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By Yelena Dembo | September 19, 2013 - 08:48 |September 19, 2013 Quiz

Black to move

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By Yelena Dembo | September 18, 2013 - 09:29 |September 18, 2013 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship

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The 5th game ended in a draw as well. Ushenina played very courageously and could get an advantage on move 21 (Rbxh4 instead of 21…Bh6).

 [Event "TAIZHOU CHINA MEDICAL CITY CUP FIDE Wom"]  [Site "taizhou"]  [Date "2013.09.17"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Hou, Yifan"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "121"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4  Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 h5 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. Bc4 Qf6 14. Qg2 Nf4  15. Qg5 e5 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne2 Rb4 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf5 f3 21.  Nc3 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 d5 23. a3 Rf4 24. Rde1+ Kd8 25. Nd1 a5 26. Ne3 Rg8 27. h5 Bd7  28. Reg1 Rxg1+ 29. Rxg1 Rh4 30. Ng4 Rxh5 31. Ne5 f6 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Rg3 Rh2  34. Rxf3 Bg5 35. Ka2 Bh4 36. Kb3 Bxf2 37. Ka4 Bb6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Kd6 40.  Rg3 Rh1 41. c3 Bf2 42. Rf3 Rh2 43. Kb3 Ke5 44. Bc2 Kd6 45. Bd3 Kd7 46. Bc2 Rg2  47. Rd3 Rg4 48. b5 Rf4 49. bxc6+ Kxc6 50. Rd1 Rf3 51. Bd3 Bg3 52. Kc2 Kc5 53.  Rf1 Re3 54. Ra1 Be5 55. Ra5+ Kc6 56. Ra6+ Kc5 57. Ra5+ Kc6 58. Ra6+ Kc5 59.  Ra5+ Kc6 60. Ra6+ Kc5 61. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

The challenger leads with 3-1 score.

Wednesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | September 18, 2013 - 09:20 |September 18, 2013 Quiz

White to move

Tuesday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | September 17, 2013 - 09:00 |September 17, 2013 Quiz

White to move

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By Yelena Dembo | September 16, 2013 - 13:10 |September 16, 2013 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship

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The 4th game was drawn. Ushenina made a novelty on the 9th move playing Black and got what looked like an interesting position. In a complicated endgame with no queens Hou decided to secure the 2 point advantage and repeated the position.

 [Event "TAIZHOU CHINA MEDICAL CITY CUP FIDE Wom"]  [Site "taizhou"]  [Date "2013.09.15"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Hou, Yifan"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2013.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Qf3  Qc7 9. h4 h5 10. g5 Ng4 11. Bh3 Nd7 12. g6 Nde5 13. gxf7+ Qxf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7  15. Bg5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. O-O-O Nh7 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Bg3 b5 20. a3 Nc4 21. f4  Ng4 22. Nf3 Ra7 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Nd1 Rb7 27. Re2 g6 28.  Nh7 Rf7 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Nh7 Rf7 31. Ng5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

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