Ashik vs Hans Niemann, William Addison, G45, Round 4

Ashik vs Swaminathan, William Addison Open, MIC, Round 1

Ashik vs Arhant Katare, Best of the West, Santa Clara Marriott, Round 3

Ashik vs William Gray, Tuesday Night Marathon, Fall 2014, Round 4

I defended a tough position against William Gray yesterday in Tuesday Night Marathon. IM John Donaldson, analyzed the game and published two diagrams of the position in the Mechanics Institue Weekly Chess Newsletter (#654) this week. Here is his analysis.



Here white offerred a draw and black accepted.
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t/c: G85/30 + G30 + 30 sec increment

Ashik vs Hans Niemann, Tuesday Night Marathon, Winter 2014, Round 3

I faced Hans for the first time although we have been playing in many chess tournaments in including in Mechanics Chess Institute for more than a year. I had a very tough position to defend once I grabbed a pawn in the Sicillian Alapin. Hans is well versed in the variation where I made an early inaccuracy as I dont know the variation very well. But I am happy that I gave a tenecous defence which resulted in Hans' attack dry out. And once an attack fails, the attackers own defence become very vulnerable. This is exactly what happened and I counter attacked and check mated him. There are few inaccuracies in the game but overall I played well. A very important open game to analyze.

With this win I am leading the Tuesday Night Marathon in Mechanics Institute, San Francisco with 4 or 5 other people scoring 3 out of 3!

Ashik vs FM Cunningham, Saturday Night Marathon, Milpitas, Winter 2013, Round 1