Chess With Sam Collins

Anna Zatonskih – Jennifer Yu

US Women’s Championship, Saint Louis

Jennifer Yu won the US Women’s Championship with a stunning 10/11 and 2650+ performance.

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

11...g5!? is the modern treatment of this line, revitalised by Alexander Morozevich in the early 2000s.

12.0–0 Rd8 13.Qc1

This variation was extensively tested with both colours ...