Negi-Lahno Final Results

The one-day blitz series of six games have been completed, with a few blunders (as to be expected) and pieces usually flying all over the board. Kateryna Lahno won this series with two wins, one loss and three draws. The games can be found here:

• Blitz Game 1
  
• Blitz Game 2
  
• Blitz Game 3
  
• Blitz Game 4
  
• Blitz Game 5
  
• Blitz Game 6
  

Result Summary:

• Classical Series: Lahno 3.5, Negi 2.5
  
• Rapid Series: Lahno 4.0, Negi 2.0
  
• Blitz Series: Lahno 3.5, Negi 2.5
  

Final Total: Kateryna Lahno 11.0, Parimarjan Negi 7.0

You can find additional coverage of this match at Amity Chess Academy, ChessBase and Susan Polgar's blog.

Negi-Lahno: Rapid Phase Complete

Photo credit: ChessBase

The second day of rapid games (game/25 + 10 second increments) began with Lahno winning her fourth consecutive game, but Negi stormed back with victories in the final two games of the day.

Games can be viewed by clicking the desired game below:

• Rapid Game 4
  
• Rapid Game 5
  
• Rapid Game 6
  

The match concludes with six (!) blitz games on December 25, with the current score Lahno 7.5/12 and Negi 4.5/12. The main website can be found at www.amitychessacademy.com.

You can also find interesting coverage of the latest games at the ChessBase site.

Negi-Lahno Update

Game 6, the final "classical" game in the match between the world's youngest GM and the world's youngest WGM, ended in a draw by three-fold repetition. You can see the game here.

The next series of six games are at a rapid time control. The first three games, played on December 23, all went in favor of Kateryna Lahno. Click on the links below to see the games:

• Rapid Game 1
  
• Rapid Game 2
  
• Rapid Game 3

GM Susan Polgar has some interesting comments about this match at her blog.

Negi-Lahno Game 5: Third Consecutive Draw

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The fifth game of this match reached a classic opposite-color bishop ending in which Negi's extra pawn was useless. The final position is instructive in how to negate your opponent's material advantage in such situations.

You can see the game here.

Negi-Lahno Game 4 is a Draw

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The fourth game of the ongoing Negi-Lahno match is a draw, featuring an unusual variant of the Ruy Lopez in which Black deliberately breaks up her protective pawn structure surrounding her king.

You can find the interesting game here.

Negi-Lahno Game 3 is a Draw

In the ongoing Negi-Lahno youth GM-WGM match, game 3 ended in a 43-move draw. Click here to see the game. For a nice annotation of this game, see GM Susan Polgar's blog.

There are still three more "classical" games to be played in this series before they move on to the rapid games on Dec. 23.

Youngest GM and Youngest WGM Do Battle in New Delhi

An interesting match has begun, pitting the world's youngest grandmaster (Parimarjan Negi) against the world's youngest woman grandmaster (WGM) (Kateryna Lahno). The format is as follows:

1. Six "classical" games with tournament time control, from Dec. 17 through Dec. 22.
   
2. Six "rapid" games over two days, Dec. 23 and Dec. 24.
   
3. Six "blitz" games, all on Dec. 25.

The primary website for the event can be found here, and game results, as well as game scores, can be found here.

The first game was drawn, but the second was won by Kateryna. Click here to view the game.

You might also want to check the William Harvey puzzle site, which has several tactical puzzles from Kateryna's games.