Another Anna Ushenina Win!

Hi everyone!  Last week we looked at a few puzzles where the new Women's World Champion, Anna Ushenina, checkmated (in the puzzle) her opponents.  But how did she get to those positions?  Today Mrs Jessica E Prescott (aka BoundingOwl) will look at one of her games against Ju Wenjun, rated 2501.  Be sure to click on words you are unfamiliar with.

The opening is called the King's Indian Defense, and the variation is called Samisch.  Even though it's not really the 'same-ish' .  White gets a huge center; black castles quickly; then black must strike out at the center with either c5 or e5.  (The Samisch is e5.)

Here are the opening moves of the game.  Follow along!

Both sides have developed all their minor pieces (except the light squared bishop) and castled.  (CDC!)  Now we get to the middle game.  What are some strategies?  Well, when both sides have castled on opposite sides of the board, that makes for some really fun PAWN STORMS!!

Watch how both players attack using their pawns.  They can do that since their kings aren't right behind the pawns.  Wheee!

Now both sides try to get their knights to better squares.  

Now it's time for some tricky calculations.  How can white make a battery here, lined up along the rook's open file?  Watch as both sides create attacking batteries and start bringing their pieces closer to the king!

Attack!  Ushenina wants to attack, so she does not trade her queen for two rooks.   Are you reading the notes below the diagrams and clicking on the arrows?  The game is almost over!  It turns out that black's king is more open than white's!