Lviv Polytechnic

Nataliya Buksa
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Iulija Osmak
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Liza Soloviova
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Olga Kalinina
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As a corollary of the closing ceremony of the Ukrainian Chess Championships, which was staged at the Lviv Polytechnic on December 15, most participants performed a collective simultaneous exhibition against a crowd of youngsters. For many more pictures, see http://2015.ukrchess.com/media/simultaneous-exhibition.

Standing in the Rainbow

Nataliya Buksa vs. Anastasiya Rakhmangulova
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Olga Kalinina
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Iulija Osmak vs. Evgeniya Doluhanova
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Kateryna Dolzhykova
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Liza Soloviova
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Myroslava Hrabinska
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Короткометражне кіно (Short film)

Olga Kalinina – Mariya Muzychuk
73rd Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship; Kiev, June 17, 2013
Sicilian Defence B33

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 0-0 14. h4 Be6 15. b3. For 15. Bh3 Ra7 16. Kf1 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 see Abdulla – M. Muzychuk, 10th Women’s European Team Chess Championship, Warsaw 2013. 15. ... g6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. 0-0 Ra7. Black’s Queen-Rook thematically goes to the Kingside. 18. Qd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rad1 f4! Mariya sacrifices a Pawn for the sake of the initiative. 21. Nxf4. Olga accepts the gift. 21. ... exf4 22. Bxc6 Bg4! 23. Rde1? No doubt the cause of all White’s subsequent troubles. White had to play 23. f3 Bh3 24. Rfe1 since after 24. ... Qb6+ 25. Qf2 Qxc6 26. Qxa7 Qxf3 27. Qf2 fxg3 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Nd4 Rf2 Black’s initiative fully compensates for the sacrificed Exchange, but probably not more. 23. ... Bc3 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rb1 Rg7. Black evidently has a terrific attack. 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Nf3 Bh3 28. Kh2. Sad, but necessary. 28. ... Bxf1 29. Rxf1 fxg3+ 30. fxg3 Be5 31. Rg1

31. ... Rfg8? A slip by Mariya. Both the “loud” 31. ... Bxg3+! 32. Rxg3 Qf4 33. Ng5 Qxh4+ 34. Kg2 Qf4 and the “silent” 31. ... Rg4! followed by ... Rf8-g8 (as 32. Nxe5?? is refuted by 32. ... Rxh4+! 33. gxh4 Qxh4+ 34. Kg2 Rf2 mate) would have won easily. 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Qe4? Olga misses her chance! White could have put up stronger resistance by 33. Qf3. 33. ... Rg4! 34. Qf3 Rxh4+! 35. Kg2. Alternatively 35. gxh4 Qxh4+ 36. Qh3 Qxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Rxg1 simplifies to an easily winning ending. 35. ... Rf4! 0 : 1. For if 36. Qd5 then 36. ... Rf2+ and mate next move.

Olga Kalinina vs. Mariya Muzychuk
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Grease

Mariya Muzychuk – Olga Kalinina
74th Ukrainian Women’s Chess Championship; Lviv, November 19, 2014
Bogo-Indian Defence E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nd2 d6 8. Ngf3 Re8. For 8. ... Nc6 9. 0-0 a5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 see Rassokhina – Kovanova, Women’s Russian Team Championship, Olginka 2011. 9. 0-0 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. e3 h6 13. Nge4 Bf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Nd6 Bg4 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. c5 Re7. “Position after 18 moves. White has an obvious positional advantage with his strongly posted Knight on d6. However, looking deeply into the position, we find that a sharp tactic is hidden that takes advantage of Black’s poorly placed pieces...”, Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett said.

19. Bxc6! “Preparing the next move”, Spraggett said. 19. ... bxc6 20. Nf5!! A petite combinaison in the style of Capablanca. 20. ... Rxd2. “Also insufficient is 20. ... Qxf5 21. Qxd8+ Kh7 22. f3!”, Spraggett pointed out. 21. Nxe7+ Kh7 22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. f3 Be6 24. Rf2. White is an Exchange ahead with a virtually won endgame, but, strangely enough, Mariya will slowly throw away all her advantage until she ends up resigning the game after Black’s 71st move. 24. ... Rd3 25. e4 f5 26. exf5+ Kxf5 27. a3 b3 28. Re1 Bd5 29. f4 e4 30. Rfe2 h5 31. Kf2 Rf3+ 32. Kg1 Rd3 33. Re3 Rd2 34. R1e2 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. h3 Rc1 37. Rd2 Rxc5 38. Re1 h4 39. Ke3 hxg3 40. Rg1 g6 41. Rxg3 Rc1 42. Rg5+ Kf6 43. Rdg2 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Rb1 45. Rxg6+ Kf7 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Rh1 48. R6g3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Re1+ 50. Re2 Rh1 51. Rd2 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. Re2 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 Rh1 55. h4 Rxh4 56. Reg2 Rh6 57. Kd4 a5 58. Rg5 Rh3 59. Kc5 Rf3 60. R2g4 e3 61. Re5 Rxf4 62. Rxf4+ Kxe5 63. Rf1 Ke4 64. Kb6 Kd3 65. Kxa5 e2 66. Ra1 Kd2 67. Kb4 e1=Q 68. Rxe1 Kxe1 69. a4 Kd2 70. a5 c5+ 71. Kxc5 Bg2 0 : 1.

Mariya Muzychuk (2013)
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