World Junior 2013 Round 1 Luthfi Ali defeated Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

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In a busy week of chess where Sinquefield Cup, AC Rapid Cup and Women World Championship on going, the World Junior Chess Championship kick ass altogether as well. After the opening ceremony of WJCC 2013 was held on 13th Sep.2013 at The Ness Hotel, round one starts off.

Interesting top seed are #1. GM YU YANGYI 2662 CHN, #2. GM IPATOV ALEXANDER 2601 TUR #3. GM CORI JORGE 2587 PERU, #4. GM GRANDELIUS NILS 2576 SWE, #5. GM TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL 2575 ARM and  #10. GM WEI YI 2551 CHN... then all the rest are juniors that haven't make significant name in chess scenes. While in Women, #1 WGM KASHLINSKAYA ALINA 2434 RUS, #2 WGM CORI T. DEYSI 2433 PERU, #3 WGM GORYACHKINA ALEKSANDRA 2418 RUS and hardly any other else 'star' .. except perhaps PADMINI ROUT of India.

the Indonesian delegations are a quartet in number:
28 IM FARID FIRMAN SYAH 2433 INA
64 CM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2277 INA

11 WIM MEDINA WARDA AULIA 2301 INA
12 WIM SIHITE CHELSIE MONICA 2282 INA

On round 1 result... the top results are:
1 GAEHWILER GABRIEL 2287 SUI  - GM YU YANGYI 2662 CHN 0-1
2 GM IPATOV ALEXANDER 2601 TUR vs KULKARNI RAKESH 2283 IND 0-1
3 FANG YAN 2281 CHN vs GM CORI JORGE 2587 PER  ½ - ½
4 GM GRANDELIUS NILS 2576 SWE vs FM TOMAZINI ZAN 2277 SLO  1 - 0
5 CM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2277 INA vs GM TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL 2575 ARM 1 - 0
10 GM WEI YI 2551 CHN vs CM EMIROGLU CANKUT 2260 TUR 1 - 0


As can be seen on round 1 result, there was a major upset for board 5. Indonesian M. Luthfi Ali defeated Armenian GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan in Sicilian Najdorf game.  The official website reported:
Although the rating favorite Ter-Sahakyan Samvel had a very long theory and had the position he planned, he missed the 26...e4 move and couldn't value the pawn that he sacrificed and lost the game.

Although Houdini evaluation looks equal, White side Muhammad Luthfi Ali  will later outplayed his Grandmaster opponent in a very sharp and tactical middle game, where pieces are all flying in the air.

See game  below..

Turnamen Juara Internasional Catur Junior 2013 yang berlangsung di Turki 2013 berjalan dengan baik untuk kontingen Indonesia. Di babak pertama ke empat wakil Indonesia memetik kemenangan, kecuali satu remis. Hasil nya adalah:

5 CM MUHAMMAD LUTHFI ALI 2277 INA 1 - 0 GM TER-SAHAKYAN SAMVEL 2575 ARM
28 IM FARID FIRMAN SYAH 2433 INA ½ - ½  BUYUKASIK DIYAP 2046 TUR
11 KRUMOVA ANI 1993 BUL 0 - 1 WIM MEDINA WARDA AULIA 2301 INA
12 WIM SIHITE CHELSIE MONICA 2282 INA 1 - 0 WFM SAVANT RIYA 1960 IND

Seperti tertulis, Luthfi Ali berhasil menumbangkan pecatur unggulan dari Armenia yang tiga ratus elo rating lebih tinggi dari Luthfi. Dalam permainan Sisilia Najdorf yang sangat tajam tersebut, putih seakan siap dihujani serangan perwira-perwira dari Hitam, namun putih punya jawaban untuk semua komplikasi taktik yang berlangsung.


Lihat Partai Catur Sisilia 
M. Luthfi Ali vs Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 1-0, World Junior 2013
B90 Sicilian Najdorf

Bulletin issue with the games analyzed