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If you are attending a school in which you
learn chess, you may be revising now for
your end of year chess exam.
If that is the case, as with children in
Armenia, among others, then we wish you
the very best of luck (and the energy to
work hard).
It is a good idea to adjust the pieces ontheir suares before you start a game.
!emember, first, to make sure that the
board is the right way round and the
pieces are on the correct suares.
If the game has begun, remember to say
jadoube before touching them.
"ne way to prepare for your games. #ou$ifan pictured (yifanhou.net) meditating.
In this issue%
& #"' $ifan orld *hampion
several times over
+ ateryna -A/" omen0s
orld !apid *hampion
1 "lga I!$A girl with a winning
smile
2 &34+ omen0s orld 5lit6*hampionship
7 Anna 8'9$*#' omen0s
orld 5lit6 *hampion
: ;u66les
by evin "0*onnell
>he
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HOU Yifan World Champion several times over!
#ou first won the omen0s orld *hampionship title in &343. #owever, she was a world
champion long before that. In &33B she won the orld irls u43 *hampionship. In that
event in #alkidiki, reece, $ifan was undefeated, with eight wins and three draws for C.1D44.>hat gave her clear first place, half a point ahead of Iran0s 8itra #@EA9I;"'!.
#ou in &331 (photo *hess5ase)
>his position is from the game Arielle -@
5AI- F #"' $ifan in that irls0 u43. 5lack0s
move. $ou should spot this one uite
easily.
19...g5xe3+ 20.b1-d2[of course not20.d3xe3 c7xc2#] and 5lack wonrather easily, making the extra piece
count% 20...c7c4 21.d3xc4 c8xc422.d1-e1 e3f4 23.h1-g1 0-0
24.g1-g4 f4xd2+ 25.c1xd2 f8c826.e4e5 c4xc2+ 27.d2d3 b7xf3
28.g4d4 d6xe5 29.e1xe5 c2xb230.e5c5 c8e8 31.d4c4 f3e2+ 32.d3d4 e2xc4 33.d4xc4b2c2+ 34.c4xb4 e8b8+35.b4a3 c2xc5 36.a3a4 c5c3 37.a4a5 c3a3#.
>he following year, $ifan was still eligible
for the u43s. 5ut she didn0t play in theirls0 *hampionship, opting instead for the
"pen. =he almost completed a uniue
double. =he tied for first place with three
others. All four scored CD44. #"'0s tieF
break score gave her the bron6e medal.
/ext a position from her game against
5oris #GA/ in that event.
38.h3h4! [38.c7xc4 g5xg3]38...g5g4 [38...g5f6 39.!f4d5f6f8 40.c7xc4] 39.c7xe7+
[39.c7xc4 is also mate in B" 39...g4f3+ 40.h1-g1 f3xg3+ 41.g1-h1
f2h2# but the other way roundH]39...g7g8 40.e7f7+ g8h841.f7f8#
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#ou became the youngest female
randmaster in history in /ovember &33:,
gaining the title aged 4+ years, 2 months,
& days. Eudit ;olgar had set the benchmark
(41y +m &:d) in 4CC4, three years before#ou was born. In the interim, India0s
#umpy "/@!' had brought the record
down to 41y 4m &7d. #ou smashed that.
It was that same year, &33:, that $ifan
almost captured the orld omen0s title
for the first time. hat a sensation that
would have been orld *hampion at
4+(H), but it was not to be.
;laying in /alchik, a !ussian city in the
heartlands of world chess the *aucuses,
#ou fought through the first five rounds of
the knockout event, to play Alexandra
osteniuk in the final.
>he reigning champion, ' $uahua, had
been knocked out in the second round
while #"' dropped just 4.1 points beforebeating "/@!' in the semiFfinal (round
1).
osteniuk won the first game of the final
and ran out the winner by &.1F4.1.
before the final game (photo *hess5ase)
It is nice to be able to read about our
favourite players. It can help to inspire us
to improve our own chess.
>here is an excellent blog (yifanhou.net)
with lots of photos of $ifan, where you can
read about her exploits and her thoughts
and ideas. >he blog is available in two
versions @nglish and erman. >he next
picture, showing little $ifan, age 2, in
&333 is from that blog.
>he blog is unusual it is written by a
5uddhist monk from ermany who lives in=ri -anka.
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Kateryna LAGNO Womens World apid Champion
ateryna won the orld !apid. #ere she is
in a great photo by /ikol 5ochkarev fromthe official web site.
e saw some examples of her play in that
event in the last issue (
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Ola G"YA irl #ith a #innin smile and a reat re$ord
"lga during the orld !apid (photo /ikolai 5ochkarev)
"lga was second in the rand ;rix and tookthe bron6e medal in the !apid *hampionship.
#er single world title (so farH) is that of orld
irls0 u4: *hampion in &33C.
=he had got the bron6e medal the previous
year in the same u4: irls0 event. It is from
that tournament that we take this example of
"lga0s courage, fight and resourcefulness. >heposition is from the game 8aria "=*I/IA
"lga I!$A.
hite had been winning this game.
5lack fought long and hard when two
pawns down. /ow the tables were turned%
68...f3d4+ 69.c2b2 h1-h2+70.b2c1 [70.b2a1 !d4b3+
71.b1xb3 c4xb3and matesJ70...c4c3 71.f4d5+ c3d3 72.d5f4+d3e3 73.f4xh5 [73.!f4d5+ e3f3and takes on gB, winningJ 73...d4e2+
[73...h2c2+ 74.c1-d1 c2d2+75.d1-e1 (75.d1-c1 d4e2#)75...!d4f3+ 76.e1-f1 d2f2#]74.c1-c2 e2xg3+ 75.c2b3 g3xh5and hite soon resigned 76.a3a4b5xa4+ 77.b3xa4 h2xh4 78.b4b5g4g3+ 79.a4a5 g3g2 80.b5b6h5f6 81.b6b7 f6d7 82.a5b5h4h1 83.b1-b3+ e3f4 0-1.
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%&'( Womens World )lit* Championship
>here was another change round in the
finishing order of the 5lit6 *hampionship.
>his time it was Anna 8u6ychuk who tookpride of place. #ere are the top ten
finishers%
Anna also emerged as a champion egg
tapper (see p.B). =he suffered a horrible
defeat against a former orld *hampion
on the second day of the event.
Anna, hite, had the advantage, but...70.b7a8 [70.b7c8+$ 70.b7a6b1-a1+ 71.a6b7 a1-b1+ 72.b7c8+] 70...b1-b8#.
KIt was horrible. I handled the game well,
but blew it by blundering a mate in one.he final position (photo *hess5ase)
=uch strange things happen uite often in
blit6. -ook at /ana ?6agnid6eFAlexandra
osteniuk, for example.
#ere hite checked again on f2. ?o you
see something better
$es, of course... mate in one (on h:).
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Anna +,*y$h,- Womens World )lit* Champion
#ere is a nice finish by Anna in the &331
5elfort orld irls, where she won the
first (u42) of her two titles (orld irls
u&3 *hampion in &343). Anna, 5lack, to
move against 5arbara ;errusset.
At first sight, it seems that hite0s pieces
are well enough placed. #owever, too
many of them have too many jobs to doH
20...f8xf1+0-1It is hopeless% 21.e1xf1 (or 21.g1xf1g4xh2+ 22.f1-g1 d4f3+; 21.d3xf1d4xc2 22.e1-e2 g4xe3) 21...!d4xc222.d3xc2 !g4xe3.
Anna was really young when she started
to learn chess. #ere are her own words
from an article in *hess5ase about her and
her sister% Khen I was two years old I
could put the beginning position on the
board, and at three I could play chess with
all the chess rules. hen I was five I took
part in my first chess tournament
(championship of our sport school) and
won the second place. At the same age I
played in the *hampionship of -viv region
(girls '43) and managed to win the second
place.0
Anna, as do many players, likes other
sports, especially table tennis.
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Puzzles selected by FST & FM Kevin OConnell(www.kochess.com)
1 hite to play. =imple techniue.
ateryna -A/" Galentina '/I/A
orld $outh *h u43 irls, "ropesa 4CCC
2 hite to move. "verloadH
/ana ?9A/I?9@ /atalia ;""/I/A
orld $outh *h u4: irls, #alkidiki &33B
3 5lack to play.
8arie @=;"=I>" >atiana "=I/>=@GA
orld $outh *h u4& irls, *annes 4CC7
4 5lack, to play, is winning. hat0s best
/une ?A!5I/$A/ Anna 8'9$*#'
orld $outh *h u42 irls, 5elfort &331
SOLUTIOS TO PU!!L"S