After the successful execution of the first ever Candidates tournament in IITB we had the last event of the year on 14th April 2014. Chirag Gandhi and Suraj Sanka from H15 battled it out in 6 rounds to decide the first ever Institute Chess Champion. The Match started at 1 pm in Som Well. Chess enthusiasts turned up in huge numbers to find out who among us is the Magnus Carlsen of IITB!!
The games began with so much excitement. Suraj started strongly with black and handed over the defeat to Chirag with white pieces.
Chirag's words about the event
Here is the game.
Here is the game.
[Result "0-1"]
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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Ne7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.f4 Qe8 8.Nc3 Nbc6 9.Ndb5 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 f6 12.Nxc7 Qd8 13.Nxa8 fxg5 14.Nd5 gxf4 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Qd5+ Kh8 17.O-O Bxb2 18.Rxa7 Ba3 19.Ra5 Qb4 20.Rb5 Qc3 21.Qe5+ Qxe5 22.Rxe5 d6 23.Ra5 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 b6 25.Ra2 Bg4 26.Nc7 Be2 27.Raa1 f3 28.Ne6 fxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Rxf1 30.Rxf1 Bxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Kg8 32.Nxc5 dxc5 33.Kf2 Kf7 34.Kf3 h6 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.Ke3 Ke5 37.c4 g5 38.Kf3 h5 39.Ke3 g4 40.Kf2 Kxe4 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Kh4 Kg6 43.Kg3 Kg5 44.Kg2 h4 45.h3 g3
After an exciting Game 1, Suraj is leading with 1 point.
After facing a crushing defeat in round 1 Chirag has bounced back by winning the 2nd round in 33 moves. The match is tied at 1-1 after 2 rounds. Here is the game
1. e4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Ne2 d6 5. Nbc3 f5 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Kh2 h6 10. f4 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 c6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Be6 16. f5 Bf7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bg2 Qc7+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. f6 Bd6 22. Bf4 Qxf6 23. Bh2 Qd8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. c3 Bg6 26. Qd4 Rae8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qb6 Be4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qe3 Rf3 31. Qxe4 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+
1. e4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Ne2 d6 5. Nbc3 f5 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Kh2 h6 10. f4 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 c6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Be6 16. f5 Bf7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bg2 Qc7+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. f6 Bd6 22. Bf4 Qxf6 23. Bh2 Qd8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. c3 Bg6 26. Qd4 Rae8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qb6 Be4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qe3 Rf3 31. Qxe4 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+
With the ups and down in the game, the planning and strategy reached its zenith. Both of them wanted to score a dear 1 point.
Suraj was back in the lead after winning the 3rd round. Here is the game Match stands 1-2 after 3 rounds. Black has won all 3 games till now!!!
1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Qd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Ng3 g5 16. Kh2 f5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 f4 19. Bd2 Qxd4 20. Bc3 Qc5 21. b4 Qd6 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Qe1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf5 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 e3 29. Rd3 Re8 30. f3 Rd8 31. Kg1 Rxd3 32. cxd3 e2 33. d4 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qd3 35. Qa1 Qd1 36. Qa2 Kg7 37. Qe6 e1=Q 38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Ke7 40. Qc5+ Ke8 41. d5 Qg3+
Suraj had it again...winning with white. Suraj just needs a draw in the last next game to clinch the title.
1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. c4 Re8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 c4 11. Nc3 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxg4 Nxd4 16. Bg5 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nb5 Qe6 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nxd4 Rb6 24. Re1 g6 25. Rc1 Rxb2 26. Rxc4 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 Ra1 28. a4 Kg7 29. Rb4 b6 30. Nc6 a5 31. Rxb6 Rxa4 32. Ra6 Re4 33. Rxa5 h5 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Nd8 h4 36. Rxf7+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kg4 38. Rg7 g5 39. Rxg5 Kf3 40. Bg2 Ke3 41. Bxe4 Kxe4 42. gxh4 Kf3 43. Rg3 Kxf4 44. h5 Kf5 45. h6 Kf4 46. h7 Kf5 47. h8=Q Kf4 48. Qd4 Kf5 49. Rf3 Kg5 50. Qg7 Kh4 51. Rg3 Kh5 52. Rh3 #
1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. c4 Re8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 c4 11. Nc3 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Bg4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxg4 Nxd4 16. Bg5 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nb5 Qe6 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nxd4 Rb6 24. Re1 g6 25. Rc1 Rxb2 26. Rxc4 Rb1+ 27. Bf1 Ra1 28. a4 Kg7 29. Rb4 b6 30. Nc6 a5 31. Rxb6 Rxa4 32. Ra6 Re4 33. Rxa5 h5 34. Ra7 Kf6 35. Nd8 h4 36. Rxf7+ Kg5 37. f4+ Kg4 38. Rg7 g5 39. Rxg5 Kf3 40. Bg2 Ke3 41. Bxe4 Kxe4 42. gxh4 Kf3 43. Rg3 Kxf4 44. h5 Kf5 45. h6 Kf4 46. h7 Kf5 47. h8=Q Kf4 48. Qd4 Kf5 49. Rf3 Kg5 50. Qg7 Kh4 51. Rg3 Kh5 52. Rh3 #
With just a draw needed to become the first ever Institute Chess Champion, Suraj got a comfortable draw in the end after an exciting 5th game. The final score is 1.5-3.5. Suraj Sanka is the Institute Chess Champion of IITB, 2014.
Here is the last game:
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bb5 axb4 12. Qxb4 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Be3 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Rb6 Ra6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc5 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Ra8 25. a4 Bf8 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Bd3 Na5 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Kc2 Bc5 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Nd6 Be3 34. g3 Bg1 35. Nxc4 Rc5 36. Kb3 Rc8 37. a5 Rb8+ 38. Ka4 Bd4 39. Rd2 Bc3 40. Rc2 Rb4+ 41. Ka3 Rxc4 42. Kb3 Rc5 43. Rxc3 Rxa5
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bb5 axb4 12. Qxb4 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Be3 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Nd4 Bc4 21. Rb6 Ra6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc5 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Ra8 25. a4 Bf8 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Bd3 Na5 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Kc2 Bc5 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Ra2 Kg7 33. Nd6 Be3 34. g3 Bg1 35. Nxc4 Rc5 36. Kb3 Rc8 37. a5 Rb8+ 38. Ka4 Bd4 39. Rd2 Bc3 40. Rc2 Rb4+ 41. Ka3 Rxc4 42. Kb3 Rc5 43. Rxc3 Rxa5
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