You have already read the winner’s interview in one of our previous articles. Play the guessing game today. Here are excerpts and questions from the two interesting games played by N.Lokesh in the 2nd BRDCA Rating chess event.

8cross8 thanks N.Lokesh for sending the games to us.

Guess 1: What happens after 17.Bxd5?

a)White gets a decisive advantage
b) Black gets a decisive advantage
c) Position remains balanced

Guess 2:Evaluate Rxe3

a)White holds
b) Black is better after Rxe3
c) White stands better

(2) Sradhanjali Jena (1805) – Lokesh N (2179) [D36]
2nd BRDCA open rating (5), 12.11.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0–0 h6 11.Bh4 a6 12.a4

[Guess 3:: What will you do in this position?]

a)Will you play …a5 to prevent white’s a4–a5 and also claim an outpost on b4?]
b)Will you play Nf8 to open the diagonal for the bishop?
c)Something else?

12…a5!  13.Kh1

Guess 4: How will you continue as black?

a)…Nf8 to develop the bishop on c8 next
b)…Nb8 to occupy the b4 square next
c) ….Ne4 to exchange pieces

Nb8!

14.f3 Na6 15.Na2 Be6 16.Nf4 Bc8 17.Be1 Bd6 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.g3 c5 20.Rac1

Guess 5: How will you keep improving the position?

a)…c4 to marching ahead and control b3 and d3
b) …Bxf4 capturing the well placed knight
c)… Bd7 developing the last minor piece

20…c4!  21.Bf5

Guess 6:How to continue?

a)…Bxf5 exchanging the light squared bishop and hope to play on the light squares
b) …Nb4 initiating exchanges to improve the pawn mass
c)Something else?

21…Nb4!  22.Nxb4 axb4 23.Bxc8 Qxc8 24.e4 dxe4 25.Qxc4 Qxc4 26.Rxc4 e3 27.Be1 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Rxa4 29.b3 Ra1 30.Kg2 Nd5 31.Bg3 Ra2+ 32.Kg1 b5 33.Rc5 Nc3 34.d5 Rd2 35.Rc1 Ne2+

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