Games
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[BlackElo "1342"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The first match of the Grand Prix 2016 event 2 started with a restart as
oldboy pulled out and nathan miller didn't seem to want to join. So we found
another player- a junior from India who seems like another prodigy from his
result first game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 {this is a
Sicilian Defence-it is usual to play d4 early on in this Dragon Variation.} O-O
6. O-O Nc6 7. Ng5 e6 8. f4 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. h4 h5 12. Kf2 Ng4+
13. Ke1 a6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Ng3 f5 16. c3 e5 17. b4 b6 (17... Qe8) 18. Qb3+ $1
Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Be8 $2 (20... Qxh4 21. Rf3 Nh2 22. Re3 exf4 $19) 21.
Qd5 Ra7 22. exf5 Qxh4 23. Rf3 Nh2 24. fxg6 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bxg6 26. bxc5 bxc5
27. Ra4 Re7 28. Kd1 Ra7 $6 29. Bd2 (29. Kc2 d5 30. b3 Qe7 31. Ba3 exf4 32. Ne2
$14) 29... Be8 30. Ra1 Bd7 31. Kc2 Bg4 32. Qf2 Bc8 $4 (32... Kg8 $14) 33. Rh1
$1 Qd8 34. Rxh5+ (34. Nxh5 $142 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Qf3 Be6 36. f5 $1 Bf7 37.
Rg5 Kf8 38. Nh5 $4 (38. Rg4 $18) 38... Bh6 $3 39. Rg8+ $3 Kxg8 40. Qg4+ $4 (40.
Bxh6 $13) 40... Kh7 41. Bxh6 Bxh5 $4 (41... Kxh6 $19) 42. Qxh5 $1 $18 Kg8 $2
43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. f6 $4 (44. Bg5 $3) 44... Qg8 45. Bg7+ Rxg7 46. fxg7+ Qxg7 47.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kd2 Kf6 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Kf3 a5 51. g4+ Kg5 $11 {Draw agreed
after that topsy turvy game. Honours even at the start. The match is poised at
0.5 - 0.5.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1388"]
[BlackElo "1467"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The battle of the youngsters was just begining with both sides even on 0.5 -
0.5. After the last game which could have gone either way in the complications
but didn't this game was to be decisive.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4.
Be2 Nc6 5. c4 Qh5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Ne4 12. Qb3 Na5 $2 13. Qa4 b6 $6 14. c5 $1 Qd5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. c4 $5 Qb7
$2 (16... Qc6) 17. c5 $1 Kb8 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. h3 Bh5 $4 (19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Ka8 $18) 20. Bf4+ $5 {The King is exposed...} Nd6 $2 $18 (20... Ka8 $18) 21.
O-O f6 22. Qb4 $1 Nc6 {total desperation} 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 24. Qxd6+ Ka7 25. Rxc6
Be8 26. Rc7 Qxc7 27. Qxc7+ {Total destruction, and with that darshanmk46 leads
1.5 - 0.5.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{with the match just started it stood at 1.5 - 0.5 to darshanmk46 and
LifeWithoutChes must have been nervous after the last game drubbing, but he
doesn't show his nerves in this game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nc6 5. c4 {In the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon variation this c4 move is quite
common and has been played by Kasparov, Carlsen and Anand, three of the
greatest players of modern times.} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. g4
$6 $146 {a dubious novelty in this position- where is White going to castle???}
O-O 10. Qf2 a5 11. h4 Nd7 12. f4 f6 13. f5 gxf5 $2 $16 (13... Ne5 $14) 14. gxf5
Ne5 (14... h6 15. Rg1 Kh7 16. Qg3 Rg8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qh5 $18) 15. Rg1 Bd7 16.
Qg3 Rf7 17. h5 h6 18. Bxh6 $5 Qf8 19. O-O-O Kh8 20. Bxg7+ $6 {releasing the
pressure.} Rxg7 21. Qe3 Rxg1 22. Qxg1 Qh6+ 23. Kb1 Rg8 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. Qxa5
Qxh5 26. Rc1 Qg5 27. Qc7 Rg7 28. Be2 Kg8 $4 29. Qc8+ $1 Kf7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31.
Qc8+ Kf7 32. Rh1 Ng4 33. Qh8 $4 Be8 $4 $18 (33... Rg8 34. Qh7+ Rg7 35. Qh8 Rg8
36. Qh5+ Qxh5 37. Rxh5 Kf8 $16) 34. Rg1 $1 Rg8 35. Qh3 Nf2 36. Qh7+ Rg7 37.
Bh5+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Rg8 39. Qxg8+ $3 Qxg8 (39... Kxg8 40. Rxg5+ fxg5 41. Bxe8 $18
) 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Bxe8 $5 Kg7 42. Bd7 Kh6 43. Bc8 b6 44. Kc2 Kg5 45. Bb7 Kf4
46. b4 Ke3 47. Nd5+ Kd4 48. Nxb6 Nxe4 49. Bxe4 Kxe4 50. a4 Kd4 51. a5 Ke5 52.
a6 Kxf5 53. a7 Kg5 54. a8=Q f5 55. Qg2+ Kf6 56. Nd5+ Ke5 57. Qf3 e6 58. Qe3# $1
{So with checkmate by LifeWithoutChes honours were again even between the two
youngsters at 1.5 - 1.5.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This was a particularly short game with Darshanmk46 ranpamt as White.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 {I think this is the Giuoco Pianissimo Opening.} 4.
O-O Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Be3 Ne6 8. Bxe6 Bxe3 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxf7
Kxf7 11. fxe3 d6 $4 (11... Qe7 $18) 12. Nc3 $6 (12. e5 $142 $3) 12... c6 $6 13.
e5 Bg4 $4 14. Qxg4 $1 Qb6 15. exf6 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 gxf6 17. Rae1 Qd2 18. Qh5+ Kg8
19. Re7 h6 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Qh7# {So Darshanmk46 steams into an early lead
again. 2.5- 1.5 to him.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{Another short game this time by LifeWithoutChes continuing his good form with
White.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {This is an relatively less worn path for White 2.Nf3
is the common move here.} g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ng5
e6 8. f4 Ne8 9. g4 d5 10. Bb3 Bd4+ 11. Kg2 a6 12. a4 Ne7 13. h4 e5 14. Nxd5 h6
15. Qf3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Kg7 17. f5 f6 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc7 19. Rh1 Rh8 20.
f6+ Kg8 21. Rxh8+ Kxh8 22. Bxf7 Qf8 23. Qh3+ Qh6 24. Qxh6#) 18. gxf6+ Nxf6 19.
Nxf6 Rxf6 20. Rh1 $3 Rf8 21. Bh6+ $1 Kf6 22. g5# $3 {with the characteristic
Kingside attack from LifeWithoutChes, he levels the match 2.5 - 2.5.} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1388"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{The match was poised at 2.5 - 2.5, and which junior would win the battle of
the prodigies. After defeating myself 6.5 - 2.5 I feel LifeWithoutChes was the
favourite but darshanmk46 was also strong for his age...} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 {
This starts off as a Bishops Opening but soon transposes into a Giuoco Piano
Opening.} Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Ng5 d5
9. exd5 Na5 $1 (9... Nxd5 10. Qf3 $18) 10. d6 Nxc4 11. dxe7 Qxd4 12. Qb3 Be6
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nc3 Kxe7 15. Bg5+ Kf8 16. Be3 Nxe3 $4 {After the game,
incredibly, LifeWithoutChes seemed to say he realised that he was oosing his
Queen here, and still played it.} (16... Na5 $1) 17. fxe3+ Qf6 18. Rxf6+ gxf6
19. Ne4 Kf7 20. Rf1 Kg6 21. Rxf6+ Kh5 22. Qb5+ c5 23. Qe2+ Kh4 24. Rh6# 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{LifeWithoutChes needed a win here as he was 3.5 - 2.5 down but he wasnt to
get it.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Ng5
O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 h6 10. h4 $4 {too optimistic.} hxg5 11. hxg5 Nh5 12. Be3
Nd4 13. Bb3 Qd7 14. Qh4 Nxb3 15. axb3 f5 16. Kf2 fxe4 17. Ke1 exd3 18. cxd3 Qe6
19. Kd2 Qxb3 20. Rab1 b5 $4 21. Qxg4 b4 22. Nd1 e6 23. Qh3 a5 $2 $15 (23... e5
$17) 24. g4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 c4 26. Rf3 $4 (26. Rc1 $15) 26... c3+ 27. Kc1 $4 (27.
Ke1 $19) 27... c2 $3 28. d4 $2 cxd1=Q# {so with this debacle darshanmk46 had
opened up an important lead. 4.5 - 2.5. Great play from him.} 0-1
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1388"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{This game lasted a while longer than the rest but the results were going
against LifeWithoutChes especially when he was Black.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 f5 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. O-O Be7 7. f4 Ng4 8. h3 Bxg5 9. fxg5 Nge5 10.
Bd5 Nb4 11. Bb3 d5 12. a3 Na6 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 15. exf5 c4 16. Qh5+ g6
17. fxg6 Nxg6 18. Bxc4 Nc5 19. Bf7+ Ke7 20. c3 Be6 21. Qe2 Qd5 22. b4 d3 $2 (
22... Nb3 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Ra2 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 d3 26. Qd2 Raf8 27. Re1 Ne5 $18)
23. Qe3 Nb3 24. Rf6 Nf8 25. Bd2 $2 (25. Bb2 $142) 25... Nxa1 26. c4 Qc6 $4 (
26... Qxc4 $15) 27. Bc3 $5 Rd8 28. Bxa1 Qxc4 29. Rf4 Qa2 30. Bf6+ (30. Qc5+ $3
Rd6 31. Bf6+ Kxf7 32. Qxd6 Qxb1+ 33. Kh2 Ng6 34. Bd8+ Kg7 35. Qxe6 Nxf4 36.
Qe7+ Kg6 37. Qf6+ Kh5 38. Qh6#) 30... Kd7 $6 31. Qxd3+ Kc6 32. Qxd8 Bxf7 33.
Bxh8 Bd5 34. Rf6+ Kb5 (34... Be6 $18 {this is totally lost too.}) 35. Nc3+ Kc4
36. Qxd5+ $3 Kxc3 37. Qxa2 {All we are saying, is give pieces a chance lad...
lol. Well darshanmk46 is playing so strongly I feel he must stand a good
chance to win the grand prix. he leads 5.5 - 2.5} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Black "darshanmk46"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{with the match at 5.5 - 2.5 i feel it must be all over bar the shouting, but
LifeWithoutChes was to have a consolation win.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Qd2 Bf5 5. f3 Bg6 6. g4 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Nh3 Bb4 9. g5 hxg5 10. Nxg5 Qe7 11.
Bg2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Qd4 Bxc3 17.
Qxc3 Qxe2 18. Bh3+ Kb8 19. f5 Bh5 20. Rde1 Qa6 21. Re7 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23.
Qxg7 Re8 24. a3 Qa5 25. c3 d4 26. Qxd4 Nc5 27. Kb1 Be2 28. Bf1 Bg4 29. Bh3 Be2
30. Bf1 Bg4 31. Qxg4 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qb6 33. Qb4 Qd6 34. Bg2 Re2 35. Nxf7 Qe7 36.
Bd5 c6 37. Qf4+ Ka8 38. Bc4 Re4 39. Qh6 a6 (39... Rxc4 $4 40. Qh8+ Qd8 41.
Qxd8#) 40. f6 Qd7 41. Qf8+ $1 Ka7 42. Qxc5+ b6 43. Qf8 Rxc4 44. Qe7 (44. Nd6
Rf4 45. Re1 Rxf6 (45... a5 46. Re7 b5 47. Rxd7+ $18) 46. Qxf6 $18) 44... Qxe7
45. fxe7 Re4 46. Nd6 $3 Rxe7 47. Nc8+ {Well played Super. 5.5 - 3.5, could
there be a surprise comeback?} 1-0
[Event "Grand Prix 2016 event 2(match 1) 60 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.06.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "darshanmk46"]
[Black "LifeWithoutChes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1388"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
{darshanmk46 needed just one win to win the match and he was to do just that.
with the match going his way at 5.5 - 3.5, the Indian prodigy was to prove too
strong for the American prodigy.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 {
Super desperately tries his well conducted Scandinavian Defence which he knows
well.} Nf6 5. c4 Qh5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11.
Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qa5+ 13. b4 Qxa3 14. Qc2 Qxb4+ 15. Kf1 f5 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. Rxb7
Rfb8 18. Qb1 Qe8 19. d5 Rxb7 20. Qxb7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5 $2 $11 (21... Rb8 22.
Qxc6 Rb1+ 23. Ke2 Qxc6 24. dxc6 Rxh1 $19) 22. Qxc7 Nd3 23. Bd4 e5 24. Be3 Qa4
25. g3 Nd2+ $4 {a move by a tired youngster.} 26. Bxd2 e4 27. Bh5 g6 28. Bh6
Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qd4 30. Be3 Qf6 31. Be2 Rf8 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. Rd1 Qc3 34. Qxa7 Re8
35. Bd4 Re7 36. Qxe7 Qxd4 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qb7+ Kg8
41. Qb3 d2 42. Qc2 Kf7 43. Rxd2 Qg4 44. d6 f4 45. f3 Qg5 46. d7 fxg3 47. hxg3
Qd8 48. c5 h5 49. c6 h4 50. c7 h3+ 51. Kh2 Qa8 52. d8=Q Qxd8 {and so
darshanmk46 puts up a serious challenge for the ICC 2016 grand prix event 2.
Good luck LifeWithoutChes he is far from out of the competition yet.} 1-0