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Analysis from the 2nd round |
 Dear chess lovers, you can find some spectacular moments of the second round below;
GM STEFANOVA Antoaneta - WGM KASHLINSKAYA Alina
Black has got very promising position, but lost their way in a timetrouble - 31...Nxh2?! [Much stronger would have been 31...Qe6! 32.Qc3 (32.Rf2 Qe4! 33.Rxf3 Qc2+–+) 32...Rh5! 33.Kh1 (33.Qxc6 Rxh2+ 34.Kxf3 Qxe3+ 35.Kg4 f5+ 36.Kxf5 Rf8+ 37.Kg4 h5+ 38.Kg5 Qxg3#) 33...c5! and Black's attack is very dangerous - 34.bxc5 Qg4 35.Rb1 h6!–+] 32.Kxh2 This should lead to a draw. [White could try to play for a win with 32.Qd3!? Qg4 (32...Rh5 33.Qd7 Ng4 34.Qxc8 Rxc8 35.Kf3±) 33.Rc5 Nf3 34.Rh1! , however, after almost forced 34...h5 35.e4 Rxb4 36.Nc4 Reb8 37.Ne3 Rb2+ 38.Nc2 Nd4 39.Qxd4 Qe2+ 40.Qf2 Qxe4+ 41.Kh2 R8b5 42.Rc3 h4!? Black has descent compensation for sacrificed material.] 32...Rh5+ 33.Kg2 Qh3+ 34.Kf3 g5! 35.Rg2 gxf4 36.exf4
36...Rg5? A mistake. [Funny enough, other two moves of this rook to the squares attacked by white's pawn would lead to perpetual - 36...Rh4 37.Qd3 Rxf4+ 38.Kxf4 Qh6+ 39.Kg4 Qg7+ 40.Kh3 Qh6+ or 36...Rhe5 37.fxe5 Qf5+ 38.Ke2 Rxe5+ 39.Kd2 Rd5+ 40.Kc1 Rxd1+ 41.Kxd1 Qf1+ 42.Kc2 Qxg2+] 37.Rdd2? [After 37.Qb3! White is winning - in fact Black has got no threats!] 37...Rg6? Pretty strange move, as rook wasn't actually hanging. [Black could save the game with 37...Qh5+ 38.Kf2 Qh1!, and White can not prevent perpetual - 39.fxg5 Qe1+ 40.Kf3 Qe4+ 41.Kf2 Qe1+] 38.Nc4 Now it's all over... Qf5 39.Qd3 1-0
WGM GURAMISHVILI Sopiko - GM KOSINTSEVA Nadezhda
Black has clearly better endgame, and it's hard to imagine any trouble for them... 27...Bf5 28.Re3 Bg6 29.Rh2 c6? Not the right moment! After bishop's transfer to g6 a rook on g8 has got nothing to do, so that was a time to improve it! [29...Rgf8 followed with R8f6 and Kg8-f7, improving the position slowly, as White has got no counterplay.] 30.b4! White is using an opportunity to get counterchances! 30...axb3 31.Nxb3 Nxb3? [Black should keep the knight - 31...Nd7 32.dxc6 bxc6 preserving good chances for a win.] 32.Rxb3 cxd5 33.cxd5 Rc8
34.f3? This move should have lost the game, but instead has brought White a full point. [34.Rxb7! Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1=] 34...Rd4? Now advantage goes to White. [34...Rc1+! would win at least a pawn - 35.Kf2 Be4! 36.Be2 Bxd5 37.Rd3 Rc5 with clear advantage.] 35.Rhb2 Rxd5?! [35...Bf7! 36.Rxb7 Bxd5 37.Rb8 Rg8 and Black should be able to survive.] 36.Rxb7 Rdc5? Final mistake! [36...Kg8 ,trying to escape a deadly corner, would probably be the best try. Still, after 37.Bh3 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Kf8 39.Ra7 Rc2+ 40.Rxc2 Bxc2 41.a4 white's advantage looks decisive.] 37.Bh3! Re8 38.Bd7! Ensuring bishop's position on e6 with the tempo. 38...Rg8 39.Be6 Re8 40.Rb8! Rc1+ 41.Kf2 Rc2+ 42.Rxc2 Rxb8 43.Rd2 Black is paralyzed, so white's passed pawn decides the game. 43...Rf8 44.Rxd6 e4 45.a4 Rxf3+ 46.Ke1 Rf8 47.a5 e3 48.a6
48...Bd3!? This little joke fails to work. [Other version of this idea is not saving either - 48...e2 49.a7 Bd3 50.Rxd3 Rf1+ 51.Kxe2 Rf2+ 52.Ke3 Rf3+ 53.Ke4 Re3+ 54.Kf5 Rf3+ 55.Ke5 Re3+ 56.Kf6 Rf3+ 57.Bf5+-] 49.Rxd3 Rf1+ 50.Kxf1 e2+ 51.Kg2! 1–0
GM CMILYTE Viktorija - WGM ZAWADZKA Jolanta
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 [Avoiding the most critical 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 where sometimes theoretical lines end around 40th move.] 5...h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0–0 8.Be2 [8.Rc1 is by far the most popular continuation, however it doesn't change the evaluation of the whole line as harmless for Black.] 8...dxc4 9.0–0 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.f4 Qe7 12.Bf3 Bxf3!? [12...c6 13.Qe2!? (13.Qc2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 c5 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.dxc5 Qc8 with good chances to neutralize White's pressure.) 13...Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd7 15.Qxc4 Nxe5 16.fxe5 c5 and position is close to equality.] 13.Qxf3
13...Bxc3! This exchange sacrifice is a logical consequence of the previous move. [In case of 13...c6 14.Ne4! Black is under very annoying pressure.] 14.Qxa8 Bxb2 15.Rab1 Nd7 16.Qxa7 Nxe5 17.fxe5 [Other possibility - 17.Rxb2 Ng4 18.Re2 Qd6 - also promises Black descent compensation.] 17...c3 18.Rf2 Qd7 19.Qb7
After semi-forced sequence of moves we got really interesting position. Strong passed pawn compensates Black's minimal material deficit, and it's hard to find any constructive idea for either player. Perhaps Black should just make some waiting move like Kh8 or Re8, passing a task to find a plan to the opponent. 19...Qc8?! 20.Qc6 Qa8? [After an inaccuracy on the previous move still that was not too late to restore the same "sur place" position - 20...Rd8 21.Rbf1 Qd7 , and I'm not sure if White can make any progress.] 21.Qxc7 Qxa2 22.Rbf1 Now Black's counterplay is not sufficient as all White's forces going to attack the king. 22...Qb3 23.h3! Nice prophylactics! [Premature would have been 23.Rxf7? Rxf7 24.Qxf7+ (24.Rxf7 Qd1+ 25.Rf1? c2) 24...Kh7=] 23...Ba3 24.Kh2 [24.Rxf7 was already good enough to win the game, but White is not in a hurry as Black still can not protect the king. 24...Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Bf8 26.Rf2!+-] 24...b5 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.Rxf7 Bf8
27.Rf3! Nice final touch! 27...c2 28.Qf7+ Kh7 29.Qxf8 c1Q 30.Rf7 1–0
WGM VOJINOVIC Jovana - IM PAEHTZ Elisabeth
Black had seen hard times during this game, but now everything would have been fine after the modest 37...Nb7. Instead, perhaps being in a timetrouble, Black has played 37...Ng3+? 38.hxg3 fxg3, completely missing 39.Qh6! The rest wasn't really needed... 39...Nb7 40.Bd3 Rf8 41.Kg1 Rf6 42.Qg5 d5 43.Bf1 d4 44.Ra1 Nd8 45.Ra6 Ne6 46.Qxe5 Qg7 47.Rxe6 Rxe6 48.Qxe6 Qg5 49.Bd3 c4 50.Bxc4 d3 51.Qe8+ Kg7 52.Qg8+ 1–0
WFM KINEVA Ekaterina - WIM GORYACHKINA Aleksandra
A study-like position - Black to move and wins. 53...Nc1! Decides the game, but proper calculations were requiered! 54.b4 a2 55.b5 Bg7 56.b6 a1Q 57.Rxa1 Bxa1 58.f4
Looks like neither knight nor bishop can stop the pawn... 58...Nb3! That is what I call "a team work"! :) [58...Bd4? 59.Kxd4 Nb3+ 60.Kc4 Na5+ 61.Kb5 Nb7 62.Kc6=] 59.Kxb3 [59.b7 Na5+–+] 59...Bd4 60.b7 Ba7 0–1
 Evgenij Miroshnichenko (born 28th of December 1978), or "Miro", as he likes to be called, is international Grandmaster since 2002, two times Ukrainian Champion (2003 and 2008) and a winner of numerous international tournaments. Growing expert of women chess, as you can remember his reports and comments during the World Women Team Championship. |
