In the press centre of the 1984/85 World Chess Championship in Moscow, ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov (centre) and grandmaster Evgeny Vasiukov (right).
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Women's World Championship 2018 (🔴LIVE ) 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrGAzC9czRo
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FIDE Women's World Championship 2018. Round 1. Tie breaks
Commentator GM Pavel Tregubov
Unity Chess Club pinned «Women's World Championship 2018 (🔴LIVE ) 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrGAzC9czRo»
26.Qf4? [Attempting to complicate the position by tactical means. However, it will only work in Black's favor.]
[26.Re3 Rd8 27.Qf4! △Q×f7 27...Bxg2 28.Qxf7 △Qg6 28...Be4 29.Bxe6 Qc1+ 30.Kh2 Qh1+ 31.Kg3 Qg2+ 32.Kh4 Qg5+ 33.Kh3 Qg2+ 34.Kh4 Qg5+=]
26...Bxg2! 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Qxf8 Bh3 [Black has an advantage thanks to the opponent's exposed king and his own better pawn structure.]
29.f3 Qc7 [△Qg3]
30.Kh1 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Bf5 32.Qd6 Qg5-/+33.d5? [¹33.Qe5 Qxh5+ 34.Kg2 Qg5+ 35.Kf2 h5 36.Bxe6 Qh4+ 37.Ke2 Bxe6 38.Qxe6 Qxd4µ]
33...Qxh5+ 34.Kg2 Qh3+ 35.Kf2 Qh4+ 36.Kg2 Bh3+ 37.Kh2 exd5 [△d4]
38.Kg1 [38.Qe5 d4 39.Kg1 Qg5+ 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Bc2+ g6 42.Kf2 Bf5 43.Bb3 Kg7–+]
38...Qg5+ 0–1
[26.Re3 Rd8 27.Qf4! △Q×f7 27...Bxg2 28.Qxf7 △Qg6 28...Be4 29.Bxe6 Qc1+ 30.Kh2 Qh1+ 31.Kg3 Qg2+ 32.Kh4 Qg5+ 33.Kh3 Qg2+ 34.Kh4 Qg5+=]
26...Bxg2! 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Qxf8 Bh3 [Black has an advantage thanks to the opponent's exposed king and his own better pawn structure.]
29.f3 Qc7 [△Qg3]
30.Kh1 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Bf5 32.Qd6 Qg5-/+33.d5? [¹33.Qe5 Qxh5+ 34.Kg2 Qg5+ 35.Kf2 h5 36.Bxe6 Qh4+ 37.Ke2 Bxe6 38.Qxe6 Qxd4µ]
33...Qxh5+ 34.Kg2 Qh3+ 35.Kf2 Qh4+ 36.Kg2 Bh3+ 37.Kh2 exd5 [△d4]
38.Kg1 [38.Qe5 d4 39.Kg1 Qg5+ 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Bc2+ g6 42.Kf2 Bf5 43.Bb3 Kg7–+]
38...Qg5+ 0–1
Yesterday Ding Liren matched Tal's 95-game unbeaten streak - today he looks certain to improve on it!
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Grandmaster Irina Krush made it through to the round of 32 by defeating IM Gaponenko 2-0 in rapid playoff.
Sabina Foisor lost 0-2 against Antoaneta Stefanova and couldn't advance to the next round.
Big names who got eliminated today: Natalia Zhokova, Sabina Foisor and Elina Danielian.
Big names who got eliminated yesterday: Lela Javakhishvili, Alina Kashlinskaya, Elisabeth Paehtz and Olga Girya.
Unibet is expecting to take more money on this month’s FIDE World Chess Championship showdown than some of the summer’s Fifa World Cup games.