Results of #FIDEWomenCandidates Round 10:
🇷🇺 Kosteniuk 1-0 Gunina 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Lagno 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Dzagnidze 🇬🇪
Goryachkina (8) is 2,5 points ahead of Lagno (5,5) with 4 rounds to go!
🇷🇺 Kosteniuk 1-0 Gunina 🇷🇺
🇷🇺 Lagno 1/2-1/2 Goryachkina 🇷🇺
🇺🇦 A. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
🇺🇦 M. Muzychuk 1/2-1/2 Dzagnidze 🇬🇪
Goryachkina (8) is 2,5 points ahead of Lagno (5,5) with 4 rounds to go!
Forwarded from never lose hope
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2019 Women's Candidates. Round 10. Interview with Valentina Gunina.
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2019 Women's Candidates. Round 10. Kosteniuk tells about her victory over Gunina.
Women's Candidates: Kosteniuk defeats Gunina
https://en.chessbase.com/post/womens-candidates-2019-round-10
https://en.chessbase.com/post/womens-candidates-2019-round-10
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Women's Candidates: Kosteniuk defeats Gunina
Round ten of the Women's Candidates Tournaments in Kazan finished with three draws and a single decisive game — Alexandra Kosteniuk took down Valentina Gunina with the white pieces. Meanwhile, in the crucial duel of the day, Kateryna Lagno could not overcome…
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Wesley So's uninspired 16.d5 was the equivalent of Little Red Riding Hood asking the big bad wolf if he wants a piece of grandma.
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Vachier_Lagrave wins a nice armageddon game against Grischuk, striking with 22.Nc6!? and 26.Rxc4! to roll the pawns up the board!
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12.Nb5! [A strong intermediate move by Aleksandrov to exploit the awkward position of Black's bishop on a5.]
[12.Nce2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bxb5 dxe3 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Bxe3 Nc7 17.Bc4 Bd5 18.Rbc1 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 Ncd5 20.Bf2 Bb6 21.Bxb6 axb6³; 12.exd4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Qd3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb8 16.Bd2 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5³]
12...dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Qe2±
1–0
[12.Nce2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bxb5 dxe3 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Bxe3 Nc7 17.Bc4 Bd5 18.Rbc1 Bxc4 19.Rxc4 Ncd5 20.Bf2 Bb6 21.Bxb6 axb6³; 12.exd4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Qd3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb8 16.Bd2 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5³]
12...dxc4 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Qe2±
1–0
41...Kg8? [41...Nc6! 42.f4 Kg8 43.Rh6 Nd4 44.Bg4 Kg7 45.Kg2 Ra2+ 46.Kg3 Ra3+ 47.Kf2 Rb3 48.Rh1 Nb5 49.Bh5 Nd6 50.Kg2 Rb2+ 51.Kf3 Ne4 52.Ra1 Rh2 53.Bg4 Kg6µ; 41...Re7!? 42.f4 Nf5 43.Be2 Rb7 44.Bd3 Nd4 45.g6 Rb3 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Bf1 Rg3+ 48.Kf2 Rxg6 49.Rd7 Rg4 50.Bg2 Rxf4+ 51.Ke3 Rh4 52.Bxd5 Nf5+ 53.Ke2 exd5 54.Rxd5=]
42.g6 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 fxg6 44.Bxg6 Ne2 45.Kf3 Nd4+ 46.Kf4 Rg1 47.Bd3=
½–½
42.g6 Ra1+ 43.Kg2 fxg6 44.Bxg6 Ne2 45.Kf3 Nd4+ 46.Kf4 Rg1 47.Bd3=
½–½
27...Kh8?? [Black did not find the best defence. He should have played:]
[¹27...Qxe4! 28.Qc3+ Kg6™ 29.Rf6+ Kh7 30.Rd6 Qb1+™ △Be6 31.Kh2 Be6™ 32.Nf6+ Kg6 33.Nd5²]
28.Qc3+! Kh7 29.Nf6+! [White's well-coordinated pieces launch a devastating attack against the opponent's king.]
29...Kg6 30.e5! [△Qc2]
30...Rh8 31.Qd3+ Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kg8 33.Rf6!‚ [The f6–outpost is like a paradise for White's pieces!]
[33.Qd8+!? Kh7 34.Qc7‚ Rf8 35.Rf6 Qd5 36.Qc2+ Kg8 37.Rg6++–]
33...Qxe5 [33...Qe8 34.Rd6! Be6 35.Nf6++–]
34.Qd8+! Kh7 35.Rxf7+ Kg6 36.Rf6+ Kh7 37.Qd3++–
[¹27...Qxe4! 28.Qc3+ Kg6™ 29.Rf6+ Kh7 30.Rd6 Qb1+™ △Be6 31.Kh2 Be6™ 32.Nf6+ Kg6 33.Nd5²]
28.Qc3+! Kh7 29.Nf6+! [White's well-coordinated pieces launch a devastating attack against the opponent's king.]
29...Kg6 30.e5! [△Qc2]
30...Rh8 31.Qd3+ Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kg8 33.Rf6!‚ [The f6–outpost is like a paradise for White's pieces!]
[33.Qd8+!? Kh7 34.Qc7‚ Rf8 35.Rf6 Qd5 36.Qc2+ Kg8 37.Rg6++–]
33...Qxe5 [33...Qe8 34.Rd6! Be6 35.Nf6++–]
34.Qd8+! Kh7 35.Rxf7+ Kg6 36.Rf6+ Kh7 37.Qd3++–
Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 237
public poll
A) Ndb5 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@fantastic45, Nikhil, Kasyap
B) Qd2 – 1
👍👍 25%
@A_Wild_Richard
C) b3
▫️ 0%
👥 4 people voted so far.
public poll
A) Ndb5 – 3
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
@fantastic45, Nikhil, Kasyap
B) Qd2 – 1
👍👍 25%
@A_Wild_Richard
C) b3
▫️ 0%
👥 4 people voted so far.