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      Home  >  General News • Major Tournaments • Women's Chess  >  Missed opportunities

      Missed opportunities

      Kosteniuk, Nalchik, Tatiana Kosintseva, Women's World Championship


      GM Kosteniuk (2510) – IM KosintsevaT (2511) [C95]

      Women’s World Championship, 04.09.2008

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Rea1 Qc7 22.Bh6 Be7 23.Rf1 Nb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Nh2 Bh4 27.Nxh5 gxh5 28.Qe2 f6 29.Qxh5 Bg5 30.Qg6+ Kh8 31.Bxg5 fxg5 32.Qh6+ Qh7 33.Qxd6 Nbd7 34.Ng4 Qg7 35.Rb1 Kh7 36.Qc7 Qh8 37.b4 cxb3 38.Bxb3 Qb8 39.Qxb8 Rxb8 40.Bc2 Ba6 41.g3 Kg7 42.f3 Nb7 43.Bd3 Nbc5 44.Bc2 Rb6 45.Kf2 Na4? 46.Nxe5 Nxe5 47.Bxa4 Rh6 48.Bd1 Rxh3 49.Ra1 Rh6 50.Be2 Rb6 51.Ke3? Kf7 52.Kd4 Nd7 53.e5 Nb8 54.f4 gxf4 55.gxf4 b4 56.e6+?! Ke7 57.Bxa6 Nxa6 58.cxb4?? Kd6 59.e7 Kxe7 60.Re1+ Kd7 61.f5 Nxb4 62.Rh1 Rd6 63.Rh7+ Kd8 64.Ke4 1/2

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      7 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        September 4, 2008 at 4:38 pm

        Both of them played the endgame very badly.

      2. Anonymous Reply
        September 4, 2008 at 5:21 pm

        yeah kosteniuk missed 58. Ke5

      3. Anonymous Reply
        September 4, 2008 at 5:27 pm

        … see anon’s post in an earlier thread

      4. Anonymous Reply
        September 4, 2008 at 6:33 pm

        Can someone ask the top rating live list admin to create a top live women’s rating say for top 10 women?

      5. Anonymous Reply
        September 4, 2008 at 7:44 pm

        Any you can’t ask that yourself because….?

      6. Anonymous Reply
        September 4, 2008 at 7:55 pm

        I not know how to email! 🙁

      7. Anonymous Reply
        September 5, 2008 at 9:19 am

        You don’t know how to send an email? I wonder how could you possibly find your way here 🙂

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