Monday, October 18, 2010

Koneru’s QGD Game Against Kononenko

Picture- white-brown en18 October 2010, PlovdivIn the first round of the 15th European Club Cup for Women 2010, Humpy Koneru of  Cercle d’Echecs de Monte Carlo played against Tatiana Kononenko of USV Volksbank Halle team and the Queen’s Gambit Declined Semi-Slav game transpired [D45].

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[Event "15th European Club Cup for Women 2010"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Kononenko, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 e6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6
9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
a4 Nf6 16. Qb1 b4 17. Ne5 a5 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. c5 Qa7 21. Nc4 Nd5
22. Be5 Rf8 23. Re1 Rcd8 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Rd3 f6 26. Bd6 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 Bd7 28.
Be4 f5 29. Bf3 Qc7 30. h4 Rf6 31. Rd2 Bc8 32. Rde2 Bd7 33. Qc4 Ra8 34. Re5 Raf8
35. Qa6 Rb8 36. Nc4 Bc8 37. Qxa5 Qb7 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Nb6 Qc6 40. Qxb4 Ba6 41.Qa5 Bc8 42. Qb5 Qc7 43. a5 f4 44. f3 h6 45. Qe2 Rf8 46. b4 Qd8 47. h5 Bd7 48.
b5 Be8 49. Rxe6 Bxh5 50. Re7 Bf7 51. Nd7 Qxa5 52. Nxb8 Rxb8 53. Rxf7 Kxf7 54.
Qe6+ Kf8 55. Qd6+ 1-0

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Koneru Humpy’s 55th move 55.Qd6+ wins the black rook at b8, if black moves 55… Kg8. If black plays 55…Kf7, then 56. Re7+, which ever move black plays, 56…. Kg8, 57.Qxb8+.


At this point, Tatiana threw in the towel and gave Koneru the win and team Cercle d’Echecs de Monte Carlo a board point. Great win by Koneru with a strong position in the endgame.

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