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French Advanced

By Yelena Dembo | November 17, 2012 - 08:30 |January 4, 2013 Theoretical material

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Currently working on collecting new material on Advanced Variation in the French. Since it is one of the most popular systems in the French, having a lot of material is never enough :). It is necessary to constantly update it!

Khanty Mansiysk Round 2 tie-breaks

By Yelena Dembo | November 16, 2012 - 11:34 |November 16, 2012 Tournaments

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Zhao Xue won the mini match against Khurtsidze, Socko beat Hou Yifan 2-0, Krush won 2-0 against Cramling and Ushenina won 2-0 against A.Muzychuk, N. Kosintseva and Ju Wenjun also advanced to the 3rd round after winning blitz matches.

Friday Middlegame Example

By Yelena Dembo | November 16, 2012 - 07:49 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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The example is not only very nice and interesting but there are also several “Dembo-rules” and themes in it. Can you find them?

 [Event "Moscow"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2003.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Sutovsky, Emil"]  [Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2651"]  [BlackElo "2562"]  [Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r3kr2/qp3ppp/p3bb2/3Np3/1P1NP3/6Q1/1PP3PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 21"]  [PlyCount "11"]  [EventDate "2003.??.??"]  [Source "Chess Informant"]   {87/232 #} 21. Rxf6 gxf6 (21... Bxd5 22. Qxe5+ Be6 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kd8  25. Kh1 $18) 22. Nxf6+ Kd8 23. Qxe5 Kc8 24. Kh1 (24. Rd3) 24... Rd8 25. Rd3 Bc4  26. Ne6 $1 (26. Ne6 Bxe6 (26... fxe6 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Qd7+ Kb8  30. Qd8#) 27. Rc3+) 1-0

Khanty Mansiysk continues :)

By Yelena Dembo | November 15, 2012 - 22:30 |November 15, 2012 Photos, Tournaments

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Found two photos of myself on the website of the World Championship 🙂

World Championship Round 2

By Yelena Dembo | November 15, 2012 - 21:03 |November 15, 2012 Tournaments

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Today was the day of the 2nd game of the 2nd round. Players who passed to the 3rd round are: Zhukova, Harika, M.Muzychuk, Huang Qian, T.Kosintseva, Pogonina, Galliamova, Sebag, Javakhishvili and tomorrow we have some interesting tie-break matches including the one between Hou Yifan and M.Socko. Most interesting games of this round are:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.15"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]  [Black "Huang, Qian"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E84"]  [WhiteElo "2524"]  [BlackElo "2465"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "114"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2  Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. O-O bxc4  15. Bxc4 Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Rc6 Qf6 21.  Bd1 Rfc8 22. f4 Nd8 23. Rc1 Qe6 24. f5 Qe5 25. Bg4 h5 26. Bh3 g5 27. f6 g4 28.  Bd4 Qxe4 29. Rce1 Qg6 30. fxg7 Nc6 31. Bf6 gxh3 32. Re3 hxg2 33. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 34.  Kxg2 Ne5 35. h3 Re8 36. Rg3 Re6 37. Rf5 Ng6 38. Kg1 Rbe8 39. Bc3 Re3 40. Rxe3  Rxe3 41. Bf6 Re6 42. Kf2 c6 43. Bc3 Ne5 44. Rxh5 Kxg7 45. Rg5+ Kf6 46. h4 Re8  47. Ke3 Rh8 48. Rg4 Ke6 49. Rf4 f5 50. Rd4 Ra8 51. Rd1 Ra3 52. Rc1 c5 53. Kd2  Rxa2+ 54. Kd1 Nd3 55. Rb1 Nf2+ 56. Ke1 Ne4 57. Bg7 Rg2 0-1

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.15"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Hou, Yifan"]  [Black "Socko, Monika"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B53"]  [WhiteElo "2606"]  [BlackElo "2445"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. Qd2 g6 8. b3  Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Na4 Nf6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qb4 d5 14. Nd2 Bf5 15.  Nxe4 Bxe4 16. O-O Bxc2 17. Rfc1 Be4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rxc6 Qd7 20. Rac1 Bh6 21.  Rc7 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Qd8 23. R1c6 Bd7 24. Rc2 d4 25. R2c4 Be6 26. R4c6 Bd5 27. Rc5  d3 28. Bd4 Rb8 29. Qxb8 Qxb8 30. Bxe3 Qa8 31. Kg1 Bxf3 32. Rc3 Qe4 33. Bd2 Qd4+  0-1

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.15"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Gunina, Valentina"]  [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D00"]  [WhiteElo "2517"]  [BlackElo "2468"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxb8 Rxb8 6. Bb5+ Kd8 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.  Nf3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. O-O-O a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Rd3 Bd7  15. Nd4 Qa5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Qg4 g5 18. Re1 Nxf2 19. Qxg5+ Be7 20. Qg7 Nxd3+ 21.  cxd3 Rf8 22. Kb1 Bxa4 23. Re5 Bd7 24. Bxd5 Qb6 25. Qg4 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rb7 27.  Nf5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 b3+ 29. Kd2 Bb4+ 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kf3 Qd1+ 0-1

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.15"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]  [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E94"]  [WhiteElo "2451"]  [BlackElo "2610"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3  Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Qd2 c5 14. a3 f5 15. f3 h5  16. b4 b6 17. a4 a5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Nf2 Nb8 21. Rad1 Ra7 22. Nb5  Rf7 23. Bd2 Na6 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Nxd6 Ra7 26. Nxe8 Nxe8 27. exf5 gxf5 28. f4  exf4 29. gxf4 Nd6 30. Kh1 Qc3 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rg6 Ne4 34. Nxe4  fxe4 35. Rdg1 Bg7 36. Bxh5 e3 37. Rd6 Bd7 38. Rg3 Bd4 39. Rdg6 Bf5 40. Rg8+ Ke7  41. R3g7+ Kd6 42. Rxa7 Be4+ 43. Rg2 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.15"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]  [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B67"]  [WhiteElo "2478"]  [BlackElo "2501"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "127"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.  O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5  15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qc5 17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Nxh5 Bb5 19. Qg4 Bh6 20. Bd3 Rhg8 21. Qe2  Qe3 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Qa7 24. Qd5 Qa6 25. Qb3 Ra7 26. Rd3 Rxg2 27. Rhd1  Rd2 28. R3xd2 Bxd2 29. Ng3 Bf4 30. Nf1 Ra8 31. Qd5 Rh8 32. Nd2 Be3 33. Nb3 Ra8  34. Nc1 Bd4 35. Nd3 Rb8 36. h5 Be3 37. Qb3 Qb6 38. Qc4 Qb7 39. Rh1 Bh6 40. Rg1  Qb6 41. Rd1 Bg5 42. Qd5 Rh8 43. Qb3 Rb8 44. Nc1 Qc6 45. Qd3 Rh8 46. Qe2 Ra8 47.  Qd3 Rh8 48. Nb3 Ra8 49. Nd2 Ra6 50. Nc4 Qa8 51. Qd5 Qb8 52. Rd3 Bf4 53. a3 Kf8  54. Rb3 Qc7 55. Rxb4 Rc6 56. a4 Kg7 57. a5 Rc5 58. Qd3 Rc6 59. b3 Rc5 60. a6  Qc6 61. Rb6 Qa8 62. Qxd6 Rxc4 63. bxc4 Bg5 64. Rb8 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.15"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Lahno, Kateryna"]  [Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B42"]  [WhiteElo "2553"]  [BlackElo "2455"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "146"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2  d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nf6 13. Be3 a5 14. Nc4 a4 15.  Bb6 Qd7 16. Bd4 Ra6 17. Nbd2 O-O 18. Rac1 b5 19. Nb6 Qb7 20. e5 Nd5 21. exd6  Bf6 22. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 23. Ne3 Qa7 24. Rfe1 Rxd6 25. Nf3 Bg7 26. d4 Bb7 27. Nc2 b4  28. b3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 30. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Qf2 axb3 32. axb3 Ra8 33. Rc4 Qd2  34. Rc2 Qd3 35. Qc5 Qd4+ 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Rc4 Rd2 38. Kh1 Rb8 39. Kg1 Ra8 40.  Kh1 Rb8 41. Kg1 Rd3 42. Rb1 Kg7 43. Rb2 Rc3 44. Rd4 Rb7 45. Kf2 h6 46. Ke2 Kf6  47. Kd2 Rc5 48. Rc2 Ra5 49. Ke3 g5 50. Rcc4 Ra3 51. Rxb4 Rxb3+ 52. Rxb3 Rxb3+  53. Kf2 g4 54. Rd7 h5 55. Ra7 h4 56. g3 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 h3 58. Ra1 Rg2+ 59. Kh1  Re2 60. Kg1 Rg2+ 61. Kh1 Re2 62. Kg1 Kf5 63. Ra5+ Ke4 64. Ra4+ Kf3 65. Ra3+ Re3  66. Ra1 Rc3 67. Re1 Rc2 68. f5 e5 69. f6 e4 70. Ra1 Rg2+ 71. Kh1 Rd2 72. Rf1+  Ke2 73. Rf2+ Kd3 0-1

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