Chess history in the making
The Ruy Lopez and the Queen’s Gambit are considered the openings of the world champions, since almost all world champions often employed these classical systems. Tan Zhongyi and Aleksandra Goryachkina followed in the footsteps of the best players in chess history and played the Queen’s Gambit twice in the first two games.
Besides covering all the critical lines after 1.d4 & 2.c4, popular systems such as the Trompovsky, London/Jobava System, Torre Attack, Colle System and Veresov are dealt with as well.In the first game, Tan gained an advantage with Black, but it was not enough for her to get ahead on the scoreboard. In the second game, with the colours reversed, another Queen’s Gambit Declined appeared on the board.
Goryachkina opted for the Slav as a defence, but after the exchange on d5, the typical Carlsbad structure arose through a different move order.
With 11...Bd6, combined with a pawn sacrifice played once before in the game Steiner vs. Denker from 1946, Goryachkina deviated from the usual paths. Tan rejected the pawn sacrifice, but did not gain any advantage afterwards.
Tan Zhongyi | Photo: Timur Sattarov/ FIDE
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4 8...0-0 9.Qc2 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Rab1 9.Bf4!? 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc2 f5 9...Ndf6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.0-0 Bd6 11...Re8 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bd6 15.Qd3 Bxf4 16.exf4 Qf6 17.g3 Bf5 18.Qc3 Be4 19.Ne5 Rad8 12.Ne5 Re8 13.h3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Be6 17.Nd3 17.Rfc1 Nd5 18.Bh2 Rac8= 17...Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Ne4 19.Rfd1 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Rad8 21.a4 c5 22.a5 h6 23.Nd5 Qd6 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Rd4 Re4 26.Rad1 26.Nf6+ Qxf6 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qxc5 a6 29.Rb1 Qd7 30.Qb6 Re7= 26...Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Qf8 28.e4 Ne6 29.Rd3 Kh8 30.Rc3 Qd6 31.Rb3 Nc5 32.Rb5 32...Nxe4 33.Qxe4 a6 34.Rxb7 Qxd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxf7 Rxa5 37.Ra7 Kh7 38.g4 h5 39.Kg2 hxg4 40.hxg4 Ra4 ½–½
Thursday is a rest day. The match continues on Friday and Saturday with games three and four. In the event of a tie, there will be a playoff on Sunday.
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