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Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023
18 September 2023
By Marlon Fernando
Asian Junior Chess championship was held from 9th to 15th September 2023 at JRD TATA Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, organized by All India Chess Federation.
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage represented Sri Lanka and scored 5.5 out of 9 rounds.
It was a proud moment for Chessbase India to publish an article on Ranindu’s success on the first half of the event.
Tata Steel Asian Junior 2023 R4: Liyanage Ranindu Dilshan goes on a king hunt - ChessBase India
Ranindu’s results of the event are given below.
| Round | Board Number | Opponent’s Starting Rank |
Title | Name | Rating | FED | Club/City | Points | Results |
| 1 | 7 | 36 | Kartik, Kumar Singh | 1901 | IND | India | 4,5 | 1 | |
| 2 | 7 | 22 | Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy | 2184 | IND | India | 6 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | 12 | IM | Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy | 2370 | INA | Indonesia | 5,5 | 1/2 |
| 4 | 5 | 19 | FM | Abdilkhair, Abilmansur | 2241 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 5,5 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | IM | Srihari, L R | 2444 | IND | India | 5,5 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | FM | Ayush, Sharma | 2371 | IND | India | 6,5 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 26 | Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay | 2149 | IND | India | 5,5 | 1/2 | |
| 8 | 9 | 17 | FM | Mohamed, Anees M | 2295 | IND | India | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | 20 | FM | Bizhigitov, Zhangir | 2233 | KAZ | Kazakhstan | 5,5 | 1/2 |
Source: https://chess-results.com/tnr812147.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=SRI&flag=30&snr=7
The games Ranindu played are given below.
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Black "Kartik, Kumar Singh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 Nge7
9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 Qd7 11. h3 Rab8 12. Ne4 h5 13. f4 b6 14. N2c3 Be6 15. Ng5 d5 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O Nb4 20. d4 cxd4 21. Rad1 Ned3 22. Bxd4
Bxd4 23. exd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 h4 25. Rf3 hxg3+ 26. Rxg3 Rbc8 27. a3 Rc2 28. axb4 Rxd2
29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Be4 f6 31. Bxd3 Rd5 32. Nf3 Qf4 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Bxd5 Qxb4 35. Bc4
Kh6 36. Rdg2 Qd6 37. h4 Qf4 38. Kh1 Kh7 39. Rxg6 Qxf3 40. Bg8+ 1-0
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Board "7"]
[White "Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy"]
[Black "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Qb6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Rb3 O-O 14. Bf1 Rfd8 15. a4 Ne4
16. a5 Qa7 17. Nb1 Bf6 18. h4 h6 19. Bh2 e5 20. g4 g5 21. h5 Bg7 22. Bg2 Ba8 23.
Re2 Re8 24. Ne1 Ndf6 25. Bf3 Nd6 26. Nc3 e4 27. Bxd6 exf3 28. Nxf3 Qd7 29. Bg3 Qxg4
30. Nh2 Qxh5 31. f3 Qg6 32. Be1 Rc4 33. Qd3 Qh5 34. Nd1 Bb7 35. Nf2 Bc8 36. Nh1 Qg6
37. Ng3 h5 38. Qxg6 fxg6 39. Bc3 g4 40. Ngf1 d4 41. Bb2 Bf5 42. Rd2 Bxc2 43. Ra3
d3 0-1
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Board "3"]
[White "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Black "Tarigan, Gilbert Elroy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. c5 g6 8. h3 Bg7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Rad1 Rf8 16. Bc1 e6 17. Bf4 Bxb2 18. g4 Ne7 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Rb1 Bf6 21. Bxb7 Bxb7
22. Rxb7 Nc6 23. Rfb1 Rec8 24. Nd2 Bd4 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nd2 Bd4 27. Ne4 h6 28. Rd1
Na5 29. Rd7 Nc6 30. g5 Bg7 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. Rxa7 Nxa7 33. Rb6 a5 34. Rb7 Nc6 35. Nf6+
Bxf6 36. gxf6 g5 37. Kf1 h5 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. Rxf7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Board "5"]
[White "Abdilkhair, Abilmansur"]
[Black "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4
Qe6 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 Nb4 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. c4 Qg6 13. h5 Qc2 14. Rh4 Bc5 15. Nd2 Nxa2
16. Qe4 Nb4 17. h6 gxh6 18. e6 O-O-O 19. exd7+ Kb7 20. Bh3 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Qd1+ 22.
Kg2 Nxf2 23. Bg4 Nxg4 24. Rxg4 f5 25. Nb3 Qg1+ 26. Kh3 fxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Rhg8+ 28. Kf5
Rdf8+ 29. Ke6 Rg6+ 30. Qxg6 Qe1+ 31. Be3 Qxe3+ 32. Qe4 Qxe4+ 0-1
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Board "1"]
[White "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Black "Srihari, L R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Bd2 dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bd3 11. Bc1 Bc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. g3 c5 14. Qa4+ Nbd7 15. O-O
cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. d5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Be7 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bg5 O-O 21. Bxf6 Nxf6
22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Ng2 Bf6 24. Rac1 Nb4 25. Qe2 Nd3 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Ne3 Bxc3 28. bxc3
Rc5 29. Ng4 Rb5 30. Kg2 Rd6 31. Nf2 h6 32. Rd2 Rbd5 33. Ne4 Rd8 34. Rdd1 Rb5 35.
Rd2 a5 36. Nf2 Re5 37. Qd1 Qe3 38. Nxd3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 cxd3 40. Rf2 Rc5 41. Qd2 Qxd2
42. Rxd2 Rxc3 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ke3 Ra3 45. h3 Kf7 46. Rxd3 Rxa2 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Rh7
Kg6 49. Re7 Kf5 50. Ra7 a4 51. Ra5+ Kf6 52. h4 gxh4 53. gxh4 a3 54. Rh5 Ra1 55. Ra5
a2 56. Kf4 e5+ 0-1
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Board "4"]
[White "Ayush, Sharma"]
[Black "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6
9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Be3 O-O
16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Qxe5 21. Qh5 g6 22.
Bxg6 Qxh5 23. Bxh5 Bf6 24. Rfd1 Rfe8 25. Rd7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Be2 b4 28. Bxa6
Bf6 29. g3 Bxb2 30. Ra4 Rb8 31. Bc4 Rb7 32. Kg2 Bc3 33. f4 Kg7 34. Kf3 Re7 35. Ra5
h6 36. Rb5 Bd2 37. Rd5 Bc1 38. h4 Re3+ 39. Kg4 Re7 40. Kh5 Be3 41. Rb5 Bd2 42. Rb6
Rc7 43. f5 Bc3 44. g4 Ra7 45. Rxh6 Ra5 46. Rb6 Ra8 47. g5 1-0
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Board "8"]
[White "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Black "Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Bf3
O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxf2 20. Bxf2 Qxf2 21. Rhf1 Qe3+
22. Kb1 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Qg5 24. g3 g6 25. Qc5 Qf5 26. Rd2 Re6 27. Rxd7 Rxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[Board "9"]
[White "Mohamed, Anees"]
[Black "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Qb6 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Be4 O-O-O 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21.
c4 Nc7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. Nc2 e4 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4
28. Nxd4 Kb7 29. Nf5 Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kb6 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Nxf7 Nd5 33. Rd1 Kc5 34. Nh6
Nf4 35. g3 Nd3 36. Rd2 Kd4 37. Nf5+ Ke5 38. Ne3 f5 39. Nc2 f4 40. f3 fxg3 41. hxg3
Rh6 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Rd1 b4 44. b3 Rh2 45. Rg1 Re2 46. g4 Rf2 47. f5 Kg5 48. Ne3 Rb2+
49. Ka1 Re2 50. Nd5 Rf2 51. Kb1 h6 52. Ka1 Rf3 53. f6 e3 54. Nxe3 Rxe3 55. Rf1 Re8
56. f7 Rf8 57. Rd1 Nf4 58. Rd4 Kxg4 59. Rxb4 h5 60. Rb6 Rxf7 61. Rh6 h4 62. a4 h3
63. Kb2 Nh5 64. Rg6+ Kf5 65. Rg1 Rh7 66. a5 h2 67. Rf1+ Ke6 68. a6 Ng3 69. Re1+ Kd6
70. b4 h1=Q 71. Rxh1 Nxh1 0-1
[Event " Tata Steel Asian Junior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India"]
[Date "2023.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Board "6"]
[White "Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan"]
[Black "Bizhigitov, Zhangir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2023.09.09"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Ng6 8. h4 cxd4
9. cxd4 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nge7 11. Rb1 Na5 12. h5 h6 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. O-O Nc4 15. Nd2
O-O 16. Qg4 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 f5 18. Qh4 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Rc3 Rac8 21. Bc2 Kh8 1/2-1/2
