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25 November 2013

FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2013, CHENNAI

Sponsored by Government of Tamilnadu

CARLSEN CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Ms. J Jayalalithaa

presents the Winner's trophy to Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President FIDE is in the middle
AICF CHRONICLE November 2013
Room No. 70,
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
Chennai - 600 003.
Dawn of a new era
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Publisher: V. Hariharan coveted title slipped away
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when he wished to retain it
Price: Monthly Rs.25 Annual Rs.300 playing in his home city. But
then, as the old adage goes,
INSIDE ... all good things must come to
an end at some point of time. Anand’s long
FWCM 2013 Inauguration reign on the World title ended at the FIDE
by Arvind Aaron 03
World Chess match at Chennai as Magnus
Pre-match press conference
By Arvind Aaron 07 Carlsen emerged as the 20th World Champion
FWCM 2013 with a convincing 6.5-3.5 margin after the
Report and games 07 drawn tenth game. Young Carlsen’s victory
Post-match press conference symbolizes the dawn of a new era.
Transcripts from Pres officer FIDE 48
FWCM at Chennai was rated as the best World
Chennai Grandmaster Intl. Open
Aravindh Chithambaram wins
chess championship organized in the last
by IA R.R.Vasudevan 53 twenty five years according to FIDE mem-
TN State Level Open for Chief bers who attended the Presidential Board
Minister’s Trophy, Chennai....... meeting here. Chess fraternity owes it to
Rajesh wins Chief Minister’s Trophy the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu who helped
by IA Balagunasekaran, Chief Arbiter 56
in bringing this mega event to Chennai with
National Under-9 Championships,Chennai…
Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh win titles a liberal grant of 29 crores. Credit must be
By IA Vipnesh Bharadwaj 57 given to the Organizing committee and their
Women International Grand Master dedicated band of volunteers ably guided
Tournament 2013, Chennai… by the dynamic International organizer and
Mary Ann Gomes emerges Champion 61
Championship Director Mr.D.V.Sundar whose
International FIDE Rated for
Below 2100,Chennai…
meticulous planning received praise from all
Iniyan wins title round. The events organized alongside to
by IA V.Vijayaraghavan, Chief Arbiter 62 celebrate the main event also attracted wide
FWCM Chess solving contests media attention.Tamilnadu State Chess as-
by C.G.S.Narayanan 63 sociation under the guidance of its General
FIDE Arbiter Seminar, Chennai
Secretary V.Hariharan and its office bearers
by IA R.Anantaram 64
FIDE Trainers Seminar must be complimented for the successful con-
by K.Gopalakrishnan,FIDE Trainer 64 duct of each and every event. This bumper
Test your solving skills issue is brought out covering the entire gamut
by C.G.S.Narayanan 66 of activities in and around the FWCM 2013.
Tactics from master games
by S.Krishnan 67
Puzzle of the month
C.G.S.Narayanan 69
AICF Calendar 70 C.G.S.Narayanan
Cover Photo : DIPR
 FIDE World Chess Match 2013, Chennai..
Chief Minister inaugurates in colourful opening ceremony
by Arvind Aaron

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Ms J Jayalalithaa inaugurated the World Chess
Championship Match at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on November 7, 2013.
The ceremony which lasted an hour and forty five minutes was marked by splendid
cultural shows by eminent Indian Bharathanatyam dancers and musicians and also by
the Norwegian theme dancers.

Two groups of seven of Tamil Nadu’s young chess stars each led world No.1 ranked Magnus
Carlsen and World Champion Viswanathan Anand to the podium and they shook hands
with Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa before they took their place on stage.J.C.D.Prabhakar,
President AICF, presented a bouquet to Hon’ble Chief Minister. The Chief Minister who
released the souvenir to mark the occasion handed over the first copy to the FIDE
President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. FIDE President handed over a certificate of Honorary
Member of FIDE and also a painting to the Chief Minister.

While inaugurating, the Chief Minister picked Anand from one bowl and a black king
from the other. So, Anand will play black in games, 1, 3, 5 in the first half. From games
seven the colours will reverse in the second half with Anand playing white in games 7, 9
and 11. So, Anand will play white in games 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 11.Carlsen will play white
white in games 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 12. The event will be a 12-game contest with the first
player to reach 6.5 winning the title

The full house ceremony saw about 8,000 people attend the opening ceremony. The Chief
Minister was all praise for Anand and listed his accomplishments in his career in her well
researched speech. Anand, she said, is an epitome of chess in India. ‘The atmosphere
in Chennai is charged with intellectual voltage’, said the Chief Minister. She commended
Anand’s consistency which is a result of his single minded devotion to the game.

The who is who of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and World Chess were present. The Sports
Minister K.C. Veeramani welcomed the gathering. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President gave
his Presidential address. Tamil Nadu State Chess Association President, P.R. Venketrama
Raja proposed a vote of thank

The audio visual show commenced with the origin of chess, and Tamil Nadu’s contribution
to Indian chess provided plenty of information. During the ceremony, the anthem of
FIDE, Norway and India were played. Both the players were present in formal dresses
with tie and jacket.

The World Chess Championship match is to commence with the first of 12 games on 9th
November 2013(Saturday) at 3 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Teynampet in Chennai.

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 Challenger GM Magnus Carlsen arrives in Chennai
04.11.2013

J.C.D. Prabhakar, President AICF (left) and D.V. Sundar, Vice President FIDE receiving
Challenger GM Magnus Carlsen at the Chennai Airport

Carlsen Family at the Airport with smiles, shawls and bouquets. The liaison of
Team Carlsen, P.Stephen Balasamy is on the extreme right

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 Inauguration of FWCM 2013
Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium 07.11.2013

Dignitaries on the dais (L-R) K.Rajaraman IAS,

Member Secretary,SDAT, Md.Nazimuddin,IAS,
Principal Secretary to Government,Youth Welfare
and Sports Development Department,Tmt.Sheela
Balakrishnan, Chief Secretary to Government,
G M V i s w a n a t h a n A n a n d , K . C . Ve e r a m a n i ,
Hon’ble Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare,
Selvi.J.Jayalalithaa, Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Tamilnadu, Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President FIDE,
GM Magnus Carlsen, Mr.Eivind S.Homme, Norwegian
Ambassador,J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF,
P.R.Venkatarama Raja, President TNSCA

Hon’ble Chief Minister displaying picture of Anand

drawn from a bowl. J.C.D.Parabhakar, President,
AICF looks on.

Hon’ble Chief Minister displaying the black

king drawn from the other bowl. V.Hariharan,
Organizing Secretary and P.R.Venkatarama Raja,
President TNSCA (partly hidden) look on.

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 Inauguration of FWCM 2013
Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium 07.11.2013

First copy of the souvenir released by

the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu
and received by Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
President FIDE.Challenger Magnus
Carlsen, Eivind S.Homme,Norwegian
Ambassador, J.C.D.Prabhakar, President
AICF, P.R.Venkatarama Raja, President
TNSCA are also seen.

Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,President FIDE

presenting the certificate conferring Honorary
Membership of FIDE to Hon’ble Chief Minister
of Tamilnadu

A painting presented by
Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,President
FIDE to Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Tamilnadu

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 Inauguration of FWCM 2013
Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium 07.11.2013
Cultural Show by Indian artistes

Nadaswaram and Thavil artistes perform

A choreographed dance by actress Shobana with

her troupe, with chess as central theme

Group pf Bharatanatyam dancers led by Smt.Urmila

Satyanarayanan in action

Delightful veena performance by

Smt. Veenai Gayathri and troupe

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 Inauguration of FWCM 2013
Nehru Multipurpose Indoor Stadium 07.11.2013

Little Indian champs escort Challenger GM

Magnus Carlsen on to the dais

Young Indian players escort World Champion

Anand on to the dais

Cultural Show by Norwegian troupe

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 Anand reveals his team at the press conference
In a surprise move, World Champion Viswanathan Anand announced his team of seconds at the
opening joint press conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chennai on November 7, 2013.
“I am not returning the compliment,” said challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway who did not
reveal his team of trainers. In the last few years it has become a practice for the players not to
reveal the seconds or trainers until the match is completed.
Anand broke that news when Ashok Venugopal of the New Indian Express asked both players for
team members. New Indian Express is a media partner for this world chess championship. The
names revealed by Anand was Krishnan Sasikiran, Sandipan Chanda, Peter Leko (Hungary), and
Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland). Leko and Wojtaszek have worked with Anand before. Leko had
played for the world chess title and lost the title match to Kramnik. The Indian trained in Germany
for this match and is fully prepared for this match.
“I am really happy that the World Chess Championship match is happening in Chennai. I am
thankful to the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa without whom this match would not have taken place
here. I really look forward to playing the event in my home city,” said Anand.
“Everything is good so far. Looking forward to the match to start,” said Carlsen. The Norwegian
was little defensive and cautious.
Playing and staying in the same hotel saves commmuting time of atleast half an hour said Anand
who added that it meant a lot during zero tolerance. Anand was a little relaxed and free all through.
“Please enjoy the hospitality and enjoy the match,” said D.V. Sundar, Vice President and World
Chess Championship Director.
On how he prepared for the match he said he worked as he always did. Let us see how it works
said Anand in a concluding remark.
I appreciate Anand for revealing his team. I am not going to do it said Carlsen who sat at an angle
avoiding Anand who was seated beside him.FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov congratulated
India on becoming No.1 nation in the number of FIDE rated players on the rating list and listed
Anand’s achievements in his address to the press.

FIDE World Championship Games 2013

We present here Game-by-Game Report of Arvind Aaron, Press Officer AICF and
annotated games by Mark Crowther, (Courtesy: TWIC)
Comfortable draw for Anand with black in Game One
The opening game of the World Chess Championship match ended in a quick 16-move
draw at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chennai on November 9, 2013.
“I have had a few such embarrassing draws in the Candidates Matches,” said Carlsen
about ceding the draw despite playing with the white pieces.
“We exchanged information in game one,” said Anand about the draw. The information
is what they had prepared as white and black. The next time, Anand plays black will be
on October 12.
A last minute clamouring for tickets and a huge crowd saw every seat taken as the first
move was made in the World Chess Championship match. The happening of this match

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is a milestone in Indian chess. The women world championship took place in Delhi in
2000 but the men’s finals of that period took place in Tehran after the knockouts till
the semifinals were played in Delhi 2000. Recently, India crossed France as the nation
with the most FIDE rated players. Of this number, Tamil Nadu has around one-third of
the rated players of India. Chennai city, has the most rated players in the world and is
rightly hosting the world chess championship match.
The symbolic first move was made by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and it was
Nf3. The game started like a Reti opening but got transposed into a fianchetto variation
of the Grunfeld. After white’s 13th move, there was a way for black to repeatly attack
the white queen with the knight and they drew in 16 moves. The 30-move stipulation
necessary to play before agreement of draws does not apply in this case of perpetual
activity. The game was over in less than one and a half hours of play.
Asked if black could have played on with a minimal advantage, Anand replied and said
computers will like such position for black but it was difficult to find a strong line for
black to play and seize the advantage.
“There was no option to play on,” said Carlsen. In the long run white is stable and when
you play very strong opponents such games will happen once in a way.
After all these months it was nice to get one game through and focus on the remaining
eleven games said the Indian title holder. Asked if the draw was a nice way to start the
match with black, Anand replied saying it was early to react to every twist and turn in
a long match. About handling pressure and playing at home, Anand said he was fully
concentrating on the matches and has his usual set up surrounding him. So he implied
the pressure of playing at home was minimal or none.
FIDE’s 13th world champion Garry Kasparov has called this a match between the legend
and the legend in the making. Kasparov also put out a picture of his 2009 training with
Carlsen at Croatia. This may have benefited Magnus in the short run as he even overtook
Kasparov 2851 all-time high rating.
The commentators are Susan Polgar, former world women’s champion and Lawrence
Trent. Susan, known as Zsuzsa Polgar had moved from Hungary to the United States
and is a Grand Master. Trent is a British International Master. Besides, there will also be
Grand Master R.B. Ramesh and Woman Grand Master Tania Sachdev giving commentary.
The Anand team includes players he is comfortable with. He had a session with Krishnan
Sasikiran in 2000 when the Kramnik v Kasparov took place at London. In the 1998 world
championship match at Lausanne, Anand had Elizbar Ubilava, Artur Yusupov and Peter
Leko as his seconds. So, Leko is back in his team. Raduslav Wojtaszek of Poland and
Sandipan Chanda from Kolkata are the other trainers and both have also worked together
for more than five years. Anand’s main trainer since 2003 was Peter Heine Nielsen. Not
having Nielsen in this match will be a blow to Anand. Nielsen works with both Anand
and Carlsen as trainers and has decided to stay away from both players in this match.

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 “Sure we will have better games than tough games,” said the World No.1
these,” assured world champion about what he would do on Monday.
Viswanathan Anand. Many expected They have played 41 moves in all.
Anand to go ahead today and take the
lead in the match. Spectators have About past encounters, Carlsen said it
not had money’s worth so far. did not matter. What we do here in
the match counts, said Carlsen about
Grand Master R.B. Ramesh of Chennai past mutual encounters between
thought both players had a minor them.
chance. Anand at first could have
played 13.Nh5 with play for a pawn,” About the format for the world chess
said Anand. Thereafter, on move 18, championship which is 12 games,
he could play 18.Qg4 and he reeled off Carlsen said it was good and Anand
many lines with attack for white. said this was not the moment to talk
about the format during the match.
“There was no risk for white in that
line,” observed Ramesh who was About what they intend to do this
surprised why Anand did not go for night and whether they will see the
them. Early days in the match, the big football game, Anand said with the
players are quiet and wanted to play TV and computer on they might watch
risk free and keep the game in the Manchester United Match. “Now
balance. that you told me, I will watch!” said
Carlsen.
Game two saw Anand open with the
king pawn and Carlsen responded with Both players believed that their
the Caro-Kann defence as black. They opponents were the toughtest in the
went for the Classical variation of the world today. “The results of the last
Caro-Kann defence. The players three years show that Magnus is the
matched in speed. toughest player in the world to play,”
certified Anand.
In a classical variation, Anand castled
queen side and black castled king Game two
side. White’s chance came on move Anand, Viswanathan
18. Thereafter, when the queens were Carlsen, Magnus
exchanged off the board, black’s World Chess Championship 2013
chances were little better. However, Notes by Boris Schipkov
white had a draw by attacking the f7
pawn and Anand went for it. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 Surprise! The Caro-
Kann Defence. Usually Magnus Carlsen
“If he did not have the repetition, prefers 1...e5.2...d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
white would have had to fight another Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
50 moves for the draw,” said Ramesh, Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
one of the four commentators. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ Another
continuation is 11..Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6
Asked which was the move of the day, 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne2,
Carlsen said he thought there was no Anand, V - Ivanchuk, V, Linares
move of the day! Carlsen was 1999.12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6
hilarious. “I would relax after two (diag)14. O-O-O Viswanathan Anand

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 No.1 ranked player guessing as far as The teams have been very
the opening goes. appreciative of the Hyatt Regency
Besides trainers in this hotel, there Hotel as venue. However, about living
might be players working for the and playing here, Carlsen said it is
teams from Europe. Complete little “doubled edged”. The players are
information on these will be available in separate floors and do not bump
only after the twelfth game and not into each other. The police keep a
earlier and in some cases would never constant watch on the moment on the
be known. players and their teams and give them
“We plan to go around the city and maximum security.
take chess related and world chess “I have seen Carlsen in the gym of the
championship match related pictures hotel, but not met Anand there yet,”
in Chennai,” said Hans-Walter Schmitt said Grand Master Tejas Bakre of
of Germany who is the head in the Ahmedabad who is spending a
Anand team. vacation in Chennai enjoying top
The free day offers plenty of options quality chess. During his playing days,
for those who are in the city. There Kasparov does walking post dinner
are double rounds in the Women’s even in sub-zero temperatures. Anand
Grand Master and National Under-9 is a fully fit champion who had been
Championships which are also doing plenty of running before this
happening as side shows of the World match.
Chess Championship match. D.V. Sundar, Vice President, FIDE told
The weather in Chennai is nice and All India Chess Federation members at
warm for Europeans, pleasant for a meeting that his FIDE colleagues
Indians. It is the main rainy season for said that this was the best organised
Chennai city. The high is 31C and the World Chess Championship match in
low is 23C. Expect the temperature to two and a half decades.
rise tomorrow along with the level of The spectators did not have much in
fight at the board. the first two games. Anand even
The audience applauded when Anand apologised for the draw in game two.
went 1.e4 and later when he played Carlsen gives longer answers to
h4. The playing area is covered by questions from the Norwegian media.
glass and is supposed to be sound Anand speaks on the merit of the
proof. World Championship director questions.
D.V. Sundar was appealing to Carlsen wakes up around noon and is
volunteers after game one to keep a a typical chess player. Anand wakes
vigil on those speaking loud in future up earlier and also is one of the
games. players who eats breakfast. For both
The score in this Tamil Nadu players, members of the family are
Government sponsored FIDE World accompanying them. The players have
Chess Championship match is 1-1 had friendly exchanges prior to the
after two draws. Ten games remain to post game press conferences and
be played. The first player to reach even during it.
6.5 points will win this match. The Carlsen is warming up and by the time
winner will receive 60% of Rs.14 the match reaches the half-way stage,
Crore and the loser 40% of the Anand should hope to establish a lead.
amount. Champions are known to start well

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against debutants. This could happen pawn advantage by move 33. With the
in the next two games. white queen sitting on the edge of the
board, spectators knew that Anand
Game three… was calling the shots.
Anand lets Carlsen escape with a The presence of opposite colour
draw bishops guaranteed drawing chances
World champion Viswanathan Anand for Carlsen though. After 40 moves
was impressive to get a pawn the position on the board was a dead
advantage in game three but in the draw with queen’s and opposite colour
time pressure, the presence of bishops on the board. After 51 moves,
opposite colour bishops helped the players had one bishop each and
challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway they agreed for a fighting draw.
to escape with a draw after 51 moves.
Scores are level at 1.5-1.5 after this With the twenty-five percent of the
draw. “I missed a lot of tactics and match completed, nine games remain
was nervous,” said Carlsen who to be played in this Tamil Nadu
refused to disclose the moment in Government sponsored FIDE World
which he was nervous. Anand said Chess Championship match that is
white generated plenty of play on the taking place at Hyatt Regency Hotel in
a-file and it was not easy for black to Chennai.
win the game. “I do not want to be drawn into
Game three started with the first two politics, but the world champion
moves from game one. Carlsen varied deserves to be treated with respect,”
on move three from game one and said Carlsen when asked that officials
forced the game into a different did not receive him well in Chennai.
variation. FIDE Press Officer Anastasia Karlovich
By move 15, black forced white to replied saying that Monday was a free
part a bishop for knight. Black was left day and not allowing Kasparov into
with a double bishop advantage. White the pressroom was not an issue.
had lost the advantage of making the Spectators had plenty of value for
first move. Black’s advantage was in money in game three. Anand has the
space and in the double bishop advantage of playing five white games
advantage. in the remaining nine.
White was restricted to a small area. Both players said they did not meet or
Black could make a draw if he wanted see Kasparov and the question of
on move 23 by perpetually attacking playing a fighting game on the day of
the white queen. Anand played for his arrival here did not arise. Anand
initiative and by move 27, the white defended his decision to allow
queen was placed behind the g2 exchange of the second rook and
bishop on h1. reeled out variations in defence for
white.
White’s bold 28.e3 break looked .
dangerous and double-edged. Carlsen Former world chess champion (from
may have seen something which the 1985-2000) Garry Kasparov had come
computers and the experts had not to Chennai for a holiday with his wife
foreseen. and was received by Ignatius Leong,
For the time control, Anand’s time FIDE General Secretary. Kasparov had
advantage quickly translated into a formally trained Carlsen in 2009 at

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 Croatia and since then the Norwegian n the chair an nd continu ue the ga ame.
gained rapid success in elite
e Anaand has broought coffe
ee to the ta
able.
competiitions. Carrlsen also surpassed d Gamme three
all-time high rating of 2851 earlier this s Carrlsen, Maggnus (287 70)
year. Inn 2010, Kas sparov helped Anand d Anaand, Viswwanathan ( (2775) [AA07]
in the
e match against Topalov.. Woorld Chhess Champions ship,
Kasparo ov, it is learnt will w be in n Cheennai (3) 2013
Chennai to witness two games. Nottes by Boris
s Schipkovv
Kasparo ov attrac
cted morre media a
attention than th he players s. He was s 1. Nf3 d5 2 2. g3 g6 3. c4 A new
escorted d into the playing
p halll by J.C.D.. mov ve in this m
match, in g
game 1 Mag gnus
Prabhak kar, Presiddent, AICF and D.V.. Carrlsen playe ed 3.Bg2. 3...dxc4 The
Sundar,, Vice Presiident, FIDE E. Ret i Opening.. 4. Qa4+ + Nc6 5. Bg2
As a su urprise, mo ore tickets were sold d Bg77 6. Nc3 e e5 7. Qxc44 Nge7 8. O-O
today thant the two open ning days.. O-OO 9. d3 With eq quality.9… h6
Kasparo ov was tak ken to the e premium m 10. Bd2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12..Ne4
seats be ehind the Corporate Box seats s c6 10.Bd2 Nd4 11 1.Nxd4 e exd4
but ahe ead of the Standard seats. On n 12. Ne4 c6 13 3. Bb4 Mo ore precise
e and
the lastt row of the Stand dard seats s xible is 13.Qc1!?.13....Be6 14. Qc1
flex
were Aruna
A Anand and the t Anand d Bd55! Here the e bishop ce
ements Bla ack's
team mambers. Behind them m were the e pos ition.15. a a4 15. R Re1!? dese erves
the stan nding specttators who o enter into o ention.(diag
atte g) 15...bb6 More pre ecise
the halll for som me time and a leave.. is 1
15...a5! 16 6. Ba3 b6 117. Bxe7 QQxe7
“About 20 seats were unso old today,”” 18. Re1 Rfe8,, with a sm mall advanntage
said Shrinidhi Satthiyanaraya anan, who o Black.16. B
to B Bxe7 Qxe7 7 17. a5! Now
worked at the tick ket counter. Whiite opens s the a-file for the
“I like the
t ticket system used here,”” rookk.17...Rab b8 18. Re1 White has
said Ge erman jourrnalist Stefan Lofflerr cou nterplay, but the game is very
of Frrankfurt Allgemeinne. “Thee commplicated.1 18...Rfc8 19. a
axb6
arrangements for the press s here are e axbb6 20. Q Qf4 Interesting is 20.
super,” said the Internation
I nal Master,, Ra66!?.20...Rd d8 21. h4 Kh7
one off the many titled d players s
covering g this matcch.

“Watching thesse world

d chess
s
champioonship ga ames live was an n
experiennce of a liffetime,” sa
aid Woman n
Grand Master Nisha Mohota M off
Kolkata. Many otther woma an playerss
like Kiran Mohanty,
M Soumya a
Swamin nathan werre presentt to watch h
the gam
mes.
What are
a the players wea aring? Thee
players wear a regular trousers,,
sleeves shirt and a coat without a tie.. 22. Nd2?!A risky conttinuation. Now
Within 15 minute es they re emove the e Blacck can atta
ack the que
een, and W
White
jacket and
a wrap itt around the back off can not move e his qu ueen back k to
22...Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3
c1.2

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Be6! TheT black bishop drives
d the
e
white qu ueen into a corner.25. Qh1 c5 5
26. Ne e4 Kg7 Black has s a smalll
advantaage thanks to bettter placed d
pieces.227. Ng5 b5! Verry strong..
Since White's forces
f are
e on the e
kingsidee Viswanathan Anan nd attackss
on the queenside e.(diag) 28. e3?AA
mistakee. White sa acrifices th
he b-pawn,,
planning g to pre essure on n the e--
file.28....dxe3 29.. Rxe3
(positio
on after 34
4.Rad1)

36. Rxd3 R Rxd3 37 7. Rxd3 Also

playyable is 3
37. Bxd3 Q Qg4 38. Q Qxg4
hxgg4 39. Be d8 Black can
e2.37...Rd
keeep an extra
a pawn witth 37...Bd4
4 38.
Qe22 e5 39. KKg2, howe ever White has
cou nterplay thanks to oppoosite-
colo
ored bishopps. 38. Rxxd8 Bxd8 8 39.
Bd33 Qd4 40 0. Bxb5 Q Qf6 41. QQb7+
Thee position is equal. 41...Be7 42.
Kg22 g5 43. h hxg5 Qxg g5 44. Bc4 4 h4
45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg g3 e5 47. Kf3
29...Bdd4? Black can grab the pawn n Qxg g3+ 48. ffxg3 Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4
with 29...Bxb2 30 0. Rae1 Rbb6 31. Bd5 5 50. Kf5 Bf2 An excitting fightt!51.
Bd4 32. Rxe6 fxe e6 33. Rxee6 Qf8 34.. Kxee5 Bxg3+ 1/2-1/2
Qg2 Rdd d6, and aftter the com
mplicationss
Black has
h a cle ear edge and good d urth game
Fou e…
chancess to play fo 0. Re2 c4!!
or a win.30
31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Be4 cxd3 33.. Anaand brilliiant after
r opening
g
Rd2! Worse
W is 33
3. Bxd3? because
b off slip
p
33...Bxff2+ 34. Rxxf2 Rxd3 35 5. Kh2 Qc77 Chaallenger Ma
agnus Carlsen of Norrway
36. Qg2 2 Rbd8.33...Qb4 Als so possiblee wass in the upperhand d for mos st of
is 33...R
Rf8 34. Kh h2 Bxf2 35 5. Rf1 Qc55 gamme four buut champion Viswanathan
36. Qg2 2 Bd4 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 8 38. Bxd3 3 Anaand put a stupendo ous defenc ce to
b4 39. Qe4.34.
Q Rad1
R (see diagram) ) draww in 64 m
moves afterr full six h
hours
34...Bxxb2 Or 34...Rf8 35. Kh2 Bxf2 2 of p
play.The sc
cores are le
evel at 2-2
2 and
36. Rxd d3 Rf7 (36 6...Qxb2?! 37. R1d2 2 the match iis evenly poised. The
Qe5 38. Qg2 Bc5 5 39. Rd7+ + Kg8 40.. longgest game in time annd moves have
Bxg6=) 37. R1d2 Rbf8 38. Rd7,R with a justt been pla
ayed. The e players have
small edge
e to Black.35. Qf3Q Whitee fully
y warmed up.
gets couunter play after 35. Rxd3
R Rxd33
36. Bx xd3 Qg4 37. Rf1 b4 38.. Carrlsen play yed the R Ruy Lopez z in
Qc6.35....Bf6 Bla ack has a slightt gamme four with the bla ack pieces. He
advantaage after 35...Bd4 36 6. Kh2 Qc5 5 did not wan nt to run into Ana and's
37. Qxd d3 Bxf2 38 8. Qb3 Bd4 39. Qb1 1 prepparation ag
gainst the Caro-Kann
n. As
g5.

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 white Anand repeated 1.e4 and must ceded Anand.This match is excitingly
have come with his special bone depth poised after this fighting draw.
preparation against the Caro-Kann Strangely white has never had the
defence.The Norwegian went for the upperhand in the games! Perhaps the
Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. This players prepared more with the black
variation, a quiet line gained pieces.
popularity after Kramnik used it
successfully in 2000 at London against "Tomorrow I will get some rest after
Kasparov. It was later named the this tough game," said Anand.
Berlin wall in chess circles after Something went horribly wrong in the
Kramnik drew all his black games with opening," said Anand who showed
it.Since 2000, many leading players great character and fought back to
are utilizing the variation as black to draw the game.
neutralize white's powerful 1.e4
move. Anand sacrificed a pawn to "I got winning chances, always had
clamp the black queen side. There some obstacles, I could not deal with,"
was risk involved. If black defends said Carlsen. "This match will be
well black's three to one pawn decided on the board and not off the
advantage on the queenside would board," said Carlsen when a question
pose white awesome danger. came on Garry Kasparov.

After move 34, white appeared to Anand said he did not know about his
have good compensation for the team's request not to allow Kasparov
pawn. Anand's 35th move left Carlsen in the first few rows among the
thinking. Lack of development put the audience. "I focus on chess," said
young Norwegian challenger in all Anand.
sorts of trouble. At move 40 white
was well placed with active pieces. Game Four
The central passed pawn for white Anand,Viswanathan (2775) -
ensured that black had to be careful. Carlsen,Magnus (2870) [C67]
WCh 2013 Chennai IND (4),
After white's 41st move, black 13.11.2013
activated his pieces and the baton of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0
advantage moved to black. Enjoying Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5
an extra pawn in the rooks ending, Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 Kasparov talked
Carlsen faced stiff opposition from on twitter about the Berlin Defence
Anand and the game was drawn after that caused him so many problems.
64 moves. "The Berlin is a sharp & rich middle-
game, not an ending. This was
"The first three and a half hours was Kramnik's discovery, or re-discovery,
dominated by black, later it was vs me in 2000 that I didn't grasp. Nor
level," said commentator Grand did most others then. Berlin is more
Master R.B. Ramesh. than a wall. After I lost to Kramnik &
failed vs his Berlin in 2000, many said
Anand had to make accurate moves in it was still lousy, only good against
the ending. "It is not always that I am me. Now every top player uses it!
down to the last minute," said Anand. Berlin also has benefit of rendering
The four rooks ending was 'scary' most machine analysis useless.

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Human chess, dee ep strategiic planningg
only waay. Great from both h players.""
Kasparoov has wrritten an essay forr
Informaant 1118 on
n thiss
issue.9..h3[9.Nc3;; 9.Rd11+]9...Bd7 7
10.Rd11 Be7

"Something w went horribly wrong inn the

opeening - I m made one illogical mmove
afteer the nex xt" - Anannd. This iss the
firstt new mov ve in the g game. Onee can
assu ume Anand d's commeent refers ssome
if noot all of this and the next coupple of
mov ves.[15.Ne e4 b6 16.Ng3 Bc6 17.Nh2
Quite a rare co ontinuation
n.[10...Kc8
8 Ng6 6 18.Re1 Nf4 19.f3 3 Kb7 20 0.Kf2
has beeen played a lot herre.]11.Nc3 3 Rad d8 21.Rxd d8 Rxd8 22.Nhf1 g6
[11.Bg55 Kc8 12.g
g4 h6
6 23.N Ne2 Ne6 2 24.Ne3 Bb5 5 25.Nc3 R
Rd2+
13.Bd2 (13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14 4.Kh2 Re8 8 26.K Kg3 Bc6 2 27.Rd1 Rd d4 28.Kf2 Kc8
15.Nbd22 b6 16.R Re1 c5 17 7.Ne4 Bc6 6 29.N Ne2 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 N Nd4 31.c3 Kd7
18.h4 Kb7 0-1 Sutovsky,E E (2692)-- 32.N Ne3 Nxe2 33.Kxe2 Ke6 34.f4 4 g5
Hammer,J (2606 6)/Aix-les-B
Bains FRA A 35.g g3 Be4 3 36.Ng4 gxff4 37.gxf4 4 h5
2011 (44 movess))13...Nh4 4 14.Nxh4 4 38.N Nf6 Bg6 39.Kf3 cc6 40.Ne8 8 f5
Bxh4 15.Bc3 h5 16.f3 hxg4 17.hxg4 4 41.N Nd6 h4 4 42.a4 Bh5+ + 43.Ke3 Bd1
Bg3 1-00 Ganguly,,S (2651)--Hammer,JJ 44.a a5 bxa5 45.c4 Bb3 3 46.Kd3 Bd1
(2647)//Wijk aan Zee NED 2011 (67 7 47.K Ke3 Bb3 4 48.Kd3 Bd d1 49.Nb7 Bf3
moves)]]11...Kc8 12.Bg g5 h6
6 50.N Nxc5+ Ke e7 51.Nb3 3 Bg2 52.Nd4
13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Rd2 [14.a4 a5 5 Bxhh3 53.Nxcc6+ Kd7 54.Nd4 B Bf1+
15.Rd2 c5 16.Ra ad1 Bc6 17.e6
1 fxe6
6 55.K Ke3 h3 56.Nf3 Bxcc4 57.Kf2 Bd5
18.Ne5 Re8 19.Nb b5 Bxb5 20 0.axb5 Nd55 58.K Kg3 h2 59.Nxh2 Kcc6 60.Nf1 Kc5
21.c4 Nb6
N 22.h4 a4 23.h5 a3 24.b3 3 61.K Kf2 Kd4 6 62.Ng3 Be6 63.Nh5 Kd3
a2 25.Ra1 Rd8 8 26.Rdx xa2 Rxa2 2 64.N Ng7 Bc8 65.e6 Kcc2 66.e7 Bd7
27.Rxa22 Rd1+ 28.Kh2
2 Rbb1 29.Ra3 3 67.N Nxf5 Kxb2 2 68.Nd6 a4 69.f5 5 a3
Nd7 30.Ra8+
3 Nb8 31.Ra3 Nd7 7 70.ff6 a2 71..f7 -- 1-0 0 Jakovenko,D
32.Ra8++ Nb8 33 3.Ra3 Nd7 7 1/2-1/22 (27 10)-Almassi,Z ((2691)/Khaanty-
Berg,E (2587)--Hammer,JJ Man nsiysk 20 007/CBM 122; 15.Ne1]
(2630)//Achaea GRRE 2012/Th he Week inn 15...Be6 16.Ne1?! Ng g6 17.Nd3 3 b6
Chess 921]
9 14...c
c5 15.Rad1 1 18.Ne2

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 knig
ght then thhis proves to be the e last
cha nce to
o do it.]29.Nf2
Nc6
Forcced.29...N 30.RRc2 [30.Rc1]
30. ..a5 [3 31.Rc4
30...g6!?]3 g6
32. Rdc1 Bd7 7 33.e6 fxe6 34.ffxe6
Be88 35.Ne4

"I just missed

m som
mething aftter 18.Ne2 2
and sud ddenly I wasw basically lost." -
Anand who expanded on the t theme e
later saying that he played the move e
"just too be consistent" and that he e
thoughtt there mig ght be tacttics with a
timely e6 that turned ou ut not to o
work.[18.f4; 18.b3]18...B Bxa2 The e "Cu rious that - 35.Ne4 4 was the only
bishop cannot be e rounded up. White e mov ve Kasparoov wanted to analyse e ten
has somme compen nsation forr the pawn n minnutes ago in Chenna ai" Ian Roogers
but almost certainly nott on twitterr.[35.R1c3
3 is an
enough.19.b3 c4 c 20.Nddc1 cxb3 3 ernative.]35...Rxg4+
alte + 36
6.Kf2
21.cxb3 3 Bb1 22..f4 Kb7 23 3.Nc3 Bf5 5 Rf44+[36...Rd8!? may b be the bestt but
24.g4 Bc8 25.N Nd3 h5[25...Ne7 "II may ybe Carlseen missed it due to o the
don't think there e's anythiing wrong g rathher rare tactical iidea invollved.
with 25 5...h5 but I thoughtt 25...Ne7 7 37.N Ned6+ (377.Ke3 is thhe best w white
was eve en stronge er. 26.f5 Nc6
N Anand d has and black is bettter.) 37...cxd6
said hee "didn't see how I could gett 38.R Rxg4 Nee5!! whe
en black is
anythingg" in this position.]2 26.f5 Ne7 7 threeatening at least thrree things and
27.Nb5 5 hxg4 28.hxg g4 (seee is winning
g.]37.Ke3 Rf8?!((see
diagram m) [28.Rc c1 was a suggestion n diag gram) [37 7...g5! ma
aintains blaack's
of Boris Gelfand d's in com mmentary.. advvantage.]38 8.Nd4! C Carlsen loo oked
28...Nd55 The only y move that promises s very y unhappyy when this appeared d on
any ad dvantage. (28...Nc6
( 29.Rdc2 iss the board.38....Nxd4 39 9.Rxc7+An nand
what white
w is hoping for..) 29.Nc5+ + commmented tthat he w was lucky that
bxc5 30 0.Rxd5 Bxff5 31.Rdxc c5 Rac8 is s here e and on move 59 he had ch hecks
better for
f black but
b I'm noot sure by y to ttake him too time conttrol when sshort
how much. "It just j seemed to me e of time.39...Ka6 40.Kxd4 R Rd8+
some kind of fanttasyland" said s Anand d 41. Kc3 Rf3+ + 42.Kb2 Re3 43..Rc8
about his rejec ction of this line e Theere was th he expecta ation that the
although he show wed a rathe er differentt playyers would d soon agree to a d draw
set of ideas than this line e. But he e but Carlsen k kept the pproblems g going
obviously considered it for some e for another 20 0 moves. 443...Rdd3!!
time.]288...Rh4!? [28...Nc6 6 29.Rc1 1 Some people think that if their opponent plays a
Rh4 30 0.Nf2 a5 (3 30...g6) ; 28...a6 Iff beautiful game, it’s OK to lose. I don’t. You have to
Carlsen wants to drive
d away
y the white e be merciless. - Magnus Carlsen

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 Botth playe
ers imprressive w
with
bla
ack
Freee day provides a wonderful
oppportunity fo
or the play
yers to unwind
andd relax andd get readdy for the next
gamme or the job on hand d. The lastt two
gammes have sseen 115 ffighting moves
andd Thursday is a free dday. The T Tamil
Naddu Govern nment sponsored FIDE
Worrld Chess Champion nship matc ch is
at bbalance onn 2-2 afterr the first four
gammes. Two-tthirds of tthe games s, or
[43...Rx
xc8 44.Rxc c8 Bc6 45.Rxc6 Rxe4 4
eigh
ht to be precise a are left to o be
46.Rd6 Kb5 47.e7 7 Rxe7 48 8.Rxg6 and d
the endding is a siimple technical draw w play
yed.
for a player of o Anand's class.]]
44.Ra8 8+This fineesse may oro may nott In tthe world champion nship matc
ches,
be an improvem ment ove er directlyy usu ally playyers eat at diffe erent
capturin
ng the bishop straightt resttaurants a
and taste different food
away.44 4...Kb7 455.Rxe8 Rx xe4 46.e7 7 for their various tastee buds. Annand
Rg3 Blaack needs to hang on n to the g-- has announce ed his team
m and there is
pawn iff he is to have any chance to o nothhing mucch to wo orry on that
win.47.Rc3 Re2 2+ 48.Rc c2 Ree3 3 accoount on th
he free moovement of his
49.Ka2 2 g5!? Again the
t mostt teamm. Howev ver, Magnus Carlsen n of
taxing.[49...Rxb3?? 50.Rb8+ + wins forr Norrway has n not announced his tteam
50.Rd2 Re5
white.]5 R 51.R
Rd7+ Kc6 6 andd will have to prottect that from
52.Red8 Rge3 3 53.Rd6 6+ Kb77
bein
ng revealedd.
54.R8d d7+ Ka66 55.Rd5 Re2+ +
56.Ka3 3 Re6!? setting up a finall
Thee match haas opened up earlier than
rather evil
e 7.Rd8 [57.e8N Rxe8
plot.57 8
58.Rxg55 R8e6 59..Rgg7; 57.Rxg5?? b5 5 it h
has when o one can co ompare it with
and ma ate or ruinness loss of
o materiall the Anand v Kasparov matches of
follows. Anand saiid he thoug ght he hadd 19995 at New YYork wheree the first e
eight
checkedd everythin ng before this finall gammes were d drawn. An nand is holding
problem
m turned up.]57...g4
u 4 58.Rg5 5 on well with h the blac ck pieces and
Rxe7 59.Ra8+
5 a welcome e check to o sho uld be repeatingg the s
same
take Anand to th
he time
e Gruunfeld defe
ence. Carlssen is adop pting
control.59...Kb7 60.Rag8 a4
4 the 'jump' strategy that means
61.Rxg4 axb3 62.R8g7
6 In
I spite off acceepting Annand's strrength in the
getting more time e Anand played very y opeening. By tthis strate
egy, it is c clear
fast att the end d showing g he had d Carrlsen had to memo orise or s study
everything unde er contro ol.62...Ka66 morre lines.
63.Rxe7 Rxe7 64 4.Kxb3 1/ /2-1/2
What I admired most about him was his ability to make If tthis strate
egy is followed, Carrlsen
what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to cou ld try another line in game e six
emulate him. (on Fischer) - Magnus Carlsen wheen he play ys with the black piieces
agaain. Anand had playeed the Grunnfeld

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 defence for the first time in the Government. The players, spectators,
Candidates Match against Oleg and the chess fraternity are having an
Romanishin of Ukraine at New York in enjoyable time at the Hyatt Regency
June 1994. Perhaps both players have Hotel.
invested more time preparing with the
black side than with the white that the The games are followed on
side which moves first has not been in Doordarshan Sports in India and
the saddle as it should be. around the world and by NRK in
Norway. On the internet one can see
"Chess is an equal mathematical live games
puzzle," said former world champion onhttp://chennai2013.fide.com Beside
Vladimir Kramnik in the past. So s, there are local and national
players tend to become more television and radio offering quick and
defensive in one-to-one matches and in-depth coverage of the matches. The
that could be the reason for the black official site offers live coverage on
side to have the upperhand. iPad, Android, live video on You Tube,
and the PGN game display is also
About 18 years back, Jeroen Piket, a supported by live video streaming.
Dutch grandmaster said many chess The press releases are in text,
players try to do too many things or photographs and also audio for radio
line up many things for the rest day channels. No previous world chess
and in the end, it becomes a more championship had these amazing
taxing day on the body. Therefore a arrangements.
rest day should be a rest day. Top
professionals like Anand, Carlsen know "You have made super conditions for
all of this very well. the match," said Stefan Loeffler,
German International Master who
Carlsen said he is unlikely to watch a visited Mamallapuram, 60 kms south
Tamil or Indian movie. He has been in of Chennai in the previous free day.
the gym quite regularly at the hotel. The idea of tickets for those who pay
Norwegian delicacies are available on and standing at the rear of the hall for
the ala carte menu and there is a cook those who cant pay are great ideas.
travelling with him. Carlsen has said Having made a hotel booking
he has been treated very well by the elsewhere, Loeffler understood that he
organisers. Studio 1 next to the Media could move to the official hotel only
Hall is for the Norwegians and family for Rs.5,500 per day and decided to
members of Carlsen are also in and come in.
out of it following the match.
Games five and six should bring in the
The organisation of this match by the most spectators as the score line is in
Tamil Nadu State Chess Association balance. The players are fighting long
has been smooth and wonderful. The games and going for the initiative
planning has been spot on and officials when provoked. On Carlsen not
have taken the game to new heights accepting the draw offer at move 40 in
with the support of the Tamil Nadu game three, that is the way he plays.

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Playing until the verdict is known on exchange of queens. Using double
the board is his strategy. They drew bishops, Anand was hoping to equalise
eleven moves later with an opposite and make a draw fairly easily.
colour bishop each standing on the However, with an intricate move on
board. Officially a game can be won the 19th turn, white was able to keep
by either side when each side has an the pressure on black.
opposite colour bishop. If one side
loses the bishop, the game will be After 23 moves, the players were in a
then drawn due to insufficient mating double rooks and same colour bishop
material! ending. Black's king side rook was not
developed early and that factor
Fifth game… offered Carlsen a small but unseen
advantage."Tricky, but under control,"
Carlsen takes 3-2 lead was how former world junior
champion Abhijeet Gupta described
World No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway the game after 36 moves. In the
snatched a crucial lead after world second time control, Carlsen won a
champion Viswanathan Anand made a pawn on move 42 but black's pieces
single mistake on move 45 to lose on were active and had sufficient
move 58. Carlsen has taken a 3-2 lead compensation.
after five games in the FIDE World It was difficult to see a promising
Chess Championship match that is continuation for white but that was
taking place at the Hyatt Regency how Carlsen played his games. Many
Hotel in Chennai.Norway room of his wins in his career are due to
applauded the victory with clapping of mistakes from his opponents. Chess
hands and shouting when Anand being an equal mathematical puzzle, is
resigned. "It feels good to break the won by games due to mistakes of
deadlock and take the lead," said players.Black's 45...Rc1+ was not the
Carlsen. most accurate and the advantage
went to the white side. Sadly for
"The rook ending was very difficult," Anand, Carlsen pressed home a big
said Anand who blundered on move advantage and won on move 58.
45. However, Anand said his
"34...Rd4" was the cause of all the "It is not about who wins first but who
problems for black. wins the match," said Carlsen. Carlsen
said he took time in the opening to get
The fifth game started with Carlsen used to the unconventional position.
making the first move. There was a He said white had an advantage with
mild surprise waiting for him. Anand strong bishop and better pawn
went for a variation of the Semi-Slav structure.Anand had come from
which he had played successfully since behind in the last two matches and his
defeating Kramnik with the black fans need not lose heart.The two
pieces in Belgrade in the Investbanka players are also endorsing products
Tournament, 1997.Carlsen castled when they come to the playing and
queen side and allowed early press room for post game analysis.

21
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 Anand had
h NIIT, Complan and a Crocin
n (26 36)-Potkinn,V ((2647)/Kha anty-
on his shirts
s in vaarious of his
h games.. Mannsiysk RUS S 2013.] 8 8...Nf6 9..Be3
Carlsen also end dorses pro oducts like
e [9.B
Be2 Nc6 ((9...cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne4
Verdenss Gang AS S, a media a company y 11.NNdb5 Qxxd1+ 122.Bxd1 N
Nxc3
and Arctic Parallels. 13.NNxc3 Bxc3 3+ 14.bxc c3 Bd7 15.a4
Bc66 16.0-0 Nd d7 17.a5 a a6 18.Ba3 1/2-
Game Five
F 1/2 Babula,V (25 581)-Khenkin,I
(26 24)/Tegern nsee GEER 2003/The
Carlsenn,Magnus (28770) - Wee ek in Che ess 427) 10.dxc5 Qx xd1+
Anand,,Viswanatthan (2775) [D31] 11.BBxd1 Ne4 4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3
Chenna ai IND (5) ), 15.11.2013 Nxcc3 14.bxc3 3 and aga ainst draw this
1.c4 e66 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 This s timee in 43 mo oves Gurev vich,M (26643)-
seems a strange choice
c from
m Carlsen iff Kheenkin,I (26633)/Polanica Zdroj POL
he wasn't comforrtable in playing
p the
e 19999.]9...Nc66 [9...Ne44 10.Qc2 N Nxc3
main line. This means
m tha
at he saww 11.bbxc3 cxd4 4 12.Bxd4 4 0-0 13.Bd3
some prospects in the
e coming
g h6??! and whitte went on n to win inn 36
play.[4.e3; 4.Nf3 are in factt the mostt mov ves Yermmolinsky,A
A (2530)) -
played moves. I go with e3
3 Shuulman,Y (2623)/Philladelphia USA
persona xe4 5.Nxe
ally.]4...dx e4 Bb4+ + 20008.] 10.Qd d3 (see diiagram)"T There
6.Nc3!?? werre lot of op
ptions for aall the side
es. A
lot of unconv ventional p positions. It is
natuural that you need to take your
timee." Carlseen comme enting on the
slow
w pace of tthe opening g play.[10..d5!?
exd 5 11.Bxc5 5 Ne4 12.Q Qe2 Be6 1 13.0-
0-0 Nxc5 14..cxd5 Qf6 15.dxe6 N Nxe6
16.NNd5 Qh6+ + 17.Kb1 0-0 18.Qb5
Rabb8 19.Ne7 7+ Nxe7 20.Qxa5 Nc6
21.QQf5 g6 22..Qf6 Qg7 2 23.Qxg7+ K Kxg7
24.BBc4 Kf6 2 25.Bxe6 fx xe6 26.Rd7 7 h6
27.RRhd1 Rbd8 8 28.Kc2 Rxd7 29.R Rxd7
Rf7 30.Rxf7+ + Kxf7 31 1.Kd3 1/2 2-1/2
Kubbala, M (231 10)-Splosn nov,S
(23 35)/Frydek k Mistek 1 1998/CBM 062
A surprise. I don''t expect tot see this s ext]]
again laater in the match.[6.Bd2 has s
been seeen as the e true critical test in
n
this varriation, I doubt
d this game willl
change this asses ssment, Annand would d
however have prrepared it extremely y
deeply.]]6...c5 7.a3
7 Ba5 8.Nf33
[8.dxc5 when wh hite's trebled pawns s
don't leave a good impressiion even iff
one is extra and he has s the two o
bishops. 8...Bxc3 3+ 9.bxc c3 Qxd1+ +
10.Kxd11 Nf6 11.ff3 Na6 12 2.Be3 Bd7 7
13.Nh3 Ba4+ 14.Kc1 Nd d7 15.Rb1 1
Naxc5 drawn
d in 79
7 moves Georgiev,K
G K

22
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 10...cxd d4 11.Nx xd4 Ng4 12.0-0-0 0
10...cxd
Nxe3d4 1 11.Nx
13.fxe3 xd4
Bc Ng4 12.0-0-0
c7?!"Proba ably Anand 0 d 17. Bf3 Bd7 18.Ne4 Bb6 It's not
Nxe3
had 13.fxe3
1
cha ance toBc c7?!"Proba
draaw in endgably Anand
game...But d t 17. Bf3
quit Bd7 to18.Ne4
te clear me why Bb6 AnnandIt'splays not
s this
had cha
what ance
wa as tothedra awnt
poi in of
endg game...But
13....Bc7?! and t d quitte y.[18...f5
way clear to me 19.Nc5why An nand Be8plays s this
20.N Na6;
what
to wa asplay
p the point of 13....Bc7?!Pentala
endgame?" andd a way y.[18...f5
18.. ..Bc7 19. 19.Nc5
c5 Rhb8 Be820.Nd620.NNa6; Rb3
to Harikris
play
p hna. en dgame?"
"No t to say y Pentala a s
Anand's 18.. ..Bc7
21.R 19.c522.e4
Rd2 Rab8 Rhb8 Ba520.Nd6
23.Rc2] Rb3
Harikris
13..Bc7hna. was"No t ctively
objec to say y d,Anand's
bad probablys y 21.R Rd2
19. c5Rab8
f5 20.22.e4cxb6 Ba5 fxe423.Rc2]
4 21.b7 R Rab8
13..Bc7 was
it is fine e & objec
hadctively
many
m badd, ces
chanc probably y d
to hold 19. c5Bxe4
22. f5 20.Rx cxb6b7 fxe4Now 4 21.b7
an endR Rab8g
game
it is fine
draw. e & But had manymfitss chanc cesn's
Carlse to hold d e
style 22. Bxe4
whe Rxb7n Now
ere Carlsen has stat anticend g
game
weakne esses
draw.
perfectly But
y." - fits s er Carlse
"Afte 13..Nxdn's4 14.exd4
stylee 4 whe erep
to Carlsen
play at.n QQ:hasAtstat tic hweakne
whic momentessest did
perfectly
the quey." - "Afte er
eens are still s13..Nxd
on the4 14.exd4
e board & 4 to you
pplay at. Q
Q: At whic
u have the advantage? A: (Mag h moment t did
gnus
theblack
queeens hasare thestill
s on the
bishop e boardpair & to o youu have
Car rlsen)the "I meadvantag
ean it ise? nootA:huge.
(Mag gnus
I have
black
compen has the bishop pair
nsate for white's centtral pawns. to
o . Carrlsen)
(po "I me
inting ean
mo ouseit isafter
noot huge.
moveI have22) I
compen
A nsate m for white's
middlegam e!" centtral- pawns. . y
Garry (pohav
inting mo
ve better b ouse after
bishop and move
d better 22)p I
pawn
A Kasparomiddlegam
m ov.[13...0-0 e!"0; 13...Nx
- xd4Garry y
"Again n havve
stru better b
bishop
ucture. If I can cons and d better
solidate thp
pawn
han I
Kasparo ov.[13...0-0
Carlsen got next 0;t 13...Nx xd4ng"Again
to nothi in nthee struucture.
can win. IfI did
I can not cons
mana solidate th
ge to playhan with
I
Carlsen
opening got nextt d
g. Amazed to Anand
nothingwent in the e o
into can win. I did not mana
the right plan."23.Rhf1 Rb5!? 24 ge to play with
4.Rf4
opening
endgamg.me. Amazed d Anand
Could take on went d4, into o p
keep theg5 right plan."23.Rhf1
25.Rf3 h5!? Actu Rb5!?
ually 24 4.Rf4
rathe er a
endgam me. Could
queens on, very take on d4,
y differen keep
nt game." p " g5com 25.Rf3
mmital h5!? idea. Actu ually rathe
Anand er hada
queens Kon, very
Garry Kasparov y14 differen
4.exd4 nt
0-0 game."" 6
0]14.Nxc6 commmital
cho ices.[25... idea.
Re5; 25. Anand
..Be8]26.R had
Rdf1
Garry
bxc6 Kasparov
K 15.Qxd8+
1 14
4.exd4Bxd8 0-0
0]14.Nxc6
166.Be2 Ke7 6 7 cho ices.[25...
Be8 8 27.Bc2 Re5; Rc525. Rf6 h4Rdf1
..Be8]26.R
28.R 299.e4
bxc6
(see15.Qxd8+
1 diagram)Bxd8 "Anand 166.Be2
pllays Ke7 7 n
again Be8 8 27.Bc2
a5 30.Kd2 Rc5
2 28.R
Rb5 Rf6 31.b3
h4 29 9.e4 Bh5
(see diagram)
passivel ly for a "Ananddraw, dismpllays again
issing n
anyy a5[31 ...g4]32.K
30.Kd2 2 Kc3 Rb5 Rc5+ 31.b333.Kb2Bh5 Rd8
passivel
chancesly sfor to aget draw,
d dismedg
double issing
ged game.anyy . [31 R1f2 Kc3
...g4]32.K
34. Rd Rc5+ di
d4(see 33.Kb2
iagram)An Rd8nand
chances
May sstilto get thou
l hold double
d ugh, why edgged n game.
not?" . r
Later 34. R1f2
labe Rd
eled this d4(see
as the di
a iagram)An
dec cisive errornandr but
May"I stil
meanl hold
nt that thou ugh,
13 why not?"
3...Bc7 nand Laterr 7
d 16...Ke7 labeeled
to bethis a
as tthe
honest dec
I don't cisive error
think r but
he was
"I were
mean ntnot
nthat neces13
3...Bc7
sary. and d r16...Ke7
For example7 e to men
bentally
honestt th I don't inthinkthe
here he was p
press
were not
n 6!?neces
16...Bb6 is way sary. Forr example
y sharper if you e ask
k men ntally
con ference. th
here""Somehowin the
my plan p
pressdid
16...Bb6 6!? is way y sharper
me! Still shocked though that Anand if you askk d con ference.
not materialis "
"Somehow
se. I had tto go 34...did
my plan Rg8.
me! Stillmanage
didn't mshockedtothough save thisthato Anand
one." d e
were notThematerialis
ere are m se.manyI hadsmaltto go 34...Rg8.
l inaccura cies.
didn't
Anishmanage
m to save comme
Giri's this one."
o nts were eonn Theere Rd4
But are wasm
many thesmal l inaccura
decisi ve mistake cies.
e." -
Anish Giri's
twitter.[[16...Bb6 a quick comme ntsk sample onn e ButAna Rd4
and.was "Afterthe...Rd4
decisiIve th mistake
hought... e." -
I was
twitter.[[16...Bb6
Houdini variatioan: quick k 3sample
17.Bf e+
Bxe3+ Ana and. "After ...Rd4 I th
worrried that I might be even wo hought... I was
orse.
Houdini
18.Kb1 variatio
Bd7 19.Rh n:he117.Bf
Bb6320.Ne4 Bxe3+ +
Ke77 wor rried
(aft ter that I might
browsin ng thebega even on
ame wo orse.
C
Chess
18.Kb1
21.c5 Bc7Bd7
B 19.Rh
22.Nd6he1 Bb6 2 0.Ne4
6 Rhd8 23.Nb7 Rdb8 Ke77 8 (afttersebrowsin
Bas ng the
says...) ga
Probably ame I on amC Chess
no
ot" -
21.c5 Bc7
B Rd8
24.Nd6 22.Nd6 6 dRhd8
is a rawing 23line
.Nb7
e.] Rdb8 8 Basse rlsen[34...R
Car says...) Probably
Rg8 35.Rh6 I6 am
Bg6]no ot" -
24.Nd6 Rd8 is a drawing line e.] Carrlsen[34...R Rg8 35.Rh6 6 Bg6]

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 35.Rh6 6 Bd1 36.B Bb1 Rb5 37.Kc3
3 c5
5 deeeper analys sis hard to say what "last
38.Rb2 2 e5 39.Rg6 a4!? ?This isn'tt mis take" was.. Even 46..Re1 looks s like
losing and indee ed sets up a clearr it g ives better drawing chances. KKeep
drawing g idea so itt really cann't be thatt kingg active.[446...Re1] 447.Bg8+ Kc6
bad.[39 9...g4 "As I see others
s 48. Rh6+ Kd d7 Black is just lost
suggestting, playinng 39..g4 instead off heree.[48...Kc77]49.Bxb3 3 a
axb3
sacrificing the pawn also looks s 50. Kxb3 Rxg g2 51.Rxh h4 Ke6 52 2.a4
superiorr. Though was likely still drawn n Kxe e5 53.a5 Kd6 54.Rh h7 Kd5 55 5.a6
as I saidd." Kasparo
ov.]40.Rxg g5 Rxb3+ + c4++ 56.Kc3 Ra2 57.a a7 Kc5 588.h4
41.Rxb b3 Bxb3 After
A the tim
me controll 1-00
there was
w an im
mportant moment.
m I
really wante
ed to
o go
o Six
xth game…
….
Bd3.42..Rxe5+[42 2.Bd3 c4 43.Rxe5+ +
Kd6 44.Kxd4
4 cxd3!! 45.Rf5 d2 2 Carrlsen exte
ends lead a
after anotther
46.Rf6+ + Ke7 47.Rf1 d1Q+ + 48.Rxd1 1 Anaand blundder
Bxd1 winning a piece..]42...Kd66
43.Rh5 5 Rd1 44.ee5+ Kd5 45.Bh7
4 Worrld No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norrway
exte
ended his lead to 4 4-2 after w
world
cha mpion Vis swanathan Anand lo ost a
rookk ending iin game s six that loo
oked
drawwish at thee Hyatt Re
egency Hottel in
Cheennai.The game was saailing
smooothly towards a draw w when
Anaand's mistaakes in the second time
con trol decide
ed the gamme in favouur of
the 1990 born n Norwegiaan.

Anaand said 557 Rc8 wa as a draw.. His

60thh move, the last in the second
45....Rc c1+?"Truly y baffled by
b each off con trol was another mistake after
Anand's s moves from 39 onw wards. Butt whi ch black w
won in 67 moves witthout
especiallly 45...Rc1???" - mucch trouble.. "Today is
s a heavy bblow,
Nakamu ura.[45...Ra1! "Sure its easierr I woont pretend otherwisse," said An
nand
for us who
w are sittting at homme withoutt afte
er the game.
the pre essure, butt 45... Ra a1 seemed d
very natural and intu
uitive." - Thee sixth gam
me saw Anand contin nuing
Nakamu ura. Q: (FIDE Pres ss Officer)) to oopen 1.e44 with the white pieeces.
When you y playedd 45...Rc1 1 did you u Thaat was the move he learnt fromm his
also consider
c also
a 45...Ra1? A: motther who introduced d him to the
(Viswan nathan Ana and) "It iss possible..
gamme at the age of six x. Anand used
Someho ow I missed d in the rook ending..
1.d44 with a mmere surprise value and
It is so difficult. I thought I should be e
for options sa
ake. His bre
ead and buutter
able to generate counter play p in the
e
end." 46.Bg8+
4 Kc6 47.Bxb3 Rxa3 3 optiion is how
wever 1.e4.Repeatingg the
48.Kc4 axb3 49.Rh6+ Kd7 50.Kc3 5 Ra2
2 king
g pawn, Annand faced the Ruy Lopez
51.Kxb3 3 Rxg2 52.h35 Rg3 3+ 53.Kc4 4 agaain from C Carlsen. AAnand avooided
Rxh3 54.Kxc5]46
5 6.Kb2 Rg1 Withoutt the Berlin varriation and
d chose on
ne of

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the anti-Berlin va
ariations. Carlsen
C did
d Ana
and said, "What can I say,
not find
d much difficulty in equalisingg som
medays go like that."
with the
e black piec
ces.
In statistics, Anand's best scores as s Anaand came in bright ye ellow shirt with
white are against the Sicilia
an defencee a crrocin adverrtisement inserted on n his
and thee worst are againstt the Ruy y shirrt. Carlsen came in w white shirt with
Lopez. Both are above
a 50%% and thatt a double advertiseme ent insertt of
is impoortant. Afte
er the last set off Sim
monsen V
Vigt Wiig and A
Arctic
minor pieces we ere excha anged off,, Seccurities on tthe two sid
des of his s
shirt.
black was
w heading for a sweatless s Who o can say cchess is no
ot commerc cial?
draw. Anand's
A ad
dvantage of making g
the op pening mo ove had far from m Gam
me Six
vanished.
Anaand,Viswaanathan (2775) -
On mov ve 38, in a queen and rook k Carrlsen,Mag nus (28700) [C65]
ending, Anand sacrificed a pawn. The e WCCh 2013 Chenna ai IND (6),
idea will be to exxchange queens and d 16. 11.2013
1.e 4 e5 2.Nff3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 44.d3
enter a level roo ok ending. The quiett
Bc5
5 5.c3 0-0 0 6.0-0 R
Re8 7.Re1 1 a6
game might
m havve disappo ointed the
e
8.B
Ba4 b5 9.BBb3 d6 10.Bg5
spectatoors who had come e in largee
numberrs despite wet and windy
w day..
Also, the lobby are
ea of the hotel where
e
the Che ess Solvingg took plaace looked
d
crowded d. Yesterye
ear tennis star Vijay
y
Amritrajj was amon ng the spectators.

After move 41, th he players were in a

rook en
nding with Carlsen en njoying an n
extra pa
awn. Althoough best play mightt
be draw
w, white getting into this
t ending
g
perhapss was not necessary y.The rook k
and pawwn ending looked leveel for mostt
of the game.
g Afte
er move 54,
5 Carlsen
n Anaand comes s up with a new, iff not
had keppt his one pawn adva antage butt esp ecially surrprising new
w move. AAgain
being a doubled rook pa awn, draw w Carrlsen had been follo owing a reecent
chancess looked brright. Anaand game. This is why players o often
hidee their intended repertoire e in
eveents before the world champions ship.
In the 57th
5 move,, Anand losst a cruciall
Anaand howev ver had to o play a loot of
tempi that
t decideed the gam me. Later,,
che ss this year in orde er to get s
some
his mistake on move
m 60 sealed
s the
e
form
m back. Pe erhaps howwever he ggave
win for black side.Asked if yesterday's
y s awaay some off his intendded reperto
oire.
result had
h a beaaring on this
t game,, [10 .Nbd2 Bb6 6 11.Nf1 Ne e7 12.Ng3 Ng6
Anand said, "yes probably." Asked d 13.hh3 h6 14 4.d4 c5 15.dxe5 d dxe5
why he e gave a pawn on move 38,, 16.QQxd8 Bxd8 8 17.a4 c c4 18.Bc2 Ba5
19.aaxb5 axb5 5 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Ra2 2 Bc7

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 22.Rea11 Rxa2 23..Rxa2 Ra8 24.Rxa8+ + ery static ttarget.] 29
a ve 9...Qc6 30.Qf5
Bxa8 25.Kf1 Ne7 26.Nd2 Kf8 K 27.Bc5
5 exdd4 31.Rxd d4 Re5 32.Qf3 Qc7! Just
Nd7 28.Ba3 g6 29 9.f3 Ke8 30.b3
3 cxb3
3 a nice m
manoever.3 33.Kh1 Qe7
31.Nxb33 Nc8 32.B Bd3 Bc6 33.c4
3 bxc4
4 34. Qg4 Kh7 35.Qf4 g6 6 36.Kh2 Kg7
34.Bxc4
4 Ba4 35.Nc5 Nxc5 5 36.Bxc5 5 37. Qf3 Re6 3 38.Qg3?!
Nb6 37..Bxb6 Bxb66 38.Ne2 Ba5
B 39.Nc1
1
Ke7 40.Nd3
4 Bcc3 41.g4 4 1/2-1/2 2
Anand,VV (2783))-Aronian,LL
(2809)//Paris/St Petersburg
P FRA/RUSS
2013/Thhe Weeek in Chess
s
964]10...Be6 11 1.Nbd2 h6 6 12.Bh4 4
Bxb3 13.axb3
1 Nb8
N 14.h33 Nbd7 "II
thoughtt I got a solid
s posittion out off
the ope
ening." – Carlsen
C 15.Nh2 Qe7 7
16.Ndf1 Bb6 17..Ne3 Qe6 18.b4 a5 5
19.bxa5 Bxa5 20.Nhg4 Bb66
21.Bxf66

"Hee sacrificedd or blunddered a pa awn.

Afte
er that I got a good rook endin ng. I
am not at all sure if it is winning g." -
Carrlsen. I p presume A Anand tho ought
sim plification at the e expense o of a
pawwn was the e best idea. I wasn't sure
whaat Anand m meant by h his explana
ation
"Weell, what can I say y. Some days
goees like tha at."[38.Qf4
4 Kh7 39.Qf3]
38. ..Rxe4 39 9.Qxd6 R Rxe3 40.Q Qxe7
Rxee7 41.Rd5 5 Rb7 42.RRd6 f6!

Anand trades
t minnor pieces hoping his s
remaining ones would stand welll
already an indication things have gone e
slightly wrong. "Magnus' manoeuvre
m e
with thee knight wa as quite go
ood. Then I
started wondering g what to do.
d Then I
thoughtt with Qg g4 with the t majorr
pieces I could get a solid d position..
Then I dont
d know ... one mis stake afterr
the otther." – Anand 21...Nxf6 6
22.Nxf6 6+ Qxf66 23.Qgg4 Bxe3 3
24.fxe3 3 Qe7 "Th hen at som me point I
was littlle bit bette
er. But notthing much h Thee best idea for ma
aking
going on." Carlsen. 25 5.Rf1 c5 5 prog h4 Kf7?! [43...h5 and
gress.43.h
26.Kh2 2 c4 27.d d4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 1 "preess for a wwin eventu
ually with Re7-
Qb7 29.Rd1 [29.d5 attempting to o e5" according g to Carlsen.] 44.h5! "At
close things
t upp was a possible e thiss point I m
missed the whole h5 iidea.
alternattive althoug gh white's position is
s

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I didnt think you can really give up a 68.K
Kh1 Rg6 669.Kh2]60...h3 61.ggxh3
pawn likke that. No ow, it was a draw." - Rg66 62.c4
4 f3 6
63.Ra3+L Loses
Carlsen.44...gxh5 5 45.Rdd5 Kg6 6 imm
mediately b
but the po
osition is g
gone
46.Kg3 3 Rb6 47.R Rc5 f5 488.Kh4 Re6 6 any Ke2 64.b4
yhow.63...K 4 f2 65.R Ra2+
49.Rxb b5 Re4+ 50.Kh3
5 Kgg5 51.Rb8 8 Kf3
3 66.Ra3++ Kf4 67.R
Ra8 Rg1 0--1
h4 52 2.Rg8+ Kh5 53..Rf8 Rf4 4
54.Rc8 Rg4 55..Rf8 Rg3+ + 56.Kh2 2 Opttions Befo
ore Anand
d For Sec
cond
Kg5 57.Rg8+?
5 Not losing
g but now w Hallf
the gamme continu ues and bllack's task k
quickly turns out to be verry hard. "II Worrld champ pion Viswa
anathan An nand
had onee little trap. Which waas my Kf4-- neeeds to do o two things. Firstt, to
Ke3 etcc. Fortunate ely he wennt for it. Itt beli eve that he can wwin the maatch.
is very difficult. May
M be imppossible too
Nexxt, he neeeds to sto
op the in-form
hold affter that."" - Carlse en.[57.Rc8 8
cha llenger Ma
agnus Carlsen of Norrway
Seems to be an easy draw w as black k
has no o way to progress.. 57...Rg4 4 from
m winning three-in-aa-row in g
game
58.Rg8+ + Kf6 59.Rh
h8 Kg77 seveen on Monday.
60.Rc8]57...Kf4 58.Rc8 8 Ke33
59.Rxc4 f4 Chaampion Anand trails the challe enger
2-4 at the half-way stagge with ano
other
six games sttill to be pplayed. In the
secoond half, Anand sttarts with the
whitte pieces. It remains
s to be see
em if
he would m move overr to 1.d4 4 or
con tinue with 1.e4.

Sat urday's gaame six result was a big

disaappointmennt for the local fans. It
wass a full h house. The e Rs.14 C Crore
prizze money eevent is sponsored byy the
Tammil Nadu G Governmen nt for a ovverall
buddget of Rss.29 Crore e. The winner
Carlsen only said "Maybe" whenw askedd takees 60% o of Rs.14 C Crore and the
if he thought this position was s
loseer gets 40%% of Rs.144 Crore. TThere
winning. "Withoutt these pawns (b2,,
wass no gam me on Sun nday and the
c3) it would
w be a dead draww but thesee
acti on will resume a at the H Hyatt
pawns seriously inhibit
i the rook and d
h3, f3 iss coming very
v fast." - Carlsen.. Reggency Ho
otel in Chennai on
"Here itt's lost" acc
cording to Anand butt Nov vember 18,, 2013.
compute ers suggest this simply isn'tt
the case.[59...Rg4 4 "I thougght he was s Anaand's area a of adva antage in this
going too go for Rg g4 and a similar ideaa mattch was thought to be the
and then I'm OK."" ope
enings. S
So far it has not
Anand.]]60.Ra4?[60.b4 Botth players s matterialised tthat way. W With some luck
thoughtt this idea way too slows but itt and
d prayers o of a billion people, An
nand
seems to t draw. 60...h3
6 61.gxh3 Rg6 6 can still get w
what he ha as prepared
d for
62.Rc7 f3 63.Re e7+ Kd3 64.b5 f2 2 the match and d turn it arround.
65.Rf7 Ke2 66.Re e7+ Kf1 67 7.c4 Rg2++

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 "The area of concern for Anand is that three to six have all been longer
he is not hitting the best move most affairs.
of the time," said a Grand Master
journalist. So the middlegame is also The battle area in the last two games
not helping him either. Anand is not in are Carlsen's forte - the endings. Like
form overall. many modern day grandmasters,
Anand wins with good opening
Players who train closely with novelties and powerful middlegame
computer engines often hit many first display. His endgame moreorless is
move choices. Anand usually hits technique enough to covert the
several first choice moves of various opening or middlegame advantage
computers when in top form. This time earned into a victory.
he is not and it is clear that
middlegame lift is not aiding his It is entirely possible that Carlsen's
cause. dominance in chess is in endings and
he keeps trying till the very end. Many
Carlsen strength in the ending has from drawish level positions. So, from
helped him win two back-to-back an area other grandmasters stop and
games and take a 'healthy lead' as the take draws, Carlsen starts to think and
Norwegian put it. Ending is not an win.
area of weakness for Anand but being
older he could tire more and could Both, open lines and 1.e4 hastens
make more mistakes in longer games. quickly into endings. Playing closed
lines or semi-closed lines with all
Analysing the games, Anand's pieces on the board could be the
mistakes have started to come after solution to handle an endgame expert
four hours of play. For someone who like Carlsen.
is older, perhaps needs more energy.
Those who covered Garry Kasparov's Anand draw with white in
last few years of Linares Tournaments Game Seven
know that the 1963-born Russian
carried and consumed plenty of World champion Viswanathan Anand
chocolates to supplement his energy drew the seventh match game by
levels. At the playing table, we have repetition of moves against challenger
seen Anand drinking coffee or tea and Magnus Carlsen of Norway at the
water. What snack he is enjoying at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Teynampet,
the back room is not visible. Chennai on November 18, 2013.

One of the many pre-event The scores after seven games is 4.5-
suggestions for Anand to defeat 2.5 in favour of the Norwegian
Carlsen was that the Indian should challenger. In the remaining five
retain queens on board and not games, Anand gets two whites and
venture into endings. Anand did play three black games. Carlsen appears to
the ending well in game four. Games be the favourite at this juncture with
the scoreline and trend favouring

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him.The Rs.29 Crore budget event is Both players castled queen side and
sponsored by the Tamil Nadu had nothing happened much on the
Government. The prize fund is Rs.14 king side. After the pieces were
Crore and of this, 60% will go to the exchanged off, a queen and knight
winner and 40% to the loser. were left on the board along with
pawns.
"I have the lead and this result suited
me fine," said Carlsen about this With nothing much to play for, the
game. "We assessed the match and I players drew after 32 moves and took
will keep trying," said Anand who is a draw by repetition of moves. The
two games down in the best of 12 game lasted about two hours. Heavy
series. monsoon rains continued during the
day
Asked about what they did on the free
day, Anand said the weather did noth On Tuesday, Carlsen will have the
permit them to do what they wanted. advantage of making the first move.
Carlsen said he played football and Anand will have to make things
basketball without much success.Both difficult for Carlsen in the opening and
the players said there was psychology middlegame. The Norwegian has had
involved in a match. "Of course the an easy ride so far though he
outcome of game five influenced game accepted in the post game press meet
six," said Carlsen. that he was 'nervous' during some
games.
Carlsen said he was happy to see the
chess boom happening in Norway. Game Seven
This match is well followed by a large
number of people and they are also Anand,Viswanathan (2775) -
expecting and hoping the World No.1 Carlsen,Magnus (2870) [C65]
to become Norway's first world chess WCh 2013 Chennai IND (7),
18.11.2013
champion.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3
Bc5 5.Bxc6 Definitely third choice in
Game seven saw Anand opening again terms of frequency in this position.
with the king pawn for the fourth time The trouble with this is that it starts a
in the match. Carlsen responded with simplification process that seems
the Berlin variation of the Ruy Lopez. likely to play to Carlsen's strengths.
It was his second choice opening after [5.c3; 5.0-0] 5...dxc6 6.Nbd2 Bg4
trying the Caro-Kann in game 7.h3 Bh5!? Practically a novelty as it
two.Anand chose the quieter 4.d3 has only been played by a couple of
variation and differed on move five lower rated players before. One of
when he exchanged the bishop on c6 Carlsen's real abilities is to be able to
square for the knight. Carlsen's pawn play such positions without knowing
structure was shattered but he was theory as he's confident of finding
able to develop each and smoothly. better continuations for
himself.[7...Bxf3 Is presumably what
Anand was hoping for. 8.Qxf3 Nd7

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 9.Qg3 Qf6 10.Nc c4 0-0 11 1.0-0 Rfe88
12.a4 Nf8
N 13.Bg5 Qe6 14 4.Bd2 Ng6 6
15.b4 Bf8
B 16.Qg4 4 b6 17.g3 f6 18.Bc3 3
Bd6 19 9.Ne3 Kh8 20.Kg2 a6 21.Qf3 3
Ne7 22.h4 b5 23.Rfb1 Qd7 7 24.h5 h6 6
25.Qg4 Qxg4 26 6.Nxg4 Nc c8 27.Bd2 2
Nb6 28..a5 Nd7 29 9.c4 c5 30..cxb5 axb5
5
31.bxc55 Nxc5 32 2.Rxb5 Nxd d3 33.Ra44
Ra6 34.Rc4 c5 35.Ne3
3 Rea8 36.Rc3 3
Nb4 37.Nc4 Be7 38.Rb3 Nc6 39.Rb6 6
Nb4 40.Kf3 R6a7 41.Be3 Kg8 42.Rb2 2
Rc7 43..Kg4 Kf7 44.Rb1
4 Nc6 45.R1b5 5
Nd4 46.Rb1 Nc6 47.R6b5
4 Nd4 48.Rb7 7 A w
waiting mov
ve. Carlsen
n doesn't w
want
Rxb7 499.Rxb7 Ke6 6 50.Bd2 Ra6
R 51.Bc3
3 to allow f4.[19...Rh8 20.f4]20..Rh7
Bf8 52.f4 exf4 53 3.gxf4 f5+
+ 54.exf5+ + Rh88 21.Rdhh1 Rxh7 22.Rxh7 Qf6
Kd5 55..Ne5 Ne2 56.Be1 Bd6 57.Rxg7 7 23. f4 Rh8 2
24.Rxh8 Q Qxh8 25.ffxe5
Nxf4 58.Nf7
5 Nd3 59.Nx xd6 Nxe1 1 Qxee5
60.Ne8 Rxa5 61.Rd7+ Kc6 6 62.Rd6+ +
Kb5 63.f6 Ra7 64..Re6 Nd3 65.f7
6 Ra4++
66.Kg3 1-0 Adams,M (2733)--
Fressine
et,L (2696))/Germanyy
2012/CB BM 148]

ality.26.Qff3 f5
Blacck has at least equa
27. exf5 gxff5 28.c3 Ne6 29..Kc2
Ng5 5 30.Qf2 2 Ne6 31.Qf3 Ng5
32. Qf2 Ne6 D 1/2-
Drawn by rrepetition.1
1/22
8.Nf1 Nd7 9.Ng g3 [9.g4]] 9...Bxf3 3
10.Qxf3 3 g6 Lim miting the e squares s Gam
me Eight
white's knight can
n go to.11 1.Be3 Qe7 7
12.0-0--0 0-0-0
0 13.Ne e2 Rhe88 Carrlsen,Magnus (2870) -
14.Kb1 1 b6 15.h4 Kb7 16 6.h5 Bxe3 3 Anaand,Viswa anathan (2775) [C6 67]
17.Qxe e3[17.fxe3 Is Houdini's
s WC Ch 2013 Chenna ai IND (8),
suggesttion here but
b it's no
ot going too 19. 11.2013
amount to much h anyway.]17...Nc5 5 1.e 4 e5 2.Nff3 Nc6 3.B
Bb5 Nf6 4 4.0-0
18.hxg6 hxg6 19 9.g3 a5 Nxe e4 5.Re1WWith a twoo point lea
ad it
isn'tt up too Carlsen n to win n a
gamme.[5.d4 iis the mo ove with real

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interest.]5...Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7
B 7.Bf1
1
Nxe5 8.Rxe5
8

Thee first new move not that it matters

all tthat muchh.[17.Nb3 b6 18.Re1 1 Bf5
19.B Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nc1 Qd d7 21.Nd3 Ng7
One of the most drawish
d va
ariations in
n 22.B Be5 Re8 23.Qf1 Bxe5 5 24.Nxe5 Qd6
elite level chess. Whhite very
y 1/2 -1/2 Nep pomniachtcchi,I (27 711)-
occasion
nally winss one, bla ack pretty y Riazzantsev,A (2688)/Kh hanty-Manssiysk
much never.8...0--0 9.d4 Bff6 10.Re1 1 RUS S 2011/Th he Week in Chess 878
Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 1 (88 ); 17.Be5 5 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Bf5
Ne8[122...Nf5 13.Bf4 d6 14 4.Nd2 Be6 6 19.B Bxf5 Nxf55 20.Re1 Qd6 21.Nb3
15.Bd3 Nh4 16.N Ne4 Ng6 17.Bd2
1 d5
5 Qxe e5 22.Rxe5 5 f6 23.Ree2 Kf7 24 4.Nc5
18.Nc5 Bc8 19.Q Qe3 b6 20 0.Nb3 Qd6 6 Nd6 6 25.f3 Ree8 26.Rxe8 8 Kxe8 27 7.Kf2
21.Qe8++ Nf8 22.R Re1 Bb7 23.Qe3 Ne6 6 b6 28.Nd3 Kd d7 29.g4 g5 30.Ke3 3 h6
24.Qf3 Rd8 25.Q Qf5 Nf8 26.Bf4 Qc6 6 31.ff4 1/2-1/2 Rozenta alis,E (26
619)-
27.Nd2 Bc8 28.Q Qh5 g6 29 9.Qe2 Ne6 6 Bru zon Batistaa,L (2691))/Montreal CAN
30.Bg3 Qb7 31.N Nf3 c5 32.dxc5 bxc5 5 20113/The Week in C
Chess
33.Ne5 c4 34.Bb b1 Bg7 35 5.Rd1 Bd7 7 9811]17...Bf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.Nf3
36.Qf3 Be8 37.N Nxc4 dxc4 4 38.Rxd8 8 Ng7 7 20.Be5 5 Ne6 2 21.Bxf6 Q Qxf6
Nxd8 39.Qe2
3 Ne6 0-1 Steinitz,W-
S - 22. Ne5 Re8 8 23.Ng4 Qd8 The
Zukerto
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14.Bd33 g6 15.Nd2 Ng7 7 16.Qe2 2 forcce the pieces o off to sshow
[16.Nf3 c6 17.Qd d2 Bf5 18.Re1 Bxd3 3 thiss.[23...Qg5
5? 24.f4! wins (24.h h4 is
19.Qxd33 Qd7 20.Be5 Bxe5 5 21.Nxe5 5 not quite ass good 24...Qxh4 2 25.g3
Qf5 22.Qxf5 Nxf5 5 23.Nd3 Kf8
K 24.Nc5 5 Qd8 8 26.Qe5 5 Ng7 2 27.Nf6+ Qxf6
Nd6 25.Nd7+
2 Kg7 26.Nc5 Kf8 8 28.Q Qxf6 Rxe1+) 24...Qx xf4 25.Rf1 Qb8
27.Nd7++ Kg7 28 8.Nc5 Kf8 29.Nd7+ + 26.Q Qf2 f5 2 27.Nf6+ Kf7 28.Nxe8]
Kg7 30 0.Nc5 Kf8 8 1/2-1/2 2 Salgado o 24. Qe5 Ng
g7 25.Q
Qxe8+ N
Nxe8
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L 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 2 27.Nf6+ Kf8
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9 6 17.Re1 31. b4 Kf7 32 2.h3 h6 333.h4 h5 1 1/2-
1/2 2 (see diagram)

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 thatt genius c category. WWhile watc ching
a crricket matc ch, with th
he requiredd run
rate
e huge, a champio on called M.S.
Dhooni walks in and blocks the first
ball . Then he e goes for the calcullated
assaault. That is what Anand willl be
doin
ng. Risking g himself iin game se even
andd eight wou uld have sppoilt his chance
as hhe is still tthinking ab
bout game e five
andd six in the e back of hhis mind. N Now,
he wwill be "try
ying" from game nine e.

Thee winner will receive Rs.8.40 Crrores

Game nine
n of this
s Viswanath
han Anandd
andd the loser will get RRs.5.60 Cro
ores.
v Carlseen match should be e one thatt
Thee entire priize fund is
s sponsored by
will define
d the world chess
s
the Tamil Naddu Governm ment who have
champio onship match in Che ennai. The
e
offe
ered a budgget of Rs.2
29 Crores.
scoreline reading 5-3 favo ouring the
e
Norwegian leaves less optio ons for the
e
Thee winner w will keep the title until
Indian in the final one third of the e
nexxt year. Thhe loser wwill play in
n the
match.
Canndidates T Tournamen nt at Kha anty-
Mannsiysk, Ru ussia along with se even
Aggresssion, attack, positive e play aree
otheers from Feeb-Mar 2014. The winner
the options left for
f the Inddian chesss
of this Cand didates toournament will
king. Annand will be expecte ed to play
y
play
y the winner of the Anan nd v
sharp and also hopefully y for the e
Carrlsen bout.
Indians,, reduce th
he deficit. Anand has s
scored 3.5/4 in a world cha ampionshipp
Fou r games remain to be playe ed in
match at
a Tehran 2000.
2 He will
w need to o
thiss best of 1 12-seroes. Carlsen leads
repeat that
t to keep the title.
Ana and by 5-3. In case oof a 6-6 tie, the
mattch will bee decided in a four g game
Carlsen who is enjjoying a do ouble pointt
rapiid playoff.
lead is sitting
s prettty. People in Norwayy
are expecting a ch hange of guard
g as to
o
If C Carlsen w wins the s series, he will
who rules world chess from Novemberr
bec ome 20th player in the historry of
28, 2013.
worrld chess since 188 86 to do so.
Ana and who sh hould be hhoping to mmake
Indian fans,
f scrib
bes and ev ven peoplee
a biig turnarou und in the match will win
from the chess frraternity arre nervous
s
it ffor the sixth time if hee does so.
about what
w Anan nd is doin ng in thee
match. Two game es down, he quietly y
Exppect a sharrp ninth game. Book your
takes tw
wo easy games.
tick
ket in the playing hall or w watch
Dooordarshan Sports
s telev
vision
Great champions s keep a cool att
cha nnel. Keep your fin ngers cros
ssed.
difficult moments. Anand belongs
b to
o
Anaand fans n need to prray and h hope.

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Carlsen supporters can wait before
e
ordering
g champagne!

Game Nine
N

Anand Viswanatthan (2775)

Carlsen n Magnus (2870)
21.11.2 2013
1.d4 No N Berlin this time, and the e
entire world
w claps..
Nf6 2.cc4 e63.Nc3 3 Bb4 4.f3 3 The f3
3
Nimzo is known fo or its sharppness, and d
now it was
w clear Anand was ready to o Thiss is one o of Black's mmajor idea as in
5 5.a3 Bxc
fight.d5 c3+ 6.bxc3 3 c57.cxd thiss c4 system. Put a knight on n b3,
5 exd5 7...Nxd5 5 8.dxc5 Qa5 is the e sho ve the que eenside, annd hope no ot to
main line, and I rememb ber Anand d get checkmatted. The k knight on b b3 is
winning a wonderful gam me againstt actuually not all that strong, bu ut it
Wang Hao
H here. Alright,
A migght as welll helpps to alwa ays have the option of
show it. 9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 0-0 takiing Whitte's bishoop. 14.Ng3 3 a5
11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bb b5Nec6 13.Ne2 Na5 15. g515.e4 d dxe4 16.fxee4 Bxg4 17 7.Qe
14.Qb4 e5 15.00 Be6 B 16.Nd4 4! exd417.. 1wwas anothe er approac ch, but An nand
cxd4 Nb bc6 18.Qc3 3 Ne7 19.Rffd1 Rad8 pos sibly felt there was n no need to o sac
20.Bf2 a6
a 21.Bg3Q Qc8 22.Bf1 1 b6 23.Ra a pa awn.
b1 Nb3 24.Rxb3 Bxb3B 25.Qxxb3 bxc52 15. ..Ne8 16.e e4 Nxc1 M Magnus d didn't
6.d5 Ngg6 27.Qb6 f5 f 28.Rxa6 6 Qd7 29.B B wan nt to alloww Be3 and the knigh ht on
b5 Qf7 30.exf5
3 b3 might find itsellf to be e a
Qxf5 311.Qxc5 Rc8 32.Qd4 Rffd8 33.a4 spe ctator. 17..Qxc1 Ra6 6Magnus m might
1-0 (33 3) Anand,V V (2810)-W Wang Hao o not be afraid d here, bu ut I would d be.
(2731) Wijk aan Zee 2011 CBM 141 1 Whiite's pawns s look
[Anand]] 8.e3 c4 This
T has been a men nacing. 18
8.e5 Vishy closes offf the
trend lately,
l try
ying to messm with
h cen ter and p prepares to o shove his f-
White's development schem me of Bd3-- pawwn.18.Rb2 I might prefer a bit,
Ne2. Thhe main dra awback to this is thatt retaaining somme kingside e flexibility and
e4 is potentially
p much stro onger with h disccouraging Black's b4 couunter
the pawwn on c4. It I was a surprise forr playy. 18...Nc7 7 19.f419.Rb2 I still like
me to see this line e, as it cerrtainly isn'tt for White, as once b4 happens Bla ack's
the safest, but perhaps
p it is simply y cou nter play is quite an nnoying. I find
what Carlsen
C prrepared before
b the
e whe en you are e in a mustt-win situation,
match.8 8...0-0 9.Bdd3 b6 10.R Re2 Ba6 is it is easy to forgett prophylactic
by far the most po opular, and d seems to o mov ves. 19...b
b4 20.axb4 axb4 21 1.Rx
be muc ch more in Carlsen's style to o a6 Nxa6 22.ff5
me. 9.NNe2 Nc6 10.g4 White prepares s
Magnus probably sees himself more like a modern
Bg2 and d prevents s Black fro om playing g
sports star who wants to have fun than like a traditional
Bf5. It is
i clear we e will have a fight! 0--
stereotype of a chess player. - Espen Agdestein
0! 11.BBg2 Na5 12.0-0! Rb3
13.Ra2 2 b5

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 thre
eat. 33.Qh6 6+33.exf7
7 h5! wins for
Blacck. 33...Kee8 34.exf7+
+ Nxf7 35.Qh3
andd now the game will end d in
perppetualafterr Kd8 36.Q
Qg2 b1Q 37 7.Qx
d5++ Kc8 38.Q Qc6+ Kd839 9.Qd5+ with a
draww. 26...b2 2 27.Bf4! T
This is truly
thro
owing all your chips iinto the middle
of t he table. b
b1Q+

22.cxb44 was "safe er" but thiss is no way y

to play for
f the win n, as now he'll
h always s
be tied down to defending g
d4. 22...b3 Both sidess go all in. Black k
entrenches a prottected passer on b3,,
but takkes away all the prressure on n
White's center. In order for him to use e
this pa awn, howe ever, he needs to o
survive White'ss
attack.223.Qf423.h h4 Nc7 24.h5 was And d here, unfortunately y, Vishy has a
anotherr plan off attack. It looks s men ntal blank k. I'm no ot sure iff he
incredib
bly scary fo or Black, but
b it isn'tt mis sed Black k's respon nse or iff he
so clear how White will w breakk sim ply thou
ught hee was lost
throughh. 23...Nc7 7 24.f6 Once again,, any yway. 28.N Nf1??28.Bff1 was
Vishy opts
o for the
t most committall nec essary, a and now Q Qd1 is forrced,
continuaation. I also don't think this s plannning to pitch th he queen on
move should be rushed.24.Q
r Qh4 was a h5. 29.Rh4 Qh h5 30.Nxh5 5 gxh5 31.Rxh
more flexible possibilitty. Now w 5 Bff5 and at first White e looks bussted,
if Ne8 25.Nh5Ther
2 re are somes reall but he has the m
move
threats. b2 26.f6 g6 g 27.Nf4 and a White e 32.g g6! Bxg633 3.Rg5 with
h the plan n of
has more
m chan
nces than n in the e h4- h5. Black is paralyz zed, so he has
game. 24...g6
2 25
5.Qh4 Ne8 8 26.Qh6 noth hing better tthan N
Nxf6
Anand goes forr the mo ost directt 34.e exf6 Qxf6 35.Bxd5 an nd the g game
attackin
ng plan, which
w involv ves lettingg will most likely be drawn after
Black queen!26.N
q Ne2 was the otherr sommethinglike e Qf3 36.Bcc5 Qxc337..Qf4
option, trying to bring
b the knight
k into
o and d White tak kes on c4 n
next move.. The
the fray y. A poss sible variation could d d-pa awn could be strong g, but the king
go Be6 27.Nf4 Qa5 28.Bh3Bx xh3 29.Qx on g g1 is too eexposed too do much with
h3 b2 Itt looks likee Black will be faster,, it. E
Even so, I'm sure Vis shy would have
but White has the
e take en thhe e
extra 1/2
resourcee 30.Ne6! Qa1 Black has to o poinnt. 28...Qe e1 The on nly move, but
continuee his
h queenside e now w it is overr, as Rh4 is
s met by Q
Qxh4
play.30....fxe6 31.Q Qxe6+ Kh8 8 32.Qe7 and d Black is u
up a clean rrook.0–1
is crushing. Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play
31.Rxf8 Kxf8 32.e e6 Nd6 Ano other only y against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)
move, as Qh6-ex xf7+ was a mating g - Viswanathan Anand

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 Pre-match press conferencee

(L-R) Ms.Anastasia Karlovich, FIDE Press Officer, Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President FIDE,GM
Viswanatahan Anand, GM Magnus Carlsen and D.V.Sundar, Vice-President FIDE

The ever buzzing media centre....

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 Match about to start...Cameras about to click!.....

Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President FIDE, makes the opening move for Carlsen in the first game.
D.V.Sundar, Vice-President FIDE and Chief Arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan(partly seen) look on

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 A thoughtful Carllsen deeply analysing....

Garry Kasparov at FWCM 2013

Sitting: (L-R) D.V.Sundar, Championship
Director, Former World Champion Garry
Kasparov J.C.D.Prabhakar, President
AICF and R.M.Dongre, Treasurer AICF

Ace tennis star Vijay Amritraj along with

J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF

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 FIDE Presidential Board meeting
8th November 2013

Presidential Board meeting in progress..

( L- R ) V. H a r i h a r a n , Secretary A I C F,
Mr.Ignatius Leong, General Secretary,Bharat
Singh,CEO,AICF,D.V.Sundar, Vice President
F I D E , M r. G e o r g i o s M a r k o p o l o u s , D e p u t y
President,FIDE,Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President
FIDE,J.C.D.Prabhakar, President, AICF,Mr.Nigel
P.B.Freeman, Treasurer,FIDE,Mr.Israel Gelfer,
Vice President,FIDE and Mr.Lewis Ncube, Vice
President, FIDE

AICF Central Council Meeting

10th November 2013

(L-R) G.Bhasker,Vice President,

(Andamans),R.M.Dongre,
Tr e a s u r e r, A I C F, V. H a r i h a ra n ,
Secretary,AICF, J.C.D.Prabhakar,
President AICF, D.V.Sundar, Vice
President FIDE, Bharat Singh,
CEO,AICF and IM Manuel Aaron

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 Th
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at FWCM
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The commentary team at FWCM 2013

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TaniaSachdev,IM
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achdev,IM Lawrence
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The four commentators were working in groups, alternating every hour.

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 The liasion officers who
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by C.G.S
S.Narayana
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The liaison officers who mattered……
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excerpt ts:

Q: Stephen, you have been interacting

with Team Carlsen ever since they landed
on the Indian soil. What is your general
impression on the Norwegian contingent?
A: I found members of Team Carlsen very
polite, amiable and interactive. They were
co-operative wherever we went. The team
members were freely in touch with me
through e-mails and sms through their
stay.
Q: It is very often presumed that chess
GMs are withdrawn and reserved and
rarely interact with others. How do you
assess Magnus Carlsen?
A:Carlsen is a down-to-earth fun loving
Team
Team C arlsen with
Carlsen withP.Stephen
P.Stephen Balasamy
B
Balasamy (e
extreme
(extreme righ
right) ht)youngster. But he is somewhat allergic to
crowd or even a large gathering.In fact he is afraid.
Q:Q: Step
What phen, you have
are Carlsen’sh been
otherinteractin
interestsg with
off theTeeam Carlse
chess n ever since they lan
board? nded
A:on
CarlsenI relaxes
the Indian a fewishours
soil. What yo afteraleach
our genera game
impressio on visiting
on the N Ramee mall
Norwegian adjacent
contingen t? to the Hotel
where he usually had a stint with bowling. On free days we took him to Santhome High
School where
A: I fouund membhe played
bers of football
Tea andnbasketball.
am Carlsen very pollite,The other
amiab spot
ble and he liked was
intteractive. TheyFisherman’s
T
cove where
were co he
o-operativespent a few hours swimming.
e wherever we went. The team members were freely y in touch with
ough e-mails and sms
me thro s through their
t stay.
Q: Was he as combative and serious in these sports as he is in chess?
A:Q:
Certainly.
It is very He shoots
often very
presumed wellches
d that in sbasketball and curses
n and himself
GMs are withdrawn reserrvedwhen
and rahe misses one.
arely
He has this ‘hate to lose’ attitude which he carries from chess to these casual pastimes.
interact with otherrs. How do you asses
ss Magnus Carlsen?
Q:A:Carlse
What endoisyou think
a dow
about Henrik ng
wn-to-earth fun lovin
Carlsen, father of eMagnus?
youngstter. But he is somew
what allergic to
A: A gentleman to the core, he devotes lot of attention on his son. He even ensures
crowd or
o even a la
arge gathering.In fact
t he is afra
aid.
separate drinking water for Magnus and closely monitors Carlsen’s activities. And as for
Carlsen, he always obeys father’s directions.
Q: What are Carlsen’s other interests off
o the chesss board?
Q: Was Carlsen comfortable with the food at Hyatt Regency? I heard that Carlsen liked
spicy Indian food.
A: Carlsen relished Indian, Chinese and Italian cuisines served at Hyatt.

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Q: How did you monitor Team Carlsen’s movement in and out of Hyatt?
A: I receive call from the security as soon as the Carlsen Team move out of their rooms
and I immediately get in touch with the police to provide the escort together with a pilot
to their car.

Q: Did the Carlsen Team enjoy their stay at the Hyatt Regency and the courtesies
extended to them?
A: The team members were really overwhelmed at the reception and hospitality shown
by the organizing committee, the chess loving public and the entire staff at Hyatt
Regency,right from General Manager Sanjay Sharma to Syed,butler assigned to Carlsen,
who almost became a member of the Carlsen family when they left. The team was of
the view that the overall arrangements at the FWCM 2013 were fantastic.

While the job of liaison of Team Carlsen required effort to make the guests
from Norway feel at home it was comparatively easier for R.Srinivasan
to liase with Team Anand as most of them were Chennaites.

Q: Srinivasan, How was your interaction with team Anand in general?

A : I could liasion mostly with Mrs.Aruna Anand who was in charge of
the team and she was very co-operative and also receptive to ideas

Q: Were you in touch with team members of Anand?

A: I had no opportunity to meet Anand’s seconds who were closeted
with him
R.Srinivasan
Q: Who were the other team members with whom you interacted?
A: Well, the 61 year-old German Hans-Walter Schmitt, the principal member of Team
Anand, maintained cordial relationship with me .The other was Eric van Reem (46) of
the Netherlands, who was literally part of five-time world chess champion Viswanathan
Anand’s family, was at the venue. To Eric the Chennai trip had more or less been a
holiday. As Aruna was in-charge and Chennai being Anand’s hometown, these two had
less work. So they visited places like the Marina Beach in the city.

Kasparov visits FWCM 2013

Chess legend Garry Kasparov finally landed in the city and like his
moves, was quick to clarify the nature of his visit. “I am here as a chess
tourist.” No frills. And in his inimitable way said he was amazed at the
publicity the match has been able to generate and hoped Viswanathan
Anand and Magnus Carlsen will spark a revival.
Kasparov dismissed rumours that he was here to campaign for the post
of FIDE president in 2014. “I am a just chess tourist here,” he said on
his arrival at the World Chess Championship venue. “The publicity the
match has generated is amazing and it reminds me of my match with Karpov and the
Spassky-Fischer game. It can be termed as a clash of two generations.” He was received
at the playing venue by J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF and D.V.Sundar, Championship
Director.

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Carlsen vs Anand final game Carlsen finally decided that enough
(Game 10) was one of the longest was enough and his 46.Ng8+ moved
towards a draw with 49.Nxf5+, if
and most difficult of the World
Carlsen had really needed a win then
Championship he'd have tried 46.Nh5 but that really
Magnus Carlsen became world chess wasn't the case this time. The game
champion by a score of 6.5-3.5 was quickly drawn after this.
following his game 10 draw against
Viswanathan Anand. It was expected Game 10
that Carlsen would try and shut out Carlsen,Magnus (2870) -
the match with a quick draw but he Anand,Viswanathan (2775) [B51]
pressed for a long time even after WCh 2013 Chennai IND (10),
missing a chance for a big advantage. 22.11.2013
Not surprisingly the actual game was
pretty much lost in all the excitement 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+
of the end of the match but I've gone Nd7[3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6
back over the game and produced 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3
some notes and added comments Qc7 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.0-0 0-0
from various sources. I don't have a 13.Nce2 Rfd8 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.Kh1 d5
definitive judgement but hopefully I'll 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qe1 Rdc8 18.e5 Ne8
be able to point up the large number 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nf4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 d4
of key decisions that were needed in 22.Qd2 c5 23.Rae1 Ng7 24.g4 Rc6
this complicated and difficult game 25.Nh3 Ne8 26.Qh6 Nf6 27.Ng5 d3
which ended up being the second 28.Re5 Kh8 29.Rd1 Qa6 30.a4 1-0
longest of the entire match. Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao
Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP 2012/The Week
Carlsen played the Moscow Variation in Chess 936] 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6
against Anand's Sicilian and whilst 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.c4 Nf6
playing solidly he had a nice space Anand finally deviates from the game
advantage. After 28.a5 Carlsen had a he played against Carlsen in Norway
nice position and Anand had no easy earlier in the year. [7...e5 8.Qd3 b5
choices but Anand's 28...Qg5 was 9.Nc3 bxc4 10.Qxc4 Be6 11.Qd3 h6
definitely bad and if Carlsen had 12.0-0 Nf6 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Ne1 0-0
played 30.Nc3 then he would almost 15.Nc2 Qb6 16.Ne3 Rfc8 17.b3 a5
certainly have won, instead Carlsen 18.Bd2 Qa6 19.Be1 Nd7 20.f3 Rc6
thought that he was winning easily 21.Qxa6 Rcxa6 22.Ned5 Bd8 23.Nb5
and miscalculated something after Rc8 24.Bf2 Kh7 25.Kf1 Rcc6 26.Rac1
30.exd6. This lead to a difficult knight Bg5 27.Rc3 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxc3
and pawn endgame where Carlsen had 29.Nxc3 Rc6 30.Be1 Nc5 31.Nb5 Nb7
a definite but probably not winning 32.h4 Be3 33.Ke2 Bc5 34.h5 Bb4
edge. Anand quickly played 40...Nf5 35.Bd2 g6 36.a3 Bxd2 37.hxg6+ Kxg6
but it's not clear if 40...g5 might not 38.Kxd2 h5 39.g3 f6 40.Na7 Rc7
have been better, 41...Ne3 was only 41.Nb5 Rc6 42.Ke2 Kf7 43.b4 axb4
played after a long think, 42...f5 44.axb4 Ke6 45.Rd3 Rc4 46.Rb3 d5
might well be forced. Carlsen's 43.Nd6 47.Kd3 Rc6 48.exd5+ Kxd5 49.Rc3 f5
may not be the best winning try but it 50.Nc7+ Kd6 51.Ne8+ Kd5 52.Rxc6
was played after considering it for a Kxc6 53.Ng7 Nd6 54.Nxh5 e4+
while, 43.Nd2 might have been better. 55.fxe4 Nxe4 56.Kd4 Kb5 57.g4 fxg4

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 58.Kxe44 g3 59.N Nxg3 Kxb44 1/2-1/22
Carlsen,,M (2868
8)-Anand,VV
(2783)//Sandnes NOR
N 2013//The Weekk
ss 966] 8.Bg5 e6 9.Nc3
in Ches 9 Be77
10.0-0 Bc6 [10...h6 11 1.Be3 0-0 0
12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Be8 and
d
ally drawn
eventua n in Mos skalenko,A
A
(2459)-Antipov,M (2473)/Mooscow RUSS
2013] 11.Qd3
1

Whiite of course keep ps his bishop

rath
her than e exchanging g. [16.Bf4 Nh5
17.BBe3 Nf6] 16...Nd7 17.Bd4 R Rfd8
18. h3 Just playing th hings safe e by
breaaking the bback rank. White is ffairly
commfortable hhere. [18.RRfd1] 18....Qc7
[18 ...b6 is Annand's alte
ernative seetup.
Bot h sides have some la atitude in their
ups.] 19.R
setu Rfd1 Qa5 5 20.Qd2 Kf8
[20 ...Bg5 was the clear alterna ative.
"I was trying to play solid dly in the e 21.BBe3 (21.ff4 Bf6 2 22.Bxf6 N Nxf6)
opening g. And I am m pretty happy
h withh 21....Bxe3 22 2.Qxe3 N Ne5 is a about
what I got. Very y solid poosition. No o equual.] 21.Qb b2 Kg8 2 22.a4 [22.Qd2
weaknesses. As th he game went
w on hee offe
ering a reppetition waas expected by
started to drift a bit I thoug ght as long g man ny at the e time. 22 2...Kf8 23.Qb2
as there e is no risk
k I should try
t and win n Kg88 24.Qd2 etc] 22...Q Qh5 [22...Bg5
it. " - Caarlsen. Houudini looks a bit odd to me. 23 3.Rc2
[11.Rfe1 0-0 12 2.Rad1 Qa a5 13.Qd2 2 Kh77] 23.Ne2 Bf6 2 24.Rc3 B Bxd4
Qb6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 5 15.cxd5 e5 16.Rc1 1 25. Rxd4 Qe5 5 [25...Nf66 26.Qd2 Q Qa5]
Rfc8 17.Bxf6 Bx xf6 18.Rc3 3 h6 and d 26. Qd2 Nf6 [[26...Nc5] 27.Re3
eventua ally draw wn in 49 moves s
Girinath h,P (2448)-Sitanggang,S S
(2410)//Singapore SIN 2007 7.] 11...0--
0 12.Nd d4 Rc8
[12...Qc c7 13.Nxc6 6 bxc6 14 4.Kh1 Rfd8 8
0-1 in 60 moves s Kidzinski,,L (2001)--
Szczesn niak,P/Bartkowa 2002.;;
12...Be8 8 keeping the light squared d
bishop surely comees into
o
consideration.] 13.b3 Qc7 7
[13...Qa a5!?] 14.N Nxc6 Qxc6 6 15.Rac1 1
h6 16.B Be3

eping black
Kee k bottled in. [27.Rcd
d3!?]
27. ..Rd7 Looks like
e the best

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responsse. [27...b5 5?! 28.f4 Qc5 29.e5 5 32. Red3 cxd6
Rc 33
3.Rxd6 R
Rxd6
Ne8 30.b4 Qb6 31.cxb5
3 ax
xb5 32.a5]] 34. Rxd6 Q
Qxd6 35..Qxd6 N
Nxd6
28.a5 White's
W possition lookss pleasant.. 36. Kf2
28...Qgg5? Alread dy this position
p is
s
quite uncomfortable for An nand. This s
however is just a mistake. "I simply y
blundered Qg5. I saw the same tactic c
for Qc5 but I simp ply put thee queen on n
g5. And d the sam me e5 happened. I
simply don't
d knoww the evaluation afterr
that." - Anand. It I isn't tha at easy to o
offer a move to Anand. I think he e
already stands worse. [28...Qc55
allowingg the same e e5 break k was seen n
by Anan nd. 29.e5 Ne8
N is grea
at for whitee
eg 30.b b4 Qc7 31 1.c5 d5 32 2.Nc3 Re7 7
33.Na4 g6 34.Nb6 6 with black having a Whiite is bette er in this eending, bu ut by
miserabble position.; 28...Rcd8 is s howw much? C Carlsen also o only nee eds a
perhaps s best for black butt he's stilll draw w. 36...Kff8 37.Ke3 3 Ke7 38..Kd4
passive. 29.b4 Qg g5 30.f4 Qg6Q 31.Nc3 3 Kd7 7 [38...g5 seeking c counter-pla ay is
is nice for
f white.; 28...g5 Ye ermolinsky y the other o option that has to o be
in his IC
CC game of o the day broadcastt con sidered bu ut it looks v
very dange erous
suggestts this is a thematic move butt for black. 39 9.Kc5 Kd7 40.fxg5 h hxg5
he also recognise es how relu uctant you u 41.K Kb6 Kc8 42.c5 Nb5 43.c6 bxc6
might be to play itt. 29.Nc3 is s Houdini'ss 44.K Kxc6 and I wouldn't be surpris sed if
suggesttion(29.Kh1 1 Rcd8 30.Ng1 1 whitte isn't jus st winning..] 39.Kc5 Kc7
(30.b4 Kg7 31.Ng1) 30 0...Qc5) ; 40. Nc3 Nf5 5!? Anand d played this
28...g6 29.b4 loo oks better for white e rathher quickly y with plen nty of time e on
too.] 29 9.e5! Ne8 8 30.exd6 6? "Played d the clock. T This endin ng is terrribly
very quickly
q by
y Magnus s Carlsen.. diffiicult and I don''t know the
"When I took on d6 I missed d asse essment. [[40...g5 may be the time
somethiing simple.. I thoughtt I was justt to try the g5 counte er-play. 4 41.g3
winning with that.. If I knew this move e (41 .fxg5 hxg g5) ] 41 1.Ne4 Pla ayed
wasn't so good I would have taken n prettty quickly y. 41...Ne3 Only pla ayed
some more
m time and
a perhapps found a afte
er a big th hink. 42.g g3 f5 Prob bably
better move an nd put ev ven more e the best try.. [42...Nc2 2 43.Nd6 Na1
pressuree on him. That wasn't terribly y 44.N Ne8+ Kd7 45.Nxg7 Nxb3+ 46.Kb6
impresssive. Anyw way, it do oesn't feell andd white ma ay very we ell be winning.]
very important now." - Carls sen. 43. Nd6!? This may no ot be the best
[30.Nc33 should lead to a winning g here e. It depends on the e evaluatioon of
position and there are other betterr 43.N Nd2. Carlsen thoug ght for s some
moves than captturing too. This one e time e. This is a very to
ough
seems the best. 30...Rc6 (30...Qf5 5 pos ition.[43.N Nd2 "As far as I can n tell
31.Na4 Rc6 32.b4 4) 31.f4 Qf5
Q 32.Ne4 4 er playing around wiith the eng
afte gine,
Qg6 33 3.Nxd6 Nx xd6 34.Rx xd6 Rcxd6 6 43.N Nd2 was p pretty safe and actua ally -
35.exd66 Qf6 36 6.Re1 g6 6; 30.Rg4 4 as a an added bonus - w winning." - Jon
Nakamu ura] 30...RRc6 31.f4 Qd8 Black k Lud vig Hamm mer. This po osition is w
worth
gets to recover his s pawn just in time. anaalysing at least. 4 3...Nd1!? The

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assessmment of this line lookks to hinge
e 52.cc5 Nb5 53.Kxb7] 5 50.Kb6 [5 50.b4
on the e evaluation of th his move.. Ng22 51.Kb66 Nxf4 52.Kxb7 Ne6
(43...g5
5? 44.fxg5 5 hxg5 45.Kd4 Nc2+ + 53.KKxa6 f4 54 4.Kb6 f3 5 55.a6 f2 5 56.a7
46.Ke5 Kd7 47.Kf6 g4 48.h4 4 and
d f1QQ 57.a8Q Q Qxc4 58.Qb b7+ Kf8 still a
although there is still some way to go o draww.] 50...Ng2 51
1.Kxb7 N
Nxf4
this must
m surely be winning forr 52. Kxa6 Ne6 6 53.Kb6 6 f4 54.a6 6 f3
Carlsen.) 44.b4 (44.Kd44 is the
e 55. a7 f2 56..a8Q f1Q It's only b been
alternattive.) 44....Nf2 45.KKd4 Nxh3 3 aboout counting for both sides. 57.Qd5
46.Nb3 g5 47.Nc5 5 gxf4 48.N
Nxe6+ Kd6 6 Qe1 1 58.Qd6 6 Qe3+ 5 59.Ka6 N Nc5+
49.Nxf44 Ng5 needs n loo
oking at.;; 60. Kb5 Now w the gam me ends very
43.Kd4 Nxc4 44.N Nc5 Nxa5 45.Nxe6+ + quicckly as all the pieces are
Kd7 46 6.Nxg7 Nxb3+
N 47
7.Kc3 Nc5 5 minated. 60
elim 0...Nxb3 61.Qc7+ Kh6
48.Nxf55 is equal] ] 43...g5 44.Ne8+ + Blacck has to come forw wards at s some
Kd7 45 5.Nf6+ Ke7 7 46.Ng8++ poinnt otherwise the wh hite queen will
con tinue checcking. Now Carlsen sw waps
queeens to get his drraw. 62.Q Qb6+
Qxb b6+ 63.K Kxb6 Kh5 64.h4 K Kxh4
65. c5 Nxc5 A Automatic draw as tthere
is n o mating mmaterial! "II think it w
was a
nicee fight and a worth hy end to the
mattch." – Carrlsen 1/2-1/2

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complicated. So I decided to shut itt mattch, a d
desperate Viswanaathan
down and
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keeps winning
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only neeeds a dra aw and is sn't totally
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crazy buut he did think
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46...Kd77 47.b4 Nc c2 48.b5 Na3
N 49.Kb6 6 was s signed affter 65 mo oves. The title-
axb5 (49...Nxc4+
( +!?) 50.cx xb5 Nc4+ + clincching draww saw Carllsen justify y the
51.Kxb77 Nxa5+ 52.Ka6
5 Nb3 53.Nf6+ + tag of ‘firm favourite’, winning 6.5-
Kd6 54.b6 gxf4 55.gxf4
5 Nc
c5+ These e 3.5.. The coron nation of tthe new kinng of
lines are better for white e but can n ches ss is likelly to be on Sunday or
easily get
g out of control an nd there iss Mon nday.
no clearr win.] 46...Kf8 47.N Nxh6 gxf4 4 Graacious in d defeat
48.gxf44 Kg7 49.Nxf5 5+ Veryy Anaand, dethrroned afte er holding the
precisely calculate ed by Carrlsen. This s crowwn since 2007, wa as graciouus in
leads to
t a force ed draw where he e defe eat. “I thin
nk, it is ju
ust fair enoough
eliminattes all blacck's pawns s and both h to ccongratulatte him. My y mistakes just
sides get queens. 49...exf55 did not happe en by them mselves. Cle early
xf5? 50.b4
[49...Nx 4 Kf7 51.Kb6 Nd6 6 he managed to provo oke them, full

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credit to him.” Talking of Friday’s the last two decisive games. In the
game, the outgoing champion past fortnight, Carlsen’s three victories
admitted having gone wrong with his put the players on par with six wins
queen-move on the 28th turn in his each.
search for victory. “Well, today was Significantly, Carlsen took his
the microcosm of the match. I was unbeaten sequence against Anand to
just trying to keep playing and at 21 games, dotted with five important
some point, I started to make triumphs. Carlsen, who said it feels
mistakes. “I simply blundered (on the good to win the world title, said,
28th move). I don’t know the “Basically, Game Four gave me a very
evaluation after that. The knight- good feeling. It was a good fighting
ending is very dangerous.” game. Although I did not manage to
Looking at the match, Anand said, “It win it, I felt I seized the initiative in
is clear that he dominated. At the the match and that he was as nervous
start of the match, I thought my and vulnerable as I was.”
chances depended on my ability to He kept modesty aside by saying, “I
last long games without making a lot would like to take some responsibility
of mistakes. This year, I’ve had a lot for his mistakes. That’s for sure. It’s
of problems with mistakes creeping been that way for me for a long time.
into my play. I just play and people crack under
“And I kind of, tried to pay some pressure, even in world
attention to that. But in the end, it championships. That’s what history
was in vain. shows.
“The way I lost the fifth game was “You keep on pushing and usually,
exactly the way, I thought, I could not things go right. Obviously, the
afford to lose. A fine position in the blunders that he made, of course,
opening and then, slowly it slipped each one of them was unusual, in the
and so on. sense that those are not mistakes that
“The (defeat in the) fifth game was a he normally makes.
blow because I had really hoped not to “It really has to do with being put
be afraid of him in the long games but under pressure. And really, that’s all
simply try to match him. This was not that I wanted to do in this match.
to be. After that, it just got worse and “Make him sit at the board and play
worse. for a long time.”
“Yesterday, at least, was a nice game.
Today again. I guess, when it rains, it I can’t count the times I have lagged
pours.” seemingly hopelessly far behind, and
Lop-sided nobody except myself thinks I can
History will record this much-followed
win. But I have pulled myself in from
world-title clash between the world
champion and the world No. 1 as one desperate [situations]. When you
of the most lop-sided encounters for are behind there are two strategies
the title. – counter-attack or all men to the
Indeed, Carlsen proved that form is defences. I’m good at finding the
more vital than experience. Coming right balance between those.
into this match, Anand held a 6-3 lead
in head-to-head clashes in classical -Magnus Carlsen
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 Post match Press Conference after tenth game
After the tenth game, both players spoke to the media separately and were also together
for a few minutes.Here are the transcripts
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Your general review of the match?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) I was trying to keep playing. At some point started to make
mistakes. I simply blundered Qg5. I saw the same tactic for Qc5 but I simply put the
queen on g5. And the same e5 happened. I simply don’t know the evaluation after that.
This knight ending is very dangerous.
As the match in general, it is clear that he dominated. At the start of the match I thought
my chances depended on my ability to last long games without making a lot of mistakes.
This year I had lot of problems creeping into my play. I kind of try to pay some attention
to that. In the end it was in vain. The way I lost the fifth game is the way I thought I
could not afford to lose. A fine position in the opening, then a slip. The fifth game was a
heavy blow. I really hoped not to be afraid of him in long games but simply match him.
This was not to be.
After that it became worse and worse. I guess when it rains it pours. It is fair enough
to congratulate him. My mistakes did not happen by themselves. Clearly he managed to
provoke them. Full credit to him.
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Carlsen has also joined up. It is an important moment in history.
We have a new world champion. After 3-4 questions we can finish the Anand press
conference.
Q: When did it go wrong?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) Things look different at hindsight. At that moment I did not
attach excessive significance. I was disappointed that I did not call the position right.
Even so it was only one moment when I can take on b2. The other moment I don’t think
was that serious. It was a little disappointing then. As far as I am concerned, game five
was when it all started to go wrong.
Q: (T.N. Ragu, Deccan Chronicle) Would you have chosen a better successor than Magnus?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) I did not choose him!
Q: (Amit Karmarkar, The Times of India) Not being champion. Does it take the pressure
off you? The monkey is off your back?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) It takes the pressure off you! At the same time to want it is
also excessive.
Q: (Ashok Venugopal, New Indian Express) We expect you to win the candidates and
play Carlsen next year?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) I want to first get some rest. Take stock of what has happened.
Come to terms with everything here. At the end of the day, my play in the match was a
big disappointment. I did not manage to achieve any of the things I aimed for. I assume I
will play in the Candidates. You are going too fast. I will take rest and take it from there.

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Q: (T.N. Ragu, Deccan Chronicle) What is your message to your fans? The whole country
was expecting you to win?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) Obviously I am disappointed with my play. Despite lot of support
somehow my play never got going. I am sorry for them that it wasn’t a better match.
Q: (Peter Doggers, Chess Vibes) Is there anything you regret from things off the board,
for example in terms of opening choices or otherwise?
A: (Viswanathan Anand) I had a feeling that this match will be about execution. I had any
strategy I wanted. Executing it, holding at the board, seeing it through was its all about.
I tried to pay lot of attention to that. This year in tournaments, so many things have
gone wrong. I felt that would be the crucial area. Game five was the real low point for
me. After that at least you can say that I was depressed. I didn’t manage to understand
either him or me! I was simply unable to execute my strategy.
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Before Anand would leave, I would like Carlsen to say something
about his opponent?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) Vishy’s been world champion for so long. One of the greatest of all
time. I am honoured to have played a match with him. Of course very I am honoured
to have played a match with him. Of course very very happy to get the better of him. I
really hope he will be back from the candidates.
Later Magnus Carlsen took on questions
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) Once again congratulations on your victory. Can you say about
the last game?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I was trying to play solidly in the opening. And I am pretty happy
with what I got. Very solid position. No weaknesses. As the game went on he started to
drift a bit I thought as long as there is no risk I should try and win it.
At some point after the time control, the variations were simply getting too complicated.
So I decided to shut it down and force a draw. I think it was a nice fight and a worthy
end to the match.
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) One additional question about the game. On move 30, you took
on d6. Could you play instead Nc3? Some spectators were asking that.
A: When I took on d6 I missed something simple. I thought I was just winning with that.
If I knew this move wasn’t so good I would have taken some more time and perhaps
found a better move and put even more pressure on him. That wasn’t terribly impressive.
Anyway, it doesn’t feel very important now.
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) How do you feel to get this title?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) It feels good. It has been tough. Both here and in London. I have
been treated very well here in India. I have been made to feel very comfortable and in
general at some point I started to settle in and got the match into my strength towards
the end. I think it has been a great event. I am really honoured and happy to have won it.
Q: (Paul Truong, USA) Fans are dying to know who are your seconds? Will we get them
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A: (Magnus Carlsen) It is no secret that Norwegian Grand Master Ludvig Hammer has
been working with me. For me he has done a great job as have the others who helped
me. I am grateful to them for their hard work.
Q:
A: (Magnus Carlsen) He knew as he explained himself, he knew there were going to be
fighting games. Basically game four gave me good feeling. I thought real good fighting
game. Although I did not manage to win it I felt that I seized the initiative in the match
and that he was as nervous and vulnerable as I was.
Q: (V Kameswaran, United News of India) Young Carlsen, you are having your birthday
party on November 30. Where do you wish to celebrate? India or Norway.
A: (Magnus Carlsen) It has not been much in my mind lately. We will see.
Q: (Pratiksha Ghildial, BBC TV) Chess is a very niche game. Probably 90% of the audience
even don’t understand it. Do you think someone like you, who is young and dynamic can
change that? Like broaden the appeal of the game.
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I think we see some signs of that in Norway. The match was shown
on television. I know that a lot of people who don’t play chess found it very interesting
to follow. I really hope that this can cause some positives for the chess buffs in Norway
and worldwide.
Q: Which was the turning point in this match?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I think game three, game four. That’s the key. Game three was
vulnerable moment for me. Really in game three and four I could sense that he was
vulnerable as well. From that moment on I settled in and stopped worrying about the
occasion and started playing chess as I usually do. That worked out pretty well.
Q: (T.N. Ragu, Deccan Chronicle) Magnus, you have a keen sense of history. Has the
importance of your feat here sunk in yet?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I don’t think I should be answering that question. I am very very
happy to have won and completed this match. Let’s write the history books later.
Q: (Kristian Madsen, Politiken) Your old coach (Simen) Agdestein said you radiated
nervousness during the first few games. How is the spectacle of playing in the world
championship affect your nerves contrary to ordinary tournaments?
A: Magnus Carlsen) As I said the first couple of games – the second game was a normal
draw with black. But the first and third games I was little bit nervous and perhaps not
quite ready for this big occasion. After game three and four I managed to settle in. I
realised that I don’t have to do differently from what I usually do. And that was the
turning point.
Q: (Ashok Venugopal, New Indian Express) Before the start of the event, how many
matches (games) did you thought you will win? Did you ever think it will go to game
number twelve?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I never thought about that to be honest. I thought any result that
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Q: (K Keerthivasan, The Hindu) Magnus, looking ahead, you are the world champion now.
How important is the Chess Olympiad and it is happening in your own country (in 2014)?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I hope it is going to be a great event. I hope it will bring some
attention to chess in the northern Norway and worldwide. As a team we don’t have too
high ambitions. We want to do well. It is going to fun to play for my home country again.
It has been a long time there.
Q: (T.N. Ragu, Deccan Chronicle) When you were here in Chennai in August we asked
about your girlfriend. You said you mind was only on the world championship. Now you
have won it. Can you reveal the name of the lady in your life?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) We will see.
Q: (Ebenezer Joseph, Shubsandesh TV) Generally the trend is to work on the openings.
Here you have worked on the endgames and tactics in one particular game. Your
comments on that.
A: (Magnus Carlsen) Really I work on the openings before the tournament. I think the
endgame, middlegame, calculating stuff it comes mostly with the tournament practice.
In that sense I didn’t do anything…
Q: Magnus, it seems that Vishy was not at his very best. He was nervous. He made one
big blunder and some other mistakes. To what extend you think you were responsible
for it depending upon the situation?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I would like to take some responsibility for his mistakes. That’s
for sure. Its been like that for me for a long time. I just play and people crack under
pressure. Even in world championship. That is what the history shows. We have to keep
on pushing. Eventually, usually things go right. Obviously the blunders that he made,
each of them are of course unusual, but really is when put under pressure. That is what
I really wanted to do in this match. Make him sit at the board and play for long time.
Q: (Amit Karmarkar, The Times of India) How much of the battle was on the board and
off the board?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I think most of the games were decided on the board. I did not
feel too much of the psychological warfare. May be there was some. I did not notice it.
Q: (FIDE Press Officer) You are the world champion now. What is the first thing you want
to do after becoming the champion?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) We will see. I don’t know.
Q: () You won the world championship in India. Lot of people are watching you. What is
your comments for the Indian viewers from your side?
A: (Magnus Carlsen) I have been so happy with the way I had been treated here.
Everything has been top notch. My every wish has been attended to. For my team as
well.It has been beyond expectations that I have experienced in other places. Thank
you very much. I am sorry (that Anand lost) that the match turned out the way it did.
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 Carlsen era had begun
When Viswanathan Anand looks back on his failed title defence in Chennai against Magnus
Carlsen, he can have few regrets. After 10 tense games, the 22-year-old Carlsen showed
himself to be clearly the superior player in 2013, capable of handling the Indian legend
in positions of all types. Just five years ago Anand was capable of crushing his rivals —
most notably Vladimir Kramnik in their 2008 title match — but since then he has slipped
back into the pack, while Carlsen has surged ahead.

Anand raised his game sufficiently in 2010 and 2012 to keep his world title but a lean
and hungry Carlsen was a bridge too far. Carlsen’s hunger was evident on Friday when
he was expected to make a short draw, earning him the world title and Rs. 8.40 crore.
Sure enough Anand made a tacit draw offer on move 21, repeating moves, and the
spectators expected Carlsen’s handshake for a truce to be offered almost immediately.

Instead Carlsen showed, for the second consecutive tournament, that his will-to-win
outweighed the title or the money, and if he thought he had a chance for victory, nothing
else mattered. Carlsen was not playing to humiliate Anand; he simply believed that he
would be unfaithful to the game of chess to stop a game where he held the advantage.
This was Bobby Fischer’s maximalist attitude, though, in the four decades since the
American gave up the world title, pragmatism has reigned. In the event, Anand defended
well. The game was drawn well into the fifth hour of play and the Carlsen era had begun.
Anand knows that every world chess champion is usurped eventually. Garry Kasparov
is not disparaged because his 15-year reign came to an end in London in 2000 against
Kramnik in a title match where Kasparov could not win a single game. Anand was not
out of form in the Chennai world title match but in only one game, the third, did he
comprehensively outplay his opponent. Even there Anand failed to apply the finishing
touches and Carlsen escaped with a draw.

For Anand there were too many lapses, including one really poor effort — Game Six
— in which Anand seemed to be battling as much against his own unforced errors as
his opponent. Eventually, with one careless move in a position where a draw appeared
inevitable, Anand self-destructed and his title defence was in tatters. Some unkindly
called it a senior’s moment; in any case it was only one of two game-losing blunders in
his 2013 title defence.

The most remarkable feature of Carlsen’s match victory was that he seems to have
plenty of room for improvement. Carlsen’s cool head, manoeuvring skills and precise
calculations are keys to his success but his opening choices remain insipid and for some
time Carlsen looked vulnerable when faced with an attacking Anand in Game Nine.

If Carlsen keeps working on his game, it is hard to see Anand bridging the gap between
the two — and whether Anand wants to spend the months of study and team preparation
needed to try to qualify for a match for the world title again is a moot point.
Courtesy: ian Rogers in ‘The Hindu’

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In Celebration of FWCM 2013
Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament,Chennai…
Aravindh Chithambaram wins Chennai GM Open 2013
by IA R.R.Vasudevan

14-year-old FIDE Master V R Aravindh Final Placings : 1 V R Aravindh Chitham-

Chithambaram emerged the champion with baram (India) 9, 2-3 Neverov Valeriy (Ukr),
a whopping 9/11 after the final round of the S P Sethuraman (Ind) 8.5, 4-6 Vidit Santosh
Chennai Grandmaster International Open Gujrathi, V Vishnu Prasanna (both India),
Chess tournament held in celebration of Borovikov Vladislav (Ukr) 8, 7-8 Mozharov
the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 Mikhail (Rus), Babujian Levon (Arm) 7.5,
at Nehru Stadium, Chennai Aravindh, for 9-10 M R Lalith Babu (Ind), Mirzoev Azer
his spectacular performance, takes the win- (Aze) 7 pts
ner’s trophy and the cash award of Rupees
200000 (Rupees Two Lakhs only) Aravindh Chithambaram on a roll

Grandmasters Neverov Valeriy (Ukraine) FIDE Master V R Aravindh Chithambaram

and S P Sethuraman (India) shared the (8.5) scalped one more Grandmaster and
second spot with 8.5 points. Further half moved into soled lead after the tenth round
a point down at 8 points were GMs Vidit of the Chennai Grandmaster International
Santosh Gujrathi, V Vishnu Prasanna (both Open Chess tournament held in celebra-
India) and Borovikov Vladislav (Ukraine). tion of the FIDE World Championship Match
Borovikov, incidentally, swept off his final 2013 at Nehru Stadium, Chennai
round Indian opponent, GM Lalith Babu,
World Youth 2012 Silver medalist Aravindh
with a bolt-from-the-blue queen sacrifice.
Chithambaram, who is on a roll, defeated
Aravindh Chithambaram who already has GM Shyam Sundar today and has defeated
National titles in Under 11, 13 & 19 titles four Grandmasters and two International
under his belt, is also an Under-14 silver Masters on way to his spectacular show.
medalist from World Youth Chess Cham- In second spot is Indian Grandmaster Vidit
pionship 2012 at Slovenia. His ELO 2728 Santosh Gujrathi at 8.0 points.Three more
performance rating here fetches 80 ELOs nine game International Master Norms
taking him past 2400 mark. were achieved after the tenth round viz.,
Kathmale Sameer, S Ravi Teja and C R G
Earlier, 15-year-old Chennai boy B Ku- Krishna.
maran made a eleven game International
Master Norm, bringing the Norms tally (2 Round 9
GM Norms, 6 IM Norms, 1 WIM Norm) here
GM Norms for Aravindh, Mozharov,
to nine.This GM event, sponsored by the
three share lead
Government of Tamil Nadu, carries a total
prize fund of Rupees Ten lakhs, including 14-year-old FIDE Master V R Aravindh
cash awards for top 35 players and cash Chithambaram (7.5) earned his maiden
prizes for various categories. nine game GM Norm defeating fellow

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Indian Grandmaster M R Lalith Babu in the Vishnu Prasanna (India), while IM Swayams
ninth round of the Chennai Grandmaster Mishra (India) stunned GM Babujian Levon
International Open Chess tournament (Armenia).
held in celebration of the FIDE World
Championship Match 2013 at Nehru Round 6
Stadium, Chennai.
Aravindh Chithambaram stuns GM Ter-
Thus far, Aravindh Chithambaram has won Sahakyan Samvel
the National titles in Under 11, 13 & 19
Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
categories. He had won the Under-14 Open
defeated tournament leader and fellow GM
category silver medal at World Youth Chess
Lalith Babu M R moving into shared lead
Championship at Maribor, Slovenia last year,
with 5.5 points, after the sixth round of the
after tying for the top spot with Kayden
Chennai Grandmaster International Open
Troff of USA. His ELO 2726 performance
Chess tournament held in celebration of
rating here shows the native talent and
the FIDE World Championship Match 2013
potential that is bound to take him far.
at Nehru Stadium, Chennai.
Sharing the lead at 7.5 points with Aravindh
Chithambaram were GM Vidit Santosh Sharing the lead at 5.5 points along with
Gujrathi (India) and IM Mikhail Mozharov GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India) is Russian
(Russia) respectively. International Master Mozharov Mikhail.
The third spot is shared by FM Aravindh
In addition, the day saw a host of 9 game
Chithambaram (India) and Rishi Sardana
Norms being made. Aravindh Chithambaram
(Australia) at 5.0 points each.
(India) and Mikhail Mozharov (Russia) made
their GM Norms, while IM Norms were 14-year-old FIDE Master V R Aravindh
achieved by T U Navin Kanna and N R Chithambaram continued his fine run as
Vignesh (both India) respectively. Chennai he upset fourth seeded Ter-Sahakyan
girl G K Monnisha made her WIM Norm Samvel of Armenia. Showing exemplary
making it a high five for the event. skills beyond his age, Aravindh converted
a complicated Sicilian middlegame into
Round 8
a favorable endgame, sewing up the
International Master Mozharov Mikhail game in 47 moves. Aravindh has thus
of Russia moved into sole lead with 7.0 far scalped two Grandmasters and two
points after the eighth round of the International Masters coming up with a
Chennai Grandmaster International Open stunning performance rating of ELO 2713.
Chess tournament held in celebration of
Chennai boy N R Visakh stunned fellow
the FIDE World Championship Match 2013
Grandmaster S P Sethuraman, while fifth
Indian prodigy, 14-year-old FIDE Master V R
seeded Borovikov Vladislav of Ukraine was
Aravindh Chithambaram shared the second
held to a draw by India’s Arjun Tiwari in the
spot with fellow Indian GM Vishnu Prasanna
first round of the Chennai Grand Master
at 6.5 points.In upsets of the day, top seed
International Open Chess tournament
GM Popov Ivan of Russia went down to GM
held in celebration of the FIDE World

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Championship Match 2013 at Multipurpose 35 GM Arun Prasad S. IND 6.5
Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today. 118 36 Gusain Himal IND 6.5
players, including 71 titled players, from 17 37 Ravi Teja S. IND 6
countries complete the list of players in this 38 Sardana Rishi AUS 6
GM tournament. This 11 round Swiss event 39 IM Gagare Shardul IND 6
concluded on 23rd Nov, 2013. 40 Visakh Nr IND 6
41 Kumaran B IND 6
Final Ranking after 11 Rounds
42 IM Murali Krishnan B.T. IND 6
Rk. Name FED Pts.
43 FM Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 6
1 FM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 9
44 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 6
2 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 8.5
45 GM Yagupov Igor RUS 6
3 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 8.5
46 Deshpande Aniruddha IND 6
4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 8
47 Gireman Ja IND 6
5 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 8
48 IM Kuderinov Kirill KAZ 6
6 GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 8
49 IM Sangma Rahul IND 6
7 IM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 7.5
50 FM Prasenjit Datta IND 6
8 GM Babujian Levon ARM 7.5
51 IM Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 5.5
9 GM Lalith Babu M.R. IND 7
52 IM Loeffler Stefan GER 5.5
10 GM Papin Vasily RUS 7
53 IM R Balasubramaniam IND 5.5
11 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 7
54 Akash Pc Iyer IND 5.5
12 GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel ARM 7
55 Hemant Sharma (del) IND 5.5
13 IM Ravichandran Siddharth IND 7
56 Harsha Bharathakoti IND 5.5
14 IM Swayams Mishra IND 7
57 WGM Muminova Nafisa UZB 5.5
15 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 7
58 IM Rathnakaran K. IND 5.5
16 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 7
59 Dahale Atul IND 5.5
17 Krishna C.R.G. IND 7
60 Kulkarni Chinmay IND 5.5
18 IM Rzayev Bahruz AZE 7
61 Sai Vishwesh.C IND 5.5
19 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 7
62 Tiwari Arjun IND 5.5
20 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 7
63 Chakravarthi Reddy M IND 5.5
21 GM Laxman R.R. IND 6.5
64 Patil Pratik IND 5.5
22 IM Udeshi Aditya IND 6.5
65 Pradeep Kumar R.A. IND 5.5
23 GM Popov Ivan RUS 6.5
66 Ram S. Krishnan IND 5.5
24 IM Nolte Rolando PHI 6.5
67 Sagar Shah IND 5.5
25 Vignesh Nr IND 6.5
68 GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 5
26 Navin Kanna T.U. IND 6.5
69 Deepthamsh Reddy. M IND 5
27 Kathmale Sameer IND 6.5
70 CM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 5
28 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 6.5
71 WFM Monnisha Gk IND 5
29 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 6.5
72 Shreyansh Daklia IND 5
30 WGM Ambartsumova Karina RUS 6.5
73 IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 5
31 IM Himanshu Sharma IND 6.5
74 Shashikant Kutwal IND 5
32 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi MAS 6.5
75 D Bala Chandra Prasad IND 5
33 IM Stopa Jacek POL 6.5
76 IM Karthikeyan P. IND 5
34 GM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 6.5

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77 Saravana Krishnan P. IND 5
98 IM Shivananda B.S. IND 3.5
78 Kulkarni Rakesh IND 5
99 WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman IND 3.5
79 Mithil Ajgaonkar IND 5
100 IM Anurag Mhamal IND 3.5
80 IM Deshmukh Anup IND 5
101 WFM Gevorgyan Maria ARM 3.5
81 Ashwath R. IND 4.5
102 Yohan J. IND 3.5
82 Krishna Teja N IND 4.5
103 Pranavananda V IND 3.5
83 Mari Arul S. IND 4.5
104 Navalgund Niranjan IND 3.5
84 IM Babu N Sudhakar IND 4.5
105 Lakshmi Narayanan Mv IND 3.5
85 CM Prince Bajaj IND 4.5
106 Pranav Vijay IND 3.5
86 Imocha Laishram IND 4.5
107 FM Shantharam K.V. IND 3.5
87 FM Raghunandan K S IND 4.5
108 Mamyrbay Assad KAZ 3.5
88 WIM Kharmunova Nadezhda RUS 4.5
109 WIM Hamid Rani BAN 3.5
89 FM Matta Vinay Kumar IND 4.5
110 IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 3
90 WIM Drljevic Ljilja SRB 4
111 IM Praveen Kumar C. IND 3
91 IM Prakash G B IND 4
112 CM Ravichandran V IND 2.5
92 Anilkumar O.T. IND 4
113 Halpin Patrick AUS 2.5
93 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 4
114 Pratyusha Bodda IND 2
94 WFM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim UZB 4
115 GM Fargere Francois FRA 0
95 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 4
116 GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 0
96 Chakravarthi Y.V.K. IND 4
117 Tan Li Ting MAS 0
97 Bora Safal USA 4
118 Kausar B KAZ 0

Tamil Nadu State Level Open for Chief Minister’s Trophy, Chennai.......
Rajesh wins Chief Minister’s Trophy
by IA R.K. Balagunasekaran, Chief Arbiter
International Master VAV Rajesh of Chennai with 8 points won the Tamil Nadu State
Level Open Chess Tournament for Chief Minister’s Trophy held as part of celebration
of FWCM 2013. Sharing the top spot with 8 points was Dusthageer Ibrahim of
Madurai. A better tie-break gave Rajesh the title and the winner’s prize of Rupees
One Lakh.318 players including 5 FIDE titled players participated in this nine round
Swiss event.
Final Placings : 1-2,V A V Rajesh (Chennai), Dusthageer Ibrahim M (Madurai) 8,
3-6 Srija Seshadri (Cuddalore), AL Muthaiah, M Muthu Alagappan (both Tiruvallur),
N Lokesh (Krishnagiri) 7.5, 7-10 V Haribalu (Chennai), J Nishvin (Kanyakumari), P
Uma Maheswaran (Madurai), R Ganesh (Coimbatore) 7 pts
Prizes for both these events were distributed by Shri JCD Prabhakar, President, All
India Chess Federation in the presence of Shri D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE
(World Chess Federation)

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 In Celebration of FWCM 2013
National Under-9 Chess Championships,Chennai…
Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh win titles
by IA Vipnesh Bharadwaj, Chief Arbiter
Nihal Sarin of Kottayam, Kerala and Divya 10 Kushagra Mohan CM AP 8
Deshmukh of Nagpur, Maharashtra won the 11 Arpan Das (jr) WB 8
National Under-9 Chess Championships that 12 Panda Sambit ODI 8
concluded at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai 13 Rudranarayan ODI 8
on November 14, 2013. 14 Aryan Abhijeet Shah MAH 7.5
15 Dharani Kumar M S TN 7.5
The closely fought 199-player Under-9
16 Manish Anto Cristiano F TN 7.5
championship saw the top four players
17 Arya Bhakta WB 7.5
remaining undefeated. The top four places
18 Mehta Naitik R GUJ 7.5
were taken by players from each of the
four southern states, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, 19 Nitin Shankar Madhu TN 7.5
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The 20 Balasubramaniam H TN 7.5
winners of both the Open Under-10 and 21 Karthik Kumar Pradeep AP 7.5
Girls Under-10 sections started as second 22 Ajay Karthikeyan TN 7.5
seed.Divya Deshmukh recovered from an 23 Sanket Chakravarty WB 7
early loss to Chinnam Vyshnavi and won by 24 Spandan P Seth MAH 7
a comfortable one point margin. Divya had 25 Sai Pranav Siddamshetty AP 7
previously won the National Under-7 girls’ 26 Abhiram Sudheesh KER 7
championship and the Asian Under-8 Girls’ 27 Samdani Sahil Sagar GUJ 7
championship. 28 Sadhwani Raunak MAH 7
29 Nimdia Ridit MAH 7
The top finishers will represent India in the
30 Aswin Kumar B S TN 7
World Under-10 Championship at Durban
31 Akilesh Viswaa TN 7
in South Africa in 2014. This event is also
32 Baibhab Singh ODI 7
part of the FIDE World Chess Championship
festival to allow young talents to watch the 33 Abinandhan R TN 7
ongoing Anand v Carlsen match. 34 Vignesh R TN 7
35 Soumein Rajdev ODI 7
Final ranking:Under-9 Open
36 Kumar Utkarsh JHAR 7
Rk. Name City Pts.
37 B Chidambaram.C TN 7
1 Nihal Sarin KER 9
38 Samip Roy WB 7
2 Praggnanandhaa R FM TN 9
39 Siddhanth Lohia MAH 7
3 Dhanush Bharadwaj KAR 9
40 Harsh R Shah TN 7
4 Raja Rithvik R AP 8.5
41 Manthan Kashyap Datta ASM 7
5 Om Kharola DEL 8.5
42 Aryan Gupta MAH 7
6 Abhinessh S TN 8.5
43 Nikhil Magizhnan TN 7
7 Soumma Chakraborty WB 8
44 Alok Sinha DEL 6.5
8 Vrandesh Parekh GUJ 8
45 Polakhare Aryan MAH 6.5
9 Leon Mendonca GOA 8
46 Ruhaan Mahindru MAH 6.5

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47 Mahitosh Dey ODI 6.5 87 Aditya Joshua D’Silva KAR 5.5
48 Dikshant Dash ODI 6.5 88 Satvik V TN 5.5
49 Aryan Ranjan DEL 6.5 89 Ranadheer B J S K AP 5.5
50 Behera Subhranshu ODI 6.5 90 Prajeet Singh Rawat KAR 5.5
51 Rajarshi Mandal WB 6.5 91 Rishabh Anand ODI 5.5
52 Soham Sameer Palkar MAH 6.5 92 Banerjee Ashutosh CHAT 5.5
53 Samantaray Aryan Arnav ODI 6.5 93 Srivastava Pranjal RAJ 5.5
54 Komal Srivatsav Sajja KAR 6.5 94 Kshitiz JHAR 5.5
55 Rithvik Raja M AP 6.5 95 Anuj Shrivatri MP 5.5
56 Srihari L R TN 6.5 96 Prajwal M Joshi KAR 5.5
57 Mohit Kamal Rath ORI 6.5 97 Nithin Magizhnan TN 5.5
58 Sarvesh Kumar A TN 6 98 Gavade Atharv MAH 5.5
59 Saran G PUD 6 99 Raparla V Raghunandan AP 5.5
60 Aravinth Shanmugam S TN 6 100 Joy Anmol Rath ORI 5.5
61 Sivashankar M TN 6 101 Mhatre Rahat Rahul MAH 5.5
62 Vilok V Gadwal AP 6 102 Mishra Kamad MP 5.5
63 Abhishek S TN 6 103 Shenthil A A TN 5.5
64 Jain Kashish Manoj MAH 6 104 Jinan Jomon KER 5.5
65 Gnanasabesan G TN 6 105 Shravan R TN 5.5
66 Porob Vraj GOA 6 106 Thorat Sanjay GOA 5.5
67 D Chaitnya Sai AP 6 107 Vivekanandhan S TN 5.5
68 Rishabh C Gokhale MAH 6 108 Dhruv G Kulkarni MAH 5.5
69 Viswas Dinesh AP 6 109 Sanat Borkar GOA 5.5
70 Madhavan G GOA 6 110 Rahul Sharma RAJ 5
71 Ranade Mayank MAH 6 111 Nikam Sudhanshu MAH 5
72 Evan Sanjoe TN 6 112 Arunava Bhattacharjee WB 5
73 Barde Om GOA 6 113 Avinya Mohan Singh CHAT 5
74 Rithish Rouan K TN 6 114 Rishi R TN 5
75 Dev Shah MAH 6 115 Shah Sparsh MAH 5
76 Saksham Rautela UTT 6 116 Suganthan S TN 5
77 Sriram B TN 6 117 Tejas Cavale KAR 5
78 Sahil Dayanand Desai GOA 6 118 Shrivastava Kushagra MP 5
79 Mazumdar Soubhanik ODI 6 119 Chockalingam P TN 5
80 Aaryan Singh UP 6 120 Hari Charan Sai Kalluri AP 5
81 Shashwat Dubey UP 6 121 Dipnaik Ayush MAH 5
82 Hariprasad S PUD 6 122 Hirani Lakshya MAH 5
83 Sriram Udhayakumar KAR 6 123 Kale Sujal MAH 5
84 Siddhant Nath Jha HAR 6 124 Sheth Hriday MAH 5
85 Advesh Vijay TN 6 125 Ryan Priyank S TN 5
86 Konatham Snehil AP 6 126 Yukash Ram E TN 5

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127 Kar Pratyanshu ODI 5 16 Nidhi Shenoy KAR 7.5
128 Joshi Kshitij D MAH 5 17 Eesha Ajay Sarda MAH 7.5
129 Gautham Prasanth KER 5 18 Ananya Rishi Gupta MAH 7
130 Rathneesh R TN 5 19 Dhyana Patel GUJ 7
131 Rahul Khatri RAJ 5 20 Sahoo Ankita ORI 7
132 Abhinav Chandra Kodali AP 5 21 Hota Sampanna ORI 7
133 Prabhanjan Badkas DEL 5 22 Rishita Sinha ASM 7
134 Vedanta Hazra WB 5 23 Vidula V K TN 7
135 Pranav V TN 4.5 24 Adane Narayani MAH 7
136 Bhuta Hriday MAH 4.5 25 Piya Saxena MAH 7
137 Chaitanya T V S AP 4.5 26 Mishra Riya UP 7
138 Gaddipati Anjani Kumar AP 4.5 27 Vysetty Sahithi AP 7
139 Bharath Subramaniyam H TN 4.5 28 Mistry Tinaz Dinkoo GUJ 7
140 Lanka Sri K Durgapras AP 4.5 29 Ayantika Das WB 6.5
141 Mangaldeep Mitra WB 4.5 30 Mehendi Sil WB 6.5
142 Sharath Shambhag GOA 4.5 31 Khushi M Hombal KAR 6.5
143 Jaya Krishna Hariharan TN 4.5 32 Srijita Sarkar WB 6.5
144 Harshwardhan Ravi Gupta MAH 4.5 33 Hetvi Pethad MAH 6.5
145 Parth Bhansali CHAT 4.5 34 Swaroopa E T KER 6.5
146 Karthik Sai Ch AP 4.5 35 Naik Vrunda V GOA 6.5
147 Jeswani Saransh MAH 4.5 36 Shah Yesha MAH 6.5
148 Iyer Aditya MAH 4.5 37 Boramanikar Tanisha S MAH 6.5
149 Prraneeth Vuppala AP 4.5 38 Niranjana A Dass B AP 6
150 Karan Jain MAH 4.5 39 Shivani Madhu TN 6
Final ranking: Under-9 Girls 40 Saravanan Durga TN 6
1 Divya Deshmukh WFM MAH 9.5 41 Ahalya A TN 6
2 Mrudul Dehankar MAH 8.5 42 Shah Jiya MAH 6
3 Rakshitta Ravi TN 8.5 43 Mohanty Aditi ORI 6
4 Chopdekar Gunjal GOA 8.5 44 Tanvi V Hadkonkar GOA 6
5 Arushi Kotwal J&K 8 45 Prathivya Gupta DEL 6
6 Poorna Sri M.K TN 8 46 G Shambhavi Prashant GOA 6
7 Jyothsna L TN 8 47 Samyuktha B S TN 6
8 Khandelwal Krisha MAH 8 48 Dash Adhisha ORI 6
9 Bristy Mukherjee WB 8 49 Aditi P Iyer MAH 6
10 David Avril R MAH 8 50 Rishika S K TN 6
11 Garima Gaurav BIH 7.5 51 Tarunika P TN 6
12 Jain Nityata MP 7.5 52 Geethika Mahalakshmi J AP 6
13 Alaina J J Pereira GOA 7.5 53 Vanshika Sachdeva RAJ 6
14 Bhagyashree Patil MAH 7.5 54 Pragyasha Goswami ASM 6
15 Chinnam Vyshnavi AP 7.5 55 Mahi Amit Doshi GUJ 6

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56 Indukuri Gayatri AP 6 96 Lasya Naiyanika B AP 4.5
57 Mischel Capriatie B TN 6 97 Swara Hetal Shah GUJ 4.5
58 Panchal Tisha N GUJ 5.5 98 Siya Sagar MAH 4.5
59 Saanvi Khanna WB 5.5 99 Anchita Sharma ASM 4.5
60 Meena S TN 5.5 100 Janavika L TN 4
61 Abhirami M S AP 5.5 101 Kaviya R TN 4
62 Kagitha Jahnavi AP 5.5 102 Amritha Vinod KER 4
63 Savitha Shri B TN 5.5 103 Monisha S TN 4
64 Sai Pravarthika S TN 5.5 104 Khaturia Kiyarra MAH 4
65 Mridula R TN 5.5 105 Deepanshi Pal UP 4
66 Varshitha V AP 5.5 106 Ashna Gupta MAH 4
67 Meenatchi Rajam V TN 5.5 107 Kriti Mundhra WB 4
68 Alaya Vella D Cruz GOA 5.5 108 Amulya D AP 4
69 Swetha Sree Lanka AP 5.5 109 Yash Jyoti Bir WB 4
70 Mayuri A Chari GOA 5.5 110 Shreya K TN 4
71 Mandakani Mishra MP 5 111 Konalika Yumnam Man 4
72 Natura Bethi AP 5 112 Kerthana Ms PUD 3.5
73 Sanvi Naik Gaonkar GOA 5 113 Vishwa Vasnawala GUJ 3.5
74 Aditi Mukherjee CHAT 5 114 Allena Khumukcham Man 3.5
75 Kriti Mayur Patel MAH 5 115 Sri Lakshmi Prasanna AP 3.5
76 Ananya Arumbakkam KAR 5 116 Sneha Verma JHAR 3.5
77 Sharanya V Adane MAH 5 117 Rindhiya V TN 3
78 Nehal Bhushan HAR 5 118 Abha Kumari BIH 3
79 Bhushita Ahuja DEL 5 119 Jaya Shivapriya K TN 3
80 Arunika Ghosh TRI 5 120 Harshvi Matalia JHAR 3
81 Vaishnavi S PUD 5 121 Kraneshwary B PUD 3
82 Panda Miracle ORI 5 122 Vaishnavi Y TN 3
83 Vincent Alaina MAH 5 123 Fulzale Shrushti CHAN 2.5
84 Praneeta Tanwar HAR 5 124 Durga Saraswathy P TN 2.5
85 Verma Riya MAH 5 125 Ashmika Jain CHAT 2
86 Tharitha Varthini B TN 5 126 Kianna Rodrigues GOA 2
87 Vora Ananya MAH 5 127 Jesica DEL 0
88 Aditi Saha WB 4.5
I learnt an enormous amount, but
89 Ishita Kothari CHAT 4.5 there came a point where I found
90 Anjitha Krishnakumar KER 4.5 there was too much stress. It was
91 Ananya D AP 4.5 no fun any more. Outside of the
92 Naga Vijaya Keerthi T AP 4.5 chessboard I avoid conflict, so I
93 Chadrika Gogoi ASM 4.5 thought this wasn’t worth it. (on
94 Barnita Singha TRI 4.5 training sessions with Kaspoarov)
95 Meenakshi K TN 4.5 -Magnus Carlsen

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 In Celebration of FWCM 2013
Women International Grand Master Chess Tournament 2013, Chennai…
Mary Ann Gomes emerges Champion
Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes with Final Ranking after 11 Rounds (40 placings only)
8.5 points clinched the title with a superior Rk. Name FED Pts.
tie-break score after the eleventh round 1 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 8.5
of the Women International Grand Master 2 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 8.5
Chess Tournament 2013 held in celebration 3 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 8.5
of the FIDE World Championship Match 4 WGM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 8
2013 at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, 5 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 8
Chennai .In a three way tie, second 6 WGM Swathi Ghate IND 7.5
seeded WGM Batsiashvili Nino of Georgia 7 WGM Ivakhinova Inna RUS 7.5
and International Master S Vijayalakshmi 8 WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman IND 7.5
finished along side Mary Ann at 8.5 points. 9 WFM Gevorgyan Maria ARM 7.5
Keti Tsatsalashvili (Georgia) and Sowmya 10 IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 7.5
Swaminathan (India) shared the fourth spot 11 IM Mohota Nisha IND 7.5
with 8.0 points. 12 WGM Ambartsumova Karina RUS 7
13 WGM Muminova Nafisa UZB 7
Tenth round
14 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 7
Earlier Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann 15 Azimova Karina RUS 7
Gomes with 8.0 points moved closer to the 16 Pratyusha Bodda IND 7
title after the tenth and penultimate round 17 WIM Drljevic Ljilja SRB 7
of the Women International Grand Master 18 Meghna C H IND 7
Chess Tournament 2013. Swathi Ghate 19 Harini S. IND 6.5
shared the second spot with 7.5 points 20 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty IND 6.5
along with S Vijayalakshmi, S Meenakshi (all 21 IM Purtseladze Maka GEO 6.5
India), Keti Tsatsalashvili and Batsiashvili 22 WFM Swati Mohota IND 6.5
Nino (both Georgia) respectively. 23 WFM Mahalakshmi M IND 6.5
Eighth round 24 WIM Kharmunova Nadezhda RUS 6.5
25 WFM Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim UZB 6.5
Woman Grandmaster Swathi Ghate and 26 WFM Vaishali R IND 6.5
Mary Ann Gomes with 6.5 points shared 27 WCM Tejaswini Sagar IND 6.5
the lead after the eighth round. Sharing the 28 Ashwini U IND 6.5
lead with the Indian duo was Batsiashvili 29 WFM Saranya J IND 6.5
Nino of (Georgia). 30 Anjana Krishna S IND 6.5
At the end of sixth round five shared 31 WFM Monnisha Gk IND 6
lead 32 Lasya.G IND 6
33 Tan Li Ting MAS 6
Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes with
34 WFM Sultana Zakia BAN 6
5.0 points shared the lead after the sixth
35 Aparajita Gochhikar IND 6
round.Sharing the lead with Mary Ann were
36 WFM Bidhar Rutumbara IND 6
Ambartsumova Karina, Ivakhinova Inna,
37 WIM Hamid Rani BAN 6
Batsiashvili Nino and Muminova Nafisa.
38 WIM Jennitha Anto K. IND 6
39 Priyanka K IND 6
40 WFM Srija Seshadri IND 6

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In Celebration of FWCM 2013
International FIDE Rated Chess Tournament for Below 2100,Chennai…
Iniyan wins title
by IA V.Vijayaraghavan, Chief Arbiter
The International FIDE Rated Chess MrTamilselvan, IPS, ADGP (Armed Forces)
Tournament for Below 2100 held in was the Chief guest of the Prize Distribution
celebration of the FIDE World Championship function. Mr RMN Karuppiah , Vice President
Match here at Chennai was won by Master , TNSCA presided over the function
P.Iniyan of Erode with a brilliant score of alongwithMr V Hariharan, Secretary, AICF.
9/9.The 4 day event was held in an ambient In his speech, Karuppiah, a philanthropist,
A/c hall in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium mentioned the involvement of the guest
from 19th to 22nd November. The prize fund who was an avid chess lover, who used to
of Rs.3 lakh was distributed in 25 main play skittles whenever time permits amidst
prizes with winner receiving a cash prize his busy schedule. In return the Chief
of Rs.50,000/- plus a trophy and various Guest admired the support of our beloved
special cash prizes. Chief Minister to the game and stressed
the importance of physical fitness for this
The tournament inauguration was a brief enduring game.MrSakthi Prabhakar ,Jt.
one with IA R Srivatsan waving the flag. Secy, CDCA delivered the vote of thanks.
This event was part of the side show for Final ranking
the FIDE World Chess Championships. Rk. Name Pts.
A total of 464 players are competing in 1 Iniyan P 9
the event.Only in Chennai such in large 2 Senthil Maran K 8
numbers is large number of players are 3 Srija Seshadri WFM 8
possible. The top three seeds are N Lokesh, 4 Varun V 7.5
V Karthik and V Varun. International Arbiter 5 Kulkarni Vinayak 7.5
Vijayaraghavan of Coimbatore is the Chief 6 Karthik V. Ap 7.5
Arbiter. The field includes one FIDE Master, 7 Vasantha Ruba Varman 7.5
two Woman FIDE Masters and players from 8 Uma Maheswaran P 7
two nations. Iniyan started as the 41st seed 9 Varshini V 7
and blitzkrieg to 7/7 en route beating the 10 Govind Kumar 7
top seed N. Lokesh of TN. Iniyan works with 11 Saxena Manav 7
two trainers, K Visweswaran of Chennai 12 Hirthickkesh Pr 7
and Senthilvel of Salem. He scored all nine 13 Eashwar.M 7
victories to win the Rs.3 Lakh prize money 14 Rakesh Kumar Jena FM 7
event with a stunning full score.In fact 15 Aadhityaa M 7
Iniyan performance was overshadowed by 16 Sridhar C.S. 7
yet another stupendous performance by 17 Vishwa Anand V 7
Master Arvindh Chithambaram who won 18 Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 7
the GM Open ahead of 19 GM’s and 30 IM’s 19 Harikrishnan.A.Ra 7
held at the same time. 20 G Yogesh 7

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In Celebration of FWCM 2013
FWCM Chess solving contests
by C.G.S. Narayanan

As Anand and Carlsen were battling it out for the title in the World Chess Championship
2013 at the ball room of Hyatt Regency in Chennai elsewhere the lobby of the hotel was
also buzzing with chess activity. Some were watching TV , some were seen analyzing the
moves of Anand-Carlsen game on the board sitting in front of it. A few were playing blitz
chess in a corner.The prominent among these activities was the Chess solving contest
in which a lot of enthusiastic kids and rated players participated. The contests were or-
ganized by the Tamilnadu State Chess Association and conducted by C.G.S.Narayanan,
FIDE master for chess composition on all match days between 4 and 5.30 p.m. Five
problems, all masterly compositions of eminent composers, were set daily to be solved in
90 minutes and the menu included a two-mover, a helpmate, two three-movers and an
endgame study.The concept of helpmate was explained with an example given along with
the question paper.The full solution to the problems along with the themes they exhibited
were given as handouts at the end of the session. Indian composer K.Seetharaman was
of great help to Narayanan in awarding marks and finalizing the results of the contest
within 40 minutes from the end of the contest. P.B.Bhaskar of BSNL assisted in registra-
tion of solvers and arranging the prize money. There was no entry fee and there were
ten prizes, amounting to Rs.8000, to be won each day.
The first day problems symbolically included prize-winners by Norwegian composer Nils
van Dijk and Indian problemist Dr.S.Subrahmanyam. The entries grew from a modest
42 to 68 as the event caught the attention of many players and the media. Thanks to the
efforts of Match Director D.V.Sundar, distinguished Chief guests including the Mr.Espen
Agdestein, Manager of Magnus Carlsen adorned the prize distribution function on every
match day. Jorge Vega,President, US Chess Confederation, India’s first IM,Manuel Aaron,
Commentator at FWCM and Grandmaster R.B.Ramesh, GM Pravin Thipsay, GM Abhijeet
Kunte, IM V.Saravanan, Mr.R.M.Dongre, Treasurer, AICF distributed prizes on various days.
Two Iinternational Masters, who are also keen solvers, fought keenly for the top spot.
IM Karthikeyan Murali finished first in five contests and IM R.Ramnath Buvanesh was
first in four.The tenth and last contest was won by Polish IM Jacek Stopa. Special prizes
were also awarded for children below 12 years. A team of solvers from Kerala led by
IM K.Ratnakaran and veteran O.T.Anilkumar who joined the later part of the contests
said they immensely enjoyed the set of problems given for solving. They started solving
just one problem the first day but gradually solved almost four in the end. The event
attracted media attention as many TV channels zoomed in on the participants solving in
the lobby and also interacted with participants .The objective of the contest, according to
Narayanan, was not only to engage the visitors to the WCM with chess connected activity
but also to promote problem chess among chess fraternity and in hindsight this event
has more than served this purpose. Elsewhere in this issue problems given for solving
in the sixth contest are presented and readers may test their solving skills against time.

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In Celebration of FWCM 2013

FIDE Arbiter Seminar, Chennai

by IA R.Anantaram

As a part of the celebrations of the World Championship Match between VishyAnand of

India and Magnus Carlsen of Norway, a FIDE Arbiter seminar was organised by Tamil
Nadu State Chess Association, on behalf of All India Chess Federation and FIDE at Chennai
from 10th to 13th November 2013. The event attracted thirty four participants from all
over India. IA Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE and Chairman of Qualification
Commission, FIDE handled the classes, assisted by IA R. Anantharam, Assistant Secretary,
Qualification Commission, FIDE and Chairman of Arbiters’ Commission, All India Chess
Federation.

Main topics covered in the lectures included Laws of Chess, Title regulations, Rating
regulations, Pairing regulations, Tournament rules and Arbiter regulations. Both lecturers
had a very good interaction with participants, citing practical and real examples. After
three days of lecture and hands on training, examination was conducted on the fourth
day and the following were declared successful.

Ganesh R, Sathiesh G G,Ganesh Babu R K,Balaguru K.B,Chelvaprakash K,Prem Kumar

G, Selvamanikandan S,Ramarajasekhara Reddi,Sivaramakrishnan R, Susil Kumar
S, Vinoth Kumar T, Kirti Sharma,NareshTalla,Rajesh R,Ebenezer Joseph,Krishnarao
Somanath ChoponBabu R K,Jain Marlet S,Nagendra Prasad B S,Pravin Narayan
Pantawane,Babita B,Bhamaa G,Jahir Hussain, A,Savitha Venkatesh,Anurag
Singh,Dharmaraj PGovindarajan,Baskaran M,Dhenagaran B,Biswajit Nag,Jayalakshmi
D,KachareParimal Suresh,Kiruthika S,Silambarasan D

FIDE Trainers Seminar

A report by K.Gopalakrishnan,FIDE Trainer

The All India Chess Federation organized yet another successful FIDE Trainers’ Seminar
from 15th November to 17th November 2013. This seminar was organized as part of
the celebrations of the FIDE World Championship Match, 2013 fully sponsored by the
Government of Tamilnadu.
This seminar was conducted with a view to impart the systematic syllabi and training
methods to be followed by the chess trainers/coaches to enhance their skills as a
certified trainer. By organizing such Trainers’ seminars quite regularly, the All India
Chess Federation is sending a strong message to other countries that the Federation is
very keen to train outstanding talents and that the upward surge of India in Chess is no
fluke but a reward of a strong and disciplined approach towards the game.

Well known trainer, International Master and FIDE Senior Trainer Jovan Petronic of Serbia
was in-charge of the 15 hour seminar, which was conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium, Chennai. He was assisted by FIDE Trainer K Gopalakrishnan of India who was
also the Co-ordinator of the seminar.

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The methodology of FIDE in awarding the titles was that the Developmental Instructor
takes care of the children/players at the entry level, imparting them with sufficient
knowledge necessary to make them ready for competitive chess, while the National
Instructor shall take charge of the competitive player and take them to the next level.
The most important aspect of these two titles is that those who are awarded these titles
shall impart the basic education in chess and make chess very interesting to those who
take up the game.The FIDE Instructor would pick up the cue from the National Instructor
and start developing the player into a more serious one, capable of winning glory at
the national level while the FIDE Trainer shall impart more serious lessons and specific
training methods suited to each player, thereby making the player more versatile and
capable of winning in the International arena. Thus the four titles viz., FIDE Trainer,
FIDE Instructor, National Instructor and Developmental Instructor are on offer from the
FIDE Trainers’ Seminar held all over the world. At the end of each seminar, the Chief
lecturer nominated by FIDE shall assess each candidate and award them with such title
as required.

“All the titles are very distinct and we should not differentiate between the titles. The
awarding of a title by FIDE simply conveys that the candidate, who is awarded with some
title shall be specialized in handling the players belonging to that stage” remarked Jovan
Petronic, who is a member of the FIDE Trainers’ Commission and who has been handling
various Trainers’ Seminars all over the globe.
Ten participants from all over the country attended the seminar which was spread over
15 hours and in the end, an examination was conducted. The following is the list of
participants and the titles awarded to them by the FIDE Trainers’ Commission.
Name State Title Awarded
1 Arpi Shah Gujarat FIDE INSTRUCTOR
2 Nirav Rajasuba Gujarat FIDE INSTRUCTOR
3 Kanwarjit Singh Punjab FIDE INSTRUCTOR
4 Jagan Mohana Rao A P FIDE INSTRUCTOR
5 Ankit Dalal Gujarat NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR
6 S.Selvamanikan TN DEVELOPMENTAL INSTRUCTOR
7 Kamal Karmakar Bihar NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR
8 S Raghuraman TN FIDE INSTRUCTOR
9 J Ismail TN DEVELOPMENTAL INSTRUCTOR
10 Pruthviraj Leuva Gujarat NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR

All the participants thoroughly enjoyed the seminar and had a very fruitful interaction
with the lecturers. The participants were also taken for a visit to witness the World
Championship Match live on the two match days and each of them shared their happiness
and thrill. The participants were also excited to have a visit to the seminar by former
World Women’s Champion and a legend in herself, Grandmaster Susan Polgar, who
shared some of her own experiences as a trainer.At the end of the three-day seminar,
the participants were handed over their certificates by Shri J C D Prabhakar, President of
All India Chess Federation, Shri D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE and Shri V Hariharan,
Hon. Secretary, All India Chess Federation.

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 Test your solving skills!
FWCM Chess solving contest No.6 held on 16.11.2013

1 2
Mate in two moves Helpmate in two moves**
3 Solutions

3 4
Mate in three moves Mate in three moves

5
White to play and win
** In helpmates black helps white to mate the black king. Here black starts first. If ‘a’ and ‘b’ are black’s
first and second moves and ‘A’ and B’ are those of white then the solution runs thus: 1.a,A 2.b,B.

Solutions on Page 68

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 FWCM Solving contest No.6 - 16.11.2013

Solutions to Problems on Page 66

Tou Hian Bwee, 2 Prize, Israel MT, 1962

Key 1.Ra8! (Threat 2.Qb8)1…Rd5 2.Kd8

Try 1.Bh6? (2.Bf4) c1Q! Try1.Bg6?(2.d4) fxe2!
Try 1.Rd4? (2.Re4)Bd5!
Bristol clearance key.Tries by pieces around the king make way for battery after
principal black defence.

2 C.J.Feather, 3rd Comm, Feenschach 1970

I 1.Kxe4 Bc1 2.Bf5 Bc6 #

II 1.Ke6 Bc6 2.Nf5 eNg5 #
III 1.Kf4 eNg5 2.R5 Bc1 #
White move cycle in the three solutions

3. T&J Warton, Souce?

Key 1.Ba7! waiting

1…Kxb2 2.Bd3 Kxa1 3.Bd4
1…Kxd2 2.Rf8 3.Rf2
The ambush key’s sole purpose is to avoid stalemate after Kxb2

4. Beljakin&Kopnin, I Prize, Shakmaty 1967

Key 1.e6!

(2.g8+ Qxh8/Qf6 3.Qxh8/Bxf6)

1…Ng5 2.Kb6 3.Nb5; 1…Nf5 2.Kc6 3.Nb5
1…Nf2 2.Kb4 3.Nb5; 1…Ng1 2.Ka4 3.Nb5
Defences near and white continuations afar.WKhas to choose its square after
BN closes black lines.The try 1.g8Q had its fair share of victims.

5. Kovalenko,I Prize, Shakmathy vs CCCP 1968

1.Rf5+ d5+ 2.Rd5+ Ka4 3.Rxg8 Rc2+ 4.Kd3 Rd2+ 5.Kc3 Rxd5 6.Kc4 Ra5
7.Rg3 Bf8 8.Ra3+ Bxa3 9.b3#

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Solutions to ‘Tactics from master games’ 52nd World Juniors Kocaeli TUR (3.22),
on page 67 15.09.2013
Position afterWhite’s 27th move.Black to play.
1. Salgado Lopez,Ivan (2614) - Galvez 27...Bxh2! 28.Kxh2? [28.Bxh2 Rxe3–+]
Extremera,Francisco (2180) [A52] 28...Qh6+ 29.Kg3 g5–+ [29...g5 30.f4 (30.
78th ch-ESP Linares ESP (1.2), 29.08.2013 Rxd3 Qh4#) 30...gxf4+ 31.Kf3 fxe3+ 32.Ke2
Position after 19th move. White to play. Rf2+ 33.Bxf2 exf2+ 34.Kf3 Qf4#] 0–1
20.Rxf4! exf4 [20...Be8 21.Qg4+-] 21.f6
Rxf6 22.Qxh7+ Kf7 [22...Kf8 23.Nh5+-] Puzzle of the
e month
23.Nh5! [23.Nh5 Qh8 (23...Qg8 24.Qxg8++- by C .G..S.Narayan
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Kurmann,Oliver (2421) [B41]
13th Zug Young Masters Zug SUI (9),
04.09.2013
Position after White’s 15th move. Black to play.
15...Nxf4! 16.Qxf4 Nxe5 [16...Nxe5 17.Ke2
(17.Bf1? Nd3+–+; 17.Qd2 Nxd3+–+) 17...
Bxg2–+] 0–1

4. Radjabov,Teimour (2733) - Svidler,Peter

(2746) [B40]
ACP Cup Riga LAT (2.1), 14.09.2013
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21...Bxd3! 22.Qxd3 c4+ 23.Be3 [23.Qe3 Where
W was WQ capturred?
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Tello,Jorge (2587) [C04] capture ed on h6!

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 AICF Calendar - November 2013

2nd Sou Nirmala Vaze Mamorial FIDE Rating Rapid 14 Dec-15 Dec 13 Mumbai
01st Chess Shoots FIDE Rating below 1600 15 Dec-17 Dec 13 Banglore
25th The Telegraph Schools Tournament 16 Dec-21 Dec 13 Kolkata
All India Open FIDE Rating - 2013 16 Dec-21 Dec 13 Dumka, Jharkand
National Premier Chess Championship 2013 16 Dec-30 Dec 13 jalgaon
World Youth Chess Championship 17 Dec-29 Dec 13 Al-Ain ,UAE
Bhopal FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 20 Dec-25 Dec 13 Bhopal ,MP
A2H 10th All India FIDE Rated below 1800 21 Dec-23 Dec 13 Hyderabad ,AP
1st Xaviers FIDE Rating below 2000 21 Dec-24 Dec 13 Chandigarh
QTCA FIDE Rated Rapid 21 Dec-22 Dec 13 Curchorem ,Goa
01st Windo pen All India FIDE Rated below 1600 22 Dec-24 Dec 13 Malappuram
Kamaraj Memorial FIDE Rating below 1800 24 Dec-27 Dec 13 Karur ,TN
Raghav’s Foundation 2nd Intl. FIDE Rating ( below 2000 ) 24 Dec-27 Dec 13 Hyderabad,AP h
Golden City FIDE Rating Chess Tmt below 2000 25 Dec-28 Dec 13 Amritsar, Punjab
Rotary Club of Puducherry 01st FIDE Rating below 2200 26 Dec-29 Dec 13 Puducherry
01st Maharashtra open FIDE Rating for U- 15 School Children 26 Dec-30 Dec 13 Matunga
2nd ACC Kymore Cup FIDE Rating above 2000 26 Dec-31 Dec 13 Katni ,MP
Tirth Chess Club open FIDE Rating 26 Dec-30 Dec 13 Ahmedabad
6th ACA All India FIDE Rated below 1600 27 Dec-29 Dec 13 Trivandrum
01st Arrvindurga school of chess FIDE Rating below 1800 27 Dec-30 Dec 13 Chennai ,TN
FIDE Rating chess tmt for the blind 27 Dec-31 Dec 13 West Bengal
Maxima All India FIDE Rating below FIDE rating 1600 28 Dec-31 Dec 13 Hyderabad,AP
06th HDCA FIDE Rated below 2000 31 Dec-03 Jan 14 Howrah ,WB

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Solution to puzzle of the month” on page 69 :The white queen and the missing
white knight are the only two pieces captured on e6 and h6 as the white bishops must
have been captured on their original squares.How did the WQ come out? Via ‘a2’ of
course.WN mst have been captured on e6, then the WBc8 must have come out via d7
to be captured at b3 by WPa2.Then the WQ must have reached h6 via a2.So, the WQ
was captured on h6!

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 Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament

(L to R) Mr.V Hariharan,General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Shri. Dr.T.S.Sridhar
IAS,Additional Secretary/Commissioner, Revenue Administration Department, R Anantharam,
International Arbiter, Champion Aravindh Chithambaram, International Arbiter M Ephrame, Chief
Arbiter.
Women International Grand Master Chess Tournament 2013, Chennai…

(L-R) K.Rajaraman IAS, Member Secretary,SDAT, Chief Arbiter, Winner WGM Mary Ann Gomes
D.V.Sundar, Vice President, FIDE, J.C.D.Prabhakar, President,AICF and Md.Nazimuddin,IAS,
Principal Secretary to Government,Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department and
Bharat Singh, CEO

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 National Under-9 Chess Championships,Chennai…

J.C.D.Prabhakar watching the

Under-9 kids in action

K.Rajaraman IAS, Member Secretary,SDAT

presenting the trophy to Winner Divya
Deshmukh. Also seen are D.V.Sundar,
Vice President, FIDE, J.C.D.Prabhakar,
President,AICF and Md.Nazimuddin,IAS,
Principal Secretary to Government,Youth
We l f a r e a n d S p o r t s D e v e l o p m e n t
Department

K.Rajaraman IAS, Member Secretary,SDAT,

Chief Arbiter Vipnesh Bharadwaj, D.V.Sundar,
Vice President, FIDE, Champion Nihal
Sarin, J.C.D.Prabhakar, President,AICF and
Md.Nazimuddin,IAS, Principal Secretary
to Government,Youth Welfare and Sports
Development Department and Bharat
Singh, CEO

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 International FIDE Rated Chess Tournament for Below 2100,Chennai…

Mr.V Hariharan,General Secretary, Tamil

Nadu State Chess Association, Champion
P.Iniyan, Mr.Tamilselvan, IPS, ADGP (Armed
Forces),Chief Guest and Mr.RMN Karuppiah,
Vice President, TNSCA.

Tamil Nadu State Level Open for Chief Minister's Trophy, Chennai…

Mrs.Susan Polgar,Former World Champion

and Commentator at FWCM2013, making
the inaugural move.Others in the photo
(L-R) V.Hariharan, Organizing Secretary
FWCM,J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF and IA
R.K. Balagunasekaran, Chief Arbiter

Top row(L-R)IA R.K.Balagunasekaran,Chief

Arbiter, V.Hariharan, Organizing Secretary
FWCM,J.C.D.Prabhakar, President AICF, Tmt.
Sabitha,IAS Principal Secretary to Government,
School Education Department, IM Manuel Aaron.
Front row: (L-R) Srija Seshadri (Cuddalore),
Dusthageer Ibrahim(Madurai) and winner VAV
Rajesh(Chennai)

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 FIDE Trainer seminar

FIDE Senior Trainer Jovan Petronic and Mrs.Susan

FIDE Senior Trainer Jovan Petronic of Serbia
Polgar, former World Champion with the participants
conducting the session.
and officials

FIDE Arbiter Seminar

Prof.R.Anantharam talking to participants

IA Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE Rajesh, Secretary, Kerala Chess Association
and Chairman of Qualification Commission, and a participant receives certificate from IA
handilng a session. Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE and
Chairman of Qualification Commission

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 FWCM Chess solving contests

Solvers at the lobby

D.V.Sundar, Championship Director and Vice

President FIDE, Jorge Vega, President, US Chess
confederation, K.Ganesan, Secretary, CDCA and
four time Winner of FWCM solving contest IM
Ramnath Buvanesh

GM and commentator at FWCM 2013 R.B.Ramesh,

five-time winner IM Karthikeyan Murali, D.V.Sundar ,
Championship Director

C.G.S.Narayanan,FM for chess composition, GM

Abhijit Kunte, R.M.Dongre, Treasurer AICF,IM
Jacek Stopa,Winner of the tenth solving contest,
D.V.Sundar, Championship Director

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 FIDE World Chess Match 2013, Chennai…

Carlsen Crowned World Champion

By Arvind Aaron
World No.1 ranked Magnus Carlsen of Norway was formally crowned the World Chess
Champion at a glittering, brief awarding ceremony in Chennai. He was presented a daz-
zling gold trophy, cheque and the crown by the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and
the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms J Jayalalithaa at the Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in the heart of Chennai.

The Chief Miniter of Tamil Nadu, Ms J Jayalalithaa presented symbolic cheques for Rs.9.90
Crores to Magnus Carlsen and Rs.6.03 Crores to Viswanathan Anand at the prize giv-
ing ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship that came to a close today. She
handed over the crown made from olive leaves in the Nilgris mountains in Tamil Nadu
to the FIDE President who did the crowning.

The closing ceremony had no speeches, only background accouncements in Tamil and
English. After the traditional ‘Tamil Thaivazlthu’ was played, the FIDE anthem followed
by the awarding of silver medals for Viswanathan Anand by the FIDE President. Former
world champion Viswanathan Anand who had checked out of the Presidential Suite on
Saturday morning came directly from his home and left after the ceremony. The ceremony
lasted 15 minutes and started a few minutes ahead of the scheduled time.

Anand was dressed formally in tie and jacket and Carlsen had his jacket on. The venue
was the same hall in which the ten games were played. Over 500 people attended the
crowded ceremony which also witnessed huge security personnel both inside and out-
side the hotel. All India Chess Federation, President, J.C.D. Prabhakar, offered flowers
to welcome the Chief Minister Ms J. Jayalalitha. Tamil Nadu State Chess Association,
President, P.R. Venketrama Raja offered flowers to welcome Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Tamil
Nadu Government Chief Secretary Sheela Balakrishnan was welecomed with flowers by
Principal Secretary in Youth Affairs and Sports department.

This event, which saw a western player win the world chess title for the first time since
1972 gained the maximum publicity for chess, both in terms of television and internet
vievwership. Carlsen became the 20th player ever in the history of world chess since
1886 to be crowned champion. Norwegian presence was large and many were singing
the Norwegian anthem at the top of their voices.

The ‘Ultimate’ world chess championship that ran from November 7-25 at Chennai was
organised in a spectacular manner by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association. The Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister Ms J Jayalalithaa sponsored a massive sum of Rs.29 Crores and
making for this event in India possible. The All India Chess Federation President J.C.D.
Prabhakar and FIDE Vice President D.V. Sundar made sure this event was brought here
and organised smoothly.

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FWCM Price Distribution Ceremony 25.11.2013

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu presenting Viswanathan

Anand a Silver plaque

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu presenting Viswanathan

Anand the runner-up cheque for Rupees Rs.6.3 crores
FWCM Price Distribution Ceremony 25.11.2013

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu presenting the World Champion

Magnus Carlsen a garland of Olive leaves

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamilnadu presenting the World Champion

Magnus Carlsen the Winner’s Cheque of Rs.9.9 crores