Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Gareth Harley-Yeo » Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:23 am

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
LozCooper wrote: Koneru v Houska

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Best wishes to Jovanka tomorrow.
If you were in Jovanka's position (graded 2421), playing a player graded much higher (2600 - the top seed), and given the nature of the event and the time controls, what strategy would you adopt (apart from trying to win!). Does draw with Black and win with White still apply?
If it was me - Given that Humpy can win with black I'd say you have to go out in with both colours.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Jon D'Souza-Eva » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:17 am

If Yelena Dembo plays as well in this tournament as she does on the internet, she'll win it easily.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:04 am

Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote:If Yelena Dembo plays as well in this tournament as she does on the internet, she'll win it easily.
I wouldn't take internet performances and ratings too seriously. There's a few players who have been over 3000 on icc who seem unable to reproduce that level of play over the board :?

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:11 am

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
LozCooper wrote: Koneru v Houska

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Best wishes to Jovanka tomorrow.
If you were in Jovanka's position (graded 2421), playing a player graded much higher (2600 - the top seed), and given the nature of the event and the time controls, what strategy would you adopt (apart from trying to win!). Does draw with Black and win with White still apply?
It's very effective in two game knockout matches :D Jovanka tends to be very solid with black and clearly a draw with black would be a great result. How she plays with white will partly depend on how the black game goes.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Alan Walton » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:51 am

Just to be a little pedantic

Humpy isn't the top seed as that is Kosteniuk being the reigning champion, she is just the highest rated player

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by David Shepherd » Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:41 pm

Game in progress move 17 - looks about even so far, I think 16 .... c5 was a very good move and has equalised, with the likely outcome a draw.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Andrew Camp » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:40 pm

Jovanka loses from what looks like a time-trouble blunder.
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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by David Shepherd » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:42 pm

Looks like I got that one wrong :(

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:48 pm

Round 2 results: Tuesday 7th December 1pm:

Khukhashvili v Kosteniuk 0.5-0.5
Ruan v Zhang 1-0
Yildiz v Muzychuk M 0-1
Shadrina v Harika 0-1
Kosintseva v Dembo 0-1
Zhao Xue v Chiburdanidze 1-0
Skripchenko v Dzagnidze 0.5-0.5
Cmilyte v Paehtz 0-1
Koneru v Houska 1-0
Zatonskih v Sebag 1-0
Ovod v Muzychuk A 0-1
Ju v Kovanova 0.5-0.5
Romanko v Hou Yifan 0-1
Socko v Zhu Chen 0.5-0.5
Stefanova v Huang 1-0
Hoang v Lahno 0.5-0.5

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Matthew Turner » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:22 pm

It looked to me like Jovanka had a number of opportunities to neutralise the position and take a draw. Perhaps Jovanka felt this was her chance to beat Koneru and she played very ambitiously. Obviously with the benefit of hindsight that looks like a mistake, but one cannot criticise her efforts and we will just have to hope for better luck tomorrow.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by benedgell » Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:39 pm

Didn't Jovanka blunder a piece, and then Humpy give it back (move 35) ? I'd be surprised if it doesn't end in a draw from here, but I wouldn't mind being wrong.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Ben Purton » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:30 pm

Im pretty sure , h+f + R V R is drawn with kings as they are, so the d pawn is not needed?

Jovanka has played really well , and probaly scared her opponent both yesterday and today. I hope that Black blunders here or its a draw.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by benedgell » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:40 pm

Jovanka's out :(

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by Mike Truran » Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:40 pm

Ben - depends on the position as to whether it's a win or a draw. To state the obvious, R + fP + hP v R is one of the more complex endings.

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Re: Women's World Championship 2-25 December 2010

Post by LozCooper » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:35 am

Khukhashvili v Kosteniuk 0.5-0.5 0.5-0.5 1-1 Kosteniuk won 3-1 after play-off.
Ruan v Zhang 1-0 0-1 1-1 Play-off Ruan won 3-1 after play-off.
Yildiz v Muzychuk M 0-1 0-1 0-2 Muzychuk goes through
Shadrina v Harika 0-1 0-1 0-2 Harika goes through
Kosintseva v Dembo 0-1 0.5-0.5 0.5-1.5 Dembo goes through
Zhao Xue v Chiburdanidze 1-0 0.5-0.5 1.5-0.5 Zhao Xue goes through
Skripchenko v Dzagnidze 0.5-0.5 0.5-0.5 1-1 Skripchenko won 3-1 after play-off.
Cmilyte v Paehtz 0-1 1-0 1-1 Cmilyte won 2.5-1.5 after play-off.
Koneru v Houska 1-0 0.5-0.5 1.5-0.5 Koneru goes through
Zatonskih v Sebag 1-0 1-0 Zatonskih goes through
Ovod v Muzychuk A 0-1 0.5-0.5 0.5-1.5 Muzychuk goes through
Ju v Kovanova 0.5-0.5 1-0 1.5-0.5 Ju goes through
Romanko v Hou Yifan 0-1 0.5-0.5 Hou goes through
Socko v Zhu Chen 0.5-0.5 0.5-0.5 1-1 Zhu Chen won 3-1 after play-off.
Stefanova v Huang 1-0 0-1 1-1 Huang won 3-1 after play-off.
Hoang v Lahno 0.5-0.5 0.5-0.5 1-1 Lahno won 3-1 after play-off.

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