. Bb5 Nc2 70. Bf1 Nb4 71. Kd4 (71. Be2 {would have been a
photographic draw.}) 71... Nc2+ 72. Kd3 Ne1+ 73. Ke3 Nc2+ 74. Ke4 Nb4 75. Kd4
Nc2+ 76. Kd3 Ne1+ 77. Kc4 $1 Nf3 78. Kb5 Nxe5 79. Kxb6 Kd6 80. Kxa5 Nc6+ 81.
Kb6 Nd4 82. a5 Nxb3 83. a6 Nc5 84. a7 Nd7+ 85. Ka5 {Quite an untypical loss
for Adhiban after three excellent wins in the last three rounds.} 1-0
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 (9... b5 {is the normal way to play in the Meran. But Adhiban
goes for a line that is not played so much now.}) 10. h3 e5 11. Bb3 Bc7 12. Rd1
h6 $6 (12... Rd8 13. Nh4 (13. Ng5 Rf8 $11) 13... Nf8 $11) 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5
Qf8 15. Nb5 $1 Bb8 (15... Bb6 16. Nbd6 $18) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18.
Nbd4 $14 a5 19. a4 Ba7 20. Bd2 c5 $5 21. Nb5 c4 22. Ba2 {Black has bitten more
than what he can chew. Now there are weaknesses all over in the position and
so Adhiban has to continue with his aggressive play.} Nf3+ (22... Bxf5 23. Qxf5
Qxd2 24. Qxe5 $16) 23. gxf3 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxd2 25. Bxc4 {The most human move
to play.} (25. Nxa7 $1 {was the winning move, but it is very difficult to see
through all the complications.} Qxb2 26. Rd1 $3 Qxa2 27. Nc8 {Now threatening
Rd8+} g6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Qc5 {Theres a mate on f8} Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qb4 {This
might have been what Yilmaz saw and left it. But White has a killer move.} 31.
Qc7 $3 {The idea is to play Nd6.} h5 32. e4 $3 $18 {Once again Black is all
tied up and e5-e6 is just too powerful.}) 25... Bb6 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qb3 Qd7 28.
Kg2 $16 {Adhiban is a pawn down and has a huge defensive task ahead. Not that
he is not capable of defending such positions. He has done much better before.
But landing in such situations is not a good idea, in any case!} Nh7 29. h4 Bc5
30. Nc3 Qe7 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Nf6 (32... Qxh4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qd5+ $16)
33. Qd3 Bb4 34. Ne2 Nd7 35. Qf5 Ne5 36. Bd5 b6 37. f4 Nd7 38. Ng3 {The
opposite coloured bishops is making Black's defensive task tougher because
White is playing on the light squares.} Nf6 39. Bb3 Qc7 40. e4 Qc6 41. Qg6 Qb7
42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Qf5 Qd7 $1 44. Qxd7 Nxd7 {This is just what the doctor ordered
for Black. The queens are off and the drawing chances have increased.} 45. Bc2
Bd2 46. f5 Ne5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Nh5 Bc1 49. b3 Ng4 50. Kf3 Ne5+ 51. Kg3 Nc6 52.
Bd1 Nd4 53. Nf4 Bxf4+ $2 {A bad decision by Adhiban that lands him in a lost
endgame.} (53... b5 $1 {keeping the bishops on the board would have increased
his chances of draw.}) 54. Kxf4 Ke7 55. e5 f6 56. Ke4 fxe5 57. f4 $1 {it could
be that Adhiban missed this.} Nc6 58. fxe5 $18 {Now white is just winning and
went on to convert the game, but we have a interesting case of a photographic
draw pointed out by one of the readers.} Nb4 59. Be2 {Position number one -
Ke4, Be2 vs Ke7, Nb4 and Black to play.} Nc6 60. Bf3 Nb4 61. Bg2 Nc2 62. Bf1
Nb4 63. Be2 {Position number two - Ke4, Be2 vs Ke7, Nb4 and Black to play.} Nc2
64. Kd3 Nb4+ 65. Kc4 Nc6 66. Kd5 Nb4+ 67. Kd4 Nc6+ 68. Ke4 Nb4 {Now one might
assume that this is the third time that the position was repeated and claim a
photographic draw. However, a difference is that it is White to play here, and
while on the last two occasions it was Black to play. Hence, this is not a
draw yet.} 69. Bb5 Nc2 70. Bf1 Nb4 71. Kd4 (71. Be2 {would have been a
photographic draw.}) 71... Nc2+ 72. Kd3 Ne1+ 73. Ke3 Nc2+ 74. Ke4 Nb4 75. Kd4
Nc2+ 76. Kd3 Ne1+ 77. Kc4 $1 Nf3 78. Kb5 Nxe5 79. Kxb6 Kd6 80. Kxa5 Nc6+ 81.
Kb6 Nd4 82. a5 Nxb3 83. a6 Nc5 84. a7 Nd7+ 85. Ka5 {Quite an untypical loss
for Adhiban after three excellent wins in the last three rounds.} 1-0
After the game was completed one of the regular readers of the ChessBase India newspage Raghu Ram wrote to us saying, "Wasn't Adhiban's game a photographic draw?" Well, it was almost a draw, if it were not for one insignificant detail!
Photographic draw in chess:
Most of us know the rule of three fold repetition. If the same moves are repeated thrice the position is drawn. However, there is another draw in chess which not many are aware of. It's called the photographic draw. This means that if the same position is reached three times over the board on any move number during the game, the battle is drawn. All that is required is for the same position to arise thrice.
This position arose on Adhiban's board thrice. Once on move 59, second on move 63 and third on move 68. So why didn't Adhiban claim a photographic draw. One very important detail here is that on the first and second occasion it was Black to play in this position. While in the last repetition it was White's turn to move! That's the reason why the game was't drawn. Or else India would have won the match against Turkey!
If there is one man who is showing great resurgence as a chess player, it has to be Sasikiran Krishnan. The man is simply on a roll.
Sasi played a beautiful game from the white side of the Sicilian Najdorf to bring home a crucial point for the team. With 3.0/4, Sasi is our go-to-man when we need a decisive result!
[Event "11th World Teams 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 {110 positions have
reached this position and the White goes here is that he sacrifices the d5
pawn and continues as if nothing has happened.} 13. Kb1 $5 (13. Qa5 $5 Bh6 14.
Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Kf8 16. g3 {with an interesting position.}) 13... Nbxd5 14.
Bg5 Be7 15. h4 Nb6 16. Bd3 d5 17. Rhe1 {White has excellent compensation for
the pawn especially because the black king is still in the centre.} Nfd7 18.
Na5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qc7 20. c4 $1 dxc4 21. Nxc4 O-O (21... Nxc4 22. Bxc4 $16) 22.
Nxb6 Qxb6 (22... Nxb6 23. g4 $16) 23. g4 $1 {This looks pretty strong, but
Black has an option to close the position with h4 and hence, it is not a huge
advantage for White. Yet, it would be nice to be White in such a position.} Nc5
24. Bc2 Rfd8 25. Qe3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 h4 $1 27. Rh1 Rd8 (27... Qb5 $1 28. Qxe5
Re8 $44) 28. Qe1 $1 h3 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qxh3 Kf8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33.
Qf6+ Ke8 {White has completely outplayed Black. It is now time to finish him
off.} 34. Qh8+ (34. Re1 $1 Nd7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg7 $1 {Not an easy move to
see. The idea now is Bxg6.} Qb6 37. Rd1 $18 {Overall Black is pinned pretty
badly and White is winning.}) 34... Ke7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxe5+
Qe7 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qd4+ Qd6 40. Qb4 {White is a pawn, but Black has good
drawing chances.} b6 41. Qc4 Qe6 42. Qc3 Qd6 43. Qe3 Qe6 44. Qf2 Qd6 45. f4 Ne6
46. f5 $1 Nxg5 47. Qe3 Nh7 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Qd3 Nf8 (49... Qxd3 50. Bxd3 Nf8
51. Bxa6 $18 {This will win for White.}) 50. Qxa6 {A pawn is a pawn! Sasi went
on to convert this position confidently.} Ke7 51. a4 Qb4 52. Qe2+ Kf6 53. Qe4
Qd6 54. Qd3 Qb4 55. Qd8+ Ke5 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke5 58. Qg5+ Kd6 59. Qf6+
Ne6 60. Qxg6 Qe1+ 61. Ka2 Kc5 62. Qf5+ Kd6 63. Qd3+ Kc7 64. Qe4 Qxe4 65. Bxe4
Kd6 66. Bf5 Nd4 67. Ka3 Kc5 68. Bd3 Nf3 69. Kb3 Ne5 70. Be2 Kd4 71. g5 Ke3 72.
Bh5 1-0
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 {110 positions have
reached this position and the White goes here is that he sacrifices the d5
pawn and continues as if nothing has happened.} 13. Kb1 $5 (13. Qa5 $5 Bh6 14.
Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Kf8 16. g3 {with an interesting position.}) 13... Nbxd5 14.
Bg5 Be7 15. h4 Nb6 16. Bd3 d5 17. Rhe1 {White has excellent compensation for
the pawn especially because the black king is still in the centre.} Nfd7 18.
Na5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qc7 20. c4 $1 dxc4 21. Nxc4 O-O (21... Nxc4 22. Bxc4 $16) 22.
Nxb6 Qxb6 (22... Nxb6 23. g4 $16) 23. g4 $1 {This looks pretty strong, but
Black has an option to close the position with h4 and hence, it is not a huge
advantage for White. Yet, it would be nice to be White in such a position.} Nc5
24. Bc2 Rfd8 25. Qe3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 h4 $1 27. Rh1 Rd8 (27... Qb5 $1 28. Qxe5
Re8 $44) 28. Qe1 $1 h3 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qxh3 Kf8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33.
Qf6+ Ke8 {White has completely outplayed Black. It is now time to finish him
off.} 34. Qh8+ (34. Re1 $1 Nd7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg7 $1 {Not an easy move to
see. The idea now is Bxg6.} Qb6 37. Rd1 $18 {Overall Black is pinned pretty
badly and White is winning.}) 34... Ke7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxe5+
Qe7 38. Qh8+ Kd7 39. Qd4+ Qd6 40. Qb4 {White is a pawn, but Black has good
drawing chances.} b6 41. Qc4 Qe6 42. Qc3 Qd6 43. Qe3 Qe6 44. Qf2 Qd6 45. f4 Ne6
46. f5 $1 Nxg5 47. Qe3 Nh7 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Qd3 Nf8 (49... Qxd3 50. Bxd3 Nf8
51. Bxa6 $18 {This will win for White.}) 50. Qxa6 {A pawn is a pawn! Sasi went
on to convert this position confidently.} Ke7 51. a4 Qb4 52. Qe2+ Kf6 53. Qe4
Qd6 54. Qd3 Qb4 55. Qd8+ Ke5 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke5 58. Qg5+ Kd6 59. Qf6+
Ne6 60. Qxg6 Qe1+ 61. Ka2 Kc5 62. Qf5+ Kd6 63. Qd3+ Kc7 64. Qe4 Qxe4 65. Bxe4
Kd6 66. Bf5 Nd4 67. Ka3 Kc5 68. Bd3 Nf3 69. Kb3 Ne5 70. Be2 Kd4 71. g5 Ke3 72.
Bh5 1-0
Sasi is an epitome of how hard work in bad phases can help you overcome difficulties and bring you on path of success!
If there is one guy who won't be happy with his game today it would be Parimarjan Negi
Baatu (as Negi is called in Indian chess circles), had a clearly winning position against Muhammed Dastan. He had slowly and steadily nurtured his advantage to reach a completely winning position. If there was one result that we were confident of in the sixth round, it had to be Parimarjan bringing home the full point. However, the rustiness of not having played competitive chess for two years began to tell as Negi not only messed up the win, but at one point he was also on the verge of losing! Finally the game ended in a draw and the match was tied at 2-2.
[Event "11th World Teams 2017"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {Negi has always developed the bishop
on c5, so this was some sort of surprise for his opponent.} 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1
d6 7. a4 Na5 $5 8. Ba2 c5 {This has been suggested by Nikolaos Ntirlis in his
book 1.e4-e5 repertoire for Black for Quality Chess.} 9. Na3 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11.
Bd2 Re8 12. Nc2 Bf8 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qb1
Ng6 18. Qb3 d5 $1 {Black has equalized.} 19. Nb4 d4 20. a5 Rc8 21. a6 Bxb4 22.
axb7 (22. Qxb4 b6 {The b5 pawn would be slightly weak.}) 22... Rb8 23. Qxb4
Rxb7 {In this arising position, the b5 pawn is much easier to attack than a7.}
24. Reb1 a6 25. Qc4 Qb8 26. b6 Rbxb6 $15 {Black has won a pawn and is clearly
better.} 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qc8+ Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Ne8 30. Kf1 f6 31. g3 Kf7 32. Ra8
Rec6 33. Ra7+ Ne7 34. Ba5 Rb8 35. Ra4 Nd6 36. Bd2 Rbb6 37. Ba5 Rb1+ 38. Be1
Rbb6 39. Ba5 Rb7 40. Ra8 Nec8 41. Bd2 Ra7 42. Rxa7+ Nxa7 {Through logical play
Negi has strengthened his position to the maximum!} 43. Bb4 Nb7 44. Nd2 a5 45.
Nc4 Ra6 46. Ra1 Nc6 47. Ba3 a4 48. Rb1 Nba5 49. Nxa5 Nxa5 50. Rb4 Nb3 51. Rb7+
Ke8 52. Rxg7 $2 (52. Ke1 $1 $11) 52... Nd2+ $1 53. Ke2 Nb1 54. Bb2 Rb6 55. Bc1
a3 $1 56. Ra7 Rb2+ (56... Nc3+ 57. Kd2 (57. Kf3 a2 {Followed by Rb1.} 58. Bd2
Rb2 59. Be1 Ne2 $19 {The knight will dance to b3 and White will have to resign.
}) 57... Rb2+ $1 58. Ke1 Rb1 59. Kd2 a2 $19) 57. Kf3 Rb3 58. Bxh6 Rxd3+ 59. Kg4
Rb3 60. h4 Nc3 61. h5 a2 (61... Nb5 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Rf8+ Ke7 64. Ra8 $11) 62.
Bd2 Nxe4 63. h6 Rb7 $2 64. Rxa2 $2 (64. Rxb7 $1 {White could have even played
on for an advantage here!} a1=Q 65. h7 Qh1 (65... Qd1+ 66. Kf5 Qh5+ 67. Kxe4
$18) 66. h8=Q+ Qxh8 67. Rb8+ Kd7 68. Rxh8 Nxd2 69. Kf5 $16 {White has good
chances to convert.}) 64... Kf7 65. h7 Rb8 66. f4 Kg6 67. fxe5 fxe5 68. Ra6+
Kxh7 69. Ba5 Rf8 (69... Rb5 $17 {Black has some chances to try for a win here.}
) 70. Re6 Nf6+ 71. Kg5 Ne4+ 72. Kg4 Nf2+ 73. Kg5 e4 74. Re7+ Kg8 75. Kg6 {
If Negi would have won this game, India would have won the match.} 1/2-1/2
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 {Negi has always developed the bishop
on c5, so this was some sort of surprise for his opponent.} 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1
d6 7. a4 Na5 $5 8. Ba2 c5 {This has been suggested by Nikolaos Ntirlis in his
book 1.e4-e5 repertoire for Black for Quality Chess.} 9. Na3 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11.
Bd2 Re8 12. Nc2 Bf8 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qb1
Ng6 18. Qb3 d5 $1 {Black has equalized.} 19. Nb4 d4 20. a5 Rc8 21. a6 Bxb4 22.
axb7 (22. Qxb4 b6 {The b5 pawn would be slightly weak.}) 22... Rb8 23. Qxb4
Rxb7 {In this arising position, the b5 pawn is much easier to attack than a7.}
24. Reb1 a6 25. Qc4 Qb8 26. b6 Rbxb6 $15 {Black has won a pawn and is clearly
better.} 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Qc8+ Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Ne8 30. Kf1 f6 31. g3 Kf7 32. Ra8
Rec6 33. Ra7+ Ne7 34. Ba5 Rb8 35. Ra4 Nd6 36. Bd2 Rbb6 37. Ba5 Rb1+ 38. Be1
Rbb6 39. Ba5 Rb7 40. Ra8 Nec8 41. Bd2 Ra7 42. Rxa7+ Nxa7 {Through logical play
Negi has strengthened his position to the maximum!} 43. Bb4 Nb7 44. Nd2 a5 45.
Nc4 Ra6 46. Ra1 Nc6 47. Ba3 a4 48. Rb1 Nba5 49. Nxa5 Nxa5 50. Rb4 Nb3 51. Rb7+
Ke8 52. Rxg7 $2 (52. Ke1 $1 $11) 52... Nd2+ $1 53. Ke2 Nb1 54. Bb2 Rb6 55. Bc1
a3 $1 56. Ra7 Rb2+ (56... Nc3+ 57. Kd2 (57. Kf3 a2 {Followed by Rb1.} 58. Bd2
Rb2 59. Be1 Ne2 $19 {The knight will dance to b3 and White will have to resign.
}) 57... Rb2+ $1 58. Ke1 Rb1 59. Kd2 a2 $19) 57. Kf3 Rb3 58. Bxh6 Rxd3+ 59. Kg4
Rb3 60. h4 Nc3 61. h5 a2 (61... Nb5 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Rf8+ Ke7 64. Ra8 $11) 62.
Bd2 Nxe4 63. h6 Rb7 $2 64. Rxa2 $2 (64. Rxb7 $1 {White could have even played
on for an advantage here!} a1=Q 65. h7 Qh1 (65... Qd1+ 66. Kf5 Qh5+ 67. Kxe4
$18) 66. h8=Q+ Qxh8 67. Rb8+ Kd7 68. Rxh8 Nxd2 69. Kf5 $16 {White has good
chances to convert.}) 64... Kf7 65. h7 Rb8 66. f4 Kg6 67. fxe5 fxe5 68. Ra6+
Kxh7 69. Ba5 Rf8 (69... Rb5 $17 {Black has some chances to try for a win here.}
) 70. Re6 Nf6+ 71. Kg5 Ne4+ 72. Kg4 Nf2+ 73. Kg5 e4 74. Re7+ Kg8 75. Kg6 {
If Negi would have won this game, India would have won the match.} 1/2-1/2
Results of round six:
| Round 6 on 2017/06/23 at 15:00 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | SNo. | Team | Res. | Team | SNo. |
| 1 | 10 | BELARUS | 3.5–0.5 | NORWAY | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | POLAND | 3.0–1.0 | RUSSIA | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | CHINA | 2.5–1.5 | UKRAINE | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | INDIA | 2.0–2.0 | TURKEY | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | UNITED STATES | 3.0–1.0 | EGYPT | 4 |
Crosstable Open:
| Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | MP | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUSSIA | * | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 11 | 17 | |||
| 2 | CHINA | * | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 10 | 16 | |||
| 3 | POLAND | 1 | * | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13½ | |||
| 4 | TURKEY | 2 | 2 | 2½ | * | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 8 | 13 | |||
| 5 | INDIA | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | * | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 7 | 13½ | |||
| 6 | UNITED STATES | 2 | 1½ | ½ | * | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 6 | 11½ | |||
| 7 | UKRAINE | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | * | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 8 | BELARUS | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | * | 3½ | 4 | 10½ | |||
| 9 | NORWAY | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | ½ | * | 2½ | 2 | 8 | |||
| 10 | EGYPT | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | * | 0 | 6 |
India is in the fifth position. Russia is in the lead. Looks like the gold and silver will be taken by Russia and China, but the fight for the bronze is still on!
Women's section:
To put it in simple words the Indian team was no match for the Russians today. Harika had an bad position out of the opening and so did Eesha. They both managed to save the half points. But on boards three and four it was the Russians who scored 2.0/2. Padmini had good chances against Gunina, but made a tactical error and lost. Viji on the other hand simply blundered an entire piece and lost right out of the opening.
Harika vs Kosteniuk ended in a short draw
[Event "11th World Teams Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russian Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 (12. c4 b5 $1 13. cxb5
a6 14. bxa6 c4 $44) 12... d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 Qb8
17. Qg3 b5 {Black is clearly pushing.} 18. f4 c4 19. Be2 b4 20. Bh5 bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qb7 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. g4 Be7 24. f5 Bb4 25. Qd4 Bc5 26. Qc3 Bb4 27. Qd4 Bc5
28. Qc3 Bb4 29. Qd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russian Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 (12. c4 b5 $1 13. cxb5
a6 14. bxa6 c4 $44) 12... d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 Qb8
17. Qg3 b5 {Black is clearly pushing.} 18. f4 c4 19. Be2 b4 20. Bh5 bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qb7 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. g4 Be7 24. f5 Bb4 25. Qd4 Bc5 26. Qc3 Bb4 27. Qd4 Bc5
28. Qc3 Bb4 29. Qd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2
Eesha was worse throughout the game and even in the last position, but the match situation didn't demand Lagno to continue playing and she offered a draw and called it a day.
White has just taken the pawn on d5. If you are in Eesha's shoes with what would you recapture?
Knight or pawn should be your answers. Knight is better as it is looking at some squares like b4 and c3. However, what you should definitely not do is take on d5 with the queen. Because this allows White to not only exchange the queens, but the king on e1 suddenly starts feeling very sae and can settle down on d2. Definitely such mistakes should not be made by players of Eesha's calibre.
[Event "11th World Teams Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Russian Federation"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Russian Federation"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Nf6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
e3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ {Eesha takes on c3 before White can play Nge2.} 10. bxc3
O-O 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd6 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O {looks normal.}) 13... Qd7 14.
Nf4 Ne7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Rac8 17. cxd5 Qxd5 $2 {Although it doesn't give
Black a bad position, I do not see why Eesha had to go for a queen exchange
and let the king feel safe on d2.} (17... Nxd5 {And Black is clearly fine.
White has nothing better than to 0-0 when one wonders what was the point of h4.
Also the rook lands on c3. Black would have a very nice position.}) 18. Qxd5
exd5 19. Kd2 $14 {Risk free advantage for White.} Rc7 20. a4 Kf7 21. a5 Ke6 22.
Rhb1 Nc8 23. Rc1 Rff7 24. e4 Nd6 25. f3 Rfe7 26. Rab1 dxe4 27. fxe4 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Kd7 29. Re1 Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kd7 31. Re1 Kc6 32. g4 b6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Kc3
Rc7 35. Kb4 Re7 36. Re2 Kc7 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Kc6 39. g6 Kc7 40. Kc3 Kc6 41.
Kb4 Kc7 42. Kc3 Kc6 43. Kb4 {In the last position White is better, no question
about it. But with 2.5 points already scored, Lagno didn't try harder.} 1/2-1/2
e3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ {Eesha takes on c3 before White can play Nge2.} 10. bxc3
O-O 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd6 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O {looks normal.}) 13... Qd7 14.
Nf4 Ne7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 Rac8 17. cxd5 Qxd5 $2 {Although it doesn't give
Black a bad position, I do not see why Eesha had to go for a queen exchange
and let the king feel safe on d2.} (17... Nxd5 {And Black is clearly fine.
White has nothing better than to 0-0 when one wonders what was the point of h4.
Also the rook lands on c3. Black would have a very nice position.}) 18. Qxd5
exd5 19. Kd2 $14 {Risk free advantage for White.} Rc7 20. a4 Kf7 21. a5 Ke6 22.
Rhb1 Nc8 23. Rc1 Rff7 24. e4 Nd6 25. f3 Rfe7 26. Rab1 dxe4 27. fxe4 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Kd7 29. Re1 Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kd7 31. Re1 Kc6 32. g4 b6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Kc3
Rc7 35. Kb4 Re7 36. Re2 Kc7 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Kc6 39. g6 Kc7 40. Kc3 Kc6 41.
Kb4 Kc7 42. Kc3 Kc6 43. Kb4 {In the last position White is better, no question
about it. But with 2.5 points already scored, Lagno didn't try harder.} 1/2-1/2
Padmini used all her imagination in the game, but couldn't save it
[Event "11th World Teams Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russian Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Ne1 c5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nxg5 f6 21.
Nf3 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Be4 {Black with the centre and two bishops is better in this
position. However, now Padmini starts to find good resources.} 23. Qe1 Qd6 24.
Be3 c5 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Rf3 c4 27. b3 f5 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Qh4 e5 30. Nxc4 $1 {
When a pawn is offered and you do not see anything wrong with it, why not take
it.} Qe6 31. Nxe5 $5 {The black king looks weak, and there are definitely
practical chances. A good decision by Padmini.} (31. Nb6 Rab8 32. c4 e4 33. Rh3
Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Qxf5+ {White is not worse in the resulting
position.}) 31... Bxe5 32. Bd4 $5 Be4 33. Rh3 $2 {Padmini misses Black's next
move.} (33. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 (33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 $1 Qxe5 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Re1 $18
{with a winning position.}) 34. Rg3+ (34. Rh3 Ra7 $19) 34... Kf7 35. Rd1 $13 {
This looks very scary for Black.}) 33... Qg6 $1 {Gunina does not falter.} 34.
Rg1 Rab8 $1 {A very cool move.} 35. Re3 (35. Bxe5 Bxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rb1+ $19)
35... Rb1 36. Rxe4 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 fxe4 38. Bxe5 Qb6+ {A good fight by Padmini,
but Gunina was stronger tactically.} 0-1
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russian Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Ne1 c5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bg7 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Nxg5 f6 21.
Nf3 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1 Be4 {Black with the centre and two bishops is better in this
position. However, now Padmini starts to find good resources.} 23. Qe1 Qd6 24.
Be3 c5 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Rf3 c4 27. b3 f5 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Qh4 e5 30. Nxc4 $1 {
When a pawn is offered and you do not see anything wrong with it, why not take
it.} Qe6 31. Nxe5 $5 {The black king looks weak, and there are definitely
practical chances. A good decision by Padmini.} (31. Nb6 Rab8 32. c4 e4 33. Rh3
Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Qxf5+ {White is not worse in the resulting
position.}) 31... Bxe5 32. Bd4 $5 Be4 33. Rh3 $2 {Padmini misses Black's next
move.} (33. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 (33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 $1 Qxe5 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Re1 $18
{with a winning position.}) 34. Rg3+ (34. Rh3 Ra7 $19) 34... Kf7 35. Rd1 $13 {
This looks very scary for Black.}) 33... Qg6 $1 {Gunina does not falter.} 34.
Rg1 Rab8 $1 {A very cool move.} 35. Re3 (35. Bxe5 Bxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rb1+ $19)
35... Rb1 36. Rxe4 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 fxe4 38. Bxe5 Qb6+ {A good fight by Padmini,
but Gunina was stronger tactically.} 0-1
Viji simply blundered a piece against Olga Girya, who took it and just waltzed to the finish line
[Event "11th World Teams Women"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Russian Federation"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 {I would already say that White has a risk free
edge here. The two bishops do not compensate for the weaknesses down the
c-file.} Qd7 11. e4 $1 Bf4 12. Ne5 $1 {Great play by Girya.} Qxd4 (12... Qd6
13. Ndc4 $18) (12... Qe8 13. Ndc4 $1 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 $18) 13. Ndf3 Qd6 (13...
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 {A piece is lost here.}) 14. Bxf4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 {It was
obvious that Viji was not counting on this tactic. Something had gone wrong on
the earluer moves. White has three ways to save her piece.} 16. Rad1 (16. Rfd1
{also wins.}) (16. Bg3 $5 Nxg3 17. Nc4 $18 {also wins.}) 16... Qe7 17. Bg3 $18
{White is a piece up.} f6 18. Nxc6 Qf7 19. Rd2 e5 20. Rfd1 Qxa2 21. Rd7 g5 22.
Rxc7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Nd8 Qe7 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Nc6 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.
Rd7+ Kg8 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxa7 Ng7 31. Nc6 Kf7 32. Nxe5+ fxe5 33. Bxe5 Ne6 34.
b4 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kd7 36. Kg3 Kc6 37. Kg4 Kb5 38. Kf5 Nd8 39. Bd6 h6 40. Be7 Nc6
41. Bc5 Kc4 42. e5 Kd5 43. e6 Nd8 44. e7 Ne6 45. Kf6 1-0
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Russian Federation"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 {I would already say that White has a risk free
edge here. The two bishops do not compensate for the weaknesses down the
c-file.} Qd7 11. e4 $1 Bf4 12. Ne5 $1 {Great play by Girya.} Qxd4 (12... Qd6
13. Ndc4 $18) (12... Qe8 13. Ndc4 $1 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 $18) 13. Ndf3 Qd6 (13...
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 {A piece is lost here.}) 14. Bxf4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 {It was
obvious that Viji was not counting on this tactic. Something had gone wrong on
the earluer moves. White has three ways to save her piece.} 16. Rad1 (16. Rfd1
{also wins.}) (16. Bg3 $5 Nxg3 17. Nc4 $18 {also wins.}) 16... Qe7 17. Bg3 $18
{White is a piece up.} f6 18. Nxc6 Qf7 19. Rd2 e5 20. Rfd1 Qxa2 21. Rd7 g5 22.
Rxc7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Nd8 Qe7 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Nc6 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.
Rd7+ Kg8 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxa7 Ng7 31. Nc6 Kf7 32. Nxe5+ fxe5 33. Bxe5 Ne6 34.
b4 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kd7 36. Kg3 Kc6 37. Kg4 Kb5 38. Kf5 Nd8 39. Bd6 h6 40. Be7 Nc6
41. Bc5 Kc4 42. e5 Kd5 43. e6 Nd8 44. e7 Ne6 45. Kf6 1-0
Results of round six:
| Round 6 on 2017/06/23 at 15:00 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | SNo. | Team | Res. | Team | SNo. |
| 1 | 10 | UKRAINE | 2.5-1.5 | AZERBAIJAN | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | GEORGIA | 3-1 | VIETNAM | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | UNITED STATES | 1-3 | CHINA | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | INDIA | 1-3 | RUSSIA | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | POLAND | 3.5-0.5 | EGYPT | 4 |
For a board wise break down, click here
Indian women's team now face China in round seven.
Crosstable Women:
| Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | MP | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUSSIA | * | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15½ | |||
| 2 | UKRAINE | * | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 10 | 14½ | |||
| 3 | CHINA | 1 | 2 | * | 3½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 8 | 14 | |||
| 4 | POLAND | 2 | * | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 7 | 14½ | |||
| 5 | INDIA | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | * | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 7 | 12½ | |||
| 6 | GEORGIA | 1½ | ½ | 2 | 2 | * | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 7 | UNITED STATES | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | * | 3½ | 4 | 11½ | |||
| 8 | AZERBAIJAN | 2 | 1½ | 2 | ½ | * | 1½ | 4 | 4 | 11½ | |||
| 9 | VIETNAM | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | * | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 10 | EGYPT | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 2 |
The loss to Russia has pushed us back to fifth place. If we were to have any chances of a medal, we need to beat the Chinese team today.
Live broadcast and GM commentary
Evgenij Miroshnichenko and Anna Rudolf are doing a great job giving the live commentary
ChessBase India has setup a live games page where you can not only listen to the GM commentary, but also play over the live games, and also check some light annotations by the Tactical Analysis feature.
Previous reports on World Teams 2017:
India has excellent chances at World Teams 2017
Opening ceremony of World Teams 2017
Live Games from the World Teams 2017
Round one: Viji's unbelievable miss
Round two: Tania powers team India to a win over USA
Round three: The tale of two Hedgehogs
R1-3 on Firstpost: World Team Chess Championship 2017: Vidit Gujrathi shows mettle, but India blunder in initial rounds
Round four: Indian explosion in Khanty Mansiysk
Round five: Egypt gives Indian a scare