A Success Story :Ranindu The best foreign player of Delhi Open 2020
24 June 2020
Words from Gampaha District highest rated player Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage who received free air ticket from Gampaha District Chess Association (GDCA) for Delhi Open 2020
'I prefer to follow many world top tournaments and it was very helpful to improve as a young chess player.' - Ranindu Liyanage
Ranindu is ranked No.2 in the Active Rated Players Under 18 local list now. We will talk about Ranindu's chess life in a separate article in the future. Now we listen to one of his experiences and enjoy one of his interesting games.
Listen to Ranindu ...
'Actually Delhi tournament was one of the best tournaments which I have ever played. Because there were 37 GMs and so many titled players participated for the tournament. In the tournament, I played with 3 GMs and 3 IMs (out of my 10 games) and scored 2.5 out of those 6 games. I scored 6 points out of 10 ranked as 75th out of 353 players. And also I was able to achieve best foreign player award for my performance. Not only that I secure 11th place in the Delhi open blitz event. End of the event I was able to increase my rating by 75 ELO points.
Throughout the tournament, the quality of the games is quite high. I would like to play this kind of tournaments again and again because as a Sri Lankan player it was a great opportunity for me to play against many higher rated players especially GMs and IMs.
I prefer to follow many world top tournaments and it was very helpful to improve as a young chess player.'
Here is one of his best games, which was played in the Delhi tournament against IM Gholami Aryan (2541).
[Event "Delhi Open 2020"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gholami, Aryan"] [Black "Liyanage, Ranindu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2556"] [BlackElo "2124"] [Annotator "Liyanage,Ranindu"] [PlyCount "104"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 {Nc3 is a rare move that consist with many opening tricks} a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 {This move I played is slightly verse accoding to engine but still playable} (10... Nh5 11. Bd2) (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f6 {This is the best choice according to computer}) 11. c4 (11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 e5 13. Bg3) 11... Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. h3 {He miss this idea with Na5. So he cannot protect this c4 pawn} (15. Na4) (15. Qe2) 15... Na5 16. b3 b5 17. a3 bxc4 18. b4 {Though he is pawn down but has a nice compensation for the pawn} Nb7 19. Bd4 Nd6 20. Be5 Bb7 21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Na4 (22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Qe2 {After Qe2 white can regain his pawn} Bxb4 25. axb4 Rxd4 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6) 22... Nd5 23. Re1 Nb5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Ndc3 26. Qc1 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Nb5 28. Be3 {Now black is surely better} Bd5 29. a4 Na7 30. Bb1 Qc6 (30... Rf6 {Rf6 is a nice move which will force white play g3} 31. Ra3 Rg6 32. g3 Nc6) 31. f3 Rab8 32. Bd4 Rf7 {Black is better but not easy to convert} 33. Qf4 Rd8 34. Bc2 Qd7 35. Bf2 Nc6 36. Rab1 e5 37. Qc1 a5 38. Rb6 Qc7 39. Qb2 Nb4 40. Rd1 (40. Rd6 Rxd6 41. cxd6 Qxd6 42. Qxe5 Qxe5 43. Rxe5 { White has more chances to save the game in this variation than the other variation}) 40... e4 41. fxe4 (41. Rd6 Nd3) 41... fxe4 42. Rd6 Rxf2 {Even I was low on time I could able to find Rxf2 which wins the game immediately} 43. Rxd8+ (43. Kxf2 Qxc5+) (43. R1xd5 Rdf8) 43... Qxd8 44. Kxf2 e3+ 45. Kg1 (45. Kxe3 Qg5+ 46. Kf2 Qxg2+ 47. Ke3 Qf3+ 48. Kd2 Qf4+ 49. Ke1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Qxh3+ 51. Ke1 c3) 45... Qg5 46. Bb1 Bf3 {The piont of Bf3 is white unable to play Qe2 after c3} (46... c3 {If I go c3 directly here he has chance of saving the game by Qe2} 47. Qe2) 47. h4 (47. Qe2) 47... e2 {After e2 black is wining} ( 47... Qxh4 48. gxf3) 48. hxg5 exd1=Q+ 49. Kh2 Qe2 50. Qxe2 Bxe2 51. Be4 c3 52. c6 Nxc6 0-1
Photograph by : Niklesh Jain
