Dinesh Sharma wins Kandy Open 2016
IM Dinesh Kumar Sharma with the winner's trophy
having best chess softwares and they use many internet chess sites to prepare."
[Site "Kandy"]
[Date "2016.08.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "DeSilva D, Manoj Nilanga"]
[Black "Sharma, Dinesh Kumar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "Sharma,Dinesh Kumar"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SRI"]
{Playing against 1700 rated players is not an easy task nowadays. All are
having best chess softwares and they use many internet chess sites to prepare.
} 1. d4 d5 {Generally I play KID against d4 but some times its boring to play
the same opening daily. So i decided to play Semi-Slav.} 2. c4 e6 {if 2...c6
he can play exchange variation in slav defence} 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5
Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 (9... e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nb3
Qb6 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a5 14. a4 $11 {M Carlsen - G Kasparov, Reyjkavik
Rapid 2004}) 10. dxc5 (10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Nxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bd3 b6 $11) 10... Qxc5 11. Bxf6 (11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 $4 d4 13.
exd4 Qxg5) 11... Nxf6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 $1 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Qb6 16.
Qb3 Ba5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be8 $11 20. Bf3 Rxd1+ ({if} 20...
h6 21. Nd6 {comes and I didn't want to exchange the B on e8.}) 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22.
h3 h6 23. a3 Qc7 $1 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qc2 b4 $1 26. axb4 Bxb4 $15 27. Qc4 a5 {
Now my opponent played very weak endgame so I won easily.} 28. Nc3 $2 Qd2 $1
29. Qe2 $2 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qa6 Qc7 (31... a4 32. Qa8 Kf8 33. Qb8 a3 $19)
32. Qa8 Kf8 33. Bd1 Ke7 34. Qe4 Bd7 35. Qd4 Qd6 36. Qa1 Qb4 37. Kh2 f6 $1 38.
f3 a4 39. e4 a3 40. Qa2 Qd6+ (40... Qb2 41. Qc4 a2 42. Qc5+ Kf7 43. f4 a1=Q 44.
Bh5+ Kg8 45. Qe7 Qb8 $19) 0-1
Final Ranking after 10 Rounds
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | IM | Sharma Dinesh K. | IND | 2298 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 65,5 | 59,5 | |
2 | 6 | CM | Thilakarathne G M H | SRI | 2028 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 62,0 | |
3 | 8 | FM | Galappaththi Chinthaka Anurud | SRI | 2002 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 65,0 | 60,0 | |
4 | 2 | Gotel Michael | PHI | 2239 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 63,0 | 58,0 | ||
5 | 13 | De Silva Osheen | SRI | 1940 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 61,0 | 55,0 | ||
6 | 14 | CM | Gunaratne Mojitha Sathsara | SRI | 1927 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 59,0 | 53,5 | |
7 | 9 | Alahakoon Isuru | SRI | 2000 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 67,5 | 61,0 | ||
8 | 17 | Rathnayake M A A H | SRI | 1889 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 66,0 | 60,5 | ||
9 | 7 | FM | Piyumantha M Sasith Nipun | SRI | 2004 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 62,5 | 58,0 | |
10 | 20 | WFM | Premanath Dinushki | SRI | 1878 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 62,5 | 56,5 |
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