Svitlana's Smart Moves - Svitlana rocks Chennai (London System & Papa-Ticulat Gambit)

by Arne Kaehler
8/18/2022 – Finally, the beloved WIM from Canada is back, and shows us a couple of games from the Olympiad in Chennai. In the first game, she crushed the strong female Dutch GM Peng Zhaoqin with the London system. In preparation, she discovered the interesting manoeuvre 11. Qa4!?, which you can add to your repertoire now. In the second game, Svitlana used the peculiar Horwitz attack against the French Defense. The Gambit is also known as "Papa-Ticulat Gambit". Due to a pretty knight sacrifice, she succeeded in her game against the Puerto-Ricon player.
Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.

Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 45

With Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler

Svitlana Demchenko is an 18-year-old, Canadian WIM and chess coach. Here and now, she will teach us plenty of smart moves on the board, ranging from tactics, strategies, openings, and anything else chess related. In the process, I'm happy to be available as a student at club player level, and pester the Women's International Master with questions. Anyone who wants to strengthen their chess skills is welcome to watch, and actively replay the positions from the video, on our chessboard.

You can download the analysed games we discussed in the video below:

 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,186,70654%2421---
1.d4960,56055%2434---
1.Nf3286,91356%2440---
1.c4185,11556%2442---
1.g319,90256%2427---
1.b314,60954%2428---
1.f45,95948%2376---
1.Nc33,91950%2383---
1.b41,79148%2379---
1.a31,25254%2406---
1.e31,08149%2409---
1.d396950%2378---
1.g467046%2361---
1.h446654%2382---
1.c343951%2425---
1.h328956%2420---
1.a411860%2461---
1.f310047%2427---
1.Nh39366%2506---
1.Na34762%2476---
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 0-0 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Qc7 8.dxc5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 8...Bxg3 9.hxg3 Qxc5 10.Bd3 h6 11.Qa4!? 11.Qe2 11...Nc6 11...Bd7? 12.Qf4± 12.g4 e5 13.g5 13.Nb3 Qe7 14.g5 13...Ng4 13...e4? 14.gxf6 exd3 15.Qf4+- 13...hxg5? 14.Nxg5 e4 15.Bxe4! dxe4 16.Ndxe4! Qe5 16...Bd7 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Qh4+- 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Nh7! 14.gxh6 g6 15.Be2 a6 16.Ng5 16.Qa3 Qxa3 17.bxa3 e4 18.Nd4 16...b5 17.Qd1 Nf6 18.e4 18.a4 b4 19.c4 d4 20.Nb3 Qd6 21.exd4 exd4 22.Bf3± 18.0-0?! Rd8 18.b4 Qe7 18...Qxc3 19.Rc1 19.a4 18...Qe7? 19.a4 19.exd5! Nxd5 20.Nde4 20.Bf3 20...Nf4 21.Qd6 f6 22.Qxc6 Bb7± 19...b4 20.exd5 bxc3 21.dxc6 cxd2+ 22.Qxd2 Bf5 23.Bc4? 23.Rh4+- 23...Ne4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Rc1 25.0-0 Bxc6 25...Bxg2 26.Rg1 Be4 27.b4?= 27.Rg4+- 27...Kh7 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Rfd8 30.Qb2 Rd4 31.Be2 Bd5 32.b6?? 32.c7 Bb7 33.Rg4 32...Rb4?? 32...Ra2! 33.Qc3 Ra3 34.Qb2 Rb3 35.Qc2 Qb4+ 36.Kf1 Qxb6 37.c7 Rf4‼ only winning move! 32...Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qb4+ 34.Qxb4 Ra1+ 35.Bd1 33.Qd2 Bxc6 34.Rxc6 Rb1+ 35.Rc1 Rxb6 36.Kf1 Rab8 37.Rg3! Rb2 38.Qe3 R2b4 39.Rc5 f6?? 39...Rb3 40.Rc3 40.Qxe5 Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Rxg3 42.fxg3 Kxh6= 40.Qc3 R8b7 41.Bh5‼ g5 41...gxh5 42.Rg7+ Qxg7 43.hxg7 42.Qd3+ e4 42...Kg8 43.Rc8+ 42...Kxh6 43.Qg6# 43.Qd5 Kxh6 44.Qf5 Kg7 44...Rb1+ 45.Kg2 44...Qg7 45.Rh3 45.Qg6+ Kf8 46.Rc8+ 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Demchenko,S2122Peng Zhaoqin23491–02022D02Olympiad Women 20222.17
Demchenko,S2122Rivera Negron,Y17701–02022C00Olympiad Women 20225.78

If you like Svitlana's Smart moves, you will certainly enjoy her video lectures about "Surprising your opponents with the Lazy Sicilian", her first Fritztrainer "Understanding Material Imbalances", and her brand new Fritztrainer "The Scotch Game".

In just 60 minutes, you will be well-equipped with a surprise weapon, which will take most of your opponents out of book right from the start.

This DVD focuses on several types of material imbalances, such as Rook vs 2 Pieces, Queen vs 2 Rooks, and Queen vs Pieces.

Besides in-depth theory and exciting tactical exercises in the Scotch Game, this video course also includes a bonus section on the Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4), a lively variation often leading to very dynamic positions.

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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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