Tatiana Kosintseva vs Yelena Dembo (2010)

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Tatiana Kosintseva vs Yelena Dembo
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010), Antakya TUR, rd 2, Dec-07
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation (B67) · 0-1

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Dec-07-10		Ezzy: To say she played aweful today is an understatement. Her sister, coach, and anyone who helps her will be furious. click for larger view Dembo has just played the suicidal 21..g6. Now 22 h5! would smash black's defence to pieces. <22.h5 gxh5 (22...Bxg5 23.f4 Bf6 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Nxg6 Kf7 26.f5) 23.g6 fxg6 24.Nxg6 Rh7 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qxe6 Rf7 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Re1]> Winning easily in all lines. Shouldn't be too difficult for a GM to see. She played 22 Qe4 h5 23 Ndc6? Simplifying and easing black's position. Eventually she reached this position click for larger view 30.Nc6 0–0 31.Nxb4 should be played. Alas she played the dreadful 30.Rd8+?? Kxd8 31.Nxf7+ Ke8 32.Nxh8 Bxh4 33.Kc1 <[33.Nxg6 Bxg5 34.Ne5 Bf4 35.Nd3 Be3 36.c4 bxc3 37.bxc3 h4 38.Ne5 h3 39.Ng4 Bg1 40.Kc2 h2 41.Nxh2 Bxh2 eventually wins for black]> 33...Bg3 34.Kd1 Kf8 35.Nxg6+ Kf7 36.Nh8+ Kg7 37.Ke2 Be5 38.c4 bxc3 39.bxc3 Kxh8 40.c4 Bf4 0-1 click for larger view Tatiana will not be sleeping well tonight. BIG task tomorrow. She's talented enough to come back, as long as this game doesn't haunt her.

Dec-08-10		scormus: <Ezzy ... understatement> Excellent commenatry! Yes, the passage from 22 to 30 is truly painful to watch - a bit like one of those movies where the hero does something unbelievably stupid and gets into a terrible mess. I can only imagine she thought she saw a winning line that wasnt there. The early play, the errors and the reversal in fortune recall a game I once played for my club. I didnt sleep well that night either, and had to face the reaction of my team mates as well.

Dec-08-10		kurtrichards: <Shouldn't be too difficult for a GM to see.> Is this what Alexander Kotov in his book "Think Like a Grandmaster" meant when he said "blindspot"?

Dec-08-10		HeMateMe: geez, this really is horrible. 22.h5 certainly does keep both sides of the board open, with the black king in the middle.

Dec-08-10		weisyschwarz: No fluke. Their second game today was a standoff, and Tatiana is gone.

Jan-05-11		ReikiMaster: This tournament format has produced many unflattering games. First round losers must feel bad also for taking the trouble to travel abroad just to shortly meet one opponent. 22.h5 Bxg5 23.f4 does look good for white. 28.Re1 looks good. 30.Rd8 gave black the upper hand - even Nd3 was better. 33.Nxg6 was the last chance to free the Knight.

Jan-05-11		perfidious: <ReikiMaster> One would think that all these players were well aware of the format when they chose to play in this.

Mar-27-11		ReikiMaster: <perfidious> I can't imagine anyone "choosing" not to play in a World Championship.

Apr-01-11		perfidious: <ReikiMaster: <perfidious> I can't imagine anyone "choosing" not to play in a World Championship.> In general, I quite agree, though I believe Kramnik's decision not to play in the FIDE cycle in the late 1990s was reasonable: Karpov got to sit on the sidelines as his prospective challenger had to play a series of short, gruelling elimination matches in succession. Anand did well to make the final, and I don't believe even Kasparov would have overcome Karpov in these adverse circumstances.

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