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Re: Women's World Chess Championship 2018
World Women’s Championship 2018
May 16, 2018
Game Nine
From the official site:
A drawn game and the championship is still undetermined.
After 6 hours fierce battle in Game Nine, the challenger Ju Wenjun and the current champion Tan Zhongyi drew in an interesting ending. So with one game to go, Ju Wenjun is leading 5:4.
Tan Zhongyi played white today, started with 1.d4; Ju Wenjun reacted with Nimzowitsch defence again, and later went in a rare line to get out from Tan Zhongyi’s opening preparation.
At the 11th move, Nxd2 should give white more chance to fight, but Tan Zhongyi still decided to go in a moderate way with 11.Qxd2. That brought the game to a balanced ending.
That is, until white played 33.Rd4, which is considered a dubious move, Ju Wenjun said at the post game conference. Because that gave the black an opportunity to gain advantage. White should play 33.Rd1 instead. If that was the case, the game could possibly end up with 33...Rg2+ 34.Rd2 Rg1 35.Rd1 draw. Tan Zhongyi agreed with that. She laughed and said, she thought 33.Rd4 and 33.Rd1 are the same, and just somehow she forgot 33…Rf1. After then, Ju Wenjun had the advantage with two pawns up. In the rook and two pawns against Rook ending however, a special case appeared, the Black King was located in an inproper place, so in practice black could not win. Tan Zhongyi reacted correctly. The game ended in a draw.
Chess fans including some professional grandmasters were in a cold sweat for Tan Zhongyi, others were preparing to celebrate for Ju Wenjun. These two chess players were cool in the game. At the post game conference, Tan Zhongyi says she knew she was at a disadvantage, but she felt she could save this ending after 45.e4. Ju Wenjun says she knew that she had a big chance but might not be able to win.
In fact, Black missed a far from obvious move. As GM Ni Hua said, if the Black goes 40…h4 rather than taking the b2 pawn , she had the possibility to win. But it is hard to make this choice in a real game, when people have the chance to gain a pawn, why not?
Now the suspense is left to the last minute. Tomorrow is the last rest day in this match. 3:00pm 18th May the last game will take place.
Yu Shaoteng, the Coach of the China National Female Chess team, he has been with Chinese Chess players in a variety of finals. He says, he went three time with Hou Yifan to attend FIDE women’s world chess championship match, and the results came out after 7 games, 8 games and 9 games. So for him , this is also the first time the FIDE women’s world chess championship match needs the 10th game to get the result, the final fight. They are both Chinese players, so he can sit back and relax and enjoy their excellent game.
Game 9, May 16, 2018
Tan Zhongyi – Ju Wenjun
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.e3 b5 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Nd2 b5 16.a4 Nb7 17.Ra3 Rxa4 18.Rxa4 bxa4 19.Bxc4 Bd7 20.Ne4 Ke7 21.Ke2 Rb8 22.Rb1 Bc6 23.Nc3 Nc5 24.f3 f5 25.Kd2 g5 26.Be2 h5 27.Kc2 g4 28.Rd1 Rg8 29.Rd4 gxf3 30.Bxf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Rg2+ 32.Rd2 Rg1 33.Rd4 Rf1 34.Nxa4 e5 35.Rh4 Rf2+ 36.Kd1 Nxa4 37.Rxa4 Rxf3 38.Ke2 Rh3 39.Ra6 Rxh2+ 40.Kf3 Rh3+ 41.Kf2 Rh2+ 42.Kg3 Re2 43.Kf3 Rxb2 44.Rh6 Rh2 45.e4 Rh4 46.exf5 Rf4+ 47.Ke3 Rxf5 48.Ke4 Rg5 49.Ra6 Kf7 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Ra6+ Kg7 52.Ra7+ Kh6 53.Ra8 Rg7 54.Kxe5 Kg5 55.Ke4 Kg4 56.Ke3 Kg3 57.Ke2 Kg2 58.Rh8 Re7+ 59.Kd2 Re5 60.Rg8+ Kh3 61.Rg7 h4 62.Rg8 Kh2 63.Rg4 h3 64.Rg8 Re6 65.Rg7 Re8 66.Rg6 Ra8 67.Ke2 Ra2+ 68.Kf1 Rg2 69.Rf6 Rg5 70.Rf2+ Kh1 71.Rf6 Rg1+ 72.Kf2 Rg2+ 73.Kf1 h2 74.Rf8 Rg1+ 75.Kf2 Rg2+ 76.Kf1 Ra2 77.Rf7 Ra1+ 78.Kf2 Ra2+ 79.Kf1 Ra1+ 80.Kf2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2
Position after White’s 40.Kf3
Position after White’s 62.Rg8
World Women’s Championship 2018
May 16, 2018
Game Nine
From the official site:
A drawn game and the championship is still undetermined.
After 6 hours fierce battle in Game Nine, the challenger Ju Wenjun and the current champion Tan Zhongyi drew in an interesting ending. So with one game to go, Ju Wenjun is leading 5:4.
Tan Zhongyi played white today, started with 1.d4; Ju Wenjun reacted with Nimzowitsch defence again, and later went in a rare line to get out from Tan Zhongyi’s opening preparation.
At the 11th move, Nxd2 should give white more chance to fight, but Tan Zhongyi still decided to go in a moderate way with 11.Qxd2. That brought the game to a balanced ending.
That is, until white played 33.Rd4, which is considered a dubious move, Ju Wenjun said at the post game conference. Because that gave the black an opportunity to gain advantage. White should play 33.Rd1 instead. If that was the case, the game could possibly end up with 33...Rg2+ 34.Rd2 Rg1 35.Rd1 draw. Tan Zhongyi agreed with that. She laughed and said, she thought 33.Rd4 and 33.Rd1 are the same, and just somehow she forgot 33…Rf1. After then, Ju Wenjun had the advantage with two pawns up. In the rook and two pawns against Rook ending however, a special case appeared, the Black King was located in an inproper place, so in practice black could not win. Tan Zhongyi reacted correctly. The game ended in a draw.
Chess fans including some professional grandmasters were in a cold sweat for Tan Zhongyi, others were preparing to celebrate for Ju Wenjun. These two chess players were cool in the game. At the post game conference, Tan Zhongyi says she knew she was at a disadvantage, but she felt she could save this ending after 45.e4. Ju Wenjun says she knew that she had a big chance but might not be able to win.
In fact, Black missed a far from obvious move. As GM Ni Hua said, if the Black goes 40…h4 rather than taking the b2 pawn , she had the possibility to win. But it is hard to make this choice in a real game, when people have the chance to gain a pawn, why not?
Now the suspense is left to the last minute. Tomorrow is the last rest day in this match. 3:00pm 18th May the last game will take place.
Yu Shaoteng, the Coach of the China National Female Chess team, he has been with Chinese Chess players in a variety of finals. He says, he went three time with Hou Yifan to attend FIDE women’s world chess championship match, and the results came out after 7 games, 8 games and 9 games. So for him , this is also the first time the FIDE women’s world chess championship match needs the 10th game to get the result, the final fight. They are both Chinese players, so he can sit back and relax and enjoy their excellent game.
Game 9, May 16, 2018
Tan Zhongyi – Ju Wenjun
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.e3 b5 14.cxb6 axb6 15.Nd2 b5 16.a4 Nb7 17.Ra3 Rxa4 18.Rxa4 bxa4 19.Bxc4 Bd7 20.Ne4 Ke7 21.Ke2 Rb8 22.Rb1 Bc6 23.Nc3 Nc5 24.f3 f5 25.Kd2 g5 26.Be2 h5 27.Kc2 g4 28.Rd1 Rg8 29.Rd4 gxf3 30.Bxf3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Rg2+ 32.Rd2 Rg1 33.Rd4 Rf1 34.Nxa4 e5 35.Rh4 Rf2+ 36.Kd1 Nxa4 37.Rxa4 Rxf3 38.Ke2 Rh3 39.Ra6 Rxh2+ 40.Kf3 Rh3+ 41.Kf2 Rh2+ 42.Kg3 Re2 43.Kf3 Rxb2 44.Rh6 Rh2 45.e4 Rh4 46.exf5 Rf4+ 47.Ke3 Rxf5 48.Ke4 Rg5 49.Ra6 Kf7 50.Ra7+ Kg6 51.Ra6+ Kg7 52.Ra7+ Kh6 53.Ra8 Rg7 54.Kxe5 Kg5 55.Ke4 Kg4 56.Ke3 Kg3 57.Ke2 Kg2 58.Rh8 Re7+ 59.Kd2 Re5 60.Rg8+ Kh3 61.Rg7 h4 62.Rg8 Kh2 63.Rg4 h3 64.Rg8 Re6 65.Rg7 Re8 66.Rg6 Ra8 67.Ke2 Ra2+ 68.Kf1 Rg2 69.Rf6 Rg5 70.Rf2+ Kh1 71.Rf6 Rg1+ 72.Kf2 Rg2+ 73.Kf1 h2 74.Rf8 Rg1+ 75.Kf2 Rg2+ 76.Kf1 Ra2 77.Rf7 Ra1+ 78.Kf2 Ra2+ 79.Kf1 Ra1+ 80.Kf2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2
Position after White’s 40.Kf3
Position after White’s 62.Rg8
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