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  • Chess: India, Armenia Draw Second Match 2-2

    INDIA, ARMENIA DRAW SECOND MATCH 2-2

    Times of India
    Dec 1 2008

    NEW DELHI: Former world junior champion Zaven Andriasian scored a vital
    full point against reigning world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta and
    Samvel Ter Sahakyan turned the tables on Deep Sengupta to help Armenia
    draw the second match 2-2 in their friendship chess match on Monday.

    Having won the first game of the match by a 2.5-1.5 margin, the
    Indians maintained a 1-0 lead in the three match series and the
    Armenians will be under tremendous pressure to score the equaliser
    in the final match at the Russian center for Science and Culture.

    B Adhiban's heroics for the second day running spelled good omen for
    India as the reigning under-16 world champion made short work of GM
    Avetik Grigoryan and gave the Indians an early lead.

    But a rare oversight by Abhijeet cost him dearly after he missed a
    simple tactic from an easy position while Deep Sengupta also lost
    from a position of strength to hand Armenians a 2-1 lead.

    GM Arun Prasad was already in control and completed the formalities
    of converting a full point from a won position against Hrant Melkumyan
    on the second board.

    The three-day match will see a befitting finale tomorrow and Indians
    will again be playing white on the top board.

    Andriasian was lucky to score from a Slav defense game even though his
    position commanded respect once the game entered the middle game stage.

    Abhijeet, in trying to go for wild complexities, missed out black's
    counter play in the process and his oversight did not help the cause
    in any ways. The game was over when Andriasian forced checkmate.

    Earlier in the day, Adhiban showed the way in his white-piece victory
    over Grigoryan. It was a Ruy Lopez by the Armenian that gave Adhiban
    a lasting advantage in the middle game as Grigoryan was apparently
    not well versed with the system.

    Adhiban cashed in on his chances and sacrificed a rook in the middle
    game to rip open black's king side and he was cruising home after
    Grigoryan failed to spot the right defense. The game lasted just
    31 moves.

    Deep Sengupta got a fine position after a positional exchange sacrifice
    against Sahakyan but could not keep his position together. Sahakyan
    waited patiently and Deep's strategy of exchanging pieces did not
    work well. For the records it was a French where Deep played black.

    Arun remained composed when under pressure and delivered the goods
    when the opportunity arose against Melkumyan.

    The Semi Slav defense by Arun as black led to some initial problems
    but the Indian knitted his position well until Melkumyan went for an
    illusive attack with a rook sacrifice.

    Finding the right defense, Arun capitalised on his material advantage
    to score the equalizer for India.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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