Narayanan and Artemiev split point; Frayna and Dordzhieva lead the girls¡¦ section

ˆ@August 11, 2016

In a game of swinging fortunes, the top seed GM Vladislav Artemiev of Russia and India¡¦s star performer GM S.L. Narayanan split the point in a 78-move long struggle. This allowed a host of pursuers to join the two as the second seed GM Jeffrey Xiong was able to outwit Quingyu Yuan of China. The biggest surprise, though, was the defeat of the third seed GM Kirill Alekseenko of Russia by twentieth-seeded Iran¡¦s IM Masoud Mosadeghpor. Masoud managed to pull this off by playing the highly speculative Smith-Morra Gambit against Alekseenko¡¦s Sicilian, with the former¡¦s aggressive intent earning him the upset. Five players now lead the table with 3.5/4.

India¡¦s Harsha Bharathakoti¡¦s sterling run came to an end with the defeat by the hands of IM Rasmus Svane of Germany. FM Xu Yi, who was having a splendid run could not keep pace and went down against GM Murali Karthikeyan of India. 67th seed FM Rakesh Kumar Jena of Odisha continued his giant-killing spree, this time defeating Filipino IM Paulo Bersamina, to move to 3.0/4.

The standings became much clearer in the girls¡¦ section as well, as Filipino WIM Frayna Janelle Mae caused a flutter by defeating the second seed WIM Alina Bivol of Russia.

WIM Ashritha Eswaran (2226) – WIM Janelle Mae Frayna (2292)

Ruy Lopez with 5.d3 (a simple way to avoid recently popular Open Variation 5.0-0 Nxe4). With 5…Bc5 Frayna immediately deviated from the main road. Caruana as Black recently defeated Carlsen in this line (in a rapid game). Frayna gained an advantage out of the opening and outplayed her opponent in complications.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. c4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc8 15. Be3?! <More active play is necessary in a worse position> Nb6 16. Bb3 Qh4 17. Kh2 h5 18. Rg1 Rae8

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Critical position.

19. Rg3? <This was a key mistake. White should have played 19.gxh5 immediately, followed by Qd2>

19… Re4 20. gxh5? <It is late now> Bxd4! <Winning move, White is lost>

21. hxg6 Be5 22. Qd3 fxg6 23. f4 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxf4 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qg4 Bxg3+ 27. Kg2 Rf2+ 28. Kh1 Qxg4 29. hxg4 a5 30. Rb1 a4 31. Bd1 g5 32. Kg1 Nxc4 33. Bxa4 Nd2 34. Rc1 Nf3+ 0-1

Nice attacking play by Filipino chess princess.

Here's the round 5 recap in WJCC site. GM Murali is included in the Indian team to Baku Olympiad

Murali Karthikeyan becomes the sole leader

ˆ@August 12, 2016

The current Indian National Champion GM Murali Karthikeyan of Tamil Nadu snatched pole position at the end of five rounds of play here at the World Junior Chess Championship 2016 in the KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.

Six players went into the fifth day of play tied at 3.5/4. While both the top two board games by the first and the second seeds ended in a draw, Karthikeyan beat German IM Rasmus Svane with the white pieces to become the tournament¡¦s first sole leader with 4.5/5. In the top board, Iran¡¦s Masoud Moadeghpour held the top seed GM Vladislav Artemiev to a draw in a long game, GM S.L. Narayanan easily held USA¡¦s GM Jeffrey Xiong at the second table.

In the girls¡¦ section, the co-leaders Russia¡¦s WIM Dinara Dorzhieva and Philippines¡¦ WIM Frayna Janelle Mae split the point, thus continuing to lead with 4.5/5. Priyanka K. of Tamil Nadu managed to upset Ukrainian WGM Nataliya Buksa to join the pack pursuing pack at 4.0/5.

1 1 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2423 KAZ 4 – 4½ WIM Dordzhieva Dinara 2304 RUS 8

2 9 WIM Frayna Janelle Mae 2292 PHI 4½ – 4 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv 2151 IND 24

- In 2014, finishing TOP 5 in the BOGM and claiming some GM scalps like GMs Antonio and Bitoon

- In the WJCC 2016, leading the pack from rounds 4 to 6, and counting...

In the Makogonov Variation of the King’s Indian Defense Frayna as White reached the following position after 27.gxf5:

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The critical position.

Here, before taking on d5, an intermediate move 27…g5 was necessary. But Black took immediately:

27…Nfxd5? <This was the decisive mistake> 28.Nxg6 Qc6? <After the second consecutive error (taking on e3 was necessary Black is lost.>

The correct defense was:

27…g5! 28.Ng6 Ncxd5 29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Qe4 Nxe3+ 31.fxe3 Rb8 32.Nxf8 Qxf8 with approximately equal chances.

A typical game of the Makogonov System (5.h3) in the King’s Indian Defence, "reducing the opponent's resources" strategy (the idea is similar to that of the Petrosian System). It is a slower version of the classical main line: White tries to slowly squeeze Black’s position by closing the center and restraining Black’s abilities at the kingside. Last year, at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tbilisi, the winner Tomashevsky employed this variation no less than four times scoring +2=2-0.

Frayna's opponent WIM Alina Bivol last year won the Russian Under-21 Girls Championship and finished second on tiebreak in the World Junior Championship.

Next up untitled Priyanka who had big round 6 win. After round 7, they get much needed rest !

Round 7 on 2016/08/14 at 03.00 P.M.

Bo. SNo. Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg FED SNo. 1 41 Priyanka K 2048 IND 5 – 5 WIM Frayna Janelle Mae 2292 PHI 9

2 8 WIM Dordzhieva Dinara 2304 RUS 5 – 4½ IM Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea 2321 COL 5

Karthikeyan loses, allows trio to overtake

„ÖGallery ˆ@August 14, 2016

In a bitter turn of events for the Indian National Champion GM Murali Karthikeyan, the white pieces did not prove enough as he went down to the second seed, USA¡¦s GM Jeffrey Xiong. This ensured that Xiong walked into the lead, but he was not alone.

Xu Yinglun

China¡¦s untitled player Xu Yinglun, who had a jittery start to his campaign with draws to Indians, has made a fine comeback with a power victory over the top seed, Russia¡¦s GM Vladislav Artremiev. There was another surprising result on the third board as the third-seeded Russian GM Kirill Alekseenko ended up losing to Polish IM Grzegorz Nasuta in a rook endgame.Thus, three players ¡X Xiong, Yinglun, and Nasuta ¡X now share the lead with 5.5/7.

The girls¡¦ section saw parity being restored as India¡¦s Priyanka K. lost to co-leader WIM Frayna Janelle Mae of the Philippines. But WIM Dinara Dordzhieva was not to be outdone as she too joined Frayna by defeating IM Andrea Rodriguez. Both Frayna and Dinara continue to lead with 6.0/7. India¡¦s WIM Pv Nandhidhaa stayed in the hunt with 5.5/7 by defeating the fourth seed Uzbek WIM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova. Odisha¡¦s centralised her knights and the queen in a powerful manner, entrenching them deep into her opponent WIM Bodda Pratyusha¡¦s territory to win a well-played game.

Rd. Bo. SNo Name RtgI FED Pts. Res. we w-we K rtg

1 12 40 Thomas Anysia 2049 FRA 2,0 w 1 0,77 0,23 20 4,60

2 8 28 WFM Varshini V 2129 IND 3,0 s 1 0,68 0,32 20 6,40

3 4 32 WIM Monnisha G K 2101 IND 3,0 w 1 0,71 0,29 20 5,80

4 2 8 WIM Dordzhieva Dinara 2304 RUS 5,0 w 0 0,44 -0,44 20 -8,80

5 6 41 Priyanka K 2048 IND 5,0 s 0 0,77 -0,77 20 -15,40

6 9 38 WFM Leonardi Caterina 2061 SLO 3,0 s 1 0,76 0,24 20 4,80

Her mother Sonia, a city government employee, said her daughter showed talent in chess during her elementary days at the Divine Word College (DWC) of Legazpi. Janelle also joined the Magayon Chess Club to improve. GM Eugene Torre told her about Janelle’s remarkable potential.

Frayna is Far Eastern University (FEU) Psychology student in Manila and native of this city

"I am so happy. I defeated three women grandmasters last year but this achievement is different since I beat a male grandmaster," she said.

http://manilastandardtoday.com/pane...

GM Eugene Torre (left) receives his trophy from National Chess Federation Executive Director GM Jayson Gonzales after ruling the 2014 National Chess Championship (Battle of Grandmasters) during the awading ceremony.

The top two seeds WGM Dinara Saduakassova and WIM Alina Bivol stayed in contention at 6.0 by winning their respective games. WIM Nandhidhaa Pv, who had held Dordzhieva on the top table is also on 6.0.

At the 2014 National Chess Championship (Battle of Grandmasters) in Manila, Frayna defeated two grandmasters, future champions: GM Richard Bitoon (2015 Champion) and GM Rogelio Antonio Jr (2016 Champion). She also won Women's Championship twice (2013 and 2016).

FRAYNA, Janelle Mae (2133) - BITOON, Richard (2423)

(2014 National Championship (2), 21.06.2014)

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.Bg5 c6 8.e3 0–0 9.Be2 Na6 10.Nf4 Nc7 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.0–0–0 Ne6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nh5 Bg5 15.Kb1 g6 16.Ng3 a6 17.Nf1 b5 18.f4 Bf6 19.g4 Bd7 20.Ng3 bxc4 21.Qc2 d5 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Kh8 24.Nh6 Bxd4 25.exd4 Nxf4 26.Rhg1 Qh4 27.Ng4 Bf5 28.Ne3 Bg6 29.Rdf1 Qe7 30.Ka1 Nd3 31.Bxd3 cxd3 32.Qd2 Qa7 33.Ng4 Qxd4 34.Ne2 Rxf1+ 35.Rxf1 Qb4 36.Qxb4 Rxb4 37.Nf4 d4 38.Ne6 h5 39.Ne5 d2 40.Nxg6+ Kh7 41.Ng5+ Kxg6 42.Nxe4 Rc4 43.Kb1 d3 44.Nxd2 Rc2 45.Nf3 Re2 46.Rd1 Re3 47.Rxd3 Rxd3 48.Ne5+ Kf5 49.Nxd3 h4 50.Kc2 Kg4 51.Kd2 Kh3 52.Ke2 Kxh2 53.Kf2 a5 54.a4 h3 55.Ne5 c5 56.Nf3+ Kh1 57.b3 h2 58.Nd2 c4 59.Nf1 cxb3 60.Ng3# 1–0

FRAYNA, Janelle Mae (2133) - ANTONIO, Rogelio Jr (2517)

(2014 National Championship (4), 23.06.2014)

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.c4 Bf6 12.c3 Nd7 13.Be4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 e5 15.Rad1 exd4 16.cxd4 Re8 17.Qg4 Nf8 18.Rfe1 Qd6 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Ng6 21.Qb5 c6 22.Qf5 Rad8 23.h4 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qb4 25.Qg5 f6 26.Qc1 Qa5 27.Qb1 Nf8 28.Re7 Qa3 29.Re3 Qa4 30.Qc1 c5 31.Ra3 Qd7 32.d5 Qg4 33.Rxa7 Re8 34.Ra3 Re4 35.Re3 Rxc4 36.Qd2 Qf5 37.d6 Qc2 38.Qd5+ Kh8 39.Qf7 h6 40.Qxf8+ Kh7 41.d7 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qxd7 43.g3 Rc2 44.Kg2 Rxa2 45.Re7 Qg4 46.Qxf6 Ra8 47.Ng5+ 1–0

WIM Frayna could be in her Senior year for FEU course, and heard she's actually on track to graduate with honors! VERY HARD to do to excel both in academics and chess !

Bo. SNo. Name IRtg FED Pts Res. Pts Name IRtg FED SNo. 1 8 WIM Dordzhieva Dinara 2304 RUS 6½ – 6 WIM Bivol Alina 2362 RUS 2

2 1 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2423 KAZ 6 – 6½ WIM Frayna Janelle Mae 2292 PHI 9

3 17 WIM Michelle Catherina P 2205 IND 5½ – 6 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv 2151 IND 24

4 12 WGM Buksa Nataliya 2261 UKR 5½ – 5½ WIM Mahalakshmi M 2101 IND 31

Maybe we can learn where WIM Frayna went wrong, if WGM Buksa missed some winning lines and how Janelle slipped away.

Jeffrey Xiong beats Aravindh to become sole leader

ˆ@August 15, 2016

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 ¡X Nasuta Grzegorz, Xu Yinglun, Maghsoodloo, and Karthikeyan ¡X are in close pursuit on 6.0/8.

While the top board game between Grzegorz and Yinglun ended in a draw, Iran No. 1 Parham Maghsoodloo played a gem of a game to positionally crush GM S.L. Narayanan. Erstwhile leader GM Murali Karthikeyan jumped back into contention as he defeated Iran¡¦s IM Masoud Mosadeghpour to also reach the tied second spot.

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.