Guyana’s Under-10 chess players who participated in the FIDE Online Rapid World Cup Cadets & Youth Champ-ionship 2021 expressed themselves handsomely against the creme de la creme of the U-10 community of chess players worldwide.
Pre-eminent among the select group of U-10 chess players was Aquilani Swaminadha, who scored 5 points (a win = 1 point, a draw = ½ point, a loss = 0 point) and placed 125th among the 200-plus participants. Julian Mohabir scored 4 points and placed 164th; Nicholas Zhang, 3 points, 198th and Jacob Frank McDonald, 2 points, 212th.
Sakline Mostafa Sajid, 1770, of Bangladesh, who was FIDE-ranked 70 as he entered the championship, placed first, quite an achieve-ment. However, in juxtaposition to this occurrence, Swaminadha possessed no FIDE rating, was ranked 212, but captured a respect-able five points and placed 125th.
Meanwhile, Polish Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda was crowned champion of the 2021 World Cup in Sochi, Russia. In the final game, Duda defeat-ed Sergey Karjakin in a 30-move game. He played unbeaten in the 24-day event and knock-ed out world champion Magnus Carlsen who eventually placed third. Duda has now cemented a spot in the next FIDE Candidates Tournament.
White: Magnus Carlsen
Black: Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Tournament: World Cup, Sochi, Russia. August 3, 2021.
Type of Game: Rapid. Sicilian Defence. Canal Attack. Main Line.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bb4 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Qd3 Be7 15.a3 Rac8 16.g3 Na5 17.b3 Qc6 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Rfb1 a6 20.Kg2 Nc6 21.Re1 Qb5 22.Qb1 Rc7 23.h4 Rfc8 24.Ra2 a5 25.Rh1 a4 26.b4 h6 27.Be3 Na7 28.Bd2 Qe2 29.Re1 Qc4 30.Re3 Nb5 31.Rd3 Rc6 32.Rb2 Bd8 33.g4 Bb6 34.Be3 Nc3 35.Qf1 Qb5 36.Rc2 Ne4 37.Rxc6 Rxc6 38.Rd1 Rc4 39.Nd2 Nxd2 40.Rxd2 Qc6 41.Qe2 Rc3 42.Ra2 Bd8 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 Qc4 45.Qxc4 dxc4 46.d5 exd5 47.Rd2 Rd3 48.Rxd3 cxd3 49.f4 Kf8 50.Kf3 Ke7 51.Bc5+ Ke6 52.Ke3 Kf5 53.Kxd3 g6 54.Be3 Bc7 55.b5 Bd8 56.Kd4 Bb6+ 57.Kd3 Bd8 58.Kd4 Be7 59.Bc1 Ke6 60.Bb2 Bd8 61.Kc5 Ba5 62.Bc1 Bc3 63.b6 d4 64.Kc4 Kd7 65.Be3 Bb2 66.Bxd4 Bxa3 67.Be3 Bb2 68.Kb4 a3 69.Kb3 Ke6 70.Ka2 Kd5 71.Kb3 Ke4 72.Bd2 Bd4 73.Kxa3 Bxb6 74.Kb4 Bf20-1 White Resigns.
