[Event "FWCT 2019"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.05.31"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C75"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c4 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (11. Bc5 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Rd1 Be8 15. Qxd8 Ncxd8 16. Bxe8 Kxe8 17. Nbd2 Nd6 18. Ne1 a5 {1/2-1/2 (29) Harikrishna,P (2744) -Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 11... Nf7 12. Nc3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. b4 f5 14. b5 Na5 15. Bc5 Re8 16. bxa6 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Rxa6 18. Rfd1 Qc8 {0-1 (44) Zhigalko,A (2543)-Alekseenko,K (2639) Czech Republic 2018}) 13. Qb3 {White is better.} Bxa4 14. Qxa4+ Qd7 15. Qb4 b6 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Nd5 (17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qd7 20. Qc4 $16) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 (18. cxd5 { looks sharper.} Qd7 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Qc4 Bd6 21. Ne1) 18... Qd7 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rac1 O-O 23. Rc6 Rfb8 24. Qa3 Bf8 25. h3 Qb7 26. b3 Qb5 27. Qc1 a5 28. Nh2 f5 29. Qg5 (29. Rc4 $11) 29... Qb7 (29... Rb7 $15) 30. Rdc1 $11 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Qe7 31. Qd2 e4 32. Rc7 Qe5 33. Re1 Rb5 34. Rd1 a4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Rc8 Rb2 37. Qh6 (37. Qg5 $17 Ra7 38. a3) 37... Qg7 $19 38. Qf4 Raxa2 39. Rf1 Rc2 (39... Qe7 $142 {Hoping for ...e3!} 40. Rc3 Qb7) 40. Re8 (40. Qxd6 $142 Rxc8 41. Qe6+ Qf7 42. Qxc8) 40... Qf7 41. Rb8 Rab2 ({ Weaker is} 41... Qxd5 {[#]} 42. Ng4 $1 $16) 42. Rxb2 Rxb2 43. Rd1 Qa7 {...Bh6! is the strong threat.} 44. Nf1 {[#]} Bh6 $1 45. Qh4 (45. Qxh6 Qxf2+) 45... Kg7 (45... Rc2 $142 {And now ...Kg7 would win.} 46. Re1 Kg7) 46. Ra1 $17 Qxa1 ({ Better is} 46... Qf7 $17 47. Qg3 Qf6) 47. Qe7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kf8 49. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 50. Qc7+ $1 Ke8 51. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 52. Qc7+ $1 Kf6 53. Qxd6+ Kg5 54. Qe7+ Kh5 55. g3 $1 Bg5 56. Qxh7+ Bh6 57. Qe7 Bg5 58. Qh7+ Bh6 59. Qe7 Bg5 60. Qh7+ {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.01"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "183"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} c5 {459} 6. d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} exd5 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0: 00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 10. Rd1 {151} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. a3 {84} Nc7 {1424} 12. Nc3 {166} O-O {481} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d6 {559} 14. e3 {1110} h6 {1069} 15. h4 {261} Ne6 {537 } 16. Bxd6 {543} Bxd6 {174} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ncd4 {271} 18. exd4 {75} Bxe4 {186} 19. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. dxc5 {917} Nxc5 { 168} 21. Qd4 {129} Nb3 {274} 22. Qxf6 {190} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Rab1 {538 } Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc5 {62} 25. Ng4 {226} Kg7 { [%emt 0:00:49]} 26. Bd5 {318} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Kg2 {225} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Rd3 {114} Re5 {102} 30. Ba2 {131} Nc6 {108} 31. Rxd8 {153} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0: 00:23]} Ne6 {108} 33. Bxe6 {305 on a regular day, considering Bxe6 would not be ideal but then again it was a special day for Goryachkina} (33. Rd7 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35. Kf2 Re5 36. Rxa7 {was the other option}) 33... fxe6 {[%emt 0:00: 25]} 34. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} ({The last opportunity for Black to equalize was} 35... Bxe3 36. fxe3 Rf5+ 37. Ke2 a5 $11) 36. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 37. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 38. Nd3 {178} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 40. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5+ { [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke2 {245} a4 {727} 42. f3 {438} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 43. Ke3 {65} Kg6 {246} 44. Ke4 {277} Kh6 {261} 45. Ke3 {417} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 46. Ke2 {60 White went back all the way to e2 before playing g4 is to prevent Rf1 after exchanging pawns at g4} Kh6 {138} 47. g4 {162} hxg4 {142} 48. fxg4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Rf7 {89} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 50. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Re5+ {220} 51. Kf3 {100} Re1 {95} 52. Rb7 {238} Rf1+ {86} 53. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bf8 {78} 54. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 55. Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Nxe6+ $16 {15 now it's all over for Black} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 57. Nd4 {65} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 58. Nf3 {218} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 59. Ra5 {8 Of course White must eliminate all possible threats before going for the win} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 60. Rxa4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 61. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rf2 {89 Now it's just a matter of technique} 62. h5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 63. Nh4 {77} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 64. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Re2+ {68} 65. Kf3 { [%emt 0:00:26]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 66. Kg3 {68} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 67. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 68. h6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc3+ { [%emt 0:00:10]} 69. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 70. h7 {[%emt 0: 00:43]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 71. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rh2 {71 Now Goryachkina does a study like finish} 72. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kg3 {78} 73. h8=Q {[%emt 0: 00:31]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 74. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 75. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 76. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd2 {99 } 77. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 78. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 79. Qc6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 80. Nh4 { [%emt 0:00:37]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 81. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kh2 {[%emt 0:00: 25]} 82. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 83. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 84. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 85. Kd3 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 86. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kg1 {[%emt 0:00: 04]} 87. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 88. Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 89. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 90. Qg8 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 91. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kh2 {67} 92. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.01"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Padmini"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {255} g6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 4. O-O {121} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00: 07]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 6. Qe2 {34 this also creates the idea of bringing in the f1 rook for the pawn advance in the centre} (6. Re1 {has been the more popular choice so far}) 6... O-O {86} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {544} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. Rd1 {78} cxd4 {192} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} f6 {122 Attacking the centre to open lines for the g7 bishop and the f8 rook} 11. Nc3 {271} Nxc3 {259} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} fxe5 {872} (12... Qa5) 13. Nxe5 {479} (13. dxe5 $5 Bg4 {is not possible} 14. Rxd5) 13... Qc7 {295 There is a battle going on where White is trying to control the central squares and Black trying to open up the position} (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 14. Nd3 {985} (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Re1 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 {White is somewhat better due to better placed pieces but black should still hold due to the presence of opposite colored bishops in the endgame} Re8 18. Bg5 Kf7 19. Rb1 {with some pressure}) 14... Bf5 {840} (14... Na5 $142 15. Bg5 a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bc2 Qxc3) 15. Bf4 {287} (15. Nf4 Rad8 16. Ne6 {forcing Black to concede his double bishop} Bxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Bg5 $14 ) 15... Qa5 {94} 16. Bxc6 {327} bxc6 {76} 17. Nb4 {743} (17. Be5 Qxc3 18. Nc5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Rab8 {white has only compensation}) 17... Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. Rac1 {440 Maybe this move was not needed as white doesn't want to play c4 or there was no need to defend the c3 pawn now, even though the position is still about equal.} (18. Be5) 18... Be4 {223} 19. Bg5 $6 {286 this allows c5 break} (19. Qd2 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Be3) 19... c5 {222} 20. dxc5 {168} Qxc5 { [%emt 0:00:26]} 21. Be3 {145 Falling into a cute move which turns the position into black's favor. Black takes advantage of white's pieces which are overloaded with different tasks.} (21. Qe3) 21... d4 {702} 22. Bxd4 {543} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Kh1 { [%emt 0:00:02]} Qe3 {259} 25. Qc2 {463} (25. Qxe3 {was necessary}) (25. Qd5+ Kg7) 25... Rc5 $1 {415} 26. Nd3 {163} Rg5 {92} 27. Qb3+ {94} Kg7 {99} 28. Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rxg2 $1 {164 Tearing apart White's fortress.} 29. Qb7 {89} Rxh2+ {108} 30. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 31. Qg2 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} h5 {202} 32. Re1 {68} Qd2 {108} 33. Qxf2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxf2+ { [%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {83} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} g5 { [%emt 0:00:34]} 36. c5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 37. Rf1 {[%emt 0: 00:52]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 38. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe3+ { [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe4+ {676} 42. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} g3 {109 A nice win by Nana!} 0-1 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.02"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2546"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd5 {[%emt 0: 00:11]} 8. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. Qe4 {96} g6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Bd2 {1405} Ba6 {975} 12. b3 {495} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 13. f4 {1371} O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} 14. Be2 {120} d5 {871} 15. Qf3 {249} Bb7 {134} 16. cxd5 {492} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 17. Nb5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} Qe7 {1034} 18. Rc1 {244} Rfc8 {177} 19. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {1132} 20. O-O {72} (20. Bg4 fxe5 (20... f5 21. Be2) 21. Bxc8 exf4+ (21... Rxc8 22. O-O) 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 $16) 20... fxe5 {99} 21. Bg4 {167} Ba6 {119} 22. a4 {302} Bxb5 {205} (22... c6 $142 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. fxe5 cxb5 $11) 23. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rf7 {455} 25. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 26. Bb4 {179} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:32] } 27. Qc1 {266} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qe8 {[%emt 0: 00:45]} 29. Qxc7 {311} exf4 {258} ({Kosteniuk thought about} 29... e4 {but she did not like} 30. Bd6 {idea Be5}) 30. Re1 {195} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Qc6 { [%emt 0:00:22]} Qf6 {119} ({Kosteniuk believes that maybe she should have played} 31... Kh8 {instead}) 32. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd8 {244} 33. Be7 {94} Qd4+ {75} 34. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 35. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:44] } Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. Bxf8 {112} Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. h3 {[%emt 0:00: 10]} Bb4 {136} 38. Rf1 {96} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 39. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxf4+ { [%emt 0:00:38]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 42. Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bd2 {193} 43. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Bxh7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} g5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Bd3 {74} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Be2 {110} Kc3 {64} 48. g3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be3 {[%emt 0: 00:55]} 49. Kg2 {101} Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 50. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 51. h4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. gxh4 { [%emt 0:00:01]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. h5 {64} Kc2 {118} 54. Re7 {[%emt 0:00: 09]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 55. Rc7+ {64} Kxb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 56. h6 {[%emt 0: 00:08]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 57. h7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Rc2 {82} 1-0 [Event "Kazan RUS"] [Site "Kazan RUS"] [Date "2019.06.02"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Padmini"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "2019.05.31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {One of my favorite openings :)} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ {First time Goryachkina is employing the Bb5 variation whereas Lagno had the position until 9th move played in her games according to my database.} Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ba3 {Goryachkina manages to surprise her opponent} (10. Be3 {is more common}) 10... cxd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Rb4 e5 {A new move played after a long thought} (15... a5 {has been played earlier}) 16. dxe5 Qe6 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. gxf3 Rxe5 20. Rc4 Rg5+ 21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Rfc1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 {We reach an interesting rook endgame. According to legends they are mostly always drawn.} Rc8 (24... Rb8 {Rook activity values higly in such endgames} 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Rxa7 c5 27. Rd7 Kg7 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. f4 Ke6 30. Rd2 Ra8 31. Rc2 Kd6 32. Kf3 Kc6 $11 {is a sample variation. Black will maintain equality despite being a pawn down.}) 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. f4 Ke7 27. Kf3 Kd6 28. Ra5 Rc7 29. Ke3 Rb7 (29... c5 30. Ra6+ (30. Kd3 Rb7) 30... Ke7 31. Kd3 Rd7+ 32. Ke3 Rc7 {not allowing White's king to come to queenside}) 30. h4 Kc7 (30... c5) 31. Ra6 Kd6 32. Kd4 Rb4+ 33. Kd3 Rb7 34. Kc4 {Forcing things} Rb2 35. f3 Rf2 36. Rxa7 Rxf3 37. Rxf7 Ke6 38. Rxh7 Rxf4 39. Kd4 c5+ 40. Ke3 Rg4 (40... Rf8 { would have been nicer to elimate either a or h-pawn}) 41. a4 Ke5 42. Kd3 Rg1 43. a5 Ra1 44. Ra7 Ra4 45. a6 c4+ 46. Kc3 Kxe4 47. Ra8 Kf5 48. a7 Kg4 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rg8+ Kf3 {Rook endgames are difficult and both players have done really well. Now the game transitions into another endgame of Rook vs Pawns.} 51. a8=Q+ Rxa8 52. Rxa8 h4 53. Rh8 Kg3 54. Kd2 h3 $4 {It's never an easy task to be on the defending side for almost the whole game, black finally succumbs.} (54... c3+ $11 {to lure the king away from the h pawn} 55. Ke3 (55. Kxc3 h3 56. Kd2 h2 57. Ke2 Kg2 $11) 55... c2 56. Rg8+ (56. Rc8 h3 57. Rg8+ $11) 56... Kh2 ( 56... Kh3 57. Rc8 Kg3) 57. Rc8 Kg3 $11) 55. Ke3 $1 h2 56. Rg8+ Kh3 57. Kf2 h1=N+ 58. Kf3 Kh2 59. Rh8+ {White converts effortlessly} Kg1 60. Rc8 Nf2 61. Rxc4 Nd3 62. Ke3 Ne5 63. Re4 Nc6 64. Re6 Nb4 65. Ke2 Nd5 66. Rg6+ Kh2 67. Kf3 Nc3 68. Rh6+ Kg1 69. Rc6 Nb5 70. Rc4 Nd6 71. Rc5 Kh2 72. Kf4 Kg2 73. Rc2+ Kh3 74. Rc6 Nb5 75. Ke5 Kg2 76. Rc2+ Kf1 77. Rc5 Na3 78. Rc3 Nb5 79. Rb3 Nc7 80. Rb7 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.02"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2539"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} g6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nf3 {75} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} c6 {72} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} dxc4 {203} 7. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. O-O {587} O-O {169} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00: 33]} Qb6 {66} 10. Qb3 {133} Ne4 {60} 11. e3 {1111} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. Ne5 {418} Ng5 {116} 13. f4 {301} Nh3+ {91} 14. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {384} 15. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rd8 {110} 16. Qxb6 {878} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. Bd5 { 378} Bf5 {1520} 18. Nd2 {539} Nxe5 {833} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bh6 {82} 20. Nb3 {593} Bd3 {681} (20... b5 21. Nc5 bxc4 22. Bxc4 b6 $17) 21. Rfe1 {[%emt 0: 00:15]} Rac8 {662} (21... b5 {can still be played but it has lost it's venom} 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bg2 bxc4 24. Bxh3 cxb3 25. axb3 e6) 22. Bc1 {319} Bxc1 {499} ({Now is the last chance for Black to play} 22... Rxd5 23. Kg2 (23. cxd5 Rc2 24. Bxh6 Bc4 $19) 23... Rxc4 24. Bxh6 (24. Kxh3 Bf8 $19) 24... Bf5 $17) 23. Raxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc7 {141} 24. Bg2 {285} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 25. c5 { [%emt 0:00:08]} bxc5 {147} 26. Rxc5 {165} Rcd7 {61} 27. d5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (27... f5 28. exf6 (28. e6 Rd6 29. Rc7 Ne4 30. Rxe7 Bc4 { eliminates trouble}) 28... exf6 {it's not easy for White to gain advantage now} ) 28. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 29. h4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 Be4+ 31. Kf2 f5 {and Black is doing fine}) 29... Ne6 $2 { 11 now it's all over for Black} (29... Ne4 {was the move Black needed to play} 30. Rxb6 (30. Bxe4 Rxe5 31. Nd2 f5 {Black not only recovers the piece but also gains advantage}) 30... Rxe5 31. Kg1 f5 $17) 30. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rxb6 $18 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 32. Rb4 { [%emt 0:00:29]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Kg1 {61} g5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 34. a4 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00: 30]} 36. a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {88} 37. Re3 {66} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 38. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 39. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00: 06]} 40. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rc3 {632} Bd5 {108} 42. a6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rb1 {912} 43. Rb5 {71} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.02"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00: 11]} e6 {87} 5. d4 {90} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} dxc4 { [%emt 0:00:23]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0: 00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bb7 {691} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc8 {73} 12. Ne2 {179} c5 {1453} 13. Bxb5 {710} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} (13... cxd4 $142 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Nexd4 a6) 14. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 15. Nxd4 {550} Nd5 {540} 16. f4 {489} Rxc1 {168} 17. Bxc1 {122} N7f6 {274} 18. Be2 {903} Qb6 { 1400} 19. Bf3 {227} Rc8 {105} 20. Qb3 {487} Bc5 {501} 21. Qxb6 {120} Bxb6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Nb3 {567} a5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 23. Bd2 {137} a4 {113} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd8 {71} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc5 {232} 26. Rxc5 { [%emt 0:00:11]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Rc2 {333} g5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. fxg5 {83} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. h3 {95} e5 {97} 30. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Kg7 {63 } 31. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Kd1 {61} e4 {[%emt 0:00:47] } 33. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. hxg4 {227} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00: 03]} 35. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd8 {67} 36. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} f5 {[%emt 0:00: 21]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 38. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. a3 {218} Kf7 {68} 40. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bc1 {336} Nb6 {161} 42. Rb4 {188} Rc8 {85} 43. Bd2 {95} Nc4 {686} 44. Rb7+ {300} Ke8 {174} 45. Bh3 {206} Rd8 {106} 46. Bb4 {191} Rd3 {358} 47. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne5 {236} 48. Rb8+ {543} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Neg4 {230 } 51. Bc4 {190} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 52. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00: 38]} 53. Bd5 {94} Nf5 {74} 54. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 55. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 56. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ndc4 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 57. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Bb5 { [%emt 0:00:17]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00: 02]} 60. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Rb8 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qc2 Qc7 { The position is equal.} 15. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. Rad1 a6 17. a4 Re8 18. h4 g6 19. g3 h5 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. Rc1 {0-1 (48) Tutisani,N (2471) -Liang,A (2575) Manavgat 2018}) 15... Ne7 16. Ne5 Nc8 17. Re3 Nd6 18. Rh3 h6 19. Re1 b5 20. Qc1 Nfe4 21. f3 Ng5 22. Rg3 $1 f6 23. Ng6 $1 $36 {White has strong initiative.} Rfe8 {[#]} 24. h4 $1 Ngf7 (24... Nf5 $142 25. Rg4 Qf7) 25. Nf4 $18 g5 {If Black can now play ...Nf5 this consolidates a bit.} 26. hxg5 ( 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Nxe6 Qd7 $18) (26. Nxe6 Qd7 $18) 26... fxg5 27. Nxe6 ({ Don't take} 27. Rxe6 $6 Rxe6 28. Nxe6 Qe7 $16) 27... Qc8 28. Nf4 Qc6 29. Ng6 { aiming for Ne7+.} Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Nf7 34. f4 $1 Kf8 {[#]} 35. Rf3 $1 g4 $2 (35... gxf4 36. Rxf4 Kg7) 36. Rf1 h5 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Re1 (38. Qxh5 $2 Rh8 $19) 38... a6 39. Bf5 {Bd7 is the strong threat.} ({Not} 39. Qxh5 $2 Rh8 $19) 39... Qh6 $2 (39... Qd8 40. Qf2 (40. Qxh5 $2 Rh8 $19) 40... Qe7) 40. Bd7 {White is clearly winning.} Rf8 41. e6 Qxf4 42. e7 Rh8 43. e8=Q Rxe8 44. Bxe8 Ng5 45. Bxh5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 53%.} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.06"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2546"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 g6 { 4 A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with g3} (7... Be7 8. b4 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Ba1 Qc7 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc4 Qc8 21. Bd5 { 1-0 (45) Van Wely,L (2695) -Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bg5 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 c6 14. b4 Be6 15. Nb3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 { 1/2-1/2 (16) Foisor,O (2445)-Negulescu,A (2445) Sovata 1998}) 10... h6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nc5 Bc6 16. e4 Nd6 17. b4 Re7 18. a4 a6 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. Ra1 $1 Nd7 21. Qc2 Nf8 22. a5 Nb5 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Bh3 Rd6 25. Rfd1 Nh7 26. Qc1 Qd8 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Rac1 Ng5 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 (29... hxg5 { feels hotter.} 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. f3 Ra8 32. Qf2 Qd8) 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rc4 Bf6 32. Bg4 Red8 33. Rdc1 Nd4 (33... Ra8 $11) 34. Bxd4 $14 Rxd4 {[#]} 35. Nxa6 $1 Rxc4 (35... bxa6 36. Rxc6) 36. Rxc4 Bb5 ({Better is} 36... Rxd3 37. Nb8 (37. Nxc7 Bd8 $16) 37... Bb5 38. Rxc7 Rb3) 37. Nxc7 $16 Bxc4 38. dxc4 {Endgame KRB-KBN} Rd4 (38... Be7 $16) 39. Nd5 $18 Bd8 40. Bc8 {[#] Threatens to win with c5.} Rxc4 41. Bxb7 f5 $2 (41... Rxe4 42. Nf6+ {Discovered Attack} Bxf6 43. Bxe4 Bd8) 42. a6 {White is clearly winning.} Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. b5 g4 45. h3 f4 46. hxg4 Ra3 47. gxf4 exf4 48. b6 f3+ 49. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 49%.} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.04"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Georgia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e6 {A little opening surprise. Gunina is renowned for being one of the most dynamic and creative Caro-Kann specialists in modern chess. In recent times Gunina has dabbled in the Berlin but there is no way that Dzagnidze could have expected a French.} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {Fearing Gunina's dynamic abilities, Dzagnidze deliberately steers the game into the seemingly calmer waters of the French exchange.} ({Only a few weeks before Dzagnidze had been very successful with} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c3 h5 $6 8. Nf3 h4 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h3 12. g4 {White had a very promising position in Dzagnidze,N-Zhao Xue Hengshui CHN 2019}) 3... exd5 4. Nf3 {A clever move-order} ({After an early} 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Black could and should develop the bishop to} Bb4 $1) 4... Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 $5 ({The main line runs} 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. O-O ({After the direct} 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Ng5 { leads to nothing after the basic} Qe7+) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 Nc6 $1 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qf3 Rb8 $1 {with a dynamic balance.}) 8... Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 ( {Black cannot play copycat with} 9... Bg4 {because of} 10. Nd5 $1) 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ra8 {with a draw by repetition. }) 6. Nc3 ({White can also fix the pawn structure with the strategically risky } 6. c5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qc2 b6 $1 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nc3 Bf5 {=}) 6... O-O 7. cxd5 Bb4 $6 {Gunina tries to apply principles from the Caro-Kann Panov. In those Caro-Kann variations it is often a good idea to develop the bishop to b4 to minimise the effects of a d5 pawn thrust. There is the danger that black is moving one piece too many (especially in the opening) but the idea is not without its tactical merit, as long as the white king is in the centre then the pin along the a5-e1 diagonal is dangerous.} (7... Nbd7 { The least creative approach is sometimes the best} 8. Be2 Nb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 {winning back the pawn.}) 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $6 {Too slow.} ({Chess is timing! And Gunina really needed to strike quickly whilst the White king was a bit on the exposed side.} 8... h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 c6 $1 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O Rd8) 9... g5 {The only move that makes sense of the bishop's excursion out to b4. The move also has "bluff appeal".} 10. Bg3 Nxd5 $1 11. Qc2 (11. Rc1 c5 $1) 11... g4 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxd4 {The position is extremely messy.}) 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. O-O Bxc3 $2 {After this Dzagnidze gets an easy position. } ({It might also have been an idea to admit that the bishop excursion was a mistake and play} 11... Be7) ({An ugly move} 11... Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {The active pieces might offset the bad structure.}) 12. bxc3 Nbxd5 13. Rc1 c6 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bc4 Kg7 17. Re1 Nxg3 ({Black could not play} 17... Ndxc3 {as White will be able to drum up the most magnificent attack after } 18. Rxc3 Nxc3 19. Qh5 $1 Qe7 (19... Nd5 {doesn't help either} 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Be5+ Rf6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qe8 {Winning}) 20. h4 $1 b5 21. Bb3 Nd5 (21... Bf5 22. f4 $1) 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nf3 Qd8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Re5 f6 26. Nxg5 {With a deadly attack.}) 18. hxg3 Be6 19. Bb3 $1 {Preparing the bothersome c3-c4.} Qf6 $2 20. c4 Ne7 $2 (20... Nb6 $1) 21. Rc3 $1 {Ironically it is the queen that finds herself in trouble.} h5 ({None of the knight moves are satisfactory} 21... Ng6 {falls to} 22. Rf3 Qd8 23. Nxg6) (21... Ng8 22. Rf3 Qd8 23. d5 cxd5 24. cxd5 Bc8 25. d6 {The game is finished.}) 22. Rf3 Qh6 23. d5 cxd5 (23... Bg4 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Qd4+) (23... Bc8 24. d6 Ng8) ({Black doesn't have time for} 23... Rad8 24. Qa1 $1) 24. cxd5 Rad8 25. Qa1 f6 26. Nd3 { The end is near.} g4 27. Rfe3 h4 28. Rxe6 Ng6 29. Qc1 Qh8 30. Nf4 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.05"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Georgia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 { An idea that Kosteniuk "discovered" at the World teams in Astana.} Qd7 (8... Qd8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 {1/2-1/2 (11) Godena,M (2493) -Areshchenko,A (2667) Gjakova KOS 2016}) (8... Qd6 {is the most inferior of the queen retreats.}) 9. d5 $5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bd6 {Dzagnidze doesn't take the bait.} (10... Qxd5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nc3 $1) (10... Nxd5 11. O-O (11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Qd6) 11... Nc6) 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nc3 a6 $5 14. O-O (14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5+) (14. a4 $5) 14... Kf8 $6 {Dreaming of a sacrifice on h3, Dzagnidze plans to make use of the h-line as opposed to getting her king to safety. Although objectively this is a very fine move it is risky to saddle the king on f8.} ({There was absolutely nothing wrong with} 14... O-O) (14... b5 15. Re1 O-O) ({The immediate} 14... Rxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 { falls to} 16. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 17. Qa4+ {winning}) 15. f4 $6 {Loosens the white king unnecessarily.} (15. Re1 Rxh3 {Fails to} 16. Bg4 $1 Nxg4 17. gxh3 Nf6 18. Qf3) 15... Qc7 16. f5 {Kosteniuk reasoned that the pressure down the f-line should manifest something.} (16. a4 $1 Nbd7 17. a5 (17. f5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 Re8 19. Qf1 Rh4 20. Bg5 Rb4 $1) 17... Re8 18. Ra4 Kg8 19. Bf3 c4 $1) (16. Qa4 Qb6 $1 17. Kh1 (17. Nb5) 17... Nbd7 18. Nb5 Nh5 $1) 16... gxf5 17. Rxf5 Nbd7 18. Qf1 Re8 19. Bg5 Be5 20. Rd1 {Kosteniuk disliked this move} (20. Kh1 Qd6 21. Bd3 g6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 b5) ({There is nothing concrete after} 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Rd1 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Kg8 23. Nb5) 20... Qd6 21. Kh1 b5 22. Bd3 Kg8 (22... b4 {does not work because of} 23. Ne4) 23. Re1 c4 24. Bc2 Qb8 (24... Nxd5 {loses material on account of} 25. Rd1 $1) 25. Qf3 (25. Re3 $2 Ng4 $1) 25... Bd6 (25... Bd4) 26. Qd1 (26. Rf1 Ne5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Ne4 Qb6 29. d6 Qd4) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qe8 28. Qxe8+ Nxe8 29. Ne4 f6 30. Be3 Be5 31. b3 Nc7 (31... Kf7 $1) 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. d6 {From now on Dzagnidze starts to make inaccuracies that soon become outright errors.} Nb5 $6 ({The knight belongs on} 33... Nd5 $1 34. Bf2 g6 35. Rf3 Kg7 {With a very double-edged game. }) 34. a4 Na3 $2 {The edge is not the place for a knight} ({At first glance} 34... Nd4 {doesn't look so attractive either} 35. Bxd4 Bxd4 36. Ra5 Kf7 37. Rxa6 Ke6 {but the strong c4 pawn is a huge source of counter-play.}) 35. Bd1 Kf7 (35... Bb2 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. Bxc5 c3 38. Bb3+) 36. Bc1 Rh4 $4 {The final error} (36... Nb1 $1 37. Rxe5 Nxe5) 37. Ng5+ Kg6 $4 (37... Ke8 $1) 38. Nf3 Re4 39. g4 ({White can also play the stunning} 39. Rh5 Kxh5 40. Nxe5+ Kh4 41. Kh2 { and mate cannot be avoided.}) 39... Nb1 40. Bc2 Nc3 41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Rf3 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.06.05"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Black "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2513"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "China"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 (11... Bb6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nfd2 $1) 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Na5 Bb4 15. Nc4 {N} (15. Bd2 Nc3 16. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rac1 Bxb7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxc3 Rxb7 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Rapport,R (2726)-Yu Yangyi (2751) Shenzhen CHN 2019}) 15... Bd7 16. Rb1 Ba4 17. Rf1 Bc3 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Ne3 Bxd4 20. Nxd5 b5 21. Bb2 $6 Bxb2 (21... Bc5 22. Rbc1 Rfc8) 22. Rxb2 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 Rd2 26. Rfb1 Rxa2 27. Rc5 Rd8 $6 ({There is an lesson here - remember to use all the pieces. The draw was very simple} 27... Re8 $1 28. Re5 (28. Rc7 Raxe2 29. Rbb7 Rf8) 28... Kf8 $1 {The game would not have continued for much longer.}) 28. Kf1 Ra6 (28... a5 29. Rb7) 29. Rb7 Rh6 {The rest of the game is very instructive.} (29... g6 {Was a little bit more thematic} 30. h4 h5 $1 {This is the ideal pawn structure for the defensive side on a 4 vs 3 rook pawn ending.}) 30. Rcc7 Rf8 31. h4 a6 32. f3 Rf6 33. g4 $1 h5 34. g5 Rf4 35. Kg2 $1 Rd4 36. g6 Rf4 37. Ra7 Rf6 38. gxf7+ R8xf7 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxa6 Kh7 41. Ra4 Kg6 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. Ra5 g6 45. Kg3 Rc1 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. e4 Rf1 48. Ra7+ Kf6 $2 ({The best defence is actually} 48... Kf8 $1 49. e5 Rg1 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd5 Rf1 $1) 49. e5+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Kg5 Rg1+ ({Unfortunately} 51... Rxf3 { loses to} 52. Rf6+ $1) 52. Kh6 Rh1 53. Rxg6 Rxh4 54. Rf6+ Ke7 55. Kg5 Rh1 56. Rh6 Rg1+ 57. Kf5 Rh1 58. Rh7+ Kf8 59. e6 Kg8 60. Ra7 h4 61. Ra8+ Kg7 62. e7 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2563"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Ukraine"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "UKR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 {This looks like a very strange place for the bishop but the idea is complex. White will either play for e4-e5 and the bishop on d3 will be powerfully looking upon h7, the second idea is also once white has completed development with 0-0 and Re1 the bishop on d3 will move out of the way sharpish and leave the path open for a pawn-break,} (4. Bb2 Bb7 {0-1 (59) Warakomska,A (2233)-Abdumalik,Z (2470) Wroclaw POL 2018}) 4... Bb7 5. Bb2 ({The idea of playing a controlled central pawn break can be seen in the following game.} 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Ng6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Bf1 Qc7 9. c3 Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 {With an advantage for white in Anand,V (2800)-Polgar,J (2682) Kristiansund NOR 2010}) 5... Nc6 6. e5 $5 ({Magnus Carlsen tried} 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bc2 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 $1 { promised white nothing in Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2770) Moscow RUS 2012}) 6... Nb4 $1 {A nice manouevre.} (6... f5 $5 {is also another standard attempt to secure space.} 7. Na3 Nh6 8. Nc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 {⩱ Black has the easier position.}) 7. Be2 Nd5 8. g3 Nh6 (8... Be7 $1 9. O-O Nh6 10. c4 Nc7 11. d4 O-O) 9. c4 Nb4 10. O-O Nf5 {After this pawn break, Muzychuk must tread carefully not to slip into an inferior position.} 11. d4 $1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 d6 $1 {Accurate} 14. Bf3 dxe5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxe5 (16. Qf3 $5 { Is trickier but also doesn't promise white much.} Qxd4 17. Nc3 Qd3 $1 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Rd1+ {There are still some practical problems to solve.}) 16... Rxb7 {An ambitious try.} (16... Qxd1 {Equalises on the spot} 17. Rxd1 Rxb7 18. Nc3) 17. Qf3 Rd7 18. a4 f6 19. Bc3 Bc5 20. Qh5+ Ke7 ({Not} 20... Rf7 $2 21. Bxb4 $1 g6 $1 (21... Bxb4 $4 22. Qb5+ $1) 22. Qe2) 21. Na3 Qe8 22. Qe2 Qa8 $2 ({The irony of chess! In round 4 Muzychuk had lost because she had not been materialistic enough. In this particular position all resources need to diverted to the defence of the black king.} 22... Qg6 $1) 23. Qg4 Kf7 24. Rad1 Nd3 ({Care is still needed so for example after the natural} 24... Rhd8 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Qb5 {is a fiendish trick.}) (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 $1 26. Qh5+ Kg8 {=}) 25. b4 Be7 26. Nb5 Rhd8 27. Nd4 Bxb4 ({Once more, the solution to Muychuk's woes is distinctly silicon like.} 27... Ne5 $1 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. f4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Re4 Re8 {Black has still got chances for a draw.}) 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Rxd3 Bxc3 30. Nf5 $3 {A wonderful shot} Qb7 {With seconds left on the clock, Gunina reacts instinctively} ({Not} 30... Rxd3 31. Qe7+ { mates}) 31. Nh6 $2 ({The way to the win was beautiful} 31. Qe7+ Rxe7 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34. Nxb7) (31. Ne7 {Looks more terrifying than it actually is} Qc7 ({Not} 31... Rxd3 32. Qg8+) 32. Qg8+ Kxe7 33. Qxg7+ Ke6 34. Qg4+ f5 35. Re3+ Kf6 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Rxc3 Rd4) 31... gxh6 $1 {Black is much worse but surviving.} 32. Rxc3 Rd6 33. Qf5 Qf7 34. Qf3 Rd4 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Rce3 R8d7 37. Re4 h5 38. Qf5 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Qb7 41. Kh3 Qf7 42. a5 bxa5 43. Qc5 Qd7+ 44. Kh4 Re1 45. Rd4 Qe7 46. Qf5 Re5 47. Qd3 Qf7 48. f4 Re7 49. c5 Qg6 50. Qd1 Re1 51. Qxh5 Rh1 52. Rd7+ Kf8 53. Qxg6 (53. Rd2 $1 Qxh5+ 54. Kxh5 Rc1 55. Kh6) 53... Rxh2+ 54. Kg4 hxg6 55. Rxa7 Ra2 56. Kf3 (56. c6 Rc2 57. c7 Ke8) 56... f5 57. Ke3 Ra4 58. Kd3 Ke8 59. Ra6 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Rxg3 61. c6 Kd8 62. Kc5 Rc3+ 63. Kd6 Rd3+ 64. Ke5 Rc3 65. Kf6 Kc7 66. Rxa5 Rxc6+ 67. Kg5 Kd7 68. Ra7+ Ke8 69. Rg7 Kf8 70. Rxg6 Rxg6+ 71. Kxg6 Kg8 72. Kxf5 Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Bxf3 {The safe option} ({The position may look modest but there is a lot of concealed poison judging by the following game.} 11... O-O 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Re3 Rfc8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Qe1 b4 19. Rh3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Qh4 {1-0 (35) Van Foreest,L (2502)-Bareev,E (2650) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019}) 12. Nxf3 Rb8 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qc2 Qc7 $6 ({Perhaps} 14... Rfc8 15. Qe2 Qe7 $1 { With the idea that after} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {the knight will retreat to} Nd7 $1) 15. a3 Ne7 $6 {This plan is simply too slow} 16. Ne5 Nc8 17. Re3 Nd6 18. Rh3 $1 h6 19. Re1 b5 20. Qc1 $1 {Muzychuk makes no secret she is playing for mate.} Nfe4 (20... Rfc8 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Nfe4 23. f3) 21. f3 Ng5 22. Rg3 f6 $4 {Although this does not lose, giving white a huge outpost on g6 for the knight is just miserable.} ({Instead} 22... Nf5 $1 {had to be tried.} 23. Bxf5 exf5 {The main point being that after} 24. h4 (24. Qf4 f6 $1) 24... Ne6 25. Qxh6 {Black is still in survival mode after} f6 26. f4 Rbe8 27. Nd3 Ng5 { ensures a ful bloodied fight will still be on the board.}) 23. Ng6 Rfe8 24. h4 Ngf7 $4 ({Its better to play} 24... Nf5 25. Rg4 Nh7 ({It is possible to play} 25... h5 {but Muzychuk's attack is irresistable after} 26. Rxg5 fxg5 27. Re5 Nxd4 28. Qxg5 Nc6 29. Re2 e5 30. Qxh5 {+-}) 26. Nf4 $1 {But the position is incredibly grim.}) 25. Nf4 $3 {After this there is no move to recommend and the result never in doubt.} g5 ({After} 25... Qd7 {The problem is there is no defence to} 26. Nh5) 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Nxe6 Qc8 28. Nf4 Qc6 29. Ng6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Nf7 34. f4 Kf8 35. Rf3 g4 36. Rf1 h5 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Re1 a6 39. Bf5 (39. Qf6+ {As the commentators pointed out, white could have also forced the matter with} Qxf6 40. exf6+ Kf8 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Bg6 h4 43. g3 $1 h3 (43... hxg3 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Kxg3 Kxf6 47. Kxg4 {With a very trivial endgame.}) 44. Bh5 {Picks up even more material}) 39... Qh6 40. Bd7 Rf8 41. e6 Qxf4 42. e7 Rh8 43. e8=Q Rxe8 44. Bxe8 Ng5 45. Bxh5 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.06"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2546"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nc5 Bc6 16. e4 Nd6 17. b4 Re7 18. a4 a6 19. Bc3 Qe8 20. Ra1 Nd7 21. Qc2 Nf8 22. a5 Nb5 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Bh3 Rd6 25. Rfd1 Nh7 26. Qc1 Qd8 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Rac1 Ng5 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rc4 Bf6 32. Bg4 Red8 33. Rdc1 Nd4 $6 { Kosteniuk gets irresistibly sucked down the wrong wormhole} (33... Kg7 34. Be2 Ra8 {White will have to work exceedingly hard to get anywhere.}) 34. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 35. Nxa6 Rxc4 $2 {Like a moth to the flame, Kosteniuk is oblivious to the peril.} ({It was time to start digging with} 35... Bb5 $1 36. Rxd4 exd4 $1 37. Nxc7 Bxd3 38. Nd5 Bh8 {Where else to put the bishop?} 39. Bf3 Be5 {Black has compensation.}) 36. Rxc4 Bb5 $2 ({There is still an escape hutch in} 36... Rxd3 37. Nxc7 Bd8 {black will have some chances to hold the draw.}) 37. Nxc7 Bxc4 38. dxc4 Rd4 $2 {The final mistake. Abandoning the b7 pawn is not a good idea, after this move black is now completely lost.} (38... Be7 39. c5 {A sample line could run} ({Not} 39. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 40. exd5 Bxb4) 39... Kf8 40. Kg2 Rd4 41. c6 ({The problem with} 41. Nd5 {Is that} f5 {is difficult to meet.}) 41... Bd8 42. Nb5 Rxb4 43. cxb7 Rxb5 44. a6 Rxb7 45. axb7 Bc7) 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Bc8 Rxc4 41. Bxb7 {Now the win is elementary.} f5 42. a6 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. b5 g4 45. h3 f4 46. hxg4 Ra3 47. gxf4 exf4 48. b6 f3+ 49. Kg3 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.06"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nf3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bxc4 exd5 8. exd5 Bd6 9. O-O Qh4 10. Qe2+ Ne7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qf2 Rfe8 {Lagno began to use consume plenty of time trying to figure out a way to turn her initiative into something momre concrete.} (15... Rae8 16. Re1 {This looks shaky but it seems to hold.} Nh4 ({Re-routing the bishop is probably the best try} 16... Bf5 $1 {but as Lagno pointed out, its psychologically tricky to first play Bg4 and then retreat the bishop to f5.}) 17. gxh4 Bf3 18. Bf1 Qg4+ 19. Ng3 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Bc5+ (20... Bxd5 21. Bg2 { neutralises some of the problems.}) 21. Be3 Re8 22. Bxc5 {And White has gotten too much material for the queen.}) 16. Re1 h6 (16... Bf5 17. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 cxd6 19. Bd2 Qh5) (16... Nh4 17. gxh4 Bf3 18. Re3 Qg4+ 19. Ng3) 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Re3 Bd7 ({A funny twist in the plot is that Black should actually forget about attacking on the kingside and instead focus on the weak d5 pawn.} 18... Ne7 19. Rae1 Red8 $1) 19. Rae1 Qf5 20. Qf3 Kh8 21. b4 b6 22. Bc3 a5 23. Nf2 Qc2 24. R3e2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Qc1+ 26. Re1 Qc2 27. Bb3 Qf5 {Black is in serious difficulties here} 28. Re4 $2 {But not in this way! Its said one should never aim directly for your goal, but always move in circles, the same is true here. Don't just aim to trap the queen..aim to improve the rest of the pieces.} (28. Rc1 $1 {Not only threatening the deadly Bc2 but also bringing the light squared bishop into the attack.} Be8 (28... axb4 29. Bc2 $1) 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Bc2 Qd7 31. f5 Ne7 32. f6 Nxd5 33. fxg7+ Bxg7 34. Qe4 f5 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qe5+ {would have been a very convincing victory.}) 28... axb4 29. g4 Nh4 $1 {This moves saves Blacks bacon} 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. Bd4 $2 {Never forget that loose pieces are tactical weaknesses.} (31. Be5) 31... Bxg4 $1 {Now white gets a bucketful of cold water poured on her. Instead of pushing for the win, Tan is suddenly forced to change her miindset and scramble for the draw instead.} 32. f5 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Bxf5+ 34. Rg4 Bxg4 35. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Nxg4 f6 $1 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Kf3 Bd6 39. h3 Re1 40. Nf2 Re7 41. Ne4 Be5 42. Be3 f5 43. Nf2 g5 44. Nd3 Bc3 45. h4 $1 g4+ 46. Kf2 Bf6 47. Bxh6 Bxh4+ 48. Kf1 Bg3 49. Bd2 Bd6 50. Nf4 Re4 51. Ne6 g3 $1 {Forcing} 52. Bd1 Rh4 $2 {White can breathe a sigh of relief, the light squared blockade is back in action once more.} (52... c5 $1 {With a second passed pawn entering the fray, the game would have ended quickly.}) 53. Bf3 Rc4 54. Bd1 Rh4 55. Bf3 Rc4 56. Bd1 Kh7 57. Ng5+ Kg6 58. Nf3 Re4 59. Bc2 Re8 60. Bd3 Ra8 61. Bc4 f4 62. Kg2 Kf5 63. Bb3 Ke4 64. Bc1 Kd3 65. Ne1+ Kc3 66. Kf3 {At this point Lagno was playing with seconds on the clock} b5 ({Despite the overwhelming computer assessment it is no piece of cake for Lagno to break through.} 66... Re8 67. Ng2 Rf8 68. Ba4 Rf6 69. Bb3 Be5 70. Bd1 Rd6 71. Bb3 {and black has to keep trying.}) 67. Ng2 Rxa2 $6 {An impulsive decision.} 68. Bxa2 Kc2 69. Bxf4 $1 Kb2 $1 ({The draw is very much straightforward after} 69... Bxf4 70. Nxf4 b3 ({Not} 70... Kb2 71. d6 $1) 71. Bxb3+ Kxb3 72. Ne6 Kc4 {Will hold the draw.} 73. Nxc7 Kc5 $1 74. Kxg3 Kd6 {=}) 70. Bc1+ $4 {Played after a ten minute think} ({The only move that saves the day is} 70. Bxd6 cxd6 71. Ne3 Kxa2 72. Nf5 b3 73. Nxd6 b2 74. Ne4 $1 {It is clear that Tan missed this backward knight move} (74. Nxb5 {is not of course the same after} Kb3) 74... Kb3 75. d6 Kc2 $1 76. d7 b1=Q 77. d8=Q {with a draw. }) 70... Kxa2 71. Nf4 Bxf4 72. Bxf4 b3 0-1 [Event "FWCT 2019"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.10"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. e5 {B06: Modern Defence} c5 (7... Nd7 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf3 g5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. h3 Kf7 {0-1 (46) Moiseenko,A (2667) -Petrosian,T (2601) Riadh 2017}) 8. e6 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... fxe6 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Bh6 Nc5 14. Re1 Qd7 {1-0 (35) Perelshteyn,E (2509) -Piasetski,L (2300) Reykjavik 2017}) 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bxc5 Qc7 11. Be3 $1 Nf6 $1 {Black has compensation.} 12. Qd2 Nc6 ({Black should try} 12... O-O $15) 13. Bf4 $36 {Black is under pressure.} Qb6 14. O-O O-O-O (14... O-O $11) 15. Rae1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Ne2 Qc6 (17... Ra4 $14) 18. f3 $16 Rdd8 19. Qc3 (19. Rc1 $16) 19... Ne8 20. Qxc6+ Bxc6 21. Nc3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc7 23. a3 Kb7 24. Re2 Bf6 25. Rfe1 Bh4 26. Rb1 Bf6 27. Bg3 Rd4 28. Bf2 Rd6 29. Rbe1 Bd4 30. Bg3 Rdd8 31. Bh4 Rhe8 32. Bg5 Bg7 33. Kg1 a5 34. Bd2 b4 35. Nd1 Nd5 36. g3 Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Bc5 38. Ne3 Nb6 (38... Nxe3+ $11 39. Bxe3 Bxe3 40. Rxe3 Rd4) 39. axb4 axb4 40. Nc4 Nxc4 41. Bxc4 Rd4 42. b3 Rdd8 43. h4 Kb6 44. Rb1 Bb5 45. Be1 Rd4 (45... Rd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46. Bxb5 Kxb5 47. Re5 Red8 48. c4+ (48. Bxb4 $1 $16 Kxb4 (48... Rxb4 $4 49. c3 $18) 49. c3+ $1 {Deflection, Decoy} Kxc3 50. Rxc5+ Kb4 51. Rc7) 48... bxc3 $1 $11 49. Bxc3 R4d5 50. b4 Bb6 51. Re2 Rd3 52. Be1 Ra8 53. Re5+ Kc6 {And now ...Ra2+ would win.} 54. b5+ Kb7 {Hoping for ...Ra2+.} 55. Re2 Bc5 56. Rc1 Bd6 57. Bf2 f4 (57... Rd5 $11) 58. gxf4 (58. Rc6 $1 $18 fxg3 59. Rb6+ (59. Bxg3 Bxg3 60. Kxg3 Raa3 $11) 59... Kc8 60. Rc6+ (60. Bxg3 Bxg3 61. Rc2+ Kd8 $16) 60... Kb7 61. Rb6+ (61. Bxg3 Bxg3 62. Kxg3 Rf8 $11) 61... Kc7 62. Rc2+ Kd8 63. Bg1 (63. Bxg3 Bxg3 64. Kxg3 Rd6 $16)) 58... Raa3 $2 (58... Rd5 $16 {might work better.}) 59. Rc6 $18 Bxf4 (59... Bb4 $142 60. Rb6+ Ka8) 60. Rb6+ Kc7 61. Rc2+ $2 (61. Bc5 $18) 61... Rdc3 (61... Rac3 $1 $11 62. Rc6+ Rxc6 63. Rxc6+ Kb7) 62. Rc6+ $16 Rxc6 63. Rxc6+ {Endgame KRB-KRB} Kb7 64. Rb6+ (64. Bc5) 64... Kc7 {[#]} 65. Ra6 (65. Bc5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Rc6+.} Ra2+ 66. Kf1) 65... Rb3 {[#]} (65... Rc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 66. b6+ (66. Bc5 $1 $16 Rb2+ (66... Rxb5 67. Bxe7 Rb2+ 68. Kf1 $16) 67. Kf1 Rb1+ 68. Ke2 Rxb5 69. Bxe7 $16) 66... Kc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 67. Ra8 Rb2 68. Ra3 Bd6 69. Rc3+ Kd5 70. Kf1 Rb1+ 71. Ke2 Rb2+ 72. Kf1 Rb1+ 73. Ke2 Rb2+ {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.10"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2539"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6. Ne5 {with more complications.} cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O) 6... exf3 7. dxc6 fxg2 8. cxd7+ { White has an edge.} Qxd7 (8... Bxd7 9. Bxg2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Qd6 Qb6 12. Qe5+ Kf8 13. Bb2 {1/2-1/2 (36) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. Bxg2 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxd1 Bd6 11. b3 Rb8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Nc3 {1-0 (42) Novak,K (2087)-Marzaduri,R (2132) Nicolosi 2014}) 10... Bg4+ 11. Kc2 O-O-O 12. f4 Bd6 13. e4 {And now e5 would win.} Bb8 14. Rg1 Rhe8 15. e5 Bf5+ 16. Kb3 Nd7 17. Bd5 f6 18. Rxg7 fxe5 19. Bd2 (19. Bf7 $142 Rf8 20. Nd5 Bd6) 19... exf4 20. Rf1 Be5 21. Rf7 (21. Rg5 $1 $15 Rf8 22. a3) 21... Bg6 $19 22. Bxf4 Bxf7 23. Bxf7 {[#]} Re7 $1 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Bd5 Ng6 26. Be4 Rf8 27. Rg1 Nf4 28. Rg5 b6 29. a4 {[#]} (29. Rg4 {was necessary.}) 29... Ne2 $1 {Deflection} 30. Nxe2 {Nc3 is the strong threat.} Rxe4 {Endgame KRR-KRN} 31. Nc3 Rh4 32. a5 Rxh2 33. Rg7 Rff2 34. Na4 bxa5 35. Rxa7 Rf3+ 36. Ka2 Rf5 37. Rxa5 $2 (37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. Rxa5) 37... h5 38. Nxc5 h4 39. Ra8+ Kc7 40. Ne6+ Kd7 41. Nd4 Rh5 42. Ra7+ Kc8 43. c5 {Now c6 and White clings on.} Rxc5 (43... h3 44. c6 Rc2 45. Ra8+ Kc7 46. Ne6+ Kd6 $19) 44. Rh7 Rc4 45. Nf5 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Kb8 46. Ka3 h3 47. b3 Rc5 48. Nd6 Rd5 49. Nc4 Rb5 50. b4 Rb7 51. Rh8+ Ka7 52. Ka4 Rh1 53. b5 h2 54. Na3 Re7 (54... Rf7 $142 55. Kb3 Rf3+ 56. Kb4 Rf2 57. Rh7+ Kb8 58. Rh8+ Kb7 59. Rh7+ Kb8 60. Rh8+ Kc7 61. Rh7+ Kd8 62. Rh8+ Ke7 63. Rh7+ Kf6 64. Rh6+ Kg5) 55. Rh4 Kb7 56. Kb4 Rd7 (56... Rf7 $142 57. Ka4 Rf2 58. Rh7+ Kc8 59. Rh8+ Kc7 60. Rh7+ Kd6) 57. Rh3 Rf7 58. Nc4 Rb1+ {Black mates.} 59. Ka5 Rf2 60. Rh7+ Kc8 61. Nd6+ Kd8 62. Nb7+ {[#]} Ke8 $1 63. Nd6+ Kf8 64. Ne4 Ra2+ {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 80%.} 0-1 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.12"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00: 00]} Nxd4 {1361} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0: 00:15]} c6 {105} 7. Qxd4 {692} Nd5 {730} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb6 {158} 9. Nd2 {101} d5 {229} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c5 {864} 11. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} c4 {425} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be7 {207} 13. Nf3 {192} O-O {247} 14. Qg3 { 163} Bf5 {526} 15. h4 {463} f6 {239} 16. Bh6 {135} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. O-O-O {726} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} ({Kosteniuk thought that Gunina might play} 17... Na4 {then there is a beautiful line} 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Qxg7+ Rxg7 21. Rd8#) 18. Kb1 {407} Na4 {150} 19. Nd4 {1058} ({Kosteniuk was thinking about playing} 19. Bxc4 Bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Rc8 21. Kb1 Rxc4 {and she did not like this position as White}) 19... fxe5 {408} 20. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qxf5 { [%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf6 {242} ({According to Kosteniuk} 21... Qxf2 $8 22. Qxf2 Rxf2 23. Bxc4 Kh8 24. Be3 Rxg2 25. Ra5 Rg3) 22. Bg4 {200 } Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 24. Rhd1 { 202} (24. Be2 Qxg3 25. Bxc4) 24... Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Rd6 {715} (25. Ra5 Qe8 (25... Nb6 26. Bc5)) (25. Qf3 {White also considered} Bxh4 26. Qh3 Bxf2) 25... Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 26. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 27. Be6 {176} (27. h5 e4 28. Be6 Qe8 29. Bd7 {Kosteniuk said, "I was afraid that she will sacrifice the exchange somehow and take on b2"}) 27... Qh5 {[%emt 0: 00:21]} 28. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (28. g4 Qxh4 29. Qg2) 28... e4 {[%emt 0:00: 38]} 29. R6d5 {320} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. c3 {125} b5 {60} 31. g4 {[%emt 0: 00:54]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 32. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 33. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 34. g5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (34. Bxa4 bxa4 35. g5) 34... Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 35. Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxb2 { [%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Qd7 {194} ({White also considered} 36. Bb3 Rxf2) 36... Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Qxb5 {70} (37. Qe7 $2 Ba3) 37... Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} ( 37... Rxf2 $4 38. Qe8+) 38. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 39. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8+ {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 41. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qc7 42. Rd7 Qa5 43. Bd2 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.13"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "211"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Be2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. d4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb1 h6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3 { 0-1 (39) Harikrishna,P (2763) -Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger 2016}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Na5 14. d5 (14. Ne5 $15) 14... exd5 $17 15. Ng5 g6 (15... d4 $17 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5) 16. cxd5 $1 $15 Bb4 (16... Nxd5 17. Nge4 $17) 17. Qd3 Bxc3 $1 18. Bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bd2 {[#]} Nc3 $1 20. Rde1 $2 (20. Bxc3 $15 Qxg5 21. g3) 20... Nxe2+ $19 21. Qxe2 Re8 $2 (21... Rc2 $19 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Qe8+ Qxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kg7) 22. Qb5 (22. Qxe8+ $142 Qxe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. f3) 22... Bc6 23. Qb4 {[#]} Qd5 $1 24. f3 $15 Qc4 25. Qa3 h6 26. Nh3 Qd4+ 27. Be3 Nc4 28. Bxd4 Nxa3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Bb2 Nc4 32. Bf6 g5 $1 33. Nf2 Re2 34. Ng4 h5 ({Reject} 34... Rxa2 35. Rd1 $11) 35. Nf2 Rxa2 ({Gunina was considering} 35... g4) 36. Bxg5 b5 37. Rd1 Be6 ({Black should play} 37... Bc6 $17 38. Rd8+ Kg7) 38. Rd8+ $11 Kg7 {White must now prevent ...f6.} 39. Ne4 $1 f5 40. Nc5 Bf7 41. Rb8 Rb2 42. h4 a5 43. Rb7 Re2 44. Nd3 Re8 45. Rxb5 a4 46. Rxf5 a3 (46... Bg6 $5 47. Rd5 $8 Bxd3 48. Rxd3 a3 49. Rd7+ Kg6 $11) 47. Bf6+ Kg6 48. Rf4 a2 $132 {Black is not keeping still} 49. Ba1 Re3 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Re6+.} Kf8 52. Nc5 Ra3 53. Rc6 Ra5 54. Ne4 Bd5 55. Rc8+ Ke7 56. Nf6 Be6 57. Rc7+ Kd8 58. Rh7 Nd2 59. Nxh5 Nb3 60. Bf6+ Kc8 61. Ng7 Bd7 62. Rh8+ Kb7 63. Rd8 Kc7 {aiming for ...Ra6.} 64. Ne8+ Kc6 65. Rb8 Bxe8 66. Rxe8 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Kd7 (66... a1=R $11 67. Bxa1 Rxa1) 67. Re3 $1 $18 a1=Q 68. Bxa1 Nxa1 {KRN-KR} 69. g4 $1 Nc2 70. Re4 $1 {White has strong compensation. } Ra6 71. h5 Re6 72. Rc4 Ne3 73. Rd4+ (73. Rc5 $18) 73... Ke7 $16 74. Kg3 Kf6 75. Rd7 (75. f4 $142 $1) 75... Re7 76. Rd6+ ({Weaker is} 76. Rxe7 Kxe7 77. Kf4 Nc4 $18) 76... Re6 77. Rd4 Kg5 78. f4+ Kh6 79. Kf3 ({Better is} 79. Rd8 $16) 79... Nc2 $11 80. Rd2 (80. Rc4 $5 Ne1+ 81. Kg3 $16) 80... Ne1+ (80... Re3+ $11 {remains equal.} 81. Kf2 Rh3) 81. Kf2 $16 Re4 82. Rd6+ Kh7 83. Rf6 Nc2 {[#]} ( 83... Nd3+ $16 84. Kf3 Rb4) 84. g5 $1 $18 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (84... Re7 85. Rh6+ Kg8) 85. Rf7+ $2 (85. g6+ $1 $18 Kg8 86. h6 Re2+ 87. Kg3) 85... Kg8 $11 86. g6 { Threatens to win with h6.} Re6 87. Kg3 {And now Rd7 would win.} Rd6 $2 (87... Re1 $11) 88. Kg4 $2 (88. f5 Nxf5+ 89. Rxf5) 88... Ne6 $18 89. Ra7 $2 (89. Kf5 $18 Nf8 90. Ra7) 89... Rd4 $11 90. Rf7 $2 (90. Ra8+ $1 $11 Kg7 91. Ra7+ Kg8 92. Rf7) 90... Rd6 $1 $18 91. Re7 {Hoping for Re8+.} Kf8 $2 (91... Rc6 92. h6 Nf8 93. Rg7+ Kh8) 92. Ra7 Ng7 93. f5 Rd4+ 94. Kg5 Rd5 95. Rf7+ Kg8 96. h6 Ne6+ 97. Kf6 Nf8 98. h7+ Nxh7+ 99. Rxh7 {KR-KR} Rd6+ 100. Kg5 Rd1 101. Ra7 Rd8 102. Kh6 Rf8 {[#]} 103. f6 $1 {Deflection} Rxf6 104. Ra8+ Rf8 105. Rxf8+ {Overworked Piece} Kxf8 106. Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 50%.} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.13"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2546"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Tiebreak "Koya+Number of black wins+Number of wins"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0: 00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {62} b6 {[%emt 0: 00:19]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. dxc5 {1291} Bxc3 {246} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00: 35]} Qc7 {364} 11. e4 {68} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. Re1 {70} Ng4 {528} 13. Rb1 {922} Rab8 {240} 14. e5 {239} g6 {288} ({The reason Kosteniuk did not play} 14... Ncxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Re3 {she saw this and wondered this might not be dangerous but she played too fast}) ({Kosteniuk said that she could have played} 14... h6 {if she wanted to}) 15. Bf4 {142} f6 {705} 16. Bxg6 {909 Kosteniuk missed this idea} f5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 17. Bh5 {424} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 18. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Qd3 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Rfd8 {568} 20. Be8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kf8 {426} (20... Rxe8 21. Qxd7 Qh6 22. f7+ $18) 21. f7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ba8 {983} 22. Rxb8 {216} Nxb8 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 23. Ne5 {412} d6 {209} 24. Qh3 {352} Qg5 {78} 25. Nf3 {154} Qg6 {258} 26. Nh4 {80} Qg5 {161} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qf6 {60} 28. Qg3 {[%emt 0: 00:17]} Qg7 {460} 29. Qxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Rxe6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 31. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00: 17]} 32. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1-0 [Event "Kazan"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.12"] [Round "10.2"] [White "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2522"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 {What does White hope to achieve by omitting h4-h5? Well, White plans to start a strong kingside attack with g2-g4-g5 without long-term strategical weakness of having a pawn on h5. However, the absence of a pawn on h5 does makes the Caro plan of castling queenside all the more attractive.} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 { after} 10. Bf4 $1 {The best move.} (10. Bd2 {is more popular.} Ngf6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 {In my Caro-Kann book I recommend} Qb6 {with the idea of swapping queens with an eventual Qb5.} 13. c4 Rd8 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Ne4 c5 $1) 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 ({Black can also transpose (except the White pawn is on h4) into lines seen in the main line with} 11... Bb4 12. Ne4 Ngf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 { The king is safe in the center.} 14. Nc4 (14. Nxb7 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qb4 $1 16. Qb3 Qxd4 $1 17. O-O-O Rab8 18. Qa3+ c5 19. Na5 Rhc8 {Followed by Qb5.}) 14... Bxd2+ 15. Nfxd2 Qc7 16. Qa3+ c5 $1) 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. c4 c5 {So far this is all very standard.} 18. Bc3 Rhe8 (18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 {White has been prevented from playing Nf3-e5.}) 19. Rhe1 (19. Ne5 $1 {Is another try for the advantage. Black can probably get away with.} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ng8 21. Qf3 (21. Qg4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $1) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Qg4 g6 25. h5 Ne7 { Black's position is very solid.}) 19... a6 20. a3 Qb6 $2 21. Ka2 $2 (21. Ne5 { was a better shot.} Qc7 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ng8 23. Qg4 g6 24. Qf4 Qc7 25. Rd6 {is very unpleasant for Black.}) 22. g4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 {±}) 21... Bc7 22. Qc2 ( {White could have agressively grabbed space with} 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Qc6 24. Kb2 Kb8 (24... Nd7 25. d5 $1) 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Ng8 {White has a very pleasant space advantage.}) 22... Qc6 23. dxc5 $2 {This exchange relinquishes all the tension. Now Goryachkina can set up a few exchanges on the d-line.} ({ Once again the correct move is to come forward with the knight with} 23. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ng8 25. g4 {Black is suffering because she is much worse after} Ne7 26. Rd6 $1 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qxd6 28. Bxg7 {±}) 23... Qxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ne5 Bxe5 {The rest of the game is perfectly handled by Goryachkina.} 26. Bxe5 Ne8 27. f3 Qc6 28. Qe2 f6 29. Bg3 e5 $1 30. f4 Rd4 31. fxe5 Qxc4+ 32. Qxc4+ Rxc4 33. exf6 Nxf6 34. Re7 Nh5 35. Be5 Re4 36. g4 Rxg4 37. Rc7+ Kd8 38. Rxb7 Rxh4 39. Bxg7 Nxg7 40. Rxg7 a5 41. Kb3 a4+ {A nice touch, fixing the queenside pawns secures the draw.} 42. Kc3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.12"] [Round "10.4"] [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Georgia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6) 8... f5 {is the hot new move.} (8... f6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d6 (10... Nf7 11. Nc3 d6 {transposes}) 11. Nc3 Nf7 {transposes } 12. Be3 {White should not rush and continue building the position. Van Kampen,R (2630)-Evans,R (2155) Hinckley Island ENG 2014.}) (8... d5 9. d3) 9. e5 Nf7 (9... e6 10. d3 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Bxd3 12. Nb3 c4 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Nc5 {⩲} ) 10. d3 d6 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. Nbd2 dxe5 (12... Bxd3 13. e6 {Forcing the knight to an awkward square.} Nh6 14. c4 Rb8 15. Nb3 Bxc4 16. Qc1 Bxb3 17. axb3) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxd3 15. Qb3 a5 16. a4 Qd7 17. Bf4 g5 18. Be5 f4 (18... c4 19. Qa3) 19. Nf3 Rad8 $2 (19... c4 $1 20. Qa3 Rae8 $1 (20... Nxe5 21. Rxe5 { White will gain back a pawn.}) 21. Bd4 e5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Rf5 24. Bd4 Be2) 20. Nxg5 c4 21. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 ({Winning the queen would lose} 21... cxb3 22. Nh6#) 22. Qb6 f3 {Dzagnidze thought the position was close to a draw. However, Muzychuk has a big chance to seize the advantage.} 23. Qe3 $2 (23. Re3 $1 fxg2 24. Qxa5 ({Also tempting is to give a check with} 24. Rg3+ Bg6 25. Qxa5 Rf5 26. f4 {White's bishop dominates the whole board.}) 24... Bg6 25. Bd4 Qd6 26. Qe5 {White has excellent winning chances.}) 23... Qf5 24. Qxf3 {The opportunity is gone. Now Muzychuk is forced to acquiesce to the mass exchanges. The game now simplifies into an easy draw.} Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rxf3 26. Bg3 Kf7 27. Kg2 Rf5 28. Re3 Re8 29. Rae1 e6 30. Re5 Bc2 31. Rxf5+ exf5 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.12"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 {A surprise for Gunina, this idea has also been popular with many Azeri GMs including the late Vugar Gashimov.} Nxd4 {Not the typical capture.} (4... exd4 {All knight moves are viable} 5. e5 { This Alekhine-esque knight move is probably the safest and coincidentally first choice of Stockfish.} Nd5 (5... Ng4 {the shakiest knight move. The Black knight is vulnerable to being trapped on this square.} 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 a6 $1 8. Ba4 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bf4 {⩲}) ( 5... Ne4 {is another possibility} 6. O-O a6 $1) 6. O-O a6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nxd4 d5 {1/2-1/2 (54) Tomczak,J (2588)-McShane,L (2640) Katowice POL 2017.}) 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 ({Also tempting is to play} 6. Qxd4 { making sure to keep open the option of castling queenside.}) 6... c6 7. Qxd4 Nd5 (7... cxb5 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 { The game later finished in a draw in Gashimov,V (2730)-Shirov,A (2745) Baku AZE 2009}) 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Nd2 d5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qf4 c4 12. Be2 Be7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Qg3 Bf5 15. h4 $6 {A bold choice that ultimately reaps huge rewards, but this move is too committal.} ({Much better is} 15. Nd4 Bg6 ({Not} 15... Bh4 16. Qe3 {followed by 0-0 and f4 is promising for White.}) 16. h4 Bc5 17. c3 { with plenty of play.}) 15... f6 $1 {An excellent response.} 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. O-O-O $2 (17. Nd4 Qd7) 17... Qd7 $1 ({As Kosteniuk pointed out} 17... Na4 { falls to} 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Rd8+ $3 {White will deliver checkmate.} ) ({Another promising move is:} 17... Bc5 $1) 18. Kb1 ({The computer suggests the tricky} 18. e6 $5 Bxe6 {is a superior capture.} ({The idea of the 18.e6 can be seen after} 18... Qxe6 19. Nd4 $1 Qd7 20. Bh5 $1) 19. Nd4 c3 $5 (19... Bc5 {is better}) 20. Bh5 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bf8 22. Rhe1 Bf5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 {White can now save the game with} 25. Re7+ Kxe7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 {with a repetition} ({Black cannot run from his troubles with} 26... Kd6 27. Qxf6+ Be6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Qf4+ Kc5 30. Qe3 {wins back material.})) 18... Na4 $4 {Too hasty. Gunina needed to take extra measures to safeguard her king.} ({After} 18... Bc5 $1 {Black can now start thinking about her aggressive options.} 19. exf6 (19. Nd4 {is out of the question} Bxd4 20. Rxd4 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Re8 {wins.}) ) 19. Nd4 $1 ({Not} 19. Bxc4 Bxc2+ $1 20. Kxc2 Rc8 21. Kb1 Rxc4) 19... fxe5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rxd5 Bf6 $4 {Described by Kosteniuk as "a terrible move."} ({ Kosteniuk was puzzled as to why Gunina chose not to play} 21... Qe6 {but the solution is rather convincing.} 22. Bxc4 Qxh6 23. Rd7 Nb6 ({Black gets into trouble rather quickly after} 23... Qf6 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Re1) 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxb7 Qc6 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qxg7+ {and with such an exposed king, it's only a matter of time before the execution takes place.}) ({Black cannot find solace in} 21... Qxf2 22. Qxf2 Rxf2 23. Bxc4 {Play becomes rather forced after this move.} Kh8 24. Be3 Rxg2 25. Ra5 Rg3 26. Bxa7 Rg4 27. Rxa4 b5 28. Bxb5 Rxa4 29. Bxa4 {+-}) 22. Bg4 $1 ({Not} 22. Bxc4 Nb6) 22... Qg6 23. Be3 Re7 24. Rhd1 (24. Be2 Qxg3 25. Bxc4) 24... Rf8 {Hoping to play c4-c3 and secure the b2 square.} (24... c3 25. h5 Qf7 26. b3) 25. Rd6 (25. Ra5 Qe8 26. Qf3 $2 {would be a mistake on account of} e4 $1) (25. Qf3 $2 e4 $1) 25... Qf7 26. Qh3 $1 ({Another possibility is} 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Bg5) 26... Kh8 27. Be6 ( 27. h5 $1 e4 28. Be6 Qe8 29. Bd7 Qf7 30. Bxa4 {wins some material.}) 27... Qh5 $2 28. Bxc4 ({missing} 28. g4 $1 Qxh4 29. Qg2) 28... e4 29. R6d5 {From now on Kosteniuk is merciless.} Re5 30. c3 b5 31. g4 Qf7 32. Bb3 ({Not} 32. Rxe5 Qxc4 33. Rf5 Nxc3+ 34. bxc3 Qxc3 {White must sacrifice material to avoid getting checkmated.}) 32... Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qc7 34. g5 Bxc3 35. Bxa4 Bxb2 36. Qd7 (36. Bb3 Rxf2 37. Rc5) 36... Qc3 37. Qxb5 ({White should be careful not to fall into the trap} 37. Qe7 Ba3 $1 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 bxa4 {The game continues.}) 37... Ba3 38. Qb3 Qe1+ 39. Rd1 Qa5 40. Qxa3 Rb8+ 41. Ka1 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.13"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2546"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 $5 {An unusual choice.} ({More typical is to force matters with} 8. Na4 { that has also been played.}) (8. Qe2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. c4 Qh5 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. f4 Nc6 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bb1 { White has an extremely promising position in Laznicka,V (2662)-Yu,Y (2765) 2018.}) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 bxc5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Re1 Ng4 $5 { Kosteniuk typically chooses the most direct continuation.} ({The natural} 12... d6 {is also good.}) 13. Rb1 (13. e5 $1) 13... Rab8 14. e5 $1 g6 $2 {After this move, everything goes pear-shaped for Kosteniuk.} ({Not} 14... h6 15. Qe2) ( 14... Ngxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {Kosteniuk rejected this move on the basis that} 17. Re3 {followed by Rh3 is dangerous. However, Black has the disruptive} (17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 {but after} f5 {Black is a lot worse.}) 17... Nf3+ $3 18. gxf3 f5 19. Bg6 Rf6 {Black has the advantage.}) 15. Bf4 { Now the knight on g4 gets trapped.} f6 (15... f5 16. Qd2 {The g4 knight has nowhere to go.} Rf7 17. h3 Rbf8 {A sadistic touch. The poor knight on g4 is not going anywhere.} 18. Rbd1 (18. Bg5) ({After} 18. Ng5 Nh6) 18... Ba8 (18... Bc8 19. g3 $1) 19. Bf1 Bb7 20. Ng5 {When the d7 pawn falls so does all hope for resistance.}) 16. Bxg6 f5 (16... fxe5 {Brings no relief.} 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bg3 $1) 17. Bh5 Nf6 18. exf6 Qxf4 19. Qd3 Rfd8 (19... Bc8 {doesn't help either. } 20. Rxb8 Nxb8 21. Ne5 Qg5 22. Rb1 $1 Nc6 23. Nxd7 {And Black's position falls apart.}) 20. Be8 $3 {Kosteniuk saw this but thought there was nothing else to do but allow White her triumph.} Kf8 21. f7 $1 {The rest is very easy for Tan.} Ba8 22. Rxb8 Nxb8 23. Ne5 d6 24. Qh3 Qg5 25. Nf3 $2 ({Tan needed to keep as many of her attacking pieces on the board.} 25. Nd3 $1 e5 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4 Qxf4 28. Qxh7) 25... Qg6 ({Black should have exchanged the knight in a heartbeat.} 25... Bxf3 $1 26. Qxf3 Nd7 27. h4 Qh6 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Qc6 Rd8 { Black is still fighting for a draw.}) 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. f4 $1 Qf6 ({The only real alternative is:} 27... Qg4 28. Rxe6 {and Black's position is miserable.}) ({Not} 27... Qxf4 28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. Qh8+ {White wins.}) 28. Qg3 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxe6 Be4 31. Rh6 Nd7 32. Rxd6 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.13"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "211"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Russia"] [BlackTeam "Georgia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 d5 6. Be2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Na5 14. d5 exd5 15. Ng5 g6 16. cxd5 Bb4 17. Qd3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Nc3 $1 {A beautiful thunderbolt from Dzagnidze.} 20. Rde1 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Re8 $4 (21... Rc2 22. Rd1 Qxg5 {wins the game on the spot.}) 22. Qb5 Bc6 23. Qb4 Qd5 24. f3 Qc4 25. Qa3 h6 26. Nh3 Qd4+ 27. Be3 Nc4 28. Bxd4 Nxa3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Bb2 Nc4 32. Bf6 g5 33. Nf2 Re2 {Dzagnidze is completely winning, but she needs to harmonize her endgame forces.} ({Thus} 33... Kh7 $1 {drives the White bishop further back.}) 34. Ng4 h5 $2 (34... Kh7 $1 {Black should not be afraid of} 35. Bxg5 Kg6 {Black will recover the material.}) 35. Nf2 Rxa2 (35... g4 {was suggested as an improvement by Gunina but} 36. Nd3 $1 gxf3 37. gxf3 {as} Rxa2 $2 {blunders a piece to} 38. Nf4 $1) 36. Bxg5 b5 37. Rd1 Be6 $2 {From nowhere, Gunina's pieces come alive.} (37... Nb2 $1) 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Ne4 f5 40. Nc5 Bf7 41. Rb8 Rb2 42. h4 $1 a5 43. Rb7 Re2 44. Nd3 $1 Re8 {Returning material.} ({ The danger to the Black king is becoming far too great, so Black cannot ignore the problem with} 44... b4 45. Nf4 Re8 46. Nxh5+ Kg6 47. Nf4+ Kg7 48. h5 $1) 45. Rxb5 a4 46. Rxf5 a3 47. Bf6+ Kg6 48. Rf4 a2 49. Ba1 Re3 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Kf2 $1 Kf8 52. Nc5 $1 Ra3 53. Rc6 Ra5 54. Ne4 Bd5 55. Rc8+ Ke7 56. Nf6 Be6 57. Rc7+ Kd8 58. Rh7 Nd2 59. Nxh5 Nb3 60. Bf6+ Kc8 61. Ng7 Bd7 62. Rh8+ Kb7 63. Rd8 Kc7 64. Ne8+ Kc6 65. Rb8 Bxe8 66. Rxe8 Kd7 67. Re3 a1=Q 68. Bxa1 Nxa1 69. g4 Nc2 70. Re4 Ra6 71. h5 Re6 72. Rc4 Ne3 73. Rd4+ Ke7 74. Kg3 Kf6 75. Rd7 Re7 76. Rd6+ Re6 77. Rd4 Kg5 78. f4+ Kh6 79. Kf3 (79. Rd7 $1 {The only move to stay in the game is} Re8 $1 ({Black cannot play} 79... Ra6 $4 80. g5+ Kxh5 81. Rh7+ Kg6 82. Rh6+ {wins.}) ({The knight cannot move.} 79... Nf1+ 80. Kh4 $1) 80. Rd6+ Kh7 {White still has to work hard to achieve the ideal g4-g5.}) 79... Nc2 ( 79... Nxg4 80. Kxg4 Re1) 80. Rd2 Ne1+ $2 (80... Re3+ 81. Kf2 Rc3 82. Rd6+ Kh7 $1 {Best to not let the pawn get to h6 with check.} 83. g5 Ne3 $1 84. Rd7+ Kg8 85. h6 Nf5 $1 86. Rd5 Nxh6 87. gxh6 Rh3 $1) 81. Kf2 {Now the knight is trapped and Black is lost.} Re4 82. Rd6+ Kh7 83. Rf6 Nc2 84. g5 Nd4 85. Rf7+ $4 { Throwing away the win.} (85. g6+ $1 {A cute pattern to memorize is the slightly awkward} Kh6 86. Rf7 {Black cannot prevent the g6 pawn from promoting. }) 85... Kg8 86. g6 Re6 87. Kg3 Rd6 $4 ({The key is to prevent the White king from entering the fray.} 87... Re1 88. Kg4 Rg1+ 89. Kh4 Ne6 90. f5 Nd4 91. f6 ( 91. h6 Nf3+ 92. Kh3 Ng5+ {with a perpetual check.}) 91... Nf5+ 92. Kh3 Rh1+ $1) 88. Kg4 Ne6 89. Ra7 Rd4 90. Rf7 Rd6 91. Re7 Kf8 92. Ra7 Ng7 93. f5 Rd4+ 94. Kg5 Rd5 95. Rf7+ Kg8 96. h6 Ne6+ 97. Kf6 Nf8 98. h7+ Nxh7+ 99. Rxh7 Rd6+ 100. Kg5 Rd1 101. Ra7 Rd8 102. Kh6 Rf8 103. f6 Rxf6 104. Ra8+ Rf8 105. Rxf8+ Kxf8 106. Kh7 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.14"] [Round "12.3"] [White "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2522"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 {Somewhat of a minor surprise. Tan Zhongyi has flirted with 1.e4 but she is mainly a 1.d4 player.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 { Goryachkina chooses the sharpest response.} 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 (8. O-O {has undergone some heavy scrutiny.} Qxb2 9. Qe1 (9. Nb5 Qxc2 $1) 9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Nb7 Bb6 19. Nd6 Ba5 20. Nb7 {1/2-1/2 (20) Vachier Lagrave,M (2773)-Anand,V (2774) Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER 2019.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 (9... c4 $5 {The idea is that after} 10. b4 {Black can play} Bxb4 11. cxb4 Nxb4 {The threat is 12...Bc2 so White is forced to allow a discovered check.} 12. Nc5 Nc2+ 13. Kf1 Nxa1 14. Qxa1 Qc7 {Black later won in Lagarde,M (2604)-Riazantsev,A (2662) Brest FRA 2018}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. O-O (12. Nc5 Qc7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rc1 Be7 {but got into trouble after} 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 h5 17. f5 {although the game later ended in a draw in Alekseenko,K (2609)-Goryachkina,A (2493) Moscow RUS 2018.}) 12... Nc6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7 15. g4 (15. b5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Nxb7 Qxa2 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rfc8 {Bok,B (2611)-Saltaev,M (2477) Germany 2018.}) 15... Bg6 16. f4 Qd7 { Very provocative} ({Somewhat more natural is} 16... Be4 {but White can respond with} 17. Nc5 $1) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 h5 19. g5 {Played almost instantly but there is an array of options for Tan.} (19. f5 exf5 20. gxh5 $1 ({Not} 20. gxf5 Bxf5) 20... Bh7 21. Bd6 $1 {This move is not difficult to see, but what happens later is hard to spot.} Ne7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 O-O {White has to see the lethal plan of pushing e5-e6.} 24. Re1 Kh8 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6 Qd8 27. Rc7 Ng8 28. Qd4 Nf6 29. h6 gxh6 30. Rd7 {wins.}) (19. b5 {works on the basis that} Ne7 {is answered with} 20. f5 exf5 {Once again it is} 21. gxh5 $1 Bh7 22. c4 dxc4 $2 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rfd1+ Ke8 25. Rxc4 {White's position is overwhelming.}) 19... Ne7 20. a4 (20. c4 $5) 20... a6 21. a5 h4 22. Bf3 O-O 23. Qe1 Bd3 24. Rf2 Bf5 25. Rd2 h3 26. c4 Rfd8 27. Rcd1 Qe8 28. Kf2 ({White could have been greedy with} 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 { but after} Rc8 {White would need to guard her king for the rest of time.}) 28... Ng6 (28... dxc4 $5 29. Bxb7 Rxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Nd5 $1 31. Bxa8 $6 c3 32. Qd4 Qxa8 {Black has tremendous play on the light squares.}) 29. Kg3 dxc4 $1 30. Bxb7 c3 $1 {Very resourceful!} 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qxc3 {It looks like Tan will be a comfortable pawn up, but Goryachkina has calculated the White king will need a constant bodyguard.} Qd1 $1 34. Bf3 Qf1 35. Qe3 Qb1 36. Qe2 (36. Be2 {achieves nothing.} Qe1+ 37. Qf2 Qc3+ 38. Bf3 $2 Nxe5 $1) 36... Qc1 37. Be3 Qb1 38. Bc5 ({Not} 38. b5 Bd3 $1) (38. Qxa6 {would lose to} Qe1+ 39. Bf2 Qc1 $1) 38... Qc1 39. Qe3 Qb1 40. Qd2 Qf1 41. Qf2 Qc4 42. Qe3 Qf1 43. Bd4 Qb1 44. Bc3 {Tan Zhongyi begins the processs of manuevring but to no avail. } Ne7 45. Qd4 Kh7 46. Qd1 Qa2 47. Qd7 Qb1 48. Qd1 Qa2 49. b5 $6 {A last try but as it plays out, the risk is all on White's side.} Nd5 $1 50. Qd2 $2 (50. Bxd5 exd5 51. Qf3 d4 52. Bxd4 axb5 53. e6 Qxe6 (53... fxe6 54. a6 Qxa6 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qf7 {Checkmate is unavoidable.})) 50... Qb1 {Recovering the pawn.} 51. Bxd5 $6 (51. bxa6 $4 Qg1+ 52. Kh4 Nxc3 53. Qxc3 (53. a7 Qxa7 54. Qxc3 Qf2+) 53... Qf2+ 54. Kh5 g6#) (51. Qe1 Qxb5 $1) 51... exd5 52. Kf2 $4 Qh1 53. Ke3 Qe4+ 54. Kf2 {When grovelling for a draw for the whole game and knowing that a draw is enough to secure the result of a lifetime. it is entirely understandable that Goryachkina grabbed the perpetual as soon as she could.} Qg2+ (54... Bg4 55. bxa6 d4 {Taking away the escape square for the king.} 56. Bxd4 Qg2+ 57. Ke1 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qxh2+ 59. Ke1 Qh1+ 60. Kf2 Qg2+ 61. Ke1 {There is a mate in 27, but all humans would pick the simple} Qxd2+ 62. Kxd2 h2 $1) (54... Qh1 55. Ke3 $1 {forces Black to find the Bg4 idea.}) 55. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.14"] [Round "12.4"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2539"] [BlackElo "2554"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. a3 $5 { Lagno reacts aggressively} h6 (7... Bg4 $1 8. Qd3 Nd7 9. Bc4 Nc5 10. Qe3 Qd7 11. b4 Ne6 {The game finished in a long draw in Houdini 5-Stockfish 8 INT 2016, }) ({Black cannot play the desirable} 7... Be6 $5 8. Ng5 Bg8 9. f4 $1) 8. Bc4 g5 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Qd3 Qe7 11. Be3 (11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. b4 {A very complicated position, White must be prepared to act on both sides of the board. }) 11... Nd8 ({Not} 11... Be6 12. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd8 14. Rae1 {Setting up a sneaky trap.} O-O {loses to} 15. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 16. Bc1 $3) 12. Rfe1 Nf7 { Muzychuk was not sure about this move, the knight is badly placed on this square.} 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 a6 (14... c6 $1) 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Nd5 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Be6 d5) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Rae8 $4 ({Black needs to break out of the bind with} 18... b5 $1 19. Bb3 e4 $1 20. Nxe4 Ne5 $1) ({or} 18... e4 $1 19. Nxe4 Ne5 20. Qf1 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Bb5 {with compensation.}) 19. Qe4 $3 {The winning move.} ({Not} 19. Qg6 e4) 19... Nd8 ({Unfortunately} 19... Kg8 20. Bd3 Nh8 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. f4 {wins.}) 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Nh5 $1 c6 22. c4 $3 (22. Qg6 e4 23. Nxf6) 22... b5 23. b3 {Muzychuk has a sneaky sense of humor. Realizing that Lagno is powerless to prevent Qg6, Muzychuk optimizes her pieces instead.} bxc4 24. bxc4 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nb7 { Muzychuk has had enough of toying with her prey and puts Lagno out of her misery.} (25... Rf7 26. Qg6 Bg4 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ Rxh7 29. Nxf6+) 26. Qg6 ({But White could continue in the same vein as before with} 26. Rc1 $5 { Black still cannot do anything} Bb5 (26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Qg6 $1 { is even worse.}) 27. Bb1 Nd8 28. a4 Bd7 {and now} 29. Qg6) 26... e4 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Bd4 Kg7 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Bxe4 Nc5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Kf2 Ba4 35. Rd4 a5 36. Ke3 Bb3 37. g3 Na6 38. Rd3 Nc5 39. Rd2 Nd7 40. Kd4 a4 41. Bc2 Ne5 42. Rf2 Bxc2 43. Rxc2 Nxf3+ 44. Ke4 g4 45. h4 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.14"] [Round "12.2"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2546"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Georgia"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. a3 Kh8 {Implementing the Fischer plan too early.} ({More typical is to play } 15... Bd8 {followed by Bc7 and only after Kh8, Rg8 and g5!}) 16. b4 Rg8 ( 16... Bd8) 17. Nb3 Ba8 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Bg5 Bf8 {Dzagnidze felt that she was doing well here.} 21. Qf2 Rc6 $5 {A surprising move.} 22. Be2 Qc8 23. Nb2 Ng6 24. Be3 Be7 25. a4 Bf6 26. Rb1 $1 {Accidentally provocative.} (26. Bd4 $5 {and then followed by a5.}) 26... d5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Rc2 29. Rd4 $3 {Excellent but necessary.} ({Dzagnidze overlooked that} 29. Rd2 {would lose material after} Rxd2 30. Bxd2 (30. Nxd2 Bxb2 $1) 30... Qc2) 29... Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc3 31. Nf5 Rc2 ({Some prophylaxis is needed by Kosteniuk to prevent White from activating the knight on b2.} 31... Nde5 $1 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Rd8) 32. Nc4 Qc7 33. Ncd6 {±} Rf8 34. Qf1 Rc6 35. Rd1 f6 36. Bxa6 Nde5 37. Bb5 Rc3 38. Qg1 Rb3 39. Bxb6 Qc3 40. Bd4 Qxb4 41. Bc5 Qc3 42. Rc1 ({There was also} 42. Nf7+ Nxf7 43. Bxf8 Nxf8 44. Qa7 $1) 42... Qd2 (42... Qd3) 43. Nc4 {The most human solution.} Qxc1 (43... Nxc4 44. Bxf8 $1) 44. Qxc1 Nd3 45. Qc2 Nxc5 46. Nd2 Rd8 47. Nxb3 Nxb3 48. Qxb3 1-0 [Event "FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Kazan"] [Date "2019.06.14"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "Jovi"] [PlyCount "162"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"] [BlackTeam "Russia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c6 {Gunina has been struggling with her time management, so for this game she reverts back to old habits.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 a5 $5 9. a4 (9. Ne1 {A good rule of thumb in the Advance Caro-Kann is that when the knight on f3 goes backwards, it's a good time for Black to play c5.} c5 10. Ndf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Be7 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 {with dynamic play for both sides in Bodnaruk,A (2431)-Gunina,V (2506) Hengshui CHN 2019.}) 9... Bh7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bxc5 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Bf4 d4 17. Ne4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bf8 19. Nd4 Ne7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nb5 Qc6 22. Ned6 Nd5 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. c4 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Nxa4 26. h4 (26. Ra3 {is met with the calm} Nc5 {and then} 27. Rg3 Ne4 $1) 26... Nc5 27. Rxa5 Rad8 28. Bc3 f6 29. Qg4 fxe5 30. Bxe5 h5 $2 {In the words of Evgenij Miroshnichenko a "terrifyingly anti-positional move."} (30... Nd3 { is impossible because of} 31. Qxe6+) 31. Qg5 $1 {Now the queen has a first row seat to the kingside action.} ({Gunina's tactical idea is that} 31. Qxh5 { is refuted by} Nd3 $1) 31... Rf8 ({The immediate} 31... Nd3 {fails to} 32. Bxg7 $1) 32. Bg3 $2 ({The way to win is to bring the rook into the attack with} 32. Re3 b6 (32... Nd3 {Fails to} 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Ra8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Be5+ Kf8 38. Qf6+ {White will checkmate.}) 33. Rg3 {Otherwise known as a "rover."} Qc7 34. Ra1 {The pawn on h5 will fall.}) 32... b6 {Sadly this exchange sacrifice is forced.} 33. Rxc5 (33. Ra2 Rxd6 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxh5 Qd4 {and the initiative lies with Black.}) 33... Qxc5 34. Qxc5 $6 ({White has a better chance of harmonizing her forces with} 34. Rxe6 Qxg5 35. hxg5 Bd3 36. Kh2 Rc7 37. Re3 Bf1 38. Kg1 Bxc4 39. Rc3 b5 40. Nxb5 Rb7 41. Rxc4 Rxb5 42. Bf4 {White has good drawing chances.}) 34... bxc5 35. Rxe6 Bd3 36. Re3 Bg6 37. Rb3 Rf6 38. Rb6 Kh7 39. Be5 Re6 40. f4 Be4 41. Kf2 Ra7 42. Rb2 Ba8 43. Re2 Ra3 44. Nf7 Re7 45. Nd6 Bc6 46. Nf5 Rea7 47. Bd6 (47. Nxg7 Rxg7 48. Bxg7 Kxg7 49. Re5 { It is impossible for Black to defend both pawns.} Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Bxg2 (50... Ra5 51. Rxh5 {gives White three connected passed pawns.}) 51. Rxh5 $1 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 {and the last Black pawn will fall. Now all White needs to do is prove that she knows how to defend the notorious rook and bishop versus rook endgame.}) 47... Bd7 48. Ne3 R7a5 49. Rd2 Bc6 50. Bc7 Ra6 51. Bd6 R3a5 52. Bc7 Ra2 53. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 54. Kf1 Ra6 55. Bd8 Be4 56. Be7 Rc6 57. f5 $2 {The pawn on f5 simply becomes a target.} ({Absolutely forced is} 57. g4 $1 hxg4 58. Nxg4 Re6 $1 (58... Bd3+ 59. Kf2 Bxc4 60. Ne5 Re6 61. Bxc5 {White has some chances to hold the game.}) 59. Bxc5 Rc6 60. Be7 Rxc4 {White has managed to eliminate the dangerous c-pawn.}) 57... Kg8 58. Kf2 Kf7 59. Bg5 Ra6 60. Bd8 Ke8 61. Bg5 Ra2+ 62. Kg1 Kf7 63. Kh2 Bd3 64. Bf4 Kf6 65. Bd6 Ra5 66. Bf8 Bxf5 67. Bxg7+ Ke6 68. Bf8 Bd3 69. Kg3 $2 {After this move, the win is simply a matter of time and patience.} (69. g4 $1 hxg4 {White can save the game by using the h-pawn as a decoy.} 70. h5 $1 (70. Kg3 Kf7 71. Bd6 Ke6 72. Bf8 Kf7 73. Bd6 Kf6 74. h5 ({Not } 74. Kxg4 Bxc4 $1) 74... Kg5 75. h6 Kxh6 76. Nxg4+ Kg5 77. Ne5 Bb1 78. Nd7 { With good chances for the draw.})) 69... Ke5 70. Kf3 Be4+ 71. Kg3 Bc6 72. Be7 Ke4 73. Bg5 Ra2 74. Bh6 Re2 75. Nd5 Bxd5 76. cxd5 Kxd5 77. Kf3 Re4 78. g3 Kd4 79. Bg7+ Kd3 80. Bc3 c4 81. Bb2 Rg4 0-1