Games
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 matchB 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.12.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1438"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The first match between these two Indian prodigies was a disaster for
darshunkarpov, he went wrong in the opening and sank lower as he tried to
fight back...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 Bg7 {The
accelerated Dragon.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O d5 $5 (8... d6 {this is more
normal...}) 9. e5 $2 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) 9... Nxe5
10. f4 $2 Neg4 11. Bd2 $4 Qb6 12. Be1 $6 {The Knight is hanging.} (12. Bxg4 $4
Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nxg4 $19) 12... Ne3 $5 13. Qd3 Nxf1 14. Bxf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 $4 dxe4
{an unffortunate series of events for Darshunkarpov and brilliant play as
always from Nitish. 1 - 0 to nitish in the 12 game series.} (15... dxe4 16.
Qxe4 Qxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Bf2 Bxb2 $19) 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 matchB 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1438"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Brilliant play again from Nitish sees off the strong challenge from Darshan
with a stunning tactic gaining a winning material advantage.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {
this is the closed sicilian.} g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7.
Nxb5 a6 (7... d5 {this is more popular in this often played offshoot of the
Sicilian.}) 8. Nc3 d6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Qe1 Bxf3 $14 {a novelty} 11. Rxf3 Nf6 12.
f5 $1 O-O 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Qh4 e6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ng4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 19. h3 Ne3 20. Rc1 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Kh2 $4 {pretty much a
losing mistake- becasue now the Black Rook can infiltrate Whites position.} Rf2
23. Nd1 $4 Rxg2+ $2 (23... Rf1 24. Nxe3 Rxc1 $19) 24. Kh1 Rxc2 $3 {things
quickly go from bad to disaster for Darshan.} 25. Rxc2 Nxc2 26. Kg2 Nb4 27. Nc3
d4 28. Ne4 Nxd3 29. Kf3 b6 30. Ke2 Nxb2 31. Kd2 c4 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nd5 b5 34.
Nb4 a5 35. Nc6 c3+ 36. Kc2 b4 37. Nxd4 Kf6 38. Nc6 Nc4 39. a3 Nxa3+ 40. Kb3 c2
41. Kb2 b3 42. Nxa5 Nc4+ 43. Kc1 $2 (43. Nxc4 {just prolongs the agony...} Kg5
44. Kc1 Kh4 45. Nd2 Kxh3 46. Nxb3 Kg2 47. Kxc2 h5 48. Kd2 h4 49. Ke2 h3 50. Nd2
h2 51. Nf3 h1=Q 52. Nd2 Qh3 $19) 43... Nxa5 44. Kb2 {the white king cannot
take the b3 pawn or the c -pawn Queens so the Knight makes its way to d3 and
the c-pawn then Queens anyway. Darshan realised this and resigned- so Nitish
holds a 2 - 0 lead.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 matchB 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "1447"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Just when it looks like Darshun is going to make it more competitive- the boy
wonder -Nitish brings out all the stops and smashes through to Darshans King.}
1. e4 e6 {Nitish plays the French Defence...} 2. d4 c5 {and then Nitish
transposes into a Taimanov System Sicilian Defence.} 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5.
Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. f4 (8. O-O {This has been seen over 4000
times in top play.}) 8... Bb4 (8... d6 {stops the immediate e5 by White so is
more common though 8...Bb4 is an ok move which disuades White castling
Queenside into an attack.}) 9. Bf3 e5 $146 {a novelty which has some life in
it.} (9... d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Nb3 $13 {
this has been played before...}) 10. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 $2 11. Qd2 $2 (11. fxe5 Qxe5
12. Bd4 Qe6 13. O-O $16 {gave a weakness on the Kingside especially on the f6
square which would have given darshun an advantage.}) 11... O-O $6 $14 {
allowing the Queen to be sucked into the centre being attacked.} (11... d5 $14
{this is still even if it had been played, just a small edge to white.}) 12.
O-O $2 {12.fxe5 was better.} (12. fxe5 $14) 12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 $2 14. Bxd5
$4 {again both players avoid fxe5 and exf4 and keep the tension although here
Darshun sees an opportunity to win a pawn which is flawed.} Nxd5 $4 (14... Rd8
$19 {surprisingly Nitish misses this move so he is human afterall.}) 15. Qxd5
Bb7 16. Qxe5 Qc6 $44 {at first sight I thought Darshan was winning comfortably
but on closer inspection it is extremely difficult to counter the pressure of
Queen and Bishop on the g2 square.} 17. Rf2 Rfe8 18. Qd4 Rxe3 $2 19. Qxb4 $2 {
the point is the Queen is along way from the defence of g2 now...} (19. Qxe3
Bc5 20. Qg3 Re8 21. Kh1 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 $18) 19... Rae8 20. Raf1 h5 21. Nd1 $4 {
now e2 is no longer defended.} (21. f5 $14) 21... Re2 22. Qb3 $4 (22. Qc3 $4
Qxg2+ $3 23. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rg3+ 25. Qf3 Bxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Re1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1#)
(22. Rxe2 $1 Rxe2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qxc2+ (24... Qxg2+ $6 25. Ke3 Bc6 $44)
25. Ke1 Qxg2 $17) 22... Rxf2 $1 (22... Qxg2+ $6 23. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Ba8 25.
Qf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxc2 27. Nf2 $19) 23. Rxf2 (23. Qf3 $3 {only prolongs the
emotional agony.} Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qg6+ 25. Kf2 Qxc2+ 26. Kg3 h4+ 27. Kxh4 Qxh2+
28. Kg4 f5+ 29. Kg5 Qh6+ 30. Kxf5 Qh5#) 23... Re1+ {after the forced 24.Rf1
comes the long planned 24...Qxg2#. So it wasn't going to be 2 - 1 instead it
was 3 - 0 and Darshan seemed to lose heart. Can anyone stop Nitish not even
three blacks in the first three games could stop him- an oversight by the
players.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 matchB 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Nitish plays an unusual English Opening and Darshun plays well but then at
the start of the middlegame, he falls for a trap probably due to quick play
and tiredness.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. b4 e6 3. a3 c6 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 a5 6. b5 c5 7. Nf3
Be7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. cxd5 Nbxd5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. a4 b6 13. d4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qc7 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Qd3 Nb4 $4 {The trap is far
from obvious it looks like the Queen is under attack but does it need to move
yet????} 19. Nxf6+ $3 {superb by Nitish...but probably down to Darshun not
sensing the danger.} Bxf6 20. Qxh7# 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 matchB 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Darshukarpov"]
[Black "nitishdas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1447"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{A quick game I think Darshun was punch drunk by this time.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5
3. f4 $6 {a dubious attempt at an attack, but I dont think many would know how
to cope with the Napoleon Opening(but no he was French Corsican not French
Sicilian).} d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Qe2+ $2 (5. Bb5+) 5... Be7 $1 6. d3 $6 Nc6 7.
Nf3 Bg4 $3 8. g3 $4 {the culprit to disaster.} Nd4 $5 9. Qe5 $4 Nxf3+ {and the
Queen is lost as well as a piece...so it looks very much like Nitish will play
Kronus in the Final, in a repeat of their first encounter as its 5 - 0 to
Nitish.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix KO 2016-2017 matchB 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "nitishdas"]
[Black "Darshukarpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
{Darshan seemed to hope the misery would end at this point. Darshan is an
excelent player with many prospects in chess ahead of him, but he totally gets
blown away by Nitish showing just how good Nitish is.} 1. g4 {now he is just
showing off in an excerbition style Grob Opening.} d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 Bxg4 4.
cxd5 cxd5 5. Qa4+ $5 Nc6 $4 (5... Bd7 $17) 6. Qxg4 {A piece down so early is
hopeless. So its over and Nitish plays Kronus. Will anyone put up a challenge
to Nitish? So far 6 - 0 and 6 - 0 in his matches says no, but although Kronus
is younger than Nitish and will catch him up most probably, Kronus is still
capable of beating anyone at his best even a grandmaster otb.} 1-0