FM Sargis Sargissyan of Aremnia completed a remarkable climb to the top of the 4th World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities by winning his final round game and crowining himself the world champion of this planet’s disabled player
Sargissyan scored 8½ points in the 9-round Swiss evevnt, half-a-point better than FM Marcin Molenda of Poland and Jose Maria Saponara Caizzi of Argentina who each tallied 8 points. And share 2nd to 3rd spots. Russia’s FM Stanislav Babarykin, who led the event for the longest time, settled for a share of 4th to 9th places with compatriot FM Ilia Lipilin, Ganbat Dashtseren of Mongolia, Antonio Varvaglione of Italy, FM Carlos Larduet Despaigne of Cuba, and IM Jacek Stachan of the Czech Republic. Each has 7½ points.
Meanwhile, the Filipino players entered in the competition didn’t quite live up to expectations – kept at bay by strong opposition that have no doubt taken them by surprise. Henry Lopez turned out to be the Philippines’ best scorer, notching 7 points in an undefeated performance, with Jasper Rom scoring 6½ markers. The country’s best bet, FM Sander Severino, can only manage 6 points along with Darry Bernanrdo, while Rodolfo Sarmiento tallied 5 points.
Molenda,M (2365)-Otero Munelo,HJ (2125)
Tornelo (8.3) 2021
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 0-0 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.0-0 Na6 11.Bd3 Nc7 12.Bf4 b5 13.Nd2 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Rb8 15.Bb3 Ba6 16.Re1 Rb4 17.Qf3 c4 18.Ba4 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Rxb2 20.Nde4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bb5 22.Bxb5 Nxb5 23.Bg5 Qb8 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Nd4 26.Qxd4 Rb1 27.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 28.Kh2 Qf5 29.Qf6 Qxd5 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Bf6+ 1-0
Becker,M (2270)-Sargissyan,S (2269)
Tornelo (9.1) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 b5 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.Qe3 b4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bg5 16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Re8 18.h3 Bxh4 19.gxh4 Bf5 20.Nh5 Bg6 21.Ng3 Qxh4 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.Qf4 Rad8 24.h4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Qf2 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 h6 30.Rg1 Qh3+ 31.Qh2 Re3 32.Rd4 Qe6 33.Rdg4 h5 34.R4g3 Qe4+ 35.R3g2 Rf8 36.Rd1 Rf4 0-1
Rom,Jasper (2202)-Molenda,M (2365)
Tornelo (9.4) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.0-0 a6 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bd5 Rb8 9.d3 Nf6 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 d6 12.Qe1 0-0 13.Qh4 d5 14.f5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Bb7 16.Bh6 b4 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Ng5 bxc3 19.fxg6 Qg4 20.gxf7+ Rxf7 21.Qxg4 Nxg4 22.Nxf7 Nxh6 23.Nxh6+ Bxh6 24.bxc3 Rf8 25.Rfe1 Bc6 26.h3 Bf4 27.Re2 Be5 28.Re3 a5 29.Ra1 Ra8 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Ke2 Ke6 32.g3 Bb5+ 33.Kd2 Rd8+ 34.Kc1 Bc7 35.c4 Bc6 36.c3 Rf8 37.Kb2 Rf2+ 38.Ka3 h5 39.Rg1 Be5 40.g4 h4 41.g5 Bg3 42.g6 Rf8 43.Rexg3 hxg3 44.Rxg3 Kf6 45.e5+ Kg7 46.Rg5 e6 47.h4 Rf5 48.Rg1 Rxe5 49.Rg3 Be8 50.b4 axb4+ 51.cxb4 Bxg6 52.bxc5 Rxc5 53.Kb4 Rh5 54.Rg4 Kf6 55.c5 Be8 56.Rc4 Bc6 57.Ka5 Bd5 58.Rg4 Kf5 59.Rd4 Ke5 60.Rb4 Rh8 61.Rg4 Bf3 62.Rg5+ Kd4 63.Kb6 e5 64.Rg6 Rxh4 65.c6 Bxc6 66.Kxc6 e4 67.Rd6+ Kc4 68.Re6 Kd3 69.Kc5 e3 70.Rd6+ Kc2 71.Re6 Kd2 72.Rd6+ Ke1 73.Ra6 e2 74.Ra1+ Kf2 75.Ra2 Kf1 0-1
Dashtseren,G-Nowak,L (2343)
Tornelo (9.5) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Be2 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.a4 0-0 10.a5 Qc7 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Qd2 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Rfd1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Ra4 Qc7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Bb7 20.f3 Rfc8 21.Rb6 Bd8 22.Rbb4 Kf8 23.Na5 Ba8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.b3 Bxa5 26.Rxa5 Rc8 27.Rxa6 Bb7 28.Rb6 Rxc3 29.Rxb7 Rxc2 30.h4 h5 31.b4 g6 32.e5 Re2 33.f4 Re4 34.g3 Re2 35.b5 Rb2 36.b6 Kg7 37.Kf1 Rb3 38.Ke2 Rxg3 39.Rc7 Rb3 40.b7 Rb2+ 41.Kd3 Rb1 42.Kd4 Rb5 43.Kc4 Rb1 44.Kc5 Rc1+ 45.Kd6 Rb1 46.Kd7 Rd1+ 47.Kc8 1-0
Tumenbayar,T (1866)-Lopez,H (2107)
Tornelo (9.9) 2021
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Be7 11.f4 0-0 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Ng4 14.Qd2 d5 15.Bf2 Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Bg5 17.Qd1 d4 18.Nb1 Be3+ 19.Kf3 Qh4 20.Qe1 Qg5 21.g4 Nf6 22.Qg3 h5 23.h3 hxg4+ 24.hxg4 g6 25.Rh1 Kg7 26.Ng1 gxf5 27.gxf5 Nxe4 28.Rh7+ Kxh7 29.Qh2+ Kg7 30.Bxe4 Qxf5+ 31.Ke2 Qxe4 32.Nd2 Qg2+ 33.Qxg2+ Bxg2 34.Ngf3 Bxf3+ 35.Nxf3 e4 36.Ne5 f5 37.c3 Rh8 38.cxd4 Bxd4 0-1
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PUZZLERS
WHITE TO MOVE, MATE IN TWO.
The key to our last problem is 1.Ba6!, and Black’s futile options are: 1…Nxb5 2.Bxb5#; 1…Nf3 2.Re5#; 1…Ne2 2.Rc5#.
