WJCC 07: Karthikeyan loses, allows trio to overtake
In a bitter turn of events for the Indian National Champion GM Murali Karthikeyan, the white pieces did not prove enough as he went down to the second seed, USA's GM Jeffrey Xiong. There were more surprises in store. The third seed Alekseenko lost to Nasuta, while Yinglun beat the top seed Artemiev. Thus, three players — Xiong, Yinglun, and Nasuta — now share the lead with 5.5/7. We bring you an illustrated report.
WJCC 07: Karthikeyan loses, allows trio to overtake
In a bitter turn of events for the Indian National Champion GM Murali Karthikeyan, the white pieces did not prove enough as he went down to the second seed, USA's GM Jeffrey Xiong.
This ensured that Xiong walked into the lead, but he was not alone.
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1145"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:58"]
[BlackClock "0:13:23"]
Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Nc3 Bc4 17. Qe3 Qa6 18. b3 Bxb3 19. Rf1 Rac8 20. Bd2 Be6 21.
Rac1 Nc4 22. Qe2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qa5 24. Nb1 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxa2 26. e5 Bxe5 27.
Bxb7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rb8 29. Ba6 Bd4 30. Bc4 Rb2 31. Ne4 d5 32. Bxa2 dxe4 33. Bd5
Rxf2 34. Kh1 e3 35. Bc4 Be5 0-1
China's untitled player Xu Yinglun, who had a jittery start to his campaign with draws to Indians, has made a fine comeback with a power victory over the top seed, Russia's GM Vladislav Artremiev.
The game saw some very interesting moments, although one may argue that White was clearly ahead for most of the time.
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+860"]
[WhiteClock "0:08:05"]
[BlackClock "0:03:19"]
Na5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. b3 a6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Qc2 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. bxc4 Nxc4 15.
bxa6 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd8 18. Be1 Nd7 19. Qa2 Ndb6 20. Rab1 e6 21.
f4 Rxa6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rxb6 Rxa3 24. Bxc4 Rxa2 25. Bxa2 Rxc3 26. Rcb1 Rc1
27. Rb8 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Qxb8 29. Bxe6+ Kf8 30. Rxb8+ Ke7 31. Bd5 Rd1 32. Rb7+ Kf8
33. Bb3 Rb1 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Be6 Rd1 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. h4 Rb2 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39.
Rxd6 Bf6 40. Kg3 Bc3 41. Rd1 h6 42. Bd5 Bf6 43. Rc1 g5 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. fxg5
hxg5 46. hxg5 Bxg5 47. f4 Bf6 48. Rc6 Rd2 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. e4 Bd4 51. Bc4 Kf8
52. e5 Rc2 53. Bd5 Rd2 54. Kg4 Bc5 55. Be4 Be3 56. Rc6 Rf2 57. Bf3 Rf1 58. Rc3
Bc1 59. Rb3 Bd2 60. Kf5 Ke7 61. Rb7+ Ke8 62. Ke6 Kf8 63. Kf6 Ke8 64. Bc6+ 1-0
There was another surprising result on the third board as the third-seeded Russian GM Kirill Alekseenko ended up losing to Polish IM Grzegorz Nasuta in a rook endgame. Thus, three players — Xiong, Yinglun, and Nasuta — now share the lead with 5.5/7.
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1370"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:45"]
[BlackClock "0:04:56"]
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h4 Rc8 12. f4 Be7 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Nde2
h6 16. Rh3 Nc5 17. Bg2 hxg5 18. fxg5 g6 19. Bd4 Rh7 20. Nd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nd7
22. Bc3 Nc4 23. bxc4 Qxc4 24. Bd4 Qxc2 25. Qf4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Ng3 Rc2
28. Kf1 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Bxd5+ 30. Kh2 Be6 31. Re1 f4 32. g6 fxg3+ 33. Kg1 fxg6
34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Re4 Nf6 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Kg2 Be5 38. Rh1 Rh8 39. Rc1 a5 40.
Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rb7 Kf5 42. Re3 Rxh4 43. Rxb5 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Kf4 45. Rd3 Ke4 46. Rd1
Bd4+ 47. Rxd4+ Kxd4 48. Rxa5 Ra2 49. Ra8 d5 50. a4 Ke3 51. Re8+ Kd4 52. Ra8 Ke3
53. Re8+ Kd3 54. Ra8 d4 55. a5 Ke2 56. a6 d3 57. a7 d2 58. Re8+ Kf3 59. Rf8+
Ke3 60. Re8+ Kd3 61. Rd8+ Kc2 62. Rc8+ Kb1 63. Rb8+ Kc1 64. Rc8+ Rc2 65. Rd8
Ra2 66. Rc8+ Kb2 67. Rb8+ Kc3 68. Rc8+ Kd3 69. Rd8+ Ke3 70. Re8+ Kf3 71. Rf8+
Kg4 72. Rd8 Rxa7 73. Rxd2 Kh3 74. Rd1 Ra2 75. Rb1 Rc2 76. Ra1 Rd2 77. Rb1 Ra2
78. Rc1 Ra4 79. Rb1 Rc4 80. Rd1 Rc3 81. Rf1 Ra3 82. Rb1 g2 0-1
Standings after Round 07:
| Rank | Name | IRtg | Club | Type | Pts | Res. | BH. | BH. | BL | Vict | |
| 1 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2633 | USA | U16 | 5½ | 0 | 28½ | 32½ | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Xu Yinglun | 2516 | CHN | U20 | 5½ | 0 | 24½ | 27½ | 3 | 4 | |
| 3 | IM | Nasuta Grzegorz | 2442 | POL | U20 | 5½ | 0 | 24 | 26½ | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2515 | IND | U18 | 5 | 0 | 28½ | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 2514 | IND | U18 | 5 | 0 | 27½ | 31 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | IM | Svane Rasmus | 2546 | GER | U20 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 29½ | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2543 | IND | U18 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | IM | Menezes Christoph | 2408 | AUT | U20 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 28½ | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | IM | Mosadeghpour Masoud | 2437 | IRI | U20 | 5 | 0 | 25½ | 28½ | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2576 | IRI | U16 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 26½ | 4 | 3 |
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Priyanka, K."]
[Black "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+735"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:58"]
[BlackClock "0:17:12"]
Qc7 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Bb5 Qxc5 13. Qd3 a6 14. Ba4 a5
15. Nd4 Ba6 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Qc3 Bc4 19. f4 O-O 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21.
Kf2 Rfc8 22. Qd2 Bb5 23. Rhb1 Ba4 24. c3 Rab8 25. Qc1 Bb3 26. Rb2 Rb5 27. a4
Rb7 28. Ra3 Bc4 29. Ra1 Bd3 30. Ke3 Be4 31. Raa2 Rcb8 32. Rxb7 Qxb7 33. Qa3 Qb1
34. Re2 Bd3 35. Rd2 Qe1+ 36. Kf3 Be4+ 37. Kg4 Qxd2 0-1
But WIM Dinara Dordzhieva was not to be outdone as she too joined Frayna by defeating IM Andrea Rodriguez. Both Frayna and Dinara continue to lead with 6.0/7. India's WIM Pv Nandhidhaa stayed in the hunt with 5.5/7 by defeating the fourth seed Uzbek WIM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova.
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salonika, Saina"]
[Black "Pratyusha, Bodda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.08"]
[TimeControl "6000+1140"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:22"]
[BlackClock "0:09:44"]
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nf5 Ne6 (9... Nxa4 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Bh6 Kg8 12. Qg4 Nxe5 13. Qxa4
Bf8 14. Nf5 $14) 10. f4 Bc5+ 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nc3 d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bxc5 Nxc5
15. Nxd6 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Qa5 17. c4 b5 18. Qd5 Bd7 19. Nc3 Nb4 20. Qc5 Nd3 21.
Qd4 Nxb2 22. Nd5 Na4 23. Rf3 bxc4 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxd7 1-0
The eighth round of the tournament will be played out on the 15th August 2016 at the KIIT University campus.
Standings after Round 07:
| 1 | WIM | Frayna Janelle Mae | F | 2292 | PHI | U20 | 6 | ½ | 30 | 33½ | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | WIM | Dordzhieva Dinara | F | 2304 | RUS | U18 | 6 | ½ | 28 | 30½ | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | F | 2151 | IND | U20 | 5½ | 0 | 27½ | 30½ | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | F | 2423 | KAZ | U20 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 31½ | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | WIM | Bivol Alina | F | 2362 | RUS | U20 | 5 | 0 | 28½ | 31½ | 3 | 4 |
Impressions:
Pairings for Round 08: