Adarsh Jayakumar at U.S. Cadet Championship (final)

Story at Chess Life Online. Adarsh has to be somewhat disappointed with his -2 score (one win, three losses, three draws), but it's a very respectable result.

Genesis 35:18

Today's Bible verse:

Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means "son of my sorrow"). The baby's father, however, called him Benjamin (which means "son of my right hand").

Arguably, the Modern Benoni is the opening with the most ominous name.  Adarsh was the bringer of sorrow in an earlier round, but now....

Benonis are fun

Tal played it, Fischer played it: the Modern Benoni can't be bad!

U.S. Cadet Championship

NM Adarsh Jayakumar (whose family is returning to Chicagoland in a couple weeks) is playing in the 2010 U.S. Cadet Championship in Crossville, Tennessee.  He's -1 after two rounds.

In Round 1, Adarsh got a nice position on the Black side of a Modern Benoni, but then got a little too creative.  The punishment was thematic.

Round 2 was an uneventful draw:

There are no easy opponents in these junior invitational events!