This time the blow came from a different flank; the young Argentinian international champion Ilan Schnaiderfrom 14 yearsanother one big stars the Argentine chess master achieved one of the most brilliant victories of his career: he beat one of the great legends of the old game, the great Peruvian master Julio Granda Zuñigafrom 58 yearsin the sixth wheel of IV Szmetan-Giardelli Chess Masterwhich takes place at the Recoleta Cultural Center (Junín 1930) in this city.
The triumph of Schnaiderwith White, came after 22 moves of a Caro Kann defense and almost three hours of play. In this way the youth Ilana resident of the Palermo neighborhood and in the second year of the Argentine Army Distance Education System (SEADEA), has reaped his fortune second victory and escaped the last places in the competition.
“I’m very happy with the win. It was a difficult game in which I preferred to maintain the tension of the position rather than swap pieces and have a slight advantage.”said Ilan – a Boca fan – son of Ram and Carolina and older brother of Dana, during the analysis of the game that he shared with his loser and the coordinator in charge of this session, the Uruguayan grandmaster Andrés Rodríguez Vila.
Julio Grandawith almost half a century of practice in the game, noting, among his innumerable achievements, winning the U14 World Championship in 1980, becoming the first chess player in his country’s history to achieve the title of Grandmaster (in 1986), leader of the South American rankings and one of the 25 best in the world (in 1992), and winning the Senior World Championship (in 2017), He is one of the most loved and respected creatures in the environment.. Both in victory and in defeat, his pragmatism accompanies him in every sentence, without ever losing the freshness of his smile.
“I chose a bad plan and what had to happen happened.”he said while analyzing the game he had just played with the Argentine boy. And he added: “My situation in the game was so bad that at one point I only had one move and was a loser (laughs). I congratulate Ilan, he beat me very well.”.
The child’s work was also very worthwhile. Faustino Oroanyone curious how SchnaiderBoth are talents who emerged from the Círculo Torre Blanca chess school. Fausti – as his family and friends call him – scored a valuable draw against Argentina’s second best player, the Grandmaster Sandro Mareco.
The game was a Ruy López opening, with the Argentine prodigy carrying the white pieces; Both players executed the first 17 moves from memory, almost without using the 90 minutes they had for the entire game. By increasing the playing time by 30 seconds per turn, everyone had full time if they had already left the opening. It stopped right there Fausti and he thought about his 18th move for half an hour; He placed his bishop on the “c2” square. Three games later they settled for a draw. “Yes, the Ac2 move was not good”said the boy resignedly during the game analysis session accompanied by Mareco and Rodríguez.
“He didn’t know which variation to prepare to play with Faustino; “He already plays a lot of things and I didn’t know how to surprise him.”said Sandro Mareco. And he added: “The game was played according to well-known schemes played by most of the great players, including Carlsen. I know the plan well, the position of the black pieces and any inaccuracy on either side can be dangerous.”
“For me it is a position of equality and it is a convenient plan for the blacks,” said Uruguayan coordinator, Grandmaster Andrés Rodríguez. And little Fausti added: “For me in this situation it is difficult for White to make mistakes, on the other hand I think Black can make mistakes. What happened is that I didn’t find the best moves.”.
The tie allowed the prodigy to remain undefeated in the competition, with 4 points, now as a guard and half a unit of the leader, the Norwegian Aryan Tari and the Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov (both with 4.5), and the most important thing is to continue in the race to reach the second grandmaster standard. To finally obtain the title, the provisions of the International Chess Federation (FIDE, its French acronym) requires the accumulation of three performances, and so far The Golden Child only adds one thingAfter his outstanding work at the Magistral Prodigios y Leyendas in Madrid last September and reaching second place in Buenos Aires, he would be one step away from one of his immediate dreams.
What does Faustino need to get the second norm? Add one and a half points in the remaining three games of the competition. Collect 50% of the disputed points in the last three duels: Sunday with Black against Cheparinov; on Monday, with White earlier Grandpa and, again with black, in the final game on Tuesday against the Argentine champions Diego Flores.
The demand is high and by no means easy, but the “Messi of Chess” He has shown that he is capable of winning or losing with any of these three immediate rivals. Once again Faustino is on the verge of a new achievement.
He IV Chess Master – as a tribute to two beloved Argentine international teachers, Jorge Szmetan And Sergio Giardelli-, has entered the definition phase; Three days after the end of the competition, the Norwegian is in the lead Tari and the Bulgarian Cheparinovwho defeated the Argentinians today, Diego Flores And Thomas Darcylrespectively.
In addition to these games, the draw with black pieces achieved by the Argentine grandmaster was also valuable. Sergio Slipak in front of the world star, the Spaniards Alexei Shirov.
On Sunday from 2 p.m. the seventh and penultimate round will be played, with these confrontations: Slipak (3 points) against Tari (4.5), Mareco (2) against Shirov (4), Cheparinov (4.5) against Faustino Oro (4), Granda (2) against Darcyl (1) and Flores (3) against Schnaider (2).
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