Alexandra Kosteniuk's CHESSQUEEN.COM

Chess Queen® & 12th Women's World Chess Champion Grandmaster Mega-Site & Chess Blog


June 20th, 2012

Game Chess Queen Kosteniuk vs. Elina Danielian, Kazan Grand Prix 2012

Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk beats Elina Danielian in Kazan Grand PrixWe 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

Result: 1-0
Site: Kazan Chess Grand Prix
Date: 2012.06.20

[…] 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.¤f3 +0.56 11…¤e4 +0.64 12.¤xe4 +0.60 12…dxe4 +0.60 13.£d6+ +0.72)
(11.£g5+ ¢f8 12.¤f3 ¤a4 13.¤xa4 £xa4 14.¢b1 ¥d7 15.£e3 ¤b4 …1-0, Fascetti Angelo 2052 – Silva Eduardo Munoa 2050 , Barrinha 11/17/2007 It (open))
(11.f4 ¤d7 12.¥b5 ¢f8 13.f5 ¤dxe5 14.f6 gxf6 15.£h6+ ¢e7 …1-0, Klauser Markus 2368 – Gleizerov Evgeny 2564 , Biel 7/21/2010 It (open))

11…h6 +0.52*

(11…d4 +0.33 12.£g5+ +0.64 12…¢f8 +0.52 13.¤b5 +0.68)
(11…¦d8 +0.60 12.£g5+ +1.02 12…¢f8 +1.17 13.¦g3 +1.17 13…g6 +1.12)

12.¤ge2 +0.6012…¦d8 +0.5013.£f4 +0.5013…¤d7 +0.5014.¦g3 +0.16*

(14.¦e3 +0.48 14…¢f8 +0.64)

14…¦g8 +0.50*

(14…¢f8 +0.15 15.£g4 +0.18 15…g6 +0.26)

15.¦e3 +0.5015…¦b8 +0.84

(15…g5 +0.48 16.hxg5 +0.48 16…hxg5 +0.44 17.£h2 +0.56)

16.¤d4 +0.8416…¤xd4 +1.18

(16…g5 +0.85 17.£f3 +0.85)

17.¦xd4 +1.0517…g5 +1.25

(17…a6 +1.07 18.h5 +1.45 18…£c5 +1.45)
(17…£c5 +1.91 18.b4 +2.13 18…£c6 +2.63 19.¦f3 +3.25 19…f5 +3.25)

18.hxg5 +1.2518…hxg5 +1.2219.£g3 +0.58*

(19.£f3 +1.22 19…£c5 +0.98 20.¤xd5+ +2.38 20…exd5 +2.38 21.¦xd5 +2.63)

19…£c5 +0.5820.£g4 +0.5820…b5 +0.5221.b4 +0.6721…£c6 +0.5822.£h5 +0.6022…a5 +4.67*

(22…¥a6 +0.60 23.a4 +0.68 23…bxa4 +0.64)

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: , , , ,
Posted in Chess Tournament | 9 Comments »

9 Responses to “Game Chess Queen Kosteniuk vs. Elina Danielian, Kazan Grand Prix 2012”

  1. chessqueen says:

    After 24.e6! it’s an easy win for white. If 24…Nf6 25. Qxf7+ wins immediately.