Ladies Chess Boxing

     Chess boxing is a sport that, as the name suggests, combines chess and boxing. The boxers/players alternate rounds of boxing and rapid chess until one of them wins in either discipline or when their opponent resigns. Players can win by knockout in boxing or by mate or time forfeit in the chess game. For a complete discussion of chess boxing you can check out the Wikipedia article HERE. 

     Last Christmas at the Seasons Beatings 2022 event held at The Dome in London, "Killer Queen" Marie Obegi of Lebanon took on "Kick Ass Baroness" Juliana Baron of Germany. The women's Welterweight title was up for grabs and it was quite a thriller! 

 

[Event "Seasons Beatings 2022, London"] [Site "The Dome, London, England"] [Date "2022.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Marie 'Killer Queen' Obegi"] [Black "Juliana 'Kick Ass Baroness' Ba"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [Annotator "Stockfish 15.1"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {QP Opening} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {One would have expected the Torre Attack (3.Bg5), one of my favorites.} Nc6 {This is not good as white's next move demonstrates.} (3... c5 {eliminates any danger from 4.Nb5} 4. Nb5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 {Threatening, after the Q retreats, 7...d4} 7. Qa4 Qxa4 8. Nxa4 e5 {with a considerable advantage.}) 4. Nb5 {Well played. This causes black considerable problems.} (4. e3 {is too passive.} e6 5. Nb5 {Now this move has lost its effectiveness.} Bd6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 {is about equal. Tran,Q (2528)-Tran,H (2556) Hanoi 2012}) 4... e5 5. dxe5 Ng4 { While this attacks the e-Pawn it leaves the N misplaced.} (5... Ne4 {fails to helps black. 1-0 (39)} 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Nxd5 {is winning for white. }) (5... a6 {keeps the damage to a minimum.} 6. Nc3 Nh5 7. Nxd5 Be6 8. e4 Nxf4 9. Nxf4 Qe7 {is black best line.}) 6. e6 (6. Qxd5 {is even stronger. After} Qe7 7. Bg5 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Bh4 {black's position leaves a lot to be desired.}) 6... Nge5 7. exf7+ (7. Bxe5 Nxe5 8. Qxd5 {is also very good.}) 7... Kxf7 8. Bxe5 Nxe5 9. e4 Bb4+ (9... c6 {was worth a try.} 10. Qh5+ Ng6 11. Nd4 Qd6 { and black is hanging on.}) 10. c3 Bc5 {[%mdl 32]} 11. Qxd5+ {Equally good was 11.Qh5+} Qxd5 12. exd5 c6 13. Nd6+ {[%mdl 8192] A gross blunder. Of course the correct move is 13.dxc6} Bxd6 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. f4 Ng4 {Black is clearly winning, but the finish is entertaining.} 16. Bc4 Bxf4+ {White's K gets caught in a fatal crossfire by the Bs.} 17. Kb1 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Kf6 {This doesn't hurt anything, but 18...Ne3 was more to the point.} 19. Nh3 (19. Rf1 g5 20. h4 Ne3 { forks the R and B}) 19... Ne3 20. Nxf4 Nxc4 21. Nh5+ Kf7 22. Rhf1 Ne3 {[%mdl 32]} 23. Rxf5+ Nxf5 24. g4 Ne3 25. Rd2 Nxd5 {White lost on time.} 0-1