Sunday, February 16, 2020

Curry powder

“A former world champion in action in [Britain’s Four Nations Chess League (4NCL)] Division Two is a rare sight. China’s 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí), fresh from winning the £20,000 women’s first prize at Gibraltar, played No 1 for Kings Head, the London chess pub team, and won two smooth strategic games”, Leonard Barden writes in his The Guardian chess column of February 14, 2020.

Viktor Stoyanov – 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí)
26th Four Nations Chess League — Division 2; Daventry, February 8, 2020
Catalan Opening E00

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. 0-0 c3 8. Nc4 0-0 9. Qd3 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Be7 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Qb1 Bd7 14. e4 Nb4 15. Ne3 Ba4 16. Rd2 Na6 17. Ne5 Bb4 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc4 Rfd8 21. a3 Bf8 22. d5 Bb5 23. Rdd1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nc5 25. Qc2 b6 26. Bf3 Qe8


27. e5 exd5 28. Rh4 g6 29. Bxd5 Ne6 30. Rc4 Bc5 31. Bg2 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rd8 33. Qc1 Qd7 34. Rc2 Qd3 35. Bf1 Qe4 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Bd4 38. Bxd4 Nxd4 39. Qf4 Qxe5 40. Qg4 c5 41. Bc4 Qf5 0 : 1.

谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí) – Sacha Brozel
26th Four Nations Chess League — Division 2; Daventry, February 9, 2020
Queen’s Pawn Game D02

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 Be7 6. a4 b4 7. c4 bxc3 8. bxc3 a5 9. c4 c6 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. c5 Qc7 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Bc4 15. Nfd2 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfb8 17. Rb1 Bd8 18. Qd3 Qa7 19. Rb2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rfb1 Ra7 22. Nc1 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Be7 24. Nd3 Kf8


25. f3 Ke8 26. e4 Kd8 27. e5 Ne8 28. Nf4 Kc8 29. Bf1 Nb8 30. Bd3 Kc7 31. Bd2 Bd8 32. Nh3 f6 33. f4 Rb7 34. Rxb7+ Kxb7 35. Kf2 1 : 0.

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