IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

A very nice game! :)

By Yelena Dembo | June 30, 2012 - 21:03 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

I’d like to show you another game of one of my students played yesterday. I really liked it and hope you will enjoy it too 🙂

 [Event "Live Chess"]  [Site "Chess.com"]  [Date "2012.06.29"]  [Round "?"]  [White "END3"]  [Black "amicus_optimus"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C62"]  [WhiteElo "1141"]  [BlackElo "1290"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [PlyCount "41"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [TimeControl "5"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d4 Bg4 $6 (5... f6) (5... exd4  6. Qxd4 {[%cal Gb1c3,Gc1f4]}) 6. dxe5 $1 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 (  9. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6,Gc4e5,Gb2b3,Gc1b2,Gb2e5,Gc4a5,Ga5c6]}) 9... Nf6 10.  Rd1 (10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gf1d1]}) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bxf6  gxf6 (12... Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gd1d3,Gc3e2,Ge2g3,Gg3f5,Ga1d1]}  ) 13. Qg4+ (13. Qh5 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3h3]} Kh8 14. Rd3 Rg8 {[%cal Gd3h3]} 15. Rh3  Rg7 16. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3f5]}) 13... Kh8 14. Rd3 Rg8 15. Qh4 Qe6 (15... Rg7  {[%cal Ga8g8,Gf6f5]}) 16. Rh3 Rg7 17. Ne2 Rag8 18. Ng3 Be7 19. Nf5 Rxg2+ 20.  Kh1 Bf8 21. Qxh7# 1-0

A new theme in collection!

By Yelena Dembo | June 19, 2012 - 15:40 |January 4, 2013 Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection

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Just added a new and very important theme in our huge middlegame and endgame collection! The total amount of themes is now 414!! 🙂

Kazan’, Women’s Grand-Prix

By Yelena Dembo | June 19, 2012 - 15:13 |June 19, 2012 Tournaments

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It is a 2nd rest day today in Kazan’. Danielian won against Lahno yesterday and kept sole lead.

Standings after the 8th round:

1. Danielian 6 points
2. A.Muzychuk 5.5
3-4. Koneru, Cmilyte 5
5-6. Lahno, Hou Yifan 4.5
7. N.Kosintseva 4
8-9. Stefanova, T.Kosintseva 3.5
10. Kosteniuk 3
11. Galliamova 2
12. Yildiz 1.5

Tal Memorial

By Yelena Dembo | June 19, 2012 - 15:07 |June 19, 2012 Tournaments

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In the last round Carlsen won against McShane and managed to overtake Caruana who was leading the tournament before the last round.

Final standings:

1.Carlsen 5.5 points
2-3. Caruana, Radjabov 5
4-7. Aronian, Grischuk, Morozevich, Kramnik 4.5
8-9. McShane, Nakamura 4
10. Tomashevsky 3.5

My dad’s attacks and sacrifices – Part III

By Yelena Dembo | June 12, 2012 - 08:34 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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One of the readers who found tactical solutions suggested to call it “The Vladimir Dembo school of tactics” :). I think it is a good title. Here are some new examples:

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.01.06"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest1490699"]  [Black "Dembo, V."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E70"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "5rk1/4Q2p/p3P2P/qr1Pp1p1/3n4/8/PP6/1KR2B1R b - - 0 29"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.04.07"]  [TimeControl "120"]   29... Rxb2+ $3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]}  31. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (31. Bb5 Qxb5+ 32. Kc3 Rc8+ 33. Kd2 Qe2#) 31... Nc2+  $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]  Guest1490699 gibt auf} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.24"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Dastan97"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B01"]  [BlackElo "1499"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "k1r4r/1pP2p2/p6p/3P4/2P2B1P/Q4bpq/PR3n2/1R4K1 w - - 0 30"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.04.24"]  [TimeControl "120"]   30. Qxa6+ $3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]}  Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (31... Ka7 32. R1b7#) 32. Rxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ka7 {  [%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Be3# {[%emt 0:00:03] (Lag: Av=0.73s, max=1.4s)} 1-0

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.28"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest361049"]  [Black "Dembo, V."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B40"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r5k1/pp4pp/2pb1r2/8/7q/4BB1b/PPP4N/R2QR2K b - - 0 22"]  [PlyCount "4"]  [EventDate "2012.04.07"]  [TimeControl "120"]   22... Bg2+ $3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (23. Bxg2 Qxh2#) 23...  Qxh2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:01] Guest361049 gibt auf  (Lag:  Av=0.31s, max=0.8s)} (24. Kf1 Raf8 $19) 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.07"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest1327128"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B20"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r4r2/2q1npbk/7p/pp1pPR1Q/2pP4/2P1BN2/PP5P/R5K1 w - - 0 24"]  [PlyCount "1"]  [EventDate "2012.04.07"]  [TimeControl "120"]   24. Rf6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] Guest1327128 rinde  (Lag: Av=0.37s, max=0.6s)} 1-0

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A very nice game! :)

A new theme in collection!

Kazan’, Women’s Grand-Prix

Tal Memorial

My dad’s attacks and sacrifices – Part III

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