FM Stanislav Babarykin of Russia grabbed the solo leadership of the 4th World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities being played at the Tornelo online platform after beating erstwile co-leader and compatriot FM Ilia Lipilin in Round 6 action Wednesday for his sixth straight win the event.
Babarykin now leads by half-point over closest pursuers Harlen Jose Otero Munelo of Venezuela, Ganbat Dashtseren of Mongolia, FM Carlos Larduet Despaigne of Cuba, FM Marcin Molenda of Poland, and FM Sargis Sargissyan of Armenia who each has 5½ points.
Meanwhile, tragedy struck the Philippines’ top two players, with FM Sander Severino beaten by untitled and unrated Ganbat Dashtseren of Mongolia in 62 moves of Symmetrical English, and Jasper Rom losing on time to Zarko Selkovski after 42 moves of a Closed Sicilian. But while Severino and Rom were losing, Darry Bernardo and Henry Lopez won their respective Round 6 outings. Bernardo blasted Ejaz Husain of Bangladesh in 25 moves of a Nimzovich Defense, while Lopez outplayed Luis Anibal Rodriguez Pirela in 45 moves of a Dutch Defense. Bernardo and Lopez climbed up the standings, with Bernardo rising to 13th place officially with 5 points total and Lopez improving to 4½ points and a share of 19th to 42nd places.
With only three rounds to go, both Severino and Rom will be hard pressed to enter the top ten. Both sank to a share of 43rd to 70th places with 4 points each after their losses.
Lipilin,I (2174)-Babarykin,S (2364)
Tornelo (6.1) 2021
1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.h3 0-0 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.0-0 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 Rfe8 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Ne2 g6 18.Qa5 d4 19.exd4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 cxd4 21.Qxa6 Qd5 22.Qc6 Qg5+ 23.Kf1 Nh5 24.Be4 Ne5 25.Qc5 d3 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 27.Bxd3 Qh4 28.Be4 Qxh3+ 29.Ke1 Nxf3+ 30.Bxf3 Qxf3 31.Qb5 Qe4 32.Qc4 Qg2 33.Qb5 Qg1+ 34.Kd2 Rd8+ 35.Ke3 Qg4 36.Qe5 Ng7 37.f3 Qh4 38.Ng3 Re8 39.Rc8 Rxc8 40.Ne4 Re8 41.Qb5 f5 0-1
Severino,S (2364)-Dashtseren,G
Tornelo (6.5) 2021
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 e5 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Be3 f5 10.f4 Be6 11.Qd2 Qd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Rf2 a5 15.Raf1 a4 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bh6 Qd6 19.Bh3 b5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.exf5 Nxd5 22.Bg2 Rac8 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.Qh6+ Kf7 27.Qh7+ Kf6 28.h4 Ne7 29.Qh6 Nf5 30.Qg5+ Kf7 31.h5 Qf6 32.hxg6+ Kg7 33.Qg4 Ne3 34.Qh5 b4 35.Bf3 Qxg6 36.Qxe5+ Qf6 37.Qe4 a3 38.bxa3 bxa3 39.Qa8 Qe5 40.Kf2 Nf5 41.Qb7+ Kh6 42.Qb6+ Kg7 43.Qb7+ Kf6 44.Qb6+ Kg7 45.Qa7+ Kg6 46.Qb6+ Kh7 47.Qa7+ Kh8 48.Qa8+ Kg7 49.Qe4 Qxg3+ 50.Ke2 Qh2+ 51.Ke1 Qg1+ 52.Kd2 Kf6 53.Qe1 Qg8 54.Qb1 Qg5+ 55.Kc2 Ne3+ 56.Kd2 Nc4+ 57.Kc2 Qd2+ 58.Kb3 Qc3+ 59.Ka4 Qa5+ 60.Kb3 Nd2+ 61.Kc2 Nxb1 62.Kxb1 Qc3 0-1
Rom,J (2202)-Selkovski,Z (2008)
Tornelo (6.8) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.Nge2 d4 8.Ne4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Nf4 Nc6 12.Bg2 Re8 13.Bd2 Ne5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Re1 Bc6 16.Bxc6 Nxc6 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qh5 Ne5 19.Ng2 Qc6 20.Nh4 c4 21.f4 Ng6 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Qe2 Qb5 25.g4 Qxb2 26.Bc1 Qxa2 27.h4 Bb4 28.Rf1 cxd3 29.Qxd3 Rc8 30.Nxd4 Nxh4 31.Be3 Qd5 32.Rf2 Rc3 33.Qe2 Bc5 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.Bxc5 Rh3 36.Rh2 Qxc5+ 37.Rf2 Qd5 38.Rg2 Qc5+ 39.Rf2 Ne3 40.f5 Rg3+ 41.Kh2 Qe5 42.Kh1 Qa1+ 0-1
Husain,E (1952)-Bernardo,D (2114)
Tornelo (6.12) 2021
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6 8.Qe3 Qd6 9.f4 0-0-0 10.Nd2 g6 11.Nf3 Bh6 12.Ne5 Rhf8 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.g3 Rd6 15.Bd2 Re6 16.0-0-0 Rxe3 17.Bxe3 Ne4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.h4 Qa6 20.a3 Qe2 21.Rde1 Qf3 22.Rhg1 c5 23.c3 e6 24.Kd2 e5 25.fxe5 Bxe3+ 0-1
Lopez,H (2107)-Rodriguez Pirela,LA (1880)
Tornelo (6.24) 2021
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 0-0 7.d5 h6 8.0-0 Na6 9.Nd4 Nc5 10.b4 Nce4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.Qd3 Nf6 14.c5 Qe8 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Rb8 17.Rac1 Qa4 18.a3 Rfd8 19.cxd6 Rxd6 20.Qc4 c6 21.Be5 Rbd8 22.Bxd6 Rxd6 23.e3 a6 24.e4 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Kh7 27.h4 h5 28.Rc5 Bf6 29.Rxh5+ Kg7 30.Ra5 Qb3 31.h5 Qd3 32.Re1 Rd4 33.Qxg6+ Qxg6 34.hxg6 Kxg6 35.Re2 Rd3 36.Kg2 Bd4 37.f4 Rd1 38.Rg5+ Kf6 39.Rg8 Ra1 40.Kf3 Rxa3+ 41.Kg4 Re3 42.Rxe3 Bxe3 43.f5 c5 44.Kf3 Bd4 45.Ke4 1-0
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE, MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Nb5!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…Qe3 2.d8=Q#; 1…Qd3 2.d8=N#; 1…Qxd7+ 2.Bxd7#.
