Lichess is offering a stay stream for day by day of the Girls’s World Championship. Make sure that to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube channels for stay stream protection with our hosts GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Jesse February, joined by a rotating panel of friends. Recreation 7 begins at 07:00 UTC on Sunday, April thirteenth, and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea will be a part of our stream!
Moreover, we’ll cowl each sport in our weblog, with annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea for video games 1-6 and WGM Petra Papp for video games 7-12.
The annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea for Recreation 6 could be discovered right here.
Lichess has additionally run participant profiles on GM Ju Wenjun and GM Tan Zhongyi, and revealed a Match Preview forward of the match.
Schedule
Movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGsnws77sAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TttiM23Fq-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAbyjBAC8MQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmBIlTe7uaY
Annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea
https://lichess.org/examine/5bQdsZ7u/7rE7oH83#0
Match Rating
Recap
Tan as soon as extra caught to the English opening strategy within the match – this time unsuccessfully. She deviated from the three.g3/Nc3 paths and went for 3.b3, which is turning into more and more well-liked. Ju took a principled strategy to the place, aiming to regulate the middle with d5-c5 and threatening d4. After the pawn exchanges, Tan opted for a double fianchetto setup, and Ju did certainly get d4, however solely quickly.
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Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Ju has managed to equalize; nevertheless her area benefit within the middle can simply be challenged by Tan, whereas White’s bishops have the potential to change into very highly effective on the lengthy diagonals, and the a3 knight, whereas at the moment (seemingly) out of play, could be re-routed through c4 on the proper second. General, we might declare that the place remains to be pretty advanced positionally, however most likely equal.
10.e3 certainly got here to problem Ju’s robust middle and open up White’s dark-squared bishop. Black is, after all, not obliged to seize but, and retaining the stress whereas bettering her place would have been an fascinating strategy as nicely. Nonetheless, she selected one other path – 10…dxe3 11. dxe3 Bf5, planning to alternate the fianchetto bishop. It is a widespread theme in fianchetto positions; in our sport this plan is extra about exchanging White’s robust piece, and a long-term positional concept of exploiting the sunshine sq. weaknesses, quite than an instantaneous assault plan for checkmate, which can be a frequent theme, however normally in several buildings and the place there are adequate items prepared to take advantage of the weakened king tactically. This positional exploitation of the sunshine squares did in actual fact come later within the sport.
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Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Ju’s items and total place begin to look comfy. The knight occupies a robust sq. on e4, which may – and can – be additional secured later with f5. Her bishop has room for enchancment, however an f5 concept would additionally assist in that course, adopted by Bf6, difficult Tan’s most lively piece. Tan’s knight, alternatively, has nonetheless not discovered a superb sq., or particular job, within the sport.
https://lichess.org/examine/6gTA7BPo/4XsoDQNs#41
Tan performed Nd3, aiming for Nf4-h4. Ought to she obtain this, she would solidify her place and have an equal struggle, with concepts for each side. Nonetheless, she is a transfer too late, as Ju is in time to play 21…g5! stopping each. On this explicit place, persevering with with g4, exploiting the sunshine sq. weaknesses, and even c4, exchanging a possible weak point of her personal and making a handed pawn might have been extra correct. Ju determined to alternate the bishops as an alternative, which was a logical concept within the sport. The double rook alternate quickly adopted. This place might look drawish – and most engines will concur to that – nevertheless, it is nonetheless a difficult place for White whereas most of Black’s strikes will come naturally, and it is also simple for White to change into impatient and create extra weaknesses in her camp in an try to seek out counterplay.
https://lichess.org/examine/6gTA7BPo/4XsoDQNs#61
Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Tan had managed to seek out one of the best defensive strikes thus far, however her job was notably difficult. 31.h4 was a type of most likely impatient strikes in an try to discover a sport of your individual, which did extra hurt than good in Tan’s place. Had Ju taken the pawn, and even ignored it and allowed Tan to take it as an alternative, this transfer would possibly even have labored. Nonetheless, there is no want for that – Ju went for g4! – and, after the queen alternate, pressured the knight right into a passive place with no good squares obtainable.
https://lichess.org/examine/6gTA7BPo/4XsoDQNs#72
Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Tan tried to maintain preventing and create some counterplay by getting a handed pawn. It might take Ju some method to win the ensuing place, however she positively would not lack the method, and the benefit was greater than adequate. Tan’s passive king and knight had been merely no match for Ju’s robust king and knight, and so they had been unable to assist any counterplay concepts.
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By the point she was capable of activate her king and knight, Tan had given up materials and Ju had made sufficient progress that the place was hopeless for Tan. So Tan resigned just a few strikes later, now 2 factors behind within the match. We should wait till the second leg to see if she will recuperate and are available again into the match!
Anna Shtourman / FIDE
