Hübner and Muzychuk won again

Hübner and Muzychuk won again

SNOWDROPS AND OLDHANDS

[07.12.2011 00:00:00] – Snowdrop´s captain Michal Konopka was dissapointed after the openings: „Snowdrops are out of their preparation again. Tania Sachdev expected Queen Gambit (Stonewall was played instead), Eva Kulovaná Sicilian game (Pirc defense was played).“

Sachdev managed to play the opening well, offered draw in the move 21 and Vaganian agreed. Boris Gulko and Maria Muzychuk played Sicilian very quickly. GM Gulko misplayed a quiet rare variation, he came under pressure, lost a pawn and then the game also. The game between Vlastimil Hort and Natalia Pogonina looked quite one-sided. It seemed that Pogonina would be in zugzwang, but Hort worsen his position, lost big advantage and the game went into draw in rook ending.

Robert Hübner had favorable position against Eva Kulovaná. Kulovaná played patiently and equalized her position. But GM Hübner complicated the game by a queen sacrifise, WGM Kulovana made a mistake in the complicated position and lost.
Games

Results:

Sachdev – Vaganian 0,5:0,5
Muzychuk – Gulko 1:0
Pogonina – Hort 0,5:0,5
Kulovana – Hübner 0:1

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