P.B.Dhanish with 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 unfinished game (against S.K.Somani) is the highest scorer in the Championship 1506. S.K.Somani has 2 more wins in the current period keeping his score at 100%. Somani’s games against the other top players Dhanish, Nagaradjane, Ravi Prakash are unfinished and these are the games which will decide the top positions. A.G.Nagaradjane has only 1 unfinished game (vs. Anirudh Trehan). He too is a strong contender to win the Championship. So its an open question at the moment: are we going to have a new champion P.B.Dhanish or will one of the past Champions Somani, Nagaradjane take the top slot? Ravi Praksh and Dabholkar have also proved themselves in this Championship.

Below we give two recent games from 1506:

Annirudh Trehan obtains better development and a strong pawn centre in the opening. On the 24th move he nets a pawn as a result of direct attack against Dr. Rao's king. After a second pawn falls on the 27th move, it becomes only a matter of simplification and advancing the extra pawns.

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7

More usual is 8...c6 9.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qd2

9.Be3 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.Bh6 Kh8 12.Rad1 Qc8

An unnatural placement.

13.Nh4

There doesn't seem to be very much point in placing the knight here. Instead logical would have been:

13.Bxg7+ Kxg7 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ne5

13...Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Ng8

There was a possibility to strike out at the centre immediately with

14...e5 15.d5 Ng8 16.Qe3 f5 =

15.Qg5 Ndf6 16.f4 h6 17.Qe5 Kh7 18.f5 g5 19.Nf3 Nd7

There was still the chance to contest the centre with c5.

20.Qg3 Ngf6 21.Rd3 Rg8 22.Ne5 Rg7 23.Qh3 c5

23...Kg8 was the only way against Qxh6.For if 24.Qxh6 Rh7 25.Qxg5+ Rg7

24.Qxh6+

24...Kg8

24...Kxh6 25.Rh3+ mates.

25.Nxd7 Qxd7 26.d5 Rh7 27.Qxg5+ Kh8 28.Rg3 Qd6 29.Qf4 a6 30.a4 Rg8 31.Rxg8+ Kxg8 32.Qxd6 exd6 33.g4 Rg7 34.h3 Bc8 35.Kh2 Bd7 36.Rf4 Ne8 37.b3 f6 38.Re4 Kf8 39.Bd3 Re7 40.Ne2 Rxe4 41.Bxe4 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Nf4 Kf7 44.Ne6 b4 45.h4 Bc8 46.g5 Kg8 47.Kh3 Kh8 48.Kg4 Kg8 49.h5 fxg5 50.Kxg5 Kf7 51.Nd8+ Ke7 52.h6 Nf6 53.Kg6 1-0

Dr. Rao obtains a slightly cramped position after the opening. P.B.Dhanish has pressure on the queen side and wins a pawn by a simple tactical stroke. After simplifications and some complications on the queen side, white combines the power of his well placed rook and knight to clear all of black's remaining pawns.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 dxc4 9.Nxc4 Na6 10.O-O Rb8 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Nfe5 Be8 14.Na5 c6

14...Rxd4 15.Bxb7 Rd6 (15...Qd6 16.Nac4 +-) 16.Nac6 Bxc6 17.Nxc6 +-

15.Qc4 Nc7

In view of white's next 15...Nd5 was indicated

16.Bxc6!

16...Ncd5

16...bxc6 17.Naxc6 Bxc6 18.Nxc6 Qf8 19.Nxb8 Rxb8 20.Qxc7 and white has won a piece.

17.Bxe8 Qxe8 18.Qd3 Nd7 19.Nec4 N7b6 20.Nxb6 Nxb6 21.Rc7 Rd7 22.Rfc1 Qd8 23.Qc2 g6 24.e3 Kg7 25.Qe4 Kg8 26.Rxb7 Rdxb7 27.Nxb7 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Nxd5 29.Nd6 Rxb2 30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.e4 Ne7 32.Rc7 Rb6 33.e5 Nc6 34.Nxf7 Nxd4 35.Rxa7 Kg8 36.Kg2 Nb5 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Rd7 Nxa3 39.Ng4 Kg8 40.Nf6+ Kf8 41.Nxh7+ Kg8 42.Kh3 Nc4 43.f4 Rb2 44.Ng5 Ne3 45.Nxe6 Nf1 46.Kg4 Nxh2+ 47.Kg5 Rg2 48.Rg7+ Kh8 49.Kxg6 1-0

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