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From December 7th to 16th the spa city of Poděbrady is hosting a match between a rising generation of female chess players and chess legends of the 20th century. The former is represented by IM Valentina Gunina (Russia, rated 2517), IM Tania Sachdev (India, 2400), WGM Alina Kashlinskaya (Russia, 2344) and WIM Kristýna Havlíková (Czech Republic, 2310). They are trained by team captain GM Sergei Movsesian. The "Old Hands" are GM Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine, 2530), GM Fridrik Olafsson (Iceland, 2419), GM Vlastimil Hort (Czech Republic, 2455) and GM Wolfgang Uhlmann (Germany, 2319). The games are being played at Hotel Zámeček in Poděbrady, the rate of play is 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest, with an increament of 30 seconds per move. |
The guest of honour is Yuri Averbakh, at 90 the oldest living grandmaster
of the world
Snowdrops Alina Kašlinskaja, Valentina Gunina, Kristýna Havlíková
and Tania
Sachdev with their capitan Sergei Movsesian.
The start of round one in the Blue Salon of Hotel Zámeček in Poděbrady
The event started on Saturday with a real snowstorm outside, and some fiery chess by the Snowdrops in the tournament hall: Tania Sachdev beat Wolfgang Uhlmann, Valentina Gunina beat Fridrik Olafsson and Alina Kašlinskaja beat Vlastimil Hort. Only Oleg Romanishin managed to draw Kristýna Havlíková with the black pieces. With that the young female talents had taken the lead with 3.5:0.5 points.
WIM Kristýna Havlíková of the Czech Republic, rated
2310
In the second round it looked as though the Old Hands would reduce the terrible loss from the first round. But everything finished differently. Wolfgang Uhlmann didn't manage to reinforce his adventageous position against Valentina Gunina and the match finished in the calm waters of a draw. The first victory for the Old Hands was achieved by Vlastimil Hort when he won a piece after a mistake by Kristýna Havlíková in time trouble.
A second victory for Indian IM Tania Sachdev
But the veterans couldn't rejoice for long, as the remaining decisions came in the fourth hour of play. Fridrik Olafsson sacrificed two pieces to open up the enemy king, but his adversary Tania Sachdev managed to ward off the attack and equalize the total score.
Alina Kashlinskaya with a win with a dramatic counter-attack against Oleg
Romanishin
Finally a dramatic game between Oleg Romanishin and Alina Kashlinskaya had to decide who would win the second round. Romanishin, playing white, obtained an advantage in time trouble, but just before the time control his Snowdrop opponent launched an incredible counter-attack (starting with the move 39…Qa3!) and left her opponent helpless.
GM Oleg Romanishin, beaten by Alina Kashlinskaya and the clock
So the young ladies increased the total score to 6:2.
The Snowdrops kept pressing in round three. In the game Tania Sachdev vs Oleg Romanishin Black obtained a slight advantage, but it wasn't enough to win, and the adversaries divided the point.
East German chess legend Wolfgang Uhlmann
Kristýna Havlíková scored a full point for Snowdrops when she won two pawns with a wonderful tactical stroke in the duel with Wolfgang Uhlmann.
Vlastimil Hort (above) got a beautiful game and a great position againt Valentina Gunina, but unfortunately he made a mistake before the decisive move and couldn't refuse the offer of a draw made by Valentina.
In the last game, Fridrik Olafsson (above) showed to Alina Kašlinskaja how Old Hands play rook endgames when he kept an inferior position in the safe boundries of a draw. The score after the third round: 8.5:3.5 for the Snowdrops.
The Snowdrops celebrating with tea and soft drinks after the round
The Old Hands scored their first win in the fourth round, taking one point off the Snowdrops' lead. While Oleg Romanishin drew against Valentina Gunina, Vlastimil Hort against Tania Sachdev, and Wolfgang Uhlmann against Alina Kašlinskaja, it was Fridrik Olafsson who scored the full point against Kristýna Havlíková, when he kept her king from castling and forced capitulation in 24 moves. Standing after four rounds: 10.0:6.0 for the Snowdrops.
| I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
VI |
VII |
VIII |
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| Snowdrops | 3.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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| Oldhands | 0.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
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| Total Snowdrops | 3.5 |
6 |
8.5 |
10 |
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| Total Oldhands | 0.5 |
2 |
3.5 |
6 |
O1 |
O2 |
O3 |
O4 |
O1 |
O2 |
O3 |
O4 |
Total |
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| S1 | Valentina Gunina | 1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
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| S2 | Tania Sachdev | 1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
3 |
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| S3 | Alina Kashlinskaya | 0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
3 |
||||
| S4 | Kristýna Havlíková | 1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
||||
| S1 |
S2 |
S3 |
S4 |
S1 |
S2 |
S3 |
OS4 |
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| O1 | Fridrik Olafsson | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
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| O2 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | 0.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| O3 | Vlastimil Hort | 0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
2 |
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| O4 | Oleg Romanishin | 0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
The venue: Hotel Zámeček in Poděbrady, Czech Republic. The tournament
is being
held by the society Šach Mat ltd. and the civic association Prague Chess
Society.
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