FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2020. Game 3
Commentators GM Nigel Short and WGM Zhang Xiaowen.

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nothing human was alien to even the most uncompromising fighters. "Friendly Draw" (Leningrad-Latvia. Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR?)

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"Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all."

🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik

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Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 19th January 1977. The 5th-round game between grandmasters Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) & Tony Miles (England) is in progress.

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Beautiful photo: Petrosian analyzing with his long-time friend and trainer, Isaac Boleslavsky.

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Game 3 of FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2020 ended in a hard fought draw

In a QGD Semi-Tarrasch variation, Goryachkina kept pushing for advantage and eventually got an extra pawn using tactics which was difficult for her to maintain in a Queen and Double Rook endgame as Ju defended perfectly. It liquidated into an equal Rook ending with Goryachkina regaining an extra pawn, but it was not enough to score a full point.

Ultimately a draw was agreed after 85 moves of long battle spanning almost four hours.

Game 4 will be played tomorrow