Eesha Karavade vs Valentina Gunina (2013)

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Eesha Karavade vs Valentina Gunina
Women's World Team Championship (2013), Astana KAZ, rd 8, Mar-11
Reti Opening: General (A09) · 0-1

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Mar-12-13		DoctorC: There seems to be a mistake by white.. 26. NXa7 seems to be OK. Why retreat the queen and undermine the knight? Rc d8 can be met by Qc7. ...Rc3 Rc3 QXa7 Rc7 etc. gives white two pawns for the knight and a decent attack. Please comment.

Mar-12-13		Nerwal: 26. ♘xa7 doesn't look too promising for white. The simplest way to demonstrate it may be 26. ♘xa7 ♖xc3 27. ♖xc3 ♕xa7 28. ♖c7 ♕b8 (very annoying pin) 29. ♕c6 ♖e6 and white has very little to show for the missing knight.

Mar-12-13		DoctorC: Nerwal Thanks. I thought after Qc2 defending both f7 and b6 is not easy. However, I still feel white did not play well around this move. E.g. instead of say NXa7 even the direct NXe5 seems OK to me. 26 NXe5 Rcd8 27 Rc7 Qb8 28 Nd7 nXd7 29 QXd5 (Now (i) RXd7 or (ii)Rb7 (followed by rook c7 eventually threatening a7 and f7) or direct (iii)QXf7 need to be addressed). I do not think black is comfortable... Please comment.

Mar-13-13		Nerwal: After 26. ♘xe5, black wins a piece with 26... ♖xc3 27. ♖xc3 ♖e6. White still retains some compensation after 28. ♕c7 or 28. ♖c7, but all the same cannot play for more than a draw. White's position looks active but, as happens sometimes, especially in symetrical positions which can be quite volatile, that is all, nothing really seems to work tactically. Which would mean white is actually just worse after the strong move 25... e5, as strange as it may appear. After all black has no big weakness, no bad piece, enjoys a space advantage in the center, and the very active ♕d6 can also be very exposed to attacks. If black can avoid a c7 invasion, which seems to be the case, her position must be sound. Well, when the tactical analysis leads nowhere, what does that mean ? That, unless our assessment of the position is completely wrong (and here a seems fair, although white's edge is probably not that big), a mistake has been made in building white's game. All things considered, the seemingly natural 25. ♖fc1 is probably a positional mistake. White should play 25. b4! e5 26. b5 (cementing the strong position of the ♘c6 while reducing the activity of ♖c8 and ♕b7 for a bit) to keep fighting for an advantage. If black goes for the same plan than in the game, d4-dxe3, then white's rook is perfectly placed on f1.

Mar-13-13		vasja: Why white could not pick few pawns with 27 exd4? 27... exd4 28 Nxd4 Rxc3 29 Qxc3 etc

Mar-14-13		DoctorC: 26. Nxe5, Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Re6. 28) Rc7 Qa8 (Qb8 is met by Nd7 ) 29) Qb4 RXe5 30) RXf7 White has 2 pawns for the knight. I am not sure how this proceeds. Vasja, 27 exd4? is met by ..nd5. It seems to lose in many ways. Furtr c1 rook needs to defend the back rank.

Jul-11-14		notyetagm: E Karavade vs V Gunina, 2013 EVERNOTE LINK TO CEWN ANALYSIS -> https://www.evernote.com/shard/s94/...

Jul-11-14		notyetagm: E Karavade vs V Gunina, 2013 ---- Game Collection: GUNINA'S BEST GAMES

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