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Jamaica and Brazil contest youth, cadet chess championship in Greece

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The exclusive World Youth and Cadet Chess Championships in Greece, came to a conclusion on Friday. A little less than half of the world, 91 nations, participated in the Championships. The youngest participant was a five-year-old girl who played in the Under-8 category, and the oldest were just under eighteen. Boys and girls played in separate divisions.

20131229chessDuring the last two rounds, leaders of the tournament rose and fell in unexpected ways. The boys’ Under-12 was blown wide open when leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan fell leaving ten players with medal chances. In the boys’ Under-16, an extraordinarily strong department, Zhandos Agmanov (2167) from Kazakhstan, led with a 6.5/8 score. He is ranked number 69, but his last eight opponents were rated at an average of 2372, higher than him. Similarly, Mahalakshmi M of India, is the biggest surprise of the girls’ Under-18 category.

She is ranked 32nd with a modest FIDE 2019, but she was excelling with a dynamic 8.0/9 score. Belgium’s FIDE Master Nicola Capone was ranked 10th in the boys’ Under-16, but his chances of winning a medal were slight. However, he is on his way to becoming one of his country’s rare chess grandmasters.

Bond is back at the chessboard! The ageless James Bond, much like the ageless game of chess, finds himself once again playing chess in his 24th and new film Spectre. British actor Daniel Craig (in photo) plays Bond. Chess was first introduced in the 1963 film From Russia With Love when Soviet grandmaster Kronsteen crushed the Canadian chess champion Mc Adams with an elegant combination beginning with a discovered check.
Bond is back at the chessboard! The ageless James Bond, much like the ageless game of chess, finds himself once again playing chess in his 24th and new film Spectre. British actor Daniel Craig (in photo) plays Bond. Chess was first introduced in the 1963 film From Russia With Love when Soviet grandmaster Kronsteen crushed the Canadian chess champion Mc Adams with an elegant combination beginning with a discovered check.

The importance of the World Youth Championships lies in the fact that some ten per cent of its participants, became, and additionally, are known grandmasters. Jamaica and Brazil are participants from the region in the tournament.

And chess has made a sensational return in the 24th James Bond film Spectre. The organisation Spectre first appeared in the Bond film From Russia With Love when grandmaster Kronsteen, Spectre’s chief strategist, played a combinative game of chess, checkmating his opponent with relish and much fanfare.

At the World Youth and Cadet Championships in Greece, Nihal Sarin (2096 FIDE) of India, defeated the top-seed and leader in the Under-12 category, Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2432 FIDE). Sarin won the gold medal in the boys’ Under-10 in 2014 coming ahead of Abdusattorov.
At the World Youth and Cadet Championships in Greece, Nihal Sarin (2096 FIDE) of India, defeated the top-seed and leader in the Under-12 category, Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2432 FIDE). Sarin won the gold medal in the boys’ Under-10 in 2014 coming ahead of Abdusattorov.

US grandmaster Wesley So won the Bilbao Masters in Spain recently as he did in the Las Vegas Millionaire Tournament. So defeated Anish Giri in the blitz finals. Vishy Anand placed third in the tournament while Ding Liren brought up the rear. There were a number of lively games and four are featured today.

Chess games

US grandmaster Wesley So defeated the Netherlands’ Anish Giri in a blitz tiebreak to win the Bilbao Masters Tournament in Spain ahead of Vishy Anand and Ding Liren. Here are four games from the tournament:

White: Wesley So
Black: Anish Giri

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Qc7 15. Qd3 a6 16. a4 Bg4 17. h3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. hxg4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Rc8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. Kf1 Be5 28. Ke2 Rxd5 29. Kd3 f5 30. Kc4 Ra5 31. Kb4 Rd5 32. Kc4 Ra5 33. Kb4 Rd5 34. Kc4 1/2-1/2.

White: Anish Giri
Black: Wesley So

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. d320151108chess1 Bb7 15. Qb4 Nf5 16. c3 c5 17. Qf4 h6 18. f3 g5 19. Qc7 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Kf2 Re8 22. Bd2 f6 23. g3 Kf7 24. Be2 h5 25. Bd1 d5 26. a4 d4 27. a5 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Bd5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra6 Re6 31. b4 cxb4 32. Bxb4 Nd4 33. Bd2 Kg6 34. Be3 Nf5 35. Bd2 Nd4 36. Be3 Nf5 37. Bc1 Nd4 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 b5 40. Rxe6 Nxe6 41. Ke3 b4 42. Ba4 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Bd7 Kg4 45. Kf2 b3 46. Bb2 Kh3 47. Be5 g4 48. Bxe6 Bxe6 1/2-1/2.

White: Ding Liren
Black: Viswanathan Anand

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d6 9. Nh3 cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nf4 h6 14. f3 Ne5 15. Qd4 Rfc8 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qf2 e3 19. Qe1 Nb6 20. g4 Bc2 21. Rc1 Bb3 22. Qh4 Nfxd5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Nh5 f6 25. Bd4 Nbd5 26. f4 Kf7 27. Ng3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5 31. Bxe3 a6 32. Kf2 Ne7 33. Bd2 g5 34. Nh5 Ng6 35. e3 gxf4 36. exf4 f5 37. h3 Be6 38. Kf3 Ne7 39. g5 Nc6 40. gxh6 Kg6 41. Bc3 Kxh6 42. Nf6 a5 43. b4 axb4 44. Bxb4 d5 45. Ne8 d4 46. Nd6 Kh5 47. Be1 Na7 48. Bf2 Bd7 49. Bxd4 Nc8 50. Nf7 Be6 51. Ng5 Bd5+ 52. Ke3 Nd6 53. Bc5 Ne4 54. Kd4 Bc6 55. Ne6 Kh4 56. Ke5 Bd7 57. Be3 Kxh3 58. Kxf5 Nd6+ 59. Kf6 Kg4 60. Bc1 Nc4 61. Nf8 Bf5 62. Ng6 Bxg6 63. Kxg6 Nxa3 64. f5 Nc4 65. f6 Ne5+ 66. Kg7 Kf5 67. Bb2 Nd7 68. f7 b4 69. f8=Q 1/2-1/2.

White: Anish Giri
Black: Viswanathan Anand

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. O-O d6 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxe4 Be6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qb1 Qxd2 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6 Reb8 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3 Rxc4 21. Bb4 h6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Qxe5 Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 26. Qb5 Ra2 27. g4 Re8 28. Bc5 Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Bd4 R2xa4 31. h4 Ra2 32. Qb1 Bd5 33. Qf5 Be6 34. Qf4 Nd7 35. Rf1 Nf8 36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 1-0.

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