Featured is the 6th and final blitz chess game between Ju Wenjun and Lei Tingjie from the finals at the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship held in New York. After Ju and Lei’s first 4 games and 4 draws, they headed into tiebreaks where the next win would crown a women’s world blitz chess champion. Game 5 was a draw. In this decisive 6th game we observe a Queen’s Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Defense where Lei chooses the Schara Gambit. Ju’s main task throughout the opening/middlegame phase while up a pawn, was to remain solid and find ways to neutralize Lei’s greater piece activity and lead in development. Once Ju achieved a couple key piece exchanges, it became significantly easier to realize her extra pawn advantage. With this game 6 win Ju Wenjun, who is the reigning 4-time Women’s World Chess Champion in classical, is now the Women’s World Blitz Chess Champion.
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. a3 a6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Qf5 Ng6 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. Qb1 Bc6 20. Be1 Ng4 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. h3 Nf6 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Ne4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Bf5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Be4 Rxd4 28. exd4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Nf4 30. Bd2 Ne6 31. Be3 h6 32. d5 Nf8 33. Bd4 Qg5 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Bc3 Ng6 36. d6 b5 37. d7 Nf4 38. Kh2 f5 39. Qf3 Ne6 40. Ba5 Rf8 41. Qd5 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qe4 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. d8=Q
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