zenpawn's chessblog » Muzeon Park http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog my chess blog Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:08:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog http://www.zenpawn.com/images/favicon.ico zenpawn's chessblog Kosteniuk’s Moscow Blitz Miniature http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog/2009/09/kosteniuks-moscow-blitz-miniature/ http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog/2009/09/kosteniuks-moscow-blitz-miniature/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:48:27 +0000 zenpawn http://www.zenpawn.com/chessblog/?p=165 This position comes from a recent game, one played during the latest Moscow Blitz Championship, an open-air event, between GM Alexey Korotylev (2597) and the Women’s World Chess Champion Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk (2516).

In this miniature, Kosteniuk was presented with the following position at move 19.








It’s Black to move and win. Do you see the combination? To the end?

To check your answer and listen to first-hand commentary from the winner, check out her video about the game here…


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