Mumbai, Nov 5 Karnataka's FM Girish Kaushik (ELO
2246) and Tamil Nadu's Saranya J (ELO 2146) lead the boy's and
girl's category respectively with five points each at the end
of the fourth day of the U-15 national sub-junior Chess
Championships here.
Kaushik opted for Slav Defense against Andhra Pradesh's
Abhilash Reddy M L (ELO 2133). The game was equally poised
till 13th move but on 14th move Abhilash sacrificed his Bishop
for 2 pawns but could not get any compensation, thereby
accepting his defeat in 22 moves.
On the top table, Tamil Nadu's Tejas Ravichandran (ELO
2203), playing with white pieces against Maharashtra's FM
Shiven Khosla (ELO 2331), opted for unusual opening which was
later converted to King's Indian defense by Shiven.
On 20th move Tejas exchanged his bishop for black strong
bishop. He could have had the game in his favor by getting a
strong attack. - (Agencies)
Nov 05, 2009
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