Irina Krush's nice chess match in US Championship

Hello Everyone!

IM Irina Krush was the only woman participant at this year's US Chess Championship held in May. She played over 12 hours for her last two games only! Here is a nice win she notched up against Grandmaster G. Kaidanov.

If you want to read more about the US Championship, you can read it here.

You can also play the pgn in our pgnplayer.

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. f3 Nbd7 17. Kf2 Rfe8 18. g4 Nh7 19. Na4 b6 20. Nc3 Ndf6 21. Ne2 Ng5 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Qa3 a5 24. Rc2 Rad8 25. Rhc1 c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Kg2 d4 30. e4 d3 31. Qc3 d2 32. Rd1 Qb6 33. a4 Qa6 34. Rb5 Qa8 35. Rxa5 Qb8 36. Ra6 Rc8 37. Qd4 Qb3 38. Rxd2 Rc2 39. Rd6 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Qxa4 41. Rxf6 1-0

From Alexandra Kosteniuk's

www.chessblog.com

Don't forget to read my personal blog at

www.chessqueen.com