Jennifer Yu
Jennifer Yu has won the U.S. Women’s Championship 2019 and is in the process of possibly extending her lead of 1.5 points. In this penultimate round there were five decisive games out of six. In this round Jennifer took out her primary rival Anna Zatonskih and did it with the Black pieces. Jennifer has been in “trouble” a few times during this championship, but has shown superb poise and tactical alertness to pull her through. Congratulations !
[Event “US Women’s Chess Championship 2019”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2019.03.30”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Zatonskih, Anna (USA)”]
[Black “Yu, Jennifer R (USA)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “66”]
[EventDate “2019.03.30”]
[SourceDate “2019.03.30”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 14. Ne4 Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Rd4 a5 17. h4 Nc5 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh2 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd4 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Qc2 Bb3 25. Qc1 Qb4 26. Bd2 Qd6 27. Bf4 Qb4 28. Bd2 Qe7 29. Bc3 Be3 30. Qe1 Bf2 31. Qd2
Black (Jennifer Yu) To Play
Bxg3+ !
32. Kxg3 Qc7+ 33. Kg4 Be6+ 0-1
Final Position