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Muesa wins senior category in rapid chess

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It is heartening to note that with last Sunday’s one-day rapid chess tournament, Engineering and Construction Incorporated (ECI) has successfully sponsored two tournaments this year. Chess, being the complicated brain game that it is, continues to experience difficulty in attracting sponsorship despite the fact that it is played by millions around the world. It is not a ball game, neither is it a spectator game, and therefore it does not have the kind of appeal which sponsors would support. International and local sponsors are yet to develop an appetite for chess.

20131229chessDuring the tournament on Sunday, Wendell Muesa placed first in the senior category and Roberto Neto, a steadily improving player, captured the top junior prize. Neto defeated former national champion Taffin Khan. Khan on the other hand, got the better of Meusa. Of note also, was the sterling performance of Lindener schoolboy Carlos Rahaman, who placed second in the junior category. In rapid tournaments each player has to complete his/her game in twenty minutes.

In international chess news, the Norway Super Tournament has two additional rounds to be played. World champion Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana are tied with four points each after seven games. It is still anyone’s tournament, but Carlsen is favoured because he is ahead on the tie-break system. The tournament ended on Friday.

Cuban-Guyanese Maria Thomas opposes Owen Mickle at Sunday’s one-day rapid chess tournament which was sponsored by ECI and held at Friendship, on the East Bank. Maria has become a fixture in local chess, always striving to improve her game and providing encouragement to the younger players. She looks forward to one day participating in the fabulous chess Olympiad, where over 140 countries compete for honours every two years.
Cuban-Guyanese Maria Thomas opposes Owen Mickle at Sunday’s one-day rapid chess tournament which was sponsored by ECI and held at Friendship, on the East Bank. Maria has become a fixture in local chess, always striving to improve her game and providing encouragement to the younger players. She looks forward to one day participating in the fabulous chess Olympiad, where over 140 countries compete for honours every two years.

Chess Game

The following games were played in the 2014 Stavanger Super Tournament, Norway.

Giri v Topalov

White: Anish Giri

Black: Veselin Topalov

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. h4 Na5 15. Nc1 Nc4 16. Rh3 a5

17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rhd3 h5 19. g3 Be7 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. R3d2 Ba6 22. Qf3 a4 23. Nce2 Bb7 24. Qd3 Rc5 25. c4 Kf8 26. b3 Rg8 27. bxa4 Qa6 28. Nb5 Kg7 29. Ned4 Qxa4 30. f5 Re5 31. Re1 Kh8 32. Nf3 exf5 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Nxd6 b3 35. Nxb7 bxa2+ 36. Ka1Qb4 37. Qe3 f4 38. gxf4 Bxh4 39. Rh1 Qxb7 40. fxe5 Rg4 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxh5 Qxe4 Rd8+ 1-043.

 

Topalov v Kramnik

White: Veselin Topalov

Black: Vladimir Kramnik

Brothers and twins! Christian and Carsen Shiwrattan, both students at Bishop’s High School, engage each other in a warm-up chess game before the ECI sponsored tournament begins. The brothers are relative newcomers to the Georgetown chess scene, but demonstrated enthusiasm during their separate encounters. They expressed an interest in having a greater number of games played during tournaments.
Brothers and twins! Christian and Carsen Shiwrattan, both students at Bishop’s High School, engage each other in a warm-up chess game before the ECI sponsored tournament begins. The brothers are relative newcomers to the Georgetown chess scene, but demonstrated enthusiasm during their separate encounters. They expressed an interest in having a greater number of games played during tournaments.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.cxd5 Rd8 11.e3 Rxd5 12.Qb3 Rxd4 13.exd4 Nc6 14.Bb5 Qf4 15.O-O Nxd4 16.Qd1 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 e5 18.Bc4 Bd7 19.Qc1 Qf6 20.Qe3 Bc6 21.Bd3 Re8 22.Be4 Bb5 23.Re1 Qa6 24.Rc7 Qxa2 25.Rxb7 a6 26.b3 Rd8 27.Bd5 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Nf4 29.Bxf7+ Kh8 30.Qb6 Qd2 31.Rg1 Kh7 32.h3 Rd6 33.Qc7 Bd7 34.Qb8 h5 35.Qg8+ Kh6 36.Qh8+ Kg5 37.Qxg7+ Kf5 38.Bxh5 Nxh5 39.Qg4+ Kf6 40.Qxh5 Qxf2 41.Qh6+ Ke7 42.Qg7+ Ke6 43.Qg4+ Ke7 44.Rd11-0

 

Karjakin v Carlsen

White: Sergey Karjakin

Black: Magnus Carlsen

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Rxe5 22. Rf1 Kd7 23. Rad1+ Ke7 24. Rfe1 Kf6 25. Rxe5 Kxe5 26. Rd7 c5 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Rxc7 Rxf5+ 29. Kg3 Rg5+ 30. Kf2 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rh5 32. Rxa7 Rxh3 33. Rb7 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. Rxb6 Rh3+ 36. Kd2 Rh2+ 37. Kd3 Rh3+ 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

 

Kramnik v Aronian

White: V Kramnik

Black: L Aronian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Rfc1 Ne7 13. b4 a6 14. Qb3 c6 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Nc5 Ra7 17. a4 Nc8 18. Ra2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nb6 20. Be2 g6 21. g3 h5 22. h4 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Rc7 27. Qa8 Qd6 28. Qb8 Qd7 29. Bf1 Kg7 30. Bh3 f5 31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Qe5+ Kf7 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Qf4 Bd6 35. Qh6 Bf8 36. Qf4 Bd6 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Qe2 Rc7 39. Qa2 Be7 40. Qb3 Rb7 41. Qc3 Bb4 42. Qc2 Be7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Bg2 Qd6 45. Bf3 Qd7 46. Kg2 Bf6 47. Qc5 Be7 48. Qb6 Bd8 49. Bd1 Rc8 50. Qb2 Rc7 51. Ba4 f4 52. exf4 Bxh4 53. Qb8 Qd8 54. Qb6 Qe7 55. Kh2 Bxg3+ 56. Kxg3 h4+ 57. Kh2 Qd6 58. Bd1 Rf7 59. Ra7 Qxf4+ 60. Kh3 Qxf2 61. Qxf7 Rxf7+ 62. Qxc6 Qf1+ 63. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

 

Solution to last week’s chess puzzle
White played Qd8+

Simon Winawer v Johann Berger,
Berlin, 1881

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