2013 SWMG Blitz Women

The blitz tournament was won by Matrena Nogovitsyna with 19 points, followed by Zoja Golubeva with 17 and Tamara Tansykkuzhina with 16.

Doumesh - Golubeva 0-2

18-23? Golubeva could have made a break through using 14-20! 31.25x23 18x40 32.30x17 11x42.

Nogovitsyna - Sadowska 2-0

After 11-17? Nogovitsyna won a piece using a well known combination: 27.28-22! 17x28 28.33x13 9x18 29.37-31 26x28 30.38-33 21x32 31.33x13 19x8 32.30x37

Fedorovich - Tansykkuzhina 0-2

Olga Fedorovich forced a win using 27.33-28! 7-11 28.28x19 2-7 29.29-23! 20x29 (here 18x29 does not help because of 30.34x23 20x18 31.38-33 13x24 32.37-31 26x28 33.33x4 21x32) 30.49-43 13x24 31.37-31 26x19 32.34x3? After 32.34x5! 21x32 33.38x27 white would have won easily. 21x32 33.38x27 24-30? Here 24-29 was even better. 34.35x24 10-14 35.3x20 25x14 with an equal position.

Round 3

Zhao - Magone 1-1

36.43-39? Zhao missed the winning move 36.50-45! This brings the threat 27-22 18x27 32x21 16x27 35-30 24x35 45-40 35x44 43-39 44x33 38x7 into play, and black can not play 12-17? 37.35-30 24x35 38.34-29 23x34 39.27-21 16x27 40.32x25 or 24-29? 37.32-28 23x21 38.34x25 W+

Round 4

Tkachenko - Magone 2-0

Tkachenko surprised her opponent with 36.32-27! 26-31(?) After 5-10 white has a break through using 37.27-21 16x27 38.28-23 19x28 39.33x11. The best defense was 12-18 37.27-21! 16x27 38.28-22 17x28 39.33x31 26x37 40.42x31 3-8 41.31-26 8-12 42.26-21, and white has good perspectives against the weakened black right wing. 37.27-22! Now 17-21 38.36x27 21x23 was not possible due to 39.33-29 24x44 40.43-39 44x33 41.38x7, and therefore black sacrificed a piece with 3-8.

Round 6

Tansykkuzhina - Sadowska 2-0

In this interesting 5x5 position Tansykkuzhina played the logical 54.28-23? It turns out that white could win using 54.28-22! 17x28 55.32x23 8-13 56.37-31! 13-18 57.23-19 12-17 58.19-14 18-23 (or 17-21 59.14-9 21x32 60.9-4 18-23 61.4-10 23-29 62.10x37 29-33 63.37-48 etc. W+) 59.14-10 23-29 60.10-5 29-33 61.27-22 17x28 62.5x32 33-39 63.31-26 39-44 64.32-28! W+ 8-13 55.37-31 17-21 56.32-28 21x32 57.28x37 12-17? This is losing. A draw was possible after 16-21 58.37-32 13-18! (not 21-26? due to 59.23-18 26x28 60.18x9 etc. W+) 59.23-19 18-22 etc. 58.31-27 17-21 59.27-22 21-26 60.23-18 13-19 61.18-12 19-24 62.12-7 24-29 63.7-2 29-33 64.22-17 16-21 65.2-11 21x12 66.11x50

Round 7

Doumesh - Nogovitsyna 0-2

Doumesh forced a winning position using 35.37-31! 26x37 36.42x31 6-11 37.39-34! 24-29 38.48-43 9-14 39.43-39 14-20 40.31-26 29-33 41.38x29 11-17, but later she failed to achieve the victory.

Round 8

Fedorovich - Zhao 2-0

21-27? Zhao was in serious trouble against Darja Fedorovich. For example after 19-24? white plays 43.37-31! 21-26 44.31-27 with a winning advantage. But with the 'impossible move' 12-18!! she could have saved her position. None of the combinations is good for white (take for example 43.28-23 19x28 44.33x13 2-8! 45.13x2 21-27! 46.32x12 20-24 47.2x30 25x41 =), and after 43.29-24 19x30 44.35x24 20x29 45.33x24 2-8 black has enough counter play to escape with a draw. In the game the white advantage after 43.32x21 17x26 44.29-24 19x30 45.35x24 20x29 46.33x24 was decisive.

Round 9

Golubeva - Tkachenko 1-1

38.31-26? Golubeva missed the strong move 38.30-25! The main idea behind this move is that 23-29 ? fails because of 39.28-23 19x26 40.27-22 17x39 41.43x14 W+ The best defense for black is probably 17-22 39.28x17 11x22 40.48-42 23-29 41.32-28 29-34 42.28x17 18-22 43.17x28 24-30 44.35x24 19x30, but according to the computer white has a significant advantage.

Round 11

Magone - Sadowska 2-0

After 12-18? Magone won the game using the combination 37.27-21 17x37 38.48-42 37x48 39.39-34 48x30 40.25x1

Nogovitsyna - Fedorovich 2-0

When Darja Fedorovich played 7-12? Nogovitsyna secured the title using 36.24-20! 15x24 37.33-29 24x44 38.43-39 44x33 39.38x27