IBCA World Chess Championship gets underway!
India’s leading player Srikrishna Udupa from Karnataka, went down to Russia’s Sergey Krylov in the opening round of 11th IBCA individual world chess championship for the blind at Radisson Resorts, Varca, today.
The Indian favourite with a rating of 2057 was pitted against a Russian giant (2393), and started off confidently with white pieces and opened his attack with a Sicilian and Unusual variation. The Russian countered with a normal Sicilian defense but caught the Indian napping on a crucial 19th move on the board to seal the issue with black pieces.
Among other creditable performers for India, unrated Gaurav Gagodia held Milenko Cabarkapa of Serbia (2197) with black pieces to claim half-a-point. Milenko is one of the most experienced players having won the first two editions of the championhips.
Madan Bagayatkar, another unrated Indian, played a crafty game to share points with Russian Alexander Romanenkov (2234). In another tie, Swapnil Shah also held Russian Vladimir and Vasant Patil of India went down to German Schellmann Frank (2116) of Germany.
Earlier, the Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane inaugurated the championships by making the first move. Mr Rane said that he was indeed glad to see Goa on the world map because of the unique event for the visually impaired.
The championship witnessed three world champions and one woman world champion in action. The most interesting match of the day in Round 1 involved 17-year-old Patrik Berggen of Sweden and Zhyltsova Liubov from Ukraine, who is one of the top woman players in the world. Also noteworthy was the fact that there were quite a few women participants from Germany, Ukraine, Iran and all the rated chess players playing in these championships have achieved their rating by playing against sighted world class players.
The Indian challenge is led by Srikrishna Udupa, Madan Bagayatkar, Rajesh Oza, Swapnil Shah, Darshan Patel, Shrish Patil and Vasant patil.
On the opening day the Indian coach and Dronacharya awardee Raghunandan Gokhale said he was hopeful that at least one Indian will feature in the top 10. “This is just the opening round and there is still a lot of chess to be played and the Indian players will bounce back in some way down the line,” Gokhale added.
The Indian favourite with a rating of 2057 was pitted against a Russian giant (2393), and started off confidently with white pieces and opened his attack with a Sicilian and Unusual variation. The Russian countered with a normal Sicilian defense but caught the Indian napping on a crucial 19th move on the board to seal the issue with black pieces.
Among other creditable performers for India, unrated Gaurav Gagodia held Milenko Cabarkapa of Serbia (2197) with black pieces to claim half-a-point. Milenko is one of the most experienced players having won the first two editions of the championhips.
Madan Bagayatkar, another unrated Indian, played a crafty game to share points with Russian Alexander Romanenkov (2234). In another tie, Swapnil Shah also held Russian Vladimir and Vasant Patil of India went down to German Schellmann Frank (2116) of Germany.
Earlier, the Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane inaugurated the championships by making the first move. Mr Rane said that he was indeed glad to see Goa on the world map because of the unique event for the visually impaired.
The championship witnessed three world champions and one woman world champion in action. The most interesting match of the day in Round 1 involved 17-year-old Patrik Berggen of Sweden and Zhyltsova Liubov from Ukraine, who is one of the top woman players in the world. Also noteworthy was the fact that there were quite a few women participants from Germany, Ukraine, Iran and all the rated chess players playing in these championships have achieved their rating by playing against sighted world class players.
The Indian challenge is led by Srikrishna Udupa, Madan Bagayatkar, Rajesh Oza, Swapnil Shah, Darshan Patel, Shrish Patil and Vasant patil.
On the opening day the Indian coach and Dronacharya awardee Raghunandan Gokhale said he was hopeful that at least one Indian will feature in the top 10. “This is just the opening round and there is still a lot of chess to be played and the Indian players will bounce back in some way down the line,” Gokhale added.
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