⚛️ Abour Irina Krush

💢 Irina Krush
💢 American Chess Grandmaster

🔰 Irina Krush is an American chess International Grandmaster who has won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship seven times.
Krush was born in Odessa, USSR (now Ukraine). She learned to play chess at age five, emigrating with her parents to Brooklyn that same year (1989). Krush attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn.
At age 14 Krush won the 1998 U.S. Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U.S. Women's Champion ever. She has won the U.S. Championship on six other occasions, in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

♦️ FIDE rating: 2436 (December 2018)
♦️ Peak rating: 2502 (October 2013)

🔰 Krush took part in the "Kasparov versus the World" chess competition in 1999. Garry Kasparov played the white pieces and the Internet public, via a Microsoft host website, voted on moves for the black pieces, guided by the recommendations of Krush and three of her contemporaries, Étienne Bacrot, Elisabeth Pähtz and Florin Felecan. On the tenth move, Krush suggested a novelty, for which the World Team voted. Kasparov said later that he lost control of the game at that point, and wasn't sure whether he was winning or losing.

🌐 SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA

♦️ A memorable game by Krush👇
▪️ Irina Krush vs Hikaru Nakamura
▪️ Mayor's Cup (2001), New York, NY USA, rd 5, Jun-22
▪️ King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Glek Defense (E94)

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💢 Irina Krush - Hikaru Nakamura, New York 2001
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Our countdown of the best games of 2018 continues on Christmas 🎄 with a spectacular game from Alphazero!

Deep MindAI's creation displays boundless creativity in this attack that overcomes Stockfish! 🤩

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Adams,Michael (2712)
⚫️Merry,Alan B (2435)
🔸1-0

33.e3! [In order to deflect the black rook from defending the b4–pawn.]

[33.Rc4? c5! 34.Rxc5 Kh7 35.e3 Rd2 36.Rb5 Bf3 37.Qc4 Qd7 38.Rb8 h5 39.Qf1=]

33...Rd5?! [33...Rd6 34.Qc4+ Kh8 35.Qxb4 Bc8 36.Qe4 Qd7 37.Rbc1 Bb7±]

34.Qc4! [By forcing Black to take back on the d5 with his pawn, White tries to open the more files for his rook.]

34...Ba6?? [A strange blunder that makes White's task easy.]

[34...Kh7 35.Qe4+ Kh8 36.Rxd5! cxd5 37.Qxb4 Ba6 38.Qb8 Qxb8 39.Rxb8+ Kh7 40.Rd8 Bc4 41.Rd7+–]

35.Rxd5 Qxd5 36.Qxa6 c5 37.Qb5 e4 38.Rc1

1–0

⚪️#104 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Astaneh Lopez,Alex (2433)
🔸Hague,Ben (2405)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

19.Ng5 [19.Bg5! Black's queen has no escape square and on the other hand, blocking the bishop's path weakens Black's kingside structure. 19...f6 20.Be3 Nd5 21.Bxa7 Qxa7 22.Nd6 Qe7 (22...Ne7 23.Rac1 h6 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7+–) 23.Bxd5 exd5 (23...Qxd6? 24.Be4+–) 24.Rxd5±; 19.Nd6 Nd5 20.e4 Bd7 (20...Qxd6 21.Bf4 e5 22.Rxd5 Qg6 23.Bxe5) ]

19...f5 20.Be3 h6 21.Nf3 [21.Bc5 Qxg5 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.Qc7 Qe7 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rc1 e5 26.Rdd1 e4 (26...Bd7?? 27.Qxa7) 27.Qxe7+ Kxe7 28.Rc7+ Ke8 29.Rxa7+–]

21...Bb7 22.Qb2 Rfd8 23.h4 Be4 24.Rac1 Rbc8 25.Ne1 Bxg2 26.Nxg2 Nd5 27.Bxa7 Qxa7 28.Qe5 Qf7 29.Ne1 Nf6 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Nd3 Ng4 32.Qc7 Qxc7 33.Rxc7 e5 34.Rc6 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Rg6+ Kf7 37.Rxg5 Kf6 38.Rh5 e4 39.Nf4 Rd2 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Ra2 42.Rh8 Rxa4 43.Rf8+ Ke5 44.Ng6+ Ke6 45.Nf4+ Ke5 46.Ng6+ Ke6 47.Nf4+

½–½

⚫️#104 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Tari,Aryan (2618)
🔸Saric,Ivan (2689)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

51...Rh8! [51...h4 52.Rf5+ Kg6 53.Rf8 Bg7 54.Ra8µ; 51...Bf6 52.Ra7 Kf4 53.Rxa5 Rg6+ 54.Kf1 Ke3 55.Ra8 Rg3 56.a5 Rf3+ 57.Kg1 Be5 58.a6 Kd4 59.Re8 (59.a7 Ra3) 59...Ra3 60.Bc8 Ra4 61.Re7 Rxc4 62.a7 Ra4µ]

52.Rf5+ Kg6 53.Rf3 Be5 54.Bd7 Rb8 55.Bb5 Rg8 56.Kh3 Kh6 57.Bd7 Rg1 58.Be8 Kg5 59.Bd7 Rc1 60.Rf5+ Kg6 61.Rf8 Rc3+ 62.Kg2 Rxc4

0–1

⚫️#105 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Arab,Adlane (2482)
🔸Skoberne,Jure (2565)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 105
public poll

A) f5 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
future, Nikhil, Jayden, Evan, @h_a_d_I_1169, @RichardPeng, @WataxPin, Michael

C) N×g3 – 2
👍👍 18%
Ali, مجید

B) b6 – 1
👍 9%
@Sophia_Peng

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#105 (Endgame-‌Black to Move)
🔸Nedev,Trajko (2496)
🔸Hovhannisyan,Robert (2621)
🔸World Chess Olympiad 2018 Batumi

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 105
public poll

B) f6 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 82%
@A_8383, Nikhil, @Squirtle1, Ali, Evan, @SophiaCat_does_Chess, @A_Somewhat_Cool_Guy, @majid_karammi, @WataxPin

A) g5 – 2
👍👍 18%
@h_a_d_I_1169, Michael

C) Kh7
▫️ 0%

👥 11 people voted so far.