Rudar Members Among the Queens of Serbian Chess

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Nadya Toncheva and Her Game from the Shadows – The Queen of Rudar Kostolac’s Strategic Chess
In this game, our first board, Nadya Toncheva, demonstrated how strategic chess is played. Through quiet moves, Nadya gradually built up her position, and in the critical moments she struck decisively, making the right choices with the moves Qb7 and e5. Nadya has an excellent sense for strategic patterns in positions, and this was one of the best games of the tournament.

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Besides her excellent strategic thinking, Nadya Toncheva also knows how to create dangerous counterchances. In the fourth round, against the current Serbian Women’s Champion, Sofia Pogorelskikh, she found the brilliant move Rc7!!
Rc7!!

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The star of our club this year was Savitha Shrii, who came from India to play for Rudar. Savitha played every game slowly and deliberately, leaving her opponents unsure of what to expect from her, as she was ready to play both positionally and dynamically. I couldn’t highlight just one game of hers, so I present to you the games where it seemed as if the pieces moved only for her: rook endings in which her opponents had no chance, and, in my opinion, the most beautiful of all, where she created stunning combinations with minor pieces and played purely dynamically in a minor-piece and rook ending against the legendary Svetlana Prudnikova.

Savitha’s Mastery: Turning Material Advantage into Victory

“Enter the Rook Endings... if you dare, against the Indian Star!

A Player Who Can Do It All – A Beautiful Attack

Who Says There’s No Tactics in the Endgame?

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Nadya and Savitha are true chess masters, and playing alongside them we learned so much and gained invaluable experience. But our fourth board also shone with brilliant moves! In chess, anyone can beat anyone, and our Andjela Dimitrijevic, holding the fourth board, showed that she’s not to be underestimated – just because she’s on the fourth board doesn’t mean she’s the weakest!

24. Ne4!!

During the game between Sandra and Andjela, I felt like I was going to have a heart attack, but our Andjela showed that she’s not to be underestimated!
Think I Can’t Defend? Think Again!

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To finish, I decided to share my games with you. I played on the third board and had the honor of playing in a team with such strong players, from whom I learned so much. Thank you to my teammates for believing in me and for being the best teammates I could have asked for. And now, I present my games to you.

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Who Says a Normal Line Can’t Explode with Fireworks...Rc7!!

One of the games I’m most proud of saving from a lost position was against the player Jovana Eric. The only reason I managed to save this game was that two months ago I had lost the same endgame against a Turkish player at the Serbia Open. After this game with Jovana Eric, I realized why it’s so important to analyze your games, because this time I knew how to hold a draw when the opportunity arose...

Deja Vu... Or it happened again...

Tick-tock... who’s attacking?

The last game I wanted to include is from the final round. This game is a clear example of why details matter. When I was calculating whether to capture the queen or the bishop first, it seemed to me that the order didn’t matter—but it did. The difference was in where the queen would end up!

Details

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That’s it for my first post! It was such an honor to play for the chess club Rudar Kostolac. From my amazing teammates to the fantastic games and the whole experience in Senta, everything was simply incredible. I’ve learned so much, had a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to share more adventures from the chessboard with you!

• Anastasia Grozdanovic