Speaking with a TASS correspondent, the new Women’s Chess World Cup queen Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina confessed she thought she would have never saved her second classical game against Nurgyul Salimova. “In the tie-breaker I didn’t feel particularly nervous, but in the final classical game, at some point I was so desperate that I couldn’t even dream of saving myself”, she said. “But then it was as if my opponent was replaced. I feel like I have been playing with two completely different people, the first of whom, before the time control, literally crushed me. And then after — with the other one — unexpectedly, I even ended up with an extra piece. It’s a pity it didn’t help me”. Photo: Stev Bonhage/FIDE. |
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