Kazakhstan vs "The World": "The World" keeps its lead

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4/19/2023 – The second day of the match between the Kazakh women's team and the World Women's Team, which is taking place in Astana in parallel with the World Championship match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi, ended in a 16-16 draw. The World Team is still in the lead: after two days of rapid chess, the score is 34.5 to 29.5 for the World Team. But the best player so far has been 16-year-old Kazakh Alua Nurmanova (pictured) with 7.0/8. | Photo: Alua Nurmanova at the FIDE World and Rapid Blitz Championships 2023 | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Tuesday saw the second day of the women's match between a Kazakhstan selection and a world selection. Eight women - four top players and four juniors - per team play a double Scheveningen match with two days of rapid chess and one day of blitz chess.

On day 1 "The World" took the lead, but day 2 ended with a 16-16 tie.

The best player so far is 16-year-old Alua Nurmanova from Kazakhstan with 7.0/8. With 6.5/8 India's Savitha Shri, who is also 16, is the best player in the world's team.

Nurmanova suffered her only loss in the tournament against Savitha Shri, but was also the only player who could win against the Indian - in an interesting tactical battle.

Savitha Shri B24110–1Nurmanova, Alua2274
Kazakhstan vs World Women Rapid 2023
Astana17.04.2023[Johannes Fischer]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.h3 h5 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.Rg1 h4 11.0-0-0 Rc8 12.Kb1 b5 13.g4 hxg3 14.fxg3 Qc7
15.Bd3?! White sacrifices the h-pawn to protect c2 and to get counterplay in the center. Rxh3 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rh2 18.Rge1 e4!
The game now gets very sharp. 19.Bg1 19.Bxe4? loses after Ne5! 20.Qf4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxc2+ 22.Qxc2 Rhxc2 19...Ne5 20.Rxe4 Rxc2!? Black does not seem care about material and continues her attack. However, 20...Nxe4 might have objectively better. After 21.Qxe4 Rh8 Black is an exchange up and it is difficult for White to prove adequate compensation. 21.Rxe5+? Much better than this exchange sacrifice was the surprising retreat 21.Ree1 that traps the rook on c2 and protects White's back rank. After e.g. Be7 22.Qf1 Nxd5 23.Bxc2 Qxc2+ 24.Ka1 White is an exchange up and this time it is Black who has to prove adequate compensation. 21...dxe5 22.Bb6
Maybe White relied on this tactical ressource but Black has a strong counter: 22...Rxb2+ 23.Kxb2 Qxb6 Black is two pawns up and White's king is more exposed than Black's king. 24.Qf5 Nd7 25.Rf1 f6 26.Qh5+ Kd8 27.Bf5 Qe3 28.Bxd7 Qc3+ 29.Kb1 Qd3+ 30.Kb2 After 30.Ka1 Qxf1+ Black takes the rook with check. 30...Rc2+ 31.Kb1 Rh2+ 32.Ka1 Qc3+ 0–1

In the overall standings, "The World" now leads with 34.5: 29.5.

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