ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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The Chinese Chess Federation and the city of Shaoxing, Shanxi Province, are currently organising the 5th Belt and Road Women's Chess Festival. From 17 to 22 July, a rapid chess tournament was held with 20 top female players.
The winner after nine rounds of the Swiss open was former world champion and current challenger for the crown Tang Zongyi (6½ points).
Attacking with the Jobava London System
The Jobava London System is a minor form of the London System. White tries to play Lf4 quickly followed by Nc3.
Antoaneta Stefanova and Tan Zhongyi
Stavroula Tsolakidou and Ju Wenjun
Stavroula Tsolakidou and Antoaneta Stefanova finished half a point behind the winner. Ju Wenjun grabbed sole fourth place.
Final standings
Rg. | Name | Elo | Pkt. | Wtg1 | |
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1 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2510 | 6,5 | 0 |
2 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 2337 | 6 | 0,5 |
3 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2384 | 6 | 0,5 |
4 | GM | Ju, Wenjun | 2550 | 5,5 | 0 |
5 | IM | Song, Yuxin | 2272 | 5 | 0 |
6 | GM | Zhu, Jiner | 2440 | 5 | 0 |
7 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 2407 | 5 | 0 |
8 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2478 | 5 | 0 |
9 | IM | Ambartsumova, Karina | 2308 | 5 | 0 |
10 | GM | Socko, Monika | 2264 | 5 | 0 |
11 | IM | Narva, Mai | 2380 | 4,5 | 0,5 |
12 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | 2302 | 4,5 | 0,5 |
13 | IM | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | 2333 | 4 | 1 |
14 | IM | Injac, Teodora | 2293 | 4 | 0 |
15 | IM | Wagner, Dinara | 2324 | 3,5 | 0 |
16 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | 2277 | 3,5 | 0 |
17 | WGM | Lu, Miaoyi | 2387 | 3 | 0 |
18 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | 2352 | 3 | 0 |
19 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | 2325 | 3 | 0 |
20 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | 2243 | 3 | 0 |
All games
From 23 July (1st round) to 2 August (9th and final round), the 5th Belt and Road International Open for Women is taking place. The event has a total prize fund of 119,000 US dollars. The winner will receive 40,000 US dollars and the runner-up 20,000 US dollars.
The venue is the Xianheng Hotel in Shaoxing, Shanxi Province.
The aim of this course is to help you understand how to make tactical opportunities arise as well as to sharpen your tactical vision - these selected lectures will help to foster your overall tactical understanding.
Participants
Nr. | Name | Land | Elo | |
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1 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2545 |
2 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2483 |
3 | IM | Wagner, Dinara | GER | 2452 |
4 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2449 |
5 | WGM | Lu, Miaoyi | CHN | 2449 |
6 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2441 |
7 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2413 |
8 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2412 |
9 | IM | Badelka, Olga | FID | 2398 |
10 | IM | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2395 |
11 | Velpula, Sarayu | IND | 2384 | |
12 | IM | Guo, Qi | CHN | 2362 |
13 | WGM | Zhai, Mo | CHN | 2359 |
14 | WGM | Ni, Shiqun | CHN | 2352 |
15 | WGM | Xiao, Yiyi | CHN | 2338 |
16 | WIM | Yan, Tianqi | CHN | 2306 |
17 | FM | Chen, Yining | CHN | 2300 |
18 | WIM | Velikic, Adela | SRB | 2288 |
19 | WIM | Wang, Chuqiao | CHN | 2278 |
20 | IM | Soumya, Swaminathan | IND | 2258 |
21 | IM | Wang, Yu A. | CHN | 2234 |
22 | FM | Kurmangaliyeva, Liya | KAZ | 2230 |
23 | WIM | Kairbekova, Amina | KAZ | 2230 |
24 | WGM | Li, Xueyi | CHN | 2209 |
25 | Zhang, Xiao | CHN | 2193 | |
26 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 2166 | |
27 | Zhang, Lanlin | CHN | 2161 | |
28 | Wang, Qinxuanyi | CHN | 2149 | |
29 | Hu, Jiani | CHN | 2139 | |
30 | WGM | Gu, Xiaobing | CHN | 2135 |
31 | Bai, Xue | CHN | 2114 | |
32 | WCM | Yang, Yijing | CHN | 2022 |
Making the right decisions in chess - Fundamentals
In a total of 6 chapters, we look at the following aspects: the right decision based on tactical factors, decisions in exchanges and moves, complex and psychological decisions in longer games and in defence.
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