Kadekar lets Karnataki off the hook

PUNE, Oct 27: Abhay Kadekar, of Pune, almost caused an upset. However, when it mattered the most, his inexperience came in the way. He co...

PUNE, Oct 27: Abhay Kadekar, of Pune, almost caused an upset. However, when it mattered the most, his inexperience came in the way. He committed a mistake, which is common among amateurs during periods of over-excitement, thus letting the top seeded Abhay Karnataki off the hook in the second round of the State Junior Chess tournament at Manohar Mangal Karyalaya here today.

On the top board, Karnataki white, an Elo rated player saw his gameplan go haywire. A first year B.Sc student of Fergusson college, Karnataki tried to launch an early attack on the King8217;s side. Kadekar, however, employing the short castling on the other side left Karnataki8217;s attack fizzle out.

Receiving an early jolt, Karnataki opted to wait and watch, thus playing a safe game. However, he took too long a time to play the 12th move Rc8, which was no use to him in the latter part. 8220;I should have developed other pieces. That was an unnecessary move,8221; he admitted.

Kadekar, an 11th standard student of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose school, Yerwada, by that time had a good command over the game as he inched towards Karnataki8217;s King. However, Kadekar, excited by dreaming of an early win, overlooked a crucial checkmate position on the 32nd move Qb2, allowing the top seed to escape defeat. Kadekar, thereafter, played all irregular moves in disappointment and resigned soon.

In the girls section, tenth seed Amruta Mokal brought about the only upset of the day, defeating fifth seed Ashwini Kulkarni in 40 moves. Ashwini, being a pawn up in the initial stage and enjoying a slight advantage in the ending game, however, weakened her defence by playing Bishop on c68242; instead of g48242;. Later, coming under time pressure, she resigned to hand over a full point to the Jog High School lass Amruta.

Results after II Rd
Boys: Abhay Kadekar Pn, 1 lost to Abhay Karnataki Pn, 2; Udayan Bapat Pn, 2 bt Kaustubh Patwardhan Pn, 1; Rishikesh Purohit Pn, 1 lost to Vikrant Chole Nag, 2; Pranav Akolkar Pn, 2 bt Sohan Phadke Pn, 1; Salil Nitsure Pn, 1 lost to Utpal Sasane Pn, 2; Prakash Golecha Aur, 2 bt Rugved Kanthe Pn, 1; Shridhar Dharne Pn, 1 lost to Omkar Patwardhan Sag, 2; Saurabh Deshpande Pn, 2 bt Yuvraj Korde Pn, 1; Rajesh Oza Pn, 1 lost to Abhijit Patil Pn, 20; Akash Thakur Nag, 1.5 drew with Vinayak Gadgil Nag, 1.5.
Girls: Manasi Dadarkar Pn, 2 bt Madhuri Patil Kol, 1; Panagha Maghal Pn, 1.5 drew with Ashwini Pachhapurkar Sag, 1.5; Amruta Mokal Pn, 2 bt Ashwini Kulkarni Pn, 1; Mugdha Dolas Nag, 2 bt Eesha Karavade Pn, 1; Anusha Nandkumar Pn, 0 lost to Nivedita Sagade Pn, 1.5; Rusha Karavade Pn, .5 lost to Krutika Nadig Pn, 1; Sneha Ghatpande Pn, 0 lost to Devangi Patankar Pn, 1; Girija Kadlaskar Pn, 1 w/o Ruchika Yadav Pn, 0; Mrunmayee Bhagwat Pn, 0 lost to Mohita Agarwal Pn, 1; Anuprita Patil Sag, 1 bt Gayatri Kadlaskar Pn, 0.