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Monday, December 12, 2016
Sanjana Vittal Wins Westfield Championship
13 year old WFM Sanjana Vittal won the
2016 Westfield Club Championship yesterday, defeating 2 Masters to
finish with a perfect 4-0 score.
She dispatched LM James West in round 3 & clinched the crown by upending NM Max Lu, the nation's 3rd-ranked 11 year old.
Here is the latter game:
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Elo
1.e4
1,162,869
54%
2421
1.d4
944,726
55%
2434
1.Nf3
280,651
56%
2441
1.c4
181,586
56%
2442
1.g3
19,663
56%
2427
1.b3
14,175
54%
2427
1.f4
5,871
48%
2376
1.Nc3
3,767
51%
2384
1.b4
1,737
48%
2378
1.a3
1,193
54%
2403
1.e3
1,064
48%
2408
1.d3
945
50%
2378
1.g4
658
46%
2359
1.h4
444
53%
2373
1.c3
422
51%
2422
1.h3
278
56%
2416
1.a4
108
60%
2468
1.Nh3
88
66%
2510
1.f3
87
45%
2429
1.Na3
40
63%
2477
Please, wait...
1.d4d52.Nc3This is playablebut2.c4& a Q's Gambitor2.Nf3/\ 3.c4 is more thematic.2...Nf62...c63.e4makes a Caro-Kann&2...e63.e4forms a French.3.Bg5Veresov's System.3.Bf4is
Barry's Attack.3...Bf5Black chooses quick, active developmentover3...Nbd7& structural preservation.4.Bxf6White seizes the opportunity
& gives his foe doubled pawns.exf65.e3c66.Bd36.Nf3Bd67.Be2N
is passive & leaves Black with the B pair.6.Nge2Bd67.Ng3Bc8!N8.Bd3g6is weaker still.6...Bxd37.Qxd3Bd68.e4dxe49.Nxe4
We now have a Tartakower Caro-Kann structure but, since there are fewer
pieces here, the 2nd player should, at least in the middlegame, have an easier
task compared to 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6, which is
rarely seen at the top levels these days.9...Bc7N9...0-09...Bb4+&
9...Be7had been tried previously.10.0-0-00-0With the kings
residing on opposite sides of the board an interesting fight is on the card.11.Ne2Na611...Nd712.d5Ne5was an option. The Na6-Bc7 alignment seems
somewhat artificial & I wonder where Black's Q will go.12.Qb3
12.a3, keeping the enemy steed from coming into b4, is more solid than
pawn-hunting on the Q-side. However, Max needs a win to net a share of 1st
place while a draw will do the same for Sanjana.12...Qe7!13.N2g3If13.Qxb7??thenBf4+-+13...Qe614.Qa4?14.Qxe6fxe615.c3=14...Qd5?!14...Rfe815.c4Qa5?!15...Qd8=16.Qb3?!16.Qxa5Bxa517.d516...b517.cxb5Rab818.Qc3??
18.Nc3Bf4+19.Kb1Nc720.Nf518...Nb4?18...Qxa2‼-+∆19.bxa6Rb319.Qa3?19.Qc4Rxb520.Nc319...Qxb520.Kb1Rb6?20...Bxg321.Nxg3Rb6-+21.Nc5Rfb8!?21...Bxg322.fxg3Ra622.Qb3?22.Qa4Qc423.Nd7Ra6≤22.Nd7??Bxg3-+∆23.Nxb6?Qf5+24.Ka1?Nc2+25.Kb1Nxa3+26.Ka1Qb1+!27.Rxb1Nc2#22...Qa523.Nd7??23.Qc423...Nd5??23...Bxg324.Nxb6Qf5+25.Ka1Bd6-+when White can't save his N with26.Nc4, for example, because Black hasNc2+discovering on the Q27.Kb1Rxb3etc.24.Nxb6Rxb6
25.Rde1?25.Qc4
returning the ExchangeNc3+26.Ka1Nxd127.Rxd1=25...g626.Qc4Qd227.Qc1Qxd428.Ka1Be529.Re2?29.Rxe5fxe530.Nf5!(∆gxf5??31.Qg5+with an inevitable draw by repetition) was the only try but
even that may be losing.29...Nf4-+30.Rd2
Now Black's steed joins the attack upon b2.30.Rxe5fxe531.Rd1Nd332.Qc2Qxb2+33.Qxb2Nxb234.Rd8+but that's 2 pawns in the red.30...Nd331.Rhd1White is
without resource.After31.Rxd3Qxd3he loses his Q.31...Qb432.Qb1Again32.Rxd3Bxb2+is no help.32...Nxb2Mate is in the air.33.Rd8+Kg734.Re1Nd1+White resigns0–1
14-time champ LM Todd Lunna had to settle for 2nd place & expert Eric Li (the nation's 3rd-ranked nine-year-old!) was 3rd.
The U2200 prize (pooled with U2000 & 2nd U2000) went to David Zhurbinsky, Keshav Rao, NM Maricio Camejo, Abhimanyu Mishra, Louis Leiggi, Michael O'Connor & Boyang Zhao.
U1800 Section Winners
1st place: Abinav Mundayat
2nd place (+ U1600): Ramneek Singh, Tarosh Gurramkonda, Benjamin Ma, Paul Gottlieb & Shravan Varadharajan
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