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