Alexandra Botez skal møte fire sjakkundere i Kids vs. Stars

FIDE-mester Alexandra Botez skal spille mot fire sjakkundere i neste episode av Kids vs. Stars den 27. april. Arrangementet er en simultanoppvisning med klokke, der Botez håper å forlenge stjernelagets seiersrekke. Barnas lag jakter sin første seier i det nåværende formatet.

Chess.com har satt opp den nyeste episoden av Kids vs. Stars til 27. april kl. 16:30 ET, som tilsvarer 22:30 CEST. WFM Alexandra Botez, en populær streamer, skal spille simultansjakk med klokke mot fire unge talenter: 13 år gamle WFM Ashley Qian, vinner av 2024 Ontario Chess Challenge for 5. trinn; Kenneth Alba, en av Mexicos beste spillere i sin aldersgruppe; 12 år gamle WCM Larissa Mayorga, dobbeltmester i Mellom-Amerika og Karibia; og 10 år gamle WCM Abigail Zhou, vinner av Pan-American Youth Festival Under-8 for jenter i 2023. Botez vil ha 65 minutter pluss 15 sekunders tillegg per trekk, mens hver motstander får 15 minutter pluss 15 sekunder, med klokker som går kontinuerlig. Den første siden som når 2,5 poeng vinner. Undere håper å sikre barnas lag sin første seier med dette oppsettet. I de fire foregående episodene har stjernene vunnet tre ganger med 2,5-1,5, mens stormester David Howell oppnådde et 3-1-resultat i den fjerde. Seere kan følge sendingen på Chess.coms YouTube- og Twitch-kanaler, hvor IM Jovanka Houska og FM Mike Klein kommenterer. Botez vil også streame sitt perspektiv på BotezLive.

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