Carissa Yip vs Akshita Gorti (2016)

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Carissa Yip vs Akshita Gorti
US Chess Championship (Women) (2016), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 1, Apr-14
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Guimard Defense Main Line (C04) · 1-0

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Apr-14-16		Fish55: Very nice sequence beginning with 43.Qh8!

Apr-14-16		Fish55: Actually Qg8 on move 43 would have been better, but she got to play that 2 moves later.

Apr-15-16		suenteus po 147: I was scratching my head for a day trying to figure out how White has a won endgame when he she's about to be mated. I just realized that no matter which of the two squares black's king escapes to (h7 or f7) 49.Qf5+ and 50.Qxf3 leaves Yip a piece up in the endgame which she would convert with no problems. Very humbling to be 37 years old and dumbfounded by the masterful play between a 12 year old and 13 year old, respectively.

Apr-15-16		perfidious: White's sixth has scored very poorly in practice and is weaker than the alternatives 6.Be2 and 6.Nb3, the old main line.

Apr-15-16		suenteus po 147: <perfidious> Do you think there are longterm consequences to playing dubious opening moves, even if they ultimately are successful in the game proper?

Apr-15-16		notyetagm: C Yip vs Akshita Gorti, 2016 <suenteus po 147: ... she would convert with no problems. Very humbling to be 37 years old and dumbfounded by the masterful play between a 12 year old and 13 year old, respectively.> Actually it's not as masterful as you think. Yip completely overlooked 42 ... ♗h5-f3 and thought she was mated when it appeared on the board. It was only after she calmed down that she realized she was still winning anyway. ---- https://www.chess.com/news/view/dru... "The youngest female master in American history thought she had the game won against WIM Akshita Gorti, then overlooked the last-minute salvo 42...Bf3. She initially thought she'd lost the full point, then through a series of geometrical moves (has she even studied geometry?) she nudged her second queen into the right place. In typical adolescent directness, she put it this way: "I thought I was going to lose! Oh nevermind, I'm not going to lose!"

Apr-15-16		Fish55: <notyetagm> Thanks for the backstory. Watching the game live, I thought that she had foreseen 42...Bf3 and planned the sac in advance.

Apr-17-16		Conrad93: Perfidious' claim that white's sixth move has scored very poorly is misleading. Results seem to be mixed, with most games resulting in a draw, and it's not exactly uncommon in this opening, being played by even 2500-2600+ rated players. An interesting idea is 6. Bd3, when playing 6...f6 is not as desirable. click for larger view 6...f6 7. Ng5!? click for larger view 7...Ndxe5! 8.fxe5 fxg5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ click for larger view 10...Kd7 11. c4! Nxe5 12. Bc2 Qf6 13. 0-0 Bd6 14. b4! click for larger view Position favors white.

Apr-17-16		Conrad93: Of course, after 6. Bd3, black does not have to comply, and he can simply play 6...Nb4, when white has nothing better than 7. Be2, but even then white is slightly better.

Feb-20-23		Messiah: <Conrad93: Perfidious' claim that white's sixth move has scored very poorly is misleading.> He's an idiot. Players like Alekseenko, Shirov, Canal, Gawain Jones, Manuel Petrosyan, Kotronias, Baklan, Lodewijk Prins, Vladimir Akopian, and Ter-Sahakyan all used 6.c3 with success.

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