chess with zengani mkandawire -9th march,2016

8/17/2019 CHESS With Zengani Mkandawire -9th March,2016

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White to Move and Checkmate in 2 Moves

Womens World Chess Championship

underway

The 2016 FIDE Women’s World hess ham!ionshi! ma"ch "akes !lace

#arch 2$1%. The c&rren" World ham!ion #ari'a #&('ch&k o) *kraine

)aces her challenger +o& ,i)an o) hina in -i/ *kraine.

The ma"ch consis"s o) 10 classical games wi"h "he rs" "o reach . !oin"s

declared cham!ion. la'ers receie 30 min&"es )or 40 moes/ "hen 50

min&"es )or "he res" o) "he game !l&s a 50$second bon&s !er moe )rom

moe one. I) "he score is een/ a "iebreak o) 4 games will be !la'ed a" a

ra"e o) 2 min&"es !l&s a 10 second bon&s !er moe s"ar"ing )rom moe

one.

I) no winner is decided a)"er "he ra!id games "here will be a maim&m o)

mini$ma"ches/2 games each/ a" a ra"e o) min&"es !l&s 5 seconds !er

moe. I) needed/ "he winner wo&ld be decided b' a s&dden dea"h game.


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The !ri(e )&nd is 7200/000/ )rom which "he winner will ge" 608/ "he loser

408.

In o!enings/ #&('ch&k &s&all' !la's 9icilian De)ence wi"h bo"h Whi"e and

lack/ )ollowed b' French De)ence wi"h Whi"e and D&"ch De)ence wi"hlack.#&('ch&k has "he abili"' "o nd &ne!ec"ed "ac"ical "ricks/ which

some"imes com!ensa"es )or ;aws in her !osi"ional &nders"anding.D&ring

her 201 World ham!ionshi! ma"ch agains" s World hess ham!ion/ "he 'o&nges" eer

"o win "he "i"le/ as well as "he 'o&nges" )emale !la'er eer "o ?&ali)' )or

"he "i"le o) randmas"er. +o& is "he "hird woman eer "o be ra"ed among

"he world>s "o! 100 !la'ers/ a)"er A&di" olgBr and #aia hib&rdanid(e. 9he

is widel' regarded as "he bes" ac"ie )emale chess !la'er/ =lea!s and

bo&nds= ahead o) her com!e"i"ors.

#ari'a won "he "i"le in a knocko&" een" in 201. reio&s cham!ion +o&

didn>" de)end her "i"le in "ha" )orma" and is "here)ore a s"rong )ao&ri"e "o

regain "he "i"le in "his ma"ch. rior "o "his ma"ch/ +o& and #aria had

!la'ed "hree classical chess games agains" each o"her. Cne game ended

in a draw/ while "he o"her "wo were won b' +o& ,i)an wi"h "he black

!ieces.

#&('ch&k had Whi"e in "he rs" game and s"eered "he o!ening in"o "he

&ioco iano. Whi"e dierged b&" a)"er m&l"i!le echanges leading "o a

drawn ending wi"h s'mme"rical !awns/ "he game was agreed drawn

b' moe 51. +o& had "he Whi"e !ieces in game "wo which )ea"&red a &'

-o!e( GC!enH. #&('ch&k emerged )rom "he o!ening wi"h a" leas" e?&ali"'

b&" a)"er some "en"a"ie moes b' her/ +o& gained a co&!le o) "em!i wi"h

a ?&een re"rea" and adance/ bo"h a""acking loose !oin"s in lack>s

?&eenside and cen"er/ "o la&nch a !ower)&l a""ack agains" lack>s king"ha" )orced lack>s resigna"ion a)"er 52 moes.

#&('ch&k wi"h Whi"e in game "hree o!ened wi"h a losed a"alan and

managed "o gain a small adan"age wi"h her "wo bisho!s. +oweer "his

didn>" "ro&ble +o& and "he game was agreed drawn a)"er 56 moes when

echanges red&ced "he game "o o!!osi"e colo&red bisho!s wi"h a

s'mme"rical "hree !awns each )orma"ion on "he king side.

White: ,i)an +o& Black : #ari'a #&('ch&k G1$0H


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