Viani D'Cunha continues to surprise

Karnataka's Antonio Viani D'Cunha (ELO 1988)
continued his fine run by holding highly
rated International Master B. Adhiban (ELO 2422)
to a draw in the 8th round and defeating Praveen
Kumar (ELO 2064) in the 9th round of the National
Subjunior Chess Championships being played in
Chennai.

D'Cunha of Mangalore now has 7 points and is in
joint second along with two others - IM Adhiban and
Ramnath Bhuvanesh both of Tamil Nadu. He next plays
leader and top seed IM S.P. Sethuraman (ELO 2427)
of Tamil Nadu in the 10th round. A satisfactory performance
in the remaining two rounds may get him a spot in the
Indian team for the Under 16 Olympiad next year.

Also doing well is G.A. Stany (ELO 2097) who held
FIDE Master Prasanna Rao (ELO 2228) of Maharashtra
to a draw. Stany, with 6 points, could try to finish in
the top ten with a strong finish

Antonio Viani D'cunha (1988) - Praveen Kumar (2064)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.0-0 Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d5
8.e5 a6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 e6 12.Be3 Ne7 13.Qd2 Bxf3 14.Rxf3
b5 15.Bc5 Nc6 16.Ne2 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.a4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 b4 20.Raf1 Kg7
21.Rg3 Rhe8 22.Rh3 Rh8 23.f5 h5 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qg5 Qd8 26.Rf6 Nxe5
27.Rhf3 Rf8 28.Ng3 Qc7 29.Nxh5+ Kg8 30.Rxg6+ Nxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Nf6
1-0

Stany G A (2097) - Prasanna Rao (2228)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 g6
8.h4 h5 9.Nc4 Bg7 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 c5 12.Qd2 b6 13.0-0-0 Bb7 14.Nh2
Qe7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 0-0-0 17.Nf3 Nf8 18.Kb1 Ne6 19.Rhe1 Nxf4
20.Qxf4 Rhe8 21.g4 Qd7 22.gxh5 gxh5 23.Ne3 Kb8 24.Nf5 Bf8 25.Ne3 Bd6
26.Qf5 Qf7 27.Rf1 Qe7 28.Qxh5 Rh8 29.Qg4 Rdg8 30.Qh3 Rg3 31.Qh1 Bc8
32.Rg1 Rh3 33.Qg2 Qf7 34.Qf2 Be6 35.a3 Qh5 36.Rdf1 Bf4 37.Rh1 Rxh1
38.Rxh1 Rg8 39.Rg1 Rxg1+ 40.Nxg1 Bxe3 41.Qxe3 Qxh4 42.b3 Qg4 43.Ne2 a5
44.a4 Qh5 45.Nf4 Qe5 46.Qf2 Bc8 47.Ng6 Qe6 48.Nf4 Qe5 49.Ng6 Qe6
50.Nf4 Qe5 51.Qf3 Qg5 52.Ng2 f5 53.Ne3 fxe4 54.Qxe4 Qg1+ 55.Kb2 Qg7+
1/2-1/2

Adhiban B (2422) - Antonio Viani D'cunha (1988) [B43]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bd3 b5 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Qe2
Nd7 9.f4 Ngf6 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Bd2 Be7 12.b4 0-0 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Qb6
15.Nb3 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qb5 20.Raa1 Nb6
21.Na5 Rac8 22.c3 Rfd8 23.Rfd1 Rd7 24.Qe1 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Qxc4 26.Rdc1 Rd3
27.h3 Rcd8 28.Be3 h6 29.Kg1 Rc8 30.Ra3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 Bxb4 32.cxb4 Qxc1+
33.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 34.Kf2 Rc4 35.Kf3 Rxb4 36.Rxa6 g5 37.g3 gxf4 38.gxf4 Kg7
39.Ra8 Kg6 40.Ra7 1/2-1/2