August 7th, 2009 - The 6th round of the
Open Section of the 2009 Caribbean Chess Carnival found two draws on the highest
boards.
On board one Cuba's IM Humberto Pecorelli Garcia sailed into a comfortable draw
against Barbados' IM Kevin Denny.
However, the action was on Board two where WGM Ilaha Kadimova of Azerbaijan
(Black) played an impressive ending under time pressure to earn a draw against
IM Oladapo Adu from Nigeria.
Pecorelli-Denny, an instructive King's
Indian, ended in a draw after a flurry of exchanges in the middle-game.
White had some interesting manouvers with
his knight (travelling from g1 to d4 in 4 moves!) while Black tried for play on
the queenside with moves
like 8...Qa4, ...Na6-b4 etc. However, his
advances here turned out to be not all that productive as White simply proceeded
to exchange into a comfortable ending.
IM Humberto Pecorelli-Garcia (Cuba) vs. IM
Kevin Denny (Barbados)
Adu-Kadimova started off as a seemingly
innocuous Caro-Kann with precise piece play being the prevaling feature. The
excitement came after Adu, beginning to come under pressure to defend his far
advanced c-pawn, played the lightning bolt knight sacrifice 40. Nxb5+ in order
to try to give his pawn a free ticket to Black's back rank. Kadimova, under time
pressure played well, herding the White king expertly with her queen and even
testing White's resilience by advancing her own king. The game ended in a draw
with Black, though having the superior position, not having enough time to
calculate the complications that would arise from the best line of play and
settling for perpetual check.
IM Oladapo Adu (Nigeria) vs. WGM Ilaha
Kadimova (Azerbaijan)
The Caribbean Chess Carnival, now in its
3rd year, takes place from August 4th-9th 2009 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. This
year features an impressive pantheon of masters including 2 time champion IM
Humberto Pecorelli Garcia, WGM Ilaha Kadimova and International Masters Kevin
Denny, Julio Ostos and Gerardo Lebredo Zarragoitia.
Report by
Jayson Paul
Standings: Open Under 20 Under 14 Under 10
Edison Raphael, President of the Trinidad
and Tobago Chess Foundation speaking at the opening ceremony.
Tournament photos
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