Women’s World Championship Round 1/match 1

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Today I was white against IM Khurtsidze and the game ended in a draw. It was really complicated, we both spent a lot of time calculating various lines. In the end I sacrificed a pawn trying to get an attack on the King but she defended successfully and I repeated the position three times to make a draw. Here is the game:

Khanty-Mansiysk – Women’s World Chess Championship 2012

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A little while ago I arrived to Khanty-Mansiysk together with about 30 players. The weather seems fine for Siberia, actually even warm – just -5 and light snow :). Tomorrow is a “rest” day consisting of opening ceremony and players meeting. Will keep you posted since internet is pretty fast!

Some more tactics on rules and themes :)

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Here is a new collection on “Dembo-rules”, themes and patterns from my dad’s blitz games (he always plays 2 minute blitz!).