Brief notes by Miss Lonelyhearts
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk – Adriana Nikolova
41st Women’s Chess Olympiad; Tromsø, August 14, 2014
Sicilian Defence B60
41st Women’s Chess Olympiad; Tromsø, August 14, 2014
Sicilian Defence B60
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. h4!? Strangely enough, this move could be a novelty! 9. ... h6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Bc4 e6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. 0-0-0 Bc6 14. Rhe1 e5. A committal move. I would have preferred 14. ... Be7 15. g4 Nd7 in order to answer 16. g5 by 16. ... 0-0-0 with some surviving chances.
15. Qd3 b5 16. f4 Nd7. After which White has an easy play. In any case, on 16. ... Be7 17. Qg3 White holds a powerful initiative. 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Rf1 Be7
20. g4 exf4 21. Bxf4. Threatening Bd5xf7+. 21. ... Rf8. And not 21. ... 0-0 on account of 22. g5 with a destructive attack. 22. Rf3 g5. Black goes for radical countermeasures! Of course the silly 22. ... Bxh4? is refuted by 23. Bxd6!, while if 22. ... Nf6 may follow 23. e5! Nxd5 (or 23. ... dxe5 24. Bxe5! Qxe5 25. Bb7! Rc7 26. Bxa6 with an easy win) 24. exd6! Nxf4 25. d7+! Kd8 26. dxc8=Q+ Kxc8 27. Qe4 with a winning game. 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Kb1 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Ne5 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Rh1 Rg8. Anything but good, but also after 28. ... Rh8 29. Rf5 Black is overloaded.
28. Rxh6 Rxg4 29. Bxf7+ Nxf7 30. Rxg4 Nxh6 31. Qxh6 Qf7 32. Rg1. White has only a Pawn more, but her attack is irresistible. 32. ... Qc4 33. Qh8+ Kd7
34. Rg7+ Ke6 35. Qh6+ Ke5 36. Rg5+ Kd4 37. c3+ Kd3 38. Qh3+ Kxe4 39. Qh4+ Kd3
40. Rg3+ Kd2 41. Qh2+ Qe2 42. Rg2 1 : 0.
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