23 October 2009

Kosteniuk – Calzetta Preview

Hello dear chess fans!

I usually don’t comment games while the tournament is still raging, but I received some requests (from Twitter and from Facebook) to show them the game of the first round of the European Team Championship in Novi Sad, which I played against Monica Calzetta Ruiz of Spain.

There are two ways to watch it.

1) Copy and Paste the pgn moves as below in my PGN PLAYER:

[Event “17.EWTCC 2009”]
[Site “Novi Sad”]
[Date “2009.10.22”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Kosteniuk, Alexandra”]
[Black “Calzetta Ruiz, Monica”]
[Result “1-0”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bd5 Bg4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nfd2 h6 15. Bh4 Rab8 16. f3 Bc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. O-O-O Qe6 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. h4 f6 21. g5 fxg5 22. hxg5 h5 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxe5 Qe6 25. f4 Be8 26. f5 Qe7 27. g6 Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Be3 29. Rxh5 Qxg3 30. Qc4+ 1-0

2) Have a look at the game, in the following diagrams:

Before 7. Bxc6+ to weaken Black’s pawns


Before 13. g4 to start an attack on the King’s side


Before 21. g5! to continue the attack on the King’s side


Before the nice exchange sacrifice 23. Rxd7!!


The ending position, after 30. Qc4+. Mate is unavoidable


I will comment this game in more detail after the tournament has ended, most likely on YouTube.

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women’s World Champion