Chess patience and a game by Sasikiran

GM Krishnan Sasikiran

Hello Everyone,

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran recently won the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament located on the Dutch seaside in Vlissingen - historically known as Flushing. This is from where the Dutch Empire was built in the 17th century.

Two players of a total of 250 scored 7.5/9, with top seed GM Krishnan Sasikiran of India beating German IM Thomas Henrichs on tie-break points. Five players followed half a point behind. Here is the official website.

And, we wanted to share one of Sasikiran's nice games from the tournament. This is taken from the penultimate round at the tournament. It is a typical example of patience till the opponent runs out of time and ideas. And, of course, don't miss all the hard work done by the White King.

You can enjoy the game in the flashplayer below or run the moves in our pgnplayer.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 12. Be1 f5 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. a5 Qe7 15. Ra2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 17. c5 Bc7 18. Ne1 Rf6 19. Nd3 Raf8 20. Qc1 Bc8 21. Nb4 Nb8 22. Bd2 h6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. e3 Bd7 26. f3 Be8 27. e4 f4 28. e5 Rg6 29. Nd3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Rg7 31. Qe3 Bg6 32. Bh3 Bf5 33. Bxf5 Rxf5 34. Rh2 Qf7 35. Kg2 Qg6 36. Rdh1 Rh7 37. Nf2 Nd7 38. Rh5 g4 39. fxg4 Rg5 40. R1h4 Nf8 41. Rh1 Kf7 42. Rxg5 hxg5 43. Rh5 Rg7 44. a6 Nh7 45. Qf3+ Kg8 46. Qd3 Kf7 47. Qc3 Kg8 48. Qe3 Rf7 49. Nd3 Kg7 50. Rh1 Nf8 51. Nb4 Rc7 52. Rf1 Nh7 53. Qd3 Qxd3 54. Nxd3 Rc8 55. Nb4 Rc7 56. Rf3 Rc8 57. Kf2 Rc7 58. Ke3 Rc8 59. Kd2 Rc7 60. Kc3 Rc8 61. Nd3 Rc7 62. Kb4 Rf7 63. Re3 Kf8 64. Re1 Rf3 65. Rh1 Kg7 66. Kc3 Rxg3 67. Kd2 Rg2+ 68. Kc3 Rg3 69. Kc2 Rg2+ 70. Kb1 Rxg4 71. Nb4 Rxd4 72. Nxc6 Rd3 73. Kc2 Rf3 74. Nxa7 Rf2+ 75. Kb1 Rf3 76. c6 Rxb3+ 77. Kc2 Rb4 78. Ra1 Rc4+ 79. Kb3 Nf8 80. Nxb5 Rxc6 81. a7 Rc8 82. a8=Q Rxa8 83. Rxa8 Ng6 84. Re8 Nf4 85. Nd4 Kf7 86. Rh8 Nd3 87. Rh7+ Kg6 88. Re7 Nf4 89. Nxe6 Kf5 90. Nxf4 gxf4 91. e6 Kf6 92. Rf7+ 1-0

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