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Friday Quiz 25.11.16

By Yelena Dembo | November 25, 2016 - 07:46 |November 25, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to play.

Black to play.

World Chess Championship 2016 9th game

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2016 - 06:37 |November 24, 2016 World Chess Championship 2016

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The 9th game was very interesting, with deep opening/middlegame preparation from both players but it too ended in a draw. Score – 5-4 in Karjakin’s favor.

   [Event "WCh 2016"]   [Site "New York USA"]   [Date "2016.11.23"]   [Round "9"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C78"]   [WhiteElo "2772"]   [BlackElo "2853"]   [PlyCount "148"]   [EventDate "2016.11.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3     d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4     cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 c5 19. e5 Qe6 20. exd6 c4 21. b3     cxb3 22. Bxb3 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Rfd8 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Rg4 Nf6 26. Rh4 Qb5 27. Ra1 g6     Rb1 Qd7 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Rg1 Bc7 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Qc4 Rb5 33. Qc2 Ra8 34. Bc4     Rba5 35. Bd2 Ra4 36. Qd3 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Kg2 Ne7 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qc4+   Kg7 41. d5 Nf5 42. Bc3+ Kf8 43. Bxa1 Nxh4+ 44. Qxh4 Qxd5 45. Qf6+ Qf7 46. Qd4   Ke8 47. Qe4+ Qe7 48. Qd5 Bd8 49. Kf1 Qf7 50. Qe4+ Qe7 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Kg2 Be7     Qa8+ Kf7 54. Qh8 h5 55. Qg7+ Ke8 56. Bf4 Qf7 57. Qh8+ Qf8 58. Qd4 Qf5 59.     Qc4 Kd7 60. Bd2 Qe6 61. Qa4+ Qc6 62. Qa7+ Qc7 63. Qa2 Qd6 64. Be3 Qe6 65. Qa7+   Ke8 66. Bc5 Bd8 67. h3 Qd5 68. Be3 Be7 69. Qb8+ Kf7 70. Qh8 Qe6 71. Bf4 Qf6 72.   Qb8 Qe6 73. Qb7 Kg8 74. Qb5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

Thursday Quiz 24.11.16

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2016 - 06:30 |November 24, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to play

Black to play

FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2016 - 09:50 |November 23, 2016 FIDE Grand Prix

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Gunina (Photo taken from the official site)

Gunina (Photo taken from the official site)

Gunina, Girya and Batsiashvili lead with 3 points.

Results of the 4th round

IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2461	0 – 1	WGM	Girya Olga	2450
GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2426	½ – ½	GM	Ju Wenjun	2580
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2543	1 – 0	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2448
GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2555	1 – 0	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2492
GM	Gunina Valentina	2525	1 – 0	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2489
IM	Skripchenko Almira	2455	½ – ½	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2435

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Wednesday Quiz 23.11.16

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2016 - 07:11 |November 23, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to move

White to move