GTLF National ‘A’ Chess Championship for the Blind 2010,Mumbai

Young Darpan Inani (Gujrat) scoring first two straight wins jumped into the sole lead in the GTLF 11th National-A Chess Championship for the Blind under the aegis of the All India Chess Federation for the Blind being supported by the All Chess Federation here on Thursday

The 15-player round robin tournament at the Andheri Sports Complex is a pedestal for the visually impaired chess players to represent the country in the World Chess Championship to be held in Serbia , 2010.

Behind Darpan (2) , three other players Darshan Patel, Ashwin Makwana  (both Gujarat) and ST.Sai Krishna (Tamil Nadu) with 1 .5 points were following the leader.

In an early Bishop Opening , Darpan with white pieces gave no chance to his opponent Shirish V.Patil of Maharashta .Though the queens were off the board at their 17th move itself, shirish gave up his centralized “d” pawn without any compensation and started trailing behind Darpan there after. An awful break on the Kingside at the 19th move of Shirish paved way for Darpan to reach a

winning rook and pawn ending. which survived 48 moves.

Rajesh Oza (Maharashtra), the reigning national champion escaped from the clutches of defeat against E.P. Noushad (Kerala). For Noushad a win was missed when he was an exchange plus, a draw was evaded in a delicate Bishop and Knight pawns ending and finally with a piece down he gave up the game to the experienced chess personality. In the earlier first round, Rajesh Oza was humbled down by seasoned and top rated SriKrishna Udupa (Karanataka)

 

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