Today, two rounds will be played at the Ocean Spray hotel. Taffin Khan and National Junior Champion Ron Motilall are representing Guyana in chess in the Inter-Guiana games, and their encounters have been rescheduled. Ron is the only junior player who qualified to participate in the championship.
Following this championship tournament, the Guyana Chess Federation moves immediately into the National Schools’ Champion-ship which will be sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport. The federation and the ministry are looking forward to welcoming some schools to the championship that never participated in the tournament previously.
Meanwhile the National Chess Championship is being sponsored exclusively by the Neal and Massy Group of Companies in association with the Seven Seas brand. Hampers of products from Seven Seas and the Neal and Massy Group, and T-shirts carrying the Seven Seas logo were distributed to all the participants before the beginning of the championship. Cash prizes and trophies have also been provided by the sponsors
Eljanov v Gelfand
Three grandmasters, Aronian, Mamedyarov and Karjakin tied for first place in the Mikhail Tal Memorial Chess Tournament that was played in Moscow recently. Here is Eljanov’s lovely win against Boris Gelfand.
Eljanov, P (2742) – Gelfand ,B (2741)
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (5), 10.11.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 Bb7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.b3 c3 17.a3 b4 18.Ng5 Qc6 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 h6 22.Nf3 0-0 23.b4 Qc7 24.Qb1 Rac8 25.Ne2 Kh8 26.Rxc3 Qb6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Bd3 Nh5 29.Nd2 Qf6 30.Qb2 Nf4 31.Nxf4 exf4 32.Qxf6 gxf6 33.Nf3 Ne5 34.Nxe5 fxe5 35.f3 Rc3 36.Be2 Rb3
37.b5! Rb2 38.bxa6 Rxe2 39.axb7 Rb2 40.Rd1 Rxb7 41.g3! fxg3 42.hxg3 Kg7 43.Rd5 Re7 44.Kf2 Kf6 45.Rd6+ Kg7 46.Ke3 Ra7 47.f4 Ra3+ 48.Rd3 Ra5 49.Kf3 Kf6 50.Rd6+ Kg7 51.Re6 Ra3+ 52.Kg4 h5+ 53.Kxh5 Black Resigns. 1-0
