Thej makes second GM norm!

It was another proud day for Karnataka chess as
M.S. Thejkumar made his second 9 round GM norm in
the National 'A' Championship being played
in Chennai.

He needed just a draw in the last round and
proposed it to his opponent GM Barua before the
game. Barua refused but had to sign the peace
treaty later after 46 moves of a hard fought game.
Earlier Thej had beaten B. Adhiban in the eighth
round to bring himself within striking distance
of the norm.

Through 10 rounds, he has given a performance of
2560 and is gaining 24 ELO points for his efforts.
He stands sixth in the current rankings and a strong
finish may see him in the top 3.

Adhiban,B (2401) - Thejkumar,M S (2382) [B04]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.c4 Nb4
7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nd3 e5 9.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Qb3 exd4
12.Bxd4 Na6 13.Be2 0-0-0 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Bxc5 16.0-0 Rd2
17.Rac1 Re8 18.Bf3 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Na4 Bd4 21.g3 Bh3
22.Bg2 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Ree2 24.Rcd1 Rxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxf2+
26.Kh1 Bc5 27.a3 Rc2 28.Rf1 f6 29.Re1 Kd7 30.Rd1+ Kc7
31.Re1 Bd6 32.Re8 Rxc4 33.Rc8+ Kxc8 34.Nxb6+ Kc7
35.Nxc4 b5 36.Nd2 Kb6 37.Kg2 Ka5 38.Kf3 Ka4 39.Ne4 Be7
40.Nd2 f5 41.Kf4 Bf6 42.b3+ Kxa3 43.Kxf5 Bc3 44.Ne4 Kxb3
45.Ke6 Kc4 46.Kd6 b4 47.Nc5 Bd4 48.Ne4 Kd3 0-1

Thej's wins

2nd round - IM Ashwin,Jayaram (2478) - Thejkumar,M S (2382) [D61]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7
7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxg5 10.h4 Bh6 11.Nc3 cxd4
12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.g4 g6 14.0-0-0 Qe7 15.h5 Bg7 16.f3 e5
17.Ndb5 Be6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rdh2 a6
21.Na3 Rac8 22.Nab1 Nd5 23.Qe4 Nb4 24.a3 Bb3
25.Nd2 Na2+ 26.Kb1 Nxc3+ 27.bxc3 Qxa3 0-1

3rd round - Thejkumar,M S (2382) - IM Sriram,Jha (2457) [A48]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.Be2 c5
6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.0-0 c4 10.Qxb6 axb6
11.h3 b5 12.a3 Bf5 13.g4 Be6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7
16.Bf3 e6 17.Bd6 Rfd8 18.e4 Bh6 19.Rad1 Be8
20.Bg3 f6 21.Rfe1 Bf7 22.Nf1 Re8 23.Bg2 dxe4
24.Bxe4 f5 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Be5 Red8 27.h4 Bf8
28.Ne3 c5 29.Bf6 Rdc8 30.dxc5 Bxc5 31.g5 Be8
32.Nc2 Kf7 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 Ra6 35.Kh2 h5
36.Kg3 Rc7 37.Red1 Raa7 38.Rd6 Bd7 39.Bd8 Rcb7
40.Bb6 Rxb6 41.Rxb6 e5 42.f4 exf4+ 43.Kxf4 Be8
44.Rdd6 Kg7 45.Ke5 Bf7 46.Rxb5 Re7+ 47.Kf4 Re4+
48.Kf3 Be8 49.Rb8 Kf7 50.Rd4 Re1 51.Rxc4 1-0

Thej starts well in 'A'

State Champion Thejkumar started well in
the National 'A' with victories over two
International Masters in the first three
rounds. Statemate and former State champ
N. Sanjay is also doing well with draws
against two grandmasters - Neelotpal Das
and R.B. Ramesh.

Name Thejkumar M S
Starting rank 24
Rating 2382
Rating national 0
Rating international 2382
Ratingperformance 2667
FIDE rtg +/- 19,0
Points 3,5
Rank 3
Federation IND
Club/City KAR
Ident-Number 0



Rd. SNo Name Rtg FED Club/City Pts. Res.
1 2 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 IND PSPB 3,5 w ½
2 8 IM Ashwin Jayaram 2478 IND T.N. 1,0 s 1
3 12 IM Sriram Jha 2457 IND LIC 2,5 w 1
4 1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 IND PSPB 4,0 w ½
5 3 GM Gopal G N 2528 IND PSPB 3,5 s ½