Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 9

by Arne Kaehler
8/3/2021 – After analysing her first game of the World Cup in the last episode, today Svitlana Demchenko takes a more in-depth look at the second game. The game starts with the Petroff, which is considered one of the most drawish opening choices out there. After most of the pieces have been exchanged, a couple of pawns, two knights and two kings remain on the board. Now the endgame is very difficult for Svitlana. But luckily, we all know, she has some smart moves in her repertoire.

A World champion's guide to the Petroff A World champion's guide to the Petroff

The great popularity of the Petroff Defence at the highest level has attracted general attention as strong players employ this opening with great success and with both colours. Unfortunately, the opinion of the Petroff as a sterile drawish opening seems to be firmly implanted in many minds. The author tries to dispel these myths and examines the most popular lines and provides a large number of ideas that will enable you to play Petroff successfully, with either colour.

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Svitlana's Smart Moves - Episode 9

With Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler

Svitlana Demchenko is a 17-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 female 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.

The Reliable Petroff

The Petroff (or Russian) Defence which is characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 has been popular at the highest levels for many years and enjoys the reputation of being an extremely solid defence.

 
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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,164,14354%2421---
1.d4945,55855%2434---
1.Nf3280,97656%2441---
1.c4181,75256%2442---
1.g319,67356%2427---
1.b314,21954%2427---
1.f45,88248%2377---
1.Nc33,79051%2384---
1.b41,75048%2380---
1.a31,19654%2403---
1.e31,06648%2408---
1.d394550%2378---
1.g466246%2361---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c342551%2424---
1.h327856%2416---
1.a410860%2468---
1.f39046%2432---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34163%2485---
1.e4 4 e5 6 2.Nf3 10 Nf6 22 3.Nxe5 1:14 d6 15 4.Nf3 0 Nxe4 8 5.Nc3 20 Nxc3 38 6.dxc3 15 Be7 14 7.Bf4 6:38 0-0 1:32 8.Qd2 2:32 Nd7 59 9.Bc4 0 Nf6 10:30 10.0-0-0 10:30 Bg4 7:49 11.Qd3 10:23 Qd7 7:37 12.h3 5:03 Bf5 1:06 13.Qf1 2:58 d5 9:13 14.Bb5 0 c6 1:27 15.Bd3 14 c5 5:01 16.Kb1 7:30 c4 6:29 17.Bxc4 8:32 Qa4 7:31 18.Nd4 4:29 Bxc2+ 22 19.Nxc2 10 dxc4 12 20.Qe2 11:53 Rfe8 0 21.Qf3 10 Qb5 11 22.Rhe1 2:29 Bf8 27 23.Nd4 1:50 Qd5 2:19 24.Qxd5 1:43 Nxd5 2 25.Bg3 14 Bc5 0 26.Nf5 2:31 Nf6 1:34 27.f3 2:08 Rxe1 2:56 28.Rxe1 11 Re8 18 29.Rxe8+ 2:39 Nxe8 2 30.Bf4 45 f6 0 31.a4 4:03 Kf7 1:30 32.Kc2 2:19 Ke6 1:09 33.Ng3 1:12 f5 2:48 34.b3 0 Bd6 2:50 35.Ne2 1:48 Bxf4 1:24 36.Nxf4+ 3 Ke5 5 37.g3 1:14 g5 1:45 38.Ne2 1:02 Nd6 1:49 39.Nd4 0 h5 1:20 40.a5 1:26 g4 2:36 41.hxg4 7:14 fxg4 2:23 42.bxc4 4:32 Nxc4 3:49 43.a6 1:03 bxa6 18 44.Kd3 0 Kd5 59 45.fxg4 4:29 hxg4 19 46.Nf5 1:07 a5 1:07 47.Ne7+ 1:27 Kc5 1:26 48.Kc2 59 a4 4:19 49.Nf5 0 Kd5 14:23 50.Nh6 3:31 Ne3+ 2:05 51.Kb2 17 Kc4 4 52.Ka3 1:02 Kb5 4 53.Nf7 1:12 a6 2:10 54.Nd6+ 0 Kc5 1:00 55.Nf7 32 Kb5 3:47 56.Nd6+ 25 Ka5 6 57.Nb7+ 1:38 Kb6 4 58.Nd6 7 Nd1 2:56 59.Kxa4 2:08 Nxc3+ 5 60.Kb3 21 Ne2 0 61.Nc4+ 1:30 Kb5 12 62.Ne5 6 Nxg3 9 63.Nxg4 5 Ne4 3 64.Ne3 35 a5 8 65.Nc2 1:24 Nd2+ 0 66.Ka2 47 Ka4 19 67.Nd4 35 Ne4 28 68.Nc6 30 Kb5 3 69.Nxa5 5 Kxa5 3 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Demchenko,S2089Cyfka,K2417½–½2021FIDE Womens World Cup 20211.2

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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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