Women's World Chess Championship Round 1

Ketevan of Scotland lost the first game of round 1 in the World Chess Championship to Nino Batsiashvilli of Georgia.

In a Queens Gambit Accepted by Ketevan she found a comfortable position for black after move 17 which according to the machine gave a slight edge to black.

Nino went.

18. Qd3


Rather than defending the pawn on d5 by Nb6, Ketevan played Bg6 forcing Nino to take the pawn with the Queen and then play Nb6, going for activity rather than solidity.

Nino retreated the Queen to a2.


This negated Ketevan's initial slight edge, according to the machine.

20.  ...       Rfd8
     Moving Rook to an open file.
21.  Rfe1
      Preparing to advance the e5 pawn.
21.  ...       Rac8
22.  Rac1  Nd5
23.  Rc4    Qe6
24.  Rxa4  Qb6
25.  Nd4    Nf4
26.  N2f3

was played to reach this position


The computer gives the boring Bh5 and the interesting Ne6 as alternatives to Ketevan's choice which was

26. ... Bd3?

which allowed white to advance the e5 pawn to e6

27. e6

27. .... fxe6 was the reply. 
                   However Bishop back to g6 was the preferred option by the machine.

                   And a devastating mating attack by Nino followed.

28. Nxe6 Bxf2+

                   Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Bc4 was an interesting alternative exchanging Queens still winning for white.

29. Kh1

29. .... Rc4?? was the losing move leaving the Knight on e6.

                 Blocking the discovered check. Howver
                 29. ... Nxe6 exchanging of pieces leaving white with a two pawn advantage was the slightly better
                 alternative given by the machine.


30. Rxc4 Nxe6
31. Rc6  bxc6
32. Qxe6+

with a mate in two for white






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Stigmatisation

Single parent father rather than being helped and supported is being stigmatized by those who are supposedly there to help. Not good. I will always stand up against the stigmatisation of others in all it's forms. I hope you do too.
Read more

Personal Blog

I realise this blog is no longer just read by me now. I also know the posts are quite personal in tone, I apologise up to a point but one of things I deal with on a regular basis is the isolation. This blog was set up in order to help with that. Putting thoughts out there in printed form means I can edit and rephrase as I go.  Others may think these posts a waste of time. I for one do not. The reason is I can reflect, change, adapt posts as I see fit. Hope to educate those who do not understand and maybe help articulate better in time.
Read more

Human failure

This blog began as a cathartic exercise. To allow me to express myself in a way that I had not done before. Always the quiet one in the corner. Much preferring quiet discussions than backslapping revelry. We find human failure such a shock sometimes. However it happens all the time. We set people up for failure within our educational system. Things may have changed since my time. In my time they tried to create automotons out of an animal that wants to laugh and play. Perhaps they still do this from where you are. The system put questions before you that very seldom crossed your mind. Do the answers progress your understanding of the world and universe around you? Did the answers make you a better more wealthy person?  The world is a beautifull place and people in it are on the most part wholesome and kind. Others are in such a rush to go there and go back that they have no time for people and discourse. Others are so comprimised by circumstance that they struggle to escape the tra...
Read more