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A bit over a month after Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa were the first-ever brother-sister duo to participate concurrently in Candidates Tournaments, the siblings are leading the standings in the women’s and the open section of the Norway Chess events. While Pragg beat Magnus Carlsen, Vaishali managed to keep the sole lead she had grabbed in round 2 by drawing her Armageddon encounter against Anna Muzychuk.
Vaishali has a 1-point lead over women’s world champion Ju Wenjun, who has prevailed in the three Armageddon tiebreakers she has played so far in Stavanger. On Wednesday, she was fortunate in the fact that her opponent, Pia Cramling, failed to find a knight jump that would have ended their classical game at once.
Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.1 - 9
In this Video-Course we deal with different dynamic decisions involving pawns. The aim of this Course is to arm club/tournament players with fresh ideas which they can use in their own practice.
Ju’s 49...Nxe3 was a losing blunder amid a drawn endgame, as White now counts with 50.Nf5+, with a beautiful geometric motif — e.g. 50...Kf6 51.Nxe3 both grabs the knight and defends the rook on c4.
However, Cramling missed this shot and played 50.Rxc2 instead. The game was agreed drawn after 50...Nxc2 51.Kg3. Ju then held a draw with black in the tiebreaker to grab 1½ points for a third day in a row.
Pia Cramling facing Ju Wenjun | Photo: Stev Bonhage
The one decisive game of the day was seen in the Armageddon encounter between Humpy Koneru and Lei Tingjie. In a must-win situation, the Indian GM looked for imbalances from the get-go and showed her technical prowess once the position was simplified into a complex rook and knight endgame.
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.
Humpy Koneru | Photo: Stev Bonhage
| Rk | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | R Vaishali | IND | 2489 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2559 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2548 | 4 |
| 4 | Humpy Koneru | IND | 2545 | 3 |
| Anna Muzychuk | UKR | 2505 | 3 | |
| Pia Cramling | SWE | 2449 | 3 |
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.
