Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone

Tatiana Kononenko – Mariya Muzychuk
72nd Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship; Kharkiv, October 2, 2012
Dutch Defence A84

Notes by International Master Anton Sitnikov, ChessZone Magazine, #10, 2012, pp. 16-17.

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0–0 d6 7. Nc3 0–0 8. Re1 Ne4. Mariya is learning from mistakes. A few years earlier, she got into a difficult situation after 8. ... Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Qe7 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Bd2 a6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 15. f4 Neg4 16. h3 Nh6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Bc3± 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) – M. Muzychuk, 2nd Dvorkovich Cup, Moscow 2007. 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. e4?!N. Better was to prefer quiet strengthen actions, such as 11. Rd1. 11. ... fxe4 12. Rxe4 e5. Black has the development advantage and takes the initiative in their hands. 13. dxe5 Bf5 14. Re1


14. ... dxe5! A particular solution. Isolated Pawn in this game is not weak, but, on the contrary, with great force rushes forward. 15. Qb3 e4 16. c5+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Bf4 Nd4 19. Qc4 e3 20. Rac1. After 20. Bxe3 Nc2 21. g4 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxg4 23. Nf3 Qxb2 White remained at the bottom. 20. ... exf2+ 21. Kxf2 h6 22. h4. Bleak for White 22. Nf3 Nxf3 23. Bxf3 Rae8 24. Qc3 Qf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qb3 Be6 27. Qd1 Bxb2 28. Rc2 Bg7∓. 22. ... c6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rae8 25. Kg1? Extend the resistance was possible only through 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 Nf5∓. 25. ... g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rce1 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 gxf4 29. Rxf4 Nf5 30. Bh3 Qe5. Cold-blooded and a strong response crowns a fine game. 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. Rh4+ Rh5 33. Qg4 Qxc5+ 0 : 1.

Mariya Muzychuk, the 2012 Ukrainian Women’s Chess Champion
Photo: ukrinform.ua

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