The European Women’s Individual Chess Championship finishes in a five-way tie.
Congrats to Russia's Alina Kashlinskaya (2477) on becoming the 2019 European Women's Champion due to better tie-breaks.

Congratulations to Alina Kashlinskaya on winning the 2019 European Women's Championship!

European Women’s Individual Chess Championship — #ewicc2019 —
1. Alina Kashlinskaya 🇷🇺2. Marie Sebag 🇫🇷3. Paehtz Elisabeth🇩🇪

🔹 20th ch-EUR Indiv w 2019
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Carlsen vs Anand | World Champion Battle | First Moves GRENKE Chess Classic 2019

Vishy Anand's game against Magnus Carlsen underscores how really great players are able to resuscitate, stabilize and navigate in really poor positions. The art of doing well after things went bad.

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 2
⚪️Bacrot,E (2677)
⚫️Werle,J (2528)
🔸0-1

39...Rc2+! [Dragging the opponent's king to an inferior position.]

40.Kd3™ e4+! 41.Ke3? [¹41.Nxe4+! dxe4+ 42.Kxe4 Rxa4+ 43.Kd5 Raa2-/+]

41...Ra3+! [△e3]

[41...Rc3+!? △e3 42.Ke2 e3 43.g4 exd2–+]

42.Kf4 e3!–+ [The White's extra piece cannot deal with the Black's pawns.]

0–1

⚫️#196 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Huseynzade,Jeyhun (1979)
🔸Gasanov,E (2502)
🔸Baku Open 2018

18...Qc7! [Gasanov intends to create an annoying Queen-Bishop battery along the h1–c6 diagonal.]

[18...Re8 19.Ra1 Qc7 20.Be5 Qd7 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Re1!? Qc7³; 18...h5?! 19.Ne5 g6 20.Re1 Nd4 21.Qb2„]

19.Be5 Qc6 20.Ng3 Nxg3 [20...Qd7 21.Bc3 Bd6 22.Ne5 Qc7 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.d4 Re8 25.Qd2 f6 26.Nd3 cxd4 27.Bxd4 Qc6-/+]

21.hxg3=/+

0–1

⚪️#196 (Endgame-White to Move)
🔸Pridorozhni,A (2567)
🔸Demidov,M (2520)
🔸ch-RUS Rapid GP Final 2018