Chess with Sam Collins

Andrada Hrib v Diana Mirza

WSCC U17 Girls, 2017

Huge congratulations are due to Diana Mirza from Limerick, who won the World Schools Under-17 girls championship in Iaşi, Romania. Diana recovered from a slow start and showed both energetic attacking chess and more mature technical performances, such as this effort against Andrada Hrib from Romania.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c6

A trap line against the Trompowsky, based on the trick 3.e3?? Qa5+ winning the ...