Hrebenshchykova,Yelyzaveta vs. Bulmaga,Irina - European Women Blitz-ch 2024 1-0
In the European Women Blitz-ch 2024 on January 10, 2025, Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova made a move with her queen on the f6 square as Black, which led to several strategic decisions being overlooked.
The queen's placement directly threatened material gain and potentially won her some material. However, she chose to ignore this opportunity in favor of another path.
She also missed revealing an attack on one of her pieces by not making it clear that it would be under threat from the opponent's piece. This made her opponent, Irina Bulmaga, feel compelled to move one of their pieces.
Furthermore, moving the queen to f6 gave Hrebenshchykova a tempo advantage over Bulmaga's forces on that specific square.
Additionally, this move allowed Bulmaga to kick one of her underdefended pieces, which could have become more problematic if handled differently by Hrebenshchykova.
Unfortunately for Hrebenshchykova, she failed to secure better protection for the piece in question during this attack. She also missed out on another chance to deflect the threat that had been placed upon her position.
On the other hand, the queen's placement opened up the possibility of creating a fork, targeting multiple pieces of Bulmaga simultaneously.
Despite this potential benefit, Hrebenshchykova chose not to develop her piece further and instead kept it relatively undeveloped for active play.
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[Date "2025.01.10"]