Lilit Mkrtchian (3) - How to come back after a loss in a tournament

by Arne Kaehler
10/23/2022 – After her first round win, Lilit had a winning position in her second game, but wasn't able to convert it, and drew. The draw against Anna Kubicka felt like a loss, and the IM had to recover quickly, to be prepared for the next round. Everybody knows the feeling after a loss in a tournament. But how to tackle those emotions, which pull you down best? Lilit has some good advice in this third episode.

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with Lilit Mkrtchian

So, how does one prepare for a tournament with ChessBase, Fritz, and the Megagdatabase?

We also wanted to know the answer to this question, and asked a professional chess player. In our six-part series, Lilit Mkrtchian guides us through the tournament preparation, by showing us how to build an opening repertoire, sharpen your skills with tactics training, and gives us many other tips, tricks, ideas, and inspirations.

In this walkthrough, we glimpse over Lilit's shoulder, and spot her repertoire, opponent preps, and we will certainly analyse some of her played games in depth.

Of course, we also tackle the moment, when you know about your next opponent, and how to trap them with your specific preparation. The Armenian IM will show us some examples of how this worked nicely.

A beautiful guide on how your next tournament can be more successful.

  • 0:35 - How much time do you spend analysing during a tournament?
  • 2:14 - The second game was a missed win against Anna Kubicka. How did this affect you?
  • 4:29 - Lilit Mkrtchian vs. Anna Kubicka (Prague, 2022) full analysis
  • 14:33 - Anna-Maja Kasarian - Lilit Mkrtchian (Prague, 2022) full analysis
  • 16:19 - During preparation, Lilit recognized that Anna-Maja's openings weren't that strong.
 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Bf4 Qd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nd2 e6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.f4 g5 16.fxg5 Rxh3 17.gxf6 Rxg3 18.Rf3 0-0-0 19.Rxg3 Qxg3 20.Nf1 Qg5 21.fxg7 Qxg7 22.Rd1 Rh8 23.Rd3 Rh4 24.Rg3 Qh7 25.Ne3 f5 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.Qxd5 f4 28.Qe6+ Kc7 29.Rg4 Qb1+ 30.Kf2 Qxb2+ 31.Kg1 Qc1+ 32.Kf2 Qe3+ 0–1
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Kazarian,A2139Mkrtchian,L23620–12022B13EU-ch (Women) 22nd3
Mkrtchian,L2362Kubicka,A2237½–½2022D02EU-ch (Women) 22nd2

Lilit Mkrtchian is an International Master from Armenia, and received the IM title in 2003.

She was one of the best female players in the world in the 2010s and represented her national team in the Olympiads since 1996.

In 2003, she won the gold medal with her Armenian team in the European Women's Championship in Bulgaria, Plovdiv.

Furthermore, Mkrtchian won the Armenian women's chess champion four times.

In 2015, the IM won the individual gold medal on the second board, at the Women's World Team Chess Championship in China, Chengdu.

She still remains one of Armenia's strongest female chess players, is coaching several students, and is an active player in chess leagues, and tournaments.

We interviewed Lilit in 2020, as part of our series "The best in"

Lilit is living in Germany with her husband, and enjoys chess almost every day.

 

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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