Chess games

White: Rafael Vaganian Black: Pentala Harikrishna 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bc4 cd4 8. Nd4 Bc3 9. bc3 Qa5 10. Bb5 Nbd7 11. Bf6 Qc3 12. Kf1 gf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qb4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. a3 Qd6 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. Rc2 Draw.

White: Alexander Morozevich Black: Hou Yifan 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 OO 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. c3 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nf1 a4 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Ne3 Qd8 16. h5 b5 17. Nd5 ed5 18. e6 Nf8 19. ef7 Kf7 20. h6 Bf6 21. Nh2 Ne7 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Ng4 Neg6 24. Bd2 d4 25. hg7 Kg7 26. Qf3 Rb6 27. Qf5 Qd5 28. Bh6 Kf7 29. Qd5 Bd5 30. Nf6 Rf6 31. cd4 Nh4 32. gh4 Rh6 33. Re5 Rd8 34. Rf5 Rf6 35. dc5 Ng6 36. c6 Bc6 37. Rc1 Rdd6 0-1.

White: Ruslan Ponomariov Black: Peter Leko 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 OO President of the Guyana Chess Federation James Bond (right) presents the winner’s cheque to Joshua Gopaul, who emerged victorious in the junior category at last Sunday’s chess tournament at the YMCA. The tournament was sponsored by Bond on behalf of the GCF. The following games were contested at the 50th Biel International Chess Festival in Switzerland. The 2017 grandmaster chess tournament ends August 2.

6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. h3 d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bb3 11. ab3 d5 12. O-O de4 13. de4 Qd1 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Rd8 Rd8 16. Kf1 a5 17. Ke2 Nd7 18. Ne1 Bf8 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bc5 Bc5 21. Nd3 Bf8 22. h4 b6 23. h5 g6 24. Nf1 Kg7 25. Ne3 Be7 26. Rh1 Bg5 27. Nd5 Rd7 28. f3 gh5 29. Rh5 f5 30. g4 fe4 31. fe4 Rf7 32. Rh3 Kg6 33. b4 Bf6 34. b5 Na7 35. Nf6 Rf6 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. c4 Nc8 38. Nd3 Nd6 39. e5 Re6 40. b3 a4 41. Re3 a3 42. ed6 a2 43. dc7 a1Q 44. c8Q Qa2 45. Kf3 Rf6 46. Kg3 1-0.

White: David Navara Black: Alexander Morozevich 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 ed5 8. cd5 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. e4 c4 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bd6 Nd3 16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Re2 Qb6 18. Bf4 Qb2 19. Qb2 Nb2 20. Rc1 Nd3 21. Rcc2 Nb4 22. Rc1 Bc3 23. Rc3 Nd5 24. Rc1 Nf4 25. gf4 b5 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Rd6 Re6 29. Re6 fe6 30. Nd4 Rc8 31. e5 Bg2 32. Kg2 Nd5 33. Kf3 c3 34. Nb5 Rc4 35. Na7 Nb4 36. Nb5 c2 37. Nd6 Rc5 38. Ne4 Na2 39. Nc5 Nc1 40. Ke3 Na2 41. Kd4 0-1.