Wenjun Ju vs Tingjie Lei (2023)

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Wenjun Ju vs Tingjie Lei
Ju - Lei Women's World Championship Match (2023), CHONGQING, China, rd 8, Jul-16
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) · 1-0

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Jul-16-23		offramp: After 9....Nf6. click for larger view After 47 minutes of play. White has done a double-fianchetto, or two fianchetti.

Jul-16-23		offramp: After 10 moves I would prefer Black. I can see that she'll play B-Q3, then ♙h7-h5-h4.

Jul-16-23		VerySeriousExpert: It's a weak opening for White!

Jul-16-23		VerySeriousExpert: Yury V. Bukayev informs about one of his versions on why this opening was played. Thus, White tended to form the Queen's Indian Defense Reversed. Thus, GM Ju is a chess queen. GM Harikrishna Pentala, her second, is an Indian. Their idea is to combine "queen" and "Indian" on the board in this match! GM Lei doesn't play 1.d4, so she doesn't let to play the Queen's Indian Defense. So GM Ju and her second try the reversed opening!

Jul-16-23		VerySeriousExpert: 9...Nf6 created the Queen's Indian Defense Reversed, by transpositon of moves. So GM Ju and her second should be glad, according to this Yury's version.

Jul-16-23		offramp: I'm going out to see the Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon.

Jul-16-23		OhioChessFan: Should be a drawn endgame but White has some chances.

Jul-16-23		fredthebear: I sure wouldn't want to be Black, sooo passive, pieces guarding pawns and the king restricted to the back rank.

Jul-16-23		OhioChessFan: Totally won for White now.

Jul-16-23		Refused: Can't white just pick up the pawn on e6 with 43.Rxe6 I am really not sure what Ju is thinking about here. Surely if she can pick up that pawn for free, that's the way to go. She really has to pick up another pawn if she wants to have any chance to win this. I assume she doesn't fancy 43.Rxe6 Kf7 a)44.Rd6 Rf3, when one of her K side pawns will exit the stage (Rf3+ Rf4 Rf3+ Rf4) b)44.Rxe4 Kxf6 Only alternative would be something like 43.Rc7 Rf3 44.Bd4!? Which I have a hard time believing in.

Jul-16-23		Refused: Isn't 62.Rg7 just winning now? The idea is simply 63.g6 Bxg6 64.Rxg6 hxg6 65.h7 Rh5 66.h8Q Rxh8 67.Bxh8 Kf7 68.Bc3 Ke6 69.Bd2 eliminating shenanigans pawn exchange shenanigans. And the f-pawn will win this.

Jul-16-23		inmyopinion: In Game 1 thru 5, the Lady Lie dominated the Opening. From Game 6, team GM Pentala Harikrishna used unassuming opening variations that take the position quickly to the Middlegame. In Game 6 thru 8, the Juice When June dominates in the Strategic Endgame phase. Now team GM Timur Radjabov has to find a counter play against the Strategic Endgame focus, else GM Ju Wenjun will retain her Crown, which is nice IMO.

Jul-17-23		VerySeriousExpert: @inmyopinion Dear Sir, first of all, your names for chess maestri ("Juice When June" and "Lady Lie") are not permissible, it is an insult! Sorry.

Jul-17-23		VerySeriousExpert: Yury Bukayev's idea is 9...h5! instead of transposing into the Queen's Indian Defence Reversed by 9...Nf6.

Jul-17-23		perfidious: White might well have tried the less common 4.Bb5, an idea consistent with her opening play: Opening Explorer

Jul-18-23		diceman: click for larger view As late as move 57...Rd3+! was still probably a draw. click for larger view After 58.Ke2 Rd4! White can't hold the f pawn. Lei only had minutes on the clock.

Jul-18-23		perfidious: Looks like a clever saving idea.

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