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Nana Dzagnidze vs Wenjun Ju
Women's World Team Championship (2013), Astana KAZ, rd 2, Mar-04
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit. General Variation (A83)  ·  0-1

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Mar-04-13  notyetagm: N Dzagnidze vs Ju Wenjun, 2013

39 ... ♗f6-d8


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40 ♔e4xe5?? <alignment: a1 + e5>


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40 ... ♗d8-f6+ <skewer: e5,a1>


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How in the world can someone with the GM title play 40 ♔e4xe5?? ?

White's unbelievable blunder is compounded by the fact that Black's last move was 39 ... ♗f6-d8. Did White really think that Ju Wenjun (Black) was just giving away her e5-pawn for nothing??

Mar-04-13
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  tamar: Blunder, but not unbelievable. You said it yourself, it was move 40
Mar-04-13  notyetagm: <tamar: Blunder, but not unbelievable. You said it yourself, it was move 40>

I know, but still ...

Like I said, did White think Black was just giving her a pawn for free when she played 39 ... ♗f6-d8 ? Like the sharp tactical Chinese players just routinely drop pawns?

Mar-04-13
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  tamar: My only objection to your post, <notyetagm> is that Dzagnidze displayed mastery overcoming the two bishop disadvantage, and was fashioning an endgame win with her knight versus bad bishop when she went haywire with 38 Ra1? and 40 Kxe5

So overall her level was high, but she spoiled everything with what I would term a self skewer.

Mar-04-13  notyetagm: <tamar> I agree with you.

It's just that I am not a master-strength player but I frequently play against such players and they almost never make mistakes like this.

So seeing a GM >>> master makes this elementary, 900-level mistake is shocking to me.

But come to think of it, I did see a 2400 leave his queen en prise to a 2500 in a time-scarmble a few weeks ago at chess club ... :-)

Mar-04-13
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  chancho: 39...Bd8 was played to keep an eye on the a5 square.

Dzagnidze blundering was a bonus.

Mar-04-13
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  perfidious: < notyetagm: ....It's just that I am not a master-strength player but I frequently play against such players and they almost never make mistakes like this....>

That's right, which is what makes us master strength, inter alia.

<....So seeing a GM.... master makes this elementary, 900-level mistake is shocking to me.

But come to think of it, I did see a 2400 leave his queen en prise to a 2500 in a time-scarmble a few weeks ago at chess club ...>

The only thing missing from your post is the usual shouting, with the underlying smirky attitude, as yet another player comes to grief.

Mar-04-13  notyetagm: <perfidious: ... The only thing missing from your post is the usual shouting, with the underlying smirky attitude, as yet another player comes to grief.>

I guess maybe you haven't figured out yet that strong players' mistakes are very instructive, which is why I point out these mistakes (and brilliant moves) here.

This woman is higher-rated (2552) than I will ever be, if that makes you feel better.

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