Karina Cyfka is Polish Women's Champion!

by Klaus Besenthal
8/13/2020 – The Polish Women's Championship in Ostrów Wielkopolski ended yesterday. Karina Cyfka and Klaudia Kulon both drew in the last round and thus shared first with 6.0/9. But Cyfka won the two-game tiebreak and became new Polish Women's Champion 2020. Joanna Majdan won bronze. | Photos: Wojciech Zawadzki (Polish Chess Federation)
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MOKATE Women's Championship of Poland

Before the last round Cyfka and Kulon shared the lead and Majdan was half a point behind. In the final round Majdan missed the chance to catch up to the leading duo by only drawing against Julia Antolak – the final round was a nerve-wracking affair. Kulon missed a good chance to win her game against Monika Socko:

 
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1.d4 0 Nf6 0 2.c4 0 Nc6 0 3.Nf3 18 e6 0 4.a3 4 d6 18 5.Nc3 34 g6 21 6.e4 1:08 Bg7 6 7.Be2 43 0-0 25 8.0-0 0 Re8 30 9.Be3 8:14 e5 1:04 10.dxe5 10:51 dxe5 1:04 11.Qxd8 1:32 Nxd8 1:02 12.h3 12:10 Ne6 4:11 13.Rfd1 0 c5 12:21 14.Bd3 6:04 Nd4 5:48
15.Bxd4?! 3:50 Exchanging the pieces was not a good idea. A logical move was 15.Nd5 White could now have captured with the knight on d4. 15...cxd4 6 16.Nb5 1:10 Re7 2:11 17.c5 42 Ne8 1:31 18.Rac1 1:14 Be6 4:34 19.Bc4 5:39 Bxc4 12:04 20.Rxc4 1:18 a6 22 21.Nd6 5 Nxd6 0 22.cxd6 5 Rd7 5 23.Rc7 5:26 Rxc7 2:57 24.dxc7 2 Rc8 6 25.Rc1 38 f6 11 26.g4 2:50
In this position Kulon is clearly better: White cannot keep his c7-pawn. 26...h6?! 3:48 Loses a precious tempo, but does not fulfil a purpose, at this point. 26...Bf8! was best - h6 is only played, when necessary: 27.g5 Bd6 28.gxf6 h6 27.Nd2! 3:35 The white knight makes it to a5 and Black can no longer capture the c7-pawn as easily as before. Kf8 0 27...Bf8 28.Nb3 Bd6 29.Na5= 28.Nb3 3:06 Ke7 13:25 29.Na5 1:36 d3 7:35 30.Rd1 0 With 30.Nb3! Socko could have played on, but the draw is safe either way. 30...Rxc7 40 31.Rxd3 5 b6 18 32.Nb3 4 h5 1:07 33.gxh5 0 gxh5 7 34.Nd2 42 Bh6 1:07 35.Nf3 4:21 f5 1:43 36.Rd5 2:50 Rc5 0 37.Rxc5 9:47 bxc5 21 38.Nh4 3 Bc1 3:12 39.Nxf5+ 3 Kf6 2:53 40.b3 0 Bxa3 0 41.h4 4:04 c4 0 42.bxc4 4 Bc5 3 43.Kf1 1:22 a5 6 44.Ke2 34 a4 9 45.Kd3 0 Bxf2 18 46.Kc3 10 Bc5 5 47.Ng3 1:15 Kg6 7 48.Nf5 9 Kf6 4 ½–½
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Socko,M2428Kulon,K2336½–½2020E10POL-ch Women MOKATE 20209.5

Monika Socko (left) vs Klaudia Kulon

Cyfka, on the other hand, was lucky that her opponent, Honorata Kucharska, made a draw in a position she could still have attempted to win:

 
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1.d4 0 Nf6 0 2.Nc3 0 d5 0 3.Bf4 0 e6 24 4.e3 55 Bb4 1:40 5.Bd3 9:07 c5 4:29 6.dxc5 0 Bxc5 1:14 7.Nb5 2:31 Na6 5 8.c3 1:34 0-0 3:34 9.Nf3 1:20 Bd7 0 10.a4 42 Be7 4:14 11.b4 11:50
A common London system type of position. The black knight on a6 is bad, while White can use teh squares e5 and d4 for her pieces. It should not result in more than a little initiative for White. 11...Bxb5 2:33 12.axb5 1:25 Nb8 2:42 13.Qc2 10:38 Nbd7 0 14.0-0 43 h6 4:36 15.h3 22 Nb6 3:33 Kucharska has taken care of the knight on b5, to solve the problem of her a6-knight. Now both sides are threatening to capture pawns: White on c3, Black on a7. 16.Rfd1 7:24 16.Ra3 Bd6 17.Rfa1 would have been an intuitive attempt, but not even after Nc8 18.Bxd6 Nxd6 19.Rxa7 Rxa7 20.Rxa7 Qc7 would White's extra pawn have mattered. 16...Bd6 7:07 17.c4 14:33 Bxf4 14:09 18.exf4 6 Nxc4 4:43 19.Bxc4 10 Rc8 0 20.Ne5 7:00 20.Rxa7 Qb6 21.Qa4 dxc4 would have favored Black. 20...Qb6 3:29 21.Qa2 21 dxc4 4:37 22.Nxc4 21 Qc7 26 23.Ne5 2:37 Nd5 6:22
At this point, Cyfka struggles to keep her pawns. 24.Qxa7?! 3:26 In this sense 24.Qd2! was the best move. It is not only about the pawns, but also about the structure with the pawn on f4 supporting the knight on e5. 24...Nxf4 1:12 Getting rid of this pawn is good for Black. 25.Nd7 4:15 Rfd8 2:30 26.Nc5 1:01 Ne2+ 4:26 Here 26...Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rd8! was good. White would have been struggling to defend. After 28.Ra1 and Qe5 29.Nxb7 Qd5-+ There are lines where the Black knight on f4 poses a serious threat to the white king. 27.Kh1 0 Rxd1+ 2:43 28.Rxd1 2 Rd8 23 Like this, the variation is not threatening for White, because the black knight cannot support the attack on the white king from e2. 29.Qa1 6:14 Which is why 29.Ra1! was the best move. White can now take with the queen on b7. 29...b6 2:40 30.Ne4 3:14 Rxd1+ 1:59 31.Qxd1 26 Qc4 1:15 32.Nd6 3:06 Qxb4 16 33.Nxf7 53
33...Ng3+? 23 Kucharska is looking to draw. But after 33...Qxb5! 34.Nd6 Qh5 she could have played on: Cyfka would have had to pay serious attention to her back ranks to prevent the black queen from entering. With the black knight on e2 it would have been advantageous for White to still have a rook. 34.fxg3 43 ½–½
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Cyfka,K2411Kucharska,H2159½–½2020D00POL-ch Women MOKATE 20209.1

Honorata Kucharska (right) was by far the weakest player in the tournament - maybe that's why the 18-year-old showed a lot of respect for her better-rated opponent

In the first game of the tiebreak Kulon was clearly winning but lost after a wrong knight move:

 
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1.d4 1:15:11 Nf6 1:15:12 2.Bg5 22 d5 33 3.Bxf6 23 exf6 25 4.e3 0 c5 26 5.dxc5 52 Bxc5 33 6.Nf3 35 0-0 36 7.c3 49 Nc6 0 8.Be2 28 Be6 48 9.0-0 37 Qc7 57 10.Nbd2 42 Rad8 51 11.h3 1:28 Rfe8 51 12.a4 1:52 a6 0 13.Rc1 1:02 Ba7 34 14.b4 1:10 Bb8 2:08 15.Qc2 1:20 Ne5 1:09 16.Rfd1 45 Nc4 2:23 17.Nb3 1:29 g6 0 18.Nbd4 28 Bd7 50 19.a5 1:07 f5 39 20.Bxc4 2:16 dxc4 35 21.g3 25 Ba7 2:17 22.h4 27 Re4 0 23.Rd2 1:14 Ree8 43 24.Rcd1 21 Kg7 54 25.Qa2 1:19 h5 29 26.Ne2 51 Bb5 1:19 27.Nf4 45 Rxd2 0 28.Qxd2 49 Bc6 45 29.Ng5 36 Qe5 53 30.Qd6 2:50 Bb8 38 31.Qd4 47 Qxd4 42 32.Rxd4 43 Bb5 0 33.Nf3 30 Ba7 27 34.Rd1 38 Bc6 25 35.Nd4 53 Be4 32 36.Rd2 41 Kf6 33 37.Kf1 35 Rd8 0 38.Ke1 22 Bxd4 29 39.Rxd4 28 Rxd4 26 40.exd4 35 Ke7 33 41.Kd2 30:28 Kd6 30:24 42.Ke3 20 Bc6 0 43.Nh3 30 Bg2 36 44.Ng1 46 Bc6 23 45.Kf4 25 Ba4 34 46.Nf3 27 Bc6 33 47.Ne5 27 Bd5 0 48.Kg5 50 Ke6 29 49.Kh6 21 Kf6 40 50.Kh7 27 f4 28 51.Kh6 0 fxg3 27 52.fxg3 21 Be6 32 53.Kh7 46 Bd5 24 54.Kg8 24 Kf5 28 55.Kg7 28 Ke4 21 56.Kf6 0 Ke3 23 57.Nxf7 40 Kd3 31 58.Nh8 30 Kxc3 26 59.Ke5 20 Kxb4 36 60.Kxd5 52 c3 22 61.Nxg6 21 c2 32
62.Ne5? 23 Loses. 62.Nf4! Wins! 62...Kc3 27 63.Ke6 30 c1Q 23 64.d5 24 Qh6+ 33 65.Ke7 0 Kd4 34 66.Nf7 28 Qe3+ 29 67.Kf6 41 Kxd5 25 0–1
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Kulon,K2336Cyfka,K24110–12020D00POL-ch Women MOKATE 202010

Karina Cyfka (right) also won the second tiebreak game.

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Translated from German by Arthur Paul

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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