Battle of the World Champions drawn

Karnataka boys continued to give their higher rated opponents a tough time in the 5th round of the National Subjunior Chess Championships being played at Mount Chess Academy, Chennai. Former World Under 12 Champion Srinath of Tamil Nadu drew the 'Battle of World Champions' with Under 10 Champ Girish Kaushik of Karnataka in the National Subjunior -

N. Srinath (2201) - Girish Koushik (2086)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 Nxe3 15.Qd2 Nxd1 16.Qxd1 Be6 17.Bb5 a6 18.Ba4 b5 19.Bb3 Bxb3 20.axb3 Rad8 21.Qe2 Rd6 22.Rd1 Re6 23.Qf2 Rc8 24.c3 Kg7 25.g4 h6 26.h4 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rh1 Rd8 29.f4 gxf4 30.Qxf4 Re5 31.Rh2 Rd1+ 32.Kc2 Rde1 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.g5 Rc1+ 35.Kd3 Rd1+ 36.Kc2 Rc1+ 37.Kd3 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

Giantkiller Nirananjan Navalgund of Belgaum bagged the scalp of the Delhi number one Hemant Sharma in a Closed Sicilian -

Hemant Sharma (2193) - Navalgund Niranjan (2012) [B25]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Bg5
0-0 9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Nc1 Rb8 11.a4 b6 12.Nd1 e5 13.c3 Ne6 14.Bh6 Bb7
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 f5 18.Ne2 fxe4 19.dxe4 d5 20.e5 Ba6
21.Ne3 d4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.cxd4 cxd4 24.Ng4 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 d3 26.Kh1 Qd4
27.Rf3 Qxa4 28.Rxd3 Qxf4 29.Qxf4 Rxf4 30.Nf6 Rc8 31.h3 Rf2 32.Rd7 Rc1+
33.Kh2 Rcc2 34.Rxe7+ Kf8 35.Rxa7 Rxg2+ 36.Kh1 Rgd2 37.Nxh7+ Ke8
38.Nf6+ Kd8 39.Ra1 Rxb2 40.Ng4 Rd3 41.e6 Rxh3+ 42.Kg1 Rg3+ 43.Kh1 Rb4
44.Nh2 Re4 45.Rd1+ Ke7 46.Rf1 Rxe6 47.Nf3 Re2 48.Nd4 Re4 49.Kh2 Rd3
50.Nf3 Re2+ 51.Kg1 Kd6 52.Ne1 Rd1 53.Nf3 Rxf1+ 54.Kxf1 Ra2 55.Nd4 Kc5
56.Ne6+ Kc4 57.Ng5 b5 58.Nf3 b4 59.Ne5+ Kc3 60.Nxg6 b3 0-1


Mangalore's Antonio Viani D'Cunha also had a good result when he drew highly rated
FIDE Master K. Priyadarshan of Tamil Nadu -

Priyadharshan K (2298) - Antonio Viani D'cunha (1988)
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qe2 0-0 7.0-0 d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.Rd1 c5 14.Be3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Rd2 Rac8 18.Qe2 Rc6 19.Kh2 Rfc8 20.Rad1 Ne5 21.Rd4 Rc1 22.f4 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nd7 24.e5 Qb4 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Rc6 27.exd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 exd6 29.Nb5 a6 30.Nxd6 Nc5 31.Nc4 f5 32.Ne5 Kf8 33.g4 Ke7 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Kg3 Ke6 36.Kf3 Kd5 37.Ke3 a5 38.b3 a4 39.b4 Na6 40.b5 Nb4 41.b6 Kd6 42.Nc4+ Kc6 43.Nb2 Nd5+ 44.Kd4 Nxf4 45.h4 Kxb6 46.Nxa4+ Kc6 47.Nc3 h6 48.a4 Ng6 49.h5 Nf4 50.Ke5 Nxh5 51.Kxf5 1/2-1/2