It is not about the result of the game. It is how the Rook was self trapped. Perhaps Irina was trying too hard?
Krush, Irina (2478) – Zatonskih, Anna (2496) [D56]
US Women’s Championship (3), 06.10.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Nb6 14.0–0 Be6 15.Rb1 a5 16.Nd2 Nc8 17.Ra3 Nd6 18.Qc5 Qc7 19.Rc3 Rfc8 20.Rbc1 Qd8 21.h3 Bf5 22.Bf1 b5 23.Rb3 Nb7 24.Qa3 b4 25.Qa4 c5 26.dxc5 Nxc5 27.Qb5 Rab8 28.Qe2 a4 Black wins 0–1
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Aw Come on!
Something was not right in that game, Irina is to strong to have made a mental mistake like that.
It happens to every level of player, I suppose. Watching the last 6 or 7 moves, I was just cringing on every queen and rook move of white.
I am guessing that Krush overlooked the double attack of the bishop and the knight on the c3square. She should have exchanged bishops when it was offered, but even then, it appears the exchange was lost.
Next time I lose a bishop to a pawn trap, I won’t fill so bad.
Funny game. Bf1 looks dubious after bf5. White should just trade.
Way to go anna! after irina’s ridiculous crying last year when she lost, for her to get destroyed this badly is certainly poetic justice
it’s been done by a good player. congrats.
‘It happens to every level of player, I suppose.’
No it doesn’t. It happens only on women tournaments.
I think it’s a bad idea to idea to ridicule chess colleagues by showing their weakest moments.
Irina just dropped out of my list of coaches to hire, while Anna went on top of the list.
Irina just made it into Pandolfini’s and Schiller’s new books.
diper
Aw Come on!
She trusted her coach too much and played almost until end based on home analysis.
May I suggest to Irina to visit the chess course in Berlin, Europe? Here they very learn important things, like:
http://www.fide-trainer-academy.com/magglingen_vortrag.jpg
Yildiz was top student there, I think.
Just goes to show that looks and brains do not always necessarily go together.
Anna and Irina are the two hottest babes in US chess. Let’s applaude them.
‘Perhaps Irina was trying too hard?’
As we are good friends, Irina won’t mind me saying… Irina, you patzer! Wake up! They are not all monsters! Take a sip of booze before each round!
Picking on Krush here is unfair. Even the very best players make really glaring mistakes. It is simply one of those things that happens. There are no perfect players.
‘There are no perfect players.’
Yes there are:
1. Gary Kasparov
2. Magnus Carlsen
3. Wang Yue
4. Paul Morphy
5. Tigran Petrosian
“Even the very best players make really glaring mistakes.”
These are not ordinary mistakes. They are inexplicable manouevers of undefinable chess. Picking on Mrs. Krush is fully justified in this case.
Anna caught on tape while preparing for the game: http://tiny.cc/B0rDl
I dont understand Shahade’s commentary:
“IM Anna Zatonskih prevailed with Black in her much awaited game against IM Irina Krush. In the Lasker Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined, Zatonskih found an unusual way to snare Krush’s queen in a minority attack gone wrong.”
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To anons Tues @ 10:31 & 10:33: below is taken from Chessbase about Corus 2008 Round 9 loss by Magnus Carlsen. At the time, Carlen was a strong GM,FIDE 2733.
“Tournament leader Magnus Carlsen played very solidly with black against Peter Leko and had a cast-iron draw when disaster struck and he threw away the game in his first real blunder of the event.”
Every one of the people you listed has made blunders. You may admonish a strong GM for blundering, but every chess player below that level is subject to ocassional blunders, and it’s silly to pretend otherwise.
Their ratings are higher, but they play just like the WIMs of 10-20 years ago.
Can you say, “CHOKE”????