Rijeka hosts the 1963 women’s team match between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Milunka Lazarević has Black against reigning world champion Nona Gaprindashvili. For the Yugoslav representative, this is an encounter with the very top of women’s chess.
In the 1963 Yugoslavia - Soviet Union team match in Rijeka, Milunka Lazarević has Black against reigning world champion Nona Gaprindashvili. It is a Sicilian with opposite-side castling: White advances pawns towards the black king, while Milunka doubles her rooks on the c-file.
As the white queen collects kingside pawns, the black rooks break into her position. After 29...Rxc2+ and the exchanges on c2, the white king has to go to a3. Watch Black’s last two moves, Bc4 and a5. Neither is check, but together they close off the space around the king. After the rooks’ noisy entrance, two quiet moves settle the game.