On Wednesday GM Humpy Koneru missed an excellent probability to take a 2-0 lead in her match with GM Anna Muzychuk within the 2022-23 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament in Monaco. The sport led to a draw, which additionally occurred in GM Mariya Muzychuk vs. GM Lei Tingjie. The quarterfinals proceed on Friday, October 28, beginning at 6 a.m. PT / 15:00 CEST.
On the second day of play in Monte Carlo, the Muzychuk sisters each performed had the white items and each confronted the Petroff. The most fascinating battle was between Anna and Koneru, a sport that adopted the newest principle and have become fairly sharp after 15.Bg5. Anna Muzychuk spent 39 minutes on it, however Koneru did not assume it was good. “I felt I used to be higher after 18.Rxe6,” she stated.
White’s resolution on transfer 15 concerned a bit sacrifice and two strikes additional, Black had a ton of prospects so it made sense to spend a while on it. There was a flaw, although, and Koneru had truly seen the transfer 18…Ne5! however in the long run selected 18…Ne7 as she missed White’s wonderful transfer within the sport, 19.Nh4!.
Things remained sharp, however neither participant made additional errors and the logical conclusion was a perpetual verify. A terrific struggle, as so typically within the Petroff…!
Mariya Muzychuk selected an older line in opposition to the identical opening, however this sport was maybe much more theoretical. Only on transfer 14, Lei deviated from a current Fedoseev-Rapport sport (Belgrade 2022). White stored a slight edge, however it was very tough to make progress.
At some level, Lei made the superb resolution to commerce on d5, regardless that this gave Muzychuk a handed d-pawn. A well known adage in chess is that you just want two weaknesses to win, and since Black did not have any, there was no manner get greater than a draw for White.
The 2022-23 Women’s Candidates Tournament is an elite occasion that includes eight prime feminine gamers, who compete in a knockout format for his or her share of the €250,000 prize fund and the proper to play the Women’s World Championship match in opposition to Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun. The event’s first quarterfinals started October 25, with the ultimate occurring within the first quarter of 2023. The time management is 90 minutes for the primary 40 strikes, adopted by half-hour for the remainder of the sport with an increment of 30 seconds per transfer ranging from transfer one. A draw provide earlier than transfer 40 isn’t allowed.
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