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Sunday Quiz 20.11.16

By Yelena Dembo | November 20, 2016 - 07:19 |November 20, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)

By Yelena Dembo | November 19, 2016 - 11:21 |November 19, 2016 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix

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Players, arbiters, officials (Photo taken from the official site)

This prestigious event started yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Pairings of the 1st round

GM	Gunina Valentina	2525	–	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2461
IM	Skripchenko Almira	2455	–	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2555
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2435	–	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2543
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2489	–	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2426
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2492	–	WGM	Girya Olga	2450
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2448	–	GM	Ju Wenjun	2580

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World Chess Championship 2016 6th game

By Yelena Dembo | November 19, 2016 - 06:31 |November 19, 2016 World Chess Championship 2016

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The 6th game ended in a draw. Carlsen (playing Black) had a deep opening-middlegame preparation in the Marshall and didn’t have any problems equalizing. Today is a rest day.

   [Event "WCh 2016"]   [Site "New York USA"]   [Date "2016.11.18"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C88"]   [WhiteElo "2772"]   [BlackElo "2853"]   [PlyCount "64"]   [EventDate "2016.11.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3     Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5     Ne4 f6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Ne6 Qd5 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Re5     Qd6 22. c3 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. cxb4 cxb4 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qe1   Qd7 28. Kh2 a5 29. Qe3 Bd5 30. Qb6 Bxb3 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxb4 Be6 1/2-1/2

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Saturday Quiz 19.11.16

By Yelena Dembo | November 19, 2016 - 06:24 |November 19, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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World Chess Championship 2016 5th game

By Yelena Dembo | November 18, 2016 - 06:19 |November 18, 2016 World Chess Championship 2016

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The 5th game ended in a draw as well, although Black had very good winning chances. The score is 2.5-2.5.

   [Event "WCh 2016"]   [Site "New York USA"]   [Date "2016.11.17"]   [Round "5"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2853"]   [BlackElo "2772"]   [PlyCount "102"]   [EventDate "2016.11.11"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. b4 Ba7   Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 c6 12. h3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.     Nxe4 d5 16. Nc5 h6 17. Ra3 Bf5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qh4 20. Rf3 Bxc5 21. bxc5   Re8 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Qd4 Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kh2 Be6     Re2 Qg6 29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2 Qf5 32. a5 Kf8 33. Qc3 Ke8 34. Rb4     g5 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8 37. Qd4 Qg6 38. g4 h5 39. Qd2 Rg7 40. Kg3 Rg8 41.   Kg2 hxg4 42. hxg4 d4 43. Qxd4 Bd5 44. e6 Qxe6 45. Kg3 Qe7 46. Rh2 Qf7 47. f4   gxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7 Rxf4 51. Rxe7 Re4 1/2-1/2

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IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Sunday Quiz 20.11.16

FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)

World Chess Championship 2016 6th game

Saturday Quiz 19.11.16

World Chess Championship 2016 5th game

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