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Indian GM R Vaishali grabbed the lead at the inaugural Norway Chess Women tournament after beating Humpy Koneru in the second round. The 22-year-old remained atop the standings until Sunday’s sixth round, when she suffered a first classical loss in her game with white against Ju Wenjun — the women’s world champion needed 102 moves to secure the win. Ju came from drawing her first five classical games and then prevailing in every single Armageddon decider.
After taking down the former sole leader, Ju climbed to shared first place, as she has collected the same number of points as Ukrainian GM Anna Muzychuk. Muzychuk, who came from collecting back-to-back classical wins in rounds 4 and 5, twice held Lei Tingjie to a draw with the black pieces to collect 1½ points on Sunday. In round 7, co-leaders Muzychuk and Ju will face each other (Muzychuk will play white).
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.
The remaining round-6 encounter saw Pia Cramling prevailing in the rapid tiebreaker against Humpy. Cramling, the fifth woman to ever earn the GM title, had missed clear winning chances in previous encounters — particularly in round 3 against Ju — but finally managed her first mini-match victory in the sixth round.

Humpy Koneru playing white against Pia Cramling | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Vaishali 0 - 1 Ju
Endgame analysis by GM Karsten Müller
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.

Vaishali Rameshbabu v. Ju Wenjun | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Standings after round 6
Rk |
Name |
FED |
Rtg |
Pts |
1 |
Ju Wenjun |
CHN |
2559 |
10.5 |
|
Anna Muzychuk |
UKR |
2505 |
10.5 |
3 |
R Vaishali |
IND |
2489 |
10 |
4 |
Lei Tingjie |
CHN |
2548 |
7 |
5 |
Humpy Koneru |
IND |
2545 |
5 |
6 |
Pia Cramling |
SWE |
2449 |
4.5 |
All games - Classical
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.a4 Rd8 13.Ba3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bg4 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.f3 Bc8 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.Rac1 c5 20.Bxc5 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Rc8 22.Bxe7 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 f5 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Bc5 a6 26.h4 h5 27.Bf2 Qd5 28.Qf4 Kf7 29.Kh2 Ke6 30.Bg3 Qc6 31.a5 Kd5 32.Qb4 Qb5 33.Qd6+ Kc4 34.Be1 Kb3 35.Qd1+ Bc2 36.Qd6 Bf5 37.Qd2 Qe5+ 38.Bg3 Qc3 39.Qd1+ Qc2 40.Qd8 Qd3 41.Qb6+ Kc2 42.Be5 Qc4 43.Qb2+ Kd1 44.Bg3 Qc2 45.Qa1+ Qb1 46.Qa4+ Qc2 47.Qb4 Qd2 48.Qc5 Qd3 49.Bf4 Ke2 50.Kg3 Kd1 51.Qc1+ Ke2 52.Qg1 Bd7 53.Kh2 Bf5 54.Qc1 Bd7 55.Bg3 Qd2 56.Qc5 Qd3 57.Bf4 Bf5 58.Kg3 Kd1 59.Bg5 Ke2 60.Qc1 Qd6+ 61.Bf4 Qd3 62.Qg1 Bd7 63.Qf2+ Kd1 64.Qb2 Bf5 65.Qc1+ Ke2 66.Qc5 Kd1 67.Be3 Ke2 68.Kf4 Kf1 69.Qc1+ Ke2 70.Qb2+ Qc2 71.Qxc2+ Bxc2 72.g4 hxg4 73.fxg4 Kd3 74.Bb6 Kc4 75.Ke5 Kb5 76.Kf6 Kc6 77.Kg7 Bd1 78.Kxg6 Bxg4 79.h5 Bxh5+ 80.Kxh5 Kb7 ½–½
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Ju,W | 2560 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | ½–½ | 2024 | D85 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 1.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Lei,T | 2548 | ½–½ | 2024 | C07 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 1.2 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Koneru,H | 2545 | ½–½ | 2024 | E40 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 1.3 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Koneru,H | 2545 | 1–0 | 2024 | C50 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 2.1 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Cramling,P | 2449 | ½–½ | 2024 | B33 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 2.2 |
Ju,W | 2560 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | ½–½ | 2024 | C28 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 2.3 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | ½–½ | 2024 | C78 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 3.1 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Ju,W | 2560 | ½–½ | 2024 | D55 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 3.2 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Lei,T | 2548 | ½–½ | 2024 | D32 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 3.3 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | 0–1 | 2024 | D85 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 4.1 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | 0–1 | 2024 | D31 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 4.2 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Ju,W | 2560 | ½–½ | 2024 | D35 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 4.3 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Lei,T | 2548 | ½–½ | 2024 | C48 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 5.1 |
Ju,W | 2560 | Koneru,H | 2545 | ½–½ | 2024 | D27 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 5.2 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Cramling,P | 2449 | 1–0 | 2024 | B30 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 5.3 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Ju,W | 2560 | 0–1 | 2024 | B22 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 6.1 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | ½–½ | 2024 | A33 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 6.2 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Cramling,P | 2449 | ½–½ | 2024 | E29 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 6.3 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | 1–0 | 2024 | D79 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 7.1 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Lei,T | 2548 | ½–½ | 2024 | D13 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 7.2 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Ju,W | 2560 | ½–½ | 2024 | C67 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 7.3 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | ½–½ | 2024 | D00 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 8.1 |
Ju,W | 2560 | Cramling,P | 2449 | 1–0 | 2024 | E46 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 8.2 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Koneru,H | 2545 | 1–0 | 2024 | D20 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 8.3 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | 1–0 | 2024 | A34 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 9.1 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Ju,W | 2560 | ½–½ | 2024 | D38 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 9.2 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | ½–½ | 2024 | D32 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 9.3 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Cramling,P | 2449 | ½–½ | 2024 | B22 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 10.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Koneru,H | 2545 | ½–½ | 2024 | C70 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 10.2 |
Ju,W | 2560 | Lei,T | 2548 | 1–0 | 2024 | D14 | Norway Chess Women 2024 | 10.3 |
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All games - Armageddon
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nb5 Na6 6.e3 0-0 7.h3 Ne4 8.Be2 c6 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.0-0 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bb3N 15.Bd3 Rd8 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 c5 20.Qb2 c4 21.Be4 15...Bb7 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Ng5 e6 17...Qb6= 18.Ne4 18.Bd6± 18...Rcd8 18...Ba8= 19.Bg5± f6 20.Bf4 Kh8 21.Nd6 Qc7 22.Nxb7! 22.Bxe6 Rxd6 23.d5 Rfd8 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 24...Qxd6 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6= 22...Qxb7 23.Bxe6 c5 24.Qb3 24.a4± b4 25.Qe2 cxd4 26.exd4 24...cxd4 24...Qb6! 25.exd4± Rxd4 26.Be3 Rd6 27.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Nb8 28...Nc7 29.Bd5± Qd7 29...Qa6 30.Bf3 f5 30.Bf3 Qc7 31.Qxb5 f5 32.Rc1 Qf7 33.Bd5 Qf6? 33...Qd7 34.a4 a6 34.Bxa7+- Qe5 34...Qa6 35.Qxa6 35.Bxb8? Qxb5 36.Bd6 Qxd5-+ 35...Nxa6 35.a4 Rd8 36.Bc4 Qf4 37.Be3 Qe4 38.Bf1 f4 39.Bb6 Rg8 40.a5 f3 41.g3 Bd4 42.Qc4 Bxf2+ 43.Bxf2 43.Kxf2 Qxc4 44.Bxc4 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Ju,W | 2560 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | 1–0 | 2024 | D00 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 1.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Lei,T | 2548 | 0–1 | 2024 | C07 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 1.2 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Koneru,H | 2545 | ½–½ | 2024 | D63 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 1.3 |
Ju,W | 2560 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | 1–0 | 2024 | C28 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 2.1 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Cramling,P | 2449 | 1–0 | 2024 | B32 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 2.1 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Lei,T | 2548 | 1–0 | 2024 | D03 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 3.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Vaishali,R | 2490 | ½–½ | 2024 | C68 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 3.1 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Ju,W | 2560 | ½–½ | 2024 | D55 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 3.1 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Ju,W | 2560 | 0–1 | 2024 | D00 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 4.1 |
Ju,W | 2560 | Koneru,H | 2545 | 1–0 | 2024 | D23 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 5.1 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Lei,T | 2548 | 1–0 | 2024 | C48 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 5.1 |
Lei,T | 2548 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | 0–1 | 2024 | A33 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 6.1 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Cramling,P | 2449 | ½–½ | 2024 | E12 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 6.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Ju,W | 2560 | 1–0 | 2024 | C50 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 7.1 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Lei,T | 2548 | 0–1 | 2024 | D18 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 7.1 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | 1–0 | 2024 | C48 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 8.1 |
Koneru,H | 2545 | Ju,W | 2560 | 0–1 | 2024 | A06 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 9.1 |
Cramling,P | 2449 | Muzychuk,A | 2505 | 0–1 | 2024 | D02 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 9.1 |
Muzychuk,A | 2505 | Koneru,H | 2545 | 1–0 | 2024 | C70 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 10.1 |
Vaishali,R | 2490 | Cramling,P | 2449 | ½–½ | 2024 | D02 | Norway Chess Women Armageddon 2024 | 10.1 |
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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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