May 2012 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

This match consisted of two games and was held in Porto-Vecchio (Corsica). Hou Yifan won the match 1.5-0.5. Many thanks to Andrey Stepin who pointed out the link to the games!

 [Event "Match des championnes"]  [Site "Porto-Vecchio"]  [Date "2012.05.21"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Hou, Yifan"]  [Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "145"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2  Ng6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Nh4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qh4  15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. e5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Ke1 Bxf3 20. Qd3 d5 21.  Nb6 Rc7 22. Ba4+ Ke7 23. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qg4 25. Bc5+ Kd8 26. Be3 Ke7 27.  Qxa6 Bxb2 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Nd7+ Kg6 30. Bc2+ Kh5 31. Kd2 Qg1 32. Bb3 Bc3+ 33.  Rxc3 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Qa1+ 35. Kb4 Qe1+ 36. Kc5 Qc3+ 37. Kd6 Rc8 38. Nc5 Rd8+ 39.  Kc7 Re8 40. Qb5 Qe5+ 41. Kd7 Rb8 42. Qc6 Qf6 43. Qc7 Ra8 44. Qb6 g5 45. Qc7 Kh6  46. Kc6 Re8 47. Nd7 d4+ 48. Kb6 Qg7 49. Bd2 e5 50. Qd6+ Qg6 51. Qxg6+ Kxg6 52.  a4 e4 53. a5 e3 54. fxe3 dxe3 55. Be1 e2 56. a6 f5 57. a7 f4 58. Nb8 g4 59. Ba4  Re6+ 60. Bc6 Bxc6 61. Nxc6 Re8 62. Nb8 Re6+ 63. Kc5 Re5+ 64. Kd4 g3 65. hxg3  fxg3 66. a8=Q Rf5 67. Qe4 Kf6 68. Nd7+ Kg6 69. Qxe2 Kg7 70. Qg4+ Kf7 71. Qxf5+  Kg7 72. Qf6+ Kg8 73. Qf8# 1-0

 [Event "Match des championnes"]  [Site "Porto-Vecchio"]  [Date "2012.05.22"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]  [Black "Hou, Yifan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "122"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.  bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Rc8 14. Ba4  Bd6 15. d5 Rc4 16. Bb3 Rc3 17. Ba2 exd5 18. exd5 O-O 19. Bb2 Rc2 20. Bd4 Rd8  21. Bb3 Rcc8 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Ba2 Kf8 24. Ne5 Ne4 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Bc5 27.  Bxc5+ Nxc5 28. Bd5 Rd6 29. Bf3 Ke7 30. Re1+ Ne6 31. a4 Kd8 32. a5 b5 33. Re5  Nd4 34. Be4 a6 35. Bxh7 g6 36. h4 Nxc6 37. Rg5 Rc7 38. Bg8 Ke7 39. h5 Kf8 40.  Bxf7 Kxf7 41. hxg6+ Rxg6 42. Rc5 Ke8 43. f4 Rcg7 44. Ra2 Nb4 45. Re2+ Re7 46.  Rd2 Rc6 47. Rh5 Kf8 48. Kh2 Rc2 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kf7 51. Rd6 Rc6 52. Rd2  Rh6+ 53. Kg3 Rg6 54. Kg4 Rxg5+ 55. Kxg5 Nc6 56. Rd6 Re6 57. Rd7+ Re7 58. Rd6  Re6 59. Rd7+ Re7 60. Rd6 Re6 61. Rd7+ Re7 1/2-1/2

An “easy, but nice” example

By Yelena Dembo | May 12, 2012 - 06:32 |May 12, 2012 Exercises

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While teaching one of my students yesterday we came across an example which was simple, yet nice. You can apply a “Dembo-rule” – “I would like…” from my first middlegame book to find it quickly! If something looks interesting in the position, always look for what you would like to do and try to make it work! 🙂

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