Opening: Cigorin Title: A Surprising Weapon! - Goryachkina vs Ju Wenjun | Women's World Championship Match
Women's World Chess Championship 2020
The 2020 Women's World Chess Championship is chess match played for the Women's World Chess Championship title. It is contested by Ju Wenjun (winner of the 2018 knock-out championship) and her challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina the winner of a newly established Candidates Tournament, that was held in 2019.
The match is 12 rounds and planned in two parts, 6 rounds in Shanghai (China) and the other 6 rounds in Vladivostok (Russia) from 3 to 26 January 2020.
The match marks the return to a match only format for the title with qualifying Candidates Tournament, after new FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich expressed his dissatisfaction for the knock-out tournaments and its frequent different world champions.
Hello Chess Friends and Welcome to the Channel. In today's video round 12 of the Women's World Championship Match that played yesterday . Because i'm also following the tata Steel, I'm one day behind with the schedule. After 11 rounds the Champions Ju Wenjun is leading the Match, to equalize and reach the tie-break, Goryachkina needs a full point. The game is a decisive one, but who will win? Goryachkina with the white pieces against Ju Wenjun with Black, let's get started.
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {the Chigorin variation. An opening that we don't see often
but this is a surprise weapon played by the best attacking players. Nakamura
is an expert, then there are crazy games by Richard Rapport and Jobava, and by
the exciting grandmaster from Sweden Jonny Hector.} Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5.
e3 Bb4+ {is forcing white to play c3} 6. c3 Be7 {with the Knight that cannot
go back to c3} 7. a4 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Na3 c5 10. Nf3 {is a novelty and
probably the best move. Before the white player moved again the other Knight
to b5} Ne4 {i prefer Nh5 against the bishop} 11. h3 f5 12. Nb5 c4 13. Bxe4 {
this exchange is good because this bishop was limited by the black pawn
structure} fxe4 14. Ne5 Nb8 15. O-O a6 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Nc2 {this is not a
great idea, because the Knight is blocking the queen's control of b3} (17. b3
cxb3 18. Qxb3 {and later Nc2}) 17... Qe8 {like in the Dutch, the queen is
ready to move to h5} 18. f3 Nxe5 {first} 19. Bxe5 Bd7 20. Ne1 Qh5 {Black is a
bit better than white} 21. Kh2 exf3 {is not so good. Better to leave white the
pinned pawn} (21... b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 {and the pawn is still
pinned, this time to the queen}) 22. Nxf3 {solves some development problems}
Be8 {to improve the bad bishop} 23. Qe1 Qg6 {controlling the light squares} 24.
Bf4 Qe4 25. a5 h6 {clears h7 for the queen} 26. Nd2 Qh7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Be5 Rc8
29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 {now it's possible to capture but} 30. Qe2 {is better} e3 {
probably the best defene is to activate one of the bishops} (30... Bc6 31. Nxc4
Qg6 {watching g2} 32. b3 Be7 33. Rf1 Bd5 {and it's difficult for white to make
progress}) 31. Nxc4 Bb5 {attacking and pinning the Knight} 32. b3 Qe4 33. Rf1 {
with a clear advantage for white} Qc6 34. Qxe3 {White is a pawn up} Qe8 {
controlling f7. why not Bxc4?} (34... Bxc4 35. bxc4 {and then c5} Qxc4 36. Qf4
{Qf7 is coming with checkmating threats}) 35. Qe2 Qg6 36. Rf3 Kh7 37. Qf2 {
unpins the Knight with tempo} Bc6 {tactically defends the bishop on f8} 38. Rg3
(38. Rxf8 {loses the exchange} Rxf8 39. Qe2) 38... Qf5 39. Qe2 Rd8 40. Ne3 Qf7
41. Qd3+ {is a good move. But there is something a fantastic computer idea
that I'd like to show you} (41. d5 {Black cannot capture with the bishop} Bxd5
(41... exd5 {is the only possible capture but the pawn is blocking the bishop}
42. Qd3+ g6 43. Ng4 Bg7 44. Rf3 Bxe5+ 45. Nxe5 Qe6 46. Nxg6 Qxg6 (46... Qe4 47.
Nf8+ Kg8 48. Qf1 Qe5+ 49. Rg3+ Kh8 50. Ng6+) 47. Rf7+) 42. Qd3+ {also pins the
bishop to the rook} g6 43. c4) 41... g6 42. Rg4 Bg7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Nc4 Bb5
45. Qg3 Bxc4 46. bxc4 Rd7 47. Re4 Qf6 48. Qe3 {attacking the isolated pawn} Rd6
49. c5 Rc6 50. Kg1 {is a sort of waiting move} Qf5 51. Rf4 Qg5 52. h4 Qe7 53.
Qe5+ {this is a winning position} Kg8 54. Rf6 Kh7 55. h5 gxh5 56. Qf4 e5 57.
Qxh6+ Kg8 58. Qg6+ Kh8 (58... Qg7 59. Qe8+ Kh7 60. Rf7 {is enough}) 59. Qxh5+
Kg8 60. Qg5+ {and Black resigns. After} Qg7 {White that is two pawns up can
simplify into a winning king and pawn endgame} 61. Qxg7+ Kxg7 62. Rxc6 bxc6 1-0
With this victory Goryachkina equalized the match that this morning went to the tie-break. The tie-break was played today, of course there is a winner and I will post the games tomorrow morning. I hope that you enjoyed the videp, don't miss my Tata Steel games and if you like the channel, please don't forget to subscribe.
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The Chess Federation of Russia
@ruchess_eng arranged a promotional photoshoot with Aleksandra Goryachkina.
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