«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that's a definition of "Rapid" I've found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, "rapid" means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don't care much as long as it's so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
Gunina,Valentina - Molchanova,Tatjana
The position is nearly balanced, but after careless 32.Rd1?? [32.Nd4!] 32...Ba4! those pins became White's nightmare! 33.Rb1 [33.Rd2 Rc6 Second pin! 34.Ne1 Rc1–+ The third and decisive one!; 33.Rc1 Rc6–+] 33...Bxc2 34.Rxb7 Rb6 0–1
Paehtz,Elizabeth - Gvetadze,Sofio
37...Ng5! Double attack with targets being f7 and h3. 38.Qe8 This leads to mate. [White couldn't save the game, as 38.Qf8 would allow another double attack - 38...Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qxh5–+] 38...Nh3+ 39.Kg2 [39.Kh1 Qe4+ 40.f3 Qxf3#] 39...Qxf2+ 40.Kxh3 Qf1+ 41.Kg4 Qf5+ [41...Qf5+ 42.Kh4 g5#] 0–1
Hoang,Thanh Trang - Lahno,Kateryna
Black is better, however White was not obliged to play 30.Qxd6?? [30.Rf3!?] 30...Qxe4! A tricky double attack! Perhaps White completely missed the second target of it - 31.Re5 [31.Rf3 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Qe1–+] 31...Rxh3# 0–1
Muzychuk,Anna - Kosteniuk,Alexandra
17.Nf6+! A start of the nice combination which should've brought White the decisive advantage! 17...gxf6 [17...Kh8!? 18.Bxh7! Nxa2+ 19.Kb1 Qb4! 20.Be4 Qxe1 21.Rhxe1 Nb4 (21...Bxe4? 22.Rxe4 gxf6 23.Rh4+ Kg7 24.Rg4+ Kh6 25.Rd3 Kh5 26.Rg7 Kh6 27.exf6 with mate in two.)
22.Rd4!! gxf6 23.Bxc6 Nxc6 24.Rh4+ Kg7 25.Rg4+ Kh6 26.Re3+-] 18.Qh4? [Correct was 18.Bxh7+! and White is winning - 18...Kxh7 19.Qh4+ Kg7 20.Rd4 Rg8 21.exf6+ Qxf6 22.Rg4+ Qg6 23.Rxg6+ Kxg6 24.Qxb4+-] 18...Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 Kh8 20.Re1!? [20.Rh3 Be4! 21.Qxe4 f5 and Black is fine.] 20...Bxg2
21.Rd7! Only move to achieve a draw! 21...Qxd7 22.Qxf6+ Kg8 23.Re3 Rfd8 24.Rg3+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 [25...Ke8?? 26.Rg8+ Ke7 27.Qf6#] 26.Qh4+ Kf8 1/2
Kashlinskaya,Alina - Kosintseva Tatiana
50.Bf5?! [50.Bh5! Re3 51.Bd1 would win the pawn and most probably the game.] 50...b2 51.h5 Nf7 52.g4?! [52.Bd3!? Re1? 53.Rxb2 Rh1+ 54.Rh2 Rxh2+ 55.Kxh2 Kg7 would still be not enough to win the game, but at least White is two pawns up there :)] 52...Nd6 53.Bg6?? I've got nothing to say! 53...Nxb7 0–1
Javakhishvili,Lela - Muzychuk,Anna
28...Nb3!? While being perhaps not the best objectively, this move is tempting to be played once you've seen it! 29.Qxb3 Qxf2+ 30.Kh1 Ng3+ 31.Kh2 Nf1+ 32.Kh1 Nxe3!? Nothing else but fighting spirit! [32...Ng3+=] 33.Ndf3
33...Rc2!? Played with the same slogan - "Anything but not a draw!" [33...Rf4? 34.Ra2±; 33...Qf1+ 34.Kh2 Qf2=] 34.Qxe3 Qxe3 35.Nxc2 Qc3 36.Nfd4 I would say White has good chances to win there... 36...h5 37.Re1 Kf8 38.Re5 Qc4 39.Re1 h4
40.Rf1?? Anything would have been better than that! 40...Qxf1+ 0–1
Khotenashvili,Bela - Hoang,Thanh Trang
27.Rd8!? Nice idea, which worked just fine in the game, however executed in not the most precise way as Black could keep the balance with unexpected defensive resource. [27.Rxf6! Kxf6 28.Bg5+ Kg7 29.Rd8 was the correct way to reach the position from the game.] 27...Bxd8 28.Rxd8
28...Bd7? [28...c5! and White has to give perpetual, as 29.Rxc8 (29.Be5+ Kh6 30.Bf4+=) 29...c4! brings nothing but a trouble.] 29.Bg5! Now it's all over for Black as her King can't escape the danger without huge material losses. 29...Ra8 30.Rxd7+ Kf8 31.Bf7 Kg7 32.Be6+ Kf8 33.Rf7+ Kg8
34.Rxf5+ [34.Bh6! Kh8 35.Bg7+ Kg8 36.Re7# would be "slightly more precise", however almost every move wins in this position.] 34...Kg7 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Rc7+ Kf8 37.Rxh7 R6a7 38.Rh8+ Kg7 39.Rxa8 Rxa8 40.Be3 Rd8 41.Kg2 Kf6 42.Bb3 Rc8 43.Bc5 Rd8 44.e4 Rd2 45.Kf3 Rd3+ 46.Kf4 Rd2 47.e5+ Kg7 48.Kg5 Rd3 49.e6 Rd8 50.e7 Re8 51.Bd4+ Kh7 52.Kf6 1–0
Yildiz,Betul Cemre - Khurtsidze,Nino
Black has set a trap with 39...e5? 40.Nxd5 Qd8, pinning (and winning, as she though) the knight. However, White had foreseen much more important pin - 41.Qh6! and as gxh6 is not possible according to FIDE rules (perhaps ECU rules as well, but I've never read those), Black has to protect g7 and has no time to capture the knight. 41...Rf7 42.Nb4?! [42.Ne3! e4 43.Qe6! exf3 44.Rf4 fxg2+ 45.Kg1 Qe7 46.Qxf7+ Qxf7 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Nxc4+-] 42...Bxf3?! Tempting but not the best. [42...e4! was the right move, where 43.fxe4? leads to disaster after 43...Qd1+ 44.Kh2 Qxg4!–+] 43.gxf3 Qd1+ 44.Kh2 Qe2+
45.Rg2! Qxg2+ 46.Kxg2 gxh6 47.b6! c3 48.a5 Rb7 49.a6 Rxb6 50.a7 and White converted her advantage. 50...Rxb4 51.a8Q+ Kg7 52.Qa7+ Kg6 53.Qa6+ Kg7 54.Qd3 Rb2+ 55.Kg3 Rb6 56.Qxc3 Rg6+ 57.Kf2 Re6 58.Ke3 Kf6 59.Qd3 Re7 60.Qd6+ Re6 61.Qf8+ Kg6 62.Qg8+ Kf6 63.Qxh7 Kg5 64.Ke4 Rf6 65.Qg7+ Kh5 66.Qg4# 1–0
Dzagnidze,Nana - Muzychuk,Mariya
21.Rxd5 [21.Nxd5! Qa6 (21...Be6 22.Nf6+ Kf7 23.Nxh7+-) 22.Ne7+ Kf7 23.Nxc8 Raxc8 24.Rd7+ Ke6 25.Qg7 and White should be winning as black king is "too active".] 21...Be6?? [21...Qa6 22.Rfd1 Qf6 , and Black can hope to finish her development without paying too high price.] 22.Nxe6 Rf7 [Indeed, the rook was hanging, but there was a strong argument preventing Black from capturing it - 22...Qxd5 23.Qg7#] 23.Rfd1 Re8 24.Ng5 Rfe7 25.Ra5 1–0
Kosteniuk,Alexandra - Stefanova,Antoaneta
In this encounter between two former World Champs White showed a nice attacking skills: 30.c5 Rb8 31.d5! Opening the bishop which will decide the game. 31...cxd5 32.Bxd5 Nh6 33.Qf3 e5 34.Rf6 Kg7
35.Re1! Bringing the last piece into attack. Black is absolutely helpless against numerous treats. 35...c6 36.Rxe5! cxd5 37.Rxf7+! Nxf7 38.Re7+ d4 [38...Kh6 39.Bc1+! g5 40.Qf6+ Kh7 41.Qxf7+ Kh8 42.Qg7#] 39.Qxf7+ 1–0
 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.
«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that’s a definition of “Rapid” I’ve found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, “rapid” means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don’t care much as long as it‘s so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that’s a definition of “Rapid” I’ve found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, “rapid” means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don’t care much as long as it‘s so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that’s a definition of “Rapid” I’ve found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, “rapid” means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don’t care much as long as it‘s so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that’s a definition of “Rapid” I’ve found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, “rapid” means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don’t care much as long as it‘s so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that’s a definition of “Rapid” I’ve found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, “rapid” means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don’t care much as long as it‘s so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
«Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed» - that’s a definition of “Rapid” I’ve found in online dictionary.
One should notice the difference - when it comes to women chess, “rapid” means a lot of tactics, a lot of tension, turnovers of the plot of the game move after move and well, a lot of errors, but we don’t care much as long as it‘s so exciting!
Starting from the first move in the first game of the first round it went all unpredictable, as you may see from some examples below:
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