Milliet - Kosteniuk, Corsica 2009

The second game of the "Match des Championnes" between French Women's Champion Sophie Milliet and Women World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, played in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, in 2009.
Alexandra comments the rapid game in great detail and in English. Alexandra won the match 2 - 0.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Kosteniuk
• Chess
• Queen
• Milliet
• Scandinavian
• Corsica

[fresniak]

from how you speak about it seems that everyone should play the scandinavian as your analysis makes it look like white moves are loosing in almost every variation. Still very few play this defense in top rated chess, why is that?

[ChessQueen]

@fresniak No the Scandinavian is not for everyone! I only used it once during the last years, the variation 3...Qd6 is quite dangerous and one should only play it if very well prepared. Some top GM's use it, for example this year Nigel Short drew Magnus Carlsen in a Scandinavian.

[roaddog481]

Very impressive. You had obviously done your homework. Were there any positions you didnt have on your board at home? Your preparation paid off. Congrats on your win.

[ChessQueen]

I worked a whole week on the 3...Qd6 line in the Scandinavian. Of course chess has unlimited possibilities, so you can't analyze everything. In each line, you only go to the point where you are comfortable with the position you have and know the kind of plan you should follow in the moves ahead.

[Cpasvrai]

Thanks for the explanation! As we can see, 3 sentences were enough ... A 10-minute-long video was not needed ...

[ChessQueen]

You may be right, but you can agree with me that it's more entertaining to watch a video than read and try to figure out the 3 sentences. Also the idea might sink in better when you see the master blunder like this and you try to figure out why that happened. Thanks for your comment!

[medra1980]

good game

[betochon]

why there was no one like you when I was a chess addict? I would have made a huge progress in my game....technology I guess...

[NightHawkx71]

your queen moved countless times in the opening and the rest of your pieces were on the back rank through out the game. i think you got away with this because your opponent was weak.

[sotovo]

@Cpasvrai you can learn as little or as much as you like from this game. its up to you, but don't expect everything to be spoon fed.

[ducksaj]

what a beautiful blonde

[TheKINGFEDOR]

dont let Mamedyrov beat you. You are better player. But I know he is strong ( ish ) x

[VadimCC]

Как-то ты неуверенно держишься. На произношении излишне концентрируешься. Не стесняйся своего русского акцента! У меня половина подписчиков минимум один раз мой акцент похвалили.

[carlinhosff]

where are the new games? are you on vacation?