Luck & Blunder…The World Championship 2014

Despite the media saying AWESOME, what got finished on 23^rd of November 2014 @ Sochi, in Russia, was just nothing more than PURE mediocre stuff! No other world championship has this much depended on ‘PURE BLUNDER’ & ‘PURE LUCK’!

When one sees the Anand everyone saw in the Candidates 2014 after the so called Carlsen Demolition in 2013 and @ Bilbao, just before the world championship 2014, vanishing listlessly into thin air, just when he started playing in Sochi IS JUST BEYOND ANY LOGICAL SENSE! Illogic is added more & more when he falters against a SO CALLED OFF FORM Magnus, committing stupidities when & where a 5 Time World Champion is NEVER expected to do such things!

When Anand justifies his blunders saying that Magnus has STRONGER NERVES, one comes to doubt whether he has COMPLETELY forgotten he was playing a world championship match & he has 5 world chess championship crowns under his belt! One also doubts whether he went to Sochi, FULLY PREPARED TO LOSE TO MAGNUS, ‘ONLY’ DUE TO THE PRESSURE FACTOR & NOTHING ELSE!

And, the PRESSURE, he has ‘severely’ been (SUPPOSEDLY!) under, ever since the media started to copy some of the Anand baiters, from the West side of the chess board, SEEMS to have no effect on Magnus’ result! One SURELY comes into the conclusion that Anand is playing a ‘MUCH PRESSURED’ (Pressurised!) World Chess Championship @ Sochi while Magnus plays some sort of ‘Night Odds’ or ‘Bishop Odds’ with his pal who NEVER played chess in his entire life; or whoever arranged it from ‘behind the curtains’ made it look EXACTLY like that!

It is a WESTERN ‘FACT’ that the word ‘PRESSURE’ itself is INVENTED by the western chess fraternity for Anand; ‘ONLY’ for Anand! It is ALSO amazing to know that when Anand plays the World Chess Championship (Whether he is the reigning champion as was the case in 2013 or as the challenger, as is the case in 2014!), IT IS ONLY Anand who SHOULD come under pressure! The international chess environment is in such a wonderful condition that ONLY Anand is ‘PRESSURE AFFECTED’; that too ALWAYS in the World Championships! The story becomes ‘THICKER’ when he loses BOTH the matches against Magnus as a defending champion & as a challenger, UNDER PRESSURE……Oh…what a wonderful story line!

Media celebrated the ‘Anand Break Down’ (Poor, Malnourished, ‘Western Made Crocin Eating’ ‘3^rd World’ Former Champ, from the snake charmers’ land, India, who lost to the Young & Dashing ‘UNPRESSURED’ & ‘NEVER PRESSURED’ Norwegian!) & the Mentally ‘Tough’ Magnus (The New Macho Man Of The West!) pulling a faster one (A La Odysseus!) over a ‘PRESSURE BROKEN’ Indian who is ‘SUPPOSEDLY’ aged MUCH MORE THAN THE GREAT HIMALAYAS! The fact that Lasker & Botwinnik (The Aravallies of the Chess World!) were ‘MORE AGED’ world champions is wholesomely forgotten as they were considered ‘the Greeks’ of the Western Chess World!

Indian Media lapped up the western nausea & celebrated the Dashing Norwegian victory! They nauseated ‘PRESSURE’, ‘AGE FACTOR’, ‘CRUMBLING UNDER PRESSURE’, ‘RATING DIFFERENCE’, ‘LACK OF MOTIVATION’, ‘CARLSEN DOMINANCE’, ‘THE TIRING FORCE OF MAGNUS’, ‘THE MAGNUS EFFICIENCY IN EVERY POSITION & EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THE GAME’ etc on their media territory; those who 'EVEN' could not tell a bishop from a pawn talked elaborately on their media platforms, nauseating what they already had from the western nausea!

What many don’t understand is the stand Anand took; his ‘UNDERDOG TALK’; it looked as if he wished to present himself as a tooth less old lion, weakly moving towards the sun set…with all his glories collected in a bag which loosely hung on his back, with sad melody getting lightly played in the background!

It is basic logic that IF he wished TRUELY to compete in the World Championship rematch against all the ‘CREATED ODDS’, what HE REQUIRED BADLY WAS ‘MOTIVATION’, ‘INSPIRATION’, ‘MENTAL BOOST’, ‘WHOLESOMELY CHANGED/ALTERED OUTLOOK’ etc; and, it  definitely is anyone’s guess! Some sensible fellow had, some long years ago, told bluntly on the face of his distracters that “To Train A Horse It Is ‘NOT’ Necessary To Be A Horse!”; maybe, Anand would have missed that blunt man’s statement!

Why didn’t he go searching for this PANACEA & included someone outside the HEAVILY BIASED chess fraternity who could have changed his fortunes is STILL A PUZZLE! Was it all ARRANGED in such a manner that Anand be given a SORT of farewell which the BEHIND THE SCENE ACTORS designed?! His win in the Candidates, his success in Bilbao etc don’t show Anand as the nervous ‘BLUNDERING RAM’ of the world championship match….Some VERY IMPORTANT pieces of the jigsaw ARE missing here, for sure!  

Every Indian &, of course, Chess GM Project really wish to know, maybe NOT too far away from now, what all things went in to make the World Championship 2014 this kind of a match where ‘ONLY’ Luck & Blunder’ (L&B!) decided the outcome!

If it is Luck & Blunder’ (L&B!) which are the main criteria winning a world championship match, it’s better NEXT TIME, FIDE arrange the world championship match between 2 seasoned gamblers from Las Vegas or 2 Lottery Maniacs who have spoiled everything on the lottery, as the 2 persons fighting for the FIDE World Chess Championship, where a little bit of ‘Gasparov Predictions & Blabbering’ 

(It is debated all over the Indian chess circles what this ‘G’ in G.Kasparov stands for; they strongly doubt that ‘G’ stands for ‘Gas’, EXPANDED Gas Kasparov; some EVEN have gone to the extent of calling G.Kasparov ‘simply’ ‘Gas’parov!) should be sprinkled to get the obnoxious, gossipy feel! Let’s hope someday…..in the near future something shocking will come out into the open….Let’s wait till that moment, thinking about things unseen… unknown……unchesslike! 

Viswanathan Anand – The Untold!

The World Chess Championship is going to begin in Chennai (Olden Day Madras) in a couple of days! The World Chess Champion from India, Viswanathan Anand, will take on the pretender to the throne World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a Classical World Championship Match!

It is speculated that World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen has an edge over Anand as punters say he has 'a huge advantage due to his lower age - more than half of years ‘lived less’ on the surface of mother Earth than Anand has done 'successfully'! - & motivational level! These punters 'deliberately' forget the quality of wine is its age & for experience there are no real substitutes.

Vishy has been on the top of the chess world for more than 2 decades & he has been the undisputed world champion since 2007, making his challengers Kramnik, Topalov & Gelfand history! This great feat he has achieved against all the odds speaks volumes about the 'Legend Quality' that he has got.

He fought against a biased world of chess players & chess lovers from a very young age & he has always been harassed by the step motherly attitude of the world chess bodies that are realistically dominated by the western-spirited personalities, for ages! Despite all these not so enviable things & situations, where mortals have never thread, he walked with the utmost patience & dignity & achieved what a true Indian could ONLY have achieved - The Title Of The World Champion - as if he, an Indian, is entitled to have the world champion title of a game that is born in this great nation of thought & ideas!

Seeing an Indian as World Chess Champion for ages has never been something palatable for a lot of people who used to see & eulogise whatever that is western. When the 'Lightning Kid' metamorphosised himself to the junior world chess champion & became the first GM of India in 1988 he was still considered as an upstart who would fade in time as many had experienced!

In the 90s he became a major force to reckon with & there were no parallels in chess history in the matter of Speed! Most of the times he had been ‘deliberately’ presented (By the ‘who is who’ of the chess world!) in the world media as an underdog and was projected as something of a 'Lucky Time Chess Master'! The international chess media made him look like a 'Lightning Kid' trying to walk along the chess colossus of the pro western chess world! But time proved that the 'Kid' out classed the colossus & remained the Champion of the World for a very long long time, that the new generations saw Viswanathan Anand as the pole star in the ever changing firmament!

The western world which always wanted a world champion from the west tried their best to push the pole star out of the firmament by all the means at their disposal; but the star remained there showing direction to the wanderers of the unchartered chess world! Tens of thousands of people in the 1+billion society of India took chess into their heart with love as they were never failingly guided by the pole star of chess, Viswanathan Anand of India who was successfully 'SHORTENED' by the not too friendly western media & the who is who of the chess world as 'Vishy' Anand! Still, his unique powers never got 'Shortened' despite all the efforts of the persons who wanted to remove the star from the firmament, the pole star shone on the horizon!

The 'Supposed To Be' all time great Garry Kasparov treated Anand as badly as he can and FIDE, the main accomplice to demote Anand in stature, also did the same by making a Totally Tired Anand play against a much rested & FIDE Fav Guy Anatoly Karpov in a world championship match in which due to wholesome exhaustion Anand lost. Again, Kramnik & Topalov, both of them became World Champion's challengers, spoke about Anand in not so complimentary words that is due to a world champion of his stature.

The Gentleman Polestar of the Chess Firmament never got disturbed by this much below the par standard of behaviour of his opponents & contemporaries! Even when he became the ONLY world champion who has won the title in all the formats of the game play he was hailed 'INCOMPARABLE' ONLY by a very small number of international media! Always he was treated BAD! Before he became the world chess champion for the first time in 2000 & ruled over the undisputed chess world since 2007, he was meted out with the same sort of apathy, all over the world, mostly!

Now, when he is the ONE & ONLY Anand in the Chess World, of whom one can always be Happy about (Anand = Happiness in India!), the who is who of the chess world & the west slanted chess media say Anand has to beat Carlsen to be counted in the all time greats; what an absurd request?! The dumb as a door nail pro western chess media foolishly ignore that there is LITERALLY NOTHING Anand has to prove & he is NEVER going to prove –To satisfy an insatiable pro western chess media - what he has become long ago i.e One of the all time chess greats as whatever he has achieved, which is unparalleled in chess history, has been achieved against all odds, i.e. against a West centred chess fraternity, West centred world chess governing body FIDE, West centred chess contemporaries & all those who always wanted to see a man from the West on the World Chess Throne!

Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, Topalov & FIDE itself played all the tricks @ their disposal to prevent HIM from GREATNESS which he duly deserved; but, they never succeeded in their plans! FIDE, the chess body, made Anand play against Topalov ONLY a couple of days after his 40 hours bus journey due to a volcano eruption in Europe which made the life in Europe come into a grinding halt, thinking that he would be dethroned by the Karpov-Like Rested Topalov who played the championship in his backyard Sofia. In the Anand-Gelfand match, FIDE, despite giving assurances that Chennai would host the world championship, all of a sudden, from nowhere, CONDUCTED A BID & AN ARTFULLY 'LEAKED' Indian Bid saw Anand play in Russia! Again, trampling the ballooned expectations of the pro west chess world & FIDE, Anand emerged victorious with flying colours and for once & all established himself as the Living Legend of the Chess World, never ever bothering whether the pro west  people, contemporaries & media describe & engrave him as one of the all time greats, in their pro western chess annals!

The west dominated world media is still far away from accepting & declaring Anand as one of the greatest chess players ever born shows how arrogant, sub standard & low it has become that it REGULARLY points out new criterion, one after another, for Anand to meet – The sensible knows very well that they will continue doing what they have been doing UNASHAMEDLY all these years to infinity! – that they accept him as one of the all time greats! What these much less than sublime pseudo western media seldom understands or are ready to understand is its only idiots ask Quality & Greatness to prove they are Quality & Greatness!

Even Indian media neglected Anand where as they fell head over heals for the cricketing heroes of the country never remembering that cricket is a game which is barely played in less than a score of countries, in the world, where as chess is played @ the competitive level in every country present in the world! There was even a university in Hyderabad which asked him to prove that he is an Indian that the sub standard university could confer its sub standard doctorate or some piece of sh*t on him! Nobody, till now, has taken the courage to scream, standing on the roof tops, that “Enough IS Enough & Just Shut Up & Watch Anand Play The Game As A Legend Plays, in his inimitable style!”

Anand, such a great gentle man chess player that he is, has never been concerned by the knaves, senile & dwarfs of the chess world who were just there to harass Quality & Greatness 24/7 & he plays on, unperturbed & wholesomely focussed, as the Great & Legendary World Champion that he is.........!

Chess Quiz From JGKC!

As Chess GM Project requested Johnson’s General Knowledge Course (JGKC), JGKC has prepared an interesting Quiz Section for us, purely based on CHESS!

When we, Chess GM Project, went through the questions (To our surprise, we found all of them interesting!) we found interesting questions which are simple and interesting questions which would even confuse a Chess GK Expert!

The answers to all the questions given will be provided @ a later date so that you will try your best to find out the answers yourself! We, Chess GM Project, wish you all ‘Great Luck’ that you emerge victorious, finding answers to all the questions provided below by JGKC!

1. When was Chess GM Project Started?

A. 2010 B. 2009 C. 2011 D. 2008.

2. Who is the founder of Chess GM Project?

A. Johnson.V. B. Boris Gelfand C. Susan Polgar D. Yuri Averback.

3. Who is the first GM of India?

A. Debendyu Barua B. Viswanathan Anand C. Manuel Aaron D. Praveen Thipsay.

4. Who is the first IM of India?

A. Debendyu Barua B. Viswanathan Anand C. Manuel Aaron D. Praveen Thipsay.

5. Where is Chess born?

A. Russia B. China C. India D. America.

6. What was Chess called in its original form?

A. Checkers B. Chaturanga C. Snake & Ladder D. Duda.

7. Who is the ONLY World Champion who won the World Crown in all the formats of the Game – Match, Tournament, Knock Out, Rapid?

A. Garry Kasparov B. Vishy Anand C. Anatoly Karpov D. Bobby Fisher.

8. In which country Chess Legend Bobby Fisher was born?

A. Russia B. USA C. Iceland D. England.

9. Whose famous book is ‘My 60 Memorable Games’?

A. Vishy Anand  B. Bobby Fisher  C. Garry Kasparov  D. Tigran Petrosian.

10. Who is the HIGHEST RATED player in chess history?

A. Bobby Fisher  B. Vishy Anand C. Magnus Carlsen D. Garry Kasparov.

11. Who is the youngest World Champion in Chess?

A. Magnus Carlsen  B. Vishy Anand  C. Bobby Fisher D. Garry Kasparov.

12. Which country is called Current World Champion Vishy Anand’s ‘Second Home’?

A. France B. Russia C. Spain D. Portugal.

13. What does ECO stands for?

A. Eco Chess Organisation B. European Chess Organisation C. Encyclopaedia Of Chess Openings D. English Chess Opening.

14. In which year Vishy Anand became the World Junior Champion?

A. 1986 B. 1987. C. 1988 D. 1989.

15. In which year Vishy Anand became the World Champion, for the first time?

A. 2000 B. 2001. C. 2007 D. 2008.

16. Who is the ONLY player who won the prestigious super tournament Wijk aan Zee / Corus a record 5 times?

A. Vishy Anand B. Garry Kasparov C. Bobby Fisher D. Magnus Carlsen.

17. Who is the Asian who became the president of FIDE?

A. Manuel Aaron B. Florenco Campomenous C. Eugene Torre D. Vishy Anand.

18. Who is the first Asian to become a GM?

A. Vishy Anand  B. Eugene Torre C. Debendyu Barua D. Praveen Thipsay.

19. Who is the first & only woman who broke into the FIDE Men’s Top Ten?

A. Susan Polgar B. Sofia Polgar C. Maya Chiburdanidze D. Judit Polgar.

20. Which country are the Polgar Sisters from?

A. Russia B. Hungary C. Poland D. Portugal. 

21. Which one of the following Russian players is not a Russian by birth?

A. Peter Svidler B. Sergei Karjakin C. Vladimir Kramnik D. Alexander Grischuk.

22. Who is the only American to have won the World Chess Crown?

A. Boris Spasky  B. Alexander Khalifman C. Bobby Fisher D. Paul Murphy.

23. Who is the only Asian to have won the World Chess Crown?

A. Eugene Torre B. Aronian C. Vishy Anand D. Tigran Petrosian.

24. Which country GM Vassily Ivanchuk belongs to?

A. Russia B. Armenia C. Ukraine D. Hungary.

25. Which player is not of the World Champion Vishy Anand’s generation?

A. Boris Gelfand B. Vassily Ivanchuk C. Susan Polgar D. Levon Aronian.

26. Who is the World Champion who abdicated his throne without playing against the challenger Anatoly Karpov?

A. Boris Spasky B. Bobby Fisher C. Tigran Petrosian D. Dr. Max Ewe.

27. Which country World No 1 Magnus Carlsen belongs to?

A. Sweden B. Russia C. Norway D. Denmark.

28. Which one of the following countries Boris Gelfand never represented in his career?

A. Russia B. Armenia C. Belarus D. Israel.

29. Who is known as ‘Mr. Cool’ among the World Champions?   

A. Vishy Anand  B. Dr. Max Ewe C. Anatoly Karpov D. Garry Kasparov.

30. Who won the maximum number of consecutive world crowns?

A. Anatoly Karpov  B. Mikhail Botvinnik C. Garry Kasparov D. Vishy Anand.

31. Who is the first official World Chess Champion?  

A. Emmanuel Lasker B. Mikhail Botvinnik C. Wilhelm Steinitz D. Jose Raul Capablanca. 

MYSORE FIDE RATED OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 2011!

MYSORE DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION, In Association With THE UNITED KARNATAKA CHESS ASSOCIATION & AICF, Is Going To Conduct The ALL INDIA OPEN FIDE RATING CHESS TOURNAMENT (BELOW 2200 RATING)!

The Event Will Be Conducted Between 29th October & 1st Of November 2011@ Chamundivihar Stadium, Nazar Bad, Mysore (3 km. from Railway Station. 1.5 kms. from K.S.R.T.C. Bus Stand 2.5 kms. from City Bus Stand.)

The Inauguration Will Be @10.00 AM On 29/10/2011 & The
First Round Will Commence Immediately After The Inauguration!

ORGANISING COMMITTEE CONTACTS:
Mr. Arunachala. H.S - 094481 65258
Mr. Lakshman Babu - 098447 88768
Mr. Y.G.VIjendra - 097398 29564

Tournament Schedule:
29-10-2011 - 1st Round Soon After The Inauguration
2nd Round 4.00 pm

30-10-2011 - 3rd Round 9.00 am
4th Round 1.00 pm
5th Round 5.00 pm

31-10-2011 - 6th Round 9.00 am
7th Round 1.00 pm
8th Round 5.00 pm

01-11-2011 - 9th Round 8.30 am
10th Round 12.00 Noon
Prize distribution - 4.00 PM

32 CASH PRIZES AMOUNTING TO Rs. 130000/- AND ATTRACTIVE TROPHIES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY!
1st: Rs.25000
2nd:Rs.20000
3rd: Rs.15000
4th: Rs.10000
5th: Rs. 7500
6th: Rs. 6500
7th: Rs. 5500
8th: Rs. 4500
9th: Rs. 3500
10th:Rs. 3000
11th to 15th: Rs.2000
16th to 20th: Rs.1500
20th to 30th: Rs.1000
Best Veteran: Rs.1000, Best Female: Rs.1000
2 Special Trophies for U-7, U-9, U-11, U-13, U-15
Age categories separately for Boys and Girls.

ENTRY FEE: Rs.900 for unrated.
Rs.800 for rating below 1800
Rs.700 for rating above 1800

Outstation players can send the entry by Demand Draft in favour of Mysore District Chess Association payable at Mysore, and may be sent to Sri.S.K.Ananda Theertha, Principal, K.Puttaswamy College, Water Tank Road, Gokulum 3rd Stage, Mysore 570002, Land Line 0821-2419191, Mobile No 9972680588.

Last date without late fee: 20/10/2011.
Entry closes on 28th October 2011 by 6.00 PM

RULES
Eligibility- Players with Elo rating below 2200 and Unrated.

AICF registration is compulsory for the year 2011-12 and UKCA registration is mandatory for Karnataka State Players.

The tournament will be played on the Swiss League basis under the recent FIDE rules!
Tiebreak: 1) Bucholtz 2) Median Bucholtz

 No prizes will be shared.

 One Participant is eligible for one prize only (Highest prize).

 Game will be played on 1.hour plus 30 sec increment.

 Protest if any, shall be lodged in writing with protest fee of Rs.500 within 15 minutes of the incidents.

 Tournament committee has the right to accept or reject any entry without assigning any reason.

 The decision of Chief Arbiter/Appeal Committee is final.

 The organizers of the tournament will reserve the right to make the necessary changes pertaining to the tournament.

 Strict silence must be adhered in the tournament premises.

 If A Player's Mobile rings or vibrates he/she will lose the game.

 Players must bring their own chess set and clock.

 Age proof certificate should be enclosed along with the entry form for the age category prize consideration.

Accommodation:
Players have to make their own arrangements.

KAZAN CANDIDATES MATCHES 2011 - STAGE I

KAZAN CANDIDATES MATCHES 2011 - STAGE I

GAME 1
Due to the extra caution taken by all the players all the 4 games were drawn in the first game of the 2011 Candidates Matches in Kazan.

Radjabov and Kramnik were the first to draw, that too in only 25 moves! No 'TRY" from either side.
05.05.2011; Game 1
White : Teimour Radjabov
Black : Vladimir Kramnik
Result 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Rc5 Rd8 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rc1 Bd5 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rc3 Nf6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc4 Re8 23. h3 Ne4 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1 1/2-1/2

Topalov held with Black against Kamsky with relative ease. Despite having material advantage Kamsky failed to score the full point!
05.05.2011; Game 1
White : Gata Kamsky
Black : Veselin Topalov
Result 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. a5 e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. e5 Qc6 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Bxc4 dxe5 17. b3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. Na4 Nxe2 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxe2 Ke7 23. b4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bxb4 25. Rd3 Bd5 26. Rb1 Bxa5 27. Ra3 Bd2 28. Rxa6 Rc8 29. Ra7+ Kf6 30. Bd3 Be3 31. Ra4 h5 32. Rab4 Rc3 33. h4 g6 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Ra4 f5 36. Re1 Bc5 37. Re2 Kf6 38. Re1 Bf2 39. Re2 Bc5 40. Re1 Bf2 41. Re2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

Mamedyarov had a slight advantage throughout most of the game but Gelfand's solid play earned him half a point.
05.05.2011; Game 1
White : Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Black : Boris Gelfand
Result 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg5 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Red1 Kh8 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd6 Nd4 20. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxb6 22. a4 Kg8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 b4 25. Rb5 Rfb8 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Ne2 Rc6 28. c3 bxc3 29. Nxc3 Bg5 30. Kf1 Rb6 31. Rb1 Be7 32. Ke2 Rb8 33. Kd3 Bc5 34. Na4 Bxf2 35. b4 Ra8 36. Nc5 Kf7 37. Kc4 Ke7 38. Rd1 Bd4 39. Nb3 1/2-1/2

Aronian completely outplayed Grischuk and obtained a winning endgame. But he could not convert the advantage to a full point & the game ended in a draw.
05.05.2011; Game 1
White : Levon Aronian
Black : Alexander Grischuk
Result 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc1 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Rb1 Rad8 25. Nc2 Nd3 26. Rff1 Rd7 27. Rfd1 Nf4 28. Kf2 Rc8 29. Ne3 h5 30. Rb6 Ne6 31. Bxg7 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 Kxg7 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. Rd6 a5 35. c4 a4 36. Kd4 Ne6+ 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. Rd5 Nf4 39. Rd2 Ne6 40. Rb2 Rd8 41. Nf2 a3 42. Rd2 Rb8 43. Nd3 Rb1 44. c5 Kf6 45. c6 Ke7 46. Nb4 Rc1+ 47. Kb3 Nc5+ 48. Kxa3 Nxe4 49. Rd4 Nd6 50. Ka4 Ke6 51. Ka5 Rc5+ 52. Ka6 g5 53. a4 Ke5 54. Rd2 Rc4 55. Ka5 f5 56. Rc2 Kd4 57. Rd2+ Ke5 58. Nd3+ Kf6 59. Kb6 Nc8+ 60. Kb7 Nd6+ 61. Kc7 Ne4 62. Ra2 Nc3 63. Rb2 Nxa4 64. Rb4 Rxb4 65. Nxb4 Nc5 66. Kb6 Ne6 67. Nd3 h4 68. h3 Ke7 69. Nc5 Nxc5 70. Kxc5 Kd8 1/2-1/2
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GAME 2
Kamsky scored a big victory against Topalov with Black. All other games were drawn.
Game 2 ; 06.05.2011
White : Veselin Topalov
Black : Gata Kamsky
Result 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8. Qa3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Bg3 Bh6+ 11. e3 a5 12. h4 Ncb4 13. h5 c6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rd2 f6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Be2 Qc8 18. Rh4 Kf7 19. Rd1 g5 20. Rh2 g4 21. Nfd2 c5 22. dxc5 f5 23. Rxh6 Rxh6 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Bf4 Rf6 28. e4 Rxc5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. b3 Qd4 31. Be3 Qc3+ 0-1

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GAME 3
Gelfand scored a critical victory against Mamedyarov with black in game 3. He and Kamsky lead their respective matches by 1 with 1 game to go. All the other 3 games ended in uneventful draws!
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Boris Gelfand
Game 3 ; 07.05.2011 ; 0-1
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Kh8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Qh3 d5 18.e5 Qxe5 19.Rh4 Rfc8 20.Kh1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Rd4 a5 23.Rd3 Qc6 24.c3 a4 25.Bc2 e5 26.Bg5 b4 27.Qh4 bxc3 28.Rh3 Kg8 29.Re1 e4 30.g4 Kf8 31.Be3 Qc4 32.g5 Bxf5 33.gxf6 Bxf6 34.Qh5 Bg6 35.Qg4 Qxa2 36.Bb1 Qc4 37.Qg2 a3 38.Ba2 Qc6 39.Rg3 Rb8 Mamedyarov resigned. 0-1
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GAME 4
Topalov was eliminated by Kamsky and Mamedyarov faced the same fate at the hands of Gelfand. In the mean time, Kramnik, Radjabov, Aronian, and Grischuk headed to the playoff.
Vladimir Kramnik - Teimour Radjabov
Game 4 ; 08.05.2011 ; 1/2-1/2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.a3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Be2 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Be6 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qd4 Rfc8 16.O-O Nb3 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Rab1 Bf5 19.Rbd1 Rc2 20.Rxd5 Rxb2 21.Re1 Be6 22.Rb5 Rxa3 23.Rxb6 Raa2 24.Rxb7 g5 25.Bf1 h6 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Rxb2 Rxb2 28.exd4 1/2-1/2

WORLD JUNIORS AND JUNIOR GIRLS U-20 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011!

WORLD JUNIORS & JUNIOR GIRLS U-20
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2011!
CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA
FROM 1ST TO 16TH OF AUGUST, 2011

THE WORLD JUNIORS & JUNIOR GIRLS U-20 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF WORLD CHESS GOVERNING BODY FIDE, ALL INDIA CHESS FEDERATION (AICF) & TAMILNADU CHESS ASSOCIATION (TNSCA), IN CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA!


The championships are scheduled from 1st to 16th of August, 2011, at Chennai, India. Hundreds of chess players, from all over the world, are expected to participate. India will be serious contenders for a lot of titles in the various categories of the championships. It is a wonderful coincidence that the championships are conducted in Chennai, as it is the home town of the World Chess Champion Vishy Anand & he has shifted his base from Spain to Chennai, India, a couple of months back!


THE WORLD JUNIORS & JUNIOR GIRLS U-20 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS will be a big boost to the already fast growing Indian Chess Player Contigents, all over India! Thousands of fast growing chess players of various age groups will get morale boosting inspiration from these sorts of World Class Chess Tournaments, conducted in India! And, we can expect another couple of World Chess Champions, like Vishy Anand, from these players from India, who participate in these sorts of World Championships!


"ALL THE BEST" for ALL THE INDIAN CHESS PLAYERS in THE WORLD JUNIORS & JUNIOR GIRLS U-20 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011, from our team, "CHESS GM PROJECT"!

INDIA TOP 30 - MARCH 2011!

WORLD CHESS CHAMPION VISHY ANAND headed the list of India's TOP 30 chess players! As he is the HIGHEST RATED CHESS PLAYER ON THE PLANET NOW with the career best 2817, there is no one in India to challenge his superiority anywhere near!

The second positioned Sasikiran, who lost some ELO points from his previous rating is 135 ELO points behind him. Though it was expected that Sasikiran would cross the 2700 mark again in the March rating list, it didn't happen as his perfomance was not enough to push him over into the 2700 group and he actually lost some precious ELO points too. 7 players including Sasikiran are in the 2600-2685 ELO bracket with the last placed GN Gopal coming back to the 2600 group.

The only female in 'the INDIAN TOP 10' Humpy's deteriorating form contributed into the reduction of her ELOs & it is a serious concern that she could not perform well in the tournaments she participated. She could not do well in the World Championship & in the Doha WGP she is not performing well justifying her highest rating in the event. Harika just lost '1' ELO point from her previous rating, maintaining the consistency she has been showing for some time now!

INDIA TOP 30 - FIDE MARCH 2011!
Viswanathan Anand - M - g - 2817
Krishnan Sasikiran - M - g - 2682
Harikrishna, P. ------ M - g - 2665
Surya Shekhar Ganguly - M - g - 2643
Sandipan Chanda -- M - g - 2638
Parimarjan Negi --- M - g - 2618
Koneru Humpy ----- F - g - 2607
G.N.Gopal -------- M - g - 2604
Abhijeet Gupta ---- M - g - 2580
Deep Sengupta ----- M - g - 2564
B.Adhiban --------- M - g - 2543
P.Magesh Chandran - M - g - 2542
Tejas Bakre ------- M - g - 2530
S.P.Sethuraman ---- M - g - 2527
Abhijit Kunte ------- M - g - 2526
Dronavalli Harika --- F - m - 2524
Arun Prasad, S. ---- M - g - 2496
Sahaj Grover ------ M - m - 2495
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi - M - m - 2495
Lalith, Babu M.R. --- M - m - 2491
Deepan Chakkravarthy J.- M - g - 2484
Arghyadip Das ----- M - m - 2478
R.B. Ramesh ------- M - g - 2472
Dibyendu Barua ---- M - g - 2468
Sundararajan Kidambi - M - g - 2467
R.R. Laxman ------- M - g - 2462
Praveen M Thipsay -- M - g - 2461
Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury - M - m - 2459
S. Satyapragyan ---- M - m - 2459
M. S. Thejkumar --- M - m - 2458
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INDIA TOP 12 WOMEN - FIDE MARCH 2011!
Koneru Humpy ------------ g - 2607
Dronavalli Harika ---------- m - 2524
Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman - m - 2431
Tania Sachdev ------------- m -2407
Soumya Swaminathan ---- wg - 2368
Padmini Rout ------------- wg - 2342
Bhakti Kulkarni ----------- c - 2339
Ann Mary Gomes --------- wg - 2334
Eesha Karavade ---------- m - 2330
Nisha Mohota ----------- m - 2324
Meenakshi Subbaraman --- wg - 2323
Swathi Ghate -------------- wg - 2307