WJCC 08: Xiong beats Aravindh to become sole leader

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 17/08/2016

GM Jeffrey Xiong, the second seed, managed to beat GM Aravindh Chithambaram, the leader of the Indian challenge, in a reasonably resourceful fashion. Xiong won and took the sole lead for the first time in the tournament with 6.5/8. Four players — Nasuta Grzegorz, Xu Yinglun, Maghsoodloo, and Karthikeyan — are in close pursuit on 6.0/8. We bring you an illustrated report.

WJCC 08: Xiong beats Aravindh to become sole leader

Indian GM Aravindh Chithambaram faced a resourceful GM Jeffrey Xiong on Monday as, despite going all in with the black pieces, he could not unsettle his American opponent.

Xiong won and took the sole lead for the first time in the tournament with 6.5/8. Four players — Nasuta Grzegorz, Xu Yinglun, Maghsoodloo, and Karthikeyan — are in close pursuit on 6.0/8. The top board game between Grzegorz and Yinglun ended in a draw.

[Event "World Junior Chess Championship 2016"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+890"]
[WhiteClock "0:09:56"]
[BlackClock "0:01:36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nh2 e5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Na4 Be6 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Ng4 Qe7 15.
Nh6+ Kh8 16. h4 b5 17. Nc3 f6 18. h5 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 g5 20. Rdf1 Qf7 21. g3 b4
22. Na4 Bxa2+ 23. Ka1 c4 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 cxd3 26. fxg5 dxc2 27. gxf6 Bb1
28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. b3 Nc5 30. Nxc5 a4 31. Kb2 axb3 32. Nxb3 c1=Q+ 33. Nxc1 Bxe4
34. Rhg1 Ra5 35. Rg5 c5 36. Rfg1 c4 37. Qxb4 c3+ 38. Qxc3 Rb8+ 39. Nb3 Rxg5 40.
Rxg5 Bd5 41. Bh6+ Kh8 42. Rxd5 Rxb3+ 43. Qxb3 1-0

Iran No. 1 Parham Maghsoodloo played a gem of a game to positionally crush GM S.L. Narayanan.

Narayanan was just a pawn up in the middlegame, when Maghsoodloo began to put pressure, despite having a worse position. It eventually paid off as he slowly ended up outplaying his opponent!

[Event "World Junior Chess Championship 2016"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1885"]
[WhiteClock "0:07:46"]
[BlackClock "0:04:54"]

1. c3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. h3 h6 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Bf1 Nd7 15.
Be3 Rac8 16. Rec1 Nb6 17. Ncd2 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Na5 19. b3 Bxh3 20. Rab1 Bg4 21.
Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Ke1 Be6 23. Nh4 g5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Nxe3 27. fxe3
b6 28. b4 Nb7 29. Ba6 Rc7 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. bxc5 Rc7 32. Rd1 Rdc8 33. g4 bxc5
34. c4 e6 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. a4 Bf8 37. a5 Be7 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. a6
Re8 41. Rfd1 Kf7 42. Rd3 Ra8 43. Rdb3 Ke8 44. Rb7 Rac8 45. Nc3 Bd8 46. Rxc7
Rxc7 47. Rb8 Ke7 48. Kf3 Rd7 49. Ke4 Bb6 50. Rh8 Rd2 51. Rxh6 Rb2 52. Nb5 Ra2
53. Ke5 Rxa6 54. Rh7+ Kf8 55. Kxe6 Bd8+ 56. Nd6 Kg8 57. Rd7 Ba5 58. e4 Bc3 59.
e5 Bd4 60. Kf5 Ra2 61. Kg6 Rf2 62. Nf5 1-0

Erstwhile leader GM Murali Karthikeyan jumped back into contention as he defeated Iran's IM Masoud Mosadeghpour to also reach the tied second spot.

Standings after Round 08:

Rank		Name	IRtg	Club	Type	Pts	Res.	BH.	BH.	BL	Vict
1	GM	Xiong Jeffery	2633	USA	U16	6½	0	37	41½	4	5
2	GM	Karthikeyan Murali	2514	IND	U18	6	0	36	39½	4	5
3		Xu Yinglun	2516	CHN	U20	6	0	34½	37½	4	4
4		Maghsoodloo Parham	2576	IRI	U16	6	0	33	36	4	4
5	IM	Nasuta Grzegorz	2442	POL	U20	6	0	32½	36	4	4
6	IM	Svane Rasmus	2546	GER	U20	5½	0	35½	39	4	4
7	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	2665	RUS	U18	5½	0	35½	38½	4	4
8	IM	Menezes Christoph	2408	AUT	U20	5½	0	34½	38	4	4
9		Ivekovic Bozidar	2351	CRO	U20	5½	0	31	33½	3	5
10	IM	Beukema Stefan	2380	BEL	U20	5½	0	30	32	3	4

Complete Standings

WIM Pv Nandhidhaa vs. Dinara Dordzhieva

In the girls' section, there were no spectacular changes at the top as WIM Dinara Dordzhieva and WIM Frayna Janelle Mae both settled for draws. Notably, the top two seeds WGM Dinara Saduakassova and WIM Alina Bivol stayed in contention at 6.0/8 by winning their respective games. WIM Nandhidhaa Pv, who had held Dordzhieva on the top table is also on 6.0/8.

[Event "World Junior Girls Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nandhidhaa, Pv"]
[Black "Dordzhieva, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.08.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1395"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:52"]
[BlackClock "0:00:36"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. dxc3 Bxf6 14. g4 c4 15.
Rhe1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 O-O 17. g5 Be7 18. h4 a5 19. f5 e5 20. Rf1 f6 21. Qd5+ Kh8
22. g6 cxb3 23. cxb3 a4 24. gxh7 Ra5 25. Qg2 Qa8 26. Qg6 Qe4 27. b4 a3 28. Ba1
Ra7 29. Rg1 Qe3+ 30. Kc2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

Standings after Round 08:

Rank		Name		IRtg	Club	Type	Pts	Res.	BH.	BH.	BL	Vict
1	WIM	Frayna Janelle Mae	F	2292	PHI	U20	6½	½	38	41½	4	5
2	WIM	Dordzhieva Dinara	F	2304	RUS	U18	6½	½	38	41	4	5
3	WIM	Nandhidhaa Pv	F	2151	IND	U20	6	0	37½	41½	3	4
4	WIM	Bivol Alina	F	2362	RUS	U20	6	0	37	41	4	5
5	WGM	Saduakassova Dinara	F	2423	KAZ	U20	6	0	36½	40	4	4

Complete Standings

Impressions:

16th August, Tuesday, was observed as a rest day for the tournament and play will be resumed on Wednesday.

Although there was a strike in force, the organisers organised an outing for all the players in the evening to the famous tourist town of Puri...

...famous for the shrine of the Hindu mythological figure Lord Jagganatha.

And of course, the beach! You can find more images and stories here.

Pairings for Round 08:

Open

Girls

Games in PGN