10.Nd3!
A fine move that adds to his control of e5 and avoids trades that might help Black get a bit more breathing room. "How does this retreat increase White's control of e5?" you ask. With the Knight sitting on e5, only the White pawn on d4 attacked that square. (A piece does not control the square that it is sitting on.) Now, after 10.Nd3, White is attacking the square twice.
10...Ne4 11.Nf3
Another piece wends its way to the e5 promised land.
11...Nd6 12.b3 b5?
This move is a mistake, which allows White to gain a significant amount of space on the queenside. The best move was 12...b6, which restrains White's next move.
13.c5 Nf7 14.a4! bxa4 15.Rxa4+/-
Now the pawn on a7 is a target that White will try to win at his leisure.
A fine move that adds to his control of e5 and avoids trades that might help Black get a bit more breathing room. "How does this retreat increase White's control of e5?" you ask. With the Knight sitting on e5, only the White pawn on d4 attacked that square. (A piece does not control the square that it is sitting on.) Now, after 10.Nd3, White is attacking the square twice.
10...Ne4 11.Nf3
Another piece wends its way to the e5 promised land.
11...Nd6 12.b3 b5?
This move is a mistake, which allows White to gain a significant amount of space on the queenside. The best move was 12...b6, which restrains White's next move.
13.c5 Nf7 14.a4! bxa4 15.Rxa4+/-
Now the pawn on a7 is a target that White will try to win at his leisure.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 545
public poll
A: Bh6 β 9
πππππππ 60%
Jonas, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, Vedant, Zhenrui
B: Kh8 β 3
ππ 20%
@Hesi2004, Gavin, @RichardPeng
C: f4 β 3
ππ 20%
Masoud kabiri, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng
π₯ 15 people voted so far.
public poll
A: Bh6 β 9
πππππππ 60%
Jonas, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, Vedant, Zhenrui
B: Kh8 β 3
ππ 20%
@Hesi2004, Gavin, @RichardPeng
C: f4 β 3
ππ 20%
Masoud kabiri, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng
π₯ 15 people voted so far.
Unity Chess Multiple Choice 546
public poll
B: Bh3 β 11
πππππππ 73%
Masoud kabiri, @MrAmrb, Jonas, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, @Fibonaccimathematician, Vedant, Zhenrui
A: Ng1 β 4
πππ 27%
Gavin, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng
C: Ra3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 15 people voted so far.
public poll
B: Bh3 β 11
πππππππ 73%
Masoud kabiri, @MrAmrb, Jonas, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, @Fibonaccimathematician, Vedant, Zhenrui
A: Ng1 β 4
πππ 27%
Gavin, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng
C: Ra3
β«οΈ 0%
π₯ 15 people voted so far.
π
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π’ Vo Thi Kim Phung
π’ Vietnamese chess star (WGM)
π’ The current Asian women's champion
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π’ Vo Thi Kim Phung
π’ Vietnamese chess star (WGM)
π’ The current Asian women's champion
@unitychess
π
ΎοΈ #about_KimPhung
π’ Vo Thi Kim Phung
π’ Vietnamese chess star (WGM)
π’ The current Asian women's champion
π° VΓ΅ Thα» Kim Phα»₯ng is a Vietnamese chess player and the current Asian women's champion. She won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 2010 and 2013.
π Born: June 8, 1993 (age 25)
π Fide Id: 12401838
π Title: Woman Grand Master
π Federation: Vietnam fed
π FIDE Elo: 2377
π Highest Elo: 2425 (January 2018)
π URS Rating: 2300
β€οΈ In this Vietnamese name, the family name is VΓ΅. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Kim Phα»₯ng.
π° VΓ΅ Thα» Kim Phα»₯ng (born in HuαΊΏ) is a Vietnamese chess player and the current Asian women's champion. She won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 2010 and 2013. VΓ΅ also won gold medals at the ASEAN Age-Group Championships in the Girls U-12 category in 2004, the Girls U-14 in 2006 and 2007, the Girls U-16 in 2009, and the Girls U-20 in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In March 2017, she won the Women's Zonal 3.3 Championship to qualify to play in the Women's World Chess Championship. In May, VΓ΅ won the Asian Women's Championship in Chengdu, China. As a result she was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE. VΓ΅ has played for Vietnam in the Women's World Team Chess Championship.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Kim Phungπ
πΈ Thi Kim Phung Vo vs Zhao Xue
πΈ Chinese Chess League (2017), China CHN, rd 18, Nov-04
πΈ Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
@unitychess
π’ Vo Thi Kim Phung
π’ Vietnamese chess star (WGM)
π’ The current Asian women's champion
π° VΓ΅ Thα» Kim Phα»₯ng is a Vietnamese chess player and the current Asian women's champion. She won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 2010 and 2013.
π Born: June 8, 1993 (age 25)
π Fide Id: 12401838
π Title: Woman Grand Master
π Federation: Vietnam fed
π FIDE Elo: 2377
π Highest Elo: 2425 (January 2018)
π URS Rating: 2300
β€οΈ In this Vietnamese name, the family name is VΓ΅. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Kim Phα»₯ng.
π° VΓ΅ Thα» Kim Phα»₯ng (born in HuαΊΏ) is a Vietnamese chess player and the current Asian women's champion. She won the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 2010 and 2013. VΓ΅ also won gold medals at the ASEAN Age-Group Championships in the Girls U-12 category in 2004, the Girls U-14 in 2006 and 2007, the Girls U-16 in 2009, and the Girls U-20 in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In March 2017, she won the Women's Zonal 3.3 Championship to qualify to play in the Women's World Chess Championship. In May, VΓ΅ won the Asian Women's Championship in Chengdu, China. As a result she was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE. VΓ΅ has played for Vietnam in the Women's World Team Chess Championship.
β¦οΈ A memorable game by Kim Phungπ
πΈ Thi Kim Phung Vo vs Zhao Xue
πΈ Chinese Chess League (2017), China CHN, rd 18, Nov-04
πΈ Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32)
β¦οΈ Review and download PGN fileπ
@unitychess
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Unity Chess Multiple Choice 545 public poll A: Bh6 β 9 πππππππ 60% Jonas, @Afshin3333, Ramesh, Jahanbakhsh, @SteveWongso, Vincent, Bryson, Vedant, Zhenrui B: Kh8 β 3 ππ 20% @Hesi2004, Gavin, @RichardPeng C: f4 β 3 ππ 20% Masoud kabiri, @MerissaWongso, @Sophia_Pengβ¦
21. Rxc6??
A miscalculation by 35 years old Georgian WGM Sofio Gvetadze.
21. Bxa3! Nxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bb2 Nc2 25. Qc1
Qc7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nf3 Qc6 28. Ne5 Qc5 29. Nf3 Qc6 30. Ne5 and a likely draw by repetition.
21... Bxb2 22.Rxb6 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxb6 24. Bxb7 Rc7 25. Bf3 Rxd4 26. Rxa6 Nc8 -+
A miscalculation by 35 years old Georgian WGM Sofio Gvetadze.
21. Bxa3! Nxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bb2 Nc2 25. Qc1
Qc7 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nf3 Qc6 28. Ne5 Qc5 29. Nf3 Qc6 30. Ne5 and a likely draw by repetition.
21... Bxb2 22.Rxb6 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxb6 24. Bxb7 Rc7 25. Bf3 Rxd4 26. Rxa6 Nc8 -+
31. Kh2??
Black has an advantage, but the White's last move clearly makes his opponent's task easier.
31. Rh1 -/+ Nxh4 32. Nf4 (32. gxh4 Rf3)
32... Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxf4 0-1
Black has an advantage, but the White's last move clearly makes his opponent's task easier.
31. Rh1 -/+ Nxh4 32. Nf4 (32. gxh4 Rf3)
32... Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxf4 0-1
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53. Ne7?
Missing a golden opportunity.
Mosadeghpour could have won the bishop with 53. Nd4! Be8 54. Ne6+ Kc8 55. Ra8+ Kb7 56. Rxe8 +-
53... Bb5 54.Nxd5 Kc8 55. Ra2 Rc5 56. Kf3 Nd6 57. Rd2 Kb7 58. Nxf4 Rxe5 59. Rxd6 1/2-1/2
Missing a golden opportunity.
Mosadeghpour could have won the bishop with 53. Nd4! Be8 54. Ne6+ Kc8 55. Ra8+ Kb7 56. Rxe8 +-
53... Bb5 54.Nxd5 Kc8 55. Ra2 Rc5 56. Kf3 Nd6 57. Rd2 Kb7 58. Nxf4 Rxe5 59. Rxd6 1/2-1/2
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38. Nc4??
After losing his advantage in the middlegame,14 years old Azerbaijani FM even lost the game with his last blunder.
38. Bf3 Rg7+ 39. Kf1 Bf4 40. Re8+ Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.Nc4 =
38... Bd4 39. Nxd6
(39. Rf3 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Nxe4 -+)
39... Rd7 40. Rxc3 bxc3 41. Nc4 Rxd5 0-1
After losing his advantage in the middlegame,14 years old Azerbaijani FM even lost the game with his last blunder.
38. Bf3 Rg7+ 39. Kf1 Bf4 40. Re8+ Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42.Nc4 =
38... Bd4 39. Nxd6
(39. Rf3 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Nxe4 -+)
39... Rd7 40. Rxc3 bxc3 41. Nc4 Rxd5 0-1