 If you were to reside somewhere in West Mamabalam, the name
"Dr. Srinivasa Kannan" would probably ring a bell in your head. Not that you
happened to visit him sometime when your health was not upto the mark. But because he is
the proud father of our National Junior Chess Champion Sundararajan Kidambi!Kidambi, as he is fondly called by his chess friends, won the 28th
National Juniors (Under 20 ) Chess champioship at Jallandhar, Punjab. Fighting bitter cold
and a very tough opposition, Kidambi lifted the Rathina Nadar trophy to mark a new peak in
his career. Born on 29th December,1982. to doctors Srinivasa Kannan and
Mallika, he first showed promise when he won the National under 14 Rapid Chess
Championship in 1996. He subsequently took part in various Open tournaments all over the
country to boost his FIDE Rating to a creditable 2350. He was a member of the Tamil nadu
team at the National Team Chess Championship at Moga, Punjab. His score of 5 points from
seven rounds greatly aided the team to finish at the second position, after a decade long
gap.
 In the National Juniors he took the sole lead
after five rounds with five victories, including a masterpiece over former World Under 10
Champion Hari Krishna of Andhra Pradesh.
He literally cruised to first spot with some draws, while
the top seed K. Sashikiran, in spite of
securing the same 7.5 points, had to be content with the runner-up spot. Kidambi's victory
has earned him what every chess playing kid dreams about, to represent his country in
either the World JuniorChampionship or the Asian Junior championship.That is what you
call "the choice of the new generation!"
Sundrarajan K. - Hari Krishna P.
National juniors
Kings Indian defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5
7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.b4 Nh6 13.f3 g5 14.Bf2 f5 15.c5 Ng6
16.Nc4 Nf4 17.0-0 g4 18.fxg4 Nxg4 19.Bxg4 hxg4 20.Ne3 Qg5 21.Nb5 Bd7 22.Nxc7 Rac8 23.Ne6
Nxe6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Nxf5 Rxf5 27.cxd6 e4 28.Qb3+ Kh7 29.Be3 Qf6 30.Rxf5 Qxf5
31.Rf1 Qg6 32.Qd5 Rd8 33.d7 Bf6 34.Qe6 Kg7 35.Rf4 Bg5 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Rxg4 Rxd7 38.Rxg5+
Kf6 39.h4 Rd3 40.Bxa7 e3 41.Kf1 Rd1+ 42.Ke2 Rd2+ 43.Kxe3 Rxa2 44.Bd4+ Kf7 45.h5 Ra3+
46.Ke4 Rb3 47.h6 1-0 |
