14.a4
QUESTION: Where is White planning to castle after this move? Surely the kingside is out of the question with all those advanced kingside pawns? ANSWER: White definitely wants to castle on the queenside as long as he is safe there. At the moment he does not have enough going on the kingside and a premature queenside castling might be detrimental to his king's health. Thus 14 a4 secures the knight on b5 and is actually a waiting move as well. White may want to forgo castling and put his king on d2 or f2 instead. Note especially that Black has no great move for the moment and he cannot eject the b5-knight.
14...Bf6 15.Bd6 Re8 16.f4 Nb6? 17.g5!+/-
Jobava does not need any further invitation to start opening the kingside with some sacrifices.
QUESTION: Where is White planning to castle after this move? Surely the kingside is out of the question with all those advanced kingside pawns? ANSWER: White definitely wants to castle on the queenside as long as he is safe there. At the moment he does not have enough going on the kingside and a premature queenside castling might be detrimental to his king's health. Thus 14 a4 secures the knight on b5 and is actually a waiting move as well. White may want to forgo castling and put his king on d2 or f2 instead. Note especially that Black has no great move for the moment and he cannot eject the b5-knight.
14...Bf6 15.Bd6 Re8 16.f4 Nb6? 17.g5!+/-
Jobava does not need any further invitation to start opening the kingside with some sacrifices.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 587
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B: Na2 – 9
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Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva, Rachel, George
C: N×d5 – 2
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Adhvaith, Jamal
A: b4 – 1
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Zhenrui
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B: Na2 – 9
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Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @SteveWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Atharva, Rachel, George
C: N×d5 – 2
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Adhvaith, Jamal
A: b4 – 1
👍 8%
Zhenrui
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 588
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A: g4 – 12
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Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, @a_m_norouzy, Atharva, Jamal, Rachel, George, Zhenrui
B: b4 – 1
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@SteveWongso
C: Kb1
▫️ 0%
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A: g4 – 12
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Jonas, Ramesh, Jayden, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, @a_m_norouzy, Atharva, Jamal, Rachel, George, Zhenrui
B: b4 – 1
👍 8%
@SteveWongso
C: Kb1
▫️ 0%
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Congrats to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who has won #BielChess2018 with a round to spare, beaten Carlsen for the first time in 10 years AND set a new personal rating best with 2817,7!
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♦️ Biel GM 2018, Round 9
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♦️ Biel GM 2018, Round 9
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⚛️ #about_Pogonina
💢 Natalia Pogonina
💢 Russian Woman Grandmaster
🔰 Natalia Andreevna Pogonina is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is the runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship 2015.
🔸 Full name: Natalia Andreevna Pogonina
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: 9 March 1985 (age 33)
Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Woman Grandmaster (2004)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2469 (July 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2508 (July 2014)
🔰 WGM Natalija Andreevna Pogonina was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai and learned to play chess at the age of 5 from her grandfather.
🔰 Pogonina’s early successes include winning the Russian U14 Girls championship in 1998. She was =1st at the Russian U18 Girls in 2001 and is two-times European girls champion (U16 in 2000, U18 in 2003), bronze winner at the World Championship (U18) (Girls) in 2003, =1st at the Russian Junior Championship (Girls) in 2003 and 2004, and outright winner of that event in 2005, She also won bronze at the 10th European Individual Women's Championship (2009).
🔰 She contested the 2004 Women's World Championship and the Women's World Chess Championship (2010) but was eliminated in the first round on both occasions.
🔰 In March 2012, she scored 7.5/11 in the European Individual Women's Championship (2012) (EIWC) to place =5th (10th on tiebreak and with a TPR of 2501), and then followed up in June 2012 by scoring an undefeated 8/11 (TPR 2514) to take outright second place in the Russian Chess Championships Higher League (Women) (2012), signaling a return to her playing strength of a couple of years ago.
🔰 Pogonina's latter result also qualified her to participate in the Russian Women's Superfinals (2012), in which she went one better to win outright with 6.5/9 (+4 =5), and a TPR of 2611. In August 2013, she scored a solid 7.5/11 at the European Individual Women's Championship (2013).
♦️ A selected game from Natalia Pogonina's recent games👇
🔸 Vera Nebolsina vs Natalia Pogonina
🔸 Russian Team Championship (Women) (2018), Sochi RUS, rd 6, May-07
🔸 Four Knights Game: General (C46)
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💢 Natalia Pogonina
💢 Russian Woman Grandmaster
🔰 Natalia Andreevna Pogonina is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is the runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship 2015.
🔸 Full name: Natalia Andreevna Pogonina
🔸 Country: Russia
🔸 Born: 9 March 1985 (age 33)
Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
🔸 Title: Woman Grandmaster (2004)
🔸 FIDE rating: 2469 (July 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2508 (July 2014)
🔰 WGM Natalija Andreevna Pogonina was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai and learned to play chess at the age of 5 from her grandfather.
🔰 Pogonina’s early successes include winning the Russian U14 Girls championship in 1998. She was =1st at the Russian U18 Girls in 2001 and is two-times European girls champion (U16 in 2000, U18 in 2003), bronze winner at the World Championship (U18) (Girls) in 2003, =1st at the Russian Junior Championship (Girls) in 2003 and 2004, and outright winner of that event in 2005, She also won bronze at the 10th European Individual Women's Championship (2009).
🔰 She contested the 2004 Women's World Championship and the Women's World Chess Championship (2010) but was eliminated in the first round on both occasions.
🔰 In March 2012, she scored 7.5/11 in the European Individual Women's Championship (2012) (EIWC) to place =5th (10th on tiebreak and with a TPR of 2501), and then followed up in June 2012 by scoring an undefeated 8/11 (TPR 2514) to take outright second place in the Russian Chess Championships Higher League (Women) (2012), signaling a return to her playing strength of a couple of years ago.
🔰 Pogonina's latter result also qualified her to participate in the Russian Women's Superfinals (2012), in which she went one better to win outright with 6.5/9 (+4 =5), and a TPR of 2611. In August 2013, she scored a solid 7.5/11 at the European Individual Women's Championship (2013).
♦️ A selected game from Natalia Pogonina's recent games👇
🔸 Vera Nebolsina vs Natalia Pogonina
🔸 Russian Team Championship (Women) (2018), Sochi RUS, rd 6, May-07
🔸 Four Knights Game: General (C46)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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