Compiled by Ishani Upatharitha
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Ranindu Liyanage at the FIDE Chess World Cup[/caption]
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, the reigning national chess champion of Sri Lanka, had to end his World Cup journey when he lost his back-to-back second game to the Russian Grand Master (GM) Operin Grigoriy (2654) yesterday (14) in the second round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021.
In the game of ‘Sicilian Defence’, the GM sacrificed a pawn on the 12th move and even exchanged the Queen. But after two moves, he managed to get a favourable ‘double-rook ending’ for Black.
Liyanage gave a good challenge in both games. It seemed that the GM, with 450 FIDE ratings above Liyanage, was too strong for him.
The FIDE Chess World Cup is conducted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and is organised this time by the Russian Government and the Russian Chess Federation.
It is in progress from 10 July to 8 August in the Knockout System. A total of 206 players were eligible to play the World Cup where 50 top players had been included at the beginning of the second round. So, a total of 128 players will play the knockout events in the second round, which will get underway from Friday (16). Each round is consisted of two games with different colours with the same opponent. If the score is 1-1, tie-breaks are played on the third day.
In tie-breakers, two ‘Rapid Games’ of 15 minutes plus 10 are played first. If it is still equal at 1-1, two ‘Blitz Games’ of three minutes plus two seconds will be played with either colour. If it is still equal, one ‘Armageddon Game’ is to be played giving five minutes to White and four to Black where Black would win if the game is drawn.
The current world chess champion Magnus Carlson and many top players of the chess world circuit are to join the event from next round.
THE GAME on Wednesday (14) - Grand Master Oparin Grigoriy of Russia- 2654 (Black) vs. Candidate Master Ranindu D. Liyanage of Sri Lanka - 2203 (White)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.OOO Bd7 9.f3 Nd4 10.Qd4 Be7 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Qd3 Qe7 13.e5 Qd6 14.ed6 Bc3 15.bc3 Rc8 16.c4 Ba4 17.Rd4 Kd7 18.Bd3 Rc5 19.Be4 Bf6 20.Bd3 g6 21.Be2 Rhc8 22.Rf4 f5 23.Rh4 h5 24.Rd1 Bd5 25.Rdd4 b5 26.cd5 Rc7 27.Kd1 e5 28.Rb4 Rc1 29.Kd2 R8c2 30.Kd3 Ra2 31.g4 Re1 32.gf5 gf5 33.Rh5 R1e2 34.Rf5 Kd6 35.Re4 Rd2 36.Kc3 Kc5 37.Rf8 Rc2 38.Kb3 Rb2 39.Ka3 a5 40.Rc8 Kd5 41.Rd8 Kc6 42.Rd2 Rd2 43.Re5 Rd3 44.Kb2 Rf3 45.Rh5 a4 46.Rh8 Kc5 47.Rh7 Kb4 48.Rh4 Ka5 49.Rh8 a6 50.Ka2 Ka4 0-1
The first day’s report:
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Grigory vs. Liyanage[/caption]
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage from Sri Lanka is playing positive chess at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 but he has lost a hard-fought game on Monday (12) in the first round with strong Russian Grandmaster Oparin Grigoriy (2654).
Liyanage played 90 moves in a marathon game fighting to get a draw in a position having a Rook for his opponent’s Rook and a Bishop. The Grandmaster was strong and Liyanage, having less time in his clock, made the game in favour of the Russian.
Liyanage, who is working with an Uzbekistan trainer Grandmaster Alexie Barasov, was to face the same opponent with the White pieces on Tuesday (13). He had to score a win on Tuesday to stay in the event.
The FIDE Chess World Cup, conducted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) an organised by the Russian Government and the Russian Chess Federation, is in progress from 10 July to 8 August.
All the top players in the world including the world chess champion Magnus Carson are competing for the supremacy in the chess world in this event.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the ceremonial opening of the FIDE World Cup on Monday at the Galaxy Entertainment and Leisure Complex Sochi, Russia at 3 p.m. Russian time.
The organisers have offered a huge cash prize of nearly Rs. 450 million. The FIDE World Cup winner will receive nearly Rs. 3 million in cash. Even a round-1 competitor is to be awarded nearly Rs. 900,000.
THE GAME on Tuesday (13) - Grand Master Oparin Grigoriy of Russia- 2654 (White) vs. Candidate Master Ranindu D. Liyanage of Sri Lanka - 2203 (Black)
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 a6 7.cd5 ed5 8.d5 Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne2 Ne5 13.Nf4 N2f6 14.Rc1 a5 15.Ne5 c5 16.Ng4 Bf4 17.gf4 Ng4 18.Qg4 Bc8 19.Qh5 Ba6 20.Re1 c4 21.f3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Rc8 23.e4 de4 24.fe4 c3 25.Rc3 Qd4 26.Qf2 Qf2 27.Kf2 Rcd8 28.Rc2 Bd3 29.Bf6 Bc2 30.Bd8 Rd8 31.Bf3 g6 32.Ke2 a4 33.ba4 Ba4 34.Rb1 Rc8 35.Rb6 Rc2 36.Ke3 Ra2 37.f5 Ra3 38.Kf2 Rb3 39.Rd6 gf5 40.ef5 Kg7 41.f6 Kg6 42.Be4 Kg5 43.h4 Kh4 44.Rd4 Rb2 45.Ke3 Bb3 46.Rb4 Kg5 47.Kd4 Kf6 48.Kc3 Rf2 49.Rb3 h5 50.Rb5 h4 51.Rh5 Rh2 52.Kd3 Rh3 53.Kd4 Rh2 54.Ke3 h3 55.Kf4 Rf2 56.Kg3 Rb2 57.Rh3 Rb3 58.Bf3 Kg5 59.Rh5 Kg6 60.Rc5 f5 61.Kf4 Rb4 62.Ke5 Rb1 63.Rc8 Re1 64.Kf4 Ra1 65.Rb6 Kg7 66.Bd5 Ra5 67.Rd6 Ra7 68.Kf5 Rc7 69.Rg6 Kf8 70.Ke6 Re7 71.Kf6 Rf7 72.Ke5 Rc7 73.Be6 Rg7 74.Rf6 Ke7 75.Rh6 Kf8 76.Kd6 Rg4 77.Rh7 Rg6 78.Rc7 Rf6 79.Ke5 Rg6 80.Rf7 Kg8 81.Bd5 Rg7 82.Rf5 Kh2 83.Bf2 Rg4 84.Kf6 Rh4 85.Bg6 Kh6 86.Rg5 Rf4 87.Bf5 Rc4 88.Rg8 Rc6 89.Be3 Rc7 90.Rg6 1-0
Ranindu Liyanage at the FIDE Chess World Cup[/caption]
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage, the reigning national chess champion of Sri Lanka, had to end his World Cup journey when he lost his back-to-back second game to the Russian Grand Master (GM) Operin Grigoriy (2654) yesterday (14) in the second round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021.
In the game of ‘Sicilian Defence’, the GM sacrificed a pawn on the 12th move and even exchanged the Queen. But after two moves, he managed to get a favourable ‘double-rook ending’ for Black.
Liyanage gave a good challenge in both games. It seemed that the GM, with 450 FIDE ratings above Liyanage, was too strong for him.
The FIDE Chess World Cup is conducted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and is organised this time by the Russian Government and the Russian Chess Federation.
It is in progress from 10 July to 8 August in the Knockout System. A total of 206 players were eligible to play the World Cup where 50 top players had been included at the beginning of the second round. So, a total of 128 players will play the knockout events in the second round, which will get underway from Friday (16). Each round is consisted of two games with different colours with the same opponent. If the score is 1-1, tie-breaks are played on the third day.
In tie-breakers, two ‘Rapid Games’ of 15 minutes plus 10 are played first. If it is still equal at 1-1, two ‘Blitz Games’ of three minutes plus two seconds will be played with either colour. If it is still equal, one ‘Armageddon Game’ is to be played giving five minutes to White and four to Black where Black would win if the game is drawn.
The current world chess champion Magnus Carlson and many top players of the chess world circuit are to join the event from next round.
THE GAME on Wednesday (14) - Grand Master Oparin Grigoriy of Russia- 2654 (Black) vs. Candidate Master Ranindu D. Liyanage of Sri Lanka - 2203 (White)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.OOO Bd7 9.f3 Nd4 10.Qd4 Be7 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Qd3 Qe7 13.e5 Qd6 14.ed6 Bc3 15.bc3 Rc8 16.c4 Ba4 17.Rd4 Kd7 18.Bd3 Rc5 19.Be4 Bf6 20.Bd3 g6 21.Be2 Rhc8 22.Rf4 f5 23.Rh4 h5 24.Rd1 Bd5 25.Rdd4 b5 26.cd5 Rc7 27.Kd1 e5 28.Rb4 Rc1 29.Kd2 R8c2 30.Kd3 Ra2 31.g4 Re1 32.gf5 gf5 33.Rh5 R1e2 34.Rf5 Kd6 35.Re4 Rd2 36.Kc3 Kc5 37.Rf8 Rc2 38.Kb3 Rb2 39.Ka3 a5 40.Rc8 Kd5 41.Rd8 Kc6 42.Rd2 Rd2 43.Re5 Rd3 44.Kb2 Rf3 45.Rh5 a4 46.Rh8 Kc5 47.Rh7 Kb4 48.Rh4 Ka5 49.Rh8 a6 50.Ka2 Ka4 0-1
The first day’s report:
[caption id="attachment_149663" align="alignnone" width="356"] Grigory vs. Liyanage[/caption]
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage from Sri Lanka is playing positive chess at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021 but he has lost a hard-fought game on Monday (12) in the first round with strong Russian Grandmaster Oparin Grigoriy (2654).
Liyanage played 90 moves in a marathon game fighting to get a draw in a position having a Rook for his opponent’s Rook and a Bishop. The Grandmaster was strong and Liyanage, having less time in his clock, made the game in favour of the Russian.
Liyanage, who is working with an Uzbekistan trainer Grandmaster Alexie Barasov, was to face the same opponent with the White pieces on Tuesday (13). He had to score a win on Tuesday to stay in the event.
The FIDE Chess World Cup, conducted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) an organised by the Russian Government and the Russian Chess Federation, is in progress from 10 July to 8 August.
All the top players in the world including the world chess champion Magnus Carson are competing for the supremacy in the chess world in this event.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the ceremonial opening of the FIDE World Cup on Monday at the Galaxy Entertainment and Leisure Complex Sochi, Russia at 3 p.m. Russian time.
The organisers have offered a huge cash prize of nearly Rs. 450 million. The FIDE World Cup winner will receive nearly Rs. 3 million in cash. Even a round-1 competitor is to be awarded nearly Rs. 900,000.
THE GAME on Tuesday (13) - Grand Master Oparin Grigoriy of Russia- 2654 (White) vs. Candidate Master Ranindu D. Liyanage of Sri Lanka - 2203 (Black)
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 a6 7.cd5 ed5 8.d5 Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne2 Ne5 13.Nf4 N2f6 14.Rc1 a5 15.Ne5 c5 16.Ng4 Bf4 17.gf4 Ng4 18.Qg4 Bc8 19.Qh5 Ba6 20.Re1 c4 21.f3 Nf6 22.Qh4 Rc8 23.e4 de4 24.fe4 c3 25.Rc3 Qd4 26.Qf2 Qf2 27.Kf2 Rcd8 28.Rc2 Bd3 29.Bf6 Bc2 30.Bd8 Rd8 31.Bf3 g6 32.Ke2 a4 33.ba4 Ba4 34.Rb1 Rc8 35.Rb6 Rc2 36.Ke3 Ra2 37.f5 Ra3 38.Kf2 Rb3 39.Rd6 gf5 40.ef5 Kg7 41.f6 Kg6 42.Be4 Kg5 43.h4 Kh4 44.Rd4 Rb2 45.Ke3 Bb3 46.Rb4 Kg5 47.Kd4 Kf6 48.Kc3 Rf2 49.Rb3 h5 50.Rb5 h4 51.Rh5 Rh2 52.Kd3 Rh3 53.Kd4 Rh2 54.Ke3 h3 55.Kf4 Rf2 56.Kg3 Rb2 57.Rh3 Rb3 58.Bf3 Kg5 59.Rh5 Kg6 60.Rc5 f5 61.Kf4 Rb4 62.Ke5 Rb1 63.Rc8 Re1 64.Kf4 Ra1 65.Rb6 Kg7 66.Bd5 Ra5 67.Rd6 Ra7 68.Kf5 Rc7 69.Rg6 Kf8 70.Ke6 Re7 71.Kf6 Rf7 72.Ke5 Rc7 73.Be6 Rg7 74.Rf6 Ke7 75.Rh6 Kf8 76.Kd6 Rg4 77.Rh7 Rg6 78.Rc7 Rf6 79.Ke5 Rg6 80.Rf7 Kg8 81.Bd5 Rg7 82.Rf5 Kh2 83.Bf2 Rg4 84.Kf6 Rh4 85.Bg6 Kh6 86.Rg5 Rf4 87.Bf5 Rc4 88.Rg8 Rc6 89.Be3 Rc7 90.Rg6 1-0