55th Biel MTO R3: Aryan, Visakh and Pranav Anand score superb wins by Shahid Ahmed - 16/07/2022

55th Biel MTO R3: Aryan, Visakh and Pranav Anand score superb wins

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/07/2022

*As we slowly ease into the new normal after Covid-19 pandemic, we are once again back dominating the chess universe all over the globe. GM Aryan Chopra, GM Visakh N R and IM Pranav Anand scored fantastic wins over GM Vladimir Fedoseev, GM Kirill Shevchenko (UKR) and GM Maxime Lagarde (FRA) respectively. Thus, currently four Indians are sharing the lead at 55th Biel Chess Festival 2022 MTO, GM Abhimanyu Puranik along with the three victors mentioned before. Gukesh had a relatively quiet draw with Arkadij Naiditsch (AZE). GMT Round 3 and MTO Round 4 starts today at 2 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Four Indians share the lead 3/3

It would have been five Indians in the lead, if GM Bharath Subramaniyam H managed to convert his completely winning position into a win against GM Sethuraman S P. All four leaders are born on or after 1999, which reitarates that India's young talent has a lot of depth.

GM Aryan Chopra is having a fantastic year so far | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

MTO: Aryan - Fedoseev: 1-0

GM Aryan Chopra (2610) got a substantial advantage out of the opening against GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2686). However, it was not easy to convert. He had to grind and wait for his opponent to go wrong.

Position after 75.Kf5

Generally the combination of queen and knight is considered to be stronger than queen and bishop. The poorly placed bishop at e8 only exemplifies that notion. It would have taken a computer like accuracy for Black to defend the position as the machine suggests 75...Kd7 to be the only way to save the game for Black. It is certainly a counter-intuitive move as it blocks the only plausible diagonal for Black. 75...Kd7 was played. Aryan found the correct continuation 76.Qg8 Bg6+ the idea is to deflect the knight to get perpetual check. However, White is not going to fall for the cheap tricks. 77.Ke6! the Qxf4 does not work due to Qxg7+ and the bishop falls. White won the game in another 12 moves.

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Aryan Chopra 2610 - Vladimir Fedoseev 2686 1-0

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Shahid

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ♘c3 ♗b4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 ♗a5 6. b4 cxd4 7. ♕g4 ♔f8 8. ♘b5 ♗c7 9. ♕xd4 ♘e7 10. ♘xc7 ♕xc7 11. ♘f3 ♗d7 12. ♗d3 ♘bc6 13. ♕f4 ♘g6 14. ♗xg6 hxg6 15. O-O ♔g8 16. ♗b2 ♘e7 17. ♖ac1 ♕c4 18. ♗d4 b6 19. ♖fd1 ♖f8 20. ♖d3 ♕c7 21. ♖c3 ♕b8 22. ♖e1 ♗a4 23. ♘g5 ♕d8 24. g4 ♘c6 25. ♘f3 ♕d7 26. ♔g2 ♖c8 27. ♘g5 ♘d8 28. ♖xc8 ♕xc8 29. ♖e3 ♗b5 30. ♖c3 ♕d7

30... ♗c4? 31. a4+− ♕c7 32. ♔g3

31. ♕d2 ♔f8 32. ♖f3 ♔e8 33. h3 ♕e7 34. ♔g3 ♖f8 35. ♘h7 ♖h8 36. ♘g5 ♕c7 37. ♕f4 ♗e2 38. ♖c3 ♗c4 39. ♖f3 ♗b5 40. ♔h2 ♕e7 41. ♕d2 ♗a4 42. ♔g3 ♕c7 43. ♕f4 ♕d7 44. ♕d2 ♗b5 45. ♔g2 ♕c7 46. ♕f4 ♕e7 47. ♕d2 ♕b7 48. ♔h2 ♕a6 49. ♕f4 ♖f8 50. ♘h7 ♖h8 51. ♘g5 ♕b7 52. ♕d2 ♕b8 53. ♕f4 ♔d7 54. ♕g3 ♖f8 55. c3 ♕c7 56. ♕h4 ♔c8 57. ♕h7 f6 58. ♔g1 f5 59. ♕xg6 ♗e8 60. ♕h7 ♕e7 61. h4 fxg4 62. ♖xf8 ♕xf8 63. ♔g2 ♘c6 64. ♘xe6 ♕f3+ 65. ♔g1 ♕d1+ 66. ♔g2 ♕f3+ 67. ♔g1 ♕d1+ 68. ♔h2 g3+ 69. fxg3 ♕e2+ 70. ♔h3 ♕f1+ 71. ♔g4 ♕e2+ 72. ♔g5 ♘xd4 73. cxd4 ♕e3+ 74. ♘f4 ♕xg3+ 75. ♔f5 ♔b7??

75... ♔d7 76. h5

76. e6+ ♔d6 77. ♕g8 ♗g6+

76... ♕g1

76. ♕g8+− ♗g6+ 77. ♔e6! ♗e4 78. ♕f7+ ♔a6 79. ♔d6 ♕xa3 80. ♘xd5 ♕d3 81. b5+ ♔xb5 82. ♕d7+ ♔a5

82... ♔c4 83. ♕a4#

83. ♕xa7+ ♕a6

83... ♔b5 84. ♕xb6+ ♔c4

84... ♔a4 85. ♕b4#

85. ♕b4#

84. ♕xa6+ ♔xa6 85. e6 ♗g6 86. ♘c7+ ♔a5 87. d5 b5 88. ♘xb5 ♔xb5 89. ♔e7 1-0*