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FIDE Chess in Schools


If you are attending a school in which you
learn chess, you may be revising now for
your end of year chess exam.

If that is the case, as with children in
Armenia, among others, then we wish you
the very best of luck (and the energy to
work hard).




It is a good idea to adjust the pieces on
their suares before you start a game.

!emember, first, to make sure that the
board is the right way round and the
pieces are on the correct suares.

If the game has begun, remember to say
jadoube before touching them.

"ne way to prepare for your games. #ou
$ifan pictured (yifanhou.net) meditating.




In this issue%

& #"' $ifan ( )orld *hampion (
several times over
+ ,ateryna -A./" ( )omen0s
)orld !apid *hampion
1 "lga .I!$A ( girl with a winning
smile
2 &34+ )omen0s )orld 5lit6
*hampionship
7 Anna 8'9$*#', ( )omen0s
)orld 5lit6 *hampion
: ;u66les
by <=> ,evin "0*onnell

>he <I?@ motto (over on the right)%
?oes your school have oneA

Gens Una Sumus
!e a"e one #amil$%

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HOU Yifan World Champion several times over!

#ou first won the )omen0s )orld *hampionship title in &343. #owever, she was a world
champion long before that. In &33B she won the )orld .irls u43 *hampionship. In that
event in #alkidiki, .reece, $ifan was undefeated, with eight wins and three draws for C.1D44.
>hat gave her clear first place, half a point ahead of Iran0s 8itra #@EA9I;"'!.


#ou in &331 (photo *hess5ase)

>his position is from the game Arielle -@
5AI- F #"' $ifan in that .irls0 u43. 5lack0s
move. $ou should spot this one uite
easily.


19...g5xe3+ 20.b1-d2 [of course not
20.d3xe3 c7xc2#] and 5lack won
rather easily, making the extra piece
count% 20...c7c4 21.d3xc4 c8xc4
22.d1-e1 e3f4 23.h1-g1 0-0
24.g1-g4 f4xd2+ 25.c1xd2 f8c8
26.e4e5 c4xc2+ 27.d2d3 b7xf3
28.g4d4 d6xe5 29.e1xe5 c2xb2
30.e5c5 c8e8 31.d4c4 f3
e2+ 32.d3d4 e2xc4 33.d4xc4
b2c2+ 34.c4xb4 e8b8+
35.b4a3 c2xc5 36.a3a4 c5
c3 37.a4a5 c3a3#.

>he following year, $ifan was still eligible
for the u43s. 5ut she didn0t play in the
.irls0 *hampionship, opting instead for the
"pen. =he almost completed a uniue
double. =he tied for first place with three
others. All four scored CD44. #"'0s tieF
break score gave her the bron6e medal.
/ext a position from her game against
5oris ,#GA/ in that event.

38.h3h4! [38.c7xc4 g5xg3]
38...g5g4 [38...g5f6 39.!f4d5
f6f8 40.c7xc4] 39.c7xe7+
[39.c7xc4 is also mate in B" 39...g4
f3+ 40.h1-g1 f3xg3+ 41.g1-h1
f2h2# but the other way roundH]
39...g7g8 40.e7f7+ g8h8
41.f7f8#
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#ou became the youngest female
.randmaster in history in /ovember &33:,
gaining the title aged 4+ years, 2 months,
& days. Eudit ;olgar had set the benchmark
(41y +m &:d) in 4CC4, three years before
#ou was born. In the interim, India0s
#umpy ,"/@!' had brought the record
down to 41y 4m &7d. #ou smashed that.
It was that same year, &33:, that $ifan
almost captured the )orld )omen0s title
for the first time. )hat a sensation that
would have been ( )orld *hampion at
4+(H), but it was not to be.
;laying in /alchik, a !ussian city in the
heartlands of world chess ( the *aucuses,
#ou fought through the first five rounds of
the knockout event, to play Alexandra
,osteniuk in the final.
>he reigning champion, I' $uahua, had
been knocked out in the second round
while #"' dropped just 4.1 points before
beating ,"/@!' in the semiFfinal (round
1).
,osteniuk won the first game of the final
and ran out the winner by &.1F4.1.
before the final game (photo *hess5ase)

It is nice to be able to read about our
favourite players. It can help to inspire us
to improve our own chess.
>here is an excellent blog (yifanhou.net)
with lots of photos of $ifan, where you can
read about her exploits and her thoughts
and ideas. >he blog is available in two
versions ( @nglish and .erman. >he next
picture, showing little $ifan, age 2, in
&333 is from that blog.

>he blog is unusual ( it is written by a
5uddhist monk from .ermany who lives in
=ri -anka.
<inally, #ou pictured in ,hantyF8ansiysk
this year, losing an eggFtapping game
against Anna 8u6ychuk.


(photo from the official web site
http%DDkhantymansiysk&34+.fide.comD)
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Kateryna LAGNO Womens World apid Champion

,ateryna won the )orld !apid. #ere she is
in a great photo by /ikol 5ochkarev from
the official web site.
)e saw some examples of her play in that
event in the last issue (<=837+). /ow, let
us take a look back to her early days and
her adventures in winning the )orld u43
.irls0 *hampionship in 4CCC.
<irst let0s note that ,ateryna was taking
part in this tournament for the third timeH
In 4CC7 (won by #umpy ,oneru), she
finished 44
th
, in 4CC: she moved up to 1
th
,
the event being won by Gera /@5"-=I/A.
>he diagram position shows the position
from the game ,ateryna -A./" ( Gera
/@5"-=I/A from the 4CCC *hampionship.
)hite to play and win ( game and
*hampionshipH

24.d2xd6 1-0
If 24...d8xd6 25.d1xd6 f8xd6
26.f3xf7+ g8h8 27.f7g8#.


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Ol!a G"YA !irl #ith a #innin! smile and a !reat re$ord


"lga during the )orld !apid (photo /ikolai 5ochkarev)

"lga was second in the .rand ;rix and took
the bron6e medal in the !apid *hampionship.
#er single world title (so farH) is that of )orld
.irls0 u4: *hampion in &33C.



=he had got the bron6e medal the previous
year in the same u4: .irls0 event. It is from
that tournament that we take this example of
"lga0s courage, fight and resourcefulness. >he
position is from the game 8aria ."=*I/IA, (
"lga .I!$A.
)hite had been winning this game.
5lack fought long and hard when two
pawns down. /ow the tables were turned%

68...f3d4+ 69.c2b2 h1-h2+
70.b2c1 [70.b2a1 !d4b3+
71.b1xb3 c4xb3 and matesJ 70...c4
c3 71.f4d5+ c3d3 72.d5f4+
d3e3 73.f4xh5 [73.!f4d5+ e3f3
and takes on gB, winningJ 73...d4e2+
[73...h2c2+# 74.c1-d1 c2d2+
75.d1-e1 (75.d1-c1 d4e2#)
75...!d4f3+ 76.e1-f1 d2f2#]
74.c1-c2 e2xg3+ 75.c2b3 g3xh5
and )hite soon resigned 76.a3a4
b5xa4+ 77.b3xa4 h2xh4 78.b4b5
g4g3+ 79.a4a5 g3g2 80.b5b6
h5f6 81.b6b7 f6d7 82.a5b5
h4h1 83.b1-b3+ e3f4 0-1.
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%&'( Womens World )lit* Championship

>here was another change round in the
finishing order of the 5lit6 *hampionship.
>his time it was Anna 8u6ychuk who took
pride of place. #ere are the top ten
finishers%



Anna also emerged as a champion egg
tapper (see p.B). =he suffered a horrible
defeat against a former )orld *hampion
on the second day of the event.



Anna, )hite, had the advantage, but...
70.b7a8 [70.b7c8+$ 70.b7a6
b1-a1+ 71.a6b7 a1-b1+ 72.b7
c8+] 70...b1-b8#.

KIt was horrible. I handled the game well,
but blew it by blundering a mate in one.
<ortunately, it didn0t knock me off, uite
contrary% I was very aggressive in the
second game and managed to even the
score.0


>he final position (photo *hess5ase)

=uch strange things happen uite often in
blit6. -ook at /ana ?6agnid6eFAlexandra
,osteniuk, for example.


#ere )hite checked again on f2. ?o you
see something betterA
$es, of course... mate in one (on h:).

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Anna +,*y$h,- Womens World )lit* Champion



#ere is a nice finish by Anna in the &331
5elfort )orld .irls, where she won the
first (u42) of her two titles ()orld .irls
u&3 *hampion in &343). Anna, 5lack, to
move against 5arbara ;errusset.

At first sight, it seems that )hite0s pieces
are well enough placed. #owever, too
many of them have too many jobs to doH



20...f8xf1+ 0-1
It is hopeless% 21.e1xf1 (or 21.g1xf1
g4xh2+ 22.f1-g1 d4f3+; 21.d3xf1
d4xc2 22.e1-e2 g4xe3) 21...!d4xc2
22.d3xc2 !g4xe3.


Anna was really young when she started
to learn chess. #ere are her own words
from an article in *hess5ase about her and
her sister% K)hen I was two years old I
could put the beginning position on the
board, and at three I could play chess with
all the chess rules. )hen I was five I took
part in my first chess tournament
(championship of our sport school) and
won the second place. At the same age I
played in the *hampionship of -viv region
(girls '43) and managed to win the second
place.0

Anna, as do many players, likes other
sports, especially table tennis.
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Puzzles selected by FST & FM Kevin OConnell (www.kochess.com)

1 )hite to play. =imple techniue.

,ateryna -A./" ( Galentina .'/I/A
)orld $outh *h u43 .irls, "ropesa 4CCC

2 )hite to move. "verloadH

/ana ?9A./I?9@ ( /atalia ;"."/I/A
)orld $outh *h u4: .irls, #alkidiki &33B


3 5lack to play.

8arie @=;"=I>" ( >atiana ,"=I/>=@GA
)orld $outh *h u4& .irls, *annes 4CC7

4 5lack, to play, is winning. )hat0s bestA

/une ?A!5I/$A/ ( Anna 8'9$*#',
)orld $outh *h u42 .irls, 5elfort &331

SOLUTIOS TO PU!!L"S