Game Chess Queen Kosteniuk vs. Elina Danielian, Kazan Grand Prix 2012
We present the game played on June 20, 2012 between the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk and Elina Danielian from the Kazan Grand Prix 2012 (official site). There are 2 rounds to go. You can play over the moves in the Applet below, generated by Chess King software (we modified the board color from green to pink). Pay particularly attention to the moves 23. Nxd5+!! and 24. e6!! and 27.Qh8 with unavoidable mate to come. You will find a video of the press conference where Alexandra and Elina analyze their game (in Russian) on the official site.
Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Danielian, Elina
[…] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 ¥e7 5.e5 ¤fd7 6.h4 c5 7.¥xe7 ¢xe7 8.dxc5 ¤c6 (8…¤xe5 9.£e2 ¤bc6 10.O-O-O £a5 11.f4) 9.£d2 ¤xc5 10.O-O-O £a5 +0.5611.¦h3 +0.33 N
11…h6 +0.52*
12.¤ge2 +0.6012…¦d8 +0.5013.£f4 +0.5013…¤d7 +0.5014.¦g3 +0.16*
14…¦g8 +0.50*
15.¦e3 +0.5015…¦b8 +0.84
16.¤d4 +0.8416…¤xd4 +1.18
17.¦xd4 +1.0517…g5 +1.25
18.hxg5 +1.2518…hxg5 +1.2219.£g3 +0.58*
19…£c5 +0.5820.£g4 +0.5820…b5 +0.5221.b4 +0.6721…£c6 +0.5822.£h5 +0.6022…a5 +4.67*
23.¤xd5+!! +4.5723…exd5 +4.5124.e6! +4.5224…¦g6 +5.8925.exd7+ +5.8125…¢xd7 +5.0126.¥d3 +5.2626…¦g7 +23.3527.£h8 +11.9327…£f6 +15.9028.¦xd5+ +14.7328…¢c6 +15.4029.¦c5+ +17.4729…¢d6 +299.9730.£f8+ Black resigns
Tags: Alexandra Kosteniuk, commented chess game, elina danielian, kazan chess, women chess grand prix
Posted in Chess Tournament | 9 Comments »
Well played, Alexandra!