Annotated by IM Manuel Aaron
[Diagram # Normally, a youngster would
opt to go for a queen-side offensive here.
Remarkably here, white who is only 11–
years old, evaluates the position as ripe for
an advantageous endgame and goes out of
the way to offer exchange of queens.]19...
Qxb5 [If 19...Qxg3 20.Rac1 Kb8 21.Nc5!+–;
or if 19...Rhe8 20.Nxa5 Bxa5 21.Bxb7+ Kb8
22.Qa6+–]20.axb5 [Threatened with the
loss of his a5 pawn, black must do something
immediately.]20...Ne4 21.Nxa5 Kb8 [If
21...Nxg3 22.Nxb7 Nxf1 23.Bc6 (this plugs
the black king's escape via d7 and threatens
mate.) 23...Kb8 24.Nxd8 Ba7 25.Nf7+–]22.
Bxe4! fxe4 23.Nc4± [White has a clear advantage, not just because he has a pawn more,
it is because of the open a-file along which
he could generate a mating attack with his
rooks and black's weak pawn on e4.]23...Bd4
24.Ra4! [He is going to double his rooks along
the a-file.]24...Rd5 25.Rfa1! Kc8 26.Rd1!
[Diagram #][White pins the Bd4 which is
supporting the Rh8. If immediately: 26.Ra8+
Kd7 27.Rxh8 Bxh8 White has only a very
slight advantage.]26...c6 [If 26...Bxf2+
27.Kxf2 Rf8+ 28.Ke3 Rxd1 29.Ra8+ Kd7
30.Rxf8+–]27.Nb6+!! Bxb6 28.Rxd5 cxd5
29.Ra8+ Kc7 30.Rxh8 Bd4 31.Rxh7+ Kb6
32.Rd7 [32.b3 was equally good.]32...
Kxb5 33.Rxd5+ Kc4 34.Rxd4+! [This
simplifies into a winning pawn ending.]34...
Kxd4 35.h4! [The pawn ending is easily
won after: 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4 Ke5 37.Kg2
Kf4 38.Kh3 Kf5 39.e3 b6 40.Kg3 b5 41.b4
Ke5 42.Kg4]1–0
Gagare,Shardul (2514)
Raghunandan,K.S (2280) [D46]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3
Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5
Nxe5 13.Nd4 Neg4 14.g3 Bc5 [This is
a new move in this position, Vidit Gujrathi
(2625) vs Shyam Nikhil (2454), National
Premier Ch, Kottayam, 2014 went: 14...Bxg3
15.hxg3 Qxd4 16.Qd1 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Rfe8
18.f3 Ne5 19.Be3 drawn after 35 moves.]15.
Nf5 Re8 16.Bf4 g6 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Bxg4
Nxg4 19.h3? [This immediately hands over
the initiative to black. Better was" 19.Nd6 Re6
20.Nxb7=]19...gxf5 20.hxg4 Bd4?
[This is an enthusiastic, but over ambitious
move. He wants to play .....c6–c5 to enable
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