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Lagno the strongest among the women
The Russian Team Championships, played in Sochi on May 1-10, saw rating favourites dominate the Premier League and the Women’s Tournament, as both teams finished the event with perfect scores. Moreover, the winners of the open section, the
Mednyi Vsadnik, suffered only one individual loss in the whole tournament (in 48 games). Meanwhile, the
Moscow Chess Team won 21 out of their 36 individual games in the women’s category.
On this DVD you will be taken on a journey through what is arguably the sharpest opening line known to men.
While the team from Saint Petersburg in the open section had its top scorer in Andrey Esipenko, the Muscovite female squad was well-led by top seed Kateryna Lagno (the highest rated Russian woman player, Aleksandra Goryachkina, played in the open section).
And now he takes the pressure off the black centre and refrains from opening up a file on the queenside. White must now somehow try to survive the advance g5-g4 on the kingside.
14.Ne4 15.b4 h5?!
Black goes for it. [Good was 15.Nc3 16.Qb3 Nxe2+ 17.Rxe2 h5! and White can’t play 18.Nxg5? due to 18.Nxd4 etc.]
16.Bb2? Once again, this is too slow.
[After 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nxg5 there might have followed 17.Nxd4 18.Bxh5 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 Rxd1 20.Bxd1 and White will capture on e4, getting a slight material advantage.]
16.g4 17.Ne5 gxh3 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bf3 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rg8 21.g3 h4
The Russian Team Championships are being played on May 1-10 at the Hotel Zhemchuzhina in Sochi. Besides the Premier League, a 9-team round robin, the Women’s League and the Higher League are taking place as Swiss tournaments. Both in the Premier League and the Women’s Tournament, the clear favourites have managed to win all of their matches the Mednyi Vsadnik (Iron Horsemen) led by Nikita Vitiugov and the Moscow Chess Team led by Kateryna Lagno. | Pictured: Aleksandra Goryachkina | Photo: Vladimir Barsky
The 100 Best Movies Written by Women
Welcome to our guide of the best movies written by women: These are highly Certified Fresh films (nothing on the list falls below 94%) whose screenplay credit goes in part or fully to women.
The journey begins nearly a century ago with 1925’s
Battleship Potemkin, written by Nina Agadzhanova, inspired by her own participation in Soviet uprisings. Just two years later,
Metropolis, cinema’s first sci-fi feature masterpiece, emerged out of Germany, written by Thea von Harbou. The 1930s were one of those peak decades for movies, in no small part thanks to
King Kong (co-written by Ruth Rose),