India’s eighth woman grandmaster and International Master of chess, Tania Sachdev, 27, has produced a chess video primarily to popularize the noted board game among young girls in India. Sachdev concentrates on the middle game. She explains that the interactive video teaches what you should do as you emerge from the opening, and you experience difficulties about how to proceed; how to find the right squares for your pieces, and to develop your plans in a manner in which you can find the right concepts as the game progresses. In the almost five-hour running time of the video, Sachdev demonstrates how to evaluate certain positions on the basis of her own games. She explains her thoughts and recounts how she arrived at successful decisions, and as a result, played some good moves. The video which was produced in Germany in English, covers a broad spectrum of themes in the middle game.
Sachdev won the gold medal for India on Board Three at the Istanbul chess Olympiad in 2012, scoring a total of nine points from 11 games. However, she wants to see more Indian females participating in the game at a professional level. A fan of both Anand and Carlsen, Sachdev wants to break into the world’s top 20 in women’s chess and also to compete for the male grandmaster title. Advising budding Indian chess players, she says: “Nothing can be achieved without hard work. Talent is not the only factor in success. You must also enjoy what you do; only then you can truly become an achiever.”
Sachdev commended the royal game for “helping her to think, to study how best to compete, and for making her a stronger player and person; chess has shaped my character, taught me always to fight and not to easily give up. She continued: “I have fallen in love with chess and cannot imagine a life without chess.’’ Sachdev expressed identical sentiments to those of Bobby Fischer when she said, “chess is my life.’’
Chess games
Sachdev v Korchnoi
White: Tania Sachdev 2380
Black: Viktor Korchnoi 2629.
Gibraltar Masters, 2007
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qb4 10. c5 d6 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Qd2 Rd7 15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17.
Rxd2 h6 18. Be3 g5 19. Rc1 Kf8 20. Nd4 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. h4 Nf6 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bb3 d5 27. e3 a6 28. a4 a5 29. Rc5 b6 30. Rc6 Rd6 31. Bxd5 1/2-1/2.
Grunberg v Sachdev
White: Mihai Grunberg 2472.
Black: T Sachdev 2393
Paks Cup, 2007
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. b3 Rab8 16. a4 Bc6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. h3 Bd6 19. e5 Be7 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nb6 23. Ba5 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qb7 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Qf3 Kg8 27. h4 Qa6 28. Nc4 Qb7 29. Nd2 Qa6 30. Nc4 Qb7 1/2-1/2.
Sachdev v Weida
White: T Sachdev, 2317
Black: Zhang Weida, 2441
Moscow Aeroflot, 2005
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 d6 10. e4 e5 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nf1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. f4 exf4 20. e5 Qd7 21. g4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Ng7 23. Qf3 Rfe8 24. Qxf4 Qxd5 25. Be4 Qd7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. Rad1 Ne6 29. h4 a5 30. Kh2 Nc5 31. Rf1 d3 32. h5 Qd5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Rf6 Na4 36. Rd6 Rxe5 37. R1xd3 Nxb2 38. R3d4 b5 39. R6d5 Re2+ 40. Kg3 Nc4 41. Rxb5 Nd2 42. Rxa5 Kg7 43. Ra7 Nf1+ 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Rf4 Nd2+ 46. Kg2 Kh6 47. Raxf7 Kg5 48. Rd4 Ne4 49. Kf3 1-0.
Shaoteng v Sachdev
White: Yu Shaoteng, 2524
Black: T. Sachdev, 2393
Paks Cup, 2007
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Be3 Ba7 9. h3 O-O 10. Kh2 Be6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 b4 17. Ne2 Rd7 18. g4 Bc4 19. Rfe1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Re8 21. f4 Ree7 22. Re3 Qb6 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Ree1 g5 25. Kg2 Nh7 26. h4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Re6 28. Rd5 Qd8 29. Rf5 Qxh4 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Rxh6 Rxh6 32. Qxh6 Qe6 33. Qd2 f6 34. b3 Ng5 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. Rd5 a5 37. Kg3 Qe7 38. Bg2 Ne6 39. Qd2 Ng5 40. Qe3 Rd8 41. Qf4 Rd7 42. Kf2 Rd8 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. Qf1 Qf7 45. Qh1 Rh8 46. Rh5 Rxh5 47. gxh5 Kh6 48. Bf3 Qg7 49. Kd3 Qg3 50. Kc4 Nd4 51. Bd1 Qg8+ 52. Kd3 Qg3+ 53. Kc4 Qg8+ 54. Kd3 Nc6 55. Qf1 Ne5+ 56. Kd2 Qg5+ 57. Ke1 Qh4+ 58. Kd2 Qg5+ 59. Ke1 Qe3+ 60. Be2 Qc1+ 61. Bd1 Ng4 62. Qf3 Qe3+ 63. Be2 Qxf3 64. Bxf3 Kxh5 65. Ke2 Kg5 66. Bg2 Kf4 67. Bh1 Kg3 68. Bf3 Ne5 69. Bh1 Nc6 70. Kd3 Nd4 71. Kc4 Kh2 72. Kd5 Kxh1 73. Kxd6 Kg2 74. e5 f5 0.
