IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Women’s Serbian League

By Yelena Dembo | September 2, 2011 - 07:24 |July 27, 2014 Women's Serbian League

Yesterday I drew WGM S.Maksimovic in a not so long but complicated game. Here it is:

 [Event "Valjevo"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.09.01"]  [Round "6"]  [White "Maksimovic, S."]  [Black "Dembo, Y."]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A40"]  [Annotator "Lenochka"]  [PlyCount "52"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5  9. g4 h5 10. g5 Nh7 11. Nf3 O-O (11... f6 12. gxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 Bd7 $13) 12.  Rg1 f6 13. gxf6 Qxf6 14. Be2 Bd7 (14... Bxh3 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Nh2 Bxe2 17.  Qxe2 $44) 15. O-O-O (15. h4 Bg4) 15... Be8 16. Rg2 Kh8 17. Kb1 Qe7 18. Rdg1 Bf6  (18... Rf4 $2 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 $16) 19. Qd1 Rg8 20. h4 Bf7 21. Ng5 Raf8 22.  a3 (22. Nxf7+ Qxf7 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Qxa4 b6 $13) 22... b6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4  Nd7 25. Nb5 Nb8 26. Rg3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

Women’s Serbian League, round 5

By Yelena Dembo | September 1, 2011 - 09:07 |July 27, 2014 Women's Serbian League

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Yesterday I won against Vuckovic Lidija (1752 ELO) with Black pieces. She played well practically all the game but made a serious mistake in the endgame. Here is the game:

 [Event "Valjevo"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.31"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Vuckovic, L."]  [Black "Dembo, Y."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A40"]  [Annotator "Lenochka"]  [PlyCount "88"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Na6 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Nc7  9. Qc2 (9. O-O Nd7 $13) 9... a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. Bd3 $1 (12. a5 f5 13.  exf5 gxf5 $13) 12... Nf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Rfe1 (15. Qd2 g5 16. Rab1  a5 $36) 15... Qf6 16. Nh2 Nf4 $36 17. Bf1 h5 (17... a5 $11) 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.  Bxe2 a5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Bh6 Ne8 (21... f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 (22... gxf5 23. Bxh5  $16) 23. Nf1 $13) 22. Ra3 Kh7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. g4 h4 25. Nf3 (25. f4 exf4 26.  Qxf4 $14) 25... f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. gxf5 (27. g5 f4 $132) 27... Bxf5 $6 (27...  Nxf5 $11) 28. Kh2 Qf6 $6 (28... Kh8 29. Qh6+ Bh7 $11) 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Qg5 (30.  Ng5 $1 e4 31. Qf4 Bh7 32. Qxh4 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Rg2 $16) 30... Bh7 31.  Rg2 Qxg5 32. Rxg5 Rf4 33. Rg4 Raf8 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 $15 35. Kg1 Nf5 36. Rb3 $2 (  36. Ne1 Nd4 $15) 36... Nd4 $17 37. Nxd4 cxd4 $6 (37... exd4 $17) 38. Rxb7 $2 (  38. c5 dxc5 39. d6 Be4 40. Rb5 d3 41. d7 Rf8 42. Bg4 d2 43. Rxc5 Bc6 44. Rxe5  Bxd7 45. Rd5 Bxg4 46. hxg4 Rf4 $15) 38... d3 $17 39. Bd1 $2 (39. Bxd3 Bxd3 40.  c5 dxc5 41. d6 Rf8 $17) 39... Re4 (39... Rxc4 40. Kf1 Bf5 $19) 40. Kf1 d2 $19  41. Be2 (41. Rxh7+ Kxh7 42. Bc2 Kg7 $19) (41. Bb3 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Bd3 $19) 41...  Rxc4 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Rb6 Re1 44. Bg4 Be4+ 0-1

Women’s Serbian League

By Yelena Dembo | August 30, 2011 - 21:36 |July 27, 2014 Women's Serbian League

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Lost against WIM Petrovic today. She played very well and I having a good position made some little mistakes at first and then the final which made my position collapse. Here is the game:

 [Event "Valjevo"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.30"]  [Round "4"]  [White "Dembo, Y."]  [Black "Petrovic, M."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B00"]  [Annotator "Lenochka"]  [PlyCount "106"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. f3  (8. Be2 $5 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 $14) 8... Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 g6 11. Qd2 (11. Bd3  Na6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Nge2 $14) 11... Bg7 12. O-O-O $14 Na6 13. g4 Qa5 14. Kb1 (  14. Nh3 $5) 14... Qb4 $6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Nh3 $16 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Nd3 $6 (  18. d5 $1 Nc7 19. Ka2 $16) 18... h5 (18... Be6 $1 19. Nc1 $14) 19. Bf4 $6 (19.  g5 $1 Ne8 20. Nf2 $14) 19... Be6 (19... hxg4 20. Nd5 b6 21. Qxa5 bxa5 22. Nxe7+  Kb7 23. fxg4 $13) 20. Ne5 $2 (20. g5 Ne8 21. Ne5 Nac7 22. c5 $14) 20... Nc7 $2  (20... hxg4 $1 $17) 21. Be2 $6 (21. g5 $14) 21... hxg4 22. Qc1 (22. fxg4 $2  Nxg4 23. Nxg4 Rxd4 $17) 22... gxf3 23. b4 Qa6 24. Bf1 (24. b5 cxb5 25. cxb5 Qa5  26. Nxf3 $17) 24... Nh5 $19 25. b5 Qa5 26. Bd2 Rxd4 27. Nxf3 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Qxc3  29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Ne4 Bf5 31. Bd3 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 cxb5 33. c5 Be5 34. Ka2 Nf6 35.  Bf3 Ne6 36. c6 bxc6 37. Bxc6 Rxh2+ 38. Rxh2 Bxh2 39. Bxb5 g5 40. Rc1+ Bc7 41.  Rd1 g4 42. Ba6+ Kb8 43. Rb1+ Bb6 44. a4 Kc7 45. Bf1 Nd5 46. Rc1+ Kd6 47. Rc8  Ne3 48. Bd3 Nc5 49. Bb5 g3 50. Rg8 g2 51. Be2 Nxa4 52. Bf3 Nc3+ 53. Kb3 Ncd5  0-1

Serbian Women’s League 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | August 29, 2011 - 20:47 |July 27, 2014 Women's Serbian League

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I won against 1874 ELO today. She fought well, had some very interesting ideas but spent almost all her time around move 25 and then her position collapsed. Here is the game:

 [Event "Valjevo"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.29"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Milanovic, M."]  [Black "Dembo, Y."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B00"]  [Annotator "Lenochka"]  [PlyCount "70"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.  O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. h3 (10. g4 Nxg4 11. Bxg4 (11. Nxc6 Nxe3 $17) 11... Bxd4  12. Bxd4 Bxg4 $17) (10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. fxe5 Ne4 $15 (12... Nd7 13.  e6 fxe6 14. Bg4 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Nf8 $13)) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bf3 Re8  13. Re1 (13. f5 $5 Qa5 $11) 13... e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Qa5 (15... Qe7 $5)  16. a3 b5 17. Qd6 Re6 $6 (17... Rac8 $1 $11) 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. Red1 Qb8 20. Nd5  Qb7 21. Nxf6+ $6 (21. Bg5 a5 22. Qc5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Ree8 $11) 21... Bxf6 22. Bc5  a5 23. Qe1 Bg7 24. Rd2 Ree8 25. Rad1 f5 26. Re2 (26. exf5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qc8 $36  ) 26... Qf7 27. b3 a4 $1 28. Qb4 Rac8 29. Rde1 Red8 $15 30. Bd6 $2 (30. bxa4  bxa4 31. Re3 $15) 30... Bxe4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rf2 (32. Bc5 axb3 33. cxb3 Rd5  $17) 32... Qe6 $1 33. Bc5 Qc6 34. Be7 $2 (34. Be3 Bf8 35. Qa5 Qc3 $1 $19) 34...  Rd4 35. Qa5 $2 (35. c4 axb3 $19) 35... Ra8 0-1

Photos from the Women’s Serbian League

By Yelena Dembo | August 29, 2011 - 15:23 |July 27, 2014 Women's Serbian League

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The official website had published photos of the first two rounds, so here are the photos of me and my team BAS Belgrade

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