Vaishali still sole leader
Halfway through the inaugural edition of the Norway Chess Women tournament, 22-year-old R Vaishali stands as the sole leader with 10 points to her name. The Indian GM has so far won two classical games and prevailed in two out of the three Armageddon encounters she had to face. In Saturday’s fifth round, she beat Lei Tingjie with white in the rapid tiebreaker.
Vaishali outplayed Lei from a balanced knight and rook endgame.
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.Lei would have likely defended this position in a classical game, but with 1 minute per side by this point of the struggle, it all came down to the ability of the players to handle the time pressure — and it was Vaishali who prevailed in the game that ended up lasting 76 moves.
Vaishali playing white against Lei Tingjie | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Similarly, Ju Wenjun defeated Humpy Koneru with white after making the most of her extra pawn in a rook endgame that engines evaluate as drawn.
Humpy, a great technical player, could not find the precise defensive scheme to hold a draw with black from this position. At this point, on move 36, she had a bit over a minute on the clock. The game lasted 64 moves.
Ju Wenjun | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Muzychuk’s second classical win in a row
Standing in sole second place is now Anna Muzychuk, who collected consecutive classical wins in rounds 4 and 5. After beating Humpy on Thursday, the Ukrainian GM got the better of Pia Cramling in the fifth round.
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.
Pia Cramling | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Standings after round 5
| Rk |
Name |
FED |
Rtg |
Pts |
| 1 |
R Vaishali |
IND |
2489 |
10 |
| 2 |
Anna Muzychuk |
UKR |
2505 |
9 |
| 3 |
Ju Wenjun |
CHN |
2559 |
7.5 |
| 4 |
Lei Tingjie |
CHN |
2548 |
6 |
| 5 |
Humpy Koneru |
IND |
2545 |
4 |
| 6 |
Pia Cramling |
SWE |
2449 |
3 |
All games - Classical
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All games - Armageddon
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The Jobava London System is a minor form of the London System. White tries to play Lf4 quickly followed by Nc3.
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