Louise had a superb tournament at the recent Czech Open, held in Pardubice in the last two weeks in July. Playing in the top section, she scored 5/9 including a draw against a GM and wins against a WIM and an FM. Her performance rating for the event is an impressive 2382!
Here is one of her games from the event, played against a 2354 rated FM. It is a complex game, with both players going hard for the win.
[Event "CZECH OPEN 2018"]
[Site "Pardubice (CZE)"]
[Date "2018.7.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Head, Louise"]
[Black "Meissner, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D24"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Bxc4 Bb7
8.O-O Bb4 9.Bd2 Qe7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Nd3 Bd6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.e4 e5
14.d5 Nh5 15.g3 Nc5 16.Kg2 Nf6 {Out of the opening, Louise has an advantage, but the struggle is complicated and with chances for both sides.}
17.Be3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Rfd8 19.Rad1 Bc8 20.g4 Nd7 21.Qd2 Nf8 22.Ne2
Ng6 23.Bg5 f6 24.Be3 Kh8 25.Kg3 f5 26.gxf5 Nf4 27.h4 b5 28.axb5
axb5 29.Bxb5 Rb8 30.Bc4 Qf6 31.b3 g5 32.Rh1 Rg8 33.h5 Bd7 34.Kg4
{Using the king himself to block the kingside! Black’s activity on the kingside
was dangerous, but now it is difficult for black to find counterplay and white’s extra pawns tell in the end.}
Rgf8 {Threatening Bxf5+} 35.Ng3 h6 36.Ra1 Bb4 37.Qf2 Ra8 38.Bc5
Bxc5 39.Qxc5 Qd6 40.Qxd6 cxd6 41.Rxa8 Rxa8 42.b4 Ng2 43.Be2 Nf4
44.Rc1 Be8 45.Rc2 Kg7 46.Bf1 Ra1 47.Rb2 Kf6 48.b5 Ra3 49.b6 Ra8
50.b7 Rb8 51.Rb6 Ke7 52.Ba6 Bd7 53.Bb5 Bxb5 54.Rxb5 Nd3 55.f6+
{!} {Unblocking the kingside, and the knight’s entry is decisive}
Kxf6 56.Nf5 1-0
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Full results of the tournament can be found on the Chess Results web site .
